Movie Production Insights – Page 40

Hotel Transylvania

_Animation, _ComedySeptember 16, 2012

Hotel Transylvania is a story about a father and a daughter – it’s just that the father happens to be Dracula says Genndy Tartakovsky, director of the Sony Pictures Animation film

Eleven-year-old WOODY WATSON is a timid Baltimore orphan who dreams of a better life — and his absent mother who may or may not be in North Carolina fighting drug addiction. Woody also reveres his uncle VINCENT as the father figure he never had.

Looper

_ActionSeptember 11, 2012

Looper is a 2012 American science fiction action film directed by Rian Johnson with a time travel plot. The film stars Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt.

Won’t Back Down

_DramaSeptember 2, 2012

Won’t Back Down is a powerful story – inspired by true events – of parenthood, friendship, hope and courage. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis portray determined mothers who will stop at nothing to transform their children’s failing inner city school.

Stolen

_ActionAugust 27, 2012

Director Simon West and Nicolas Cage team-up for the first time since the 1997 blockbuster CON AIR for STOLEN, a unique fast paced action thriller that takes place during 10 frantic hours on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans.

Killing Them Softly

_DramaAugust 22, 2012

KILLING THEM SOFTLY is written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), and is based on the George V. Higgins novel, “Cogan’s Trade.” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz, and Anthony Katagas produced the film

The Man with the Iron Fists

_Action, _AdventureAugust 21, 2012

Quentin Tarantino presents The Man With the Iron Fists, an action-adventure inspired by kung-fu classics as interpreted by his longtime collaborators RZA , a member of the Wu-Tang Clan and Eli Roth.

Dredd 3D

_Science fictionAugust 18, 2012

Dredd 3D is a British science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis. It was announced in December 2008 that the production company DNA Films was to make a film adaptation of 2000 AD comic book character Judge Dredd and would be unrelated to the 1995 film version.

Resident Evil: Retribution

_Action, _Horror, _Science fictionAugust 14, 2012

The wildly successful film franchise adaptation that has grossed nearly $700 million worldwide to date returns in its highly anticipated fifth installment, Resident Evil: Retribution, written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, in state-of-the art 3D.

The Words

_Drama, _RomanceAugust 12, 2012

“Fuller. Truer. More honest.” Hearing a succinct validation of the words unfolding his heart-rending tale of love and loss from the woman he loved, trumped the moral conundrum that lay in wait. The romantic drama THE WORDS explores the devastating consequences when ambition is valued above love.

The Possession

_HorrorAugust 8, 2012

From horror master Sam Raimi and legendary Danish director Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch, The Substitute) comes a contemporary supernatural thriller that is based on a terrifying true story of paranormal events — and the unleashing of an ancient evil into our 21st Century world.

Sparkle

_DramaAugust 6, 2012

Sparkle is an American film directed by Salim Akil and produced by Stage 6 Films and released by TriStar Pictures. Inspired by The Supremes, Sparkle is a remake of the 1976 film of the same name, which centred on three singing teenage sisters from Harlem who form a girl group in the late 1950s.

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