His previous films alternate between Spanish - language dark fantasy pieces, such as The Devil's Backbone (2001), and Pan's Labyrinth (2006), winner of three Academy Awards; and American studio movies, such
as the vampire superhero action pic Blade II (2002), the supernatural adventures Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008); and the sci - fi monsters - versus - robots film Pacific Rim (2013).
Not exact matches
Children are outfitted
as ghosts, Disney characters, princesses and
superheroes, while adults dress to impress with «sexy» witch,
vampire or pirate garb.
Just this year, audiences got to see Lincoln
as a demon - slaying
superhero in the playfully revisionist «Abraham Lincoln:
Vampire Hunter.»
Although this isn't Hollywood's first attempt to turn a historically black
superhero into the main event, headlining their own tentpole film — consider Wesley Snipes run
as the
vampire - hunter Blade, Halle Berry's turn
as Catwoman, Will Smith's alcoholic anti-hero Hancock or even Shaquille O'Neal's turn
as Steel — this feels like a first in part because of how much effort has been poured into its making and, more importantly, how readily it embraces its fundamental blackness, from its colorful African settings to its tribally - influenced makeup, hairstyle, and costumes to its predominately black cast and crew, a verifiable assemblage of talent that'll turn even the most skeptical of heads.
He joins Will Arnett, who is reprising his role from «The Lego Movie,» and Michael Cera (
as Robin) in the
superhero tale penned by Seth Grahame - Smith («Abraham Lincoln:
Vampire Hunter») with Chris McKay («Robot Chicken») directing.