In March, "Time Code," a big-screen film shot on digital film by Mike Figgis, had its premiere at the Yahoo Internet Life Online Film Festival.

"It was the beginning of a new era for the United States, but life for American Indians would never be the same," admits actor Jeff Bridges in the voice-over to the spectacular big-screen film about the expedition.

For years, director-actor Warren Beatty wanted to play Hughes and direct a big-screen film of the mogul.

The book is being made into a big-screen film of the same name, and shooting started in April 2012.

It is Eldar Ryazanov's first big-screen film, Lyudmila Gurchenko's first role and also one of the most famous films starring popular comedian Igor Ilyinsky.

Son of 'Squad' Many a memorable movie ("Casablanca," for one) has been recycled into a mediocre television series, but it's a rare day when a flop television series inspires a big-screen film.

Her first plum supporting role in a big-screen film was in the drama Flesh and Bone (1993) as the much-younger girlfriend of James Caan.

King's eight novels and accompanying spin-off comic books, written over the three decades from 1982, were planned to be converted into three big-screen films and two TV series.

William Dozier wanted to make a big-screen film to generate interest in his proposed Batman TV series, to have the feature in theaters while the first season of the series was rolling before the cameras.

Speaking of his experience working on his first big-screen film, he said: