Sentences with phrase «characters in comic book movies»

We have seen characters in comic book movies suffer the same dilemmas.

In the first half of 2016 we've been introduced to over 20 new or rebooted characters in comic book movies, none of whom are acknowledged as LGBT +.

Michael Jai White would be interesting considering he's already played a title character in a comic book movie (Spawn) and a minor character in another universe (Dark Knight).

Not exact matches

But I understand, as should you, that they were trying to distill the best and more understandable elements of the comic book into the movie and that's why we don't get all the secondary characters or girls in bikinis.

Loved it - everything you want in a comic book movie - smart, funny, great action and effects, good acting, great characters.

But, Black Panther is not your typical male - dominated comic book - based movie, practically every other strong character in this film is a female.

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?

... Another comic book movie reboot is gearing up to go into production this year in Spawn, and creator and director Todd McFarlane has been chatting about how the title character will communicate in the film, as well as speaking about its hard R - rated tone: «It's funny in Hollywood, if you say you want to do an R - rated movie, they go like «Oh like Deadpooland like Logan?»

But the most puzzling divergence is that after Wade became Deadpool in «X-Men Origins,» his mouth was sewn shut, and the character became mute — yes, the antihero who became a cult - favorite as the Merc with a Mouth literally had no mouth, a first - ballot candidate for the Hall of Fame of Bad Comic Book Movie Decisions.

In the comic book community, it's commonly assumed that Marvel has spent the last few years quietly deemphasizing a lot of the characters that it doesn't own the movie rights to.

The movie will contain appearances by many staple characters from the comic book, including Wakandan exile Erik Killmonger, M'Baku (who goes by the unfortunate title Man - Ape in the comics), the parasitic Ulysses Klaue, and the fierce Dora Milaje.

This is of course primarily the story of T'Challa / Black Panther (played by bona fide movie star Chadwick Boseman, the lead in the biopics «42,» «Get on Up» and «Marshall»), but rarely have we seen a comic book movie with such a wonderful bounty of supporting characters.

There are literally dozens of major characters (you pity whoever had to fit all of these A-list names onto the poster), in service to a story that's simultaneously every superhero movie ever and, for those who aren't obsessive readers of the comic books, a bit confusing.

Director James Mangold, who began digging into this character's dramatic potential in 2013's «The Wolverine,» has made a comic - book movie that feels like it takes place in the real world.

Not just a watershed moment — the first blockbuster comic - book movie centered on a female superhero — but an earnestly realized look at a character who embodies strength, compassion and courage in any century.

The movie features dozens of major characters in service to a story that's simultaneously every superhero movie ever and, for those who aren't obsessive readers of the comic books, a bit confusing.

There were rumors that the movie would include a romance between the Dora Milaje general Okoye and Ayo, the Dora played by Florence Kasumba whose character in the comic books is canonically gay.

This film, penned by Drew Pearce & Shane Black, features some of the best dialog between characters that has been seen in most movies to date, let alone a comic book flick.

The director of the Captain Marvel movie has a big responsibility: they have to introduce a character who isn't particularly well known outside of comic book shops to a wide audience while also shouldering the burden of making the first solo female superhero movie set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

But Feige told Bloomberg Businessweek that Marvel had identified more than 8,000 characters in their comic - book back catalogue that could feature in standalone movies.

Spider - Man is a fun movie, much in the spirit of the comic book's early days, that amazingly is able to give Spider - Man's origin, as well as that of the Green Goblin, while also introducing many characters like J. Jonah Jameson, Mary Jane, Aunt May, Uncle Ben, and Harry Osborn, enough to seem familiar, and then set up the exciting showdown all in the span of a modest two hours.

This being a comic book movie, though, means no one is ever really dead (until Thanos blows a hole in your favourite character, of course).

It's something that used to be reserved for certain characters in comic books and comic book movies.

And Howard recently revealed two new characters who will be appearing in the hotly - anticipated movie - Star Wars» comic book characters Tag and Bink.

I must admit, on paper, an ensemble cast of comic book characters in one movie looked to be one of those convoluted mess of a film designed, yet fail, to please the fanboys (i.e. spider - man 3).

0:00 — Intro 2:45 — Headlines: RIP Sidney Lumet, Wayne Kramer Drops Out of Headshot, Will and Jaden Smith in M. Night Shyamalan's Sci - Fi Film, Michael Shannon is General Zod 18:30 — Review: Your Highness 43:10 — Review: Hanna 1:03:00 — Trailer Trash: Warrior, Anonymous 1:11:15 — Other Stuff We Watched: Arthur, 12 Angry Men, Taking On Tyson, Atonement, The Killing, Tough Enough, The Windmill Movie, Taxi Driver, The Toy, Three Kings 1:40:45 — Junk Mail: Reed, The Expendables 2 Directors, Spoilers, Unlikeable Main Characters, Comic Book Recommendations, Directors We'd Like to See Direct a Documentary, Movies vs. Video Games, Cult Classics 2:10:25 — This Week's DVD Releases 2:13:00 — Outro

So a message to today's DC and Marvel universes: With Margot Robbie making a «Suicide Squad» sequel centered around her character Harley Quinn, plus «Wonder Woman 2,» that will make three female comic book action hero movies in the current cycle.

«Characters like Spider - Man or Batman or James Bond or Iron Man, who have been around for so long and are always refreshed in comic books or novels or movies, you don't necessarily get that kind of an endpoint — and we wanted to do that, which is what these next two Avengers films are.»

Therefore it was not used, but it was in the comic book adaptation, and many fans of the movie have adapted it as the character's «real» name.

So in this new era of comic book movies that are mostly dominated by MCU movies, as well as their success vs Batman v Superman, has there been a change of the typical iconic comic book movie characters?

In the next few years Comic book adaptations became big business becoming some of the highest grossing motion pictures of all time but to tell you the truth my peeps I have felt increasingly Jaded with the influx of every super character and their Granny getting a movie!

While The Last Stand is perceived as a lesser film, it still has the biggest balls of any comic book adaptation to date, killing so many lead characters in one movie.

Many of the character models and animations are noticeably recycled from MVC3, except a change in art style from bold comic - book style outlines and colors to a move movie - like, subdued look doesn't seem to mesh with those models as well as Capcom had perhaps intended — every single one of the all - new characters seems to look and fit in better.

And with comic book movies all the rage, GLAAD insisted that they include more LGBTQ characters as there are many LGBTQ heroes in comics.

«I think people will be surprised how character driven and how intimate Justice League Dark is — in kind of a field of bloated comic book movies,» he said.

Marvel's Howard the Duck all but disappeared after his eponymous 1986 film failed miserably and entered the pantheon of terrible comic book movies, but the character is primed to make a triumphant return, thanks in no small part to a funny post-credits scene in this year's runaway hit, Guardians of the Galaxy.

As he told me when we sat down recently at Craig's restaurant, this time it is different as he and Hugh Jackman's Wolverine aka Logan are taking these characters in a very different kind of direction in a film that more resembles a classic Western like Shane than the Marvel comic book movies from which those characters emerged.

The characters are obscure even to most comic book fans (not unlike «Blade,» which kickstarted the Marvel movie renaissance back in 1998).

Strong comic book movies that have worked well in the past have all had one thing in common, a strong villain who oozes screen presence, character depth and beyond all else, is interesting.

He shows up in movie wearing a mask made out of the head of an ape (a nod to the character's sketchy comic book origins as the villainous Man - Ape).

Brolin returns to the comic book movie world this summer in the guaranteed blockbuster «Deadpool 2,» and now his character Cable has gotten his own badass trailer.

Instead, the next comic book movie he'll be seen in is Peyton Reed's Ant - Man and The Wasp, playing the character Bill Foster, one of Hank Pym's (Michael Douglas) former assistants and the second Giant - Man known as Black Goliath.

Based on comic book characters, the movie reunites Frank Moses (Bruce Willis), Marvin Boggs (John Malkovich) and Victoria Winters (Helen Mirren) after a WikiLeaks report links them to a nuclear bomb hidden somewhere in Russia.

It kicked off in 2008 with Iron Man, which gave birth to one of the most popular franchises in modern movie history and introduced a new generation of fans to classic comic book characters.

Everyone is based on something in Marvel lore, be it iconic comic book storylines or films and TV; Charlie Cox's Daredevil from the Netflix series is a playable character, as are Vulture, Killmonger, Hela, and «Gladiator» Hulk and Thor from movies like Spider - Man: Homecoming, Black Panther, and Thor: Ragnarok.

Release date: May 18 Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller Directed by: David Leitch (Atomic Blonde) Why we're excited: Even in our current comic book movie moment, an ultraviolent meta - comedy based around a cult X-Men character with a foul - mouth wasn't anyone's idea of a sure thing.

It's melancholy and introspective — about the central character and, in an indirect way, the state of comic - book movies in general.

The Black Panther character screamed for a movie iteration ever since he debuted in comic book form in Fantastic Four Vol.

Actor Elizabeth Olsen recently went on record to say she had no desire in starring in a solo movie for her Marvel Cinematic Universe character Scarlet Witch, but now she's done a U-turn — and even suggested what comic book storyline could be adapted.

Outside of their usual realm, they venture to visit Brodie (as seen in Mallrats) who informs them that the comic book characters based on them, «Bluntman and Chronic», is being made into a movie.