Sentences with phrase «comic superhero franchise»

The film is the third stand - alone Wolverine movie in the comic superhero franchise, which has had various sequels and new casts since Jackman first played Wolverine / Logan in X-Men, alongside Patrick Stewart's wheelchair - bound Professor Xavier.

Not exact matches

Before superheroes basically took over Hollywood, Christopher Reeve's Superman franchise proved that comic books could translate to the big screen.

Director James Gunn and Chris Pratt made a video message at Comic - Con over the weekend, telling fans that a follow - up to the superhero franchise's debut movie would be hitting theaters in July 2017.

But it's not just comic book superheroes and blockbuster franchises vying for moviegoers» attention this season.

Two new comic book film franchises launch in 2015, and we now know who'll be putting sound to these superhero flicks.

The previous films in the DC Comics Extended Universe series (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Suicide Squad) have left both critics and comic - book fans increasingly disappointed in the franchise's output; as a result, Wonder Woman, which is receiving its release ahead of the first Justice League movie (set to premiere this November), has been saddled with the burden of recovering DC's tainted reputation in the eyes of viewers, while also representing the first major female - fronted superhero flick in more than a decade.

Lament the saturation of CGI - laden franchises, reboots and superhero films all you like, but some fantastic, revelatory works of cinema came out this last year — even some of those comic book movies you're so worried about.

In addition to bringing again Deadpool and different favorites from the unique movie, the approaching superhero sequel Deadpool 2 introduces a host of latest characters to the franchise, lots of them fan favorites from the comics.

Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World aside, most comic book movies are centred on men and boys — and that's even looking beyond Hollywood's superhero franchises to films like A History of Violence, Oblivion and Old Boy.

The 26 - year - old helmer was the man behind «Chronicle,» which made back its $ 12 million budget ten times over on release in February, and since then he's been lining up all kinds of projects; while he won't direct any «Chronicle» sequel, he is attached to a film version of Soviet - themed comic book «The Red Star, «and is developing not one, but two major superhero franchises, in Sony's «Venom «and Fox «s «Fantastic Four.»

Before Hollywood adapted Blade, Spawn, and Steel from their respective Marvel and DC Comics franchises, the black superhero tradition in TV and film was decidedly less mainstream, even as Hollywood adapted the white comic heroes Superman and Batman into blockbusters for decades before the modern superhero movie boom began in earnest.