Sentences with phrase «big budget franchise»

Perfect for those of you who are sticking with their PS3 for the time being before that other big budget franchise returns in February next year.

This week sees the release of the latest in Michael Bay's explosive big budget franchise, and this time Ireland's own Jack Reynor is along for the ride.

I would even claim they are harder to do than a big budget franchise film.

What sets A Way Out apart from those other big budget franchises is that it's, well, not a big franchise.

Not exact matches

I had the chance last week to see a preview of Ubisoft Montreal's newest big - budget game franchise, Watch Dogs, and boy is it looking good.

Minecraft is a strange bird in the gaming industry — its blocky graphics lie in sharp contrast to the big - budget hyper - realistic visuals in game franchises such as Halo and Grand Theft Auto.

The build - out franchise cost is probably the the biggest part of every budget.

In a pathetic, won't - you - please - like - me kinda way, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Franchise has transmogrified from the actively sucky, loud, overblown, bombastic original into perhaps the most perfunctory big - budgeted action flick ever.

Perhaps its unexpected box office success can be attributed in part to the popular reaction against an entertainment industry whose laser - like concentration is on big - budget franchise and sequel films.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 10, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG for frightening images and action fantasy sequences) Third installment in the film franchise based on the C.S. Lewis series of fantasy novels finds Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pensie (Georgie Henley), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter), returning to the magical land of Narnia to embark on a dangerous, seafaring mission taking them to the edge of the world.

Otherwise, there's little to distinguish this outing from the franchise's previous six, except that the budgets are bigger, the locations are more varied, and the stunts are stunt - ier, replete with Diesel driving a car out of one high - rise's window and into another.

In what must be one of the most confusingly titled franchises in history (Rambo «s up there, also), Fast & Furious seems to clearly have the biggest budget of them all, though sadly spends it all on digital effects.

Amazingly, Holmes is been tackled simultaneously, in a big - budget Hollywood franchise, and by a (relatively) smaller - budgeted TV show.

Enter the The Green Hornet, a big - budget superhero film that doesn't obsess about reverence to its roots, nor in making a movie that feels it has to respect the requirements of hero drama, or the moodiness that overwhelms some franchises (Spider - Man 3 overdosed on it).

Verbinksi has spent much of the past decade with big - budget fare like the Oscar - winning «Rango» and the «Pirates of the Caribbean» franchise, but let's not forget he brought expert tension to «The Ring» back in 2002, and here's hoping «A Cure For Wellness» is a return to that kind of character - based intensity.

He directed the funniest film in the Marvel franchise, Iron Man 3, and the criminally underrated crime comedy The Nice Guys, so a big - budget R - rated sci - fi horror like The Predator doesn't scream «next career step», but here we are.

The film feels very much like a low - budget version of another big screen Star Wars - tinged film based on existing franchises, Flash Gordon, with its cheesy sets and costumes, and juvenile presentation.

In fact, PA3 opened bigger and though it had the series» weakest legs to date, it still ended up with a domestic gross close to the first film and a franchise - high worldwide take of $ 203 M. And while the production budget again rose, it was still kept to just $ 5 million, well under the competition and far less than the marketing costs of such a high - profile wide release.

At a time when almost every big - budget Hollywood release is a pre-packaged adaptation, remake, or franchise sequel, Rian Johnson's mind - bending, thought - provoking Looper offers something truly original.

There's plenty that's familiar in Netflix's latest big budget affair, the shoehorned continuation of the «Cloverfield» franchise, «The Cloverfield Paradox,» which surprise - launched on the streaming giant after the Super Bowl.

The result is, by far, Scott's best effort in a prolific decade littered with big - budget epics and franchise installments (the latest in his prequel trilogy Alien: Covenant opened only six months prior), bolstered by some ostentatious performances which tap into the heightened pulp fodder of both the era and the event.

Big - budget, studio - produced franchise films don't get any better than this.

If anything, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL shows us to keep an open mind to both big - budget horror and to franchise films that smartly change directors.

With so many of Saulnier's indie contemporaries being wooed into the world of big franchises and bigger budgets, let's hope he doesn't lose his desire to be unnerving, unsettling and unforgiving.

Spall, known to most audiences for supporting roles in big budget fare like «Enchanted,» «The Last Samurai,» «Sweeney Todd,» and the «Harry Potter» franchise, portrays the great Joseph Mallord William Turner.

The trend continues after Marky Mark, as the list is mainly comprised of actors who've starred in uber - lucrative franchises or big - budget superhero movies, films for which there are conspicuously few female roles.

Naturally, we have your back when it comes to breaking down the big - budget blockbusters and big - name studio releases that will be taking over your multiplexes from Memorial Day until Labor Day — but what if you're looking for something besides the latest pop - franchise installment or A-list star vehicle to see?

The jump to the big screen from the 3DS also massively suits the franchise as everything from the environments, to the character models and even the eating sequences, have had a big budget overhaul.

Her rather public (but by no means acrimonious) rejection of Disney's offer to direct Black Panther seemed to indicate a desire to eschew big budget major studio franchise filmmaking.

In an unexpected and shocking move, Sony showed the previous cast the door and announced it would be rebooting the big - budget franchise with director Marc Webb at the helm.

The picture was an unexpected surprise hit, but instead of tackling big - budget franchises for an encore, Blomkamp decided to create a big - budget sci - fi film once again tackling many of the same social issues, this time hovering around healthcare and immigration.

That should see a boost for THE QUIET ONES, not to mention that Clafin has appeared in big budget / big box - office franchise pieces PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES and SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN.

DC Entertainment is beating all the other superhero franchises to the punch in assembling a big budget villain team - up movie, and did we mention Batman and the new Joker are in this one too?

Whether you're down for a classic flick, platform original, or big - budget franchise film, the service's massive catalogue is bound to host something that sparks your interest.

In the continuing era of sequels and big - budget franchises, «Sylvio» is the very definition of the «something different» audiences complain we don't have, a spiritual kin to some of the early works of the Duplass brothers, for example.

Star John Boyega teases that next year's sequel, Pacific Rim Uprising, is the ultimate, big - budget franchise movie experience.

First Big - Budget Movie: After Scott Frank left the project (then called «Caesar»), Fox offered the reins of their reboot of the «Planet Of The Apes» franchise to the likes of Kathryn Bigelow and Tomas Alfredson before settling on the surprise choice of Wyatt.

Plenty (including Wyatt, presumably) must have been nervous about such an untested filmmaker taking on a big budget property, and an important franchise for the studio, but the film proved a surprise smash, and much of the credit (along with Andy Serkis» remarkable performance) must go to Wyatt, who directed the film cleanly but brilliantly, and soon attracted the label of «the next Christopher Nolan.»

Just last year, Get Out ($ 255 million) and the aforementioned Girls Trip were two of the biggest box - office hits relative to their budgets; 2015's Straight Outta Compton made over $ 200 million thanks a strong showing overseas; and the diversely cast Fast & Furious franchise is eight movies deep and showing no signs of slowing down.

First Big Budget Feature: «Rendition» was a critical and commercial disappointment, but by then Hood had already landed his next megabudget film: «X-Men Origins: Wolverine,» the first spin - off of 20th Century Fox's «X-Men» franchise.

First Big - Budget Movie: Immediately following the success of «Bloody Sunday,» Greengrass was attached to the first sequel in the «Bourne» franchise, «The Bourne Supremacy.»

Now, studios don't make big - budget movies, they make big - budget universes; now, fans engage with franchises year - round and absorb every pixel of trailer footage like a sponge; now, joining these franchises has become a rite of passage for young stars, a career plan; and now, movies don't end when the credits start rolling.

I mean, it's an assumption I'm making but big games very likely most go a bit over budget or since you have multiple teams making future sequels for some franchises you want to be sure you cash - in well.

The budget for the Gamecube game with all that art, including the video production for story mode, was probably bigger than Fast Racing had put into it by the nature of company size, and expectations for a well known franchise.

After spanning many chapters, plot developments and one lackluster big - budget movie, Final Fantasy is still one of the most beloved franchises in the industry.

Unlike recent entries in long - standing big - budget franchises such as Assassin's Creed Unity or Far Cry 4, The Order's small cast of characters is memorable.

So far, no big - budget game studio has added a Battle Royale mode to a big franchise series, but it has seemed like only a matter of time before it hits a Call of Duty or a Battlefield, a Division or a Destiny.

Those with the big budgets will be your big franchises and overall will be successful with the occasional flop costing that franchise.

After last year's Assassin's Creed Unity, which disappointed many of the franchise's fans, Syndicate has a difficult task ahead of it: convincing gamers that the Assassin's Creed series, while frequently added to and occasionally unwieldy, still deserves its spot as one of the mainstays of big - budget gaming.

At the time we were seeing big game companies struggle due to the large budgets of «AAA» games requiring massive sales volumes, and that dictating choices made in terms of franchises to pursue...