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The Gifted (American TV Series)
''The Gifted'' is an American Superhero fiction, superhero television series created for Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox by Matt Nix, based on Marvel Comics' ''X-Men'' properties, set in an alternate timeline to the X-Men (film series), ''X-Men'' film series where the X-Men have disappeared. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Marvel Television, with Nix serving as showrunner. The series stars Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker as ordinary parents who take their family on the run after they discover their children's Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant abilities. Sean Teale, Natalie Alyn Lind, Percy Hynes White, Coby Bell, Jamie Chung, Blair Redford, and Emma Dumont also star in the show, with Skyler Samuels and Grace Byers joining them with the The Gifted (season 2), second season. The series received a put pilot commitment at Fox after a previous attempted ''X-Men'' television series did not move forward at the network in 2016; ''The Gifted'' was ordered to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action-adventure Fiction
Action fiction is a literary genre, genre in literature that focuses on stories involving high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as Spy fiction, spy novels, Adventure fiction, adventure stories, tales of terror, intrigue ("cloak and dagger"), and Mystery fiction, mysteries. These kinds of stories utilize Thriller (genre), suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the Conflict (narrative), conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or the solution to a mystery of a Thriller (genre), thriller. The intricacies of human relationships or the nuances of philosophy and psychology are rarely explored in action fiction, typically being fast-paced mysteries that merely seek to provide the reader with an exhilarating experience. Action fiction can also be a plot element of Literature, non-literary works such as graphic novels and film. Genre fiction Action genre is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ottman
John Ottman (born July 6, 1964) is an American film composer, director, and editor. He is best known for collaborating with director Bryan Singer, composing and/or editing many of his films, including '' Public Access'' (1993), ''The Usual Suspects'' (1995), ''Superman Returns'' (2006), ''Valkyrie'' (2008) and ''Jack the Giant Slayer'' (2013), as well as the ''X-Men'' film series. For his work on Singer's 2018 Queen biopic ''Bohemian Rhapsody'', Ottman won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Life and career Ottman was born in San Diego, California. Growing up in San Jose, Ottman made many amateur films garnering local attention in the community. He attended De Anza College and then transferred to the School of Cinematic Arts of the University of Southern California, where he graduated in 1988. One of his first assignments was to provide original music for the computer game ''I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream''. In 2007, Ottman appeared in the documentary '' Finding Kraftl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Hat Harry Productions
Bad Hat Harry Productions, Inc. is an American film and television production company founded by filmmaker Bryan Singer in 1994. It has produced films such as ''The Usual Suspects'' (1995) and the ''X-Men'' film series, as well as television series such as ''House A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air c ...'' and '' Legion''. The company's name comes from a scene in '' Jaws'' (1975) in which an elderly man named Harry wears an ill-fitting swimming cap at the beach and teases the film's protagonist Chief Brody for refusing to go in the sea, prompting Brody to retort "that's some bad hat, Harry". The original logo of the company was an animated version of this scene; the current logo, introduced in 2011, is taken from the police lineup scene of the company's first film, ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Donners' Company
The Donners' Company (formerly Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions) is the film production company of director Richard Donner and producer Lauren Shuler Donner, founded in 1986. It is notable for the ''Free Willy'' and ''X-Men'' franchises. History Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions In 1986, film producer Lauren Shuler Donner announced that she would end her production deal with The Walt Disney Studios. She announced that she would merge with Warner Bros.-based Richard Donner Productions, to create Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions, to be operating on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California. The first film released under the name was '' Radio Flyer'', which was directed by Richard Donner, produced by Lauren, and it was released by Columbia Pictures in 1992. It flopped at the box office. The banner made its first major success in 1993 with box office hits '' Dave'' and ''Free Willy''. The latter's success spawned two sequels, and a television series. That year, the studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and List of United States cities by population, 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Beta +, Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb, Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the most populous city in and the county seat, seat of Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County, covering nearly 386 square miles into Collin County, Texas, Collin, Denton County, Texas, Denton, Kaufman County, Texas, Kaufman, and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall counties. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the List of United States cities by population, ninth-most populous city in the U.S. and the List of cities in Texas by population, third-most populous city in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Shuler Donner
Lauren Diane Shuler Donner (born June 23, 1949) is an American film producer, who specializes in mainstream youth and family-oriented entertainment. She owned The Donners' Company with her late husband, director Richard Donner. Her films have grossed about $5.5 billion worldwide including major contributions from the ''X-Men'' film series.Hollywood Star Walk: Lauren Shuler Donner '''' Early life Donner was born and raised in . She studied film at |
Bryan Singer
Bryan Jay Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is the founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions and has produced almost all of the films he has directed, as well as multiple television series. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Singer directed his first short film, ''Lion's Den (1988 film), Lion's Den'' (1988). On the basis of that film, he received financing for his next film, ''Public Access (film), Public Access'' (1993), which was a co-winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. In the mid-1990s, Singer received critical acclaim for directing the neo-noir crime thriller ''The Usual Suspects'' (1995). He followed this with another thriller, ''Apt Pupil (film), Apt Pupil'' (1998), an adaptation of a Stephen King novella about a boy's fascination with a Nazi war criminal. In the 2000s, he became known for big budget superhero films such as ''X-Men (film), X-Men'' (2000), for which Singer won the 2000 Saturn A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Kinberg
Simon David Kinberg (born August 2, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He wrote and produced a number of films in the X-Men (film series), ''X-Men'' film franchise for 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Fox, and had produced a number of other projects for Fox, such as ''The Martian (film), The Martian'', which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture. Kinberg made his List of directorial debuts, directorial debut in the 2019 ''X-Men'' film ''Dark Phoenix (film), Dark Phoenix'' from a script he also wrote. Early life Kinberg was born in Hammersmith, London, England to American parents Monica Menell-Kinberg and Jud Kinberg, a New York City-born writer and producer. From age six, he was raised in Los Angeles, California. He is Jewish. Kinberg graduated from Brentwood School (Los Angeles), Brentwood High School, and then from Brown University, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude; in 2003 he received his MFA from Columbia University School of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Wiseman
Len Ryan Wiseman (born March 4, 1973) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his work on the ''Underworld (film series), Underworld'' series (2003–2016), ''Live Free or Die Hard'' (2007), and the Total Recall (2012 film), 2012 remake of ''Total Recall (1990 film), Total Recall''. Wiseman runs the production company Sketch Films. Early life and education Wiseman was born and raised in Fremont, California. He attended American High School (Fremont, California), American High School and later studied film at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. Career Wiseman began his career in film as a property assistant on a number of Roland Emmerich films: ''Stargate (film), Stargate'' (1994); ''Independence Day (1996 film), Independence Day'' (1996); and ''Godzilla (1998 film), Godzilla'' (1998). After creating advertisements for clients including Sony, he directed music videos for artists such as Megadeth, En Vogue, Static-X & Mephisto Odyssey. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeph Loeb
Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III () is an American film and television writer, producer and comic book writer. Loeb was a producer/writer on the TV series ''Smallville (TV series), Smallville'' and ''Lost (2004 TV series), Lost'', writer for the films ''Commando (1985 film), Commando'' and ''Teen Wolf'', and a writer and co-executive producer on the NBC TV show ''Heroes (American TV series), Heroes'' from its premiere in 2006 to November 2008.Cynthia Littleton. "'Heroes' duo get the ax" ''Variety (magazine), Daily Variety''; November 2, 2008 From 2010 to 2019, Loeb was the Head of and Executive Vice President of Marvel Television. A four-time Eisner Award winner and five-time Wizard Fan Awards winner, Loeb's comic book work, which has appeared on the Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Quesada
Joseph Quesada (; born January 12, 1962'' Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1650; February 2009; page 107) is an American comic book artist, writer, editor, and television producer. He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books, such as '' Ninjak'' and '' Solar, Man of the Atom''. He later worked on numerous books for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, such as '' Batman: Sword of Azrael'' and ''X-Factor'', before forming his own company, Event Comics, where he published his creator-owned character, Ash. In 1998 he became an editor of Marvel Comics' Marvel Knights line, before becoming editor-in-chief of the company in 2000. He was named chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment in 2010 and left his editor-in-chief role in January 2011, being replaced by Axel Alonso. His position was re-titled as executive vice president and creative director in October 2019. He left the company in 2022. Early life Quesada was born in New York City to Cuban-born parents, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
