Sentences with phrase «movie franchise like»

«We've been talking about these similarities to some of the big movie franchise like Aliens, where everyone's doing it their own way.

In addition to established movie franchises like Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, DreamWorks also owns a library of animated content such as the Casper the Friendly Ghost series, which NBCUniversal could make use of.

One option is Disney, which has blockbuster movie franchises like «Frozen» and «Star Wars» under its belt that resonate with younger generations, he said.

Even with popular movie franchises like «Back to the Future» and «Alien» making their way to Blu - ray for the holidays, it's hard to imagine a more exhaustive box set than Lionsgate's three - disc Full Disclosure Edition being released this year.

With retro gaming influences like Contra Hard Corps, Gunstar Heroes, Syndicate, Exo - Squad, & Alien 3 and movie franchises like Robocop, Judge Dredd, Total Recall, & Terminator, Huntdown is dripping in sci - fi grit for you to explore.

Not exact matches

It's unclear what the an upcoming Mario movie would be about, but it's likely to be a blend of the surreal and comical — something the Mario franchise is known for, with its portly plumber battling turtle - like creatures in a so - called Mushroom Kingdom.

Unlike the recent string of TV shows made into movies, like the «21 Jump Street» franchise, Peña said the intention with «CHiPs» is to be more serious in the hopes to make the audience care and be concerned about what the characters are going through.

Their dependence on licensing deals with movies — particularly at Hasbro, which owns «master rights» to Disney (dis) franchises like Star Wars — has become a double - edged lightsaber: When movies are down, so are toys.

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 past few years, Disney has been dominant, with movies like «Beauty and the Beast» and its «Star Wars» and «Marvel» franchises.

Although there were a range of hit properties, including the movie Frozen, much of the earnings increase came from assets related to Marvel, whether it was movies like Guardians of The Galaxy or merchandise sales involving characters from the Avengers» 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.

It seems like every time Marvel can't possibly increase the scope of a franchise, they figure out a way to make their movies even bigger.

In truth, there are times when the film feels less like an addition to the franchise than it does a remake of the original movie.

I feel like a movie with the budget of the Fifty Shades franchise could spring for fresh wee bags for everyone, no?

Use this bodyweight routine to look like Chris Hemsworth from the hit movie franchise.

Series creator Chris Carter has even written a third entry in the franchise's film department and, based on what the ratings will be like, we'll probably see more X-Files in the future, whether in terms of more episodes or a big blockbuster of a movie.

Its story of a sadistic plutocrat who likes to punish women in his sex dungeon and insist that they sign nondisclosure agreements accounts for millions of book sales and a billion - dollar movie franchise, consumed eagerly by an enthusiastic female audience.

A slick movie like this one coming from Disney has «Pirates of the Caribbean» franchising written all over it, and it probably will.

Indeed, the non-Marvel films in these franchises that have done best more recently are the ones that stood out from the crowd, like Wonder Woman (which rejected the dark tone of other DC movies), Logan (which felt like a grown - up standalone film), and Deadpool (which loudly razzed the idea of being linked to X-Men movies).

Like most big - ticket screen franchises, this one comes with some actual acting talent that gives the movie tang and legitimacy and may also help broaden its appeal along with its marketing and publicity opportunities.

It's definitely the best of the franchise and even though it still could have been better i actually liked the movie, go see it I think you'll like it.

Unfortunately, this game screwed many things with the franchise itself yet if they're all taken to different media like a movie or another video game, they

All in all The Last Jedi is another triumph for the franchise, but one can't help but wonder if it could have been written neater to seem less like 3 - 4 episodes of a TV show and more like an actual movie.

The coming years would find particular success for Pace in movies like A Single Man, Marmaduke, and When in Rome, not to mention franchise films like The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

This movie's dramatic failings make it look like the crowd - pleasing Creed, the unlikely revival of an old Sylvester Stallone franchise, may be the most productive major studio's most likely ticket to the Best Picture and acting category races that have consistently featured its output.

Thanks to Stephenie Meyer and the Twilight franchise, the vampire genre is quickly losing its dark and thrilling reputation, but Michael and Peter Spierig are here to remind us what great vampire movies should be like.

Deadline reports that the Jungle Cruise movie will be an Indiana Jones - like action - adventure, and Collet - Serra was very much interested in getting his hands on a film of its nature, a potential franchise that he will be able to mould around an A-list Hollywood star like Johnson.

In many ways, Fantastic Four feels like an answer, antidote, and response to Tim Story's amiably idiotic Fantastic Four movies from about a decade prior in the same way Batman Begins was seemingly conceived as an answer, antidote, and response to Joel Schumacher's Batman And Robin, which extravagantly destroyed the franchise in a haze of camp, neon, and Bat - nipples.

2016's surprise sort - of - sequel 10 Cloverfield Lane provided our first look at the anthology - like nature of this loose franchise umbrella, and while we wait to see a trailer for God Particle (now possibly titled Cloverfield Station) and learn when and how we're actually going to see that movie, we have confirmation that Cloverfield 4 not only exists, but that it's already completed filming.

The LEGO Movie did a good job of bringing together several franchises in Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, DC Super Heroes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and many, many more — and it's producer would like to do the same thing again with Nintendo.

Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy fun action films like The Mummy franchise starring Brendan Fraser, but the humor in those movies felt more natural and organic.

Vin Diesel was also in the top three, owing to the likes of franchise movies Fast & Furious 8 and xXx: Return Of Xander Cage.

Rather, like that guy in those movies that the Tomb Raider franchise relies upon for inspiration, it's just difficult enough that success feels like an accomplishment.

At least the movie gets a solid performance out of Asano, a well - known face in American and Japanese cinema for his work in films like the Thor franchise and Ichi the Killer.

Initially, the Mission: Impossible franchise served as a moldable director's showcase that allowed for eclectic, uber - stylish filmmakers like Brian De Palma, John Woo, and J.J. Abrams to apply their unique aesthetic to each movie.

That, at least, seems like a reasonable conclusion to draw from The Dark Knight, an explosively provocative Batman installment in which exhilaratingly straightforward action sequences are matched by moral complexity of a sort not usually associated with comic - book movie franchises.

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.

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.

The first Kingsman movie was a breath of fresh air, bringing a subversive tongue in cheek edge to the current glut of franchise movies that are so tired and repetitive, with each one feeling like an imitation of everything else.

After the sour reception to the fourth movie raised a black cloud above the franchise, they knew they needed a reach like bringing back the fan adored lovebirds to build some goodwill here.

Pettyfer is pretty and easygoing but lacks the sort of charisma that comes with a more focused sense of interior purpose, and the film basically feels, at its core, like a mash - up of carefully cross-tabbed teen movie trends, which is probably what happens when you set out in pre-production with the chief intent of manufacturing the next big «Twilight» - type cinematic franchise.

Much like The LEGO Movie leveraged LEGO's partnerships with established fictional universes to create a juggernaut of animated film, LEGO Dimensions will make use of franchises like Batman, Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, and even Back to the Future -LRB-!!)

Few entries in the franchise possess a distinct personality like Ragnarok, and future Marvel movies would do well to follow suit if the studio wishes to keep things fresh in Phase 4 — with Deadpool 2, Ant - Man and the Wasp, Venom, Spider - Man: Into the Spiderverse — and beyond.

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.

Because of that, the movie appears to feel too much like it's building a franchise rather than telling a story that demands to be seen.

AICN pointed out a press release today from MGM that lists a new RoboCop movie alongside upcoming franchise films already in development like Quantum of Solace, The Thomas Crown Affair 2 (with RoboCop director Paul Verhoeven on board) and everyone's favorite future films, The Pink Panther 2 and 3.

But the actor, who died yesterday in a freak automobile accident at the age of 27, went in the opposite direction, putting his franchise clout to work on movies by cult directors like Jim Jarmusch (Only Lovers Left Alive), Joe Dante (Burying the Ex), Paul Schrader (Dying of the Light) and Michael Almereyda (Cymbeline).

(Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray all Coen staples, were also the adult cast of Moonrise Kingdom) As the two filmmakers working today that do not operate in franchises or sequels, but still make popular entertainment on a significant scale, they feel like increasingly rare birds in the American movie landscape.

It looks like we can add Lethal Weapon to the ever - growing list of movies getting the small screen treatment, with Fox giving a pilot order to Warner Bros. for a TV adaptation of the hit buddy cop franchise.