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Adam F. Goldberg
Adam Frederick Goldberg (born April 2, 1976) is an American television and film producer, and writer. Goldberg is best known as the creator and showrunner of '' The Goldbergs'', a television sitcom based on his childhood in which he is portrayed by Sean Giambrone. He also created and led the sitcoms '' Breaking In'', ''Imaginary Mary'', and '' Schooled'', a spin-off of ''The Goldbergs''. Early life and work Goldberg was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and lived in nearby Jenkintown. His parents are Beverly (née Solomon) (born October 8, 1943) and Murray Goldberg (September 25, 1940 – February 1, 2008); he is the youngest of three sons, with brothers Eric (born August 18, 1967) and Barry (born October 15, 1969). He produced his first play, ''Dr. Pickup'', in 1992 at the age of 15, and won the Philadelphia Young Playwrights Festival. His plays were performed in venues such as the Sundance Playwrights Lab, the Illusion Theater, The Greenwich Street Theate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006. History The New York Comic Con is a for-profit event produced and managed by ReedPop, a division of Reed Exhibitions and Reed Elsevier, and is not affiliated with the long running non-profit San Diego Comic-Con, nor the Big Apple Convention, later known as the Big Apple Comic-Con, owned by Wizard Entertainment. ReedPop is involved with other events, including Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) and PAX Dev/PAX East/PAX Prime. ReedPop and New York Comic Con were founded by Greg Topalian, former senior vice president of Reed Exhibitions. The first con was held in 2006 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Due to Reed Exhibitions' lack of experience with comic conventions (they primarily dealt with professional trade shows prior to 2006), attendance was far more t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Newman
Kyle Newman (born March 16, 1976) is an American filmmaker, actor and New York Times bestselling author. He is known for directing ''Fanboys'', a Star Wars-themed comedy, ''Barely Lethal'' starring Hailee Steinfeld and Samuel L. Jackson for A24 and 1Up starring Ruby Rose, a comedy set in the world of competitive esports, for Lionsgate and Prime Video. He has directed music videos for Taylor Swift ("Style") (" Clean") and Lana Del Rey ("Summertime Sadness") and created the video content for Taylor Swift's The 1989 World Tour featuring Lena Dunham, Cara Delevingne, Selena Gomez and more. In 1998, Newman's short film ''Bitten by Love'' won the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award. In 2016, Newman produced the critically acclaimed documentary '' Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made'', about three teenagers who set out to recreate Steven Spielberg's classic ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' shot-for-shot in 1982, which was distributed by Drafthouse Films. He is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walden Media
Walden Media, LLC or Walden Media is an American film investor, distributor, and publishing company. Its films are based on children's literature, biographies or historical events, as well as documentaries and some original screenplays. The corporate headquarters of Walden Media are located in Los Angeles, California. The company is owned by the Christian conservative Philip Anschutz, who has said he expects their movies "to be entertaining, but also to be life affirming and to carry a moral message." Walden Media operates Walden Pond Press, a joint venture with HarperCollins, which publishes middle grade books. Company history Walden Media was founded in 2000 by Micheal Flaherty and Cary Granat as a movie, television, publishing and Internet enterprise whose goal is to teach and entertain kids. Granat was president of Miramax's Dimension Films division,Jensen, Jeff"The Family Business" ''Entertainment Weekly'', 28 April 2006: 58–61. and Flaherty came from the world of educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Bloom
Simon Bloom is a series of young adult novels by Michael Reisman. Set in the fictional town of Lawnville, New Jersey, it is about a boy who finds a book that lets him control the laws of physics. The first of the books was acquired by Walden Media Walden Media, LLC or Walden Media is an American film investor, distributor, and publishing company. Its films are based on children's literature, biographies or historical events, as well as documentaries and some original screenplays. The corpo .... Books in the series There are three novels in the series: *''Simon Bloom, The Gravity Keeper'' (2007, hardcover) , (2009, paperback) *''Simon Bloom: The Octopus Effect'' (2009, hardcover) *''Simon Bloom: The Order of Chaos'' (2012, e-published) ''Simon Bloom, The Gravity Keeper'' ''Simon Bloom, The Gravity Keeper'' is the first book in the series. Simon, a boy with a very energetic, imaginative mind, is drawn into Dunkerhook Woods - a hidden, magical place that no one has ever noticed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Levy
Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian film director, film producer, actor, and founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. He has worked across genres and is perhaps best known as the director of the ''Night at the Museum'' film franchise and primary producer of the Netflix series ''Stranger Things.'' Following early work as a television director, Levy gained recognition in the 2000s for directing comedy films like ''Big Fat Liar'' and ''Just Married'' before subsequently helming the ''Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther'', and ''Night at the Museum'' film franchises. In the early 2010s, he directed films including ''Date Night'' and ''Real Steel'', developed several comedy television pilots, and executive produced the ABC sitcom '' Last Man Standing''. Levy was a producer on the 2016 sci-fi film ''Arrival'', which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Since 2016, Levy has been an executive producer on the Netflix original series ''Stranger Things.'' He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gift Of The Night Fury
''Gift of the Night Fury'' is a 2011 American computer-animated short film by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Tom Owens. It was released on November 15, 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray, along with another original animated short film ''Book of Dragons''. Based on ''How to Train Your Dragon'', the short takes place in the middle of preparing for the Viking winter holiday. After all dragons inexplicably fly away, the last one of them unwittingly kidnaps Hiccup. Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse all reprise their roles from the original film. Plot Right before Berk's traditional winter holiday of Snoggletog, all the dragons of Berk unexpectedly depart, leaving everyone distraught – except for Toothless, who cannot fly by himself. Out of compassion, Hiccup builds him a new automatic prosthesis allowing him independent flight, thus gifting him his freedom; he then flies off too. Three days la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space
In biology, and especially in genetics, a mutant is an organism or a new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is generally an alteration of the DNA sequence of the genome or chromosome of an organism. It is a characteristic that would not be observed naturally in a specimen. The term mutant is also applied to a virus with an alteration in its nucleotide sequence whose genome is in the nuclear genome. The natural occurrence of genetic mutations is integral to the process of evolution. The study of mutants is an integral part of biology; by understanding the effect that a mutation in a gene has, it is possible to establish the normal function of that gene. Mutants arise by mutation Mutants arise by mutations occurring in pre-existing genomes as a result of errors of DNA replication or errors of DNA repair. Errors of replication often involve translesion synthesis by a DNA polymerase when it encounters and bypasses a damaged base in the temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Train Your Dragon (film)
''How to Train Your Dragon'' is a 2010 American computer-animated action fantasy film loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name by Cressida Cowell, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois from a screenplay by Will Davies, Sanders, and DeBlois, and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig. The story takes place in Berk, a mythical Viking village; Hiccup, an undersized teen wishing to become a dragon slayer like the other Vikings, injures a rare Night Fury dragon but is unable to bring himself to kill it. He instead helps and befriends the dragon, and quickly discovers that things are not exactly as they seem in the Viking-Dragon conflict. In 2004, the book series began coming to attention to the executives at DreamWorks Animation. With the success of ''Over the Hedge'', Bonnie Arnold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Muppets' Wizard Of Oz
''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'' is a 2005 musical fantasy television film directed by Kirk R. Thatcher. It is the second film to be made for television in ''The Muppets'' franchise. The film stars Ashanti, Jeffrey Tambor, Quentin Tarantino, David Alan Grier, Queen Latifah, Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, and Eric Jacobson. A contemporary adaptation of the 1900 novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum, the story follows young Dorothy Gale, who works in her Aunt Em's diner, but dreams of becoming a singer somewhere beyond her small Kansas town. Swept up by a tornado, in her trailer home with pet prawn Toto, she lands in Oz and embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard who can help make her dreams come true. Right after The Walt Disney Company bought the rights to the Muppets franchise in 2004, pre-production took place throughout February 2004, and principal photography began seven months later. ABC made several changes after the initial script was written, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliens In The Attic
''Aliens in the Attic'' is a 2009 American comic science fiction film directed by John Schultz and written by Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldberg, based on an original story conceived by Burton. Starring Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler, Ashley Tisdale, Gillian Vigman, Andy Richter, Doris Roberts, Robert Hoffman, Kevin Nealon, Tim Meadows, Josh Peck, J. K. Simmons, Kari Wahlgren and Thomas Haden Church, the plot revolves around the children in the Pearson family defending their vacation home against a group of aliens, who are planning an invasion of Earth until one of the aliens betrays them and joins the Pearson children in battle. Produced by Regency Enterprises and Dune Entertainment, ''Aliens in the Attic'' was released theatrically by 20th Century Fox on July 31, 2009 in the United States. The film received mixed reviews from film critics and failed at the box office, earning merely $57.9 million on a $45 million budget. Plot A meteor shower rockets through the dark galax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Brody
Adam Jared Brody (born December 15, 1979) is an American actor, writer, musician, and producer. He is known for his breakthrough role as Seth Cohen on the Fox television series ''The O.C.'', which premiered in 2003. Subsequently, Brody appeared in films including '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005), ''Thank You for Smoking'' (2005), ''In the Land of Women'' (2007), and ''Jennifer's Body'' (2009). In the 2010s, Brody had supporting roles in comedies like ''Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'' (2012) and '' Sleeping with Other People'' (2015), as well as more serious films like '' Lovelace'' (2013). He appeared in a number of television series during this time, and starred in and was a producer of the television series '' StartUp'' (2016–2018). Brody has appeared in the DC superhero film '' Shazam!'' (2019) and will appear in its 2023 sequel, in the thriller '' Ready or Not'' (2019), and in the film ''Promising Young Woman'' (2020). He starred in the indie dramedy ''The Kid D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revenge Of The Nerds
''Revenge of the Nerds'' is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Jeff Kanew and starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Ted McGinley, and Bernie Casey. The film's plot chronicles a group of nerds at the fictional Adams College trying to stop the ongoing harassment by the jock fraternity, the Alpha Betas, in addition to the latter's sister sorority, Pi Delta Pi. Plot Best friends and nerds Lewis Skolnick and Gilbert Lowe enroll in Adams College to study computer science. The Alpha Betas, a fraternity that includes most of the Adams football team, carelessly burn down their own house and, urged by Coach Harris, take over the freshman dorms, literally throwing the freshmen out into the street. Dean Ulich designates temporary living space in the gymnasium and allows the freshmen to rush the fraternities. Lewis, Gilbert, and several other nerds fail to join fraternities, but are able to secure a dilapidated house near campus and repair it as a residence. The Alpha Betas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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