Sentences with phrase «beloved film characters»

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She has a keen understanding of her place in Hollywood, right now — as one of the breakout stars of a beloved sitcom; as the most fascinating character on Legion, one of current TV's most fascinating shows; as a high - profile woman in an industry currently under an enormous amount of scrutiny for how it treats women; and as an actress building a singularly astonishing resume of excellent, low - flying indie oddball films like Ingrid Goes West and Safety Not Guaranteed.

They feature a cat eye and a smiling tooth inspired by the beloved character from the film Alice in Wonderland.

Will Gluck's Peter Rabbit opens as one might expect for an animated / live - action film based on the misadventures of Beatrix Potter's beloved fictional animal character: with a flock of birds gliding through the sky and singing a pretty little tune worthy of Julie Andrews.

Adults may find the plot predictable and the pacing a bit wanting, but the dynamic animation and beloved characters help compensate, as does the film's cheeky self - awareness.

The film is essentially a large - scale reunion of three dozen beloved Marvel characters ranging from Don Cheadle's War Machine and Tom Hiddleston's Loki to Tom Holland's Spider - Man, Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther and Benedict Cumberbatch's Dr. Strange.

Except to say that whoever thought it was appropriate to have these beloved characters shooting at each other and talking about killing each other (on top of Mater's disastrous cultural insensitivity) should never work on a children's animated film again.

We look forward to audiences discovering Gal in the first feature film incarnation of this beloved character.»

Not content with voicing one of the most beloved characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Guardians of the Galaxy «s Groot, according to The Wrap, Vin Diesel is in talks to sign onto Sony's five - film Valiant comic book shared universe by headlining Bloodshot.

They assembled a writer's room to craft new takes on beloved characters, and the first film in this universe will be the Kurtzman - directed The Mummy reboot (not Dracula Untold, which was semi-retrofitted to connect but has since been abandoned) starring Tom Cruise.

In the new film, Alden Ehrenreich will play a young Han Solo, the beloved character immortalized by Harrison Ford in the original trilogy and then again in 2015's The Force Awakens.

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller had left the production due to «different creative visions» for the film, which stars Alden Ehrenreich as a young version of beloved Star Wars character Han Solo.

Feted, beloved, and at times «progressive» as it may be, Pixar is not immune to similarly «bloggy» issues regarding political correctness; a debate over the absence of female lead characters in their films began earlier this year and remains a valid and popular talking point.

The 34 - year - old actor stars as Thomas McGregor in the new live action / CGI comedy directed by Will Gluck, but Gleeson has admitted filming the adaptation of the beloved Beatrix Potter character was more painful than he anticipated.

A consummate character actor who's beloved in the industry, Rockwell was also helped among voters by the size of his role and the dramatic turnaround Dixon takes in the film's plot, eventually forming an uneasy alliance with the main character Mildred (Frances McDormand).

While I wouldn't mind playing with some of these side characters and superfluous plotlines in a video game, as an adaptation of a beloved work that has enchanted many millions of readers, young and old, I'm left longing for a different kind of fan film — the inevitable one in which someone edits out all of the stuff not from the writings of Tolkien — and makes it the movie it always should have been from inception.

Warner Bros» wants to remind us that this offshoot ties in with what they've planned so far in their mad rush to catch up with the Marvel films and their jam - packed universe of already beloved characters, but we've never really seen any of these new Suicide Squad characters on the big screen before.

It's not a flick for serious film auteurs and the storyline is largely nonsensical, but seeing Angie animate a beloved video game character is a worthwhile spectacle.

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Alice Eve Trekkies might have been on edge back in 2009 when J.J.Abrams was going to reboot the beloved Star Trek films with a younger cast playing all the old familiar characters from the original series.

Two beloved Lost characters film a scene together.

Starring Lily James as the titular character, with support from Cate Blanchett as her Evil Stepmother, Helena Bonham Carter as her Fairy Godmother, and Richard Madden as Prince Charming, the film looks to be a magical return to a beloved fairy tale.

Fans of classic»90s Disney films rejoice, as two of the most beloved characters from that era are set to join the cast of Disney Infinity 2.0.

Based on the 1971 young adult novel The Little Broomstick, Mary and The Witch's Flower is an all - ages action fantasy adventure that hearkens back to some of the most beloved animated films of all time, full of ingenious characters, jaw - dropping imaginative worlds, and the simple, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to figure her place in the world.

In fact, one of the saga's most beloved characters, Boba Fett, does next to nothing in the actual films, yet has maintained an absolutely diehard cult following.

With Thor: Ragnarok we get another facet to the beloved characters, seeing them being fleshed out more, and, although there is a difference in them (one that I think was needed in order to prevent the Thor films from becoming stale in later ventures), Waititi ensured that they were still recognisable.

Whedon also had a lot of thoughts about Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner, a beloved character from his first «Avengers» film that has not been seen since.

A true ode to pulp heroes and its beloved titular character, the 1990 film adaptation of Dave Stevens» «Rocketeer» holds up incredibly well as a one - off superhero outing that packs a distinct art deco style and glorious period aesthetic.

After almost 14 years of watching and rewatching Love Actually around the holidays, we'll see some of Richard Curtis «beloved characters reunite in a short film, Red Nose Day Actually.

Without question, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine will go down as one of the most beloved character depictions of the modern era of film - making.

The first Deadpool film taught us that «house blowing up builds character,» but for series creator Robert Liefeld, so does watching your beloved comic book opus come to life on the big screen.

One of the world's most recognizable and beloved character actors, he is featured in over 50 films, including «The Right Stuff,» «The Aviator,» «The Great Gatsby,» «Monster» and last year's critically - acclaimed «Junebug.»

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Fans of the book and the film showed up in droves to theaters across the globe to share little infinities with their beloved characters, driving nearly $ 240M in box office sales worldwide!

This was the feature film debut for: Ralph Waite (4 years later he became the beloved paternal figure of TV's «The Waltons»); Joe Don Baker (Buford Pusser from Walking Tall); James Gammon (later the crusty manager in Major League); and Anthony Zerbe, another iconic character actor of the 70's and 80's.

No longer were we following the beloved characters that made the first few films so great and no longer was the film about friendship, and more about getting laid no matter what.

There's a current boom of family - friendly film fare inspired by beloved British literary characters, which makes this moment ripe for the animated «Sherlock Gnomes,» the sequel to 2011's «Gnomeo and Juliet.»

We finally saw our much - beloved character getting in touch with his berserker side (without the confines of a more family - friendly rating), as well as exploring his humanity within different relationship dynamics, which are as textured as films like LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, CHILDREN OF MEN and SHANE.

From Oprah's Oscar - nominated work in «The Color Purple» (1985) through her fine performances in films such as «Beloved» and «Selma,» she has demonstrated a remarkable ability to disappear into characters whose adult lives couldn't be more dissimilar to hers.

Executive producer Steven Spielberg worked tirelessly to negotiate the use of more than 140 beloved cartoon characters in the film, making this the first time that Warner Bros. and Disney characters shared the screen and the last time Mel Blanc voiced Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck before his death in 1989.

One topic of discussion was the implementation of new characters like Domino and Cable alongside the beloved ensemble in the first film, and Reese explained how the character balance within Deadpool 2 is something that will feed into their future work on X-Force.

Illogically taking place entirely on the first day of camp — they mount an entire theatrical production in a day, for example — the structure of the new «Wet Hot American Summer» allows Wain and his team to play with the back stories of beloved characters from the film.

The Wrap is reporting that the upcoming second Star Wars Anthology film, which will now not be directed by Josh Trank, will center around the beloved character, the intergalactic bounty hunter Boba Fett!

Maybe we can look back now and find something to nitpick (I'm guilty of it), but very few films have touched the sheer joy of seeing all of these beloved characters overcome their near hostile differences in order to save the world.

Featuring beloved comic book characters like Thor, check Captain America, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, the new film brings the super-powered team together to battle Thor's evil brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and his alien army.

We spoke to beloved character actor Grant on her day off from filming «Mindy» about having more work in her 60s than ever before in her career.

The film is titled Goodbye Christopher Robin and «tells the story of A.A. Milne and his relationship with his son, who served as an inspiration for the beloved character Christopher Robin.»

The Walt Disney Studios unveils an all - new, original full - length CG - animated feature film, Secret of the Wings, starring Tinker Bell, one of Disney's most beloved and iconic characters, along with her fairy friends (Fawn, Iridessa, Rosetta, Silvermist, and Vidia) and introducing a sparkling new winter fairy, Periwinkle.

No film attempting to remake beloved characters and stories in another era can hope to satisfy everyone, but Star Trek must be considered one of the more successful in its attempt.

Master Obi Wan Kenobi getting his own flick The Star Wars universe is beginning to spread like wild fire and Disney is continuing their world building by shining a light on several key characters of the beloved franchise in their own spin off films.

While A Wrinkle in Time is incredibly ambitious in its endeavors, both visually and tackling such a beloved story, the audience doesn't feel a strong enough connection to the characters and therefore the whole film suffers.

If comic book fans want to see a violence - heavy action / adventure film featuring a classic superhero - with the added bonus of seeing beloved characters like Wolverine and Professor X drop a few f - bombs - Logan is it.