Sentences with phrase «film franchises as»

Sometimes, in film franchises as in life, the good stuff is worth the wait.

Good news for a possible film franchise as well.

Think of this renegade, genre - defying chapter in the film franchise as X-Men: The AARP Years.

The movie is a mess of contradictions, which seems (like last year's Spectre) more interested in fan service than telling the next chapter in the X-Men film franchise as a strong movie.

Perhaps he was referring to the inevitable film franchise as a whole?

Not exact matches

Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

Almost three decades after launching the company as an indie film production house with little more than $ 300 and a lot of youthful enthusiasm, he and co-founder Seaton McLean and a few other early shareholders had all become rich beyond imagining on the strength of a handful of lucrative properties, including HGTV, the Food Network and the spectacularly successful CSI franchise.

Oscar Isaac is winning hearts as fan - favorite Poe Dameron in «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» already the most successful film in the franchise.

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

Mattel (mat) says that under the deal, it can market toys and other consumer products inspired by the franchise and its many feature films, as well as an upcoming sequel that's planned for 2018.

In addition to The Last Jedi and the as - yet - untitled Episode IX in the Star Wars saga, the franchise will also yield another spinoff film slated for 2018, featuring a younger version of the franchise's Han Solo character.

Disney and Marvel obviously know what they're doing with superhero movies — they've brought some of the biggest franchises to screen — however, at the same time, making every single film need to fit inside the already established franchise starts to limit the amount of creative license any one director can have on future characters as Marvel's Cinematic Universe only grows larger.

The two films serve as direct inspiration for the next film in the franchise, «Terminator Genisys,» which is expected to kick off a new trilogy.

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.

With distinct franchises — including Marvel, Pixar and Disney films such as «Frozen» — she said, Disney is on a «red - hot film streak.»

But for Paramount, the studio's success will largely be defined by movie ticket sales as well as the number of big blockbuster and tentpole film franchises it can churn out.

The Harry Potter book series and film franchise, worth well over $ 21 billion, continues to attract avid fans — even as many as nineteen years after author J.K. Rowling penned the first novel.

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.

Disney purchased the Star Wars franchise from George Lucas» Lucasfilm in 2012 for $ 4.05 billion, and has planned for a new trilogy of films as well as standalone installments through 2019.

While AI may not necessarily be as nefarious as the intelligent computer system Skynet from the popular Terminator film franchise, the use and potential of AI has come a long way and opened a multitude of possibilities.

But this installment in the franchise would not be titled «Mission: Impossible 4,» because the idea was that the film would be a refresh on the franchise, with Cruise stepping aside as the lead and giving way to rising star Jeremy Renner.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

For the first time ever in his career he went the independent film route and quickly found Brian Unkeless (the «Hunger Games» franchise) as a producing partner.

Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).

While I believe there will still be consumer demand to see big, franchise films in a glitzy theater with overpriced popcorn, the jury is still out as to how much traffic will be affected.

This is Craig's fourth film as the lead in the franchise, having been in Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, and Skyfall previously.

One bigger question I have as it pertains to the entire franchise is whether or not these characters» stories end with Episode IX or whether they continue to be the focus in more films.

Media Advisory WHAT: Five Acres Soiree Under the Stars Gala on Saturday, June 4, 2016 WHO: Serving as co-emcees will be actor Matthew Lillard, currently seen on «Bosch,» on Amazon and of the «Scooby Doo» franchise along with actress Carla Gugino of, «Entourage» on HBO and the new film, «Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice.

In addition to Orange, Selenis will star as Peter Parkers teacher Ms. Warren in the blockbuster franchise film «SPIDERMAN HOMECOMING,» premiering in July.

As yet the camera work is a little shaky and the picture somewhat grainy, but the technical finesse of the electron film - franchise can only improve with time.

Watson is known around the world as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film franchise based on 17 January 2018... Emma Watson news, gossip, photos of Emma Watson, biography, Emma Watson boyfriend list 2016.

The bombast of the G.I. Joe and Transformers franchises might suggest no, but after an uninspired year for animated movies, The Lego Movie is a 3 - D animated film that connects, as an homage to the ingenious Danish - born construction game, along with a subversively flippant story about thinking outside the blocks.

While not as good as any of the Lord of the Rings films, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey launches a new franchise in an enjoyable manner.

What is dead is the Harry Potter film franchise that milked Brit author J.K. Rowling's seven bestsellers for eight movies, a global box - office take of $ 6.3 billion, and the Hollywood heavyweight title as the most lucrative film series in, well, ever.

Of all eight Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011) finally surpassed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) as the single, # 1 highest (domestic) grossing film of the franchise at $ 381 million.

The film was entertaining, but as a die - hard fan of the original, I really think they should stop milking the franchise.

With star Matt Damon unwilling to return for a fourth film in the lucrative (and critically acclaimed) Bourne series, the franchise was reborn (though not re-Bourned) with Jeremy Renner stepping in as the lead, playing Aaron Cross, an operative spawned from the same system as Jason Bourne.

The film was once talked about as the beginning of a possible trilogy, and the finished product feels desperate to start a franchise instead of doing the thing that would actually make such a series compelling: telling an interesting story with skill.

The phenomenal popularity of J.K. Rowling's franchise — more than 400 million volumes sold — has meant that the films have had to exist alongside the books, and as such, they were too often beholden to their literary predecessors to stand on their own.

The character has no franchise potential, as the film opens with an epilogue - as - prologue about Poe's death, but maybe Cusack and his director, V for Vendetta's James McTeigue, were still hoping for that same kind of pithy, indelible hero.

While the life of the typical film franchise has been all squeezed out by its third installment, leaving a shattered shell of its former glory, Shrek the Third defies the odds in being as entertaining as the original animated hit and surpassing the second edition.

The fourth film in the Ice Age franchise, Ice Age: Continental Drift, follows the main characters — Manny (Ray Romano), Diego (Denis Leary), Sid (John Leguizamo) and Scrat (Chris Wedge)-- as they embark across newly created oceans with an iceberg as their ship.

As many of you know, I loathe Part 1, as a fan of the books I was looking forward to seeing how this all ends but Director David Yates is a putz who ruined the film franchise and disappointed me every single timAs many of you know, I loathe Part 1, as a fan of the books I was looking forward to seeing how this all ends but Director David Yates is a putz who ruined the film franchise and disappointed me every single timas a fan of the books I was looking forward to seeing how this all ends but Director David Yates is a putz who ruined the film franchise and disappointed me every single time.

I feel as though the DC Comics franchise may have publicly performed its suicide with this film.

It will be extremely hard for the studio to match those figures in 2016, as many of its biggest franchises are sitting out the year and Universal's planned 21 - film slate doesn't feature any sure - thing blockbuster hits aside from (maybe) a still - untitled Bourne sequel.

A Bond film that feels caught between its roots as a mindlessly enjoyable action - franchise and its new mandate to deliver the operatic emotions and sudsy plot lines of today's superhero properties.

He must be a big fan of the James Bond franchise, as he brings forth the best Bond film since Skyfall, hidden inside a Marvel superhero flick.

The best - selling novel by J.K. Rowling (titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in England, as was this film adaptation) becomes this hotly anticipated fantasy adventure from Chris Columbus, the winner of a high - stakes search for a director to bring the first in a hoped - for franchise of Potter films to the screen by Warner Bros..

To be fair, the game IS an excellent attempt at a polished addition to a now tiresome franchise, if you loved the Ridley Scott and James Camerons heralded Alien films, and like me, consider Predator as a must - have classic in the DVD collection, you won't put down the controller.

In the first film, the sassy Johnson rendered Ana's «smart mouth» as a wry edge that brought some wit to the project without openly mocking the lines, but the franchise's hint of self - deprecation has evaporated as the sequels progress.