Sentences with phrase «as superhero leads»
The idea is that box office success for a movie centered on a nonwhite superhero and cast could inspire Marvel to produce and create more movies like Black Panther in the future (the studio's previous 17 films have all featured white men as the superhero leads).
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Black Panther may not be the first superhero film to place a black lead front and centre — Wesley Snipes made two great Blade movies plus another one, and the»90s delivered a handful of now - forgotten fare with black men behind the mask (Spawn, Steel, Blankman, The Meteor Man)-- but it is the first to surround its hero with an equally diverse cast, and announce itself as the new blockbuster status - quo, not a one - off alternative for a widely underrepresented audience.
After Hit Girl is busted and forced to retire, Kick - Ass joins a team of amateur superheroes led by a reformed mobster and tangles with the evil villain formerly known as Red Mist.
Paul Rudd still stars as Ant - Man, Michael Douglas plays Henry Pym, the inventor of the shrinking formula in this version of the movie (and not the original superhero like he is in the comics) and Lily who recently revealed a few more details and said her character Hope Van Dyne «is the daughter of the founders of The Avengers, Ant - Man and the Wasp» which will no doubt lead to lots of confusion as we know from the MCU Ant - Man and The Wasp weren't in those original movies (she's referring to what happened in the comics).
In one of Comic Con's most awaited presentations, Marvel superheroes of all kinds from Iron Man to Ant - Man took over the fan convention recently as leading actors revealed surprises to films that will showcase the characters
If «Wonder Woman» proved that a lady can lead a superhero flick as well as a gentleman, «Atomic Blonde» does the same for the action movie.
For many months leading up to Sunday's Oscar ceremony, Michael Keaton, nominated as the beleaguered onetime superhero attempting Broadway redemption in «Birdman,» was considered the front - runner in this category.
There's no official word yet on whether the original film's female lead, Morena Baccarin's Vanessa, will be back second time around, or whether they will stay true to the comics by sending her into superhero territory as her Copycat alter ego.
Picture taken as hint that Pegg in line for lead role in forthcoming Edgar Wright - directed superhero film
And as I blogged last week, that doesn't seem to be getting us a female - led superhero movie any faster.
So, it's not about casting Batman's sidekick as much as it is about casting a fully - established superhero with enough star power to lead his own solo movie (whenever the Nightwing movie happens).
C Robert Cargill describes depiction of The Ancient One in Benedict Cumberbatch - led superhero fantasy as a «cultural landmine» and «unwinnable» scenario
Not un-clever by any grammar school criteria, it's lamentably shallow as the basis for a feature goes, leading to a film that's basically every single teen formula in the history of teens (homecoming dance date intrigue, parties while the folks are away, old friends abandoned for cooler friends then reconciled, and so on) punctuated with horrible special effects and superhero puns.
There has also been no shortage of celebrity endorsement for what many are labelling «the most important Marvel film to date», as everyone from athletes in the NBA, to some of the biggest music artists in the world, and even members from the superhero universe in Captain Marvel's lead, Brie Larson, have contributed to the hype.
Black Panther, the latest installment in Marvel's cinematic universe and the first with a black superhero in the lead, is chock full of moments that will leave viewers in awe — «More times than you have fingers and toes,» Bassett promised — including the ensemble of powerful women that King T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) surrounds himself with: Bassett as Queen Mother Ramonda, as well as Lupita Nyong «o, Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright.
Here's what we know of Hawkeye's current situation: The archer went against the government to side with Captain America in the superhero civil war, which led to his incarceration in the prison facility known as The Raft.
Now the studio is starting to address the lack of superhero films with leads who are not white men, including upcoming projects such as «Captain Marvel,» starring Brie Larson, and a Black Widow movie with Scarlett Johansson that is in development.
Jason Trost & Lucas Till are the lead stars in the superhero film «All Superheroes Must Die» (formerly known as «Vs.») Jason besides star in the film is also the Director, Writer, Producer, Editor.
Eighteen films into Marvel's blockbuster franchise they're long overdue, arriving in a «Black Panther» origin tale that also breaks ground as the first standalone film of the modern Marvel era to be led by a black superhero.
Other heroes joining the fray include Clint Barton (with Jeremy Renner's new look hinting at a new superhero identity); as well as Team Pym, led by Ant - Man and the Wasp.
Before he was playing a larger - than - life superhero in Captain America: Civil War and now Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman had already had a lot of experience playing different kinds of heroes, as he played both Jackie Robinson and James Brown in two acclaimed performances (that likely led to him being cast as Black Panther).
Two stars of superhero sequel praise UK capital as leading film location after completing most work at Shepperton
Hugh Jackman was on the Envelope Roundtable for lead actors for his role in the deeply felt superhero character study «Logan,» even as he will also soon be seen in the musical «The Greatest Showman.»
Before the appointment of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck as directors on Captain Marvel, one name who appeared on the shortlist to helm Marvel's first female - led superhero movie was Rachel Talalay (Tank Girl, Doctor Who).
The Oscar nominations for lead actor are in, and they include Michael Keaton, who in «Birdman» portrays an aging actor who once played a superhero; Eddie Redmayne for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in «Theory of Everything»; and Benedict Cumberbatch as WWII code breaker Alan Turing...
Black Panther, which stars Chadwick Boseman as the titular character, isn't the first superhero film with a black lead.
Backing up T'Challa are a formidable line of women: his mother Ramonda (Angela Bassett, whose steely presence would be an asset to every superhero movie); younger sister Shuri (newcomer Letitia Wright); love interest / ally Nakia (Oscar winner Lupita Nyong» o, of «12 Years a Slave»), a Wakandan spy; and the all - female security force known as the Dora Milaje, led by the fierce Okoye (Danai Gurira, best known for TV's «The Walking Dead»).
From the creators of «Robot Chicken,» a stop - motion animation comedy featuring the voice of Bryan Cranston as Titanium Rex, a veteran superhero who is faced with leading a team of past - their - prime superheroes.
As production designer for Marvel's latest film Black Panther, she led her team in the creation of Wakanda, the homeland of King T'Challa, the first mainstream superhero of African descent.
In the recent past, a Schwarzenegger - led zombie movie would've cast him as a superhero who saves the world.
The Oscar nominations for lead actor are in, and they include Michael Keaton, who in «Birdman» portrays an aging actor who once played a superhero; Eddie Redmayne for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in «Theory of Everything»; and Benedict Cumberbatch as WWII code breaker Alan Turing in «The Imitation Game.»
Ryan Reynolds was an expert fit as the quipping masked superhero because his wry tone fit perfectly with Reynolds» wise - cracking on - screen persona; it was as if his whole career — the dreaded «Green Lantern» included — lead up to him playing Deadpool.
Oscar - nominated actress Larson, who will receive the Crystal Award for Excellence in Film, stars in Marvel's first female - led superhero film; while ABC Entertainment president Dungey, who gets the Lucy Award for TV, has overseen the network as it boasts five of the top - 10 most co-viewed series; Shipp, Max Mara's Face of the Future, plays young Storm in «X-Men: Apocalypse»; and Nova Wav, which will be presented with the Women in Film Artistic Excellence Award, is the Grammy - winning duo of Denisia «Blu June» Andrews and Brittany «Chi» Coney, and the lone female songwriting and production team in the music biz.
Chris Pratt (Passengers, Jurassic World) is back as Peter Quill, the half - man, half - alien «Star - Lord» who leads a team of misfit alien superheroes on missions to save humanity and other life forms too.
But, as we know from many things, including the entertainment industry's persistent neglect of black and Latino audiences and its slowness to greenlight superhero movies with female leads, Hollywood is not the purely rational business it likes to make itself out to be.
«More than most superhero flicks, Black Panther feels like an ensemble piece — as if any character in this story might be the lead of their own, if only the film would shift its perspective a bit.
As Mindy endures a «Mean Girls» - like nightmare at high school, Kick - Ass joins a superhero team called Justice Forever, led by a former mob enforcer turned born - again Christian named Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey).
The decision to have Paul Rudd work as the lead role in Ant - Man, was due to Joseph Gordon - Levitt's commitment to produce another superhero movie, Sandman, according to BBC News.
Paul Rudd has recently been cast in his first superhero flick as the lead in the upcoming Marvel action movie, Ant - Man.
At 2013's New York Comic Con when Dan Slott was announced as launching the new Silver Surfer series, the writer told Newsarama that Silver Surfer was the first superhero he ever read and it made an impact — even leading Slott to create a knockoff character for his college newspaper called the Nuke Surfer.
Like Wonder Woman, the Chadwick Boseman - led Black Panther marks a major milestone for superhero films, as they've typically focused on white male heroes so far.
Jake laments that all the best leading men of Hollywood have been sucked into the superhero machine, making them unavailable to fill in as second lead (going so far as to mention Michael Fassbender, Robert Downey Jr. and Jeremy Renner).
The titular role is played by biopic / superhero titan Chadwick Boseman; frequent Coogler collaborator Michael B. Jordan takes on the villainous Killmonger; Nyong» o plays loyal humanitarian Nakia; Danai Gurira leads the Dora Milaje as the fierce Okoye, with Daniel Kaluuya playing her lover W'Kabi; Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and Sterling K. Brown round out a cast culled from black Hollywood's elite.
Plus, Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song» could not be better placed when it's time to watch Thor kick ass and take names in the big climax.THE FLICK FLACK: Sure, RAGNAROK is a movie that could be easily dismissed as a CGI - overload, battle - heavy no - brainer that blends with the noise of Marvel movies for those experiencing superhero - movie fatigue — and have no humor.
Writing to Sony chief executive Michael Lynton, Perlmutter cited three female - led superhero movies — «Electra,» «Catwoman» and «Supergirl» — that he viewed as disasters or, at the least, «very, very bad.»
From our discussion last week, Ultimate Comics Spider - Man is clearly one of our recent favorite superhero titles, featuring the beloved superheroics as well as a refreshing non-white lead character.
As he leads his troops into battle, Cartman, dressed in his superhero attire, swings by to tell the kids that they're playing superheroes now.
Now I don't know about you but having a gay Superhero as the lead role in a video game is well overdue.
Gotham is a name first - used for New York in the early 19th century, which then went on to become popular when Bill Finger used it in his Batman series — which has led to Gotham being understood as a metropolis both imaginary and real, a gothic - meets - science - fiction dystopia where superheroes fight supervillains on the rooftops of the common people.