Sentences with phrase «film in the franchise coming»

No sequel could ever top that film, but holy moly, the fourth film in the franchise comes closer to replicating that mix of awe, wonder, and fright that neither The Lost World nor Jurassic Park III could accomplish before.

Not exact matches

Yet all of Marvel's phase three films and their tentative questioning of the underlying political ethos of the franchise feel like buildup for Black Panther, which in its second act comes very close to completely tearing down the Marvel Cinematic Universe en totale — and making viewers long for such a thing to happen.

From Marvel Studios stalwarts Anthony Russo and Joe Russo comes Avengers: Infinity War, the third installment in the Avengers franchise and 19th Marvel Studios film to date.

And the studio was unable to launch a new superhero franchise in Green Lantern; though the film grossed nearly $ 220 million worldwide, that didn't come close to making it profitable.

The coming years would find particular success for Pace in movies like A Single Man, Marmaduke, and When in Rome, not to mention franchise films like The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

While we're no stranger to the idea of shock deaths in movies and TV series — our favorite characters being killed off gives fans something to talk about — the sheer scale of what happens at the end of Infinity War, and the Russo brothers decision to leave the ball in Thanos» court, is unprecedented when it comes to a film franchise of this scale.

In the midst of all the franchises coming from studios today, there's one unlikely collection of films that has just as loyal and rabid a fanbase as any comic book, young adult or fantasy series.

Women have come a long way in Marvel films, from the early days of Kirsten Dunst «s distressed starlet Mary Jane in «Spider - Man» to Gwyneth Paltrow «s Stark Industries CEO Pepper Potts in the «Iron Man» franchise.

The announcement arrives this morning with the first details about the plot of the film, directed by D.J. Caruso: The third film in the franchise finds Cage coming out of a self - imposed exile, and on a collision course with «deadly alpha warrior» Xiang and his team in a race to recover a seemingly unstoppable weapon called Pandora's Box.

Even though the cast from both franchises have come together in a single film, Days of Future Past primarily focuses on the First Class cast during 1973.

This week on streaming video, we've got Bryan Singer's return to the X-Men franchise, an underseen animated film, an indie comedy, an acclaimed coming - of - age film from Sweden, and a retro space drama currently in theaters.

Not that I am really surprised — all great Superhero films come in threes — Marvel announced today the two writers that will be bring Mjolnir back to the big screen in the third installment of the Thor franchise!

Pettyfer is pretty and easygoing but lacks the sort of charisma that comes with a more focused sense of interior purpose, and the film basically feels, at its core, like a mash - up of carefully cross-tabbed teen movie trends, which is probably what happens when you set out in pre-production with the chief intent of manufacturing the next big «Twilight» - type cinematic franchise.

As far as the CGI work, it's something we have come to expect from this franchise, but the work is seamless in this film, as well; and with apocalyptic conflicts going on — with half of the city of Chicago destroyed — the graphics department acquitted themselves nicely.

David Yates, director of two of the worst films in the Harry Potter film franchise — and the director of the first Fantastic Beasts — made this comment about the backlash that came from Depp being cast as Grindelwald:

And so came «Alien» in 1979, a film that broke new ground in visual effects, established a hugely successful franchise and cult following, made Sigourney Weaver a star and put Scott on the map.

Based on the 12th novel in James Patterson's long - running series, the studio is clearly hoping that «Alex Cross» can reboot the film franchise that stalled out after 2001's «Along Came a Spider,» but surely there was a better option to play Cross than a man whose biggest claim to fame is dressing up like a fat black woman.

This shouldn't come as a shock given he has been in ever other film in the franchise.

Katniss Everdeen may have come out on top of the weekend box office with an estimated $ 101 million in domestic ticket sales, but the new «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2» fell short of industry expectations and, unlike the «Twilight» and «Harry Potter» young - adult juggernauts, her «Hunger Games» finale fell far short of other films in the franchise.

By Hanako M. Ricks HollywoodNews.com: Not too long after famed director Martin Scorsese stated he'd be interested in working with Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint, comes word that his latest film, Hugo Cabret, has some well - known actors who also have ties to the wizarding franchise.

Robert Pattinson is clearly relishing putting the Twilight franchise ever further in his career's rear - view mirror, but even when you think his Jerome is just about the only vaguely moral person in this film's twisted universe there comes a twist which throws you completely off, as the script essentially points out that Hollywood is a corrupt and corrupting place where no real human values apply.

Following the release of «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,» we try to figure out what's coming next in this five - film franchise.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi may or may not be the best film in the franchise, but what writer - director Rian Johnson has accomplished in the eighth installment of the Skywalker family saga gives hope to the recent announcement of a planned trilogy to come.

So we don't have a ton to go off of when it comes to Passengers, but what I do know not only piques my interest but gives me reason to believe this could be one of the most unique, interesting, and entertaining films that comes out in 2016 — a year I continue to bemoan as already looking formulaic and franchised to the hilt.

Several failed attempts to resurrect the franchise have come in recent years; Len Wiseman planned his version of the film that would have starred Gerard Butler as Plissken role but ultimately fell through, then New Line Cinema tried their luck with director Breck Eisner attached but were unsuccessful, and finally Joel Silver and StudioCanal took a crack and failed.

Coming off a decade where the American genre film devolved into lowest - common - denominator investments and blockbusters ballooned skyward on the backs of sequels and franchises, Refn's modest exercise in crime pastiche and car - chase nostalgia parlayed both the exhaustion of Hollywood's narrative resources and — perhaps more importantly — the gathering mainstream curiosity in independent music's preoccupation with the sound and feel of the 1980s (the film's soundtrack has become one of the most popular word - of - mouth successes of the decade).

The Last Scene Shot of Harry Potter: It's sad enough just to know this eight - film franchise is coming to an end after so many years; how about rubbing it in a little more by watching the cast and crew wrap their final shot?

Okay, so this isn't really that big of an update normally, but when it comes to one of the biggest franchises in film history...

Much in the same way that the opening sequence of Up is called out as an example of Pixar working at its tear - jerking peak, almost nullifying the impact of the rest of the film, Toy Story 3 has a lengthy climax culminating in a curtain call, all of which is meant as a massive payoff to a 15 - year trilogy, a firm period on a franchise that could easily be extended on the silver screen for years to come.

But he said that 19 films in, the MCU «long ago expanded beyond the usual boundaries of sequelization and brand extension,» adding that the franchise «has come to be less a creative or commercial undertaking than an immutable fact of life, like sex or the weather or capitalism itself.»

In artistic quality, The Giver falls into the large gap that separates those two Lionsgate / Summit film franchises, falling short of Hunger's powerful post-apocalyptic thrills but coming much closer than this year's unappetizing first taste of Divergent.

We are still well over a year away from that release date, but Blumhouse is wasting no time in working on the marketing and official product tie - ins that will come with the new movie, attending the annual Licensing Expo on Las Vegas in May 2017, where a very early piece of promo art was on display in the form of a teaser poster that recalls Carpenter's minimalist approach to the original film and echoes the team's comments about taking the franchise back to basics.

Fifty Shades Freed review: The final film in the series comes to cinemas, but can the franchise redeem itself with its climax?

His films have been among the highest - grossing comedies in the industry, including «48 Hrs.,» «Trading Places,» «Dr. Dolittle,» «Coming to America» and the «Beverly Hills Cop» franchise.

In this feature piece Chris Neill looks at the original film in each of the three major slasher franchises to come out of the late»70s / early»80s and compares them to their modern Hollywood rebootIn this feature piece Chris Neill looks at the original film in each of the three major slasher franchises to come out of the late»70s / early»80s and compares them to their modern Hollywood rebootin each of the three major slasher franchises to come out of the late»70s / early»80s and compares them to their modern Hollywood reboots.

The Avengers / Justice League / Suicide Squad - mocking team - up results in the films most inspired set - piece — involving a disastrous parachute jump and a blink - and - you'll miss it cameo from certain Hollywood A-lister — but its hilarity is sullied come the end of the movie by the realisation that this is also the film's own insidious way of setting up another team - based superhero spin - off franchise.

Josh Hutcherson has a lot of projects coming up, including the last installment of the «Hunger Games» films and James Franco «s «The Long Home,» but wants nothing more than to star in one particular franchise.

It's a monumental amount for any franchise to rake in, but when you look at the history of «Fifty Shades» and its author, and remember that the story she was telling was actually a fan - fiction based on the «Twilight» series of novels and films, it's incredible to see how far the series has come.

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone since director John Hamburg, who co-wrote the screenplay and story, was a writer or co-writer for all three films in the Meet the Parents franchise.

Cameron's beef seems to be less with superhero films in general though and more about Hollywood's obsession with sequels, remakes and branding — which is strange coming from a filmmaker who is prepping a new series of «Terminator» movies (the sixth, seventh and eighth in that franchise), four new «Avatar» movies (sequels to a film many consider more a showreel for today's effects than a truly enjoyable bit of filmmaking), and a TV series based on his»90s film «True Lies».

May 16, 2018 • Movie reviewer Kenneth Turan talks with NPR's David Greene about the newest movie in the Star Wars franchise and other noteworthy films coming out of this year's Cannes festival.

Vin Diesel's extreme athlete turned government operative comes out of retirement in the long - awaited third film in the action franchise.

And in sidestepping many of the pitfalls that come with continuing a beloved franchise, the film invites viewers to revel in the old glory days without simply trying to recreate them.

Those fighting words come straight from actor James McAvoy who is playing the younger version of Professor X in «X-Men: First Class» — a role made famous by Patrick Stewart in the film franchise.

With the release date of «John Wick: Chapter Two» fast approaching, Keanu Reeves has come forward about potentially doing a third chapter in the franchise — but has he spoiled the second film before it's release?

In the news, Warner Bros. is rebooting the Tomb Raider film franchise, Final Fantasy IV coming to the Xbox 360, rumors of Dead Rising 2, Lost Planet 2, and the PSP 2.

Nine years is certainly not the biggest gap between films in a series (the recent sequels in the Indiana Jones and Tron franchises took a lifetime to come to fruition), but it is nevertheless a long time since Ferrell & Co. brought their off - the - wall characters to the silver screen.

Gray will be replacing the director of Furious 7, James Wan, who decided not to come back to the series for another installment; Furious 7 was the highest grossing film in the Fast & Furious franchise, bringing in over $ 1.5 billion worldwide on a $ 190 million budget.

During a recent interview with Collider, the director revealed he might be interested in directing the entire series if it comes down to it, saying that he would love to continue doing this franchise but worries about the amount of work needed to be put in for five films over the course of eight years.

The original hero of the Star Wars franchise, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), is coming back in the upcoming film of the franchise.