Sentences with phrase «more superhero franchises»

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.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

In the same vein as Nintendo's «Super Smash Bros.» series and Warner Brothers» «Injustice» franchise, «Marvel vs Capcom» pits Marvel superheroes and villains (Iron Man, MODOK, and many more) against Capcom's most famous faces (Mega Man, various Street Fighter characters, and many more).

Roaring through 160 minutes of action, humor, character development, epic evil and moving nobility, it is darker and edgier, yet lighter and more stirring than anything offered in another superhero franchise.

The key to navigating Hollywood these days is attach yourself to a superhero movie franchise of some kind to guarantee a hit movie every few years so you can run off and join darker, weirder, more eclectic projects without a care in the world.

Despite wasting Oscar Isaac's talent and having all - around boring villains, X-Men: Apocalypse is still a must - see for fans of the franchise, while more casual superhero enthusiasts will enjoy its bold action sequences and emotional character backstories.

What separates «Black Panther» from the Batmans, Spidermans and Iron Mans of the creaky, big studio superhero genre is that it looks and, more important, feels nothing like the usual bloated franchise movie that takes no chances and plays by genre rules.

We have seen and heard countless stories and opinion pieces (and there are many more coming) about the significance of a black superhero leading a franchise, and the fact there's a primarily African - American cast.

Amidst those early signs of viewer interest (Blade), franchise launches (X-Men), moments of director / source material synergy (Raimi's Spider - Man) and 18 or so MCU films, Deadpool is recognizable as a triumph of perseverance and (baby) hand - in - glove casting, as well as proof that R - rated superheroing is viable at the box office (which in turn smoothed the way for more serious takes like Logan).

The youth - skewing CW already has «The Flash» and other superhero franchises (there was a crossover between «Supergirl» and «The Flash» this season), and its audience is much more aligned with «Supergirl» than is CBS» much - grayer viewership.

There's a reason for that, as the ever more risk - averse studios have retreated into formulaic action movies and by - the - numbers superhero franchises, of which there are now a dizzying amount.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe was once accused of dishing up the same rinse - and - repeat origin story over and over again — and while Feige will protest (and has) that each Marvel movie has had its own individual flavor (Thor was a stab at Shakespeare; The Winter Soldier riffs on 70s paranoia thrillers), the franchise has been finding more solid footing in its endeavor to remix all of popular film history through the lens of superheroes.

While we wait for more on this superhero franchise, check out the latest sneak peek along with four new photos.

I can't see how anyone could be dissatisfied with this movie I preferred it to the other two as I think it captured batman perfectly bane was perfect how anyone can disagree after batman and robin is beyond me??? Cat women was perfect there was no poor casting IMO character development was fine story was fine and beautifully shot soundtrack stunning all involved made an absolute masterpiece even tho I guessed most plotpoints in advance they still felt like a surprise to me I don't see the point in any other superhero franchise making any more movies as bb tdk and tdkr will never be surpassed

THE AMAZING SPIDER - MAN is a terrific first installment of a rejuvenated franchise that aspires to be more than an excuse for action and very tight superhero outfits.

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.

Ryan Reynolds, the star of the R - rated «Deadpool» superhero franchise, also offered his services: «I'm more of a «Reserve Avenger».

While Gregson - Williams score shouldn't be pigeon - holed to just a «superhero score» but it's important considering Gregson - Williams» task is so much more than merely composing a score; it's establishing the foundation for a franchise in music.

Cameron's beef seems to be less with superhero films in general though and more about Hollywood's obsession with sequels, remakes and branding — which is strange coming from a filmmaker who is prepping a new series of «Terminator» movies (the sixth, seventh and eighth in that franchise), four new «Avatar» movies (sequels to a film many consider more a showreel for today's effects than a truly enjoyable bit of filmmaking), and a TV series based on his»90s film «True Lies».

Disney Infinity: Marvel Superheroes is getting a few more figures later this year, this time from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise.

The franchise's notoriety as a rebel among superhero movies makes it all the more cooler; Deadpool evolved comedies from a commercial standpoint, for the 20th Century Fox title easily made an estimated $ 53.3 M in its first day (that's including $ 18.6 M Thursday night previews), giving it the highest opening day for an R - rated movie, beating New Line / Warner Bros.» It ($ 50.4 M).

(If Boyle wanted to wring his hands over the state of cinema, he might as well have focused squarely on this, or potentially the recent glut of superhero franchises from Marvel and DC, all of which are easily financially more influential than anything Pixar's made.)

Of course, Lego has tackled superheroes before with the two Lego Batman games, with the latter even focusing more on DC Comics as a whole, but never before have they paid such tribute to the franchise that they have Legofied.

Michael Keaton stars as the main character, more about an actor named Riggan who previously starred in a Birdman superhero film franchise.

We've no idea how many Australians were polled to collate the results, which clearly were sent to us to remind you all that franchises like Scooby - Doo, Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who, The Simpsons, DC Comics» superheroes and more will appear inside LEGO Dimensions.

But, now that the X-Men universe has begun to grow beyond the main franchise to include Wolverine and Deadpool solo series (not to mention the possibility of other characters getting standalone features along the line of Gambit), Fox's superhero world has room for more R - rated fare.

Meanwhile, the DECU is still establishing itself, but many would agree that the franchise has attempted something different than Marvel - a more real - world and gritty take on its superheroes, which has been divisive among viewers.

As compared to the more recent movies in the DC superhero franchise, Wonder Woman is a wonderfully positive surprise.

Marvel Studios released the first trailer to «Ant - Man and The Wasp,» an unlikely sequel to an even more unlikely multi-movie superhero franchise.

We've gotten Lego Harry Potter, Lego Star Wars, Lego Batman, and so much more, the series exploded and some of the most popular properties in entertainment have been featured under this Lego banner and in the near future, Disney's superhero animated film franchise The Incredibles may join the Lego video game series with a Lego version of The Incredibles 2.