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The first thirty to forty minutes of the film are delightful, with Rowling and returning franchise director David Yeats doing a terrific job crafting the world of the central characters.

Today, Potter fan - site The Leaky Cauldron confirms — via long - time franchise director David...

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It's that background and history that gives Espresso Americano the edge against other coffee franchises, and North America Director David Kubena says the company's knowledge will serve it well as it works to make greater inroads into the North American market.

Billy Hunter, executive director of the players» association, has expressed skepticism at commissioner David Stern's assertion that almost one third of the league's 29 franchises are losing money.

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But the second part also created another possibility — simply that director David Yates wanted to put all the boring and meandering moments of the book into the first film and then deliver a thrill ride giving the franchise the fitting finale it deserves.

Director David Yates, who is new to the Potter franchise, moves the story along briskly, at the expense of texture and nuance.

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 time.

Even fueled by Reynolds, whose likability is practically a super power, a new director in David Leitch («John Wick» and «Atomic Blonde»), charismatic new costars like Zazie Beetz («Atlanta») and Julian Dennison («Hunt for the Wilderpeople»), bigger stakes (and more money to execute them), «Deadpool 2,» suffers from the sequelitis that typically threatens gimmicky gambles turned tentpole franchises.

Director David Yates clearly has his sights set on franchise country again — since rounding off the POTTER cinematic saga he ruffled the BBC's feathers by putting a new Doctor Who film in development, with TARZAN perhaps forming another opening gambit until that can be finalized.

«Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix» (2007) Box Office Take: $ 940m 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 24 Director David Yates «first time wielding the wand for the «Harry Potter» franchise, and it felt like a lot of things clicked into place.

The only time the «Harry Potter» franchise stooped to splitting a book into two (and the book was itself not the longest of the series), while all other credentials are present and correct — David Yates is in his stride as the franchise's most reliable director; the actors are the best they'll be; the visuals are as dramatic as the themes — the installment is let down by ending in mid-air and having a whole inert section where the three kids play house in a forest.

With anticipation building for the April 15th release of Dimension Films» Scream 4 — the latest entry in the top - grossing slasher franchise after more than ten years of silence — B - D reporter Chris Eggertsen and a horde of other journalists crowded into a conference room at West Hollywood's Mondrian Hotel this week to engage in a Q&A session with director Wes Craven, returning cast members Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox Arquette, and David Arquette, and new additions Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, and Anthony Anderson, to discuss their involvement in the massively - hyped new sequel.

New director David Leitch sticks to the formula of raunchy humor and low blows to other superhero movies for a film that succeeds in feeling new and hilarious enough to keep this franchise going.

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:

They are writer / director Josh Boone's The New Mutants (4/13), writers Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and director David Leitch's Deadpool 2 (6/1) and Dark Phoenix (11/2), the first time the rumored sequel to the core franchise has been named.

I appreciate the fact that the director, David Yates, is bringing to the franchise more character development, but it slows the movie to crawl in many spots.

Opening July 6, 2018, director Peyton Reed's Ant - Man and the Wasp stars returning cast members Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne, Michael Peña as Luis, Judy Greer as Maggie, Bobby Cannavale as Paxton, Abby Ryder Fortson as Cassie, Tip «T.I.» Harris as Dave, David Dastmalchian as Kurt, and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, joined by franchise newcomers Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet van Dyne, Hannah John - Kamen as The Ghost, Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch, Randall Park as Jimmy Woo and Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Bill Foster.

KUNG FU PANDA 3 Director: Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Starring: Jack Black, J.K. Simmons, Bryan Cranston, Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong, Lucy Liu, Kate Hudson The adventures of Po and the Furious Five continue on this third chapter of the Dreamworks» franchise.

Few directors have exploited this premise as brilliantly as John Carpenter's «Halloween» in 1978, which is why fans of the franchise were thrilled last week when Carpenter announced via his Facebook page that writer - director David Gordon Green and actor - producer Danny McBride were collaborating on a new installment of the franchise.

Atomic Blonde dances on the razor's edge between these two franchises while borrowing a great deal from the likes of director David Leitch's previous film John Wick and the slower burning Cold War thrillers of the past.

David Yates (born 30 November 1963) is an English director of film and television, best known for directing the final four films in the Harry Potter franchise.

David Copperfield and director Jon M. Chu chat with Backstage about the real magic and camera wizardry that went into making the sequel to their hit franchise.

David Yates, director of (1/2) the Harry Potter franchise thought so.

Released: August 11 Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Miranda Otto Director: David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) Why It's Great: It's always nice when a sequel — or in this case a prequel — turns out to be some kind of an improvement over its franchise predecessor (it also happened last year with Ouija: Origin of Evil), and such is clearly the case with this quiet, creepy tale of a demented dollmaker, a creepy mansion, and a whole bunch of inquisitive little orphans.

Director David Yates (who took over the Harry Potter franchise after the fourth movie and steered it to completion) certainly knows a thing or two about how to make the most of a hero he meets in media res, but his Tarzan is a monumental bore.

First, Fantastic Beasts franchise director and Harry Potter veteran David Yates stood by the controversial casting of Johnny Depp.

Director David Leitch replaces Tim Miller, but there's been no noticeable change in tone or corrosion in the franchise's terrific special effects.

Director David Yates (returning to this franchise after helming the final four entries of Harry's adventures) approaches Scamander, his endeavor, and his cohorts with a light touch.

Lost in all the recent drama of changing directors («Deadpool» director Tim Miller has been replaced by «John Wick's» David Leitch) and possible differences of opinion on what the sequel's budget should be (star Ryan Reynolds is said to want it closer to «Deadpool's» $ 58 million, while rumors had Miller wanting $ 100 million - plus) is that «Deadpool 2» could be a bridge to a new X-Force movie franchise.

The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them franchise was recently revealed to be a series of five films instead of three, and now it looks as though director David Yates is on board for all of them.

Featuring an all - star cast including Academy Award Nominee Michael Fassbender (X-Men franchise, Steve Jobs), Katherine Waterston (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Billy Crudup (Jackie), Danny McBride (This Is The End) and Demián Bichir (The Hateful Eight), ALIEN: COVENANT is loaded with bonus material including a making - of documentary, deleted and extended scenes, commentary by director Ridley Scott, an inside look at «David's Lab,» crew fear tests, and much more.

Developing the series are the writers and directors of the movies, including David Leitch and Chad Stahelski (co-directors of John Wick; John Wick franchise screenwriter Derek Kolstad and Chris Collins.

What we are excited about: Harry Potter is one of the most successful movie franchises of all time, so it's no surprise that Warner Bros. would trust veteran Harry Potter director David Yates with another one of their summer tentpoles.

David Yates, who has spent the last few years toiling away on the «Harry Potter «franchise is being mentioned as a possible director with the film to be his his post «Deathly Hallows «project.

Director David O.Russell has apologised for controversially comparing Hollywood darling Jennifer Lawrence's Hunger Games franchise work as true slavery.

There's certainly been some criticism of the casting of Johnny Depp in the role of Grindelwald, one which we assume will continue throughout this franchise, but both Rowling and director David Yates have vehemently defended the choice to keep Depp in the role.

While they've also become a staple of Fox's X-Men franchise, those scenes have been scarce within the DC Extended Universe, so far limited only to director David Ayer's Suicide Squad.

Opening June 1, 2018, director David Leitch's Deadpool 2 features the return of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, T.J. Miller as Weasel, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Stefan Kapičić as the voice of Colossus, and Karan Soni as Dopinder, joined by franchise newcomers Zazie Beetz as Domino, Josh Brolin as Cable, Julian Dennison in an unknown role and Jack Kesy as a villain widely thought to be Black Tom Cassidy.

Chronicle writer / director Josh Trank's next film will again see the 27 year - old Californian again dealing with a group of super-powered individuals in Fantastic Four while 30 Days of Night and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse director David Slade loses his chance to revitalize the Daredevil franchise.

The game's director, Jack Mamais, has been in leading roles for game franchises like Crysis, Far Cry, MechWarrior 2, and Heavy Gear 2, while David Wessman, the Senior Producer (& Evangelist), worked as gameplay and story lead on the X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter series, as well as working on games like Blood Wake, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, and even Saints Row.

Despite being swamped along with the rest of Eat Sleep Play on work for the next Twisted Metal title, director David Jaffe has taken some time to answer some burning questions on the next installment of the franchise.

They are led by Creative Director David Sears who, for those of you outside of the SOCOM camp that may not know, was the creative director of both SOCOM 1 & 2; widely regarded as the best games in the frDirector David Sears who, for those of you outside of the SOCOM camp that may not know, was the creative director of both SOCOM 1 & 2; widely regarded as the best games in the frdirector of both SOCOM 1 & 2; widely regarded as the best games in the franchise.

The small tech demo provided by director and franchise creator David Jones back in 2014, showed off the potential of this tech, as he was able to completely level buildings and even shooting holes through walls.

«The METAL GEAR SOLID series created a unique stealth action genre within videogames, and subsequently became one of the most popular game franchises in the world,» said David Daniels, Director of Marketing for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. «By combining these titles into one bundle, we are giving fans of the series and newcomers alike an amazing value.»

Though the developer wouldn't go into detail on the franchise's most important component, game design director David Vonderhaar noted it was important for the team to strip the entire multiplayer down to the most important pieces, to ensure Black Ops 2 would have the «best gameplay system that you can have, period.»

David Georgeson, development director for the team's EverQuest franchise, confirmed as much...

David Georgeson, development director for the team's EverQuest franchise, confirmed as much to IGN while speaking about the recent acquisition of Oculus Rift headset makers Oculus VR by Facebook.

«Re / Max Premier is currently the fastest growing Re / Max franchise in the world and David's experience with ongoing talent development made this decision an easy one,» says Shirley Porter, managing director.