|
Benjamin Waisbren
Benjamin Waisbren is an American film producer, who co-founded Virtual Studios Virtual Studios LLC was an American film financier, distributor and production studio based in The United States of America. History Establishment and early years Virtual Studios was founded by film directors and producers Tibor Hernadí and B ... in 1986, a studio that was a film financier, distribution and production company, he worked for the company until 2008, it was closed in 2009 Selected filmography External links * References Living people American film producers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-producer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, directing, editing, and arranging financing. The producer is responsible for finding and selecting promising material for development. Unless the film is based on an existing script, the producer hires a screenwriter and oversees the script's development. These activities culminate with the pitch, led by the producer, to secure the financial backing that enables production to begin. If all succeeds, the project is "greenlighted". The producer also supervises the pre-production, principal photography and post-production stages of filmmaking. A producer is also responsible for hiring a director for the film, as well as other key crew members. Whereas the director makes the creative decisions during the production, the producer typically ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deliver Us From Evil (2014 Film)
''Deliver Us from Evil'' is a 2014 American supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The film claims to be based on a 2001 non-fiction book entitled ''Beware the Night'' by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool, and its marketing campaign highlighted that it was "inspired by actual accounts", however the plot is an original piece written by director Derrickson. The film stars Eric Bana, Édgar Ramírez, Sean Harris, Olivia Munn, and Joel McHale in the main roles and was released on July 2, 2014. The film grossed $87.9 million against a $30 million budget. Plot In The Bronx in 2013, veteran New York Police Department, NYPD Special Operations Sergeant, Ralph Sarchie, and his partner, Butler, patrol the 46th Precinct. A domestic disturbance call comes in over the radio. Sarchie finds out that the male at the address is a former Marine. At the site of the complaint, Sarchie and Butler encounter the former Marine, Jimmy Tratner, whose wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goosebumps (film)
''Goosebumps'' is a 2015 American horror comedy film directed by Rob Letterman and written by Darren Lemke. Based on R. L. Stine's children's horror book series of the same name, it stars Jack Black as a fictionalized version of Stine who teams up with his teenage daughter (Odeya Rush), and their neighbor (Dylan Minnette), to save their hometown after all of the monsters from the ''Goosebumps'' franchise escape from his works, wreaking havoc in the real world. Amy Ryan, Ryan Lee, and Jillian Bell appear in supporting roles. Development on a ''Goosebumps'' feature film adaptation began in 1998, with Tim Burton attached to direct. After failing to find a script to determine which book to adapt, the project was halted. In early 2008, Columbia Pictures acquired the rights to create a ''Goosebumps''-based film, and the project reentered development. Principal photography lasted from April to July 2014 in Candler Park, Atlanta. ''Goosebumps'' was theatrically released in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walk (2015 Film)
''The Walk'' is a 2015 American 3D biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by him and Christopher Browne.. It is based on the story of 24-year-old French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Petit, alongside Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, and Steve Valentine. The film was released by TriStar Pictures on September 30, 2015 in the United States in IMAX 3D, and on October 9 in regular 2D and 3D. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Gordon-Levitt's performance, Zemeckis' direction and the visual effects, particularly during the wire walk scene, but underperformed at the box office. The film was dedicated to the victims of the September 11 attacks. Plot In 1968, Parisian street performer Philippe Petit bites a hard candy from the audience, damaging his tooth. In the dentist's waiting room, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Transylvania 2
''Hotel Transylvania 2'' is a 2015 American computer-animated monster comedy film directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, written by Robert Smigel and Adam Sandler, and it is the second installment in the ''Hotel Transylvania'' franchise and the sequel to ''Hotel Transylvania'' (2012). Produced by Sony Pictures Animation, it was animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks, with an additional funding provided by LStar Capital. ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' takes place several years after the events of the first film. Mavis and Johnny have a young son named Dennis, whose lack of any vampire abilities worries both Mavis and his maternal grandfather Dracula for differing reasons. When Mavis and Johnny travel to Johnny's hometown in California, Drac calls his friends to help him make Dennis a vampire, much to Mavis's dismay. Original voices from the first film — Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, Fran Drescher, Rob Riggle, Sadie Sandler, Jonny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricki And The Flash
''Ricki and the Flash'' is a 2015 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Diablo Cody, about a woman who leaves her family to become a rock star and later gets a chance to make amends. The film stars Meryl Streep, Mamie Gummer, Kevin Kline, Sebastian Stan, Rick Springfield, and Audra McDonald. The film marks Streep and Kline's third collaboration after ''Sophie's Choice'' (1982) and ''A Prairie Home Companion'' (2006). It was Demme's final narrative film before his death in April 2017. Principal photography began on October 13, 2014, in Rye, New York. TriStar Pictures financed, and released the film on August 7, 2015. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances of the cast but criticised its screenplay and execution, and grossed $41 million against its $18–30 million production budget. Plot Ricki chased her dreams of becoming a famous rock star by abandoning her family. She gets a chance to put things right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixels (2015 Film)
''Pixels'' is a 2015 science fiction comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and produced by Allen Covert, Mark Radcliffe and Adam Sandler, who starred in the lead role. Based on the 2010 short film of the same name by Patrick Jean, the film was written by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, from a story by Herlihy. The film co-stars Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad and Brian Cox. Combining computer-animated video game characters and visual effects, the film follows an alien race misinterpreting video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, resulting in them invading Earth using technology inspired by 1980s games such as ''Pac-Man'', ''Space Invaders'', ''Arkanoid'', ''Galaga'', ''Centipede'' and ''Donkey Kong''. To counter the invasion, the United States hires former arcade champions to lead the planet's defense. Principal photography on the film began on May 28, 2014, in Toronto; filming was completed in three months. Produced by Columbus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloha (2015 Film)
''Aloha'' is a 2015 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Cameron Crowe. It stars Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny McBride and Alec Baldwin. Its story follows former US Air Force officer Brian Gilcrest who returns to Hawaii when he is rehired by a former boss to oversee the launch of a privatized weapons satellite in the skies over Hawaii. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and was released on May 29, 2015. The film was a box office bomb, grossing $26.2 million worldwide against a budget of $37 million. It also received negative reviews from film critics, whose criticism was aimed at its screenplay, and accused the film of whitewashing. Plot Military contractor Brian Gilcrest returns to Hawaii on behalf of billionaire Carson Welch, who intends to develop local land into a space center. Following a celebrated military career that ended in shadowy deals in Afghanistan, the now disillusioned Gilcr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mall Cop 2
Mall commonly refers to a: * Shopping mall * Strip mall * Pedestrian street * Esplanade Mall or MALL may also refer to: Places Shopping complexes * The Mall (Sofia) (Tsarigradsko Mall), Sofia, Bulgaria * The Mall, Patna, Patna, Bihar, India * Mall St. Matthews, formerly The Mall, Louisville, Kentucky, US * The Mall (Bromley), a shopping centre in southeast London, UK * Lists of shopping malls Other places * The Mall, or the Esplanade of the European Parliament, Brussels * The Mall (Cleveland), a 1903 long public park in down-town Cleveland, Ohio * The Mall, Kanpur, the central business district of the city Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India * The Mall, Lahore, a road in Lahore, Pakistan * Mall, Ranga Reddy, a village in Telangana, India * The National Mall, an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C. * The Mall, Armagh, a cricket ground in Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK * The Mall, London, the landmark ceremonial approach road to Buckingham Palace, City of Westminst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chappie (film)
''Chappie'' (stylized as ''CHAPPiE'') is a 2015 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp and written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell. It stars Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Ninja, Yolandi Visser, Jose Pablo Cantillo, and Sigourney Weaver. The film, set and shot in Johannesburg, is about an artificial general intelligence law enforcement robot captured and taught by gangsters, who nickname it Chappie. ''Chappie'' premiered in New York City on March 4, 2015, and was released in U.S. cinemas on March 6, 2015. The film grossed $102 million worldwide against a $49 million budget. Plot A skyrocketing crime rate leads the city of Johannesburg, South Africa to buy a squadron of scouts—state-of-the-art armour-plated attack robots—from weapons manufacturer Tetravaal. These autonomous androids are developed by British scientist Deon Wilson and largely supplant the overwhelmed human police force. A competing project within the company is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wedding Ringer
''The Wedding Ringer'' is a 2015 American buddy romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Jeremy Garelick. It stars Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, and Kaley Cuoco. The film was produced by Adam Fields, Will Packer Productions and Miramax, distributed by Screen Gems, and released on January 16, 2015. Despite receiving generally negative reviews, the film was a box office success, grossing over $79 million against a $23 million budget. Plot Jimmy Callahan provides best man services, through The Best Man Inc., for guys who don't have the friends needed for a wedding. Doug Harris, a successful tax attorney, and his fiancée Gretchen Palmer are planning their wedding. Frantically needing a best man and groomsmen, Doug contacts Jimmy's company. Doug needs a "Golden Tux" (seven groomsmen) to match with Gretchen's bridesmaids, which has never been done before. Jimmy agrees to do it for $50,000, all expenses paid. Three of Jimmy's friends are recruited as groomsmen: Fitzgibbons, a feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Interview
''The Interview'' is a 2014 satirical alternate history action-comedy film co-produced and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg in their second directorial work, following ''This Is the End'' (2013). The screenplay was written by Dan Sterling, based on a story he co-wrote with Rogen and Goldberg. The film stars Rogen and James Franco as journalists who set up an interview with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Randall Park), and are then recruited by the CIA to assassinate him. The film is inspired by a 2012 ''Vice'' documentary. Rogen and Goldberg developed the idea for ''The Interview'' in the late 2000s, with Kim Jong-il as the original assassination target. In 2011, after Jong-il's death and Jong-un's succession as the North Korean leader, Rogen and Goldberg redeveloped the script with the focus on Jong-un's character. ''The Interview'' was first announced in March 2013, at the beginning of pre-production. Principal photography was in Vancouver from October to December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
