Sentences with phrase «first superhero»

... With all due Respect ~ this typist is of opinion that it is Dredd that «marked» that territory (quite distinctly, too) first, — as first superhero film (thru - and - thru) for the adult demographic..

To put that in perspective, Black Panther's three - day, $ 192 million opening is the fifth largest in history behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Jurassic World, and Marvel's first superhero team - up movie, The Avengers, according to Box Office Mojo.

The Fantastic Four — the company's first superhero series in many years — had been so successful that new costumed characters had muscled their way into the sci - fi / horror anthology comics that had formerly been the core of their line.

A proposed title of THE SECRET LIFE OF HOUDINI: AMERICA»S FIRST SUPERHERO does not bode well, though there may be some Alan Moore - inspired thrills to be had.

However, none of those managed to replicate the success of the year's first superhero offering, Thor, which grossed almost $ 450 million and featured a star - making turn from Chris Hemsworth as the God of Thunder.

The new trailer for Ant - Man and the Wasp shows plenty of shrinking and growing action, but it also hints at Marvel Studios» first superhero family.

Black Panther may be Coogler's first superhero movie, but in truth, the heroes at the center of his films, including Oscar Grant, have always felt bigger than their real - life counterparts, if only because of Coogler's willingness to lean into treating them like the heroes of a movie.

2018 is set to be a big year for Marvel, with Black Panther — Marvel's first superhero film with a black actor in the lead role — and the almost overwhelming star - studded Avengers: Infinity War on the docket.

My take: For quite a while now, there's been a cloud of uncertainty hanging over Fantastic Four, 20th Century Fox's reboot of its movie franchise based on Marvel Comics» first superhero team.

The first superhero film to star a woman since 2005's «Elektra,» will also be the first directed by a woman.

The first superhero blockbuster film of 2018 is gearing up for a huge box - office opening this weekend.

It was one of the first superhero games to literally enable you to leap over a building, and it encouraged exploration with a meta - game of orbs you could optionally collect throughout the world — the more you collect, the more powerful your character becomes, so you were probably grabbing all of them.

Ever since the first Fantastic Four franchise turned out to be not so fantastic, Marvel's been itching to give its first superheroes another shot.

Okorafor said she was buoyed by the global success of the summer box office hit «Wonder Woman» — the first superhero movie to star a woman since 2005 — with the character hailed as a new role model for girls and a break away from sexism in Hollywood.

Black Panther is the first superhero film with a black lead since Hancock in 2008 (and the first based on a comic since Catwoman in 2004), and that's certainly contributed to its success.

For years the brand has been preparing us for a farewell to some of its first superheroes and the rise of a future generation.

Yes, Darren Aronofsky will begin production on his first superhero movie this April, and HitFix got the title.

The first superhero of African descent in mainstream American comics, Black Panther debuted years before early black superheroes such as the Falcon (1969), John Stewart's Green Lantern (1971), Luke Cage (1972), and Blade (1973).

News broke last week that James Franco was set to star in his first superhero movie (since Sam Raimi's Spider - Man) as Jamie Madrox, aka...

The Aussie then nabbed the role of Jane in Warner Bros.» Tarzan remake, opposite Alexander Skarsgard, as well as her first superhero gig, playing Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad.

Michael Douglas will officially star in his first superhero film.

News broke last week that James Franco was set to star in his first superhero movie (since Sam Raimi's Spider - Man) as Jamie Madrox, aka Multiple Man, in a film of the same name.

Thanks to CW Seed, CW also has Freedom Fighters: The Ray, the first superhero series to feature a gay character as its protagonist.

Warner Bros. experienced massive critical and commercial success with its first superhero movie helmed by a woman, Wonder Woman, which was directed by Patty Jenkins.

In praise of the first superhero film where people forget to take their medicine and sometimes cars don't start.

LEGO Batman was the first Superhero LEGO Game.

This is director Taika Waititi's first superhero film.

Audiences got a sense of what an essential superhero movie looks like last year with DC's Wonder Woman, the first stand - alone, female - led superhero movie since 2005's far from electrifying Elektra, and the first superhero movie from a major studio made by a female director (Patty Jenkins).

This year, people are likely to do the same for Black Panther, the first superhero of color to carry a big budgeted film.

The movie itself, though, is a somewhat less - than - great send - off for the first superhero superstar.

Annette Bening has signed on for her first superhero movie, «Captain Marvel,» at Marvel Studios.

That's when the world sees the birth of Captain America, the world's first superhero.

They were the first superhero team created by writer - editor Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby.

Considering the fact that Black Panther is going to be one of the biggest movies of the year, and the first superhero movie to feature a Black lead, it seems highly unlikely that anyone will follow through with a boycott.

Black Panther debuted in Marvel Comics in 1966 as the first superhero of African descent in modern American comics.

Acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg is all set to helm his first superhero movie and it is going to be none other than DC's cinematic adaptation of the comic - book character Blackhawk.

And it's not just the first superhero movie with a predominantly black cast — it's the first with a black director, black writers, black costume and production designers, and a black executive producer.

This undoubtedly good news is tinged with a little sadness as The New Mutants, that can be called the first superhero - horror live - action film has been delayed quite a bit.

Black Panther is the first black superhero from Marvel and widely considered the first superhero of color.

It's been 15 years since Ben Affleck donned a crimson - colored leather jumpsuit and grimaced his way through his first superhero movie, Daredevil.

The Superverse Variety talks to superhero loving TV megaproducer Greg Berlanti (The Flash and Supergirl are big hits... but they aren't even his first superhero shows - remember that Incredibles / Fantastic4 ripoff called No Ordinary Family?)

I think it might be the first superhero movie that might be up for Best Picture.

Critics praised the film as a «nuanced celebration of pride and identity» and «the best sojourn of my life,» while ET's Angelique Jackson predicted that Black Panther could be the first superhero flick to earn a Best Picture Oscar nomination, writing, «For now, just be satisfied with the best the MCU has to offer.

Loganbroke through this year as the first superhero film to be recognized for a writing award (Best Adapted Screenplay), while Morrison made history as the first woman to be nominated for Best Cinematography.

A review of Wonder Woman, the first superhero blockbuster directed by a woman — Patty Jenkins.