With more and more anticipation growing for Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Adidas unveiled a new collab with the the larger - than -
life movie franchise.
Not exact matches
The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a
live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new
movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean
franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).
The
movie leaves that quest open for a
franchise of never ending sequels as Dr. Shaw and David move on to find the deeper origins of the importance of an individual human
life.
Then, as the
movie began, I realized that a child with a cell phone represents what DreamWorks Animation, the producer of this most lucrative of
franchise animated features, envisions its audience to be — tiny, pre-corporate techies who
live far from the fairy - tale emotion of enchantment.
Paramount's grumpy - green - ogre
franchise is the epitome of the hand - hold
movie: family flicks that serve up action, tomfoolery and
life - lessons for the kids, nonstop pop - culture in - jokes for the adults, and fart jokes for the whole family.
It's not nearly as big a leap as Batman Begins to The Dark Knight (and I think this
franchise's shelf
life seems pretty much over at only two
movies), but it somewhat redeems the original's final gag and refines that «The Roger Moore Bond Movies we Never Got» mission statement of the original to as fine a sheen as I think i
movies), but it somewhat redeems the original's final gag and refines that «The Roger Moore Bond
Movies we Never Got» mission statement of the original to as fine a sheen as I think i
Movies we Never Got» mission statement of the original to as fine a sheen as I think it can.
X-Men: Apocalypse is officially confirmed to not only wrap up the trilogy that started with X-Men: First Class in 2011 and continued on in 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past, but also the entire
franchise as we know it, under the guiding hand of producer Bryan Singer, who has directed four of the seven
live - action
movies.
But the Rocky series and Black Panther share common DNA in the form of director Ryan Coogler, who gave new
life to the Rocky
franchise with his
movie Creed.
The Herbie films make up the largest
live action Disney
franchise, with a total of four theatrical films, one television
movie, and a short
lived TV series.
Again, this is an element that can work in a kid's
movie if it's done properly, like in the early days of the Shrek
franchise; but when your ending gag is a tiger ziplining through Vegas, whilst saying «This is the real
life of Pi,» you've pretty much given up.
While at the recent Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, NC, I sat down with Sean for a relaxed and revealing conversation about all things Halloween, how the
franchise has actually shaped his
life and given him a career, and how it all came full circle with bringing Nick Castle back to the role of Michael Myers in the new Halloween
movie.
And while the
franchise continues to thrive in
live - action and animated direct - to - video
movies, distributor Warner Home Video also keeps returning to the original TV series that started it all.
His film credits include playing Captain George Stacy in The Amazing Spider - Man, voicing Francis in A Bug's
Life and Diego in the Ice Age
franchise and other
movies such as The Ref, The Sandlot, Draft Day, Wag The Dog, Monument Ave and The Thomas Crown Affair.
Tinker Bell Although she has her own direct - to - home -
movie franchise, the sidekick of Peter Pan will also appear in
live action, played by Reese Witherspoon.
It's nice to know he's out there breathing new
life into old action
franchises especially when
movies like A Good Day to Die Hard show just how tired they can become.
Pitch Perfect
franchise star Rebel Wilson is singing LeFou's part, while former Voice contestant Anthony Evans will perform «Evermore,» from the 2017
live - action
movie, as the titular Beast.
Having called time on the Transformers
franchise after this year's Transformers: The Last Knight, it seems that Michael Bay is turning his attention to another children's cartoon series, with THR reporting that Bay has signed on to produce a
live - action Dora the Explorer
movie.
«Spider - Man 3» may not have
lived up to the hype of Sam Raimi's first two
movies in the superhero
franchise, but it certainly made an impression financially.
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.
IGN has reported today that SEGA has signed a deal with Wanted Productions, Stories International (which as we reported previously, SEGA is working closely to bring more of its
franchises to the big screen) and Scott Pilgrim The
Movie producer Marc Platt to produce a Shinobi
Live Action Film:
*** SPOILER ALERT *** If you've
lived under a rock for the last 22 years and never watched a Jurassic Park
movie, then scenes from the
franchise will be spoiled!
And if you didn't immediately recognize Yelchin as the accident - prone Clumsy Smurf in the two
live - action
movies adapted from that cartoon
franchise, his identity became clear not long after he opened his computer - generated mouth.
He argued that Universal needs another
franchise outside of its «Fast & Furious»
movies, its Illumination Entertainment animated features — including the studio's most recent success with «The Secret
Life of Pets» — and others previously mentioned in order to stay competitive.
Sometimes, it is difficult to remember a
life before minions, let alone the fact that before they were their own film
franchise and meme empire, they existed merely as secondary characters in the Despicable Me
movies.
To understand why «Black Panther» is on its way to becoming Marvel's most successful
movie, look no further than how director Ryan Coogler found small pockets of
life in one of film's biggest
franchises
What a «Saturday Night
Live» sketch from 1986 can teach us about the ongoing battle between superfans and the people behind the TV and
movie franchises that they love
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In addition to its widely - loved animated classics and
live - action remakes of those
movies, Disney's key
franchises include Star Wars (since 2015), the Marvel Cinematic Universe (since 2012), and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Paramount Pictures is hard up for
franchises, and they're turning to toys to save the day: the studio is working on bringing a Hasbro Cinematic Universe to
life — yes, really — and a
movie based on the ROM toy (and subsequent comic series) from the late 1970s is apparently an important piece of that puzzle.
The third
movie in this
franchise begins with the tortoise kung fu master, Grand Master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim, John Wick, 2014), being ambushed in an after -
life setting known as the «spirit realm.»
The domestic opening for Transformers: The Last Knight is the lowest for the Transformers
live - action
movie franchise yet.
As the X-Men
movie franchise becomes more bombastic and unwieldy, Bryan Singer turns to the ordinary mutant's story — well, as ordinary as you can get with a story's premise being «kids get
life - endangering powers» — with a new TV series on Fox.
Perhaps their respective promises to cinemagoers — more
live - wire Eddie Murphy racial / class subversion; Thailand; a ratcheting - up of Jump Street meta -
movie commentary — were lively enough to sustain interest in those
franchises (though it is telling that in the case of Beverly Hills Cop 2 and The Hangover Part II quality eventually outed, and the sequels grossed less than the originals).
[shudder] 24 Frames Noomi Rapace and Sigourney Weavers» Alien
franchise screen tests IndieWire six
life saving tips for cinematographers from the great Darius Khondji (Se7en, Evita, Midnight in Paris, and more...) Empire Penelope Cruz will star in her fifth Pedro Almodóvar
movie Fleeting Lovers (title may change) which starts shooting this summer.
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.
The Miramax library holds some of the world's most sophisticated, thought - provoking and critically - acclaimed independent films including sex, lies, and videotape, The English Patient, Shakespeare In Love, Reservoir Dogs, Chicago, Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction, My Left Foot, Cinema Paradiso,
Life is Beautiful, Amélie, Kill Bill, Volume I and II, No Country for Old Men, as well as scores of commercially successful films such as Bridget Jones's Diary, the Scream, Hellraiser and Scary
Movie franchises and Spy Kids.
Without question the Michael Bay - directed Transformers
live - action
movie franchise has been a lucrative one for Paramount Pictures, earning more than $ 3.7 billion worldwide in the first four films.
Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are among the only characters who have appeared in each Transformers
movie ever since Michael Bay launched the
live - action
franchise in 2007, thereby providing Paramount Pictures with one of their most financially successful
franchises ever.
High stakes duly established, Villeneuve, production designer Dennis Gassner and genius cinematographer Roger Deakins (if he doesn't finally win an Oscar for this, the film industry is truly blind) take full advantage of the mega-budget that
franchise filmmaking provides to craft some of the most striking visuals ever put on film, building on Scott's ruined future in ways that — ironically given the themes of the
movie — feel absolutely real and
lived in, even as that world is occasionally revealed to be less than authentic.
Mirroring the Scream 4 film concept of a «
movie - within - a-
movie» theme, the Terror Tram: Scream 4 Your
Life experience will introduce guests to the fictional «Stab» slasher film
franchise and beckon them to visit the production of «Stab 8,» currently «shooting on location on the backlot.»
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.
The
movie is a continuation of the
franchise, with Jason Bourne (Damon)
living off the grid and mostly unconcerned with the world of espionage.
Poor box office sank plans for a second Mortal Instruments
movie, but the
franchise will
live on in a different form.
2007 has been a year of many
franchise movies, including the return of the law enforcing team of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker who are trying to bring Rush Hour back to
life after a long absence.
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.
On the other hand, your honor, we did see
franchise items that knew what they were doing, and did what they did with confidence and a little class: «Captain America: Civil War,» for example, or director Jon Favreau's
live - action / motion - capture hybrid «The Jungle Book,» a
movie people loved largely because they didn't hate it.
The Final Chapter In The Big Book Of Zombie Killing February 2017 sees the release of the final Resident Evil film in the long - running
live - action
movie franchise led by Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.
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.
«The Last Witch Hunter» (October 23): Vin Diesel has quite the
life source with the «Fast & Furious»
movies, but his efforts to give
life to other
franchises have been far clumsier.