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State of play: Due for release in 2017 with Dreamgirls» Bill Condon directing, Harry Potter's Emma Watson as Belle and Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens as the Beast.
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Sadly not a miniseries biopic of the great Ms. Swinton, but this HBO project, co-written and with a pilot directed by «Dreamgirls,» «Gods & Monsters» and «Twilight: Breaking Dawn» helmer Bill Condon, did focus on a surrogate for another Hollywood figure: the once - much - feared, now seemingly vanished Nikki Finke, founder of Deadline Hollywood.
The big thing that's been sticking in my craw this year is that the OPs have already christened Dreamgirls as the Best Picture favorite, with supporting nods likely for Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson, not to mention the scads of talent eligible in other categories.
Mr. Holmes won't be for everyone, but it's certainly a return to form for director Bill Condon, who followed up the brilliant Gods and Monsters with the lacklustre Kinsey and Dreamgirls, not to mention The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 and 2.
With The Fifth Estate, director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Kinsey) tries to do the near impossible, and that's make people typing and coding on a computer something that elicits thrills to movie - going audiences.
So stretching out the conclusion is understandable — in box - office terms — with Bill Condon («Gods and Monsters,» «Kinsey,»» Dreamgirls») helming the final two installments.
TORONTO — Filmmaker Bill Condon survived the vampire - infested two - part finale of the Twilight franchise, provided American Idol reject Jennifer Hudson a chance for retribution with a supporting - actress Oscar with 2006's «Dreamgirls» and helped launch the ongoing revival of the movie musical as the screenwriter for 2002's «Chicago.»
Debuting director Michael Gracey and screenwriters Jenny Bicks (2014's «Rio 2») and Bill Condon (2006's «Dreamgirls») unapologetically burst with heart - on - sleeve earnestness and sentimentality in a passion project about leading with your heart, making dreams a reality with pennies to your name, and proving 19th - century society wrong and pleading for acceptance in the most glorious of ways.
Yet, instead of subjecting Barnum to Altman and Rudolph's political scrutiny, screenwriter Bill Condon (associated with some of the worst movies this century — Dreamgirls, Kinsey, the Twilight: Breaking Dawn films) turns the showman's innovations in advertising and public manipulation into models of humanitarianism.
Bill Condon's elephantine adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Dreamgirls reduces a riveting, important period in black musical history to a glittering Las Vegas revue more concerned with what characters are wearing than what they're feeling.
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«Dreamgirls» leads the pack with eight nominations, but none for best director or best picture.
Struggling with finding a love life, Calvin writes a character he would consider perfect, a manic pixie dreamgirl named Ruby Sparks.
The Dreamgirls moviemaker has teamed up with Warner Bros..
Condon has a long history with musicals - he wrote and directed Dreamgirls, directed the upcoming Disney live - action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast and wrote the screenplays for Chicago and upcoming musical The Greatest Showman, which stars Zac Efron and Hugh Jackman.
Tim tests his powers during a summer getaway with family, attempting to woo a dreamgirl that might as well have the words «female Baxter» tattooed on her chest — not that Tim will reject her, but that it's easy to see him with someone a bit more relatable and full of personality.
Bill Condon is one of Hollywood's most respected directors, with works including «Gods and Monsters», «Kinsey», «Dreamgirls» and most recently «Mr Holmes»
In The Watch List we get our music on with Bill Condon's Dreamgirls and Jean - Marc Vallée's Café de flore.
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Dreamgirls and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn director Bill Condon takes the helm with Alan Menken returning to bring the classic original songs back — plus a new diddy or two.
and Best Picture winner Chicago and then in 2006 - 2007 there was a huge wave of popular favorites like Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Enchanted and Sweeney Todd that managed to do solid business at the box - office as well as with the critics.
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Logically, Wall - E probably will miss a nom, but I have a gut feeling and I'm just gonna go with it, sure that can be completely off but my best predictions were in 06 when I went with some unpopular choices like Letters over Dreamgirls and DiCaprio for Blood Diamond over Departed (since he was always pushed lead there).
Then, as an actor, I did Ray and Dreamgirls, movies with musical components.
Opening with a forced trailer for Dreamgirls (is there any other kind?)
Director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Kinsey, Dreamgirls) emerges from the quicksand of two Twilight movies with a potent and provocative take on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch), an egomaniac with a passion for transparency in the information age.
Carter Burwell's music, combined with the film's cloudy landscape shots (courtesy of cinematographer Tobias Schliessler, who worked with Condon on «Dreamgirls») add to a sense of nostalgia.
2006 saw two major film releases starring Jamie Foxx: Dreamgirls (the story of 1960's doo - wop girl group, with similarities to The Supremes), starring Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy and Miami Vice (a modernized film version of the 1980s TV cop series), which was directed by Michael Mann and also starred Colin Farrell and Gong Li.
The duo rejuvenated the store with fresh new products while successfully hosting successful signings of their own with actor Christopher Lee, author Clive Barker, Oscar - winning writer / director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Dreamgirls) and more.
With increasingly dazzling dresses, and gradually growing wigs, Dreamgirls confidently captures the look of the time, not to mention the sound of the three little Aretha Franklin triplets.
The film is an original musical written by Bill Condon («Dreamgirls») and Jenny Bicks («Sex and the City») with lyrics from Oscar winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul («La La Land»).
When Dreamgirls struts its stuff on DVD, fans of the musical - turned - movie can indulge their passion with alternate scenes and extended musical numbers.
The previous per - theater - average record for a live - action film actually came from earlier this year when another Anderson, Wes, saw his «Moonrise Kingdom» average $ 130,749 from 4 screens, which topped «Dreamgirls,» «Brokeback Mountain» and «Precious,» the only other live - action films to find averages north of $ 100,000 (a dozen or so animated Disney films have much higher averages thanks to massive special screenings they'd hold before wide release — «The Lion King» is still # 1 with a whopping $ 793,377).
With another album («Unpredictable») in 2005, he went on a film streak that included «Jarhead,» another trip with Michael Mann in «Miami Vice,» and the musical «Dreamgirls.&raWith another album («Unpredictable») in 2005, he went on a film streak that included «Jarhead,» another trip with Michael Mann in «Miami Vice,» and the musical «Dreamgirls.&rawith Michael Mann in «Miami Vice,» and the musical «Dreamgirls.»
Where more inspired filmmaking could have potentially found ways to thrill or engage a non-fan audience, the filmmakers of Breaking Dawn: Part 1 - specifically oscar - winning director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls)- were overly eager to «give the people what they want,» which essentially amounts to a lot of Bella on Edward action and some combination of Jacob with his shirt off moping around.
Costume designer for Get on Up is the one and only Sharen Davis, who previously worked with Taylor on The Help, although you may know her better for Devil in a Blue Dress, Dreamgirls, Ray and Django Unchained.
Not the most likely or inspiring choice for the job, Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) takes the helm of this $ 160 million production with a script attributed to Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the film adaptation of Rent) and Disney DTV veteran Evan Spiliotopoulos (whose more recent credits include the maligned not - quite - tentpoles Hercules starring Dwayne Johnson and The Huntsman: Winter's War).