Sentences with phrase «transition to the big screen»

John Cameron Mitchell's rock opera about a transgender East German rocker made a surprisingly strong transition to the big screen — thanks, in no small part, to retaining Stephen Trask's great songs and retaining Mitchell in the lead role — in an adaptation that took advantage of the switch in medium by enlivening some of the musical numbers with quirky animations by Emily Hubley.

Galafianakis» stage persona, a taciturn hermit, makes a clean transition to the big screen with a magnetically weird presence that's occasionally as dumbfounding for his companions as their predicament.

The hand - drawn feature animation is the first feature from animation house Titmouse, Inc., a smooth transition to the big screen that borrows animated TV comedies» fast - paced style.

The rest of the cast, mostly unknowns with the possible exception of Alan Tudyk, make wonderful transitions to the big screen, which is only further evidence of Whedon's spot - on casting.

You'd find yourself hard - pressed complimenting any of these men without mentioning the real life Anthony Swofford, whose wry account of the Desert Storm debacle has seamlessly transitioned to the big screen.

Its transition to the big screen suggests an idea that was plotted on the back of a beer mat when the creators were too pickled to stand up straight.

The non-superhero comics very often turn out quite well in their transition to the big screen (American Splendor, Persepolis, et.

Johnson is not a great actor, exactly, but his tenure as a WWE superstar taught him a degree of stagecraft that has survived and thrived in its transition to the big screen.

But setting that sad legacy aside, we're still curious to see how Rampage makes the transition to the big screen.

Thankfully the transition to big screens holds up.

Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey discuss how The Dark Tower made the transition to the big screen in exclusive video interviews.

Most of the talent are better known for their TV work, and it can be difficult to make the transition to the big screen, but Coogan and Baby Cow's recent upgrade of their Alan Partridge character to feature length worked pretty well so I was willing to give this a chance.

Many performers from Saturday Night Live have gone on to have great success beyond the show, but even if they make the transition to the big screen, it's not easy for a comedian to be taken seriously as a dramatic actor.

He was a TV pop star who made the transition to the big screen and became a big movie star.

So again, we see no problem with this acting pair coming aboard on Fantastic Four, anymore than when Foxx joined the Amazing Spider - Man sequel - or Samuel L. Jackson played Nick Fury in the first two Iron Man movies, Captain America or The Avengers - among other examples of comic book characters that changed races during the transition to the big screen.

We're really excited about Metrico making the transition to bigger screens and can't wait to share the look and feel of the Metrico + experience with an entirely new audience on Steam and consoles.»

The music title is available on mobile platforms but many wondered how the game would make the transition to the big screen.