Sentences with phrase «with big movie studios»

Napster co-founder Sean Parker's proposal to sell first - run movies to home viewers at $ 50 a pop has stirred up various corners of Hollywood, with big movie studios and theater chains up in arms over the Screening Room idea while multiple major filmmakers have landed on opposing sides of the argument.

Not exact matches

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

But the reality in Hollywood is that with the Disney - Fox deal the era of the «big six» movie studios of Disney, Fox, Universal, Warner Bros., Sony, and Paramount is over — now it's time to adapt.

Look at Hollywood: Movie studios have made a fortune selling us miraculous stories that we watch on the big screen with... maybe not belief but hope in our eyes.

Critics weren't especially kind to Bright, Netflix's big 2017 push to brand itself as a real, bona fide movie studio, complete with an awful, David Ayer - directed Will Smith blockbuster of its very own.

Scoring noticeably fewer films than before, he has concentrated on big - budget studio material at the expense of everything else, seeming to leave behind the smaller movies with which he attracted much of the praise afforded him over the years.

She started out as a Scream Queen and then dabbled with big, bad studio movies.

Fans of Suzanne Collins» novel, of course, know that that is exactly how this movie needed to be made; it's just surprising to see a studio show that kind of discipline when they normally are, shall we say, going all Tex Avery with the big dollar sign eyeballs.

After a summer slew of big - budget studio films, it can be difficult to find, sit down and watch a movie with more modest origins.

For attendees, highlights of this annual 4 day event, which celebrates the movie going experience and brings together theater owners and managers with movie studios, distributors and vendors and the latest technological innovations, was getting to experience live, in person, appearances by some of the biggest stars and filmmakers in the business.

Winstead has had a bit of an odd trajectory in her career, going from thin supporting parts in big dumb studio movies to a huge indie breakout with her magnificent performance in Smashed a few years ago that she unfortunately didn't really capitalize on afterwards, but here she gets the best of both worlds by developing a kickass character we can root for in a thrilling genre piece that also has some depth to her.

There are a lot of films that could make it in the ensemble race if you go by big casts with lots of respectable actors in them and studio marketeers pushing those movies.

The image is splendid, on a par with the studio's glowing remaster of 1985's Pee - Wee's Big Adventure; the age of Innerspace is mostly in evidence in composite shots (that optical particulate that accompanied Spielberg - era movie magic), as even the soundtrack is rich and full, though wanting in the lower octaves.

«The studio likes it when you cast big names,» said Todd, «because there's the financial end of having to sell the movies, and it's easier with people who are more well - known.

The HBO series gets the big - screen treatment in this shallow but entertaining glimpse of life in Hollywood, with Adrian Grenier as a movie star, Jeremy Piven as his friend and studio head, and three other guys along for the ride.

While I think he stumbled a bit with this movie since it's a much bigger movie and the studios breathing down his neck, but at least he brought a brand new superhero in style.

Marvel may have had little involvement with Disney's Big Hero 6, but that didn't stop comic book legend Stan Lee from making his customary cameo in the animated movie, and the studio has now released a new featurette which sees Stan discussing his appearance.

Lobb somehow avoided all that and brings this movie to a wide audience on Tuesday with the backing of one of the biggest studios out there, its Amazon sales rank already at a most impressive low four figures.

They're just saddled with material that seems more tailored for episodes of a mid-range sitcom than a big studio movie.

Japan's big movie studio Toho produced that new live - action Godzilla movie Shin Godzilla in 2016, and followed it up with this new anime movie.

The movie was distributed by Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, an independent production company that used to work with bigger studios like Sony or Fox to release its films, but is now handling the entire operation itself.

His track record shows that a director with a distinctive style who's given leeway by the studio to deviate from the norm can make a crowd - pleaser that brings in the big bucks at the box office and also lands critical accolades — whether it's by reimagining comic book movies as political commentary (in the Dark Knight trilogy), sci - fi as quasi-post-apocalyptic family drama (Interstellar), or detective noir as psychological drama (Insomnia, Memento).

I would totally do a big studio movie if it's the right fit and I would totally retreat back into the woods and make a little indie with my friends.

Long after the form fell out of vogue — and in an era when many big - budget studio films pack the screen with saturated candy colors and in - your - face 3 - D effects — indie filmmakers and even the occasional studio - movie veteran are turning to the monochromatic.

Sean Baker, the award - winning director and co-writer of the great new movie, «The Florida Project,» joins Justin in studio to discuss the film, what drew him to tell this story, the juxtaposition of the hidden homeless living right outside of the most magical place on Earth, the importance of getting the details exactly right, how the movie was inspired by «The Little Rascals,» wanting to show how children make the most out of any situation no matter how dire, how desperation plays a big role in the film, the wonderful performance from Willem Dafoe, the relationship between Willem and the child actors, the challenge of working with child actors, the way Florida is portrayed in the film and what he plans to do next.

«Guardians of the Galaxy» is the closest thing to a standalone movie that the studio has made since the first «Iron Man,» and Gunn absolutely nails the offbeat tone of the source material, creating a sort of punk rock «Star Wars» that delivers big on adventure and comedy with a thoroughly entertaining cast of characters.

Along with a trade show floor that featured the the latest technological innovations, theatre seating, food concession goodies and more that enhance the movie going experience, the annual highlight for attendees is the opportunity to get a sneak peak at some of the most highly anticipated films from the major studios» upcoming slate, attend the screenings of several full lengths films and to catch special in person appearances by big name stars and filmmakers.

It has been a self - fulfilling attitude; studios, ever fixated on what kinds of movies have succeeded in the past, never challenged the assumption with a big - budget fantasy because they were always too afraid to take the risk.

Fox, often a genre - friendly studio, have a few pictures which are kinda - sorta aiming for the Comic - Con crowd — the underpromoted «The Watch,» which opens two weeks later, plus «Taken 2,» «Life Of Pi,» the animated «Epic» and «Machete Kills» further down the line — but with «The Wolverine» only shooting right before the event, and the «X-Men First Class» sequel not shooting until next year, they don't really have the kind of big draw movie they've had in the past.

Still, the North American performance should make every studio uncomfortable with the idea of putting Jack Black at the center of a big budget live - action family movie.

We had a chance to chat with Dean about this new movie and how was it shifting in scale from big studio to independent.

The upcoming summer movie season promises to be one of the biggest in years, so it's a bit of a surprise that studios are limping (rather than sprinting) into that period with such a humdrum selection of films.

You'll probably notice that there aren't very many movies receiving wide releases this month, and that partly has to do with the return of a certain wise - cracking web - slinger to the big screen, but it's mostly because every studio is terrified of «The Dark Knight Rises,» and they should be.

Now, studios don't make big - budget movies, they make big - budget universes; now, fans engage with franchises year - round and absorb every pixel of trailer footage like a sponge; now, joining these franchises has become a rite of passage for young stars, a career plan; and now, movies don't end when the credits start rolling.

Beyond the fact that the blockbuster release date window is widening all around the industry, with big studio movies starting to come out in every month of the year, there is another reason why Black Panther is coming out so early in 2018: to give it some distance from Joe and Anthony Russo's The Avengers: Infinity War, which comes out on May 4, 2018.

uncan Jones was probably bombarded with a number of offers to direct a big studio movie following the release and cult success of his directorial debut, «Moon,» but there's something about his decision to choose «Source Code» as his follow - up that tells you a lot about the kind of filmmaker he hopes to become.

They were the last line of enticement — and sometimes the first — alongside carpet - bombing consumers with coming attractions, movie posters, marquees, publicity stunts, movie program books, and newspaper advertisements for their newest big - screen sensation.With no entertainment websites or blogs available to tease audiences with stills from their films, lobby cards served that purpose for the studio publicity machine.

I would totally do a big studio movie if it's the right fit and I would totally retreat back into the woods and make a little indy with my friends.

With our own in house Video & Photo editing equipment and studio & media making facilities Big Blue Movies, led by the legendary Billy Cloud, has in a very short time come a very long way.

Since then, thanks to Ubisoft's numerous global studios, it's grown into one of the biggest multimedia franchises out there, with yearly triple - A games, as well as smaller installments, not to mention comic books and even an upcoming Hollywood movie.

Nintendo is close to signing a licensing deal with Illumination Entertainment — the animation studio behind Despicable Me and Minions — to bring an animated Super Mario Bros. movie to the big screen.

A movie that gets so many things right, with the backing of the biggest movie studios in the world, can still fall victim to the crushing workflow of the visual effects industry.

Instead of tasking an actual person with the assignment, the American film studio trusted IBM's supercomputer Watson to put together the trailer for the movie, making it the first - ever artificial intelligence system to produce a promo video for the big screen.

Marvel Entertainment was purchased by Disney in 2009, but still must follow licensing agreements with other movie studios — as well as to Disney's biggest theme park rival, Universal Studios — that impose limits on the Burbank media and entertainment company's intellectual property rights.

Disney has teamed up with four big movie studios to make sharing movie downloads between ecosystems as simple as possible.