Sentences with phrase «budget superhero movies»

KYLE: It's cool how, for a big budget superhero movies, these crooks are clearly tweakers and addicts.

I like the idea of low - budget superhero movies.

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.

Others are here just because the thought of them directing a big - budget superhero movie makes me giggle uncontrollably.

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-...]

RoboCop seemed all but dead, especially since Aronofsky's Black Swan follow - up will be another big budget superhero movie, The Wolverine, and then possibly another machine / man movie called Machine Man.

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.

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.

Director Josh Trank took the helms of the new franchise after his successful low - budget superhero movie Chronicle showed what he was capable of.

«Any ridiculous notion that a woman may not be suited to direct a big budget superhero movie is hopefully once and for all shattered,» he said, according to CNN.

Yan, who was born in China and was raised in Hong Kong and Washington, would become the first Asian woman to direct a big - budget superhero movie.

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.

With major studios pumping more and more money into superhero movies and tentpole franchises with sky - high budgets, any relatively low - cost opportunity to attract a millennial audience is worth exploring.

A few weeks ago, the superhero movie Deadpool grossed $ 132 million at the domestic box office on its opening weekend, setting a record for R - rated premieres — and dousing its $ 58 million budget in black ink.

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...

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 DVD reveals that, although made on a $ 3.5 million budget, Defendor has been given a nice superhero movie look and score.

As comic book fans demand bigger action (and budgets) for superhero movies, some incredible mistakes have gone completely unnoticed.

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).

Johnston, of course, returned to superhero movies 20 years later to make Captain America: The First Avenger, which meant that he got a much larger budget to play around with the same sorts of period details and pulp - hero iconography.

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.

Working unobtrusively but consistently in a decadent Hollywood that's doubled down on sci - fi / fantasy / superhero franchise tentpoles as the end - all - be-all of action movies, Jaume Collet - Serra has been diligently and often ingeniously pursuing another filmmaking model, that of the mid-range budget standalone genre picture.

And yet Snyder still manages to command gigantic budgets for his so - called «dark» superhero movies.

This is the kind of thing the industry says they want — it's original, not a superhero movie, was made on a tiny budget and succeeded beyond anyone's expectations.

CBR's Adam Rosenberg calls Matthew Vaughn's «X-Men: First Class» an example of «what happens to a superhero movie when you strip away the blockbuster budget and allow the filmmaker to simply tell a story.»

Unlike a typical big - budget production like X-Men, he says «we don't get to make it with the budget of most superhero movies, but we get to make it the way we want to make it, so that's even more exciting than having a catered lunch.

Unless you count Warner Bros.» «The Lego Batman Movie» from February, it has been several months since the last big superhero movie, leaving audiences ready for a big - budget popcorn fMovie» from February, it has been several months since the last big superhero movie, leaving audiences ready for a big - budget popcorn fmovie, leaving audiences ready for a big - budget popcorn flick.

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.

You can't fault Paul McGuigan's ambition: not only has he made a superhero movie on a kitchen - sink budget, but he's done it in the faraway climes o...

You can't fault Paul McGuigan's ambition: not only has he made a superhero movie on a kitchen - sink budget, but he's done it in the faraway climes of Hong Kong.

It is safe to say that Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie comes to the rescue to remind us that big - budget, explosive superhero sludge is not the only option at the movie theaters during the suMovie comes to the rescue to remind us that big - budget, explosive superhero sludge is not the only option at the movie theaters during the sumovie theaters during the summer.

It's much more a big - budget buddy comedy than a traditional superhero movie.

For its modest budget for a superhero movie, the action scenes were decent although there may be some shot using green screen backdrops.

Comedian and TV showrunner Dan Harmon, is doing script work for Marvel's big - budget November superhero movie Doctor Strange, says The Hollywood Reporter.

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?

Something of a small miracle, «The Way Way Back» is such a refreshing, smartly enjoyable reprieve from the summer movie season's barrage of superhero fare and big - budget blockbusters that you feel blue when it must come to an end.

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.

SKIP THIS MOVIE IF: you believe summer movies should be filled with special effects and big budget actions and superheroes and mutants and aliens.

The era of big - budget superhero flicks started with Superman: The Movie, but it wasn't really until a dozen years ago, with X-Men and Spider - Man, that movies about do - gooders in fancy costumes became a force to be reckoned with, creatively and financially.

Unlike most other superhero movies from major studios, Deadpool had a modest budget of just $ 58 million.

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.

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.

This meant making a superhero movie on a very small budget — and one slashed at the last second at that.

For critics, Marvel's big - budget Ant - Man seemed like there was no end in sight for superhero movies.

For fans, Marvel's big - budget Ant - Man seemed — well, like there was no end in sight for superhero movies.

But director Josh Trank's debut feature doesn't run into any of those problems, and it's exactly because the script and acting are so good that he's able to utilize the low - budget gimmick to his benefit, delivering a fresh take on found - footage and superhero movies in the process.

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