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But even amid those installments of rusty franchises comes some films that may just be weird enough to last beyond the January wasteland.

Not exact matches

Starring Mark Wahlberg, Transformers: The Last Knight is the first film from the franchise since 2014's Transformers: Age of Extinction made $ 1.1 billion worldwide (with nearly 78 % of it coming overseas).

The strong start for «Minions» comes despite some ho - hum reviews for the film, which is the third tied to the Despicable Me franchise.

While AI may not necessarily be as nefarious as the intelligent computer system Skynet from the popular Terminator film franchise, the use and potential of AI has come a long way and opened a multitude of possibilities.

The special effects are decent, but not remarkable, and the seeds are very clearly planted for an entire Wolverine franchise of films to come.

But Mr. Rodriguez seems to be coming from the angle of those directors nostalgic for some film that influenced their vision and, lacking the respect to leave it alone, are determined to add their name to the franchise largely out of some notion of self - importance.

There are the occasionally good Nightmare on Elm Street films, but nothing of worth has ever come out of the Friday the 13ths, which continues into the long awaited (and dreaded) merge of the two franchises.

But with Foley's follow up, FIFTY SHADES FREED, the film franchise's uniqueness really comes (pun intended) into its own.

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.

The onslaught of its suspenseful premise and the even sometimes disturbing sequences launches what looks to be a series of of open - ended encounter franchise films to come.

From Marvel Studios stalwarts Anthony Russo and Joe Russo comes Avengers: Infinity War, the third installment in the Avengers franchise and 19th Marvel Studios film to date.

There's something oddly charming about the film's dogged, goofy attempt to earnestly write the rules of a franchise that will clearly be haunting cinemas, or sleepovers, for years to come.

And the studio was unable to launch a new superhero franchise in Green Lantern; though the film grossed nearly $ 220 million worldwide, that didn't come close to making it profitable.

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.

Since word came on Tuesday that Warner Bros. is developing a reboot of The Wachowski's groundbreaking 1999 film The Matrix, it got many people talking about how The Matrix should never be rebooted, or how now is the perfect time for a reboot of the franchise.

While we're no stranger to the idea of shock deaths in movies and TV series — our favorite characters being killed off gives fans something to talk about — the sheer scale of what happens at the end of Infinity War, and the Russo brothers decision to leave the ball in Thanos» court, is unprecedented when it comes to a film franchise of this scale.

In the midst of all the franchises coming from studios today, there's one unlikely collection of films that has just as loyal and rabid a fanbase as any comic book, young adult or fantasy series.

Women have come a long way in Marvel films, from the early days of Kirsten Dunst «s distressed starlet Mary Jane in «Spider - Man» to Gwyneth Paltrow «s Stark Industries CEO Pepper Potts in the «Iron Man» franchise.

The announcement arrives this morning with the first details about the plot of the film, directed by D.J. Caruso: The third film in the franchise finds Cage coming out of a self - imposed exile, and on a collision course with «deadly alpha warrior» Xiang and his team in a race to recover a seemingly unstoppable weapon called Pandora's Box.

I got the feeling that the film was just to introduce you to the characters ready for the main franchise sure to be coming.

He and his wife, Dr. Kristin Thompson (who has a book coming out called «Frodo, Fantasy and Franchises: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood»), are also the authors of the two most popular film textbooks, «Film Art» and «Film History.»

Even though the cast from both franchises have come together in a single film, Days of Future Past primarily focuses on the First Class cast during 1973.

Given that one aspect of our jobs here at The A.V. Club is to watch pretty much everything that comes out around major film franchises and figure out, «Is this any good?»

Oh, and I almost forgot Fangoria writer Michael Gringold's loving 40 - page commemorative book that also comes with this set, featuring an efficient history of the franchise and dozens of incredible, rare behind the scenes images, many of which can also be viewed within the still galleries included on the various discs for each film.

Can movies that don't come as part of a recognizable franchise or ongoing story find audiences during the high - pressure summer film season?

Inspired by the popular Disney parks ride of the same name, the blockbuster «Pirates of the Caribbean» film franchise came full circle Wednesday as star Johnny Depp surprised Disneyland visitors with an appearance by Captain Jack Sparrow.

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.

This week on streaming video, we've got Bryan Singer's return to the X-Men franchise, an underseen animated film, an indie comedy, an acclaimed coming - of - age film from Sweden, and a retro space drama currently in theaters.

Not that I am really surprised — all great Superhero films come in threes — Marvel announced today the two writers that will be bring Mjolnir back to the big screen in the third installment of the Thor franchise!

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.

When it comes to most major movie franchises (especially within the sci - fi and action genre), there's always an argument after the film's release about who the break - out star of the film may be.

The Saw franchise is coming back to theaters this Halloween with the eighth film, titled simply Jigsaw after the iconic mastermind killer, and after a poster debut last week, the first official trailer has arrived online today.

As far as the CGI work, it's something we have come to expect from this franchise, but the work is seamless in this film, as well; and with apocalyptic conflicts going on — with half of the city of Chicago destroyed — the graphics department acquitted themselves nicely.

While the franchise is only two films deep, it is clear that one doesn't come to the Kingsman franchise to get realism.

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:

And so came «Alien» in 1979, a film that broke new ground in visual effects, established a hugely successful franchise and cult following, made Sigourney Weaver a star and put Scott on the map.

The very first film won six Oscars, but none of the others have come close to that haul — despite the franchise's renaissance starting with 2015's The Force Awakens.

Nor have I seen any of the franchise films that came after that.

Based on the 12th novel in James Patterson's long - running series, the studio is clearly hoping that «Alex Cross» can reboot the film franchise that stalled out after 2001's «Along Came a Spider,» but surely there was a better option to play Cross than a man whose biggest claim to fame is dressing up like a fat black woman.

Now it appears Weasel will not be part of the X-Force film, and with Reynolds recently stating he's not sure if there will be a Deadpool 3, Miller's time with the franchise may have come to an end.

This shouldn't come as a shock given he has been in ever other film in the franchise.

Katniss Everdeen may have come out on top of the weekend box office with an estimated $ 101 million in domestic ticket sales, but the new «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2» fell short of industry expectations and, unlike the «Twilight» and «Harry Potter» young - adult juggernauts, her «Hunger Games» finale fell far short of other films in the franchise.

Yes, there are some popcorn movies coming out between now and December — a new Hunger Games entry, a long - awaited Dumb and Dumber sequel, the final chapter of Peter Jackson's Hobbit franchise — but for the most part, the fall is when studios trot out their somber and serious films.

By Hanako M. Ricks HollywoodNews.com: Not too long after famed director Martin Scorsese stated he'd be interested in working with Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint, comes word that his latest film, Hugo Cabret, has some well - known actors who also have ties to the wizarding franchise.

With his time as an iron - clad Avenger possibly coming to an end, Robert Downey Jr. is getting ready to hop into a very different kind of film franchise.

Robert Pattinson is clearly relishing putting the Twilight franchise ever further in his career's rear - view mirror, but even when you think his Jerome is just about the only vaguely moral person in this film's twisted universe there comes a twist which throws you completely off, as the script essentially points out that Hollywood is a corrupt and corrupting place where no real human values apply.

Following the release of «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,» we try to figure out what's coming next in this five - film franchise.

This is the film that put the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise on the map when it came to special effects (though The Dream Master may take the cake when it comes to that subject).

After four highly profitable films, the Twilight franchise comes to an end with its fifth entry, Breaking Dawn — Part 2.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi may or may not be the best film in the franchise, but what writer - director Rian Johnson has accomplished in the eighth installment of the Skywalker family saga gives hope to the recent announcement of a planned trilogy to come.