Sentences with phrase «latest franchise film»

Fresh out of the gate, Marvel Studio's latest franchise film, Doctor Strange, has already carved out an enviable place for itself amidst the rank and file of other Marvel Cinematic Universe tentpoles like Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Not exact matches

But, Paramount's best bet for a blockbuster film in 2017 is likely the latest installment in the long - running and financially successful Transformers action franchise, which will hit theaters in June.

Spider - Man: Homecoming, the latest film starring the famous Marvel Comics character and the second reboot to the franchise, pulled in $ 50.5 million from 4,248 locations in its opening on Friday night.

It is very easy to see similarities with later sci - fi franchises whilst watching this film, the most obvious (to me) being Star Trek from the futuristic space attire to pretty much everything.

Like a well - oiled engine, the Fast fam is back at it again almost two years later with what is believed to be the last film of the franchise.

For Film Comment, Michael Sragow on the latest film in the Fast and the Furious franchise.

He is the latest new face to sign up for the next installment of the popular film franchise - Kurt Russell, Jason Statham and Nathalie Emmanuel have also landed roles in the forthcoming release.

Our studio had its first ever $ 1 billion worldwide grossing film in Michael Bay's hit «Transformers: Dark of the Moon;» we successfully re-launched our «Mission Impossible» franchise with Tom Cruise, JJ Abrams and Brad Bird; our latest installment in the «Paranormal Activity» franchise had another $ 100 million dollar success; our first original animated film «Rango,» from director Gore Verbinski, earned rave reviews and more than $ 100 million at the domestic box office; and we released global phenomenon «Super 8,» directed by JJ Abrams, who will now direct the newest «Star Trek» for 2013.

The film doesn't seem conceived with the same kind of global appeal as the Taken franchise, and a smash - and - grab release schedule — the US and UK creating an early March splash for a busy overseas weekend with most major territories a month later — reflects that.

In the tradition of other female adventure sidekicks of late (Keira Knightley in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Rachel Weisz in the Mummy franchise), she is feisty, independent and British.

This is the latest effort from Shawn Levy, best known as the director of the family - friendly, effects - laden «Night at the Museum» franchise, to prove that he can make a film that's smaller and more substantial.

That means he was 24 when he made Fruitvale Station, his first film with Michael B. Jordan (and his first film); 27 when he rebooted the Rocky franchise, of all things, with Creed; probably not yet 30 when he was handed Black Panther, the latest entry in the infinite Marvel universe.

Chapters of a long - running film franchise that exist in temporal limbo, like the one - generation - too - late prequels to the Star Wars series, often feel static and irrelevant.

Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell may be best known for kicking off the long - running (and phenomenally successful) Saw franchise, but the pair's latest film is arguably their first attempt at pure horror.

Fourteen years later, a literary and film franchise has grown from that first effort, spanning six text sequels and eight cinematic adaptations.

Barely 18 months later, and the franchise now seems like the sole ray of light on the Young Adult horizon, as adaptation after adaptation has subsequently tried and failed to spin its on - the - page popularity into a film franchise (a look at our 2012 rundown of the YA hopefuls is retrospectively sobering).

The film is the latest in a series of annual media events from Disney, which with «The Little Mermaid,» «Beauty and the Beast» and «Aladdin» reinvented its franchise of animated feature films.

Dread Central talked to director Gary Tunnicliffe about his latest Pinhead franchise sequel, where he revealed a brand new behind - the - scenes Hellraiser: Judgment photo from the set of the film.

«Black Panther» fever took over Los Angeles and beyond this weekend as the highly anticipated Disney film opened to the kind of fervor typically reserved for the latest offering in the «Star Wars» franchise.

Later this year the LEGO Ideas Tron Legacy (21314) set will be released offering the first LEGO toys from Disney's two - film Sci - fi franchise.

The studio has decided to give it the official title of The Divergent Series: Insurgent, not like the later titles in the Twilight franchise used the qualifier The Twilight Saga to precede the subtitle of the film.

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.

The character is getting his own standalone film later this year, and it is helmed by James Wan who is otherwise known for his horror films like The Conjuring franchise.

If you thought you could not take one more movie about Peter Parker, the latest reboot of the Spider - Man film franchise and the sixteenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will change your mind.

Overall, this latest addition to the King Arthur filmography is at best mildly enjoyable schlock with some cool moments scattered about here and there, and at worst an inconsistent take on a classic character with an unpromisingly shaky foundation on which to build a film franchise.

A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky are back with another edition of Film Club to discuss Tomb Raider, the latest adaptation of the popular video - game franchise.

LOS ANGELES November 29, 2016 — In support of the upcoming action / horror film UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS, the latest installment in the blockbuster UNDERWORLD franchise, Screen Gems has partnered with the wildly popular platform Snapchat to develop the first - ever sponsored interactive 3D Lens to reach their 150 + million daily users and allow the studio to communicate with Snapchatters in the most...

While Microsoft offer a free Forza Motorsport, Fast and the Furious tie - in, it will offer up a DLC pack for the film franchise's latest outing.

There's been an overwhelming sense of nostalgia at theaters this summer, with films like «Mad Max: Fury Road,» «Jurassic World» and «Terminator Genisys» all reviving decades - old franchises on the big screen, and «Vacation» continues that trend with the latest installment in the National Lampoon series that began with Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo and a rotating door of actors playing their two kids.

The popular film franchise, Hotel Transylvania will be making its video game debut later this Summer on PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.

Adapting a TV series to film is usually a recipe for disaster, and dropping a dated spy - fi franchise in late summer between the twin juggernauts of Mission: Impossible and James Bond is something akin to a box office suicide...

Although this gives Moretz a different type of dramatic arc (although one similar to the remake we'll see her in later this year), this also means the franchise's most interesting and kick - ass character is sidelined for nearly the entire film.

Illumination Entertainment released the trailer for the latest film in the animated franchise, which sees the return of Steve Carell as super villain Gru, Kristen Wiig as his wife Lucy and the adorable and wild Minions.

The latest movie in the «Paranormal» franchise follows a new family that moves into a house in Santa Rosa, California, in 2013 and there they discover a box of videotapes that include the demonization of Katie and Kristi as children, whose stories are told in previous films.

Almost all successful films spawn franchises, and so, two years later, we were given a sequel (from a new director — Renny Harlin), Die Hard 2 («Die Harder «-RRB-.

He described the latest film as «one of the great imaginative trips I've ever been on» and praised the franchise for inspiring young minds.

The latest film in the Star Wars franchise takes the viewer through a series of daring escapades with young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover).

That's right, the next installment in the Ocean's franchise will be the latest film to do the gender - swapping thing, with Bullock taking over as ring leader.

Universal Pictures has released the brand new trailer for Pitch Perfect 3, the new film in the highly successful franchise that releases in cinemas later this year.

The latest film from writer - director Leigh Whannell (Insidious and Saw franchises), centers on Grey Trace, a technophobe in a utopian near - future when computers control nearly everything a» from cars to crime - surveillance a» who is paralyzed in a freak mugging.

In the film, from the latest in the Rocky franchise, Jordan introduces newcomers and longtime Rocky Balboa fans to Adonis Creed, the son of Balboa's rival and eventual friend, Apollo.

That being said, the Godzilla franchise was never hard up on great acting (Can I point you to the Matthew Broderick latest) so it might fit right in there as a great B film.

Star Trek Beyond is the latest addition to the franchise and after the previous 2 films had set the bar so high, I was eagerly awaiting greatness.

The director, who has made his mark on films like Pearl Harbor and The Island, has hit a new low with his latest installment in the Hasbro franchise.

20th Century Fox haven't revealed an awful lot about the latest film in the long lasting Predator franchise as yet but the good news is that its September release date is fast approaching.

His moodier, more emotionally credible take on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban nearly single - handedly saved the entire film franchise from the excruciating tedium of Chris Columbus (to those who hate on the film but gush over the subsequent installments: is it not obvious how the later films ditched the static camera and homely reds and golds from Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets in favor of aping Cuarón's more haunting color palette and roving camera?).

As all good franchises come to a sad end, it seems, off late, the studios are increasingly unwilling to let them go very easily, dissecting one short book into 2 and 3 films — The Hobbit — The Deathly Hallows.

The 1980s are limited to two films from late in the decade that launched Warner's two biggest franchises of that era.

The Cloverfield Paradox is an unholy mess... The characters here never feel like they could exist in a world outside of this space station, all of them barking in tech - speak at each other, rarely acting in what could be classified as recognizably human behavior... As the film bumbles from one confusingly mounted scene to the next, disappointment turns to boredom... The Cloverfield franchise is rumored to grow even more later this year with a second world war - set thriller potentially unspooling in October.

Helms is pitch perfect here, with many great one - liners and displaying that same, spot - on comedic timing and delivery as Chase showcased in the «Vacation» franchise films (Chase and Beverly D'Angelo do make welcome, but brief appearances late in the movie.)