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Most of all, how many big - ticket franchise movies with this much social media presence not only avoid overstaying their welcome, but also refrain from giving too much away to both savvy and unsuspecting viewers alike?

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Even with the potential for major flops, Hollywood's movie franchise model is here to stay, but history shows us that the studios that aim for critical success with their sequels tend to land more hits at the box office.

It's unclear what the an upcoming Mario movie would be about, but it's likely to be a blend of the surreal and comical — something the Mario franchise is known for, with its portly plumber battling turtle - like creatures in a so - called Mushroom Kingdom.

If you're not familiar with Alien Day, it refers to an annual promotion from Twentieth Century Fox that centers on the famed movie franchise Alien.

Disney and Marvel obviously know what they're doing with superhero movies — they've brought some of the biggest franchises to screen — however, at the same time, making every single film need to fit inside the already established franchise starts to limit the amount of creative license any one director can have on future characters as Marvel's Cinematic Universe only grows larger.

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With major studios pumping more and more money into superhero movies and tentpole franchises with sky - high budgets, any relatively low - cost opportunity to attract a millennial audience is worth explorWith major studios pumping more and more money into superhero movies and tentpole franchises with sky - high budgets, any relatively low - cost opportunity to attract a millennial audience is worth explorwith sky - high budgets, any relatively low - cost opportunity to attract a millennial audience is worth exploring.

The company has done well with several of its movie franchises, such as Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and Shrek, but it doesn't have anything that really compares to the Star Wars library or the Marvel franchise (although Shrek has pulled in about $ 3.5 billion since the original movie in 2001).

It was reported two weeks ago that Sony Pictures Entertainment will play ball with video game publisher / developer Ubisoft — appeasing what others have called unreasonable demands — in order to make a movie out of the company's massively successful, Montreal - developed franchise, Assassin's Creed.

Unlike the recent string of TV shows made into movies, like the «21 Jump Street» franchise, Peña said the intention with «CHiPs» is to be more serious in the hopes to make the audience care and be concerned about what the characters are going through.

Their dependence on licensing deals with movies — particularly at Hasbro, which owns «master rights» to Disney (dis) franchises like Star Wars — has become a double - edged lightsaber: When movies are down, so are toys.

One option is Disney, which has blockbuster movie franchises like «Frozen» and «Star Wars» under its belt that resonate with younger generations, he said.

With Disney pushing the annual release of Star Wars movies, Star Wars toys are likely to remain popular as the franchise has long been a hit with kids as well as fans of the originWith Disney pushing the annual release of Star Wars movies, Star Wars toys are likely to remain popular as the franchise has long been a hit with kids as well as fans of the originwith kids as well as fans of the originals.

In the past few years, Disney has been dominant, with movies like «Beauty and the Beast» and its «Star Wars» and «Marvel» franchises.

J.J. Abrams, the director of the new Star Wars films, has shown from the beginning of the project that he himself is a big fan of the franchise and that he values and respects the responsibility that goes with directing the movie.

That's the premise of the Jurassic Park movies, of course, but it's also a metaphor for what Comcast - owned (CMCSA) Universal Pictures just did with its dino - franchise.

With more and more anticipation growing for Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Adidas unveiled a new collab with the the larger - than - life movie franchWith more and more anticipation growing for Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Adidas unveiled a new collab with the the larger - than - life movie franchwith the the larger - than - life movie franchise.

The franchise has managed to do one thing better than almost any other animated movie: Weave in laughs written for adults with just as much frequency as the stuff meant for kids.

With Breaking Dawn, part 1, opening nation - wide this weekend, here is my list of the top five spiritual lessons from the first three movies in the Twilight franchise: Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse.

I feel like a movie with the budget of the Fifty Shades franchise could spring for fresh wee bags for everyone, no?

Yes, there are people out there that are freakishly obsessed with the Star Wars movie and everything connected to the franchise.

Vin Diesel, who co-stars with Johnson in the «Fast and Furious» franchise, came in third on men's list with $ 54.5 million, just ahead of comedy actor Adam Sandler, who made $ 50.5 million, largely because of a deal with Netflix that allows him to produce his own movies.

Acting for 22 years, Dominic has been fortunate enough to be involved with some of the biggest movie franchises and must see television shows including his recent Emmy nominated nature adventure show Wild Things.

Olivia is a fashion week front row staple and Jena has been wowing us with her red carpet looks ever since she was cast for a role in the hit movie franchise, «The Hunger Games».

Because at this point in the game I'm very angry with Warner Brothers for not being able to get one goddamned superhero movie right since the heady days of Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise.

After 10 years and eight movies, the massively successful franchise comes to a close with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2.

Then, as the movie began, I realized that a child with a cell phone represents what DreamWorks Animation, the producer of this most lucrative of franchise animated features, envisions its audience to be — tiny, pre-corporate techies who live far from the fairy - tale emotion of enchantment.

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.

This franchise is getting worse and worse with every movie.

Arguably the only true movie star that Hollywood has produced in the 21st century (he may not be able or willing to launch an original property, but his personal box office appeal is on par with many of today's major franchises), Johnson has proven that he's one of the most charismatic performers on the planet.

What then to expect of Shrek the Third, a movie perhaps even more transparently than most made primarily to sustain and bolster a lucrative tent - pole merchandising franchise — already set to continue at the end of this year with an ABC TV Christmas special, Shrek the Halls, and a fourth suggested movie sequel in the early planning stages?

Although Deadpool 2 repeats the first movie's jokes about the character being a scrappy castoff not good enough for Marvel's higher - profile franchises — at one point, Wade opens the wrong door in Charles Xavier's manor and finds the better - known characters staring back at him in confused irritation — this one has the budget and the clout to allow him to associate with a higher class of co-star.

That's not to knock the franchise; what the Fifty Shades movies lack in the mood and atmosphere that stir lustful feelings, they more than make up for with cheese and seemingly intentional shoddy filmmaking and writing that elicits hysterical laughs.

Like most big - ticket screen franchises, this one comes with some actual acting talent that gives the movie tang and legitimacy and may also help broaden its appeal along with its marketing and publicity opportunities.

If your 8 movies into this franchise and expecting a movie with great characters and a plot that makes sense than I don't know what to saw to you.

The big difference between the two is that even though Halloween III had nothing to do with the franchise who's moniker it carried, it was actually a very solid movie.

Unfortunately, this game screwed many things with the franchise itself yet if they're all taken to different media like a movie or another video game, they

Alicia Vikander reboots the Tomb Raider franchise with realism, but Lara Croft needs a better movie.

Could the apes» evolving linguistic ability in the rebooted sci - fi movie franchise provide Andy Serkis with another opportunity to become the first motion - capture Oscar nominee, asks Ben Child

Following years of denials that he would return to the franchise, Paul Greengrass has shaken up expectation by entering talks for a new Jason Bourne movie with Matt Damon, Deadline reports.

Recent collaborations have been limited to Wilson's cameos (mostly as a tiny cowboy) in Stiller's franchise movies, but with «Zoolander 2» on the way, it'll be good to see them sharing screen space again.

When most actors join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they sign a contract with their own blood, binding their soul to the franchise until they fulfill their number of movies or sacrifice That Which They Love The Most before the statue of Stan Lee hidden in crawlspace under the McGraw Hill Building in New York City.

«Skyfall» (2012) Box Office Take: $ 1,109 billion 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 9 Twenty - three movies in, James Bond finally hit the billion dollar club, with «Skyfall» nearly doubling the gross of previous franchise high «Casino Royale.»

The Predator franchise crossed over with the Alien franchise in a couple movies that was set in the city, but Predators in 2010 took the war back to the jungle, although this was on an alien planet.

With Smaug gone, the franchise shifts into a completely different movie as it is no longer about a quest, but rather about how a king's greed leads to war.

STX Entertainment has announced that it is set to capitalise on the success of the hit comedy Bad Moms by launching a franchise of feature film spinoffs, digital shorts, and a reality series, beginning with a Bad Dads movie, which has been set for a July 14th 2017 release.

David Ayer's fantasy blockbuster, which stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton as a human - orc cop duo, was met with mixed reviews from critics, but Netflix is confident in the movie's franchise potential, with Bloomberg reporting that a sequel had been given the green light before the film had even been released.

With the release of X-Men: Apocalypse, director Bryan Singer has taken his tally of X-Men movies up to four (or five, if you include his producing duties on X-Men: First Class), and it seems he's now ready for a break from the mutant superhero franchise.

X-Men: Apocalypse is officially confirmed to not only wrap up the trilogy that started with X-Men: First Class in 2011 and continued on in 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past, but also the entire franchise as we know it, under the guiding hand of producer Bryan Singer, who has directed four of the seven live - action movies.

But the Rocky series and Black Panther share common DNA in the form of director Ryan Coogler, who gave new life to the Rocky franchise with his movie Creed.