Sentences with phrase «with franchise producers»

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As if that weren't enough to keep him busy, he inked a deal last spring with Hollywood producer Joel Silver, best known for the Matrix and Die Hard franchises, to create Silver Pictures Entertainment.

As the creator, executive producer and host of the Bizarre Foods franchise on Travel Channel (including Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World, Bizarre Foods America and Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations) and Andrew Zimmern's Driven by Food, he has explored cultures in more than 150 countries, promoting impactful ways to think about, create and live with food.s

The creative team on this action - adventure event is led by director / producer Alex Kurtzman and producer Chris Morgan, who have been instrumental in growing some of the most successful franchises of the past several years — with Kurtzman writing or producing entries in the Transformers, Star Trek and Mission: Impossible series, and Morgan being the narrative engineer of the Fast & Furious saga as it has experienced explosive growth from its third chapter on.

Then, as the movie began, I realized that a child with a cell phone represents what DreamWorks Animation, the producer of this most lucrative of franchise animated features, envisions its audience to be — tiny, pre-corporate techies who live far from the fairy - tale emotion of enchantment.

Writers Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, Ed Solomon, and Drew Goddard will form a «franchise brain trust» with producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach and director Marc Webb.

Producer Don Murphy insists that the franchise will not be «rebooted» but will continue with the same robots.

X-Men franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner expresses interest in working with Kevin Feige to bring the mutants into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The Russo Brothers as well, who would make excellent producers while they're busy with the Avengers franchise.

X-Men: Apocalypse is officially confirmed to not only wrap up the trilogy that started with X-Men: First Class in 2011 and continued on in 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past, but also the entire franchise as we know it, under the guiding hand of producer Bryan Singer, who has directed four of the seven live - action movies.

The LEGO Movie did a good job of bringing together several franchises in Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, DC Super Heroes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and many, many more — and it's producer would like to do the same thing again with Nintendo.

The horror event of the year is the return of Michael Myers in the new Halloween movie, along with the franchise's most recognizable icons in John Carpenter as executive producer and composer, Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode, and Nick Castle suiting up as Myers again, but make no mistake, there is a new man behind the mask stepping into The Shape, his name his James Jude Courtney, and he's about to make a killer impression.

Action specialist and co - writer / producer Luc Besson has fashioned another slick thriller - with a twist of sci - fi - to rank alongside this Transporter franchise; while a buff Pearce does his best in a role more suited to Jason Statham.

The co-writer and producer, currently talking up The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug's upcoming Blu - ray / DVD release, boasts the most inside of tracks on the behemoth franchise as it rumbles towards its conclusion and shared it with Empire when we caught up with her.

Working again with writer / producer Lionel Wigram, after the two successfully made a franchise out of Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes six years ago, Ritchie's The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a welcome throwback to early Bond films, loaded with hip action, and always having a tongue planted slightly in cheek.

Stand - up comedian and former «The Daily Show» producer Jena Friedman is to make her directorial debut with comedy «Serial Dater,» which stars Imogen Poots («Green Room,» «Knight of Cups»), Timothy Simons (HBO's «Veep») and John Cho («Star Trek» and «Harold and Kumar» franchises).

Comicbook.com spoke with writer, franchise producer, and possible X-Men director Simon...

With franchise icons Tom Savini as executive producer and cinematographer, Henery Manfredini as composer, and Kane Hodder as motion capture actor portraying Jason, Friday the 13th: The Game will launch on Xbox One, PS4 and Steam as a digital download on May 26.

Corey Hawkins and his co-stars Miranda Otto, Dan Bucatinsky, Coral Pena, Anna Diop and Jimmy Smits screened the first episode of the upcoming franchise reboot on Monday (December 19) at The Paley Center for Media in New York City, followed by a Q&A session with series co-creator and executive producer Evan Katz.

«I am very pleased and proud to say that we have successfully shipped 1.2 million units of One Piece: Pirate Warriors worldwide, and we are glad to continue working on this fantastic franchise with One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 to keep all the fans happy,» said Koji Nakajima, producer of One Piece games at Namco Bandai Games Inc. «It's thanks to all of you, the people all over the world who bought the game, that I am able to announce this great news.»

Producer Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions has made a career out of taking low - to - moderately budgeted horror films like Paranormal Activity, Sinister and Oculus and turning them into profitable box office offerings - often with promise of sequel and / or franchise opportunities.

While / Film was visiting the set of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom last year, we sat down for an extensive conversation with longtime Jurassic Park franchise producer Frank Marshall (who has also been behind the likes of the Indiana Jones and The Bourne Identity franchises) and Jurassic World producer Pat Crowley.

In a recent interview with ShackNews, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma has revealed a bit more about why the series hasn't been annualized like some of the most popular Western franchises.

With Gore Verbinski «s departure from the Pirates «franchise, producer Jerry Bruckheimer has turned to the talents of director Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha) to carry this blockbuster franchise forward.

Bloody - Disgusting is reporting that Miramax is «starting over» with producer Malek Akkad and shopping the Halloween franchise in search of a new distributor to replace Dimension.

However, his fascination with the world of Avatar has absorbed his time, as he prepares to film the next four sequels to that franchise, so he will serve as a producer instead.

Producers still plan to move ahead with the «Terminator» franchise, but only after learning what audiences worldwide liked — and didn't like — about «Genisys.»

Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions (THE horror film producing company so far this decade) has teamed up with Halloween franchise producer Malek Akkad and Miramax to bring a new film to the big - screen for a planned release of October 2017.

IGN has reported today that SEGA has signed a deal with Wanted Productions, Stories International (which as we reported previously, SEGA is working closely to bring more of its franchises to the big screen) and Scott Pilgrim The Movie producer Marc Platt to produce a Shinobi Live Action Film:

in all three games, and as franchise producer Simon Kinberg confirmed last week they are meeting with directors.

Aired by Fox just one other time after it premiered and later dropped from syndication, the superficially disturbing «Home» went on to become the show's best - selling episode on VHS; it was but a matter of time until some enterprising producer recognized the franchise potential in its heartland troglodytes — and it was even more inevitable that they should be paired with a WB cast - off for the first big - screen vehicle, since no modern horror flick is complete without one.

Not one to let a potential tent - pole franchise go to waste, Disney Studios and producer Jerry Bruckheimer (On Stranger Tides, Prince of Persia) dust off the white cowboy hat in order to try to bring the iconic lawman into the modern era with The Lone Ranger, which is crafted by the creative team behind the first three Pirates of the Caribbean flicks, director Gore Verbinski (At World's End, Dead Man's Chest), and writing team Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio (Shrek, Small Soldiers), plus Justin Haythe (Snitch, The Clearing).

Screenwriter Goyer attempts to start new discussions, but gaps form, and Snipes comes off more as a former character - actor, now focused on his love of martial arts, and as an executive producer, concerned with the full exploitation of the Blade franchise.

Shyamalan teams up with Jason Blum, the producer behind such successful franchises as «Paranormal Activity» and «Insidious» who had been pursuing him for years to partner together on a project.

The search for Sam Mendes» successor at the helm of the James Bond franchise continues in some interesting directions with Norwegian website Comoyo reporting that Headhunters director Morten Tyldum has been approached by producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson.

Following John Carpenter's announcement earlier today that David Gordon Green (Stronger, Our Brand Is Crisis, Joe, Pineapple Express) and Danny McBride (Alien: Covenant, Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals) will write the new Halloween movie which Green will direct, we have now received the official press release from Trancas International with quotes on the project from Green, McBride, and franchise producer Malek Akkad!

In an interview with one of the producers on the Texas Chainsaw 3D disc he states that the production team have the rights for six Texas Chainsaw movies but considering the lukewarm reception to that movie and the overall quality of Leatherface and its thinly - stretched relevance to the franchise it is hard to see where they go from here for one more movie, let alone another four.

The folks at Empire had a chance to speak with Lauren Shuler Donner, producer of all films X-Men related, at the press junket for the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine on Blu - ray and they discussed the future of the franchise.

«The continuation of the epic Thor franchise will be powerful and unique, and with the additions of Cate, Jeff, Tessa, Karl and Mark to the cast, we have the makings of his most dangerous and heroic adventure yet,» enthused producer Kevin Feige in making the announcement.

Alcon Entertainment acquired the movie and all franchise rights in 2011 from producer Bud Yorkin, who will produce the sequel with Kosove and Johnson.

LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2016 — John Carpenter, the multiple award - winning and legendary filmmaker and creator of the original Halloween films, will return to the franchise as executive producer on a new production of the iconic horror movie, it was jointly announced today by MIRAMAX ® and Trancas International Films — MIRAMAX ® and Blumhouse Productions will co-finance development and production, with Malek Akkad serving as producer under his Trancas banner and Jason Blum producing for Blumhouse.

While its producers are hoping to revive an old franchise that originated with John McTiernan's 1987 sci - fi thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger -LRB-...

They are currently in the process of partnering with major studios, producers, and filmmakers, for a worldwide release of the TV series and films based on those franchises.

«NEW - GEN» founder and creator J.D. Matonti will helm the production as the feature's Director, with the franchise's Julia Coppola and Chris Matonti rounding off as the film's Executive Producer and Producer respectively.

The producers have assembled a talented cast with Michael Nyqvist and Famke Janssen who both have appeared in successful studio franchises and bring commercial appeal to the project,» said Anisi.

Longtime X-Men franchise writer and producer Simon Kinberg is reportedly hoping to make his directorial debut with X-Men 7 for Fox.

The Emmy Award - winning producer is once again intriguingly thriving on expanding the mythology of what made the first film effective in his latest horror franchise, with the release of the new horror sequel, «Sinister 2,» which is set to be released in theaters on Friday.

Home Video Notes: Furious 7 Release Date: 15 September 2015 Furious 7 releases to home video with the following special features: - Extended Cut of the Film - Back to the Starting Line: Producer Neal Moritz, Chris Morgan and the cast join franchise newcomer director James Wan as they look back at how far the franchise has come bring the latest installment to life.

Once upon a time, screenwriter Oren Uziel simply wrote a sci - fi screenplay that had nothing to do with producer J.J. Abrams's Cloverfield films — a franchise that's a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.

Kay Cannon, the three - time Emmy nominated producer of 30 Rock and writer of the Pitch Perfect franchise, makes her directorial debut with the new sex comedy Blockers, written by Brian and... Continue reading →

Singer returns here to nab producer and story credits, and his influence is felt all through the production, which welcomes a restart of the franchise by dialing back the clock to 1962, infusing the film with a Cold War feel and a retro vibe, illustrating the mutant reveal while world politics head to the brink of global destruction.