Sentences with phrase «game and movie franchises»

But if you name a few of your favorite game and movie franchises, and there's a good chance Virtuos is already busy at work on the next title in the series.

Not exact matches

Others have come close before (and Batman Arkham City is as close as it gets), but as one of the two or three best games of 2011, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception defines what an interactive movie gaming adventure truly is and solidifies its place as the best PS3 franchise ever produced.

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.

And it's sort of giving the game away when you know that some supposedly «dead» actors still have several movies in their contract, or that the sequels to their individual (and extremely popular and lucrative) franchises have already been announcAnd it's sort of giving the game away when you know that some supposedly «dead» actors still have several movies in their contract, or that the sequels to their individual (and extremely popular and lucrative) franchises have already been announcand extremely popular and lucrative) franchises have already been announcand lucrative) franchises have already been announced.

Mad Max the game isn't only a fantastic time, it's a great addition to the franchise, and one of the few games that completely destroys the expectations that a movie based game has to be bad.

The second movie in an evolving franchise lifts the plots from the three Indiana Jones pictures and recycles them into a two - hour, dumbed - down video game plot that will leave audience members asking «Why bother?»

Here are the studio's biggest movie and video game franchises that could be acquired.

The movie franchise and the video game franchise have really supported one another and have a symbiotic relationship, feeding off one another.

Screen Rant: Now I'm certainly hoping this movie does extremely well numbers, because I love video games and I love the franchise of Tomb Raider.

Video game movies are usually received poorly by critics and aren't exactly blockbusters when it comes to the box office but the success of the recent Tomb Raider movie shows that its possible to make a decent movie that's based on a video game franchise.

We are into the tail end of 2016's film journey and one of those films at the very end of the release calendar is the upcoming Assassin's Creed movie, which is based on the highly popular game franchise.

Inspired by the eponymous car - racing video - game franchise, «Need for Speed» is a visceral and evocative return to the great car - culture movies of the «60s and «70s.

It started as a game that charmed us by its B movie qualities and have exploded into a fully fledge franchise about killing aliens (bugs and robots) bigger than buildings.

Director Peter Berg has had to suffer comparisons to Michael Bay and that other movie franchise based on a Hasbro board game, but in this case, it's an accurate comparison.

Rockstar has a sizeable opportunity before them to further link three of their most popular franchises and have them build off one another, a bit like what the cinematic universes of large movie studios are doing, but in terms of video games.

NEW THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE Rovio Entertainment and Sony Pictures» feature adaptation of the hugely popular mobile game franchise took flight in 74 markets this weekend — which is 63 % of the offshore footprint.

Successful movie franchises featuring young covert operatives include: Agent Cody Banks I and its sequel Agent Cody Banks II: Destination London, and Spy Kids — Episode I, Episode II and Episode 3 - D: Game Over.

Universal and Legendary Pictures also has a giant live - action video game movie coming next year with Duncan Jones» Warcraft movie, which could end - up being the next Middle - Earth franchise if handled properly.

They've also announced dates for some forthcoming films like the sequels to Fifty Shades of Grey, and also shifted some films arriving over the next few years, such as the video game adaptation Warcraft from Duncan Jones, the sci - fi sequel Pacific Rim 2 from Guillermo del Toro and the first official movie that kicks off Universal's classic movie monsters franchise reboot, The Mummy.

I can't personally speak to the merits of the Cars franchise, movies or games, but from what I've gathered they're every bit as polished and fun as its Mushroom Kingdom rival.

The Lord of the Rings series has seen as many ups and downs as just about any successful movie franchise, when it comes to games.

On the surface, this sequel — scripted by the first film's Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, and directed by franchise newcomers Anthony and Joe Russo — takes a bold approach by playing that old spy - movie game «Who Do You Trust?»

Films adapted from video games have now been around long enough for the first major franchise reboot (Hitman and Street Fighter don't count), and while this new Tomb Raider movie has more honourable intentions than the shallow Angelina Jolie - starring films from 2001 and 2003, it too suffers from the inherent superficiality that tends to plague video - game adaptations.

The Tomb Raider video game franchise has seen new life since its gritty and realistic reboot from which the film draws its inspiration from, but the first Tomb Raider trailer - like many of our «first looks» at 2018 movies so far - and poster failed to impress.

Although the franchise was largely a financial success and the first movie is often considered one of the better examples of a video game - to - movie adaptation, the Resident Evil franchise attracted mostly negative reviews throughout its six - film run.

Over the last few movies, which I've seen but don't remember except as a confusion of several franchises identical in my mind, Tris and Four have apparently discovered they're pawns in a game — A GAME, I tell you — involving their gegame — A GAME, I tell you — involving their geGAME, I tell you — involving their genes.

Batman: Assault on Arkham is the first movie based on the popular Batman: Arkham Asylum video game franchise and tells the origin story of this bad guy team - up.

Others have become cogs in other franchises, like Alan Taylor (who went from Thor: The Dark World to the poorly received Terminator Genisys and is now back with Game of Thrones) or Joss Whedon (who made two Avengers movies and is now part of the DC Comics universe).

Tomb Raider (2018) is a reboot of the video game movie franchise that winds the clock back to when Lara was in her early 20s and taking college classes in London, making her living as a bike courier.

Part of the whole plan with Tron: Legacy was to launch a multi-platform new franchise which would span the movies, potential sequels, video games, animated television projects and maybe even a theme park attraction.

Depending on how you look at it, the original Rampage gaming property's lack of plot gives the movie version an advantage / disadvantage over past adaptations of video game franchises with denser mythologies (a la Warcraft and Assassin's Creed).

The Angry Birds movie will, as I'm sure most of the cast is now contractually obligated to put it, be «slingshotting» into theatres in July of 2016, and although I'm not convinced the game's billions of players are exactly clamoring for a big - screen addition to the franchise, I have to give Rovio credit — I would even watch the live - action Tetris movie if it landed a cast like this.

Of course, given the current form of cinematic video game adaptations, some would certainly argue that both Gore Verbinski and the Bioshock franchise dodged a bullet when the planned movie was cancelled.

It's hard to imagine a less exciting Lara Croft movie than what directors Simon West and Jan De Bont cooked up at the turn of the century, but «Tomb Raider» 2018 comes worryingly close — especially in its third act — distilling a routinely rousing video game franchise into its least essential cutscenes.

The whole thing looks and feels like an extended episode of some Starz series, and you almost get the sense that first - time feature film director Aleksander Bach is attempting to ape the Resident Evil movies, another franchise with bad writing, silly action and only the most tenuous connection to the video games that inspired it.

The games section comprises of three categories: Most Addictive Game, Best Franchise Game, and Best Game Based on a Movie.

Not only are they avoiding the quicksand that is the questionable movie tie - in, they're also looking to return to the franchise's roots, promising in Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands a game that plays more like The Sands of Time in terms of its controls, puzzles and powers.

«I'm really excited about bringing all these industries — games, movies, graphic novels — together and changing the way people perceive a franchise so it's not just a film or just a videogame, but a better integration of story and content.»

In the case of the Ni No Kuni franchise where it really began is, as a child I watched a lot of Ghibli movies growing up and fell in love with it instantly and I was thinking to myself, «How cool would it be if we could immerse ourselves in the world of a Ghibli project as a game?»

«The Force is strong here... The best - selling LEGO video game franchise returns with a journey full of action and humor based on the hit movie of Star Wars

«Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. jumped at the opportunity to team up with Columbia Pictures and publish the Battle: Los Angeles video game,» said Careen Yapp, Vice President of Acquisitions and Franchise Development Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. «We love the movie and it was a great experience working with Saber — there were some great ideas about how to expand the story into a game.

When you have a franchise as big as Halo that has spawned comic books, novels, clothing, toys, TV shows and mini movies, sountracks, huge cosplay following, mobile games, AAA games, Esports etc...

Ratchet and Clank is Insomniac's attempt at rebooting the beloved franchise on the new generation console while also being a tie - in to the movie that releases in Australia in July that is based on the original game that was released in 2002.

Next week is the last week of the franchise sales, ending with GTA for the games side and The Fast And the Furious on the movie siand The Fast And the Furious on the movie siAnd the Furious on the movie side.

I can't personally speak to the merits of the Cars franchise, movies or games, but from what I've gathered they're every bit as polished and fun as its Mushroom Kingdom rival.

Starting now through Monday, April 4, save up to 75 percent on select Metal Gear games and the Transformers movie franchise.

The first two games did well critically and commercially, but Dino Crisis 3 made the tactical error most horror movie franchises make when they run out of ideas; they went to space.

Fast forward to the present, and gamers all around the globe know the name by heart, and with sequels, movies, books and more, it's safe to say that pretty much everything had been touched by the franchise's cold, dead hands.

This week, PlayStation Store brings games and movies based on two best - selling book series — Tom Clancy and Harry Potter — to the Franchise Sale series.

why make a movie about Heavenly Sword and not continue the game / «franchise» forward with another game, especially when so many people loved the game?