Fans of Harry Potter could expect some breathtaking action sequences and
stunt work in «Fantastic Beasts» similar to the «Harry Potter» movies.
Aussie filmmaker Nash Edgerton has done pretty much everything in the medium of film, from writing, directing, acting, producing, editing and even
stunt work in the likes of THE MATRIX and STAR WARS prequel trilogies.
Stunt work in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, SUPERMAN III, SUPERGIRL, DUNE, A VIEW TO A KILL, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, TOTAL RECALL, CLIFFHANGER, STARSHIP TROOPERS and TOMORROW NEVER DIES.
A former Miami Beach lifeguard, strapping Ohio - born Bob Wilke performed
stunt work in Hollywood films from 1936, often working for low - budget studios such as Republic Pictures and Monogram.
Not exact matches
Shamsi specializes
in creating social media influencers, PR
stunts and viral campaigns — driving over 900 million views across all his
work.
He's found a diet and exercise regimen that helps him perform the
stunts he's known for, that helps him maintain the stamina required to perform on set, that gives him the energy to devote to family and friends...
in short, he's figured out how to be the best he can be at home and at
work.
There's a hint of cinematic fiction to the scenes or, at best, of a
stunt that'll never
work in the real world.
For Michelle Westby,
working as a promotional model
in motorsports led to a successful career as a
stunt driver and a drift racing driver.
«If it wasn't for grid
work / promotional modelling, I wouldn't be where I am now
in a «male dominated» sport and job as a
stunt driver and drift competition driver, inspiring and influencing females into this «intimidating male environment.»
A co-worker popped up
in the comments of this Kotaku piece to explain that the
stunt worked and the headscarf ban has been removed.
In the meantime, I'm also continuing my
stunt work and
working on the Nitro Circus stuff.
The ink hasn't even dried on Ubisoft's apology letter for «Assassin's Creed Unity,» which was riddled with awful glitches that
stunted gameplay, but a new «Assassin's Creed» title is already
in the
works.
What Fermi
wrought in physics, and what Watson and Crick made possible
in the new genetics, are accomplishments that most serious people recognize as having potential shadow - sides: nuclear warfare,
in the one case; a brave new world of manufactured and
stunted humanity
in the other.
The first John Wick was a surprise out of nowhere,
in which two directors known for great
stunt work delivered a simple, yet powerful action movie starring Keanu Reeves.
«Our competitive teams
work on difficult and skilled routines, consisting of tumbling,
stunting, dance and jumps all done
in a 2:30 minute routine.
Maybe its wishful thinking, but I see totally different Nick now, he is trying, he maybe don't do as good as Olivier, but he is
working, trying to take part
in actions, not just being
stunt in box waiting ball to try to score.
More mothers are going back to paid
work, many more homes are dual - income households, and the increase
in lone - parent families, rising divorce rates, the introduction of flexible
working hours and greater awareness of fathers» rights brought about by the high - profile
stunts of groups such as Fathers4Justice have contributed to a tectonic shift
in attitudes towards family responsibilities.
For someone to come
in and claim to have a policy that will help the
working class when
in reality it's a
stunt to merely seem to be pro-labor, is a shame.»
«While the UFT focuses on political
stunts and lobbying to keep bad teachers
in the classroom, the mayor, governor, and State Education Department are
working collaboratively to implement a rigorous teacher evaluation system that will help ensure our students have the best teachers,» she said
in a statement.
Working from his Biosphere data, Langdon calculates that the rise
in CO2 pollution since 1850 is
stunting the growth of today's tropical corals by 10 to 15 percent.
«The charities involved
in this
stunt — Teenage Cancer Trust, Sports Aid, Children with Cancer and United through Sport — do some truly amazing
work and I wanted do something more to give back.
Since Keith is THE name behind King BMX
Stunt Show (and The American BMX
Stunt Team) and since Dani, his better half and my bestie
works by his side
in the business, they had the perfect vision for what they wanted to do for their pregnancy announcement photos.
The film looks fine with fair costume, location and
stunts but the plot is so average and with a mixed cast of good and bad actors it just doesn't
work, how Andie MacDowell gets
work in films is beyond me.
Farnsworth's studio years were fairly lucrative;
in addition to
working with directors ranging from Cecil B. De Mille and Sam Peckinpah, it was not unusual for the
stunt man to receive a bigger paycheck than the actors for whom he doubled.
The body movement of the characters
in wolf mode is also impressively done with live action
stunts and wire
work I'm guessing, didn't look like CGI.
(King of the Rocket Men has a truly amazing mid-air chase
in one of its early chapters, ending with a startlingly realistic piece of
stunt work as the rocket man flies
in pursuit of a plane.)
-- Mozart
In A Go - Kart: Ansel Drives — Ride shotgun with star Ansel Elgort as he
works with the talented
stunt drivers to become the ultimate getaway driver.
While the two helped make the film independently, they tirelessly
worked to make the comedy thrive on its action sequences, which were powerfully crafted
in part by
stunt coordinator Jeff Schwan.
, beautiful
stunt work, wonderful performances from the cast and a story that may not be as emotionally compelling, still has the ability to feel logical (
in this world of absurdity) and unquestionably entertaining.
When it was first announced that Castle would once again play Michael Myers 40 years after he originated the role
in John Carpenter's 1978 Halloween, it was announced that Courtney was also cast
in the role, and many might have assumed that Courtney was only doing the
stunt work.
Wayne, born Marion Morrison, had already
worked as a prop man, done
stunt work and starred
in a number of lower budget films when director John Ford decided to cast him
in the role of Ringo Kid.
In the last thirty minutes of the film, Baby turns into an unpredictable force of nature and Elgort displays impressive stunt work and facial expressions in his performance, putting him on par with Ryan Gosling and Tom Hard
In the last thirty minutes of the film, Baby turns into an unpredictable force of nature and Elgort displays impressive
stunt work and facial expressions
in his performance, putting him on par with Ryan Gosling and Tom Hard
in his performance, putting him on par with Ryan Gosling and Tom Hardy.
Granted, James Bond films are all about formula, but it's hard to get
worked up over by - the - numbers ski
stunts when, contrary to the famous line, somebody has done it better — Bond himself,
in fact,
in the film from which that song came, The Spy Who Loved Me.
It should have
worked, and it almost does, but Black buries his characters
in a sputtering, chaotic story, seeming to realize only sporadically that we aren't watching this film for the plot and the
stunts... but for the byplay between the two main characters.
Last but not least
in this section is «The Beginning» Making Episode 1, where we take a detailed look at most of the aspects of getting this project off the ground with scenes featuring organising the cast, final screen tests, getting over the daunting requirements for the effects, convincing Spielberg it's going to
work, first day of shooting,
stunt work and so much more.
Special effects and wire -
work stunts were not as established back then, but that's not to say that filming the movie's many action sequences was a walk
in the park.
«The Greatest Showman» won Best Song for «This Is Me,» «Atomic Blonde» won for Best
Stunts and Andy Serkis won the Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance Award for his
work in «War For the Planet of the Apes» (which also tied for Best Visual Effects with «Blade Runner 2049»).
And while you can almost see the checklist that he's
working from, dutifully crossing off items like «insane set - piece
stunt that Cruise does himself», «tense infiltration hinging on a disguise powered by spotty tech» and «lovely, leggy woman
in a tight evening gown», the result never quite gels the way it did
in the previous films.
But
in stunt coordinator Brian Smrz (with whom he
worked on the rest of his Hollywood films), Woo found a Western - world kindred spirit with whom to click.
Luckily, Jackie is able to get his kicks
in, with two exciting scenes of nifty action and
stunt work, but you'll admire these scenes for their spectacular ingenuity and death - defying nature, not really into them as part of the rest of the overall story.
Variety is reporting that David Leitch, who has extensive experience as a
stunt coordinator and action director (Atomic Blonde), will begin
working on the film sometime
in 2019.
After years
working as a
stunt man,
stunt coordinator, and fight choreographer, David Leitch made his directorial debut with Chad Stahelski
in John Wick and has become well known for the amazing
stunt choreography and action sequences he brings to his films.
The once again proves her ability to impressively fight her way out of any harrowing situation through impeccable
stunt work, which furthers the cause for implementing more female protagonists
in action movies.
One especially unnerving scene places us at a swanky gala dinner that is interrupted by a performance artist — played, brilliantly, by the actor and
stunt coordinator Terry Notary, whose motion - capture
work in the recent «Planet of the Apes» films serves him ferociously well here.
Variations on this emotionally
stunted type have
worked many times
in the past (to underline the point, Arteta stages scenes at The Little Prince Motel), but filtered through a generic indie sensibility, Buck's persona is at once quirky, mawkish, and unconvincing.
In the mystery film, the Academy Award - winning actress once again proves her ability to impressively fight her way out of any harrowing situation through impeccable
stunt work.
Arriving
in Paris from Hong Kong at the beginning of Irma Vep, she's taken directly to Vidal, who shows her the clip from The Heroic Trio (1993) that won him over, expressing admiration for the grace of her
stunt work; when she points out that her
stunt work was done by a double, the admission makes no dent
in his enthusiasm.
Ryan Gosling (who was the male lead
in Blue Valentine) stars as Luke, a chain - smoking motorcycle
stunt driver who
works at a traveling carnival riding his bike inside a big steel ball with two other daredevils, whizzing around each other at life - threatening speeds.
An inside source says that
stunt coordinator Chris Struthers, who is best known for his
work on The Dark Knight and Inception, is
working on something that will supposedly be on par, or perhaps even bigger than what we've seen
in Christopher Nolan's movies, which might tie into Matthew Vaughn's comments a while back that they had to reconfigure some action setpieces because they inadvertently ripped off Inception.
MG: You've
worked stunts in two of my favorite films, «TRON: Legacy» and «Watchmen», can you tell us about those experiences?