Tuesday, December 31, 2024

2023 Buena Vista Home Entertainment releases

Labels
Disney, Marvel Studios

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 17: Haunted Mansion
  • November 28: WandaVision: The Complete Series (2021) — SteelBook

Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., Dept. CS, Burbank, CA 91521

2024 Buena Vista/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases

Labels
  • Disney
  • Touchstone Home Entertainment
  • Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Marvel Studios
  • Lucasfilm Ltd.

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

Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., Dept. CS, Burbank, CA 91521

SPHE Releases
Ultra HD Releases (My List)
  • September 10: Inside Out 2 — SteelBook 
  • October 22: Deadpool & Wolverine
  • October 22: The Sixth Sense (1999)
  • October 22: Signs (2002)
  • December 3: Hawkeye: The Complete Series (2021) — SteelBook
  • December 3: Loki: The Complete Second Season (2023) — SteelBook
  • December 10: Willow (1988) — SteelBook

Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Inc., Culver City, CA 90232

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
  • Filmmaker
  • Film producer
Founder
  • Amblin Entertainment
  • Amblin Television
  • DreamWorks Pictures
  • DreamWorks Animation (1994–2004; seperate)
  • DreamWorks Television (1994–2013)
  • 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

Director
2011: War Horse
2012: Lincoln
2015: Bridge of Spies
2016: The BFG

Awards (My List)
Academy Awards
2012: Nominated for Best Picture (War Horse)
2013: Nominated for Best Picture (Lincoln)
2013: Nominated for Best Director (Lincoln)
2016: Academy Award — Nominated for Best Picture (Bridge of Spies)

Golden Globe Awards
2013: Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama (Lincoln)
2013: Nominated for Best Director - Motion Picture (Lincoln)

Others
2012: Directors Guild of America Award — Nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Lincoln)

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Spirit (character)

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

Voice: Matt Damon
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

Friday, December 13, 2024

Harry Gregson-Williams


Date of Birth: December 13, 1961 (63 years old)
Birthplace: Sussex, England, UK
Occupation
  • Score orchestrator/conductor
  • Score composer/producer
  • Veteran of Remote Control Productions (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
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

Composer
1998: Enemy of the State
2003: Veronica Guerin
2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2006: Déjà Vu
2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2010: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2015: Disneynature’s Monkey Kingdom
2019: Disneynature’s Penguins
2020: Mulan
2022: Disneynature’s Polar Bear

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

Awards (My List)
BMI Film & Television Music Awards
1999: Winner (Enemy of the State)
2006: Winner (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
2009: Winner (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)

World Soundtrack Awards
2006: Nominated (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
2007: Nominated (Déjà Vu)

Others
1997: Saturn Award — Nominated for Best Music (The Rock)
2005: Hollywood Film Award — Winner (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
2006: Golden Globe Award — Nominated (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
2007: Grammy Award — Nominated (Déjà Vu)
2008: International Film Music Critics Award — Nominated (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)

Lebo M.

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