Sentences with phrase «dollar franchise»

It may seem odd to claim love for a multi-million dollar franchise starter that «everyone else hated», but this one's all about the timing.

As a $ 100 - million - dollar franchise quarterback, he's supposed to be in a different class all together.

How could a billion dollar franchise get shut out like this?

The multi-million dollar franchise has been licensed so much that it's near impossible to look around a toy store and not see a version of it somewhere.

The studio was formed by Vince Zampella and Jason West, former co-founders of Infinity Ward and two of the co-creators of the multi-billion dollar franchise Call of Duty ™.

The Italian composer has been incredibly versatile in his career doing nearly every film category there is, but he is most known for his work in Spaghetti Style Westerns like the Fistful of Dollars franchise by Sergio Leone.

That fourth - place finish should be enough to push the horror video game adaptation title over the $ 1 billion mark once all estimates are verified; worst - case scenario for Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich is that Resident Evil joins the billion - dollar franchise club later this week.

Overwatch is now the 8th billion - dollar franchise in Activision Blizzard's portfolio.

Developed by the creators of the multi-million dollar franchise Call of Duty, Titanfall is one of the most anticipated games this year.

Best Competitive Multiplayer — PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Even with blockbuster shooters like Call of Duty and Destiny in the mix, no big - name game could match the surprising fun of this mod turned multi-million dollar franchise from the mind of Brendan Greene.

It's not a still from the movie, or even an professionally photographed snap from the publicity department, but it gives us a good idea of what the billion - dollar franchise now looks like in its post-Paul Walker era.

No vampire fangs, no ability to see into the future; this is just ordinary Ashley Greene proving she's got something to offer even without the bells and whistles of a multimillion dollar franchise.

That prediction has come to pass, marginally, as the $ 2 billion - dollar franchise adapted from Suzanne Collins» YA novels comes in for a landing, but you also might just as well go back and read the review of Part 1, since it holds generally true of the somewhat more eventful Part 2.

The 5th Wave wants to be the next multi-billion dollar franchise like «Hunger Games» or «Divergent», more so than it wants to be original and stand on its own two feet.

However, before launching a bazillion dollar franchise, Jackson was busy turning in raunchy splat - stick flicks out of New Zealand.

Skylanders is a billion dollar franchise so a new entry will be coming every year for the foreseeable future.

7th February 2014 - When Skylanders was released in October 2011 as Spyro's Adventure, no one could think of the possibility that this game would turn into a 2 Billion Dollar franchise within the... Read More

All this is par for the course really when talking about COD but these are what we consider to be last - gen problems; we were promised something more and if Titanfall, a brand new IP from a new studio can deliver a far more fluid and balanced MP affair a lot earlier on in this new console life cycle, then Activision and the studios developing these games part of a billion dollar franchise simply have no excuse whatsoever.

Video games are supposed to be art — or entertainment, at least — for everyone, but some of the most popular, multimillion - dollar franchises on the planet communicate, full stop, that women are worth less than men.

Infinity Ward knows a thing or two about change — even if it has worked on the same multimillion - dollar franchise since its origins as a splinter group from the Medal of Honor series 11 years ago.

In an essay reprinted in the Washington Post, «How Star Wars Explains Constitutional Law,» Sunstein reviews Chris Taylor's book, How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise.

He was plucked from obscurity to star in a multi-billion dollar franchise.

In May, Activision announced Overwatch's membership in the Billion Dollar Franchise club, having achieved that remarkable feat in less than a year.

Destiny, Bungie's new IP, published by Activision is set to be yet another billion dollar franchise in their financial ecosystem.

The director of the Monster Hunter series, Kaname Fujioka, never intended to create a multi-million dollar franchise, according to a recent interview with Famitsu magazine.

NFL teams are multi billion dollar franchises.

Let us now pay homage to the film that started a billion - dollar franchise and begat a cottage industry of lesser copycats.

Director J. J. Abrams («Lost,» «Alias») brings his unique blend of action and drama to the billion - dollar franchise.

No one is truly gone, especially when billion dollar franchises are staked to their characters.

Entertainment Weekly has the first look at the upcoming Terminator: Genisys with an article subtitled «How To Save A Billion - Dollar Franchise» — a strategy that includes the casting of faces new and scientifically - validated - as - old, an irritating (and therefore memorable) name, and finally, a proper marketing push.

Doug Whelan He was plucked from obscurity to star in a multi-billion dollar franchise.

Stepping into a billion dollar franchise is a daunting task and expectation are past being high, they are atmospheric.

Die Hard was such a blockbuster hit, it not only created a 5 - movie billion - dollar franchise, but also inspired a plethora of wannabe knockoffs like Under Siege, Sudden Death, Passenger 57, Executive Decision, Cliffhanger, Speed, and The Rock.

Daniel Casey has been set to write the script for «Fast and Furious 9,» the ninth installment of Universal's billion - dollar franchise.

In a recent interview with GamesIndustry, Red Barrels CEO Philippe Morin discussed how the Outlast series went from a small budget project and to a multi-million dollar franchise that has officially sold more than 15 million copies.

Daniel Radcliffe's screen test was the beginning of a legacy that would expand into eight films (nine if you include the upcoming Eddie Redmayne — starring prequel, «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them») and a $ 15 billion - dollar franchise.

I swear for a billion - dollar franchise, Lionsgate did not spend any money on this last film.

The Curse of the Black Pearl, expected to be a huge bomb, became one of the biggest films of 2003 and launched a multi-billion dollar franchise.

They would just love to keep the golden goose at Universal, and just keep turning out their billion - dollar franchise, from my being the brainchild of it, to then going on set and producing and acting in it.

There are many websites that would pay millions of dollars for a leaked Star Wars Episode 7 script and with a billion dollar franchise, its no small wonder why a leak of this magnitude has not occurred.

The interwebs are focusing mainly on The Walking Dead, which Telltale hopes will become a multi-million dollar franchise, but what's set my cold cynic's heart aflutter is the news that Fables will also be getting the videogame treatment.

announcement was the true reveal of the PSP version of the multi million dollar franchise; Gran Turismo.

Cliff Bleszinski's attempts at another billion dollar franchise have come crashing down as he announced the closure and his own time off.

When their CEO, the infamous Bobby Kotick, admits outright that he's only interested in games that can be «exploited every year on every platform» and have the potential to become «$ 100 million dollar franchises» that makes him look like a cash hungry douche.

Thankfully, Sledgehammer Games seemingly sensed that feeling of dread, because they managed to inject a much needed shot of innovation into the billion dollar franchise.

No longer working on the Spider - Man IP, the studio is now entrusted with development on Activision's biggest, billion dollar franchises.

After gaining rare access to the developer's Edinburgh HQ, we snapped a series of photographs to give you an idea of what goes on inside the studio and how the developers make a billion dollar franchise.

Rock Band brought full - band rock and roll gameplay to life in 2007, kicking off a billion dollar franchise that challenged players to «Start a Band.

Halo went on to become the Xbox's «killer app», selling millions of copies and spawning a billion dollar franchise.