Sentences with phrase «franchise films like»

It's additionally great to peer that Amblin has some fashioned choices (or semi-original, on the subject of The Turning) at the horizon, to move in conjunction with upcoming franchise films like its Men in Black spinoff / reboot and Jurassic World 3 (which might be scheduled for 2019 and 2021).

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.

Not exact matches

Russell said he thought media reports had made potential negative consequences of AI seem like they were all but already happening and said references to the Terminator film franchise in descriptions of AI were misleading.

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.

The repeated pattern of expansions and recessions is like multiple sequels in a long - running movie franchise — each film shares a similar and familiar landscape but still manages to be different due to the specific causes and characters.

In truth, there are times when the film feels less like an addition to the franchise than it does a remake of the original movie.

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.

Series creator Chris Carter has even written a third entry in the franchise's film department and, based on what the ratings will be like, we'll probably see more X-Files in the future, whether in terms of more episodes or a big blockbuster of a movie.

Besides the fact that Franchise Pictures, the creators of this film, went bankrupt during its production, it looks like they didn't quite get a chance to finish it.

The Oscar - nominated actor revealed he doesn't want to turn the acclaimed film into a Rocky - like franchise.

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 film doesn't feel like the usual corporate franchise contact high but, rather, the work of a singular sensibility, that of director / co-writer Ryan Coogler.

Perhaps its unexpected box office success can be attributed in part to the popular reaction against an entertainment industry whose laser - like concentration is on big - budget franchise and sequel films.

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.

To be fair, the game IS an excellent attempt at a polished addition to a now tiresome franchise, if you loved the Ridley Scott and James Camerons heralded Alien films, and like me, consider Predator as a must - have classic in the DVD collection, you won't put down the controller.

Indeed, the non-Marvel films in these franchises that have done best more recently are the ones that stood out from the crowd, like Wonder Woman (which rejected the dark tone of other DC movies), Logan (which felt like a grown - up standalone film), and Deadpool (which loudly razzed the idea of being linked to X-Men movies).

Like the previous films in the franchise, it positions the military as the good guys who know what's best while the government characters are all bureaucrats who stand in the way of what needs to be done.

I like how they have engineered the plot from part three and the franchise as a whole into a bigger picture, all these films are prequels and the finale here does tie that up nicely.

Like a well - oiled engine, the Fast fam is back at it again almost two years later with what is believed to be the last film of the franchise.

Deadline reports that the Jungle Cruise movie will be an Indiana Jones - like action - adventure, and Collet - Serra was very much interested in getting his hands on a film of its nature, a potential franchise that he will be able to mould around an A-list Hollywood star like Johnson.

This Halloween, the seasonal offerings include some big - ticket gift sets, like «Chucky: The Complete Collection,» an anthology of all six films in the «Child's Play» series (Universal; Blu - ray, $ 84.98; DVD, $ 59.88; not rated), and «Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection,» which offers Blu - ray editions of 12 films in that slasher franchise, from the original 1980 «Friday the 13th» directed by Sean S. Cunningham to its 2009 remake - reboot directed by Marcus Nispel — in effect, closing the circle (Warner Home Video; $ 129.95; R).

While I have seen all of the X-Men films and liked several of them, I would not go so far as to call myself a fan of the franchise.

The Insidious franchise — like most horror series — began missing a step about two films in.

2016's surprise sort - of - sequel 10 Cloverfield Lane provided our first look at the anthology - like nature of this loose franchise umbrella, and while we wait to see a trailer for God Particle (now possibly titled Cloverfield Station) and learn when and how we're actually going to see that movie, we have confirmation that Cloverfield 4 not only exists, but that it's already completed filming.

Directed by Chris Sanders (the filmmaker behind «How to Train Your Dragon» and the illustrator who created «Lilo & Stitch «-RRB- and Kirk DeMicco (writer of «Space Chimps» and the upcoming «Hong Kong Phooey» adaptation), one can only assume that if the film takes off like they hope, franchise is in the cards (and when isn't it for the lucrative field of animation?).

You saw it in 2004 when it was called «The Bourne Supremacy,» and you saw it in 2007 when it was called «The Bourne Ultimatum»... This fifth «Bourne «film (and fourth Matt Damon entry) plays like a greatest hits album of a popular franchise, with an emphasis on the two sequels that Greengrass himself directed.»

During a Q&A event, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter creator and screenwriter for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (looking at me writing like you don't know who J.K. Rowling is), revealed that the new FBaWtFT franchise will not be one, two, or three films but a grand total of FIVE Ffilms but a grand total of FIVE FILMSFILMS.

But now that that iteration of the franchise has ended, it looks like he's swinging back to indie films.

director Mike Mendez — that, while it has a charming sense of humor about itself, leans too heavily on CGI blood; The Girl With All The Gifts (B), a well - shot British zombie film that attempts to inject new life into a tired genre, and almost succeeds thanks to young star Sennia Nanua; and the disappointing Phantasm: Ravager (C --RRB-, a low - budget labor of love which, while it plays like a Phantasm fan film, ultimately undercuts the emotional closure it attempts to bring to the franchise by failing to resolve the central conflict between good and evil.

Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy fun action films like The Mummy franchise starring Brendan Fraser, but the humor in those movies felt more natural and organic.

I'm all for something a little meatier like Sinister, who could become the big franchise antagonist to replace Magneto possibly spanning multiple films.

The film feels a lot like Liman had hoped to start another franchise, but as a consequence the resolutions are lightweight and unconvincing.

At least the movie gets a solid performance out of Asano, a well - known face in American and Japanese cinema for his work in films like the Thor franchise and Ichi the Killer.

In this series of interviews, the actors - alongside director Rian Johnson - open up about their roles in this fantastic franchise, the extraordinary sets and scenaries they were placed in during filming, and just what it's like to be part of such a well - loved world.

Woody Harrelson barely makes an appearance and still seems like the most underutilized star in the franchise (although Stanley Tucci gets nothing more than a cameo appearance), while Donald Sutherland is the film's greatest benefit, hitting that perfect note of high drama and total commitment to the character — they were lucky to cast him in the role.

This felt like a conclusion to the series, I can't see another film coming to this franchise without ruining a lot of the good work here.

The 13th film in the franchise will make you feel «like you're back in your rec room, circa 1967, drinking Tang and waiting for the Tribbles» one reviewer says

Even better, especially for fans of gore - fueled films like 300, Troy introduces blood to the decade - old franchise.

Just like its tireless star, the fifth installment of the 19 - year - old Mission: Impossible film franchise is sprier, tighter, and more energetic than its age might suggest.

Chapters of a long - running film franchise that exist in temporal limbo, like the one - generation - too - late prequels to the Star Wars series, often feel static and irrelevant.

It falls short of the original film, but clearly improves upon its immediate predecessor and ends on a strong note to restore luster to a franchise that previously felt like it should be just a single film.

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.

It's clear she has the physicality for it, and given she is a woman playing in a genre thats dominated by men, it's hard not to measure her against the likes of Linda Hamilton (the Terminator films), Sigourney Weaver (the Alien franchise), Charlize Theron as Furiosa from Mad Max Fury Road, and several others.

Fans of the franchise will notice they use a completely different house that looks nothing like the Myers house used in previous films.

Previously seen paparazzi photos have shown Xavier looking a bit rough, but Stewart's comments make it sound like Xavier's attitude might have drastically changed from previous films in the franchise.

Much like The LEGO Movie leveraged LEGO's partnerships with established fictional universes to create a juggernaut of animated film, LEGO Dimensions will make use of franchises like Batman, Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, and even Back to the Future -LRB-!!)

He directed the funniest film in the Marvel franchise, Iron Man 3, and the criminally underrated crime comedy The Nice Guys, so a big - budget R - rated sci - fi horror like The Predator doesn't scream «next career step», but here we are.

Apparently, just like one of the other summer tent pole franchise films, Transformers, Pirates apparently has run out of decent stories to tell.

The film feels very much like a low - budget version of another big screen Star Wars - tinged film based on existing franchises, Flash Gordon, with its cheesy sets and costumes, and juvenile presentation.