Sentences with phrase «by franchise entries»

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The creative team on this action - adventure event is led by director / producer Alex Kurtzman and producer Chris Morgan, who have been instrumental in growing some of the most successful franchises of the past several years — with Kurtzman writing or producing entries in the Transformers, Star Trek and Mission: Impossible series, and Morgan being the narrative engineer of the Fast & Furious saga as it has experienced explosive growth from its third chapter on.

The publisher increased its Metascore average by more than six points compared to its 2016 slate thanks to a well - received new entry in the Wolfenstein franchise, a reboot of Prey, a strong Evil Within sequel, and various releases in the Elder Scrolls series.

He played Spider - Man's formidable foe, The Rhino, in the latest entry of the blockbuster superhero franchise, THE AMAZING SPIDER - MAN 2, directed by Marc Webb.

By the standards of its kinsmen, Thor: Ragnarok is the flamboyantly roller - disco entry in an already uncomplicatedly cartoonish side franchise, and not because the film contrives to relieve Thor (Chris Hemsworth) of his mangy mane so as to further sex him up.

For though the third entry into the unlikely sci - fi anthology franchise is by far the weakest of the bunch so far — fairly unsurprising considering its well - documented post-production troubles — it still boasts just enough gonzo weirdness to mostly pass muster.

QUEENSLAND, Australia (February 17, 2015)-- Production has commenced on location in Australia on Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films» epic comedy adventure «Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,» directed by Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning («Kon - Tiki»), the fifth entry in the blockbuster franchise inspired by the classic Disney Theme Parks attraction, which has reaped $ 3.7 billion in worldwide box office.

It allowed players to build a party by choosing from several of the characters from each of the main entries in the franchise before embarking on a rhythm - based journey to save the universe.

Koei Tecmo's Warriors franchise — also known by its Japanese title of «Musou» — has fans the world over, but we'd be willing to bet that quite a few of the people who picked up the superb Hyrule Warriors on Wii U and 3DS had never played any of the previous entries.

To the surprise of everyone, the movie became an absolute juggernaut on release, a critical and commercial smash that immediately cemented itself as one of the most beloved entries into the franchise, even considered the very best by many.

Dead Rising publisher Capcom is marking the series» 10th anniversary by bringing the franchise's three last - generation entries to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on Sept. 13, the company announced...

Even GT6, considered the worst entry in the franchise by some, still managed to sell more than any other racing game in the last five years.

Far Cry 5 is the next entry into the 1st person shooter franchise by Ubisoft.

The machines got bigger and noisier with each new entry in the Pirates franchise, and even though Verbinski kept them whirring along sequence by sequence, they started to resemble something that would swallow a small child in the Industrial Age.

Only those who love dark violence and constant death and destruction will be sated by the paltry goods that Hensleigh delivers, while those expecting the quality adaptations that made Spider - Man and X-Men successful franchises will be severely disappointed by this first, and perhaps final, entry.

Much of this is how its narrative is knowledgeable by way of eighteen different films — the movie makes use of assumed familiarity with the former entries to nice impact — however there are franchise considerations too which might be a little bit extra advanced.

Today marks Final Fantasy's 25th anniversary, so we celebrate its birthday by sharing our favorite entries in one of the most iconic JRPG franchises of all time...

The sixth entry in the Tremors franchise is due for release sometime this year via Universal 1440 Entertainment, which is directed by Don Michael Paul (Sniper:...

However, unlike recent entries such as Pitbull: New Order and Pitbull: Tough Women, The Last Dog is not written or directed by franchise creator Patryk Vega.

In this sequel, the director inadvertently continues that inside joke by making something that feels obligatory and cobbled together like a late franchise entry.

Honestly, I'd just recommend picking up the game from 2009 that featured the original cast and is considered by many to be the canonical third entry in the original franchise; you can find it for under a tenner and it is a much more faithful and respectful video game adaptation of a revered franchise.

And in March, Marvel will release its 21st entry in the franchise and the first - ever standalone film headlined by a woman: «Captain Marvel,» starring Brie Larson.

«X-Men: Days Of Future Past» will be bringing in an orgy of mutants, with (nearly) everyone who has possessed a power at one time or another stopping by in Bryan Singer «s time travel franchise entry.

While its plot is clearly an homage to the first entry in the franchise and is populated by recurring characters from earlier games — or their progeny — Gears of War 4 is a worthy entry to one of gaming's most beloved series.

THE DVD by Bill Chambers Just about the only thing that drives me nuts about Blade II on DVD has nothing to do with the way it was mastered: The first film was in 2.35:1, while Del Toro chose to shoot the sequel at 1.85:1 — I loathe an inconsistency in aspect ratio between franchise entries (see also the Alien «Legacy» and the Halloween films).

With another strong performance by Radcliffe anchoring the film, more of fan favorite villain Snape (Rickman, Sweeney Todd), and bolstering even further an already impressive cast of the finest British actors, The Half - Blood Prince provides another solid entry in the franchise, giving an entertaining bridge between the strong Order of the Phoenix and the upcoming final chapter, The Deathly Hallows.

The fourth entry in the Wrong Turn franchise is a prequel in which a group of college students get lost in the snow and head to an abandoned sanatarium, unaware it's inhabited by the cannibalistic kinfolk.

And yet, with every passing time I've seen the game, I've seen many of my worries addressed by (most notably) making ESO feel more like a true entry into the Elder Scrolls franchise.

Early on in Alien Vs. Predator (a film trumped by not only every single other entry in the respective titular franchises, but also Freddy vs. Jason), someone's watching an old Universal horror film on television — I think it's House of Dracula — and it announces in a promisingly self - knowing way that the movie knows what its roots are and that it intends to honour them.

Games, such as various entries in the mainline Final Fantasy franchise (and it should be noted, one that started after the Dragon Quest series), follow a JRPG formula in which a powerful (sometimes convoluted) major plot is facilitated by a (sometimes) fascinating villain.

The creative team is led by director / producer Alex Kurtzman and producer Chris Morgan, who have been instrumental in growing some of the most successful franchises of the past several years — with Kurtzman writing or producing entries in the Transformers, Star Trek and Mission: Impossible series, and Morgan being the narrative engineer of the Fast & Furious saga as it has experienced explosive growth from its third chapter on.

Personally speaking, the changes implemented in RE7 were something the franchises was in desperate need of for quite some time and I think it is a testament to just how good Capcom's latest entry in the survival horror genre is that despite initial skepticism by long - time fans over something as controversial as the shift to first person many people have walked away absolutely loving the game.

That landed him right at the deep end, hired by Leonardo DiCaprio «s Appian Way company to adapt an Atlantic Monthly article into «The Infiltrator,» a thriller about a British spy undercover in the I.R.A. Again, that film's not yet made it out of development hell, but it worked, as Zetumer is perhaps the only man to have written for two of the biggest espionage franchises — he did a script polish on 007 entry «Quantum of Solace,» and was hired by Universal (albeit without the knowledge of Paul Greengrass, hence the director's exit from the franchise) to write an unused draft for a fourth «Bourne «movie.

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Probably one of the more eagerly awaited sequels in recent memory, Avengers: Age Of Ultron crafted by Marvel Studios / Disney and directed by Joss Whedon, makes a decent entry into the second - film - of - the - franchise market, but does not supersede the original in acting, writing or humor (so one can forget the «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Superman II» and «The Dark Knight» allusions).

And the gang is back for a paleontological adventure in «The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs,» Mike Marzuk's latest entry in the hugely popular live - action franchise based on Enid Blyton's book series, presented by Beta Cinema.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story was the third entry in the RPG franchise for the DS and features Mario and Luigi being shrunk and inhaled by Bowser.

Entry - level administrators working side by side with franchise principals will be ready to lead.

While the damage and inclusion of NASCAR was a nice teaser, fans of the series were left wanting by the lack of a release date for the long delayed entry into PlayStation's racing franchise.

Gears of War: Judgment The newest entry into the popular Gears of War franchise for the XBOX, «Judgment» is the first title developed by People Can Fly.

This next entry in the franchise will be considered a welcome return by fans of the series who have not seen a new Rainbow Six game since 2008's Rainbow Six Vegas 2.

The poor situation of most of Capcom's franchises can not be overstated: Launched in February 2016, Street Fighter V had barely passed 2 million sales by December 2017, despite coming from a fourth entry that had sold 7 million copies with all editions.

Because each new entry in the Call of Duty franchise pushed the previous year's game out, the publisher forged beyond the modern era with futuristic settings that were less accepted by the Call of Duty community, and bigger multiplayer modes (starting with the Left 4 Dead - like Zombies Mode featured in Call of Duty: World At War) that ultimately overshadowed anything players would find in the single - player campaign.

The latest entry in the MapleStory franchise is set to arrive in the region somewhere in 2014 and the game will be published by SEGA.

The third main entry in the Ogre franchise that started on the SNES, developed by the Quest Corporation, Ogre Battle 64 casts you as the up - and - coming captain Magnus Gallant who is caught in the midst of a civil war.

If one of your favorite game franchises was suddenly getting rebooted by a developer whose previous entries in the genre have been decent at best shouldn't I have good reason to be upset?

Released by Coffee Stain Studios, Goat Simulator: Waste of Space is the newest entry into the Goat Simulator franchise.

While just about all the main entries in the Mario Party franchise have stuck to a strict formula with a simple evolution brought about by the enhanced capabilities of their systems, people still managed to draw problems with the series going on.

Monster Hunter World is the latest main entry in the long - running franchise which is both developed and published by Capcom.

The third main entry in the Ogre franchise that started on the SNES, developed by the Quest Corporation, Ogre Battle 64 casts you as the up - and - coming captain Magnus Gallant...

Digression is a common literary technique favored by authors like David Foster Wallace and Thomas Pynchon, but outside of the last two entries in the Saints Row franchise (a series Chung name - dropped as keeping a surrealist streak alive in games), it's not something we see much of in either the AAA or indie - gaming space.