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Michael McCullers
Michael McCullers (born 1971) is an American writer and director. Early life A native of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, McCullers attended Indian Springs School which is a private high school in Indian Springs Village, Alabama. He was awarded a National Merit Scholarship. Career McCullers began his career as a writer for ''Saturday Night Live''. He co-wrote the scripts for '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' and ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'', from the ''Austin Powers'' film series which stars Mike Myers. McCullers wrote and directed the 2008 comedy ''Baby Mama''. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are in the film. In 1999, he signed a deal with New Line Cinema to write comedies. He wrote the 2017 film '' The Boss Baby'' for DreamWorks Animation, and with Genndy Tartakovsky co-wrote '' Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'' (2018) for Sony Pictures Animation. In 2023, he was brought on to write material for the film '' Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken''. He will write '' Shrek 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Vestavia Hills, colloquially known simply as Vestavia, is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a suburb of Birmingham and it is made up of Vestavia, Liberty Park, and Cahaba Heights. The population was 39,102 at the 2020 census. Vestavia Hills is the third largest city in Jefferson County in 2020, after Birmingham and Hoover. Vestavia Hills is the thirteenth largest city in Alabama. History left, Sibyl Temple Vestavia Hills is named for the estate of former Birmingham mayor George B. Ward. It was situated on the crest of Shades Mountain in what is now the northern edge of the city. Ward's mansion at the Vestavia estate became a landmark in the area as soon as it was completed in 1925. The -story house was patterned after the circular Temple of Vesta in Rome, with dark pink sandstone walls encircled by 20 massive white Doric columns surmounted by a carved entablature. The extensive gardens, populated by statuary and peacocks, surrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Boss Baby
''The Boss Baby'' is a 2017 American animated spy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Loosely based on the 2010 picture book of the same name by Marla Frazee, it was directed by Tom McGrath from a screenplay by Michael McCullers, and stars Alec Baldwin as the title character, with Miles Bakshi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Buscemi and Tobey Maguire in supporting roles. The first installment in ''The Boss Baby'' franchise, the film follows a boy helping his baby brother who is a secret agent in the war for adults' love between babies and puppies. ''The Boss Baby'' premiered at the Miami International Film Festival on March 12, 2017, and was released in the United States on March 31. It was one of the final DreamWorks Animation films distributed by 20th Century Fox, following the former's acquisition by NBCUniversal in 2016. The film received mixed reviews from critics upon release, who praised its animation and voice perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kirk DeMicco
Kirk DeMicco (born May 15, 1969) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his work on animated films, such as writing and directing ''Space Chimps'' (2008), ''The Croods'' (2013), ''Vivo (film), Vivo'' (2021), and ''Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken'' (2023). Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey and a former resident of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Franklin Lakes, DeMicco attended Ramapo High School (New Jersey), Ramapo High School. Journalism After graduation in 1991 from the University of Southern California, where he double majored in economics and political science, he spent three years in Italy, where he worked as a journalist, interviewing individuals involved in the Italian movie industry for an Italian film-business magazine. After returning to the United States, he worked for the William Morris Agency in New York City, before relocating to the firm's office in Los Angeles in a transfer arranged by talent agent Lee Stollman.Spelling, Ian"Monkey Business", ''(201) Magazine'', Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tom McGrath (animator)
Thomas McGrath (born August 7, 1964) is an American voice actor, animator and filmmaker. He is known for the DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks animated film ''Madagascar (2005 film), Madagascar'', which he co-wrote and directed with Eric Darnell while voicing the character of List of Madagascar (franchise) characters#Skipper, Skipper the Penguin. The film spawned two Madagascar (franchise), direct sequels, along with a spin-off The Penguins of Madagascar, animated series and Penguins of Madagascar, film based on the penguins in which McGrath reprised his role as Skipper. McGrath also directed the DreamWorks animated films ''Megamind'' (2010) and ''The Boss Baby'' (2017), the latter of which received an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, Golden Globe Award nomination. McGrath returned as director for The Boss Baby: Family Business, its 2021 sequel. Life and career McGrath was born and raised in Lynnwood, Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Family Business
A family business is a commercial organization in which decision-making is influenced by multiple generations of a family, related by blood, marriage or adoption, who has both the ability to influence the vision of the business and the willingness to use this ability to pursue distinctive goals. They are closely identified with the firm through leadership or ownership. Owner-manager entrepreneurial firms are not considered to be family businesses because they lack the multi-generational dimension and family influence that create the unique dynamics and relationships of family businesses. Overview A family business is the oldest and most common model of economic organization. The vast majority of businesses throughout the world—from corner shops to multinational publicly listed organizations with hundreds of thousands of employees—can be considered as family businesses. Based on research of the ''Forbes 400'' richest Americans, 44% of the ''Forbes 400'' member fortunes were d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thunderbirds (2004 Film)
''Thunderbirds'' is a 2004 science fiction action-adventure film directed by Jonathan Frakes, written by William Osborne and Michael McCullers, and based on the television series of the same name created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The film's plot concerns the Hood, who traps International Rescue (IR) leader Jeff Tracy and four of his sons on board the damaged '' Thunderbird 5'' to steal the other ''Thunderbird'' vehicles and commit crimes that IR will be blamed for, prompting Jeff's youngest son Alan and his friends Tin-Tin and Fermat to stop him. Unlike the original TV series, which combined puppetry and scale-model visual effects in a filming style dubbed "Supermarionation", the film was made in live-action with CGI effects. Released on 20 July 2004 in the United Kingdom and 30 July 2004 in the United States, the film received negative reviews from critics, who disparaged its wooden characters and thin plot, and was also a box-office bomb. Gerry Anderson also critici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Undercover Brother
''Undercover Brother'' is a 2002 American satirical spy action comedy blaxploitation film directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Eddie Griffin. The screenplay by John Ridley and Michael McCullers is based on the Internet animated series created by Ridley. It spoofs blaxploitation films of the 1970s as well as a number of other films, most notably the James Bond franchise. The film also stars former ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member Chris Kattan and comedian Dave Chappelle as well as Aunjanue Ellis, Neil Patrick Harris, Denise Richards, and Billy Dee Williams, and features a cameo by James Brown. Plot The film begins with a backstory of how African-American culture's popularity with the American public began to decline in the 1980s, when style and originality began to lose appeal in the public eye due to the persistent efforts of " The Man", a powerful Caucasian man in control of a secret organization that seeks to undermine the African-American community as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shrek 5
''Shrek 5'' is an upcoming American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 picture book ''Shrek!'' by William Steig, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The sequel to ''Shrek Forever After'' (2010), it serves as the fifth main installment and the seventh overall installment in the ''Shrek'' film series. The film is directed by Walt Dohrn and Conrad Vernon and co-directed by Brad Ableson from a screenplay written by Michael McCullers, and produced by Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri and Gina Shay. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz will reprise their respective voice roles as the title character, Donkey, and Princess Fiona from the previous films, with Zendaya joining the cast. A fifth ''Shrek'' film was initially planned after the release of ''Shrek 2'' (2004) with a 2013 release date in mind. However, when former DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg decided to end the franchise in its fourth film, plans for a fifth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
''Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken'' is a 2023 American animated comedy film directed by Kirk DeMicco, co-directed by Faryn Pearl, and written by Brian C. Brown, Elliott DiGuiseppi and Pam Brady. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures, it stars the voices of Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Annie Murphy, Colman Domingo, and Jane Fonda. The film follows a shy Kraken girl named Ruby Gillman (Condor) who is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High. When she breaks her mother's (Collette) rule by going into the ocean with any would-be friends, she discovers that she is a direct descendant of battle-hardened krakens who have protected the sea from evil mermaids for generations, and is also destined to inherit the throne from her grandmother (Fonda). ''Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken'' had its world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 15, 2023, and was released in the United States on June 30. The film received mixed reviews from criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation Inc. (also referred to as Sony Animation Studios and abbreviated to SPA) is an American animation studio owned by Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures Entertainment through their Motion Picture Group division and founded on May 9, 2002. The studio is based in Los Angeles, California. Most of the studio's films either theatrical or streaming-service exclusive are distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Releasing under their Columbia Pictures label, while direct-to-video releases are released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The studio has produced 28 feature films, the first being '' Open Season'', which was released on September 29, 2006, and the most recent being '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'', which was released on June 2, 2023; their upcoming slate of films includes '' KPop Demon Hunters'' on June 20, 2025, '' Fixed'' on August 13, 2025, ''Goat'' on February 13, 2026, and '' Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'' on June 4, 2027. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
