While he's now graduated to directing
big budget blockbusters like the DCEU entry Aquaman, James Wan has for many years been primarily known for his work in the horror genre, and for good reason.
But for
every big budget blockbuster like your Battlefield, Call of Duty or Titanfall, there will also be that odd and just down right unnecessary low budget one too.
Not exact matches
Either way, it's looking
like a disappointing start to the summer for Warner Bros., which has several
big -
budget releases planned for the rest of 2017, none of which are total locks to be
blockbusters.
While Hope is known for making independent movies rather than
big -
budget Hollywood
blockbusters, Amazon Studios has succeeded in the world of television in part by aligning itself with high - profile directors
like Allen and Steven Soderbergh of «Ocean's Eleven» fame.
Director Roland Emmerich, who previously helmed
big -
budget blockbusters like Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, surprisingly does a good job creating a strong atmosphere for this story.
Bridesmaids is one of the few comedies coming up in this summer of
big -
budget blockbusters and it looks
like it's going to be a decent estrogen - infused counterpart to the off - the - wall guy humor of The Hangover Part II.
Part of this may be due to director Taika Waititi, who is a newbie in the world of
big -
budget blockbusters, but
like many other directors tapped to helm Marvel movies (including Gunn and Watts) has an intriguing background in indie cinema that would seem to have little to do with IMAX - worthy digital bombast.
I understand this isn't a
big budget blockbuster but scenes
like the airplane scene and the river scene really took me out of the film.
Meanwhile, Sea of Thieves is looking
like the most innovative and
big budget title of the lot, being the only real original
blockbuster Microsoft has on the cards.
If that sounds
like something out of a
big -
budget science fiction
blockbuster about a devastating CDC outbreak, that should tell you how serious the situation is.
Even as Steven Spielberg's
big -
budget blockbuster adaptation of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One prepares to hit the silver screen, it's starting to look
like VR will take many more years to manifest as a mainstream consumer product.