Sentences with phrase «for film franchises»

However, «reboot» is more commonly used for film franchises, while «remake» is more often used for stand - alone movies.

While Microsoft offer a free Forza Motorsport, Fast and the Furious tie - in, it will offer up a DLC pack for the film franchise's latest outing.

Chris Hemsworth is back as the hammer - wielding hero in the teaser for the film franchise's third instalment, directed by Taika Waititi

The refocused Resident Evil 7 could be the inspiration for the film franchise reboot.

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.

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.

The film, which will be released on Dec. 15 of this year, will pick up after the action of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise's huge 2015 release that shattered box office records and marked the space opera's return to theaters for the first time in a decade.

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.

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.

According to Hamill, Carrie Fisher, who played his on - screen sister in the franchise, had no problem signing on for more «Star Wars» films.

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.

But, Paramount's best bet for a blockbuster film in 2017 is likely the latest installment in the long - running and financially successful Transformers action franchise, which will hit theaters in June.

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 world - renowned OG of 007 timepieces, a «Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner» graced Sean Connery's bushy, Richard Keys - ian wrist for the franchise's first four films.

The strong start for «Minions» comes despite some ho - hum reviews for the film, which is the third tied to the Despicable Me franchise.

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.

$ 147 million is not only the biggest opening weekend for the «Fast and Furious» franchise, but it's also now the highest - grossing debut for an April film, topping 2014's «Captain America: The Winter Soldier» ($ 95 million).

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.

Logsdon points out that the slate of films lined up for 2015's summer season is impressive, with a sequel to the wildly - popular Avengers franchise expected along with reboots to the Mission Impossible, Terminator, and Jurassic Park franchises.

An officer is heard on the video telling the actress, also known for the Divergent film franchise, that she is being arrested for trespassing.

When the ninth film in the franchise was delayed, Gibson called out Johnson for being the cause of the pushback.

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.

The most recent film in the Fast and the Furious franchise, for example, grossed $ 1.2 billion worldwide, making it the second - highest grossing film of the year.

Pure Flix, the angelic film studio behind the God's Not Dead franchise, has never really been for the film critics.

There's been virtually no hint of sex in any of Marvel's recent blockbusters or the Harry Potter franchise, and those films have set the bar for what's going to make money in today's market.

Along with a handful of possession - themed TV shows (The Exorcist, Preacher, Outcast), audiences are continuing to turn out in droves for films like The Conjuring franchise.

«I'm living in the present; focused on the now, being the best Josh Freeman I can be for this franchise; from a day - to - day standpoint, meeting with the coaches, watching extra film, working out, and being there for my teammates.»

I think Shyamalan should hire an action director for his scenes in the next film of this franchise.

The special effects are decent, but not remarkable, and the seeds are very clearly planted for an entire Wolverine franchise of films to come.

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.

That statement is less of a spoiler than it seems, but is suitably Byzantine for the twists and turns of the final installment of the stupendously popular film franchise based on the even more adored book series by J.K. Rowling.

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.

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.

But Mr. Rodriguez seems to be coming from the angle of those directors nostalgic for some film that influenced their vision and, lacking the respect to leave it alone, are determined to add their name to the franchise largely out of some notion of self - importance.

It fascinates me that the tendency of Hollywood is to use the locked - in audience of a franchise like cattle to a slaughter, spiting patrons with no more than they'll merely settle for because studio executives know they'll see the film anyway.

For a film with a $ 150 million budget to look like television is unconscionable and it seems absurd that no one was able to convince Jackson not to adopt the format, or at least not to try it out on a franchise with so much riding on it.

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.

Just on a technical level, the film represents such a big jump forward for Saulnier that you should expect the studios to immediately start arguing over which giant soulless franchise should occupy his time in the near - future.

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.

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..

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.

Ironically for a film about pushing the boundaries of sexual pleasure, there has always been the sense that the Fifty Shades franchise has played it too safe.

There's something oddly charming about the film's dogged, goofy attempt to earnestly write the rules of a franchise that will clearly be haunting cinemas, or sleepovers, for years to come.

Clearly one of cinema's classics, «The Empire Strikes Back» sets a standard for second - part folk films that numerous other franchises would attempt to recreate.

Is a perfect ok film for the fans and bronys of the franchise

After following the franchise from the beginning, falling for Edward instantly, and generally enjoying the books a great deal more than the films.

Predators, the new sequel to the sci - fi franchise started in 1987, has one of those whiz - bang openings that lets you know right away what kind of film you're in for.

It was a bold move that didn't work out so well for the Indiana Jones franchise, but here it was one of the most interesting things about this film.

While Verbinski would make a name for himself as one of driving forces behind the titanic Pirates franchise, we can be happy that he took the time in between those films to give us such a tender, insightful, and sadly overlooked film.