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Media Ventures
Remote Control Productions, Inc. is a film score company run by composer Hans Zimmer and based in Santa Monica, California. Originally known as Media Ventures Entertainment Group, which was conceived and founded by Jay Rifkin and Hans Zimmer, the company changed its name after the partners both filed lawsuits against each other. Today, Remote Control is home to a large group of composers mentored by Zimmer, many of whom have had successful film scoring careers as part of the company or on their own. Remote Control Productions has been responsible for the scores for a number of successful live-action films including the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' movies, ''Iron Man'', ''Gladiator'', '' Mission: Impossible 2'', ''The Last Samurai'', ''Transformers'', ''Hancock'', ''Kingdom of Heaven'', ''The Da Vinci Code'', ''Inception'', ''Sherlock Holmes'' and its sequel, and ''The Dark Knight Trilogy'', along with successful animated films such as the ''Shrek'' series, ''Kung Fu Panda'', ''Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inception
''Inception'' is a 2010 science fiction action film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced the film with Emma Thomas, his wife. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets. He is offered a chance to have his criminal history erased as payment for the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. The ensemble cast includes Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine. After the 2002 completion of ''Insomnia'', Nolan presented to Warner Bros. a written 80-page treatment for a horror film envisioning "dream stealers," based on lucid dreaming. Deciding he needed more experience before tackling a production of this magnitude and complexity, Nolan shelved the project and instead worked on 2005's ''Batman Begins'', 2006's ''The Prestige'', and ''The Dark Knight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crysis 2
''Crysis 2'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek, published by Electronic Arts and released in North America, Australia and Europe in March 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Officially announced on June 1, 2009, the game is the second main installment of the ''Crysis'' series, and a sequel to the 2007 video game ''Crysis'', and its expansion ''Crysis Warhead''. The story was written by Richard Morgan, while Peter Watts was consulted and wrote a novel adaptation of the game. It was the first game to showcase the CryEngine 3 game engine and the first game using the engine to be released on consoles. A sequel, ''Crysis 3'', was released in 2013. A remastered version, titled ''Crysis 2 Remastered'' and following in the steps of '' Crysis Remastered'', was released in 2021 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, and also bundled as part of the ''Crysis Remastered Trilogy'' compilation. Gameplay ''Crysis 2'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Warfare 2
''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' is a 2009 first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the sixth installment in the ''Call of Duty'' series and the direct sequel to '' Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare''. It was released worldwide on November 10, 2009, for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. A separate version for the Nintendo DS, titled '' Modern Warfare: Mobilized'', was also released on the same day. A version for macOS was developed by Aspyr and released in May 2014, and the Xbox 360 version was made backward compatible for the Xbox One in 2018. The game's campaign follows Task Force 141, a multi-national special forces unit commanded by Captain Soap MacTavish as they hunt Vladimir Makarov, leader of the Russian Ultranationalist party, and U.S. Army Rangers from 1st Battalion/75th Ranger Regiment who are defending the Washington, D.C. area from a Russian invasion. The game's main playable characters are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Warfare
Modern warfare generally refers to contemporary warfare as contrasted with previous methods. Aspects of modern warfare: *Early modern warfare *18th-century warfare *Napoleonic Wars *Industrial warfare * Mechanized warfare *Total war * Fourth-generation warfare Modern Warfare as a proper noun: *Modern warfare, book of Roger Trinquier written in 1961. * Modern Warfare (band), punk rock band from Long Beach, California * "Modern Warfare" (''Community''), episode of the television series ''Communitny'' Several video games named modern warfare in the ''Call of Duty'' series of first-person shooters: *'' Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', released 2007 ** ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'' (Nintendo DS), first-person shooter companion of above game for the Nintendo DS *'' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'', 2009 sequel to ''Call of Duty 4'' **'' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Mobilized'', a first-person shooter companion of above game for the Nintendo DS *'' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gears Of War 2
''Gears of War 2'' is a third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It is the second installment of the ''Gears of War'' series, with lead design by Cliff Bleszinski. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia on November 7, 2008, and was released in Japan on July 30, 2009. The game expands technically on the previous game by using a modified Unreal Engine 3. The development team brought in comic book writer Joshua Ortega to help write the plot for the game. In ''Gears of War 2'', the COG continues its fight against the Locust, who are attempting to sink all of the cities on the planet Sera. Sergeant Marcus Fenix leads Delta Squad into the depths of the planet to try to stop the Locust during the assault upon Locust territory. The player controls Fenix in the main mission campaign, with the ability to play cooperatively with a second player controlling Fenix's best friend and fellow Squad m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
