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Take a look at the junior year film from Michigan LB pledge Charles Thomas out of IMG Academy: Ain't no comparison...

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Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

Once the booze wears off from Matthew McConaughey's final «Alright, alright, alright,» of our year in film, we can get down to the really important part of the Oscars and start second - guessing the winners.

Revenue from Viacom «s film business increased 24 % to $ 758 million in the quarter from a year earlier.

To pull it off, Catullo's team had to get over 180 permits to do the shoot, create a perimeter around the Acropolis that included over 400 security people, bring in their own TV truck and all key gear from the U.K., and become the first production granted permission to film at the Parthenon in almost 60 years.

So, the studio's biggest question mark of the year will be November's Justice League, which will bring together several superheroes from that universe of films, including Wonder Woman as well as Batman and Superman.

In fact, half of the top 10 grossing films of the year came from Walt Disney Studios — which hauled in $ 3 billion in domestic box office, Disney reported.

Ken Jacowitz, a 54 - year - old librarian from the New York borough of Queens, called it «a funny film made by funny people.»

The 2016 Sundance Film Festival's New Frontiers exhibit featured 30 virtual reality films this year, up from a dozen last year.

The dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won big at the Golden Globes earlier this year, but the film has also seen a sustained backlash from critics over its questionable ending and a perceived failure in fleshing out the movie's non-white characters.

«Homecoming» may be the sixth Spider - Man movie from Sony in 15 years, but it's by far one of the top two films in the entire franchise.

Apple's marketing through the years may well be some of the most innovative ever, starting with the 1984 Super Bowl commercial from film director Ridley Scott.

«(Cannes) wants to reiterate its support to the traditional mode of exhibition of cinema in France and in the world,» it continued, adding that from next year its rules would explicitly state any film entered for competition would have to «commit itself to being distributed in French movie theatres».

It's proving to be an exceptionally busy day for the 40 - year - old: He's already attended four fashion shows; later, he'll give a talk at NYU's Stern School of Business, and attend another show and a swanky after - party, all while a film crew from New York magazine buzzes around him for an online video piece.

Last year, women comprised a meager 7 percent of directors for the top 250 films, a two - point drop from 1998, according to the Center For the Study of Women in Television & Film.

This summer's box - office totals have also suffered from the expansion of blockbuster season as a handful of films likely to be among the year's biggest releases are slated to come out this fall, among them best - selling novel adaptation Gone Girl, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, and the latest Hunger Games installment.

The film looks at 150 years of history, and the leaders who came from it.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

While Pixar has had some misses in recent years, it is still known for high - quality animated films, from «Toy Story» to «Up» to «Coco.»

That year, revenue from films jumped 47 %.

Last year's winner had an October release, which set the film up well to benefit from the notorious Oscar bump following its Best Picture nomination and eventual win.

Jay Chandrasekhar, the director and a star of «Super Troopers 2,» spoke to Business Insider this weekend about how the film arose, out of necessity, from a massively successful crowdfunding campaign three years ago, which netted $ 4.6 million from 54,000 donors.

It's all about the unpredictable at the MTV Movie Awards, hosted by comedian Kevin Hart and action star Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson, where fans vote for their favorite films and performances from the year.

In the 27 years since films like Deep Throat and Behind the Green Door nudged pornography toward the mainstream, sexual content has gone from scandalous to stale.

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign spent more than $ 1 out of every $ 5 on attorney fees this year as the president contended with the ongoing special counsel investigation and a new legal challenge from an adult - film star.

In China, seen by analysts as overtaking the U.S. as the world's largest box office in the coming years, Wang's entertainment business spans from cinemas to film production and theme parks.

When Gwyneth Paltrow was 22 years old, she got a role that would take her from actress to star: The film producer Harvey Weinstein hired her for the lead in the Jane Austen adaptation «Emma.»

«After two years of developing global interest in B.C.'s LNG potential, this year's budget has selected four or five other key industries for strategic investment and growth — from the film industry to mining, aerospace, and a Maritime Centre of Excellence.»

Based on data from Box Office Mojo, the blog reports that «China accounted for $ 500 million or just 7.7 percent of the $ 6.5 billion worldwide net revenue» from the thirty - two films that Hollywood got into China last year on a revenue - sharing basis.

Many of the top - grossing films of this year have earned a significant percentage of their revenues from China.

Revenue for the first quarter of the Walt Disney Company's 2015 fiscal year jumped 9 % as sales of merchandise from the hit animated film Frozen dominated the holiday season.

The company is additionally guiding to full - year profitability for Filmed Entertainment by FY19, a huge reversal from recent trends.

The film's merchandise lifted last year's U.S. retail toy sales and contributed to a strong quarter for Disney, which also saw steady growth from its television and cable networks including ABC and ESPN.

The true magic of Disney is that it continues to rake in cash from its films years after they leave the box office.

The company often invests in projects that could take years to come to fruition — it's currently benefiting from early investments of films for smartphones — but when those bets start paying off 3M's investors often reap the benefits.

Not sure why you would think a modern film - maker would have that much to do with a writer from the 1st - 3rd century CE... almost 2000 years apart.

In 2018, dozens of superheroes from various movies over the last nine years will come together for Avengers: Infinity War, and supposedly connect the plots of all these movies together, making the MCU one of the most ambitious projects in film history.

Based on the best - selling book of the same name, the film tells the real - life story of Colton Burpo, a 4 - year - old boy who awakens from surgery with eye - popping tales of the great beyond.

That's just an aside, though, to a film that's otherwise a suspenseful thriller with some of the best performances of the year from Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman.

I had the privilege of watching the film while seated behind a family that included four boys, who ranged from about six to 14 years in age.

In a way, the studios pretty much decide ahead of time which films they want to push for getting those nominations from other Hollywood insiders, and as a result, some of the best films of the year can get ignored.

Two years previously, he arranged and paid for, with what I guess counts as bohemian chivalry, a woman he impregnated to get an abortion (then illegal) from a competent doctor, and in the film we see him do the same for Jean.

Along with promising comedies, a new David O. Russell film, the latest offering from Pixar and a documentary about Hillsong, our list of the most anticipated movies of next year is filled with reboots and remakes.

Selma, director Ava Duvernay's film about the 1965 Voters» Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, has been touted as the best film of the year, thanks in no small...

The actor who played the warden in the film still gets «a very substantial income» just from residuals from repeat TV showings and told WSJ, «I suspect my daughter, years from now, will still be getting checks.»

Every year, movie lovers from around the world watch the Academy Awards to celebrate the best films of the year.

But in a year that's seen a slew of big budget releases and star - powered projects from some of Hollywood's most notable filmmakers (Martin Scorsese, Kenneth Lonergan, Mel Gibson) it was a $ 5 million film with no major superstar names that brought home the night's biggest award.

The film marks a transition for actor Andrew Garfield, from blockbuster superhero, to critical darling, in a starring role that is already being called one of the year's most powerful.

A clergyman who was convicted of filming men using a public toilet in a shopping centre has been barred from ministry as a priest in the Church of England for seven years.

Truth be told, it is mysterious that DC has managed to churn out three Batman movies, two Superman movies, a Green Lantern movie, a Green Arrow TV show and a planned Flash TV show (and that's all ignoring the previous film adaptations of these characters) without turning its attention to one of its heaviest hitters (aside from a famously disastrous attempt at a television show a few years back).