Tuesday, December 31, 2024

2023 Home media releases

BVHE Releases
Blu-ray and Ultra HD Releases (My List)
February 7: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
February 14: Strange World (2022)
May 16: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
August 1: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
September 19: The Little Mermaid
September 26: Loki: The Complete First Season (2021 / Steelbook)
September 26: Elemental
October 10: The Boogeyman — 4K Ultra HD
October 17: Haunted Mansion
November 28: A Haunting in Venice — 4K Ultra HD
November 28: WandaVision: The Complete Series (2021 / Steelbook)
December 5: Young Guns (1988 / Steelbook) — 4K Ultra HD [Lionsgate]
December 12: The Creator — 4K Ultra HD

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2024 Home media releases

BVHE Releases
Blu-ray and Ultra HD Releases (My List)
February 13: The Marvels (2023)
March 12: Wish (2023)
April 30: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete Series (2021 / Steelbook)
April 30: Moon Knight: The Complete Series (2022 / Steelbook)

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SPHE Releases
Ultra HD Releases (My List)
September 10: Inside Out 2
October 22: Deadpool & Wolverine
October 22: The Sixth Sense (1999)
October 22: Signs (2002)
December 3: Loki: The Complete Second Season (2023 / Steelbook)
December 3: Hawkeye: The Complete Series (2021 / Steelbook)

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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg

Date of Birth: December 18, 1946 (78 years old)
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Education: California State University, Long Beach (BA)
Occupation
  • Film director
  • Film producer
  • Screenwriter
  • Founder of Amblin Entertainment, Amblin Television, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks Television (1994–2013), and Amblin Partners

Motion Pictures (My List)
Producer
1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Executive Producer
1989: Tummy Trouble (short) — Executive Producer
1990: Roller Coaster Rabbit (short) — Executive Producer
1990: Arachnophobia — Executive Producer
1993: Trail Mix-Up (short) — Executive Producer
2011: Real Steel — Executive Producer
2011: War Horse
2012: Lincoln
2014: The Hundred-Foot Journey
2015: Bridge of Spies
2016: The BFG
2021: West Side Story

Director
2011: War Horse
2012: Lincoln
2015: Bridge of Spies
2016: The BFG
2021: West Side Story

Awards (My List)
2012: Academy Award — Nominated for Best Picture
2012: Directors Guild of America Award — Nominated
2013: Academy Award — 2 Nominations
2013: Golden Globe Award — 2 Nominations
2016: Academy Award — Nominated for Best Picture
2021: Directors Guild of America Award — Nominated
2022: Academy Award — 2 Nominations
2022: Golden Globe Award — 1 Win + 1 Nominated

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Spirit (character)

“They say the mustang is the Spirit of the West.”

Voice: Matt Damon (Narrator of Spirit)
Senior Supervising Animator: James Baxter
Supervising Animators
  • Steve Horrocks
  • Jakob Hjort Jensen
  • Dan Wagner
Animators
  • Manuel Almeia
  • Ken Morrissey
  • Cinzia Angelini
  • Sylvia Muller
  • Davide Benvenuti
  • Kevin O’Hara
  • Adam Burke
  • Simon Otto
  • Kent Stephan Culotta
  • Mariateresa Scarpone
  • Antony Gray
  • Dimos Vrysellas
  • Cameron Hood
  • Greg Whittaker
  • James R. Hull
  • Mark A. Williams
  • Bo Johannesson
  • Scott Wright
  • Dave Kupczyk
  • Kathy Zielinski

Monday, December 16, 2024

Amblin Partners

Storyteller Distribution Co., LLC

In 2015, DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment and Entertainment One (eOne) teamed up to create Amblin Partners, a content-creation company.

Trade name: Amblin Partners
Type: Joint venture
Predecessor: DreamWorks Pictures
Founded: December 16, 2015; 9 years ago
Founders
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Jeff Skoll
  • Anil Ambani
  • Darren Throop
Location: 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608
Owners
  • Participant (2015–20)
  • Reliance Entertainment (Reliance Group)
  • Entertainment One (eOne) (2015–23; sold to Hasbro)
  • Alibaba Pictures (minority stake)
  • Universal Pictures (minority stake)
  • Hasbro (2019–23; sold to Lionsgate)
  • Lionsgate Studios (minority stake)
Divisions
  • Amblin Entertainment
  • Amblin Television
  • DreamWorks Pictures
Website:  amblin.com

Motion Pictures (My List)
2016: The BFG
2016: The Light Between Oceans
2021: West Side Story

Friday, December 13, 2024

Harry Gregson-Williams


Date of Birth: December 13, 1961 (63 years old)
Birthplace: Sussex, England
Occupation
  • Score Orchestrator/Conductor/Composer/Producer
  • Veteran of Remote Control Productions (Media Ventures since 1990s)
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • Keyboards
  • Piano
  • Synthesizers
  • Percussion instrument
Relatives
Rupert Gregson-Williams (younger brother)

Motion Pictures (My List)
Music Department
1995: Crimson Tide — Choir Conductor
1996: The Rock — Additional Music
1998: Armageddon — Additional Music
2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Conductor and Score Producer
2006: Déjà Vu — Conductor
2007: Gone Baby Gone — Orchestra Conductor
2008: The Forbidden Kingdom — Score Producer
2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian — Score Producer and Conductor
2010: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Score Producer
2020: Mulan — Music Conductor
2021: The Last Duel — Score Conductor

Composer
1998: Enemy of the State (with Trevor Rabin)
2003: Veronica Guerin
2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2006: Déjà Vu
2007: Gone Baby Gone
2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2010: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2015: Monkey Kingdom
2020: Mulan
2021: The Last Duel
2022: Polar Bear

Actor
2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian — Pattertwig the Squirrel (voice)

Awards
1997: Saturn Award — Nominated
1999: BMI Film & TV Award — Winner
2005: Hollywood Film Award — Winner
2006: BMI Film & TV Award — Winner
2006: Golden Globe Award — Nominated
2006: World Soundtrack Award — Nominated
2007: Grammy Award — Nominated
2007: World Soundtrack Award — Nominated
2008: IFMCA Award — Nominated
2009: BMI Film & TV Award — Winner

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Songwriters of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron


Bryan Adams
  • Here I Am (End Title)
  • I Will Always Return
  • You Can’t Take Me
  • Get Off My Back
  • Brothers Under the Sun
  • Don’t Let Go
  • This is Where I Belong
  • Here I Am
  • Nothing I’ve Ever Known
  • I Will Always Return (Finale)

Hans Zimmer
  • Here I Am (End Title)
  • I Will Always Return
  • This is Where I Belong
  • Here I Am
  • Nothing I’ve Ever Known
  • I Will Always Return (Finale)

Gretchen Peters
  • Here I Am (End Title)
  • Don’t Let Go
  • Here I Am

R.J. Lange (Robert John “Mutt” Lange)
  • I Will Always Return
  • You Can’t Take Me
  • Don’t Let Go
  • This is Where I Belong
  • I Will Always Return (Finale)

Gavin Greenaway
  • You Can’t Take Me
  • Don’t Let Go
  • Sound the Bugle

Eliot Kennedy
  • Get Off My Back
  • Nothing I’ve Ever Known

Trevor Horn
  • Sound the Bugle

Steve Jablonsky
  • Brothers Under the Sun

All songs produced by Gavin Greenaway and Bryan Adams, except I Will Always Return produced with Patrick Leonard; Get Off My Back produced with Matt Mahaffey; Brothers Under the Sun produced with Steve Jablonsky; and Nothing I’ve Ever Known produced with Hans Zimmer

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