Sentences with phrase «longest film in the franchise»

At 150 minutes, this runtime surpasses the previous longest film in the franchise, George Lucas» 2002 prequel Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones, which clocked in at 142 minutes.

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.

That runtime makes it the longest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, of which «Infinity War» is the 19th film in the franchise.

The repeated pattern of expansions and recessions is like multiple sequels in a long - running movie franchise — each film shares a similar and familiar landscape but still manages to be different due to the specific causes and characters.

This was the eighth film in the long - running series - franchise.

Another movie that received a surprisingly welcoming reception from critics this summer was this Planet of the Apes origin story, the first film in the long - stalled franchise since Tim Burton's 2001 remake.

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.

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.

Next year, we'll see the release of the final film in the long - running video game adaptation franchise.

Sean Astin may have been an integral part of one of the biggest franchises in film history not long ago, but he too is now on the other side of forty and would probably love if Adam Sandler could find him some more juicy supporting roles.

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.

The film industry has long been interested in breathing new life into old franchises.

Mission: Impossible Fallout may well be the biggest, baddest entry yet in this long - running franchise, and I can't wait to see how all this madness plays in context when the film opens on July 27th.

The eighth film in Lionsgate's long running Saw franchise is set for release on October 27th.

Creed is the seventh film in the series, and unlike many long drawn out franchises, this one feels fresh and rejuvenated.

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.

I'm a Fantastic Four fan as it is, and I hope bringing the franchise in line with the X-Men films, tonally, if not chronologically, will go a long way toward perhaps getting some of the detractors to change their tune.

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 9th «Star Wars» film boasts not only one of the largest casts in the franchise history but also the longest running time (152 minutes).

Urban, who fans know as Leonard «Bones» McCoy from the new «Star Trek» film franchise, will appear in the sequel as Thor's long - time nemesis Skurge The Executioner.

This is expected to be the final films in the franchise ending a two decade long saga of mechanic turned street racer turned heist master Dominic Toretto.

At this time, it's unclear just how much longer O'Brien needs to recover before production can resume on the third film in the franchise based on author James Dashner «s book series.

Starting with Sam Raimi «s iconic original film, through his increasingly comedic (and deranged) sequels, Fede Alvarez «s grisly remake, and the long - awaited return of Bruce Campbell «s chainsaw - wielding hero in the Starz original series Ash vs. Evil Dead, the horror franchise has proven as elastic as it is enduring, able to mold to the specific demands of each new iteration without losing that delirious double shot of zany personality that defines it.

It seems slightly far - fetched, but if you had told me in 2001 that The Fast and the Furious would kick off a huge, long - running, highly successful film franchise, I probably would've called you crazy.

James McAvoy is interested in continuing his role as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film franchise, as long as

Thor: Ragnarok will be longest in the film franchise with a run time of 130 minutes and 21 seconds.

The follow - up film, long expected to be announced given the incredible success of the franchise, will be directed by John Lasseter, possibly one of the busiest individuals in the industry, given his executive roles within Pixar, Disney Animation, and Disney Imagineering.

When the cast was announced for the long - awaited next film in the Ghostbusters franchise, some short - sighted fans were upset that the Ghostbuster team would not star the original cast but would be played by female actors in what seemed like a gimmick.

But he said that 19 films in, the MCU «long ago expanded beyond the usual boundaries of sequelization and brand extension,» adding that the franchise «has come to be less a creative or commercial undertaking than an immutable fact of life, like sex or the weather or capitalism itself.»

Eighteen films into Marvel's blockbuster franchise they're long overdue, arriving in a «Black Panther» origin tale that also breaks ground as the first standalone film of the modern Marvel era to be led by a black superhero.

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.

It's been a long road for Katniss Everdeen, who shot her arrows through two Hunger Games events and started a rebellion against the dictatorship in the first four films of the Hunger Games franchise.

The Pokémon Company's long time movie collaborator, Toho, will handle distribution of the film franchise in Japan, as it had similarly done in its partnership with Legendary on the iconic monster reboot for Godzilla.

Ahead of the release of its biggest film, Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel has released an emotional four - and - a-half-minute long featurette where it details the inception of MCU and how it became the biggest superhero franchise in Hollywood.

A lengthy career in Hollywood and credit for kick starting the enormous «Twilight» film franchise pretty much guaranteed that the fantasy flop «Red Riding Hood» wouldn't keep helmer Catherine Hardwicke benched for long.

Yeah, you read that right: the long - delayed Amityville: The Awakening, directed by Franck Khalfoun (who made the remake of Maniac) is the 18th film in the mostly direct - to - video franchise, 19th if you count Conjuring 2, and maybe 20th if you count My Amityville Horror, the genuinely disturbing documentary about the troubled son of George and Kathy Lutz, the couple whose haunted - house claims were detailed in Jay Anson's best - seller.

When «Spider - Man: Homecoming» hit theaters this past summer, I think audiences were genuinely shocked to get another good film in the franchise after 13 long years and three big disappointments along the way.

Josh Hutcherson has a lot of projects coming up, including the last installment of the «Hunger Games» films and James Franco «s «The Long Home,» but wants nothing more than to star in one particular franchise.

If the franchise continues to feel a bit dull — heavy on the drama and light on the excitement, with pageantry long in the rear - view — there's a respectable purity in the films» political cynicism and populist fervor.

As they've gone with Ellen Ripley's daughter, Amanda, and a long timeline where the original film character remains in cryo - sleep between the films, there's plenty of franchise - able material in this time period.

This was the seventh film in the long - running series - franchise.

Enter Little Fockers, the latest in the franchise and Paul Weitz's latest stinker (Roach no longer directs — one can only assume that he ran out of trite puns), following crap like Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, American Dreamz, and In Good Company, is a film so monstrously bad that describing it as the devil's spawn would be quite the understatemenin the franchise and Paul Weitz's latest stinker (Roach no longer directs — one can only assume that he ran out of trite puns), following crap like Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, American Dreamz, and In Good Company, is a film so monstrously bad that describing it as the devil's spawn would be quite the understatemenIn Good Company, is a film so monstrously bad that describing it as the devil's spawn would be quite the understatement.

Vin Diesel's extreme athlete turned government operative comes out of retirement in the long - awaited third film in the action franchise.

In a rare stroke of luck, as these kids and movies aged, so did their quality — Radcliffe, Grint and Watson are no longer bumbling caricatures (meek victim, comedy relief, and domineering bookworm, respectively), and Order of the Phoenix is actually good enough to be considered on its own as a solid film, instead of needing the umbrella of protection that the Harry Potter ™ franchise provides.

Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd adventure in the longest - running film franchise of all time.

With less than two weeks to go until the release of Jigsaw, IGN has revealed a new clip from the eighth instalment in the Saw franchise which you can check out below... SEE ALSO: Horror sequel Jigsaw gets two new TV spots Watch this exclusive clip #Jigsaw, the long - awaited eighth film in the #Saw franchise!

With Ghostbusters 3 filming in 2015, it's time to look back at the long, strange journey that this franchise has taken over the years!

Nine years is certainly not the biggest gap between films in a series (the recent sequels in the Indiana Jones and Tron franchises took a lifetime to come to fruition), but it is nevertheless a long time since Ferrell & Co. brought their off - the - wall characters to the silver screen.

The scene featuring the world's largest film stunt explosion is spectacular and will live long in the memory as one of the outstanding moments in the Bond franchise.»

While speaking at a press conference, director Rian Johnson confirmed that The Last Jedi will be 2 hours and 30 minutes long, making it the longest film in the space - opera movie franchise so far, reports Contactmusic.