Sentences with phrase «big budget sequels»

Each year we continually buy gritty, annualized, big budget sequels that require people own a separate console and multiple copies of a game to get the classic local multiplayer experience we all grew up loving.

From returning legends to innovative new projects, there's an impressive amount of fascinating stuff on the way — and we've tried to cram in everything, including big budget sequels, unexpected offshoots and tiny independent projects.

We've got dozens of major AAA games on the horizon (pun intended)-- everything from big budget sequels to hotly - anticipated new IPs — and new hardware in the form of the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Scorpio releasing this year as well.

The results were favorable enough for Warner to schedule an even bigger budgeted sequel for Christmas 2011.

Wuba, the radish - shaped heir to the monster throne, is in trouble again, but this time Tony Leung Chiu Wai is on hand to protect him in Raman Hui's big budget sequel, Monster Hunt 2.

Much of this is, again, the result of having been designed for the original Xbox, though the bland futuristic setting and inferior writing somehow make it feel like both the big budget sequel and cheap straight - to - video knock - off of the first game.

Not exact matches

Paramount released a number of notable big - budget flops in 2016, including Ben Stiller's comedy sequel Zoolander 2 ($ 28.8 million in domestic gross) and a Ben - Hur remake that Paramount co-financed with MGM, which only grossed $ 26.4 million domestically, according to Box Office Mojo.

Titled «Building a Strong Middle Class» the 278 - page document is essentially a sequel to last year's «Growing the Middle Class,» with page after page reminding voters what the government did in its first big - spending, deficit - ballooning budget.

Big - budget special effects, swiftly paced action, and a distinct feminist subtext from writer / director James Cameron turned what should have been a by - the - numbers sci - fi sequel into both a blockbuster and a seven - time Oscar nominee.

Rodriguez tracked Hayek down and promptly cast her in Desperado, his bigger - budget 1995 sequel to El Mariachi.

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.

Now I like the first Hoodwinked movie very much, and for a low budget CG film its very funny and keeps you entertained, so when I heard they were going to make a bigger budgeted 3 - D sequel I was interested, but the better CG doesn't add to how poorly this film was made, the CG may be better, but the lip synching is terrible and the voice acting isn't that good.

Big - budget action flicks, family - friendly films and much - anticipated sequels are among the blockbusters that have had fans flocking to the theaters every summer.

The low - budget flick made big money, but somehow — in what's surely a behind - the - scenes Hollywood story crueler than anything Strangers writer - director Bryan Bertino could get onscreen — it's taken ten years for a sequel to make it to theaters.

Sequels to big - budget popular hits usually end up super-slick, shallow and inflated.

Even if it may feel a bit overlong, this fantastic sequel is perhaps even more thrilling than the first film, this time investing more in the action and first - rate special effects with a bigger budget to create something epic - and it is always awesome to see Schwarzenegger as the big hero.

I want to shake people standing in line to buy tickets for [INSERT LATEST BIG - BUDGET SEQUEL HERE] and shout, «No!

Even with the box office success of «Deadpool,» the sequel's writers say a big budget isn't necessary for the Cable team - up.

Godzilla is an entertaining, big budget popcorn action movie in the way that Michael Bay's Transformers sequels tried to be and failed.

Steven Spielberg has passed the directing reins to newcomer Colin Trevorrow for this big - budget sequel, which promises smart velociraptors, genetically engineered mega-saurs and plenty of toothy tourist - munching action.

«In the year of the big - budget sequel, The Coen Brothers, Clooney and Christie proved a well - written, expertly directed and amazingly acted movie is just as important to filmgoers as special effects and loud explosions,» said Tim Gordon, president of WAFCA.

Clocking in just under two hours, the Deadpool sequel runs shorter than most big - budget superhero films, with Leitch estimating twelve minutes were edited out of his initial «director's cut.»

While none of the films beyond Craven's ever really stand out of the usual grind of horror sequels, it did give a number of up and coming directors a chance to flex their creative muscles: Chuck Russell (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors), Renny Harlin (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master) and Stephen Hopkins (A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child) all leapt from this series directly into big budget action cinema.

Naturally, Hook is the better Pan sequel, but comparing a DisneyToon production to a big budget blockbuster isn't really fair.

Regardless, someone somewhere pushed forward the notion that there is a big following out there, enough to justify another big - budget release, and now we have a sequel, giving us pretty much more of the same.

Steven Spielberg has passed the directing reins to newcomer Colin Trevorrow for this big - budget sequel, which promises smart velociraptors, genetically engineered megasaurs and plenty of tourist - munching action.

Looking ahead, Hollywood is counting on a packed lineup of big - budget action movies and sequels to bring crowds back in 2012.

Because it was budgeted at just $ 9 million, The Best Man qualified as a financial hit; even so, a sequel would not have seemed feasible if the by - now big - name actors hadn't returned for the production.

It is still a sequel, which typically means it's a bigger, flashier film due to a larger budget.

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.

The big - budget sci - fi sequel thrilled critics, fans and audiences, yet failed to approach Warner Bros's $ 50m opening weekend expectations

Anyway, despite being just another slasher movie with a very silly name, by Hollywood's definition it was a success (ie it turned a profit) and so a sequel, with a bigger budget and worse script, was inevitable.

«Pacific Rim Uprising,» the big - budget sci - fi sequel estimated to have cost $ 155 million, came within range of analysts» expectations of $ 25 million to $ 30 million with an estimated $ 28 million in domestic grosses.

Similarly, insiders have been claiming that, with the Cap sequel, the Russo brothers have transitioned with ease from making cult TV comedy (Arrested Development, Community) to creating impressive big - budget spectacle.

New Line Cinema's sequel to the surprise 2013 horror hit «The Conjuring» is set to dominate the weekend, even as it faces off against Universal's big - budgeted video game adaptation «Warcraft, which is expected to tank at the domestic box office.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 25, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (R for violence, gore and profanity) There is no peace on Earth this Christmas for the unsuspecting folks in the quiet Colorado town where this sci - fi sequel unfolds pitting the last surviving predator against an army of aliens in a bloody, bestial showdown.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Alice in Wonderland (PG for fantasy, action, violence, scary images and smoking) Tim Burton directs this animated sequel to the Lewis Carroll children's classic revolving around now 19 year - old Alice's (Mia Wasikowska) return to the whimsical kingdom for a reunion with the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen) and other childhood friends, and to end the Red Queen's (Helena Bonham Carter) reign of terror.

OPENING THIS WEEK by Kam Williams For movies opening August 10, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Daddy Day Camp (PG for bodily function humor and mild epithets) Eddie Murphy, Steve Zahn and the rest of the of the original cast has been replaced for this sequel to Daddy Day Care about the comedy - of - errors which ensue when a couple of fathers (Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Paul Rae) find themselves over their heads trying to maintain order at a summer camp run a muck.

But in the end it's mostly a good big - budget sci - fi action movie that's been marinated in «Star Trek» flavor packets — and thus not terribly different from the 2009 «Star Trek» reboot or its sequel, «Star Trek Into Darkness.»

The details: The trend of putting indie newcomers at the helm of big - budget reboots and sequels continues with this late - coming Rocky spin - off written and directed by Ryan Coogler.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Special Effects Overshadow Cast in Bay's Bigger - Budgeted Sequel This summer blockbuster has hit written all over it, given that Michael Bay freely admits that he makes movies aimed at teenaged boys.

Lucas and Spielberg, who had essentially invented the form in its modern incarnation, dominated with their joint and separate big budget spectacles and sequels.

With a bigger budget and a lengthier development period, this sequel should hopefully see the developer's vision fully realised.

But in this age of ubiquitous sequels, prequels, spin - offs, and remakes, we should be celebrating a big budget movie with big original ideas and actual things to say.

Oscar - nominated actor Hugh Jackman is in early talks to star in a big - budget adaptation of Homer's «The Odyssey» that Francis Lawrence («The Hunger Games» sequels) will direct for Lionsgate, multiple individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap.

That he will follow this up with not one but two unnecessary, big budget, effects - laden Disney sequels virtually drains any hope for this to be a true career resurgence.

Think you're overloaded on big - budget sequels?

But all along, the dirty little secret in the House of Mouse has been that, Eisner or not, the company's sensibilities lie in the exhumation and unnatural reanimation of their vault product, whether it be in repackaging the old grey mares or offering dtv sequels to the same, or mounting big - budget revamps of past «glories.»

A refreshing spin on the superhero origin story, Chronicle was one of the surprise hits of the year, banking $ 126m from a budget of just $ 15m; a sequel has already been announced (although Fox are apparently unhappy with Max Landis» script), and its success has paved the way for Josh Trank to try his hand at a big budget superhero blockbuster with Fox's Fantastic Four reboot.

If I were to pick the single most impressive box - office story of the summer, it wouldn't be Iron Man 3 hitting a figure that is, however large, not that big a deal for a movie with its kind of budget, especially one serving as de facto sequel to a film that destroyed very nearly every record that exists.