Sentences with phrase «with lucrative franchise»

With lucrative franchise finished (for now), and with the Christopher Nolan «s Batman trilogy set to finish in 2012 with «The Dark Knight Rises,» Warner Bros. is suddenly seeing two of their biggest moneymakers waving goodbye (though yes, they do have two «The Hobbit» films in their back pocket).

Not exact matches

Almost three decades after launching the company as an indie film production house with little more than $ 300 and a lot of youthful enthusiasm, he and co-founder Seaton McLean and a few other early shareholders had all become rich beyond imagining on the strength of a handful of lucrative properties, including HGTV, the Food Network and the spectacularly successful CSI franchise.

Microsoft built its lucrative Windows and Office franchises by teaming with HPE's predecessor company HP Co..

Sir Richard Branson's company, which successfully fought the government's initial decision to award the franchise to rival train operator First Group, has cut a deal with ministers which will see Virgin Rail run the lucrative train line until the end of 2014.

Then, as the movie began, I realized that a child with a cell phone represents what DreamWorks Animation, the producer of this most lucrative of franchise animated features, envisions its audience to be — tiny, pre-corporate techies who live far from the fairy - tale emotion of enchantment.

With star Matt Damon unwilling to return for a fourth film in the lucrative (and critically acclaimed) Bourne series, the franchise was reborn (though not re-Bourned) with Jeremy Renner stepping in as the lead, playing Aaron Cross, an operative spawned from the same system as Jason BouWith star Matt Damon unwilling to return for a fourth film in the lucrative (and critically acclaimed) Bourne series, the franchise was reborn (though not re-Bourned) with Jeremy Renner stepping in as the lead, playing Aaron Cross, an operative spawned from the same system as Jason Bouwith Jeremy Renner stepping in as the lead, playing Aaron Cross, an operative spawned from the same system as Jason Bourne.

What then to expect of Shrek the Third, a movie perhaps even more transparently than most made primarily to sustain and bolster a lucrative tent - pole merchandising franchise — already set to continue at the end of this year with an ABC TV Christmas special, Shrek the Halls, and a fourth suggested movie sequel in the early planning stages?

It means that a lucrative younger audience who might be unfamiliar with the original won't feel intimidated by joining a franchise too late and for genre fans who prefer to keep their villains in the dark, it results in a lack of overwritten backstory.

But 2012 should be better; the studio has a potentially lucrative new franchise launching this year with The Hunger Games, while a sequel to its 2010 hit The Expendables is also on the schedule.

With a pre-celebrity resumé as varied as any (tennis pro, truck driver, bartender), Chase spent his twenties as a comedy writer for such outlets as the Smothers Brothers and National Lampoon, the latter of which eventually led to a lucrative franchise of Vacation movies.

And it is with this philosophy in mind that Marvel decided to give their potentially lucrative Hulk comic book franchise another shot.

Clooney worked with Soderbergh yet again in the first of the surprisingly lucrative Ocean's franchise.

It's a very strange time for Hasbro and Paramount's once - lucrative Transformers franchise, which sank like a rock in water at the box office this year with its fifth and least successful entry, Transformers: The Last Knight.

Each of the first two Hunger Games films have grossed over $ 400 million domestically and with the final film, Mockingjay, being split into two films, Lawrence will be solely in charge of the success of one of the most popular and lucrative film franchises in movie history.

Like a comic book collector obsessively rearranging their longboxes — or, more accurately, like a major movie studio delicately tinkering with one of the most lucrative film franchises in the history of the world — Marvel Studios has announced a name change for its upcoming Avengers sequels.

Of course, it's way early in the game but WB has clearly been very happy working with Yates on their lucrative franchise and now it looks like they want to reward him with a top tier pic.

Bill Ramey over at Batman on Film has posted a rather disconcerting report this morning regarding the status of Christopher Nolan's involvement with a third film in the lucrative Batman franchise.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Harry Matches Wits and Wands with Voldermort and His Minions It stands to reason that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be the next - to - last offering in what is already the most lucrative film franchise in history, unless author J.K. Rowling succumbs to fan pressure to extend her best - selling series of children's novels.

An inside source from Ubisoft has been talking with CVG about what the company has planned with their lucrative Tom Clancy franchise.

It'll probably sell well, in spite of the last fifteen years» dubious output, the Star Wars franchise is still a highly lucrative one and some fans will purchase anything with the logo on the box indiscriminately.