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Wonder (film)
''Wonder'' is a 2017 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Stephen Chbosky and written by Jack Thorne, Steven Conrad, and Chbosky. It is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by R. J. Palacio and stars Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, Noah Jupe, Izabela Vidovic, Bryce Gheisar, and Daveed Diggs. The film, which follows a boy named August Pullman with Treacher Collins syndrome trying to fit in, was released in the United States on November 17, 2017, by Lionsgate. It received positive reviews from critics and audiences, with many praising Tremblay and Roberts' performances, Chbosky's direction, writing, musical score and faithfulness to Palacio's novel; the film grossed $306 million worldwide on a $20 million budget. At the 90th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. A spin-off sequel/prequel film, '' White Bird: A Wonder Story'', will release in 2023, with Gheisar reprising his role. Plot August "Auggie" Pullman is a 10-year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Chbosky
Stephen Chbosky (; born January 25, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director, novelist, television writer, and television producer. He is best-known for writing the bestselling coming-of-age novel ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower'' (1999), as well as for writing and directing the 2012 film adaptation of the book. Most recently, he directed the 2017 drama ''Wonder'' and the 2021 film adaptation of ''Dear Evan Hansen''. His first psychological horror novel, ''Imaginary Friend'', was published in October 2019. Early life Chbosky was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Lea (née Meyer), a tax preparer, and Fred G. Chbosky, a steel company executive and consultant to CFOs. Chbosky has a sister, Stacy, who is married to director John Erick Dowdle. He was raised Catholic. As a teenager, Chbosky "enjoyed a good blend of the classics, horror, and fantasy." He was heavily infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Participant Media
Participant Media, LLC is an American Film industry, film production company founded in 2004 by Jeffrey Skoll, dedicated to entertainment intended to spur social change. The company finances and co-produces film and television content, as well as digital entertainment through its subsidiary SoulPancake, which the company acquired in 2016. The company was originally named Participant Productions and went on to become a well-known independent financier. The company's name descriptively politicizes its basis on currently topical subjects presented to induce awareness of problematic social aspects.Solomon, Lewis (2008). "Participant Productions"''Tech Billionaires: Reshaping Philanthropy in a Quest for a Better World'' New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2008. p. 76-81. .Pinsker, Beth (September 7, 2004). "Millionaire Report Cards". ''Variety (magazine), Variety''.Graser, Marc (September 22, 2004). "eBay Guru in Bidness on WB Pix". ''Variety (magazine), Variety''. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Makeup And Hairstyling
The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is the Academy Award given to the best achievement in makeup and hairstyling for film. Traditionally, three films have been nominated each year with exceptions in the early 1980s and 2002 when there were only two nominees; in 1999, when there were four nominees. Beginning with the 92nd Academy Awards, five films were nominated. The competitive category was created in 1981 as the Academy Award for Best Makeup, after the Academy received complaints that the makeup work in ''The Elephant Man'' (1980) was not going to be honored. Although no award was given to ''The Elephant Man'', an entire category dedicated to honoring makeup effects in film was created for subsequent ceremonies. Previously, makeup artists were only eligible for special achievement awards for their work. Ahead of nominations, a shortlist of titles is chosen by the makeup branch's executive committee and clips are screened by the members of the branch at an annual " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
90th Academy Awards
The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2017, and took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was held on March 4, 2018, rather than its usual late-February date to avoid conflicting with the 2018 Winter Olympics. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, which was televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd and directed by Glenn Weiss. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosted for the second consecutive year. In related events, the Academy held its 9th Annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 11, 2017. On February 10, 2018, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by host P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionsgate
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, doing business as Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment company. It was formed by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is currently headquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States. In addition to its flagship Lionsgate Films division, the company contains other divisions such as Lionsgate Television and Lionsgate Interactive. It owns a variety of subsidiaries such as Summit Entertainment, Debmar-Mercury, and Starz Inc. History Early history Lionsgate was formed in 1997 by Frank Giustra with a $16 million investment including another $40 million from other investors which included Keyur Patel and Yorkton Securities' executives such as G. Scott Paterson. Giustra had recently retired as CEO from Yorkton, an investment bank, and Paterson was then president. Giustra then merged Lionsgate with Toronto Stock Exchange listed Beringer Gold Corp. (founded in 1986) to take the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treacher Collins Syndrome
Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) is a genetic disorder characterized by deformities of the ears, eyes, cheekbones, and chin. The degree to which a person is affected, however, may vary from mild to severe. Complications may include breathing problems, problems seeing, cleft palate, and hearing loss. Those affected generally have normal intelligence. TCS is usually autosomal dominant. More than half the time it occurs as a result of a new mutation rather than being inherited from a person's parents. The involved genes may include ''TCOF1'', ''POLR1C'', or ''POLR1D''. Diagnosis is generally suspected based on symptoms and X-rays, and potentially confirmation by genetic testing. Treacher Collins syndrome is not curable. Symptoms may be managed with reconstructive surgery, hearing aids, speech therapy, and other assistive devices. Life expectancy is generally normal. TCS occurs in about one in 50,000 people. The syndrome is named after Edward Treacher Collins, an English surgeon an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryce Gheisar
Bryce Gheisar (born December 22, 2004) is an American actor, best known for his leading roles as young Ethan in ''A Dog's Purpose'' and Julian in ''Wonder.'' Early life Bryce Gheisar was born on December 22, 2004, in Plano, Texas, into a family of three, made up of his parents, Todd and Nicole Gheisar, and his older brother, Blake Gheisar. Bryce was a rising star in competitive gymnastics before he first discovered his love for acting. He currently resides in Plano, Texas, but has filmed all around North America. Career Gheisar started his acting career aged eight. He landed his first role in 2015, in the short film ''The Bus Stop'' as Elijah Gutnick. After he was enrolled in Cathryn Sullivan's school for Acting, he made his first theatrical appearance playing the leading role of young Ethan, in the acclaimed 2017 film, ''A Dog's Purpose''. That same year, he gained that much more widespread recognition when portraying one of the lead roles, Julian, in the Oscar-nominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izabela Vidovic
Izabela Vidovic (, ; born ) is an American actress. She began as a child actress, and is known for her roles in the films '' Homefront'' and ''Wonder'', and for her recurring role as Taylor Shaw in the Freeform television series '' The Fosters''. Early life Vidovic was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Croatian parents Mario Vidović and Elizabeta Bašić. Her mother is a filmmaker, actress, and writer, born to Croats from the town of Busovača in Bosnia. Vidovic, who can speak Croatian, started performing in stage productions by the time she was seven, appearing in ''Mary Poppins'', ''Camp Rock'', and ''Annie''. She moved onto film and television productions in 2011. Career Vidovic has appeared in several series on The CW. In 2013, she played Charlotte on ''The 100'' in the first-season episodes "Murphy’s Law" and "Earth Kills". In 2017, Vidovic first played a young Kara Danvers / Kara Zor-El in the ''Supergirl'' season 3 flashback episode "Midvale", then in 2021 reprise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Jupe
Noah Jupe (born ) is a British actor. He is known for his roles in the television series ''The Night Manager'' (2016); the dark comedy film ''Suburbicon'' (2017); the drama film ''Wonder'' (2017); the horror film ''A Quiet Place'' (2018) and its sequel ''A Quiet Place Part II'' (2021); the sports drama film ''Ford v Ferrari'' (2019); the drama film '' Honey Boy'' (2019), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male; and the miniseries ''The Undoing'' (2020). Early life Noah Jupe was born to filmmaker Chris Jupe and actress Katy Cavanagh. He has a younger sister and a younger brother. Career Jupe started his acting career in 2015 by appearing in the television series ''Penny Dreadful'' and ''Downton Abbey''. Later in 2016, he played a significant role in the spy thriller series ''The Night Manager''. In 2016, he also played a significant role in the series ''Houdini & Doyle''. In 2017, he started his career in films, with his first major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Coming-of-age Stories
Coming-of-age stories focus on the growth of a protagonist from childhood to adulthood, or "coming of age", and span a variety of media, including literature, theatre, film, and video games. In literature * The ''Telemachy'' in Homer's ''Odyssey'' (8th century BC) * ''Hayy ibn Yaqdhan'', by Ibn Tufail (12th century) * ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', by Henry Fielding (1749) * ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'', by Laurence Sterne (1759) * ''Candide'', by Voltaire (1759) * ''Northanger Abbey'', by Jane Austen (1817) * ''Oliver Twist'', by Charles Dickens (1837–1839) * ''Great Expectations'', by Charles Dickens (1860–1861) * ''Little Women'', by Louisa May Alcott (1868–1869) * ''Little Men'', by Louisa May Alcott (1871) * ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'', by Mark Twain (1876) * ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', by Mark Twain (1884–1885) * ''The Jungle Book'' by Rudyard Kipling (1894) * ''The Red Badge of Courage'', by Stephen Crane (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Office Mojo
Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. The site was founded in 1998 by Brandon Gray, and was bought in 2008 by IMDb, which itself is owned by Amazon. History Brandon Gray began the site on August 7, 1998, making forecasts of the top-10 highest-grossing films in the United States for the following weekend. To compare his forecasts to the actual results, he started posting the weekend grosses and wrote a regular column with box-office analysis. In 1999, he started to post the Friday daily box-office grosses, sourced from Exhibitor Relations, so that they were publicly available online on Saturdays and posted the Sunday weekend estimates on Sundays. Along with the weekend grosses, he was publishing the daily grosses, release schedules, and other charts, such as all-time charts, international box-office charts, genre charts, and actor and director charts. The site gradually expanded to include weekend charts going b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
