Neill Blomkamp’s “Gran Turismo” movie from Sony Pictures packs all the adrenaline and all the emotions. Based on a true story, the film follows young Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe) as he gets the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go from a video game racer to a real race car driver. It all started with Gran Turismo game creator Kazunori Yamauchi (Takehiro Hira) who got ahold of an automobile simulator and transformed it into a very real racing experience for gamers. Dreamer and Nissan marketing executive Danny Moore (Orlando Bloom) took the love for the game a step further by giving the best players a chance to go through a Gran Turismo academy to compete for the chance at racing on some of the professional courses featured in the game.
Enter David Harbour’s Jack Salter as Chief Engineer enlisted with determining whether the transition from a video game simulation to the real deal is even possible,...
Enter David Harbour’s Jack Salter as Chief Engineer enlisted with determining whether the transition from a video game simulation to the real deal is even possible,...
- 8/25/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The pandemic thriller Yesteryear has wrapped production and confirm they rounded out the cast with Jesse Garcia (Flamin Hot), Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner), Timothy V. Murphy (The Lone Ranger), Tiffany Chu (Ms. Purple), Yusuke Ogasawara (In Full Bloom), Crystal Echohawk (Founder of IllumiNative) and Chester Gregory (Hairspray).
Garcia and Gregory will portray truth seekers running a podcast called Revolutionary Radio next door to Alma as they dive into a world of conspiracy. Cassidy will portray Alma’s insightful colorful therapist. Murphy will play a strange man with whom Alma has a violent yet playful encounter. Chu will portray the sultry Olivia, who influences Alma to partake in Only Fans. Echo Hawk will portray Alma’s angelic mother through flashbacks in memory.
From writers and producers, Adam VillaSeñor and star Q’orianka Kilcher, Yesteryear follows Alma Deswood (Kilcher), a struggling, young Native American actress who psychologically unravels in quarantine amidst the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic,...
Garcia and Gregory will portray truth seekers running a podcast called Revolutionary Radio next door to Alma as they dive into a world of conspiracy. Cassidy will portray Alma’s insightful colorful therapist. Murphy will play a strange man with whom Alma has a violent yet playful encounter. Chu will portray the sultry Olivia, who influences Alma to partake in Only Fans. Echo Hawk will portray Alma’s angelic mother through flashbacks in memory.
From writers and producers, Adam VillaSeñor and star Q’orianka Kilcher, Yesteryear follows Alma Deswood (Kilcher), a struggling, young Native American actress who psychologically unravels in quarantine amidst the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic,...
- 7/11/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
by Daniel Eagan
Pulled from last year’s Shanghai Film Festival, “The Eight Hundred” finally opened in China August 21. Despite restrictions on theater attendance, by August 26 it had grossed over $145 million, making it the first truly successful release there since the pandemic began. Cmc is opening the movie in the US and other territories on Friday, August 28. (List of theaters)
Directed by Guan Hu (Mr. Six), the movie restages the siege of the Sihang Warehouse during the Battle of Shanghai in October, 1937. Invading Japanese forces greatly outnumbered the National Revolutionary Army. All China was threatened if Shanghai fell. The four-day battle took place directly across the Suzhou River from the International Settlement, where foreign correspondents covered the fighting for European and American outlets.
Guan, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Rui Ge, throws viewers directly into the battle, a tactic that reveals details about Shanghai as the soldiers themselves learn them.
Pulled from last year’s Shanghai Film Festival, “The Eight Hundred” finally opened in China August 21. Despite restrictions on theater attendance, by August 26 it had grossed over $145 million, making it the first truly successful release there since the pandemic began. Cmc is opening the movie in the US and other territories on Friday, August 28. (List of theaters)
Directed by Guan Hu (Mr. Six), the movie restages the siege of the Sihang Warehouse during the Battle of Shanghai in October, 1937. Invading Japanese forces greatly outnumbered the National Revolutionary Army. All China was threatened if Shanghai fell. The four-day battle took place directly across the Suzhou River from the International Settlement, where foreign correspondents covered the fighting for European and American outlets.
Guan, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Rui Ge, throws viewers directly into the battle, a tactic that reveals details about Shanghai as the soldiers themselves learn them.
- 8/29/2020
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
Universal Music Group’s China division on Thursday announced the launch of “Magic Muses,” its first local label in over a decade.
It will be focused solely on soundtracks and scores, seeking to work with local artists and composers to create tracks for Chinese film and TV projects.
Veteran film marketing executive Kelvin Hou will be the Beijing-based label’s CEO. Hou is the founder and former CEO of Chinese film website Mtime. Magic Muses will “bring together local talent from music and the film and TV, help them share ideas, exchange resources, and produce quality works,” he explained.
Prior to the new label, Umgc previously worked with the local blockbuster “The Eight Hundred” on its original soundtrack, which consists of 20 tracks created by composers Rupert Gregson-Williams (“Hacksaw Ridge”) and Andrew Kawczynski (“Dunkirk”) and producer Yu Fei. The closing track “Remember” is a take on the old Irish “Londonderry Air...
It will be focused solely on soundtracks and scores, seeking to work with local artists and composers to create tracks for Chinese film and TV projects.
Veteran film marketing executive Kelvin Hou will be the Beijing-based label’s CEO. Hou is the founder and former CEO of Chinese film website Mtime. Magic Muses will “bring together local talent from music and the film and TV, help them share ideas, exchange resources, and produce quality works,” he explained.
Prior to the new label, Umgc previously worked with the local blockbuster “The Eight Hundred” on its original soundtrack, which consists of 20 tracks created by composers Rupert Gregson-Williams (“Hacksaw Ridge”) and Andrew Kawczynski (“Dunkirk”) and producer Yu Fei. The closing track “Remember” is a take on the old Irish “Londonderry Air...
- 8/13/2020
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Now that “Dunkirk” is out, so is its soundtrack. Hans Zimmer’s sixth collaboration with Christopher Nolan doesn’t come with a giant red button, but it does have the intensity of a ticking time bomb to match the film’s World War II drama. Listen to the soundtrack on Spotify here.
Read More‘Dunkirk’ and the 70mm Experience: Why The Unlikely Comeback of the Big-Screen Format Has Hollywood’s Attention
Lorne Balfe, Andrew Kawczynski, and Steve Mazzaro are credited with providing additional music. Here’s the tracklist:
“The Mole” (5:35) “We Need Our Army Back” (6:28) “Shivering Soldier” (2:52) “Supermarine” (8:03) “The Tide” (3:48) “Regimental Brothers” (5:04) “Impulse” (2:36) “Home” (6:02) “The Oil” (6:10) “Variation 15 (Dunkirk)” (5:51) “End Titles (Dunkirk)” (7:12)
Zimmer previously collaborated with Nolan on “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight,” “Inception,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” and “Interstellar.” “Dunkirk” is now in theaters.
Stay on top of the...
Read More‘Dunkirk’ and the 70mm Experience: Why The Unlikely Comeback of the Big-Screen Format Has Hollywood’s Attention
Lorne Balfe, Andrew Kawczynski, and Steve Mazzaro are credited with providing additional music. Here’s the tracklist:
“The Mole” (5:35) “We Need Our Army Back” (6:28) “Shivering Soldier” (2:52) “Supermarine” (8:03) “The Tide” (3:48) “Regimental Brothers” (5:04) “Impulse” (2:36) “Home” (6:02) “The Oil” (6:10) “Variation 15 (Dunkirk)” (5:51) “End Titles (Dunkirk)” (7:12)
Zimmer previously collaborated with Nolan on “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight,” “Inception,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” and “Interstellar.” “Dunkirk” is now in theaters.
Stay on top of the...
- 7/21/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Either I’ve been staying on top of my homework or 2015 has been an exceptionally strong year for film scores already. From blockbuster disappointments to indie oddities and mindless action sequels, film music has once again shown it can transcend its respective dreck just as much as it can enhance the cinematic experience. With film festival season on the horizon, let’s check in with the best movie music of the year:
8. Chappie — Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro, Andrew Kawczynski
Neil Blomkamp’s movies seem to be getting worse, but Hans Zimmer’s sensibilities are getting more exotic and daring. Course-correcting from the massive publicity stunt that was The Amazing Spider-man 2, the master of bombast continues to experiment with digital textures, recruiting pupils Kawczyksnki and Mazzaro for a score that humanizes and contextualizes the childish perspective of its Robocop with a heart of gold.
“It’s a Dangerous City” introduces...
8. Chappie — Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro, Andrew Kawczynski
Neil Blomkamp’s movies seem to be getting worse, but Hans Zimmer’s sensibilities are getting more exotic and daring. Course-correcting from the massive publicity stunt that was The Amazing Spider-man 2, the master of bombast continues to experiment with digital textures, recruiting pupils Kawczyksnki and Mazzaro for a score that humanizes and contextualizes the childish perspective of its Robocop with a heart of gold.
“It’s a Dangerous City” introduces...
- 7/22/2015
- by David Klein
- SoundOnSight
From Guardians Of The Galaxy to Godzilla, and Noah to Paddington, our pick of 2014's finest film soundtracks and scores.
After Gravity blew your eardrums out of the airlock in 2013 with its seamless mix of sound effects and music, it was hard to imagine a film wowing just as much the year after, but 2014 was a year in which movie soundtracks became, if anything, even more intricate, from films about the nature of being a musician to those that replicated the noise of human existence for alien senses.
Before 2014 becomes a distant ringing in the ears, here are the top 14 movie soundtracks of the year.
1. Under the Skin (Mica Levi)
Once you've heard Mica Levi's soundtrack to Under the Skin, everything else sounds both disappointing and even more exciting. I say 'soundtrack' because, like the best movies, Jonathan Glazer's sci-fi understands that sound and music are two halves of the same hastily-conceived metaphor.
After Gravity blew your eardrums out of the airlock in 2013 with its seamless mix of sound effects and music, it was hard to imagine a film wowing just as much the year after, but 2014 was a year in which movie soundtracks became, if anything, even more intricate, from films about the nature of being a musician to those that replicated the noise of human existence for alien senses.
Before 2014 becomes a distant ringing in the ears, here are the top 14 movie soundtracks of the year.
1. Under the Skin (Mica Levi)
Once you've heard Mica Levi's soundtrack to Under the Skin, everything else sounds both disappointing and even more exciting. I say 'soundtrack' because, like the best movies, Jonathan Glazer's sci-fi understands that sound and music are two halves of the same hastily-conceived metaphor.
- 1/7/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Pharrell Williams has unveiled a new song from the Amazing Spider-Man 2 soundtrack.
The 'Happy' singer recorded the guitar ballad 'Here' for the Marc Webb-directed superhero sequel.
Williams also produced the song 'It's On Again' for the soundtrack, performed by Hans Zimmer, Alicia Keys and Kendrick Lamar.
The Neighbourhood also contributed the song 'Honest' for the soundtrack.
The film's score was helmed by Hans Zimmer and the Magnificent Six - Pharrell, Incubus' Mike Einziger, Johnny Marr, Junkie Xl, Andrew Kawczynski and Steve Mazzaro.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is released at UK cinemas on April 16, and opens on May 2 in the Us. Watch a trailer below:...
The 'Happy' singer recorded the guitar ballad 'Here' for the Marc Webb-directed superhero sequel.
Williams also produced the song 'It's On Again' for the soundtrack, performed by Hans Zimmer, Alicia Keys and Kendrick Lamar.
The Neighbourhood also contributed the song 'Honest' for the soundtrack.
The film's score was helmed by Hans Zimmer and the Magnificent Six - Pharrell, Incubus' Mike Einziger, Johnny Marr, Junkie Xl, Andrew Kawczynski and Steve Mazzaro.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is released at UK cinemas on April 16, and opens on May 2 in the Us. Watch a trailer below:...
- 4/14/2014
- Digital Spy
Hans Zimmer is one of the most in demand composers at the moment, and with that busy schedule, he's called in collaborators to help bring his work to life. The forthcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" score will feature Zimmer working alongside Pharrell Williams, Johnny Marr, Junkie Xl, Andrew Kawczynski, Steve Mazzaro and Incubus member Mike Einzinger. That process can sometimes bring into question who is the real writer or author of the score, occasionally creating a minor controversy when it comes to credit (please see the "Inception" Braaam debate). But for Zimmer as long as it's his idea, he believes who helps execute that vision comes secondary. "Filmmaking is collaborative, why does it need to stop when it comes to music? Because the director doesn't have the vocabulary? The musicians I work with speak English as well as I do, we're talking about story, character, pace, editing. We're talking about the film as a whole,...
- 4/4/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Yesterday we were invited to a special screening of footage from Marc Webb’s forthcoming superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which included the first 15 minutes in addition to a two pivotal scenes. We won’t go into too much detail about what we saw, but here are some of our takeaways from what was revealed. Suffice to say, there’s plenty of reasons to start getting excited.
More Focus on the Untold Story
One of the benefits to building worlds is that you get to give the audience little bits of the story over time. The information we were given on the mystery surrounding Peter’s parents in The Amazing Spider-Man was a little scarce, but for the follow-up it seems like we’ll be getting a much more sizeable chunk of that story. Again, no details, but the film starts on a serious and tender note before we...
More Focus on the Untold Story
One of the benefits to building worlds is that you get to give the audience little bits of the story over time. The information we were given on the mystery surrounding Peter’s parents in The Amazing Spider-Man was a little scarce, but for the follow-up it seems like we’ll be getting a much more sizeable chunk of that story. Again, no details, but the film starts on a serious and tender note before we...
- 3/25/2014
- by Amon Warmann
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" soundtrack will feature some of the hottest names in pop, rock and hip-hop. Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys and Kendrick Lamar have collaborated on the film’s title track, "It's on Again," and the soundtrack will also include new music by the Neighbourhood, Alvin Risk and Liz. Composer Hans Zimmer co-wrote "It's on Again," plus helmed the score with the Magnificent Six — who is Pharrell, Incubus' Mike Einzinger, Johnny Marr, Junkie Xl, Andrew Kawczynski and Steve Mazzaro. Zimmer, whose work includes The Dark Knight Trilogy, explained to Billboard that he took a different approach for 'Spider-Man 2.’ "We did the opposite of what composers usually do — we wrote songs, and from the songs came the themes," Zimmer said. "We embraced a rock 'n' roll ethos on this movie, and it paid off." The film’s director Marc Webb said the music reflects a new creative direction...
- 3/12/2014
- by Whitney Phaneuf
- Hitfix
Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, Kendrick Lamar and Hans Zimmer have teamed up on a song for the forthcoming The Amazing Spider-Man 2 soundtrack.
The track, titled 'It's On Again', was produced by Pharrell and is sung by Keys, with a guest rap from Lamar.
"I'm very excited to be a part of such a powerful collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer," Keys said in a statement.
"This is the next chapter in the Spider-Man legacy and we really feel 'It's On Again' captures the experience, the story - and most importantly - the meaning behind the film, which is that we all have the potential to be extraordinary. There's a little bit of a superhero in all of us."
The movie's director Marc Webb added: "We were looking for just the right song to close out the film - a song that would be upbeat and exciting,...
The track, titled 'It's On Again', was produced by Pharrell and is sung by Keys, with a guest rap from Lamar.
"I'm very excited to be a part of such a powerful collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer," Keys said in a statement.
"This is the next chapter in the Spider-Man legacy and we really feel 'It's On Again' captures the experience, the story - and most importantly - the meaning behind the film, which is that we all have the potential to be extraordinary. There's a little bit of a superhero in all of us."
The movie's director Marc Webb added: "We were looking for just the right song to close out the film - a song that would be upbeat and exciting,...
- 3/12/2014
- Digital Spy
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