Sentences with phrase «franchise star turns»

The Hangover franchise star turns 45 today.

Not exact matches

Even the folks at Lucasfilm, creator of the Star Wars franchise, had their doubts, and turned Eckstein down the first time she came asking for a license to the brand.

After critical success during the first 15 years of his career, Scorsese found the industry pivoting as tent - pole franchises like Indiana Jones and Star Wars set box - office records and turned Steven Spielberg and George Lucas into household names.

Yes, they're in the middle of a disappointing season that only recently turned into a mushroom cloud, but there's Evan Longoria, who has defined the franchise for a decade, during the ups and downs, and there he goes, representing the team in the All - Star Game.

The fifth film in the videogame - turned - movie franchise returns director Paul W.S. Anderson and star Milla Jovovich.

«Queen of Jordan» (Season 5, Episode 17) A pitch - perfect parody of the «Real Housewives» franchise and its ilk, «Queen of Jordan» features a star turn by Sherri Shepherd and a breakout performance by Titus Burgess.

After a brief detour into trans - dimensional platforming with Wii's Super Paper Mario, which eschewed many of the role - playing trappings associated with the franchise for a more streamlined design, Sticker Star embraces its RPG heritage, placing a renewed emphasis on item management and turn - based combat.

The child actor - turned genre star spoke out loudly against director Michael Bay after the release of ht critical flop Transformers: The Dark of the Moon, criticizing the helmer for his style - over-substance and overall take on the franchise.

X-Men franchise star Hugh Jackman turned down the chance to play James Bond early on in his career.

Starring Tom Hardy as the titular villain - turned - anti-hero, Venom is a spin - off of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's own Spider - Man franchise after Disney won over the cinematic right of New York's favorite web - slinger.

However, star - making turns from both Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston as the feuding brothers, Thor and Loki, helped build the foundations of the MCU as we know it today and it's hard to imagine the franchise without them.

The Last Jedi: Rian Johnson cleverly turned the usual Star Wars tropes on their head and although many fans decried the straying away from the previous films, the truth is that franchise needed reinvention.

Johnson resists fan service at nearly every turn, crafting the most surprising, most exciting film in the entire Star Wars franchise.

Best Bear Attack: The Revenant Best Mosasaur Attack: Jurassic World Best Blind, Flamethrowing Guitar Player: Mad Max: Fury Road The Winklevi Award for Excellence in Playing Twins: Tom Hardy, Legend Worst Romantic Chemistry: Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Secret in their Eyes)(Honorable Mentions: Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending; Chris Hemsworth and Tang Wei, Blackhat) Best Fake Soap Opera: Joy Best Fake Magazine: Trainwreck («S'Nuff») The Gay Panic Award: Get Hard (Runner - up: The D Train) Best Alec Guinness Impression: Max von Sydow, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Liam Neeson Impression: Sean Penn, The Gunman Best Turn - of - the - Century Reference to The Atlantic: Crimson Peak The Unbroken Award for a Portrait of Endurance that Gradually Becomes an Exercise in Endurance: The Revenant Best Use of «Smells Like Teen Spirit»: Pan Best Use of «Freebird»: Kingsman: The Secret Service Best Use of «Girls Just Want To Have Fun»: Anomalisa Least Convincing Hacker: Chris Hemsworth, Blackhat Least Responsible First Responder: Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas Person You'd Least Want in Charge of National Intelligence: Andrew Scott (Sherlock's Moriarty), Spectre Most Comprehensive Annihilation of an Intended Franchise: Josh Trank, Fantastic Four Best Driver: Ben Kingsley, Learning to Drive (Runner - up: Robert DeNiro, The Intern) Worst Total Box Office: Confession of a Child of the Century, $ 74 (Runner - up: Paranoid Girls, $ 78) Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Human Category): Love Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Puppet Category): Anomalisa Best Performance Playing a Character Named «Toussaint»: Jimmy Jean - Louis, Joy (Runner - up: Fabrice Adde, The Revenant) The «Marry Me and I'll Buy You a Piano» Award: Far from the Madding Crowd The «That Was Beautiful; What Happened?»

Those who like Abrams» Star Trek do not suddenly develop a love for the franchise's 43 preceding years of entertainment any more than enjoying The Avengers turns someone into a classic Marvel comic book collector.

Set during one long and eventful day, «Top Five» stars Rock - who also wrote and directed the film - as Andre Allen, a former standup comic turned franchise movie star.

Taking a step back, the Academy's preferences and public interest has been diverging since the 1970s as audiences turn their attention more and more to blockbusters and franchises, while the star - driven adult - skewing drama remains a favorite of the awards ceremony.

Ramirez has the movie star charisma and devil - may - care glint in his eyes to pull off Duran's bravado (it's amazing he hasn't been tapped for a superhero franchise yet), while De Niro delivers a refreshingly subtle turn as the wise and kind father figure that Duran never had.

Like the Resident Evil movies, which Anderson directed and Jovovich starred in, the hope is to turn the Monster Hunter flick into a movie franchise.

After making his return to the xXx franchise earlier this year with the third instalment, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, THR is reporting that Vin Diesel will be reprising the role of the extreme sports star turned secret agent once again for xXx4.

The action film, directed by Jeremy Rush, will star Frank Grillo, who has long been in the waiting wings for a lead role on the big screen after his strong central turn in MMA drama Kingdom (exclusively on - demand through Virgin in the UK) and scene - stealing performances in the Captain America franchise.

Now playing is DreamWorks» take on the Fast & Furious franchise as the video game adaptation Need for Speed, made by stuntman - turned - director Scott Waugh (of Act of Valor), starring Aaron Paul from «Breaking Bad» and Dominic Cooper from The Devil's Double and Captain America.

The football player turned wrestler turned actor replaced Brendan Fraser as the star of the Journey to the Center of Earth franchises.

Sleek and sexy enough to also earn a star turn in the Fast and Furious franchise (albeit covered in stickers), the Eclipse GSX produced 210 horsepower and 214 lb - ft of torque from its 2.0 - liter turbo four.

Add to that the blogs, Facebook posts, and Twitter rants from fans who are outraged that the studly star of the hottest movie franchise of the decade is dating this Sheridan «cow,» and Grace is ready to turn her back on the dream she worked so hard to achieve.

The star of the franchise, Master Chief, is gone from ODST, but surprisingly that doesn't turn out to be a terrible thing.

I don't shy away from the fact that I enjoy action roleplaying games like Ys, Star Ocean, and the Tales of franchise more than I do turn - based roleplaying games like a lot of old school JRPG's and The Legend of Heroes series.

The wrestler - turned - actor is negotiations to star in Duke Nukem, a big - screen adaptation of the popular video game franchise featuring the politically incorrect action hero that is set up at Paramount.

Nintendo's iconic Mario franchise is a testament to just how much games have evolved over the past 4 decades and their potential to adapt to just about any genre imaginable; the plumber stars in just about everything, including side - scrolling platformers, turn - based RPGs, 3D adventures, sports competitions, fighting games, and even a handful of learning and child - development titles.

In the case of «Destiny 2» and «Star Wars Battlefront 2,» two beloved franchises held back by microtransactions, there is still ample opportunity for Bungie and EA, respectively, to turn things around with a simple software update.

Expectations are high for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and it appears Disney and Lucasfilm are happy with the way the film turned out: today, Disney announced that its director, Rian Johnson, will be launching an entirely new trilogy in the Star Wars franchise.