Sentences with phrase «as a prequel for»

The film, due to be released later this year, will act as a prequel for The Conjuring.

With Ronan and Korath confirmed for Captain Marvel, Brie Larson's 1990's - set MCU adventure will serve as a prequel for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Based on the story and themes of the first Red Dead Redemption, as well as the promotional artwork of Red Dead Redemption 2, the game will likely act as a prequel for the original RDR and chronologically will precede it.

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Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, abbreviated as TotJ, is a comic book series covering eight story... 25 Star Wars Memes To Get You Pumped For Any Sequel, Prequel Or Spin - Off May the farce be with you.

This was a blank - slate film experience for me, and it's not a sequel or prequel so much as an independent movie operating laterally to Suicide Club, so why am I even talking about all this.

Once again it can't be faulted too much for this as it is a prequel but they could have easily made the wrap up more interest.

While comic book adaptations don't always accurately represent the movies they're based on, the «Doctor Strange» prequel comic offers a lot of reveals that seem very plausible for the upcoming Marvel Studios film starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the Sorcerer Supreme.

«The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies» (2014) Box Office Take: $ 955m 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 23 When the «Lord of the Rings» series arrived at the start of the century, their tactility, wit and humanity served as a blessed relief for epic fantasy fans after the airless «Star Wars» prequels had disappointed so.

A&E's Bates Motel is inching closer toward resembling Alfred Hitchcock's 1960's classic Psycho, the film that serves as inspiration for this modern - day prequel of sorts that examines the motel in its early days when Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) was still in high... Read More

That carried over for a second weekend as the horror prequel dropped 55.7 %.

I usually try to review remakes (or prequels or sequels, for that matter) on their own merit as standalone films, but it's impossible for me to do so with Disney's live - action remake of its 1991 animated take on Beauty and the Beast.

For those who don't know, this is technically a prequel to the aforementioned Godzilla film, and there are references to that one dotted through the picture, most notably the presence of the sinister agency known as Monarch.

We saw from the first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that Genevieve O'Reilly will be reprising her role as Mon Mothma from Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith in December's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and now we can officially add another returning cast member from the Prequel Trilogy.

It goes without saying that Batman Begins is the best prequel of the summer, a film that allows Liam Neeson as Bruce Wayne's mentor / surrogate father figure to make amends for The Phantom Menace and offers a peek, along with Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, at the full grim panorama of what the Star Wars films have squandered.

While sequels like Iron Man 3 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier have overcome feeling like prequels to a different story audiences haven't seen yet, other entries into this super-powered universe, efforts like Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War, struggled to come across as anything other than vehicles conceived and designed to get all of these characters into one place at the right time for this May's massive Avengers: Infinity War, none of them working outside of the larger story being told and as such aren't very entertaining or worth watching more than once.

The fact it was a prequel to the original classic movie had me worried, but after seeing it all I can do is offer praise that it was made, as it stiches together many plot gaps from the original movie to make watching them back to back viable... maybe not that scarey... but then the original had the benefit of being outstanding SFX for the era, modern CGI movies never feel as physical and scarey.

A&E's Bates Motel is inching closer toward resembling Alfred Hitchcock's 1960's classic Psycho, the film that serves as inspiration for this modern - day prequel of sorts that examines the motel in its early days when Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) was still in high school and his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga), was still breathing.

The Hollywood mainstay will step into the role of a Marvel supervillain for the Matthew Vaughn - directed «X-Men» prequel but which one remains unknown as Jennifer Lawrence morphs into a young Mystique.

Lionsgate Premiere has debuted the first official red band trailer for the horror prequel Leatherface, telling the story of the upbringing of the man who would eventually become known as «Leatherface».

«Prometheus»: Iceland's barren landscapes served as exteriors for Ridley Scott's «Alien» prequel, but much of the footage of the space ships and hangers were done Shepperton Studios and Pinewood Studios in England.

The timeframe for this prequel novel is interesting, as it seems to begin before Jurassic World was event built, and will likely dive deep into the backstory of how Masrani Global handled InGen assets, and became the corporation we saw in the 2015 film.

For starters, we now know that the movie will be a «90s - set prequel to the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and though we already knew that Samuel L. Jackson will be reprising his role as...

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Critics aren't as crazy for this Han Solo prequel as they were for «The Last Jedi,» but say «Star Wars» fans will get their money's worth at least

We can't wait for Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo's upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel known as Leatherface, can you?

Fantastic filmmakers and an author responsible for a whole new world of magic can be found at Carnegie Hall on November 12, as JK Rowling hosts a special advance screening of «Harry Potter» spinoff / prequel film «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them» to benefit the Lumos Foundation.

Origins is a prequel to the original Silent Hill and sees players assume the role of Travis Grady as he searches the eponymous town for a girl he rescued from a fire.

Whether protecting the ancient Hebrew Ark of the Covenant (as seen in the prequel Raiders of the Lost Ark) or uncovering other antique artifacts, the indestructible hero does for dusty old relics and legends what Bill Nye did for science and lab coats.

I've been waiting for a big - budget, prestige presentation of this property for almost as long as I waited for the Star Wars prequels — and if I'm not as disappointed, it's only because Episode I killed much of what was disappointable in me.

It's like saying that each episode of George Lucas's prequel trilogy was better than the previous: maybe so, but why should we pay for the privilege of watching the bumbling trial and error as he gropes his way towards mediocrity?

Also Baten Kaitos and it's prequel were amazingly under appreciated titles for the system and it'd be awesome to see them get remade for the Wii U as well.

It's been reported that Ridley Scott [also directed films such as Blade Runner and Black Hawk Down] has been attached to direct the upcoming prequel for the Alien franchise.

It's just part of why I think it works as well as it does, for as much as prequels have a tendency to take the fun out of their predecessor's central mystery, Prometheus adds layers to the universe that began with the classic Alien.

As for multiplayer, DICE confirmed that yes, Star Wars Battlefront 2 content spans all eras (Prequels, Clone Wars, Original Trilogy and Sequel Trilogy).

As for the connective tissue of how Bucky got here, with his mind right and a man bun, it may be alluded to in the movie — when Shuri receives «another broken white boy to fix» — but the answer comes by way of an Infinity War prequel comic, in which Shuri undoes Bucky's HYDRA brainwashing using a...

The prequel short was actually made as kind of a proof of concept project in order to secure funding for the feature film.

There are, inevitably, plans in the works for a «Transformers Universe» featuring sequels, prequels, and possibly crossovers with other Hasbro - toy franchises such as G.I. Joe.

WHY: For someone who supposedly counts «The Wizard of Oz» as one of his favorite films, Sam Raimi's prequel doesn't resemble it all, nor does the story add much to the mythology.

Redrafted as a prequel to the storyline in the game, the movie will be directed by Shawn Levy («Night at the Museum») in a starring vehicle for Holland that's said to have come together after studio head Tom Rothman saw the latest «Spider - Man» film, in which the young actor plays the title role.

Nonetheless, I did the best I could to set aside memories of the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy, as well as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and think only about Star Wars: The Force Awakens for comparison's sake.

Creator Noah Hawley is in high demand these days, and for good reason, because he's once again crafted a funny, engaging and richly developed crime saga that works both as a prequel to the previous season as well as its own standalone story.

«Alien Covenant» almost completely gives itself over to the scary stuff; director Ridley Scott dredges up a little of the «Prometheus» balloon juice (this film is a direct follow - up to that prequel), but he's more interested in an interstellar version of «Friday the 13th,» with a respectable ensemble of actors as the camp counselors and various fanged slimeballs filling in for Jason Voorhees.

Ultimately, Warner Bros. is likely happy with the numbers they are seeing, as Fantastic Beasts is in striking distance of a top 10 opening weekend for a prequel.

War for the Planet of the Apes is being positioned as the end of a trilogy of Planet of the Apes prequels leading into the 1968 original.

While the plot of the game's predecessor, Red Dead Redemption, as well as the released promotional art for RDR2 both suggest the title will be a prequel, this detail has not yet been confirmed.

Lionsgate has revealed a second official trailer for the horror prequel Leatherface, telling the origin of the man who would become known as «Leatherface».

Insidious: Chapter 3 (PG - 13 for violence, profanity, frightening images and mature themes) Haunted house prequel finds Lin Shaye reprising her role as a clairvoyant who reluctantly employs her psychic powers to help a teen (Stefanie Scott) being terrorized by a powerful, paranormal entity.

Ray Donovan alumna Paula Malcomson has been tapped for an important guest - starring role while Da Vinci's Demons Blake Ritson has been cast as the series villain in Syfy's Superman prequel series KRYPTON.

The steady growing cult that has embraced Wet Hot is a blessed bunch in light of the recent Netflix series, a prequel called Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015), which smashed records for the streaming service as well as the forthcoming second season, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017).

The movie also can feel like a conscious attempt to create a formal prequel for Rings rather than to leave Hobbit as the standalone tale it is.