Sentences with phrase «game franchise movie»

Resident Evil might be the most successful video game franchise movie to hit the screens but I'd be lying if i didn't think one of the 8 - bit icons would eventually be the star of the silver screen and who knows maybe Mega Man can do it.

Not exact matches

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.
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.
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 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.
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
While a portion of Disney Interactive's video game adaptation will follow the events of the animated movie, its Toy Box mode will allow players to create their own adventures using the franchises iconic characters.
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?»
Based on the campy B - movie Army of Darkness, a particularly popular entry in the cult classic Evil Dead franchise, the video game incarnation is a castle defense game with some very light RPG elements.
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.
«We wanted to be in a situation where we're not making mainstream movies but movies that can respect the DNA of our game franchises.
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.
Namco Bandai launching 3DS installment in fighting game franchise for Valentine's Day; game to feature more than 40 characters, Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D movie.
Meanwhile, the movie franchise based on the original game series has been gearing toward a reboot for some time, having remained dormant since 2003's Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, which starred Angelina Jolie.
A movie based on PlayStation exclusive video - game franchise, Uncharted will release in theater worldwide on June 10th, 2016.
Is this a movie a faithful adaption that fans of the franchise will love, or is this yet another example of a bad video game movie.
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.
Now almost three years later EA is back at it again with the second game iteration of the popular movie franchise which hopes to continue the strong path that the original set forth for it.
However, for every cool piece of spy gear, the movie throws other ideas against the wall to see if they stick, like robotic guard dogs that are pulled out of the Wolfenstein video 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.
Seven years after the game's inception, Rovio, the franchise's Finland - based animation company, brings us «The Angry Birds Movie».
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.
Liam Hoofe takes a look at potential actors for the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid movie... Jordan Vogt - Roberts, director of Kong: Skull Island, confirmed this month that he is committed to making the «truest, most balls to the wall, Metal Gear version» of Metal Gear Solid, the popular game franchise which looks finally set to -LSB-...]
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.
Rebooted as a video game in 2013, it was only going to be a matter of time before Hollywood had another crack at turning Tomb Raider into a viable movie franchise.
LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 is a step back for the franchise, which is a shame given the excellent recent release of LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game.
It sounds like just another example of Hollywood cashing in on an established franchise, akin to the decision to make a movie based on the board game Battleship.
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?»
It doesn't seem as though one can blink before a new LEGO game or Marvel movie is announced, not that that's a bad thing of course, but following the success of the colliding franchises with LEGO Marvel Superheroes, it was only a matter of time before a sequel made it's way to shore.
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.
However, differentiating itself from Lucasfilm's beloved treasure - hunting franchise isn't the only thing that plagues the upcoming video game movie.
That would make sense, as this movie itself is a spin - off of the Cars franchise, which has had a few fairly well - regarded games of its own.
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.
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