Sentences with phrase «direct sequel to that film»

It is a direct sequel to that film, picking up where the previous film left off, with the heroic death of Spock to save all of his comrades.

Not exact matches

In fact, the events of the film completely ignore everything from «The Lost World,» and «Jurassic Park III,» and act as a direct sequel to the first movie.

During his film career, Adkins has been cast in mostly direct - to - DVD movies like the two Undisputed sequels, Assassination Games, Ninja, however he finally got to get a bigger role in Stallone's ensemble cast testosterone - packed movie «The Expendables 2» and star along other great action stars like Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, the all - powerful Chuck Norris, Jean - Claude Van Damme and many others.

The second direct - to - video sequel of the hit teen cheerleading film Bring It On, Bring It On: All or Nothing concerns one Britney Allen, who must make new friends when her rich family moves into less desirable environs.

Because the two films had been created by splitting an existing work in half, rather than it being a direct successor, or the two being filmed back to back like The Matrix sequels, they argued that it would be unwise to write off Volume 1 until Volume 2 had been given the chance to finish the story.

This belated second sequel to The Three Musketeers is a rather slapdash, uneven patchwork of weak writing and sloppily directed set pieces that fails to recreate the magic of the previous films.

The rest of the actors look like they're lost in some direct - to - video «Speed Racer» sequel, save for Evangeline Lilly, who turns in some nice work as the film's Adrian.

She became one of the most respected and in - demand young actresses of her generation and she continued to choose challenging projects like the psychological sci - fi film Never Let Me Go, and the Olive Stone directed sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

Oedekerk was tapped to write and direct the film's sequel, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, and another writing and directing assignment followed in 1997, Nothing to Lose.

At the beginning of 1995, he directed a segment of the anthology film Four Rooms and acted in Robert Rodriguez's sequel to El Mariachi, Desperado, and the comedy Destiny Turns on the Radio, in which he had a starring role.

And though Reiner appeared to retire from directing following That Old Feeling, he still maintained a notable presence in film and television with roles in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven and it's two sequels, House M.D., Hot in Cleveland, and Parks and Rec.Carl Reiner is the father of directors Rob Reiner and Lucas Reiner; his wife Estelle has enjoyed a latter - day career as a night club singer and as a cameo performer in her son Rob's films (she's the lady who says, «I'll have what she's having!»

Although he didn't direct «Mr. Mom», he hasn't directed a film in 14 years, which coincides when his writing in the 90s has seen him represent less iconic films and straight - to - video sequels.

Well, what we didn't tell you (because we didn't know) is that it's a prequel to My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument that takes us back to the teenage years of the characters in the 1995 film... And least promising sequel of the week has to be Spring Breakers: The Second Coming, a cash - in scripted by Irvine Welsh and directed by Jonas Akerlund, the man behind such bad - boy music videos as «Smack My Bitch Up» and the 2002 meth - addict comedy Spun.

Evil Dead remake helmer Fede Alvarez is directing this film, which is a sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, but may not make any reference to the events of that film since this is starting over with an entirely new cast.

SOLOMONE KANE director Michael J. Bassett is set to direct SILENT HILL: REVELATIONS, the sequel to the original Christophe Gans film.

I'm not quite sure why anyone would like to stick to the same film time and time again (there is already a Japanese Ju - on: The Grudge 2 directed by Shimizu, and it seems he will be directing the Japanese third installment, and the American sequel as well!).

This franchise is clearly a valuable property, so it's no wonder that Universal would return to the well with a sequel, this time directed by Cedric Nicolas - Troyan, the visual - effects supervisor on the first film.

Obviously, it's not as if Kaufman did a complete overhaul, so don't expect Po to be kung fu fighting villains within his memories, only to realize that those memories are just part of an elaborate play being directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman (or maybe in this case Dustin Hoffman, since he voices a character in these films) which features himself directing a sequel to Kung Fu Panda.

Life During Wartime is a direct sequel to the controversial 1998 film featuring a family of three sisters, the various men connected to them (a misogynist freeloader and thief, a pedophile and a loathsome crank - calling pervert), their kids, and their parents.

James Cameron confirms Terminator 6 will be a direct sequel to Judgment Day, ignoring the events of the last three films in the franchise.

by Walter Chaw The only genre that boasts more direct - to - video fare than horror is porn, and since we haven't quite reached the point of quiet desperation needed to begin reviewing porn, find here a smelted cheddar of four dtv horror features (actually, The Boogeyman got a theatrical release in 1980, though I can't understand why): the eighth film in Clive Barker's venerable horror octology, Hellraiser: Hellworld; The Boogeyman and its second sequel, the legitimately straight - to - video Return of the Boogeyman; and Kevin VanHook's The Fallen Ones.

So call it cowardly or call it brave, but director David Gordon Green is simply ignoring the sequels with the latest film in the series, returning Jamie Lee Curtis» Laurie Strode to life and making a direct sequel to the classic first film.

Although we already knew the Man of Steel's sacrifice inspires the Dark Knight to enlist Earth's metahumans to confront a new threat, the events of Justice League are so closely linked to 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice that film is being characterized as «a direct sequel.»

As reported by Variety, John Wick co-director David Leitch has dropped out of filming that movie's sequel so he can solo - direct a spy thriller, leaving Chad Stahelski to co-direct John Wick 2 all by himself.

The highly anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott's 1980s sci - fi classic is directed by Arrival and Sicario filmmaker Denis Villeneuve and takes place 30 years after the events of the first film.

The film promises to act as a direct sequel to the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic and stars an impressive cast of actors that includes Oscar winner Adrien Brody (King Kong), Topher Grace (Spider - Man 3), Alice Braga (I Am Legend), Danny Trejo (Grindhouse), Walton Goggins (TV's The Shield) and Oscar Nominee Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix).

According to Bloody - Disgusting, Mike Flangan is currently in talks to direct the new Halloween film, which is not a remake, reboot, or even a sequel.

Rocky made him an instant star, but Stallone continued to work behind the scenes, writing numerous films and directing many of them: he debuted as director with Paradise Alley (1978), directed four out of the six Rocky films, made the Saturday Night Fever sequel Staying Alive (1983), directed 2008's Rambo, and launched a new franchise with 2010's The Expendables.

According to the Hollywood Reporter Thursday evening, 20th Century Fox has announced release dates for the sequel to June 19, 2015's Josh Trank - directed Fantastic Four reboot and another untitled Wolverine solo film directed by The Wolverine's James Mangold.

Peyton Reed will be back to direct this surprise sequel to one of the better received MCU films.

That feat alone may not qualify this follow - up as an outstanding production, but it does advance the film beyond most of its direct - to - video sequel kin.

Ed Neumeier, screenwriter of the original 1987 Robocop, is reportedly planning to write a direct sequel to Paul Verhoeven's film, potentially ignoring everything that...

Wax your boards and be ready to duck as the sequel to one of the best animated films of the past decade comes direct to dvd.

Goddard consulted on the script for the untitled Deadpool sequel and was reportedly among the finalists to direct that film before David Leitch was ultimately chosen.

The film is directed by Ridley Scott as a sequel to the 2012 film «Prometheus» with Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, and Demián Bichir starring.

At the ongoing CinemaCon showcase for theater owners, Blum brought Curtis on stage during the Universal panel on Wednesday (April 25) to help unveil the first official teaser trailer for the highly anticipated film, which will be a direct sequel to John Carpenter's original Halloween, set 40 years after the events of the first film.

Man Of Steel storyboard artist Jay Oliva claims the reason there's no direct sequel to the movie is that it was supposedly to launch a 5 - film arc.

From direct - to - iTunes indies to bargain bucket sequels, we look at films only available on VOD in the UK.

Fuqua has reportedly stepped away from the project due to his overcrowded schedule that includes directing duties on the upcoming sequel to the Denzel Washington action film The Equalizer.

ShockTillYouDrop is reporting that the new film will be a direct followup to the 1981 sequel Halloween II, featuring a former Haddonfield deputy Gary Hunt, originally played by Hunter von Leer, who is now the sheriff.

I wouldn't hang my hat on this film or even expect to see a direct sequel.

There's no arguing that this is a film that the world wasn't asking for, with Spidey appearing only five years since he was last on screen without being a direct sequel, but at least the film has actually managed to find areas of improvement over the previous tries.

The Wachowski siblings were the creative minds behind the story and the direction of the film and went on to direct and write two less than stellar sequels in the eyes of the critics.

The film is a direct sequel to Tobe Hooper's malevolent and masterful 1974 flick, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, picking up hours after the genre classic before a modern setting takes us on a journey of more mayhem with the chainsaw - wielding maniac, Leatherface (Read our review HERE).

Over the last few weeks, widespread industry reports have suggested the studio is simultaneously pursing three Joker projects: a Suicide Squad sequel, a standalone film focusing on the villain's relationship with his partner in crime Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), and, mostly bizarrely, a Joker «origin film,» to be directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover) and produced by Martin Scorsese.

Sequel to the worldwide hit martial arts film from 2000, directed by famed choreographer Woo - ping Yuen (who has worked on Kill Bill Vol 2.

While what he said earlier this year led people to believe there was another trilogy in the works, the director spoke only of the follow up to Covenant this time, saying that «I'll probably be filming it within a year,», and revealing that John Logan had already given him a script for a direct sequel Scott plans to shoot after he finishes All the Money In The World and The Cartel.

Too late to jump into J. J Abrams first film, which is released in December next year, Ruffalo is instead focussing on that films sequel, set to be directed by old friend Rian Johnson.

Mimic came in a deluxe three - film set that featured two God - awful direct - to - video sequels (one of which featured Aliens - alumni Lance Henriksen), and a director's cut of the original film.

«The Exorcist» has enjoyed even greater longevity in the Industry, from the still - chilling 1973 original film adapted from William Peter Blatty's book and directed by William Friedkin to the many sequels and prequels of varying quality that have ensured over the past 43 years.