Sentences with phrase «former superhero»

Michael Keaton plays a washed - up former superhero actor who seeks artistic redemption on Broadway.

Put out of work by Nixon's decree outlawing masked avengers, unless they work for the government, a group of former superheroes known as the Watchmen variously reconnect after the violent murder of their macho former member the Comedian AKA Edward Blake (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) whose demise implies a similar fate for the rest of the group.

When the Academy Award - winning living legend signed on to play the aging former superhero Hank Pym in Ant - Man, he only signed on for a single movie, leaving his involvement in the upcoming sequel a big question mark.

Ralph Fiennes» role as concierge Monsieur Gustave H. is up for the prize, along with Eddie Redmayne's portrayal of professor Stephen Hawking and Michael Keaton's former superhero alter ego Riggan Thomson.

Of course, it was more than looks that helped her get the part of the former superhero turned private - eye.

A former superhero whose career has been defined by that one role isn't far from Keaton's own story, making Birdman a film that explores «truth» in the very way its characters wish to in their play.

The plot of Zoom concerns a former superhero named Jack Shepard (Allen, The Shaggy Dog), aka «Captain Zoom», who has all but lost his powers of speed over the last three decades.

The Incredibles The responsibility of providing for his family isn't easy for a former superhero (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) that has been forced to take a job as cubicle worker.

Alejandro González Iñárittu's Birdman, his crazy comedy - fantasia about the former superhero movie actor trying for legit credibility on Broadway, picked up well - deserved awards for its lead actor Michael Keaton and for its screenplay by Iñárritu, and collaborators Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo.

The film sees ex-con Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) recruited by Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), the former superhero, albeit a superhero that the world never knew.

Birdman One of the best movies of 2014, this inventively filmed (no visible cutting — it seems like it's all one shot) show - business satire stars Michael Keaton as a former superhero film star, now in his 60s, who goes to Broadway in search of redemption and enters a maelstrom of tension and strife.

Keaton gives easily his best performance to date in Alejandro G. Inarritu's Birdman where he plays a former superhero actor trying to...

In this much - anticipated DC comics CW series, a former superhero returns to a normal life with his family, but during his time away, a local gang has gained power.

Meanwhile, a former superhero is killed in his apartment, eventually leading his motley group of colleagues to band together in an attempt to prevent the inevitable.

With main characters who are former superheroes trying to pursue justice in the turbulent 1960s, The American Way: Those Above and Those Below is a comic book series about revolutions old and new.

Premiering Nov. 20 on Netflix, «Jessica Jones» stars Krysten Ritter as the former superhero turned private detective.

In one of the more bizarre and self - referential productions ever, Gary Cole was featured in this animated spin - off of several shows as a former superhero who has retired to practice law.