Sentences with phrase «movie franchise starring»

Mike Mignola's Hellboy is getting rebooted with a new movie franchise starring David Harbour and directed by Neil Marshall.

Paramount TV and Netflix began the adaptation process in 2014, a full decade after a movie franchise starring Jim Carrey as Olaf sputtered in 2004.

Not exact matches

Of course, complaints about the proliferation of sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviews).

The Disney arrangement gives Netflix access to movies from Pixar, Marvel (i.e., the Avengers franchise) and Lucasfilm — including the hotly awaited Star Wars films, which are likely to be box - office gold.

The company has done well with several of its movie franchises, such as Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and Shrek, but it doesn't have anything that really compares to the Star Wars library or the Marvel franchise (although Shrek has pulled in about $ 3.5 billion since the original movie in 2001).

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.

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

With Disney pushing the annual release of Star Wars movies, Star Wars toys are likely to remain popular as the franchise has long been a hit with kids as well as fans of the originals.

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

The first «Star Wars» movie established one of the most popular franchises of all time and took science fiction movies mainstream again.

After overseeing the reboot of the Star Trek film franchise, he took the reins to steer movie goers back to that galaxy far, far away, directing and executive producing Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

J.J. Abrams, the director of the new Star Wars films, has shown from the beginning of the project that he himself is a big fan of the franchise and that he values and respects the responsibility that goes with directing the movie.

The year will see new releases in The Fantastic Four, Pirates of the Caribbean, LEGO Movie, Despicable Me, Star Wars, Justice League, Avatar and Transformers franchises.

The star of the «Guardians Of The Galaxy» movie franchise stopped filming at Pinewood Studios to visit the hospital and quoted Psalm 107 in his Instagram post.

Director J.J. Abrams has made it clear that the up and coming actors in the Star Wars franchise will be the ones to carry on the popular movies.

Yes, there are people out there that are freakishly obsessed with the Star Wars movie and everything connected to the franchise.

Nixon is an actress who has starred in the Sex And The City franchise on HBO and in two movies.

As the new movie warps into theaters this week, we ask physicist Lawrence Krauss, author of The Physics of Star Trek, how the sci - fi franchise keeps it real, and also how it bends — or breaks — a few laws of nature

Anna Faris may be best known for starring in the Scary Movie franchise, but this star's resume expands far beyond the offbeat comedies.

Star Wars is one of my favorite movie franchises out there, so imaging my excitement at scoring this awesome top!

The fifth film in the videogame - turned - movie franchise returns director Paul W.S. Anderson and star Milla Jovovich.

On one level, Tom Cruise is an odd choice for a star expected to anchor a spy - movie franchise.

Tom Cruise is the star of this franchise - it's basically Tom Cruise's Stunt Spectacular at this point - but Rebecca Ferguson is the star of this movie.

Arguably the only true movie star that Hollywood has produced in the 21st century (he may not be able or willing to launch an original property, but his personal box office appeal is on par with many of today's major franchises), Johnson has proven that he's one of the most charismatic performers on the planet.

In some ways, this movie is the antidote to the sort of «Star Wars» movie that viewers who despised the prankishly irreverent and oddly introspective «The Last Jedi» seem to have wanted: one where the payoffs to setups are italicized so that nobody can miss them, artistic license is subordinated to brand management, and every reference, no matter how small, that was so lovingly memorized by devotees of the franchise is placed under a spotlight for the audience's recognition and self - congratulation.

Simply the best Star Wars movie created in the franchise.

The 50 - year - old actor was revealed to have joined the cast of the eighth movie in the franchise as the mysterious character DJ, and after fans suggested his character is Ezra Bridger from «Star Wars Rebels», director Rian Johnson has insisted that isn't true.

Though the clear purpose of Ocean's Eight is to revive the franchise, star Sandra Bullock says the movie is not a reboot.

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.

David Ayer's fantasy blockbuster, which stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton as a human - orc cop duo, was met with mixed reviews from critics, but Netflix is confident in the movie's franchise potential, with Bloomberg reporting that a sequel had been given the green light before the film had even been released.

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.

The Star Trek franchise is celebrating its 50th birthday this year with the movie Star Trek Beyond, the third in J.J. Abrams» rebooted saga.

Meanwhile, Daniel Radcliffe - who starred as Harry in the original movie series - has insisted he's not made a conscious effort to «distance» himself from the franchise.

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.

Yep, there already was a Hitman film in 2007 starring Timothy Olyphant, but a movie franchise stalled after installment grossed only $ 39 million domestically.

«Hunger Games» was named favorite movie, action movie and movie franchise, and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth had fans» favorite on - screen chemistry.

The «Star Wars» fandom will be enthralled by most of «Rogue One», but for me, this was a tough movie to get through — and others who aren't emotionally invested in the franchise may feel the same way.

There's already a series of straight - to - DVD movies starring none other than Kirk Cameron, but this weekend is the first time the franchise has gotten a theatrical release, so naturally they upped the stakes and brought in Nicholas Cage, Chad Michael Murray, and Lea Thompson -LRB-!!!)

Every second of the movie looks and sounds amazing (Star Trek composer Michael Giacchino outdoes himself while aping Jerry Goldsmith and Ennio Morricone), but it's Serkis under digital, weary eyes that proves Apes is the most underrated franchise of the decade.

Ron Howard is getting a crack at the Star Wars franchise due to taking over the Han Solo movie from original Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, but something seems tonally strange about his vision of the Star Wars franchise...

In Marvel's Captain America film franchise, Chris Evans stars as Cap, while Anthony Mackie recently starred as the Falcon in the Winter Solider installment of the movie series.

The 66 - year - old actor, most famous for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise, was joined by many members of his movie family.

When it comes to most major movie franchises (especially within the sci - fi and action genre), there's always an argument after the film's release about who the break - out star of the film may be.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 2014, 123 minutes, PG - 13 / Director: Francis Lawrence / Writers: Suzanne Collins, Peter Craig, Danny Strong / Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman Buy It: Blu - ray Combo • DVD • Instant Video Though it almost certainly would have been better as a single movie, this relatively uneventful penultimate installment of the blockbuster franchise still sustains interest, this time with different elements than its predecessors.

As you might be aware if you're a Star Wars fan, the annual Star Wars Celebration has been taken place the past couple of days and it was no surprise that major announcements would be made about the future movies in the franchise.

Production on both franchises has long - been subject to rumour, but according to sales and production outfit Millenium, which has backed all of The Expendables movies and the latest Rambo installment, Stallone will return for Rambo 5 in September 2018 and star in The Expendabl... Read

The video, seen above, kicked off production and features the cast inviting fans to make franchise history as the first fans to ever win a walk - on role in a Star Trek movie.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi has only been in theaters for a little over a week, and already, a lot has been said about the movie, its quality, the way it handles fan expectations, the important representation it continues to boost in the franchise, and more.

This new Star Trek movie has two goals: to rally the long - time fans to the cause again and to lure new potential fans to the franchise.

«Insidious: Chapter 3» stars Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, and Lin Shaye, with the latter trio reprising their roles from the first two movies in the franchise.