Sentences with phrase «major superhero franchise»

With the X-Men franchise pushing its female characters further and further into the background, Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow is the most prominent female lead in a major superhero franchise.

The 26 - year - old helmer was the man behind «Chronicle,» which made back its $ 12 million budget ten times over on release in February, and since then he's been lining up all kinds of projects; while he won't direct any «Chronicle» sequel, he is attached to a film version of Soviet - themed comic book «The Red Star, «and is developing not one, but two major superhero franchises, in Sony's «Venom «and Fox «s «Fantastic Four.»

Not exact matches

With major studios pumping more and more money into superhero movies and tentpole franchises with sky - high budgets, any relatively low - cost opportunity to attract a millennial audience is worth exploring.

In Avengers: Infinity War, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely set about the difficult task of including all the major superheroes of the franchise by splitting them into teams.

What was intended as DC's answer to Marvel's juggernaut Avengers series — and the launching pad for solo movies such as Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg — ultimately proved to be a major misfire for the franchise which saw Warner Bros. embarking on a major behind - the - scenes shake - up at DC Films in an attempt to salvage its superhero universe.

Superman III has major flaws, but is entertaining Superman III is the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the superhero franchise.

The previous films in the DC Comics Extended Universe series (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Suicide Squad) have left both critics and comic - book fans increasingly disappointed in the franchise's output; as a result, Wonder Woman, which is receiving its release ahead of the first Justice League movie (set to premiere this November), has been saddled with the burden of recovering DC's tainted reputation in the eyes of viewers, while also representing the first major female - fronted superhero flick in more than a decade.

This week brings Wonder Woman to theaters, marking the first time that a major female superhero is getting her own film franchise.

Already the most adult of the major studio superhero franchises, Fox took it up notch by greenlighting an R - rated ending to Hugh Jackman's mutant career in the Oscar - worthy Logan and before it, the game - changing Deadpool.

It's the third film in the standalone Thor film franchise and since Thor is also one of the major superheroes in the Avengers movie, the various happenings in his standalone film, will play a huge role in the upcoming crossover Marvel film, Avengers: Infinity.