Sentences with phrase «as a prequel of»

When the Tomb Raider franchise was revamped back in 2013, the new game was sold not as a hard reboot, but as a prequel of sorts — this was a young, inexperienced Lara Croft that would eventually grow into the character fans knew and loved.

This version is sort of seen as a prequel of sorts, being set before any of the other games, starting in 2048, funnily enough.

World at War was the series» last main attempt at exploring a World War II setting before the new Call of Duty: WWII, and it has since been framed as prequel of sorts to Treyarch's later Black Ops entries.

This early experimentation with the medium sparked years of fruitful collage - making that served as a prequel of sorts to Motherwell's later Abstract Expressionist paintings.

Not exact matches

Instead of showing all of the special effects and revealing major plot points, the video was more of a teaser that focused on the process behind the making of the movie — emphasizing the real sets and practical effects, and de-emphasizing the CGI effects which were widely criticized as removing the humanity and realism of the prequels.

So, too, is «Mary, Mother of Christ,» which is billed as a prequel to Mel Gibson's «Passion.»

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.»

It's not as bad as the worst of the prequels, but it has some major flaws.

Craig Murray's new book is a prequel to the account of his ill - fated appointment as ambassador to Uzbekistan, Murder in Samarkand.

If you're following me on Instagram and watched my stories you might know that I'm a big Star Wars fan, one who watches the entire trilogy at least 2 - 3 times a year (and the battle scenes of the prequels every now and then) and one who was skeptical when Disney first acquired the movie rights but was eventually content after watching The Force Awakens, though not completely satisfied as to why that movie was even necessary in the first place.

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.

It's all too easy to label any sequel as a cheap attempt to capitalise on the success of its prequel, but in this case it is hard to think otherwise.

In this belated prequel to director Brian De Palma's 1993 crime drama, gangster Carlito Brigante (Jay Hernandez) rises through the ranks of the New York underworld to establish himself as Spanish Harlem's most powerful kingpin.

He can't help himself from following that shot with a deeply curious coda, which uses the movie narrative logic of cliffhangers and sequels to position The Post as prequel to All the President's Men.

Created by creator Jonathan Steinberg as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island set in 1715, pirate Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his crew prepare to fight the British Royal Navy over New Providence Island with the help of Eleanor Guthrie (Hannah New), a daughter of

Created by creator Jonathan Steinberg as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island set in 1715, pirate Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his crew prepare to fight the British Royal Navy over New Providence Island with the help of Eleanor Guthrie (Hannah New), a daughter of a local smuggling kingpin.

As it is, however, Wolverine is a noisy mess, an origin / prequel that's nicely full of Jackman's ace glare as Wolverine and seriously killer snarl — The Boy From AaarrrgAs it is, however, Wolverine is a noisy mess, an origin / prequel that's nicely full of Jackman's ace glare as Wolverine and seriously killer snarl — The Boy From Aaarrrgas Wolverine and seriously killer snarl — The Boy From Aaarrrgh!

Raimi's first film since 2009's Drag Me to Hell (and first big - budget production since his Spider - Man trilogy) is a $ 200 million, visually dazzling, 3D prequel to the story told in 1939's The Wizard of Oz, chronicling the rise of said wizard from his humble beginnings as a small - time Kansas magician.

Just as Tim Burton's «Alice in Wonderland» sounded like a remake but was actually a sequel, Scott's «Robin Hood» is not a retelling of the jolly adventure story but a prequel to it.

Disney animators had fun with this one, coloring mostly within the lines of the Pixie Hollow movies but slipping outrageously outside the margins every now and then as they offer a rollicking prequel to Peter Pan.

Taking us back to the hallowed realms of Generation One Transformers, WfC's plot serves as a direct prequel to the original animated series, which I'm sure will make long - time fans **** in their limited edition Optimus Prime silk pyjamas, your standard fair, you

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.

What this prequel serves is to fill in all of the necessary gaps in order to flesh out just who all of the characters are, why they do what they do, and why the police can be seen as not much different than any one of the other powerful triad families in trying to maintain control of the city by any means necessary.

Well, what we didn't tell you (because we didn't know) is that it's a prequel to My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument that takes us back to the teenage years of the characters in the 1995 film... And least promising sequel of the week has to be Spring Breakers: The Second Coming, a cash - in scripted by Irvine Welsh and directed by Jonas Akerlund, the man behind such bad - boy music videos as «Smack My Bitch Up» and the 2002 meth - addict comedy Spun.

«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 sOf 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 sof 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 sof 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

A prequel to Monsters Inc., Monsters University tells the story of how Sully and Mike met as students.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a prequel to the original and will follow the story of Arthur Morgan and his merry band of thieves, the Van der Linde gang, as they fight and steal their way across the vast and gorgeous world Rockstar has created.

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.

Specter of Torment, as promised, will release first on Nintendo Switch and is a full - featured prequel campaign that stars Specter Knight and promises even more content than the last campaign update.

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.

After faking out, misleading and generally disappointing fans with MGS 2, Kojima treated its sequel — actually a prequel — as a sort of apology.

(Don't think too much about the prequel / sequel status of these films as they relate to the original Planet of the Apes films — thats just a wormhole.)

A prequel referred to as «Episode 0 ″ by Nomura, it is supposedly as important to the overall plot as the two main titles of the series so far released.

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.

That is the Rock (WWF star Dwayne Johnson) and he plays the title role in this prequel to the «Mummy» movies, giving us the background of the character who appeared briefly but memorably in the second one as half - man, half very large bug.

Despite being a prequel scandalized by extensive reshoots and featuring nary a Jedi to be found, Rogue One is one of the best Star Wars flicks to date — as well as the grittiest, darkest, and most grounded.

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.

As simians and Homo sapiens touch base with their lowest, the Planet of the Apes» prequel series reaches... Read More»

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».

If the game does turn out to be a prequel as suspected, a somewhat younger Herbert Moon may make a return much to the joy of fans.

«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.

This version of The Thing is being sold as a prequel.

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.

Written and Directed by Rian Johnson — the first to do both since Lucas himself produced the prequels — THE LAST JEDI is both a departure from standard STAR WARS storytelling and seeks to retell several elements of the franchise's best moments, none of which are carried out quite as well.

The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) In the face of grotesque sequels, lesser prequels and numerous parodies, The Silence of the Lambs still stands as a cinematic work of art among crime dramas.