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That said, it does feel dated, overdone and a little bit creaky in places, and A View To A Kill really marks the end of the road for «classic» Connery - Lazenby - Moore Bond - cinema was moving on, and it was time to bring the iconic spy film franchise into the modern era.

Splitting the final installment of a book - to - film franchise into two parts has always been a controversial move, and it's probably never been more questionable than with the Mockingjay — Part 1.

Over at Badass Digest, writer Devin Faraci argues that the Marvel model has made an irrevocable mark on franchise cinema: where Harry Potter turned film franchises into an annual event, Marvel is striving to make them obsessive.

Not exact matches

In interviews, Wright has said his idea for the film was to be a standalone film, something that may not have gone over well since Disney and Marvel have been very particular about connecting its films — and TV show — into a larger franchise engine.

There's already a lot of speculation as to how this newest iteration of Spider - Man was able to breathe new life into the franchise, but there is one particular moment in the film that points to what differentiates this Spider - Man reboot from its predecessors.

As has become standard for bankable intellectual property (see the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises), the book is being split into two films, the first of which, An Unexpected Journey, will arrive in time for Christmas.

Or to create SkyNet and inadvertently send us all into the dystopian future of the Terminator film franchise.

The Oscar - nominated actor revealed he doesn't want to turn the acclaimed film into a Rocky - like franchise.

But the second part also created another possibility — simply that director David Yates wanted to put all the boring and meandering moments of the book into the first film and then deliver a thrill ride giving the franchise the fitting finale it deserves.

At no point will I ever consider the Harry Potter series to be a great one, but after eight films and 10 years, I must admit it developed into a consistent, dynamic and engaging franchise.

There are the occasionally good Nightmare on Elm Street films, but nothing of worth has ever come out of the Friday the 13ths, which continues into the long awaited (and dreaded) merge of the two franchises.

But with Foley's follow up, FIFTY SHADES FREED, the film franchise's uniqueness really comes (pun intended) into its own.

Ash vs The Evil Dead is the perfect example of how to bring life back into an old series, it takes all the elements from the past films, the gore, blood, violence, campy humour, cheesy dialog and absurdity and really does a great job modernising the franchise while sticking true to its past.

Unlike franchises overexplained to breaking point, the sequel repeats the no - frills plot of the first outing with no further depth — which means that as a film, it needs to work as an engine, primarily, to scare us into submission.

I like how they have engineered the plot from part three and the franchise as a whole into a bigger picture, all these films are prequels and the finale here does tie that up nicely.

A quick Divergent refresher course - in the trilogy of YA books by Veronica Roth, and in the film franchise based on same, what's left of society is divided into five factions: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), and Erudite (the intelligent).

The film team review the final part of The Hunger Games franchise, in which Katniss Everdeen leads the armies of Panem into the Capital to dispose of President Snow

Last Stand stumbled and Wolverine's two stand - alone films finished the descent, as the franchise looked ready to curl up into a ball and die.

Director Sam Mendes hasn't simply made an outstanding entry into the James Bond franchise, he's made an outstanding film, period.

If you're craving an air - tight, claustrophobic sci - fi which satisfyingly ties into the Cloververse, you'll be left wanting — and hoping that the franchise's fourth film due out in October, Overlord, is a good sight better — but if you can settle for well - acted, glossy, fitfully riotous junk food with some questionably lapses in logic, The Cloverfield Paradox does the job well enough.

That's a massive undertaking when you consider the X-Men franchise is eight films deep and the Marvel Cinematic Universe is 11 films into its shared universe.

director Mike Mendez — that, while it has a charming sense of humor about itself, leans too heavily on CGI blood; The Girl With All The Gifts (B), a well - shot British zombie film that attempts to inject new life into a tired genre, and almost succeeds thanks to young star Sennia Nanua; and the disappointing Phantasm: Ravager (C --RRB-, a low - budget labor of love which, while it plays like a Phantasm fan film, ultimately undercuts the emotional closure it attempts to bring to the franchise by failing to resolve the central conflict between good and evil.

Witty at times, well executed by Benedict Cumberbatch for his first foray into comic book franchise films.

But what really separates this space opera sequel from the rest of Marvel's films is Gunn and his cast's willingness to abandon the Marvel cinematic universe's more polished and formulaic veneer and drill into the heart of what makes this movie and the Guardians franchise so impossibly irresistible: pure fun.

I went into this film reasonably content, happy to see what was to follow in this everlasting franchise.

2» — the title inspired by the «awesome mixtape» found at the film's end that Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) pops into his weathered Sony Walkman — hardly erodes the franchise's reputation.

Its a sad state of affairs really because this film does have many positive points, it does fit into the Predator / Alien universe nicely, there are solid advancements for the creatures (mainly the Predator) and its a decent next step for the franchise.

One of the more popular characters from the Shrek franchise steps into the starring spotlight here, in an adventure whose locale is rather different from the familiar swamp - forest - castle fairy - tale settings of the parent films.

If they could have combined the left - field surprises from Prometheus with the stronger dialogue and characterisations of this film, we would have had a perfect entry into the franchise.

«Fast Five» (2011) 77 percent: Sleek, loud, and over the top, this film proudly embraces its brainless action thrills and injects new life into the franchise, thanks in part to a typically charismatic performance from Diesel.

The film industry has long been interested in breathing new life into old franchises.

He also talked about the experience of being a part of the highly successful The Hangover franchise, whether he and Todd Phillips took the criticism of the second film into account when writing The Hangover Part III, making films for audiences to enjoy, and the animated feature Turkeys (featuring the voices of Amy Poehler, Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson), which he's writing and producing.

Despite a passable grade, given the stretched - out feel to the movie, with, for a film about a nationwide revolution, the feeling that it's a bit small in terms of scope, this is a clear example of why splitting the final book into two films, while financially smart, is quite a bad choice for fans, who deserve to feel fired up when going into the fourth and final film in the franchise.

In the intervening years, Janssen has made multiple films, most notably starring as Jean Gray in the «X-Men» franchise, but 2013 marks her inaugural foray into a full - time TV series gig... and by «TV series,» what I really mean is a Netflix series.

Barely 18 months later, and the franchise now seems like the sole ray of light on the Young Adult horizon, as adaptation after adaptation has subsequently tried and failed to spin its on - the - page popularity into a film franchise (a look at our 2012 rundown of the YA hopefuls is retrospectively sobering).

What started as a way of parodying the «Scream» films (themselves ostensibly a parody of the horror genre to begin with) has evolved into a franchise which takes shots at pretty much any movie it wants, from «Million Dollar Baby» to «Brokeback Mountain.»

The Expendables 3 is the first film in the franchise to sport a PG - 13 rating, which some fans will likely be disappointed with, especially since the first two films really pushed heavily into R - rated blood and guts depictions.

Now, though, eight films in (the majority of them, after the second, made from non-franchise scripts retooled for franchise inclusion), the puzzle box seems to fall into the hands of not archaeologists of pleasure, but hard - bodied co-eds who aren't interested in discovering new, unknown experiences so much as shitting around in the usual slasher - film fashion and accidentally freeing some wise - cracking, cosmic hook - wielding genie.

If it's true that Atkinson was recently motivated by the stateside failure of this very film to check himself into an Arizona rehab centre for depressed celebrities (and frankly, don't blame audiences — distributor Universal didn't exactly tax themselves advertising Johnny English to domestic moviegoers), I hope his caretakers remind him in haste that none of Monty Python's features grossed an enviable sum abroad, that the James Bond franchise has already satirized itself into the ground (it's no casual point that Johnny English was co-scripted by the same writing team behind The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day), and that his first problem is trying to please a country that opens rehab centres for depressed celebrities.

Whenever a game is developed into a film it is solely for marketing purposes, a bid to draw mainstream attention to a franchise.

As beloved and rewatchable as a number of the Peanuts animated TV specials are, the franchise's theatrical feature films have kind of faded into obscurity mostly due to years of unavailability on DVD.

John Boyega (African / British... «Attack The Block») http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3915784/ Kinda young... but at 19... actually could make this into a franchised film have the audience track T'Challa from boy to man.

Directed by Nick Park, who created the «Shaun the Sheep» series, itself a spinoff of his universally - acclaimed «Wallace and Gromit» franchise, the film follows Shaun and the flock as they head into the big city to rescue their farmer.

Producer Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions has made a career out of taking low - to - moderately budgeted horror films like Paranormal Activity, Sinister and Oculus and turning them into profitable box office offerings - often with promise of sequel and / or franchise opportunities.

Since Deadpool 2 is expected to lead into a full X-Force film, the change in scope could provided a natural way to remove the character from the Fox franchise.

With his time as an iron - clad Avenger possibly coming to an end, Robert Downey Jr. is getting ready to hop into a very different kind of film franchise.

With filming for the second instalment in the franchise now underway, Brolin has taken to Instagram to share an image from the set — chiefly, of him in the make - up chair, receiving his transformation into the character of Cable, a time - travelling soldier.

Surely cramming two films worth of game - changing material into one would've been franchise suicide.

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them will be adapted into three films, with Harry Potter franchise helmer David Yates directing.

Writer / actor suggests anyone planning to see the third installment in the rebooted franchise go into promotion lockdown until they have a seat for the film