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Geostorm
''Geostorm'' is a 2017 American science-fiction disaster film directed, cowritten, and coproduced by Dean Devlin (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Ed Harris, and Andy García. It follows a satellite designer who tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by malfunctioning climate-controlling satellites. Principal photography began on October 20, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana. After poor test screenings, reshoots took place in December 2016 under executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer, writer Laeta Kalogridis, and new director Danny Cannon. To date, the film is the only co-production between Skydance Media and Warner Bros. Pictures. ''Geostorm'' was released in the United States on October 20, 2017, in all formats, and heavily underperformed at the box office, grossing only $221.6 million worldwide against a $120–130 million budget, losing Warner Bros. $71.6 million. The film was also w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Danny Cannon
Daniel John Cannon (born 5 October 1968) is a British film and television producer, director and writer, known for executive producing the 15-season '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' series franchise (and directed multiple episodes including the series pilot), and simultaneously executive producing the '' CSI: Miami'' and '' CSI: NY'' spin-offs. From 2014 to 2019, for the show's duration, Cannon executive produced, wrote and directed FOX's '' Gotham'', which won the 2014 Critics Choice Award for Most Exciting New Series and received 11 Emmy nominations (one win). In July 2019, his newest television production, '' Pennyworth'', which Cannon co-created and executive produced with Bruno Heller, premiered on Epix, concluding in November 2022 on HBO Max. As a TV entertainment figure and a rare TV pilot director who also works as a key writer, Cannon has directed 15 television pilots, 12 of which have been ordered to series, including: ''Training Day'' (2017), '' Gotham'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dean Devlin
Dean Devlin (born August 27, 1962) is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actor of film and television. He is best known for his collaborations with director Roland Emmerich, and for his work on the The Librarian (franchise), ''Librarian'' and Leverage (American TV series), ''Leverage'' television franchises. He is a co-founder of the production companies Centropolis Entertainment and Electric Entertainment. He was a series regular of the short lived TV series Hard Copy (American TV series), ''Hard Copy''. Early life Devlin was born in New York City, the son of actress Pilar Seurat and Don Devlin, a writer, actor, and producer. His father was Jewish and his mother was Filipino people, Filipino. He attended the University of Southern California. Career Film Devlin appeared as an actor on numerous television shows throughout the 1980s. He also appeared in films including ''My Bodyguard'', ''The Wild Life (film), The Wild Life'', ''Real Genius'' and ''Martians Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jim Sturgess
James Anthony Sturgess''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 16 May 1978) is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His first major role was as Jude in the musical romance drama film ''Across the Universe'' (2007). He played the male lead role of Ben Campbell in '' 21'' (2008), Gavin Kossef in '' Crossing Over'' (2009), '' The Way Back'' (2010), and co-starred in the epic science fiction film '' Cloud Atlas'' (2012). Other credits include '' Stonehearst Asylum'' (2013), '' London Fields'' (2014), '' Close to the Enemy'' (2016), '' Feed the Beast'' (2016), '' Geostorm'' (2017), '' Kidnapping Freddy Heineken'' (2018), and '' JT LeRoy'' (2018), '' Berlin, I Love You'' (2019), '' The Other Me'' (2022), and '' Alone Together'' (2022). Personal life Sturgess was born in Wandsworth, London, but grew up in Farnham, Surrey, where he attended Frensham Heights School. He spent most of his youth skateboarding, and listening to hip-hop. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Abbie Cornish
Abigail Cornish (born 7 August 1982) is an Australian actress. In film, Cornish is known for her roles as Heidi in ''Somersault (film), Somersault'' (2004), Fanny Brawne in ''Bright Star (film), Bright Star'' (2009), Sweet Pea in ''Sucker Punch (2011 film), Sucker Punch'' (2011), Lindy in ''Limitless (film), Limitless'' (2011), Clara Murphy in ''RoboCop_(2014_film), RoboCop'' (2014), and Sarah in ''Geostorm'' (2017). She worked with writer/director Martin McDonagh in ''Seven Psychopaths'' (2012) and ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2017). For the latter, Cornish won her first Screen Actors Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast. In 2018, she portrayed Cathy Mueller in the first season of Amazon Video series ''Jack Ryan (TV series), Jack Ryan'' opposite John Krasinski, a role she reprised in the fourth and final season in 2023. She also played Dixy in the film ''The Virtuoso (film), The Virtuoso'' (2021) alongside Anthony Hopkins. Early life A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alexandra Maria Lara
Alexandra Maria Lara (''née'' Plătăreanu; 12 November 1978) is a Romanian-German actress who has appeared in '' Downfall'' (2004), '' Control'' (2007), '' Youth Without Youth'' (2007), '' The Reader'' (2008), '' Rush'' (2013), and ''Geostorm'' (2017). Early life Born in Bucharest, Lara is the only child of Valentin Plătăreanu, an actor, and his wife, Doina. Her father was a successful actor and director in Romania, directing many plays such as Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and Hernani by Victor Hugo. In 1983, her family immigrated to West Germany from their home in Bucharest, Romania. Although the family had originally planned to immigrate to Canada, they settled in Freiburg im Breisgau, before eventually moving to West Berlin. She gained fluency in German during this time. Career By sixteen she was playing lead roles in various television dramas; since then she has appeared in films, including as Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler's secretary, in the Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ed Harris
Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker. His performances in '' Apollo 13'' (1995), '' The Truman Show'' (1998), '' Pollock'' (2000), and '' The Hours'' (2002) earned him critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations. Harris has appeared in numerous leading and supporting roles, including in '' Creepshow'' (1982), '' The Right Stuff'' (1983), '' Under Fire'' (1983), '' Places in the Heart'' (1984), '' The Abyss'' (1989), '' Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1992), '' The Firm'' (1993), '' Nixon'' (1995), '' The Rock'' (1996), '' Stepmom'' (1998), '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), '' Enemy at the Gates'' (2001), ''Radio'' (2003), '' A History of Violence'' (2005), '' Gone Baby Gone'' (2007), '' National Treasure: Book of Secrets'' (2007), '' Snowpiercer'' (2013), '' Mother!'' (2017), '' The Lost Daughter'' (2021), and '' Top Gun: Maverick'' (2022). In addition to directing ''Pollock'', Harris directed the Western film '' Appaloosa'' (2008). In televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Refoua
John Refoua (December 8, 1964 – May 14, 2023) was an American film editor. He was nominated at the 2009 Academy Awards for Best Film Editing for the film ''Avatar''. He was nominated along with James Cameron and Stephen E. Rivkin. He worked on television series, including ''Touched by an Angel'', ''Twin Peaks'', and ''Law & Order''. He died from complications related to bile duct cancer at the age of 58. Awards Refoua had 2 wins and 8 nominations for his editing work. Won: *2010 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Editing on Avatar (2009) (Shared with: Stephen E. Rivkin) *2009 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Best Film Editing on Avatar (2009) (Shared with: James Cameron and Stephen E. Rivkin) Nominations: *2010 Academy Awards, USA for Best Achievement in Film Editing on Avatar (2009) (Shared with: Stephen E. Rivkin and James Cameron) *2010 BAFTA Awards for Best Editing on Avatar (2009) (Shared with: Stephen E. Rivkin and James Cameron) *2010 American C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Laeta Kalogridis
Laeta Kalogridis ( ) is an American screenwriter and television and film producer of Greek descent. She has written scripts for ''Alexander'' (2004), '' Night Watch'' (2004), ''Pathfinder'' (2007) and '' Shutter Island'' (2010). She also served as an executive producer for the television series ''Birds of Prey'' and '' Bionic Woman'', and she co-wrote the screenplay for ''Terminator Genisys'' (2015) and '' Alita: Battle Angel'' (2019). She is the creator and executive producer of the Netflix series '' Altered Carbon'' (2018). She is also the founder of the pro-union website Hollywood United and was involved as a peacemaker in the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Kalogridis, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America West, left and maintained financial core status in 2022. Early life and education Laeta Kalogridis is of Greek descent; her grandparents emigrated from Kalymnos in the early 20th century. She graduated the MFA program for screenwriting at UCLA Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Science Fiction Film
Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses Speculative fiction, speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as Extraterrestrial life in fiction, extraterrestrial lifeforms, List of fictional spacecraft, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, Mutants in fiction, mutants, interstellar travel, time travel, or other technologies. Science fiction films have often been used to focus on politics, political or social issues, and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition. The genre has existed since the early years of silent cinema, when Georges Méliès' ''A Trip to the Moon'' (1902) employed Special effect, trick photography effects. The next major example (first in feature-length in the genre) was the film ''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'' (1927). From the 1930s to the 1950s, the genre consisted mainly of low-budget B movies. After Stanley Kubrick's landmark ''2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Electric Entertainment
Electric Entertainment, Inc. is an American independent television and media production company, established in 2001 by veteran writer/producer Dean Devlin and led by Devlin along with partners Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan. History Electric Entertainment was established when many workers of Centropolis Entertainment, including Dean Devlin left to form its organization in 2001. This included its development slate, that were originally controlled by Centropolis, including the film ''Eight Legged Freaks'', which is the first film to be produced by the company. Later that year, the studio struck a deal with Paramount Pictures in order to gain Electric access to Paramount's development slate. Five years later, the studio struck a deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
David Ellison
David Ellison (born January 9, 1983) is an American film producer, former actor, and the founder and CEO of Skydance Media. He is the son of multibillionaire and Oracle Corporation co-founder Larry Ellison. Early life and education David Ellison was born in Santa Clara County, California. He is the son of billionaire Oracle Corporation co-founder and chairman Larry Ellison, and his ex-wife, Barbara Boothe Ellison. His father is of Italian and Jewish heritage.Matthew Symonds, Larry Ellison. ''Software: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle'' Simon and Schuster, 2004. pp332-333 Ellison grew in Woodside, California with his mother who nurtured his love for film. He attended the University of Southern California, but dropped out of its film school in 2005 to make his first movie '' Flyboys''. David Ellison was influenced by businessman Steve Jobs, a friend of his father, and pitched Jobs his idea for Skydance Media before revising it under Jobs' advice. He has one sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Skydance Media
Skydance Media, LLC, also known as Skydance Productions, is an American entertainment company, media production company, production and finance company based in Santa Monica, California. Founded by David Ellison in 2006, the company specializes in films, animation, television, video games, and sports. In 2009, the company entered a five-year partnership to co-produce and co-finance films with Paramount Pictures. This agreement was renewed twice, extending to 2021. On July 7, 2024, Skydance announced its intent to Proposed merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global, merge with Paramount Global in an $8 billion transaction, under an agreement in which Skydance would acquire Paramount's publicly-held controlling shareholder National Amusements, and then perform an all-stock merger with the company. History Formation Skydance Productions was formed in 2006 by David Ellison, son of Larry Ellison, co-founder and then-CEO of the Oracle Corporation. The firm's first film was ''Flybo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
