Sentences with phrase «cinematic universe all»

«Fast Five» saw Lin envelope all of the previous films into the foundation for his vision of an expansive cinematic universe on par with Marvel, bringing in fan favorite characters from the previous movies and having them work together as high - octane international thieves.

Nine years after the studio launched its «cinematic universe,» directing a Marvel movie still mostly seems to set you up to make more Marvel movies, or other franchise entries like them.

One of the dozens of smart choices made by the filmmakers of the latest entry in the Marvel Studios cinematic universe, «Captain America: Civil War,» is that they realize the only place one can go is to make the stakes more personal again.

And yet in the ashes of «Avengers: Age of Ultron,» the brain trust behind Marvel Studios and directors Joe and Anthony Russo have built what is easily one of the strongest films of their so - called cinematic universe with «Captain America: Civil War,» an engaging, lively and just flat - out fun use of the characters we've gotten to know across the past eight years and 12 films.

The interconnected Marvel cinematic universe began with 2008's «Iron Man,» and though these films have come a long way since then — culminating earlier this year in one of the very best of the whole series, the superhero smackdown «Captain America: Civil War» — there are points at which «Doctor Strange» can't shake the sense it's almost a redo of that first Robert Downey Jr. - starring film.

They've established a strong cinematic universe, now it's time to let the franchises breath a bit.

The film, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, is the 19th movie in the cinematic universe of Marvel and centres around the super-villain Thanos» quest to capture the Infinity Stones.

Annabelle Creation review: The Conjuring cinematic universe expands with this prequel to a prequel.

While Fox's upcoming projects connected to the X-Men cinematic universe, Deadpool and X-Men: Apocalypse, have generated a lot of attention with their productions, Gambit has yet to actually begin filming.

It's not entirely clear what the specific plot is about in Kong: Skull Island, but the film is the next step in a shared cinematic universe that will eventually see Kong go head - to - head with Godzilla.

The adorable, penguin-esque new additions to the cinematic universe were considered instant hits by most fans of the franchise, who have not only fallen in love with the look of the creatures but how they represent the continued world - building on display in The Last Jedi.

marks a new entry point in this current cinematic universe where they have to achieve «the unfilmable.»

Transformers 5 (Transformers: The Last Knight) is aimed to be a continuation of the mega Hasbro movie franchise but also a fresh start for newcomers that will launch - you guessed it - a share cinematic universe Marvel style) with the first spinoff coming in 2018 based on Bumblebee.

Every time Marvel Studios introduces a new film into its cinematic universe, moviegoers quickly try to decipher how events in one movie will lay the foundation for future releases.

Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick said in a recent interview with Collider, that they feel a slight obligation to build a larger cinematic universe with their sequel, starting with X-Force.

Between recent top - notch Marvel movies like Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War and innovative, edgy Netflix series like Marvel's Jessica Jones, it's hard not to be addicted to this super cinematic universe.

In a superhero cinematic universe in which Deadpool and Captain America: Civil War are the current reigning champs — and Batman v Superman makes a ton of money but earns zero respect — Apocalypse is something of an underdog.

It's also a flawlessly executed period piece that feels like a prequel to the 1976 film All the President's Men — part of a United States government's shared cinematic universe of coverups, conspiracies, and corruption.

Considering the wonky timeline of the X-Men movies, it could be entirely possible that Yukio's trajectory in the cinematic universe (and age) was altered since the events of The Wolverine.

Deadpool 2 is finally here and while the film may only vaguely connect to the massive X-Men franchise, that's fine, because Deadpool is actually a cinematic universe all its own.

With a Rotten Tomatoes score of 92 % and over $ 820 million in the box office bank (so far), Thor's third solo film and seventeenth installment in Marvel's cinematic universe has been yet another critical and commercial success.

This weekend might be all about Black Panther, Marvel's much - anticipated, 18th entry in its ten - years - and - counting cinematic universe, but that's no reason to ignore the other visually expansive, comedic delight arriving in in multiplexes: Oscar - winner Nick Park's (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit) latest foray into stop - motion wizardry (his first as sole director), Early Man, an unexpected, if no less welcome, ode to the joys, excitement, and wonders of the «beautiful game» («soccer» to less enlightened Americans, European football everywhere else) set against the backdrop of a future - hanging - in - the - balance, winner - take - all Stone Age vs. Bronze Age football match that's almost as thrilling and exhilarating as watching Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona or Manchester United vs. Manchester City play in front of paying fans (i.e., in the real world with real - world stakes).

Chukky Ibe has started a GoFundMe campaign to buy tickets for underprivileged kids to see Black Panther, the latest film in Marvel Studio's insanely popular cinematic universe, and the first focused on a black superhero.

Not only is it the culmination of Marvel Studio's efforts to build a cinematic universe, it's also another step on the road to their ever improving standing in the realm of 3D thrills.

For ten years now, Marvel's cinematic universe (MCU) has been dominating both the theatrical box office and popular culture at large.

Universal Pictures» monster - focused Dark Universe cinematic universe might be getting resurrected after it seemingly met its demise.

Of course, Deadpool 2 is having a bit of fun with the entire «cinematic universe» concept.

This weekend might be all about Black Panther, Marvel's much - anticipated, 18th entry in its ten - years - and - counting cinematic universe, but that's no reason to ignore the other visually expansive, comedic delight arriving in in multiplexes: Oscar - winner Nick Park's (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit) latest foray into...

In other words, «Homecoming» works by doing something that no Marvel (or DC) movie has done before, something that shows how this monolithic cinematic universe might hope to sustain itself once Thanos has been vanquished to the great space armchair in the sky and modern cinema's biggest mega-franchise becomes desperate for new ways to feel fresh.

Further, in Marvel Studios» case, there's been an overarching narrative strategy to its cinematic universe that culminates with Thanos (Josh Brolin) and Infinity War.

The sheer accumulated weight of the studio's cinematic universe can lend films a gravity they don't particularly earn because they stand on the shoulders of everything that came before.

Batgirl will follow Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Gotham City police commissioner James Gordon, who is played by J.K. Simmons in the current iteration of the DCEU, though it remains unknown whether Batgirl will be a part of that cinematic universe, or whether it'll be a standalone movie like Todd Phillips» Joker film that is poised to star Joaquin Phoenix.

What we do have is what Marvel has shown us so far of its cinematic universe, and the comic book source material the film is loosely based on.

Over the course of ten years and 18 films, Marvel Studios has slowly built up its cinematic universe, putting vast amounts of time, money, and effort into introducing and developing its plethora of characters, all of which has been leading up to the point where they would finally come together to do battle against the most dangerous foe any of them has ever come across.

Because Black Panther is the first solo superhero movie to feature a black star and predominantly black cast since Marvel Studios launched its cinematic universe with Iron Man in 2008, there's been an immense interest in how well it will ultimately perform at the box office.

Over a serious of 19 films, Marvel has crafted an ever - expanding, increasingly complicated cinematic universe.

The Marvel cinematic universe has focused more on what Thanos wants than his own backstory, resulting in a characterization defined in large part by his desire to possess the stones.

Thus living in silence is the only mode of survival in Director John Krasinski's cinematic universe - A Quiet Place».

All of this has little to do with the films» themes or actual content, but the Marvel cinematic universe has one big advantage over DC's screen stable: It's been building characters we care about since Iron Man, in 2008.

An emotional, jarring finale threatens to leave viewers shaken though I for one couldn't help but feel that it was a cheat for a cinematic universe that has proven terrified of absolutes.

But rather than stick to the comic source material, Perlman was given free rein to reinterpret major elements to make them work in Marvel's more (relatively) grounded cinematic universe.

But Marvel's decision to make Captain Marvel the first solo female superhero movie in its cinematic universe isn't just because she's a powerful superhero with a great storyline.

Based in New York City's Greenwich Village, Doctor Strange must act as an intermediary between the real world and what lies beyond, utilizing a vast array of metaphysical abilities and artifacts to protect the Marvel cinematic universe.

With the story of Days of Future Past being that of a tale of time travel, from the outset and confirmation of the film's subtitle Singer explained that this project would strive to explore the larger X-Men universe and draw from grander stories from the books, taking inspiration with what Marvel Studios has done with their unified cinematic universe.

Their job was to come up with ideas for possible sequels, prequels, and spinoffs, with Transformers: The Last Knight being the springboard for the cinematic universe.

Lucasfilm would be a brand, like Pixar and even more so Marvel, demanding a full schedule and a cinematic universe.

How can you have both an ongoing cinematic universe that continues to make films and, at the same time, occasionally bring things to a head?

Cargo isn't the kind of film that you think demands a spinoff or its own cinematic universe but... come on, once you see those flashes of action, you may spend the next few moments with Andy wondering why we're following this dude when there are — I repeat — Indigenous zombie hunters in this movie!

Marvel's cinematic universe just got a whole lot spookier, and a bit more magical.

Deadpool, Cable and Domino are key members of the X-Force and now that all three have been introduced to the X-Men cinematic universe, it would seem strange for Cable and Domino to sit out a third Deadpool solo film.