Sentences with phrase «more big franchises»

Not exact matches

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

«While the winners are likely to emerge as even larger and more durable franchises, we see the battle as a negative for both big wireless and cable.»

Eventually the operations hit peak efficiency, at which point in order to keep growing you need to bring in more customers, open more restaurants (franchises) or make another big acquisition.

Big Blue Bubble has released more than 100 titles to date across a variety of platforms, including our own award - winning franchise, My Singing Monsters.

Maybe it's more accurate to say Queensland's other big franchise player.

And while the Blue Jays would seem to have the bigger need (with Justin Smoak the incumbent at first), the Yankees feel more like a spend - $ 100 - million kind of franchise.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

I always knew Luck was taking more hits and throwing more than he should have, but the Colts have completely F — ed up this situation up in regards to their franchise player which is a big, big screw up.

10: R1P10 OT MIKE MCGLINCHEY NOTRE DAME — best OT in the draft and we need a future franchise LT. this is the guy 41: R2P9 TE DALLAS GOEDERT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE — major offensive weapon, we trade / release Cook 75: R3P11 DL B.J. HILL NC STATE — True 3 - tech was part of one of the best DT tandems in college football 110: R4P10 CB QUENTON MEEKS STANFORD — technically sound outside cornerback with good size and strength 159: R5P22 LB MICAH KISER VIRGINIA — instincts, hustle, powerful tackler, one of most productive linebackers in the country 173: R5P36 P MICHAEL DICKSON TEXAS — best punter to come out of college in a decade or more, oh and drama - free 185: R6P11 CB CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL PENN STATE — long corner with good burst, is raw but can play ST to start 212: R6P38 WR JESTER WEAH PITTSBURGH — love this guy, 6» 3 and can fly, true deep threat WR 216: R6P42 EDGE MARCELL FRAZIER MISSOURI — hard - charging defensive end who wins with skill and motor 217: R6P43 WR ANTONIO CALLAWAY FLORIDA — if he had stayed out of trouble, he'd be a second round pick 228: R7P10 RB RYAN NALL OREGON STATE — Biggest sleeper in the entire draft.

One bigger question I have as it pertains to the entire franchise is whether or not these characters» stories end with Episode IX or whether they continue to be the focus in more films.

Using David Beckham - who spent five years with LA Galaxy and with whom Leiweke has previously worked - as a benchmark, Leiweke declared that perhaps the TFC franchise had been expecting more from their big - money addition.

Series creator Chris Carter has even written a third entry in the franchise's film department and, based on what the ratings will be like, we'll probably see more X-Files in the future, whether in terms of more episodes or a big blockbuster of a movie.

But that's all the more reason to experience it and discuss it, and because it's backed by a really good light gun experience that is bigger and (on balance) better than its predecessor, this game is one of the most playable and interesting transgressive franchises the Japanese industry has ever produced.

Even fueled by Reynolds, whose likability is practically a super power, a new director in David Leitch («John Wick» and «Atomic Blonde»), charismatic new costars like Zazie Beetz («Atlanta») and Julian Dennison («Hunt for the Wilderpeople»), bigger stakes (and more money to execute them), «Deadpool 2,» suffers from the sequelitis that typically threatens gimmicky gambles turned tentpole franchises.

I know this isn't as big of a part of the ME franchise, but my relationships in the first ME felt deeper and more involved.

It still feels like the franchise isn't making big enough leaps, and is just content to bring its fans more of the same.

Summertime moviegoing, especially in a big city with a healthy appetite for both cinephilia and nostalgia, means more than simply waiting around for franchise blockbusters to take your money and run.

Sean Astin may have been an integral part of one of the biggest franchises in film history not long ago, but he too is now on the other side of forty and would probably love if Adam Sandler could find him some more juicy supporting roles.

Otherwise, there's little to distinguish this outing from the franchise's previous six, except that the budgets are bigger, the locations are more varied, and the stunts are stunt - ier, replete with Diesel driving a car out of one high - rise's window and into another.

Eight years later and the biggest franchise in Hollywood is continually bringing more content into theaters, as phase 3 of the MCU has just begun.

Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge - action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes.

But I think we were very lucky with getting the rights to Casino Royale and recalibrating the franchise; making it more relevant for the times, and the biggest lucky break we got was Daniel Craig, because with him we've been able to do so much with the character because he's just such a spectacular actor.

What separates «Black Panther» from the Batmans, Spidermans and Iron Mans of the creaky, big studio superhero genre is that it looks and, more important, feels nothing like the usual bloated franchise movie that takes no chances and plays by genre rules.

Pettyfer is pretty and easygoing but lacks the sort of charisma that comes with a more focused sense of interior purpose, and the film basically feels, at its core, like a mash - up of carefully cross-tabbed teen movie trends, which is probably what happens when you set out in pre-production with the chief intent of manufacturing the next big «Twilight» - type cinematic franchise.

With «Ash vs. Evil Dead» no more and Bruce Campbell officially retired as Ash Williams, we're left with one big desire in regards to the franchise: EVIL DEAD 2, please!

The committed star pulls off the same magic trick to even more impressive effect than usual with Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy's directorial debut after toiling away as a screenwriter on less pedigreed fare like Real Steel and Two for the Money as well as big brother Tony's most recent Bourne franchise effort.

This entry in the franchise brings a lot of firsts to the series, with the biggest departure being the fact that it is no longer a third person survival - horror game but more of a dungeon crawler with a heavy multiplayer focus.

All of these characters seem like marked - down versions of the stereotypes they're based on, and the pay - for - view operation feels more like local access cable than a big bucks franchise.

While those films (or, more specifically, their franchises) are about big jolts and loud noises,

With bigger, more epic action sequences, a more intriguing story, fleshed out characters, a multiplayer component, and damn near perfect combat mechanics, Uncharted 2 was an excellent sequel and still the best game in the franchise (even though Uncharted 4 was really, really good!).

The 55 - year - old actor had long discussions with director Matt Reeves about how to ensure his portrayal of The Colonel in the rebooted sci - fi franchise was «more human» than how evil characters tend to come across on big - screen productions.

This expansion will include even more blockbuster franchises and create bigger and better gameplay opportunities, increasing the selection to 30 of the world's most popular franchises.

Alien is revered as one of the greatest horror films of all time, as well as one of the greatest films set in space, so what happens when the director of the film that originated the franchise returns to it to provide us back - story about one of the biggest monster movie icons more than three decades after the fact?

Winter / Spring 2017 includes awards - season contenders, multiple Vin Diesel movies, a Disney re-telling, big franchise sequels, reboots - and more!

IGN has reported today that SEGA has signed a deal with Wanted Productions, Stories International (which as we reported previously, SEGA is working closely to bring more of its franchises to the big screen) and Scott Pilgrim The Movie producer Marc Platt to produce a Shinobi Live Action Film:

As so often happens when a big name franchise is used as a comeback vehicle for a star on the decline, the lack of success kills the momentum of both, as «Richie Rich» and Culkin have been mostly dormant since its release, only occasionally making a minor comeback to remind us of the good times, but not nearly enough to want to see anything more than we have to.

Aired by Fox just one other time after it premiered and later dropped from syndication, the superficially disturbing «Home» went on to become the show's best - selling episode on VHS; it was but a matter of time until some enterprising producer recognized the franchise potential in its heartland troglodytes — and it was even more inevitable that they should be paired with a WB cast - off for the first big - screen vehicle, since no modern horror flick is complete without one.

Big - ticket characters like franchise mascot Iron Man are represented, but Infinity War often plays more like a Guardians of the Galaxy story because they're more at home with the overt science - fiction themes of the film, and Gamora (Zoe Saldana, I Kill Giants) has had a multi-movie arc directly related to Thanos.

The X-Men have more legs than they've ever had at the moment, with big hit films like Logan and Deadpool (itself its own franchise) and TV shows like Legion and The Gifted.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii system had the biggest first day in franchise history and sold more than 600,000 units in its first week.

He'd done more work than a lot of the other independent directors that made the leap, having made three features (Brick, The Brothers Bloom and Looper) and directed some very well received episodes of Breaking Bad, but it's hard to imagine any of that adequately prepared him for directing the middle chapter of the new trilogy in biggest franchise in movie history for the biggest studio on the planet.

As Refn suggested, you sorta have to work within an established format with the Bond movies (as well as various product placements, franchise signifiers and more) and while Eon would love a big name, that person won't be able to shake things up too much — more like gently stir.

With New Line having updated the decade's two biggest franchise starters in 2009's Friday the 13th and last year's Nightmare on Elm Street, we're now left to tackle more obscure genre selections,

With the aid of Little Miss Sunshine Oscar - winner Michael Arndt and, arguably more importantly, franchise returnee Lawrence Kasdan (a screenwriter on both The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, but also the writer / director of complex, character - driven genre fair like The Big Chill, Silverado and Body Heat), Abrams accomplishes his task.

it's nothing like kingdom hearts i love both franchises but kingdom hearts is hack n slash rpg monster hunter is more of an action / adventure rpg where you go out and hunt bigger monsters every time but give it a chance if you have a wii u or 3ds download the demo but keep in mind the demo throws you in the deep with no tutorial whatsoever so it can be difficult for new players

Moreover, this could be the next big franchise for the duo, albeit with a decidedly more action heavy focus.

To me its the second best game this franchise had to offer before World, 4u being the best one, but I still prefer Freedom Unite on the ipad since I like to play solo a but more and 4u has such a big emphasis on multiplayer...

But the problem is that the first two films in the first franchise (I can't get into Last Stand) aren't as big and bombastic and melodramatic as the more recent ones.

Plus, she talks about if she was nervous to sign on to a big Hollywood franchise, deleted scenes, and a lot more.