Sentences with phrase «furious franchise film»

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Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

$ 147 million is not only the biggest opening weekend for the «Fast and Furious» franchise, but it's also now the highest - grossing debut for an April film, topping 2014's «Captain America: The Winter Soldier» ($ 95 million).

The most recent film in the Fast and the Furious franchise, for example, grossed $ 1.2 billion worldwide, making it the second - highest grossing film of the year.

This Friday marks the release of the eighth installment of the Fast & Furious films, the long - running, high - octane action franchise that revolves around Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his motley crew of street racers - turned - international - crime - fighters - who - are - also - kind - of - criminals.

Vin Diesel's diet and training were put to the test while filming The Fast & Furious 7 because he wanted to make it the best movie — in the 7 - part franchise — ever.

If there's one legacy I hope other films pick up from this series, it's that it treats its sex scenes the way the Fast and Furious franchise treats car chases, set pieces to be gushed about while exiting the theater.

For Film Comment, Michael Sragow on the latest film in the Fast and the Furious franchise.

Since that time, the star of Dracula Untold has been seen in a wide variety of films - including several blockbuster franchises: Clash of the Titans, Fast and Furious 6, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, among others - with upcoming roles in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and The Crow reboot.

Universal has set a July 26, 2019 release date, with filming slated to begin this fall, and while doing press for Deadpool 2, David Leitch revealed that his spin - off will be more grounded than the Fast & Furious franchise it was spawned from.

Directed by Academy Award ® nominee Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena), this emotional film features stunning and witty performances from Academy Award ® winner Judi Dench (Shakespeare In Love, Philomena), Ali Fazal (Furious 7), Eddie Izzard (Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen), Addel Akhtar (The Dictator, The Big Sick) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter franchise).

Here's what's new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, FilmStruck, video - on - demand, and other streaming services... Pay - Per - View / Video - On - Demand It is a big week for VOD debuts big and small, and few are bigger than The Fate of the Furious, the eighth film in the car caper franchise with -LSB-...]

It is believed that when Universal was doing test screenings for the third film in the Fast & Furious franchise that it wasn't going well.

In less than a week, the seventh film in the «Fast & Furious» franchise has passed $ 500 million at the global box office, and doesn't look likely to slow down until the end of the...

The film stacked the deck for success by modeling itself on a number of recent hits as it borrowed from J. J. Abrams» Star Trek, in that it was a reset of the franchise, and from The Avengers (and Fast & Furious), in that it is a team - up movie that brings together cast members from previous films.

While Microsoft offer a free Forza Motorsport, Fast and the Furious tie - in, it will offer up a DLC pack for the film franchise's latest outing.

The «Fast and Furious» star will return to the «Transformers» franchise for «The Last Knight,» Michael Bay's fifth and final film in the series.

Every episode features the deconstruction and mockery of one particular film such as «Surf Ninjas», «XXX: Return of Xander Cage»,» The Room», and the entire» Fast and Furious» franchise.

It seems slightly far - fetched, but if you had told me in 2001 that The Fast and the Furious would kick off a huge, long - running, highly successful film franchise, I probably would've called you crazy.

Making Return just another action film doesn't fly in an era where the Furious franchise firmly has the insane, action extravaganza game on lock.

China knows Dwayne Johnson from the «Fast and Furious» franchise, and the earthquake disaster film he headlined last year reverberated at the Chinese box office.

«It's like a siren kind of thing,» states Brian Tyler, composer of the last four films in the Fast and Furious franchise.

Director Brad Peyton, who's worked with him on three films — including the new monster romp Rampage — says the first time they met, Johnson was dressed as Hobbs, from the Fast & Furious franchise.

Alex Kurtzman (People Like Us) is directing the film from a script by Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) and produced by Chris Morgan (Fast & Furious franchise).

This is the kind of film that the Fast & Furious franchise wishes it could one day become.

I have seen every movie in the Fast and Furious franchise, and I don't particularly go to these films expecting them to be good.

Universal Pictures, the studio behind the «Fast and Furious» franchise, released this statement; «Paul was truly one of the most beloved and respected members of our studio family for 14 years, and this loss is devastating to us, to everyone involved with the «Fast and Furious» films, and to countless fans.»

Even so, and despite Black's bland presence, the third Fast and the Furious film offers the first glimpse of something truly engaging with this material, allowing Lin's friend and collaborator Sung Kang to walk away with the film without much effort and hammering home the franchise's broader themes of noble outlaw codes by transplanting them to an entirely separate group of people from the previous casts.

The Fast and Furious spin - off film starring Dwayne Johnson will be the best entry in the franchise yet, proving the films don't need Vin Diesel.

With its solid leads and great supporting cast that includes Keesha Sharp (American Crime Story; Marshall), Jordana Brewster (American Crime Story; The Fast & Furious franchise), and Johnathan Fernandez (Bull; Girls), Lethal Weapon is that rare film - to - TV reboot that actually works.

Arriving Saturday night is an extended version of the high - octane The Fate of the Furious (2017, not rated), the eighth film in the car caper franchise with Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, featuring footage not seen in theaters.

It's almost staggering to comprehend that this is the eighth Fast & Furious film, not least because it seemed like the franchise was chugging to a close when Universal dropped the entire cast for the Japan - set spin - off Tokyo Drift in 2006 - and yet its episodic nature, well - managed ensemble and increasing ridiculousness made this an easy film series to enjoy.

The film was written by returning franchise scribe, Chris Morgan, who penned every installment since «The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.»

There's an improvement to the variety of the cars and tracks featured here, and Turn 10 has even included a re-creation of some of the most iconic vehicles from «The Fast & The Furious» franchise as DLC, including the Mitsubishi Eclipse from the first film and the Nissan Skyline from the second (SO.

The over-the-top nature of the «Fast and Furious» franchise has always been its greatest asset and its biggest criticism, and there's no better example of that than in some of the gleefully entertaining «Oh my god, I can't believe that just happened» insanity that takes place in the film.

More news on the next film in the Fast & Furious franchise, with reports from both The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter about who may be stepping into the director's chair for the new installment.

His favourite film franchise is the Fast and Furious series, and he will offer no apologies for that fact.

The over-the-top nature of the «Fast and Furious» franchise has always been its greatest asset and its biggest criticism, and there's no better example of that than in some of the gleefully amusing «Oh my god, I can't believe that just happened» insanity that takes place in the film.

Gray will be replacing the director of Furious 7, James Wan, who decided not to come back to the series for another installment; Furious 7 was the highest grossing film in the Fast & Furious franchise, bringing in over $ 1.5 billion worldwide on a $ 190 million budget.

He left the genre again to film Furious 7, the latest installment in the Fast and the Furious franchise.

Having steamrolled the competition on its way to becoming the first billion dollar instalment in the franchise (and the seventh biggest film of all - time), Universal's Fast & Furious 7 -LSB-...]

The deal will also be a chance for the studio to potentially build a new in - house franchise or tangentially connected film series of sorts, something fresh for viewers who don't particularly care to see the millionth Fast and Furious film.

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 3rd April to Sunday 5th April 2015... Fast & Furious 7 raced into cinemas this past weekend, with the film pulling in a franchise - high opening of # 12,765,033, which is over # 4 million more than its predecessor Fast & Furous 6's # 8.72 million debut -LSB-...]

xXx (or «Triple X») was supposed to be Vin Diesel's big - time action franchise after the original The Fast & The Furious turned the previously under - the - radar actor into an overnight sensation, but the resulting film met with middling reviews and profitable but not explosive audience reception.

Stars from other summer films — including Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana and Zachary Quinto from the «Star Trek» sequel and Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez from the «Fast & Furious» franchise — appeared as presenters during the ceremony.

What he has concocted with The Chronicles of Riddick is an increasingly messy and incomprehensible film that although it may attempt to be elegantly complicated and intricate, is really just a bunch of mumbo jumbo devised by Twohy, who it has been told, never really had any concrete plans for a spin - off from Pitch Black but was coerced into doing this film after being approached by Universal executives who saw potential in having a second Vin Diesel led franchise after The Fast and the Furious.

After I produced the fourth Fast and Furious film, and saw the success of that, I was inspired and challenged by the idea of creating these sagas, these franchises.

This is the Sung Kang special edition, named for the actor who rose to stardom as Han Lue in the «Fast and Furious» film franchise.

Fast & Furious: Legacy covers all seven titles in the film franchise, providing a true journey... [Read more...]

Author and actress Mirtha Michelle Castro Marmol is perhaps best known for her roles in the «Fast & Furious» franchise and the upcoming film, «AWOL - 72.»

- Deadpool, director Tim Miller working on the film - teaming with Blur Studio collaborator Jeff Fowler - Fowler will make his feature directorial debut - Neal H. Moritz (Fast and Furious franchise) is producin - Miller will act as an executive producer - film will be a CG - animated / live - action family film - Patrick Casey and Josh Miller, creators of Golan the Insatiable, are writing the script - Miller: «Jeff is an incredible director with strong story instincts.