Not only will theaters be flooded with mega
franchise sequels, but they will also be home to another big year for superheroes.
After the most recent trailer for Terminator: Genisys gave away a pretty big plot twist for
the franchise sequel, some international TV spots bring that twist to the forefront of the marketing in Asian markets.
Sandra Bullock surrounds herself with an all - star cast for the heist of a lifetime in the upcoming
franchise sequel Ocean's Eight, with the full trailer expected this week.
Dread Central talked to director Gary Tunnicliffe about his latest Pinhead
franchise sequel, where he revealed a brand new behind - the - scenes Hellraiser: Judgment photo from the set of the film.
The star power of Jennifer Lawrence seems to know no bounds at the moment, as she appears in her second
franchise sequel this year, another guaranteed mega-hit.
Hugh Jackman and Nicholas Hoult are seen in their period wardrobes for
this franchise sequel from director Bryan Singer.
At a time when almost every big - budget Hollywood release is a pre-packaged adaptation, remake, or
franchise sequel, Rian Johnson's mind - bending, thought - provoking Looper offers something truly original.
While The Toxic Avenger remake continues to remain in development hell, Troma's very own Lloyd Kaufman says we can expect to see
another franchise sequel in the near...
Winter / Spring 2017 includes awards - season contenders, multiple Vin Diesel movies, a Disney re-telling, big
franchise sequels, reboots - and more!
But expect them to roar back on the scene in 2017 with major
franchise sequels Fast 8, Despicable Me 3 and Fifty Shades Darker, and the launch of their Monsters Universe.
Although the name may not be immediately familiar the the average person, he directed one of the most beloved sequels of all time (The Empire Strikes Back) along with a couple of other less well - received
franchise sequels (Robocop II and the non-EON Bond flick Never Say Never Again).
We love a good documentary here at Dark Universe, and this latest one from director Nick Hunt will focus on the 1993 Friday the 13th horror
franchise sequel Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday!
Forty years after John Carpenter directed the 1978 ultimate horror classic Halloween, the legendary horror master reunited with the original Michael Myers «The Shape» actor Nick Castle in Charleston, South Carolina this past Friday while on the set of Blumhouse's new Halloween
franchise sequel.
With 2018 shaping up to be a year when multiple blockbuster tentpoles and
franchise sequels are set to be hitting the big screen, Universal's planned sequel to Jurassic World is shaping up to be the most anticipated.
The latest blockbuster
franchise sequel will follow «Vampire death dealer, Selene (Kate Beckinsale) as she fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her.
Oscar Isaac is incredible as always, so if you're waiting anxiously to see him in a certain
franchise sequel, this could tide you over until the winter...
While The Toxic Avenger remake continues to remain in development hell, Troma's very own Lloyd Kaufman says we can expect to see
another franchise sequel in the near future.
Some surprisingly artful
franchise sequels impressed us this year, but it was game - changing indie romances and horrors that won out
It's one of the few
franchise sequels of any kind in recent memory that feels like it could stand on its own — a feat in and of itself.
All - new footage from this exciting
franchise sequel will be shown exclusively in IMAX theaters starting February 12.
Director Don Michael Paul's latest
franchise sequel Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell looks like a good old fun - filled, action - packed monster flick.
Joblo just shared an exclusive new clip from Don Michael Paul's latest
franchise sequel Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, featuring one hungry Graboid in action...
The Nintendo Wii has also had its share of successful
franchise sequels.
She debuts in the fighting
franchise sequel as the boss character, but the trailer above has now confirmed her as a playable addition to the roster.
«Ultimately, Garden Warfare 2 suffers a little from what has plagued several other
franchise sequels recently — a sense of familiarity, and new launch content that feels a little lean, but will be expanded over time via free downloadable updates.
It captured the imaginations of fans for years, and still manages to do so with every re-release or
franchise sequel that is created.
Not exact matches
Even with the potential for major flops, Hollywood's movie
franchise model is here to stay, but history shows us that the studios that aim for critical success with their
sequels tend to land more hits at the box office.
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.
Nearly all of the most - anticipated movies of 2017 are
sequels, adaptations,
franchise reboots, spin - offs, etc..
Of course, complaints about the proliferation of
sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars
franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviews).
Mattel (mat) says that under the deal, it can market toys and other consumer products inspired by the
franchise and its many feature films, as well as an upcoming
sequel that's planned for 2018.
If there is anything that can generate more
sequels than the Star Wars
franchise, it's the saga of Walt Disney's CEO succession.
Business is good; the new games are
sequels to popular and profitable
franchises.
The
franchise's latest
sequel had been scheduled for release this summer, but was pushed back to next year following Walker's passing.
Logsdon points out that the slate of films lined up for 2015's summer season is impressive, with a
sequel to the wildly - popular Avengers
franchise expected along with reboots to the Mission Impossible, Terminator, and Jurassic Park
franchises.
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.
With a 19 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the
sequel started the critical bashing of the
franchise that continues to this day.
'' «Infinity War» has the added benefit of being promised as a semi-finale to 10 years» worth of
franchise building, which could elevate its box - office performance even higher than previous Marvel
sequels,» said Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at Boxoffice.com.
The repeated pattern of expansions and recessions is like multiple
sequels in a long - running movie
franchise — each film shares a similar and familiar landscape but still manages to be different due to the specific causes and characters.
His first movie was good without being great, and the
sequel is largely regarded as one of the
franchise's few airballs.
According to The Independent, Redmayne is the Harry Potter author and Beasts screenwriter's choice to play Newt Scamander in a new
franchise — based on a fictional Hogwarts textbook — that is described as «neither a prequel nor a
sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world.»
The movie leaves that quest open for a
franchise of never ending
sequels as Dr. Shaw and David move on to find the deeper origins of the importance of an individual human life.
We caught up with Reeves as he was putting the finishing touches on Dawn, the
sequel to 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, to talk about his chapter of a
franchise that began more than 50 years ago with a French novel.
What makes this
franchise interesting, though, is that each of the
sequels is bad in a different way.
It's all hats off to Wes Craven, (and Kevin Williamson but for the sake of the article will will focus on the former), may he rest in peace, for giving us a fun, self - referential horror
franchise that has spawned a few
sequels and a TV series, Scream.
And now, when offered «life - changing money» to direct the next installment of The Fast and the Furious
franchise, he actually turned it down to direct this
sequel.
Hollywood's endless factory line of
sequels, rehashing of ideas and exhuming of dormant
franchises to rake in the box office dollars has lent a soap opera feel to blockbuster season.
While Hatchet has since become an iconic
franchise, none of the
sequels have been able to recreate the magic of the first film.
The «Star Wars»
franchise, however, long ago lost its luster, if not its fanatical following, after an interminable run of awful
sequels and prequels.
Instead, it's a goofy, confusing mess of a
sequel, a cautionary tale of what happens when a filmmaker lives too long inside his own
franchise to realize that no one takes it nearly as seriously as he does.