Sentences with phrase «budget superhero film»

While the action scenes are a bit rough (to the point where I'm a bit dubious about Affleck being able to tackle a big budget superhero film), everything else is stunning.

He produced and directed (but did not write) the low - budget superhero film The Specials.

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).

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.»

This year, we have been treated to several big - budget superhero films like The Avengers and The Amazing Spider - Man.

Not exact matches

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Moviegoers are finally about to get a break from all of the big - budget summer blockbusters and superhero action movies, as studios move away from large - scale spectacles in favor of award - season prestige films.

Aside from budget issues, nothing's stopping them from making a zombie movie with a surprise dance number among the corpses, or a superhero film where the villain's master plan is to turn everyone into squirrels or something.

The «Batman» television show (1966 - 1968) cast a long, pop art - infused, camp shadow over the property and, after the big budget failures of a series of superhero films in the 1980s (some more campy than others) such as Howard the Duck (1986), WB apparently had cold feet.

A big - budgeted studio film about a black action superhero with a nearly all - black cast is a huge step forward.

But even yesterday it looked like a long shot, and despite Carrey's apparent love of Matthew Vaughn's film, The Hollywood Reporter is saying that their sources think the chances of Carrey taking the role of Colonel Stars (a mobster - turned - fundamentalist - Christian - turned - superhero - recruiter) are slim — presumably the smaller budget of the sequel to the underperfoming original can't quite afford him.

With Lionsgate's big screen reboot of Saban's Power Rangers hitting cinemas this Friday, THR is reporting that the film is set to make history by being the first big - budget superhero movie to feature a LGBT protagonist in Becky G's Trini, a.k.a. the Yellow Ranger, with the character revealed to be having «girlfiend problems» in what director -LSB-...]

Not only are «Get Out,» «The Shape of Water» and «Blade Runner 2049» some of the very best films of 2017, but from the no - budget indie realm («Prevenge,» «A Ghost Story,» «Transfiguration,» «Raw») to expensive studio epic scale («War for the Planet of the Apes,» «Kong: Skull Island») and newly blazed ground out of the predominantly formulaic superhero («Logan,» «Wonder Woman,» «LEGO Batman») and Star Wars («The Last Jedi») factory farms, fantasy filmmakers tried their hardest to be smart, visually adroit, sometimes startlingly innovative and — strangest of all for this escapist format — humanely, emotionally credible.

This year, people are likely to do the same for Black Panther, the first superhero of color to carry a big budgeted film.

I understand what filmmakers are saying in regards to the «middle» disappearing, where you have huge blockbuster superhero films and then movies that are extremely low - budget.

I'm in the belief that the city is a perfect fit for the production and could easily help boost the quality of the production, even if they are claiming the budget is smaller than the rest of the superhero films being made.

Wonder Woman was the film that defied all the predictions: a big - budget superhero movie directed by a woman which managed to please not only the feminists and their daughters but also the boys who love DC and Marvel.

Basically, it is good news that Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel have performed so strongly: excellent films in that «indie - literate» middle ground that many in the industry have been worrying had been neglected in the general rush to big - budget, big - box - office superhero pictures.

It might come as a surprise to most but the film was made for a shockingly low budget for a Marvel superhero film ($ 60 million) and earned over $ 360 million in the US alone.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening May 7, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Iron Man 2 (PG - 13 for profanity and intense sci - fi violence) Robert Downey, Jr. reprises his role as the genius, billionaire inventor with a superhero alter ego.

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.

But, beyond that, director / co-writer Ryan Coogler («Creed,» «Fruitvale Station») has created a remarkable film that stays within the strictures of the big - budget superhero movie - including a hiss - worthy villain and the dreaded, CGI - saturated third act - but athletically pushes against the boundaries with the grace and skill of a Michael Jordan layup.

A Quiet Place, of course, is a modestly budgeted horror film released on a rare weekend free of spandex, tights, and world - saving superhero vs. super-villain slugfests.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening July 22, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Captain America: The First Avenger (PG - 13 for intense sci - fi violence) Marvel Comics adaptation revolving around the patriotic exploits of a soldier - turned - superhero (Chris Evans) who, with the help of his trusty sidekick (Sebastian Stan), comes to the aid of the Allies during World War II when a Hitler henchman (Hugo Weaving) bent on world domination develops a top secret weapon.

The special effects with the «super pig» are not on the level of a superhero film or big budget Hollywood flick, but passable enough as not to distract.

The 26 - year - old helmer was the man behind «Chronicle,» which made back its $ 12 million budget ten times over on release in February, and since then he's been lining up all kinds of projects; while he won't direct any «Chronicle» sequel, he is attached to a film version of Soviet - themed comic book «The Red Star, «and is developing not one, but two major superhero franchises, in Sony's «Venom «and Fox «s «Fantastic Four.»

The film, which had a production budget of $ 150 million, garnered an «A» CinemaScore from audiences and a 93 percent «Fresh» score on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, which makes it one of the best - reviewed superhero movies of all time.

«Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)» is one of the most thrilling films I've ever seen — which is pretty amazing, since it's not a big - budget, action - packed, superhero blockbuster.

Ava DuVernay has one big budget in theaters now, and DC has given her a superhero film as a follow up.

Marvel Comics» Fantastic Four superhero crew previously appeared on the big screen in a low - budget 1994 film titled The Fantastic Four and in a glossier 2005 offering starring Chris Evans and Jessica Alba called Fantastic Four, which spawned a sequel that arrived two years later, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 6, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Watchmen (R for nudity, sexuality, profanity and graphic violence) Sci - fi thriller, based on the graphic comic book series of the same name, about a group of vigilantes determined to avenge the murder of a crime - fighting superhero.

Blade isn't just some marginal, pre-boom scrap from the 20th - century superhero film heap, though it does seem that popular culture has discarded black - produced superhero flicks in favor of the big - budget, contemporary releases.

Shot on a modest (for a superhero movie anyway) budget by first - time director Miller (whose most well - known work prior to this film is likely the opening credit sequence of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Deadpool certainly isn't the flashiest film, but it does its best to look like it cost more than it did.

Shot on a modest (for a superhero movie anyway) budget by first - time director Miller (whose most well - known work prior to this film is likely the opening credit sequence of