Sentences with phrase «wars film franchise»

The latest Battlefront game based within the Star Wars film franchise, packing a relatively short story campaign alongside a fully - fledged multiplayer mode.
There's also the fact that DIsney and Lucasfilm are making Han Solo a pillar of its reborn Star Wars film franchise.
Star Wars Battlefront II is an action shooter video game based on the Star Wars film franchise.
The Star Wars film franchise has pushed the boundaries of technology since the debut of the original episode nearly 40 years ago,» said Jeremy Tucker, vice president, Marketing Communications & Media, Nissan North America, Inc. «Nissan is doing the same with its industry - leading cars, trucks and SUVs like the new Rogue — our most advanced Rogue to date — so it's natural that the two join forces.»
Game description: Star Wars Battlefront II is an action shooter video game based on the Star Wars film franchise.
The Force Awakens is the seventh installment in the Star Wars film franchise.

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Oscar Isaac is winning hearts as fan - favorite Poe Dameron in «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» already the most successful film in the franchise.
To Cameron's credit, he's optimistic about the next films in the «Star Wars» franchise saying, «I wan na see what they're doing next, where they're taking it,» he said.
The film, which will be released on Dec. 15 of this year, will pick up after the action of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise's huge 2015 release that shattered box office records and marked the space opera's return to theaters for the first time in a decade.
In addition to The Last Jedi and the as - yet - untitled Episode IX in the Star Wars saga, the franchise will also yield another spinoff film slated for 2018, featuring a younger version of the franchise's Han Solo character.
According to Hamill, Carrie Fisher, who played his on - screen sister in the franchise, had no problem signing on for more «Star Wars» films.
The Disney arrangement gives Netflix access to movies from Pixar, Marvel (i.e., the Avengers franchise) and Lucasfilm — including the hotly awaited Star Wars films, which are likely to be box - office gold.
Disney purchased the Star Wars franchise from George Lucas» Lucasfilm in 2012 for $ 4.05 billion, and has planned for a new trilogy of films as well as standalone installments through 2019.
Disney and Lucasfilm released the official teaser trailer to the next standalone film in the Star Wars franchise in February, and Howard confirmed via Twitter at the end of March that another full - length trailer would follow soon, although an exact date has not been announced yet.
That runtime makes it the longest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, of which «Infinity War» is the 19th film in the franchise.
After overseeing the reboot of the Star Trek film franchise, he took the reins to steer movie goers back to that galaxy far, far away, directing and executive producing Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
I'm talking about the Disney - Lucas film connection and therefore also the Star Wars franchise.
J.J. Abrams, the director of the new Star Wars films, has shown from the beginning of the project that he himself is a big fan of the franchise and that he values and respects the responsibility that goes with directing the movie.
The first few years of his career following the departure from the show were somewhat lackluster, but Smits eventually landed the role of Senator Bail Organa in the second and third Star Wars prequels, a move that would permanently cement him in film history in the minds of at least one very large fanbase.In addition to his work with the Star Wars franchise, Smits also made an inevitable return to the small - screen mid-decade with a prominent role on NBC's The West Wing during the show's 2004 - 2005 season.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back is arguably the best film in the franchise.
From Marvel Studios stalwarts Anthony Russo and Joe Russo comes Avengers: Infinity War, the third installment in the Avengers franchise and 19th Marvel Studios film to date.
While we're no stranger to the idea of shock deaths in movies and TV series — our favorite characters being killed off gives fans something to talk about — the sheer scale of what happens at the end of Infinity War, and the Russo brothers decision to leave the ball in Thanos» court, is unprecedented when it comes to a film franchise of this scale.
In any given year, Grauman's Chinese Theatre hosts over 40 red carpet film premieres and since it opened, it has hosted three Academy Award (R) ceremonies and numerous world premieres, including those for internationally - acclaimed film franchises, such as Star Wars and Harry Potter.
With today's debut of the official trailer for «Star Wars: Rogue One,» a standalone installment of the intergalactic franchise about the events leading up to the original film, we've got lightsabers on the brain.
With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story mere weeks away fans are already looking forward to news of the next spin - off in the Star Wars franchise, the young Han Solo film with Hail, Caesar!
Rian Johnson, known for time travel film Looper, has been confirmed as the writer and director of the next in the Star Wars franchise.
Chapters of a long - running film franchise that exist in temporal limbo, like the one - generation - too - late prequels to the Star Wars series, often feel static and irrelevant.
After a decade of blockbusting superhero films, the Avengers franchise is bowing out with a double bill, beginning with Infinity War.
News fresh in from the galactic newstand this afternoon that CHRONICLE and upcoming THE FANTASTIC FOUR director Josh Trank is joining the Star Wars franchise as he helms a mysterious Star Wars stand - alone film.
Solo will stay in the Star Wars family with veteran franchise composer John Williams set to write the theme for the standalone film about Han Solo, slated for release on May 25.
The film feels very much like a low - budget version of another big screen Star Wars - tinged film based on existing franchises, Flash Gordon, with its cheesy sets and costumes, and juvenile presentation.
Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo in «Solo: A Star Wars Story,» a stand - alone film in the franchise featuring characters including Han Solo, Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca pre - «Star Wars
Mix that in with a film that includes aliens, a god and an android (among other oddities) and it is difficult to believe that such a movie could be called the «most human» film in a massive franchise, but that's exactly how Anthony Mackie, who portrays the hero Falcon (aka Sam Wilson) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, feels about Avengers: Infinity War.
Portman is a massively popular, Oscar - winning actress, who kind of swore off franchise films after the Star Wars prequels.
«Solo: A Star Wars Story» is a standalone film in the franchise featuring characters including Han Solo, Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca before the events in «Star Wars
The Last Jedi: Rian Johnson cleverly turned the usual Star Wars tropes on their head and although many fans decried the straying away from the previous films, the truth is that franchise needed reinvention.
«Black Panther» fever took over Los Angeles and beyond this weekend as the highly anticipated Disney film opened to the kind of fervor typically reserved for the latest offering in the «Star Wars» franchise.
New «Star Wars» Trilogy The big news in a galaxy far, far away last week was that the franchise is getting a brand new film trilogy.
Actually, Civil War stars Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. stopped by «Jimmy Kimmel Live» to debut the new trailer for the next film in the Marvel franchise.
Hollywood filmmaker Ron Howard has admitted filming «Solo: A Star Wars Story» was «challenging» but he enjoyed the «great experience» of contributing the sci - fi franchise's universe.
The 9th «Star Wars» film boasts not only one of the largest casts in the franchise history but also the longest running time (152 minutes).
But their film, «Star Wars: The Last Jedi,» ended the night winless, extending the franchise's Oscars drought.
With just a few weeks left until the film hits theaters, the marketing blitz has started to hit the small screen, and two new Solo A Star Wars Story TV spots have arrived to tease the spin - off that could start a whole new franchise.
With close to 80 characters (plus CG characters numbering in the tens, if not hundreds, of thousands), multiple diverging / converging storylines, and an 18 - film franchise to service, Avengers: Infinity War has a tremendous amount of ground to cover, both literally and figuratively, from New York, Scotland, and Wakanda on Earth, to parts known and unknown in the deepest reaches of space, not to mention putting our favorite and not - so - favorite superheroes through one ringer after another.
He kicked off the entire franchise all the way back in 2008 and has continued to be one of the most important figures in the series, with three standalone films, practically leading the Avengers in two battles to save the Earth, going up against Captain America for the Avengers very own civil war, and helping Peter Parker become Spider - Man.
The final script rewrite by Simon Kinberg, who is also currently involved in the X-Men franchise at Fox as well as the Star Wars live - action films and animated series at Disney / Lucasfilm, was the last piece of the puzzle before full casting would commence.
Fresh out of the gate, Marvel Studio's latest franchise film, Doctor Strange, has already carved out an enviable place for itself amidst the rank and file of other Marvel Cinematic Universe tentpoles like Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi may or may not be the best film in the franchise, but what writer - director Rian Johnson has accomplished in the eighth installment of the Skywalker family saga gives hope to the recent announcement of a planned trilogy to come.
Sarah Myles on The LEGO Movie franchise and the marriage of movie merchandising... Forty years ago, there was a seismic shift in the film industry, when Bernard Loomis of Kenner Toys decided that Star Wars was «toyetic.»
Diversity in film has been called upon by every corner of the cinematic community and «Star Wars,» Lucas Films, and Walt Disney do not get enough credit in being of the first to fully embrace this notion into its most profitable franchise.
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