Sentences with phrase «by other comics»

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, Vox recently floated the idea of Fox going all - in on Deadpool by launching a film series, similar to Disney's The Avengers series, that would see his character team up with others from the X-Men comics to form a group known in comic books as the Uncanny X-Force.

His web - based comic book venture of the era, the eponymous Stan Lee Media, quickly burned through its capital like so many other firms inflated by the tech bubble.

«This would seem to be a far higher proportion than is found in most other programming, with the exception of a specifically religious show like Touched by an Angel,» said Heeren, who previously examined religious content in newspaper comics.

I make them in the oven too and my son calls them Defeated Potatoes because I flatten them with the potato masher before they go in and they look like they've been stomped on by a dinosaur or some other large creature only an 11 - year - old boy who aspires to be a comic book artist could dream up.

Most kids prefer the film for family movie entertainment shows despite the abundance of other kids» movies inspired by various comic books.

Oga titus is a hilarious Nollywood comic drama, directed by Ken Steve Abuja and features Mr Ibu, John Okafor, Queen Nwokoye, Destiny Etiko, Fred Ebere, Okwuchukwu Chukwujekwa and a host of other acts.

Other speakers at the briefing included award - winning conservationist Jim Toomey, who created the comic strip Sherman's Lagoon, filmmaker Jon Bowermaster, an award - winning writer and filmmaker recently named one of a dozen Ocean Heroes by the National Geographic Society, and Luke Creswell, who co-directed the award - winning large - format films Wild Ocean and The Last Reef: Cities Beneath The Sea.

Crestfallen, Cohn applied to other graduate schools instead, supporting himself in the meantime by drawing comics.

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Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good Pogo is the title and central character of a long - running daily American comic strip, created by cartoonist Walt Kelly (1913 — 1973) and distributed by the

Lego Batman 3 has all the ingredients of the other, enjoyable, Lego superhero games, but is let down by clunky controls, poor signposting and questionable translations of well - known comic book personalities.

Comic Finesse Mitchell shot to fame in 2003 when selected by Lorne Michaels and others to perform sketches in the god's hall of comedians, Saturday Night Live.

The duo have two other buzzing projects in development: a comedy entitled Comic Con (one of two scripts by these guys on the 2009 Black List) and a remake of Brewster's Millions.

These characters [Professor Xavier and Magneto] were established in the comic books but also in the movies by two other actors and my questions is, did you look at the actors or did you base your performance on the comic book?

The Flash solo movie is being based on the 2011 Flashpoint comic book series, written by none other than DC Comics chief creative officer and DC Films co-head Geoff Johns.

Her boisterous energy was perfectly matched by Maya Rudolph's grounded and mature comic stylings, and they played off each other beautifully as they reassured the audience that they shouldn't worry.

The other elements of the film come together splendidly as well, from the loving - but - not - trite shots of Manhattan, courtesy of cinematographer Ben Kutchins (the «Veronica Mars» movie), to a first - rate comic ensemble that also includes Jason Mantzoukas, Andrea Savage, Natasha Lyonne, Amanda Peet, and Marc Blucas (plus brief but memorable appearances by Adam Brody, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Billy Eichner and Michael Cyril Creighton).

Athough the weapon does look a bit like the axe / hammer combo of Ultimate Mjolnir, toys have named this new weapon «Stormbreaker» — the hammer wielded by none other than Beta Ray Bill in the comics.

It joined a handful of other curiosities I was glad to catch at all: Peter Bogdanovich's labored sex farce She's Funny That Way, Saverio Costanzo's jaw - dropping vegan - momma horror story Hungry Hearts, David Gordon Green's messy Manglehorn and its confirmation of Al Pacino's embrace of grumpy old manhood, and (prior to its HBO airing) the two - part serving of Olive Kitteridge, a darkly comic, stingingly apt anatomy of depression across decades of marriage, as portrayed by Frances McDormand (Olive) and Richard Jenkins (long - suffering dear Henry).

Aside from introducing the comic characters to the cinematic world, X-Men, directed by Bryan Singer, also features the background of how Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and Rogue (Anna Paquin) found each other and joined the X-Men.

Despite the addition of other talented comic actors (Randy Quaid, Michael McKean, and Janeane Garofalo), it was a dismal season, and Elliott was put off by the lack of collaborative spirit among some of the long - term cast members.

At the bar, we meet his beer - swilling family, played with sometimes - too - broad Boston accents and personalities by Miranda Richardson as Jeff's mom and Clancy Brown as his dad, along with famous Boston comic Lenny Clarke as another relative, and others who sometimes feel straight out of Boston central casting — love the Sox, drink before noon, yell over each other, etc..

Not much else is known about the series, other than the fact that it will be overseen by director, producer and comic book writer Reginald Hudlin.

For a fair portion of screen time, we don't quite know what the deal is with Tim and Natalie, and the awkward attempt by the other couple to figure them out provides the movie's only halfway reliable comic wellspring.

Three years ago, The Guardians of the Galaxy was considered the first big risk of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, completely removed from the rest of the Avengers on other planets with characters even avid comic book readers weren't overly familiar with, all led by an actor who was primarily known as the chubby goofball on an NBC workplace sitcom.

In this atmosphere, Jean Renoir, anticipating war and deeply troubled by the mood he felt around him, thought he might best interpret that state of mind by creating a story in the spirit of French comic theater, from Marivaux to Musset, a tradition in which the force that sets every character in motion is love and the characters have no other occupation to interfere with this pursuit.

He routinely takes on the Avengers and other teams of galactic heroes, and he punched a hole right through a fully - armored War Machine in 2016's Free Comic Book Day: Civil War II by Brian Michael Bendis and Jim Cheung.

The proposed subject was Smith's SModcasts — comic podcasts co-hosted by Smith and his buddy Scott Mosier — but I had other ideas.

See how the other half kills in the icy comic thriller «Thoroughbreds,» a dissection of one - percenter sociopathy given a dark comic Hitchcockian verve by first - time writer - director Cory Finley.

Directed by Edgar «Spaced» Wright, co-written with Wright by Simon «Spaced» Pegg (who also stars as Shaun), and featuring other comic stars from «Spaced» (Nick Frost, Jessica Stevenson), as well as from «Black Books» (Dylan Moran, Tamsin Grieg) and even «the Office» (Lucy Davis), «Shaun of the Dead» is like a who's who of talent from the most cutting - edge British TV sit - coms of recent times, which is why it is much funnier than British comic films like «Bridget Jones» Diary», Johnny English and Love, Actually — and unlike those other films, «Shaun of the Dead» is nightmarish for all the right reasons.

A bit of comic book history: Marvel's comic character name predates the Black Panther Party by several months — though many people mistakenly assume it's the other way around.

Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the minds behind Spider - Man, the Fantastic Four and other Marvel comics, the Black Panther holds a unique position in comic book history.

Both are comic ventures of a sort that made a splash (one via widespread critical and audience enthusiasm, the other via a high - profile pickup by Fox Searchlight) at the Sundance Film -LSB-...]

Although it's based on an original screenplay by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner (who all collaborated on «Lost» and «Alias,» among others), «The Amazing Spider - Man 2» incorporates one of the comic book's most famous story lines - one that forever changed the character and forced him to mature even faster.

It will be based on DC's Flashpoint comic book crossover series from 2011 - written by current DC Films co-chief Geoff Johns - which follows Flash as he travels back in time and prevents the Reverse - Flash from murdering his mother, thus sending the entire DC Universe into an alternate timeline, known as Flashpoint, in which the Amazons and Atlanteans are at war, Kal - El never became Superman, and Thomas Wayne was Batman, amongst other things.

Though each story makes is own impression — some darkly comic, others more evidently supernatural, others grittier or bloodier — each allows the desert highway to inform a retro style influenced by the indie American horror of the Seventies.

Fox has several other «secret» projects in development, including a Silver Surfer stand - alone feature that is being written by comics creator Brian K. Vaughn.

It's worth noting that Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver (twin siblings in the comics and two of my personal favorite characters in all of the Marvel Universe), due to complicated legal situations, can be used by both Marvel Studios and Fox but can not reference the other so we may see a different actor play Quicksilver if Joss Whedon decides to use him.

Civil War, like the Marvel comic book crossover series (written by Mark Millar and illustrated by Steve McNiven) that it loosely adapts, revolves around superheroes being split over a registration act, with Steven Rogers and Tony Stark leading the opposing sides - so, it's only fitting that Steve and Tony's plot threads take priority here over other characters» storylines.

The entire film references other comic book films, and pop culture mentions, typically by making fun of them in some way; Green Lantern, joke in the credits, Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice's silly mommy moment, Hawkeye's lack of powers, Josh Brolin's Thanos's two - timing as a character in Avengers: Infinity of War less than three weeks ago, at one point Wade simply calls Brolin's (Cable), «Thanos,» Logan's gags you'll need to see for yourself.

The other 2017 nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay: Deadpool written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, based on the X-Men comic books; Fences written by August Wilson, based on his own play; Hidden Figures written by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, based on the book of the same name from Margot Lee Shetterly; and also Nocturnal Animals written by Tom Ford, based on «Tony & Susan» from Austin Wright.

In comics, it is pretty usual for publishers like DC and Marvel to get «inspired» by each other's characters.

The comic touch which by reputation is artfully displayed throughout the «Buffy» tv series (which I barely watched), is again used to full force here — there are moments of outright laughter, and others of wry smirking.

In the comics, he does team with Electro (set to be played by Jamie Foxx), but we wonder if the movie will take the more interesting angle from «House Of M,» where he's originally hired as Peter Parker's bodyguard, only to betray him and help Electro (and some other baddies) expose Spider - Man for who he really is.

That team, which was led by Danai Gurira's Okoye in the movie, is now getting its own miniseries in the comics, breaking them away from the Black Panther for some spin - off adventures with other Marvel icons.

It was the official launch of Marvel Studios and a huge gamble was taken to deliver something that comic fans wanted by the company itself, not some other film studio with their takes on characters.

The script is by Neil Cuthbert, who made other unfunny comic book adventures with Mystery Men and much earlier with Return of Swamp Thing, and Pluto Nash is cut from the same cloth.

It also showcases a star turn by Rowan Atkinson that other would - be comic actors should study in detail until they understand why the British actor's Johnny English is one of the best comic creations to come along in years.

Flash is added by the established comics (Artie Lange, T.J. Miller, Sarah Silverman, and others) who counsel the lovelorn naif as he pursues his dream, but it's the star's John Ritter-esque appeal that elevates Crashing above its navel - gazing premise.

The bulk of the extras are on disc two: extensive making - of documentaries covering everything from story conception and design to various technical minutiae; concept and promotional art galleries; trailers and forced, would - be comic junket «interviews» with gushy TV entertainment reporters; profiles on the Incredibles and many other supers; a droll video «essay» by the voice of Violet, Sarah Vowell; a faux blooper reel (an exercise that has long exhausted its novelty); and a large assortment of deleted scenes.