Sentences with phrase «movie franchises»

After all, this is the cast of at least seven different movie franchises struggling for screentime; it makes sense that some will get short shrift.

He's reportedly signed a four - picture deal with Fox, the studio behind the Deadpool and X-Men movie franchises.

One of my favorite movie franchises has got to be James Bond.

What we are excited about: Harry Potter is one of the most successful movie franchises of all time, so it's no surprise that Warner Bros. would trust veteran Harry Potter director David Yates with another one of their summer tentpoles.

Joel Silver made his reputation in Hollywood as the producer of action movie franchises such as Die Hard and Lethal Weapon amongst others back in the 1980s.

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We don't know what's going to happen to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Avengers 4 next year, but at least Robert Downey Jr. doesn't need to worry about whether or not he'll still have big movie franchises to appear in.

Arguably the most ambitious project of the year, The Avengers (or Avengers Assemble as it's known here in the UK) saw Joss Whedon and Marvel Studios assembling Earth's Mightiest Heroes on the big screen as they brought together Marvel's four big movie franchises to fulfill every fanboy and fangirl's dream.

The problem with reboots and remakes of great movie franchises is that, about 90 percent of the time, they get caught up in paying homage to their predecessors, recalling the original's most iconic scenes and doing them half as well.

Josh Brolin's Cable may grab some of the spotlight from Wade Wilson, but it's the A-list cameos, overt nods to the extended X-Men comic mythology and movie franchises, and background gags that truly shine.

The Australian writer / director has an impressive resume and has worked on a few big movie franchises.

He's the single unifying factor in bringing together so many discrete movie franchises, and Josh Brolin imbues a CGI character who's so ridiculous - looking he's been a meme all winter with surprising humanity.

«We Don't Need Roads is the truly fascinating story of how one of America's greatest movie franchises came to be», said Adam F. Goldberg, creator of ABC's The Goldbergs.

And, because the jokes often break the walls between movie franchises, Deadpool refers to Cable once as Thanos, the supervillain Brolin portrays in «Avengers: Infinity War.»

«We've reached a point where the brand, a brand that can produce these — and when I say franchises, I don't just mean movie franchises, I mean global entertainment franchises whose value spreads across a transnational media and entertainment empire like Disney or Warner Bros.,» he says.

Stan Lee thinks Marvel is pursuing the rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four movie franchises, though Kevin Feige has denied it.

The Miramax library holds some of the world's most sophisticated, thought - provoking and critically - acclaimed independent films including sex, lies, and videotape, The English Patient, Shakespeare In Love, Reservoir Dogs, Chicago, Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction, My Left Foot, Cinema Paradiso, Life is Beautiful, Amélie, Kill Bill, Volume I and II, No Country for Old Men, as well as scores of commercially successful films such as Bridget Jones's Diary, the Scream, Hellraiser and Scary Movie franchises and Spy Kids.

The only thing that sets Venom apart from the other slasher movie franchises (and this one is so very clearly trying to be a franchise of its own) is the Louisiana backdrop and voodoo underpinnings.

Successful movie franchises featuring young covert operatives include: Agent Cody Banks I and its sequel Agent Cody Banks II: Destination London, and Spy Kids — Episode I, Episode II and Episode 3 - D: Game Over.

His achievements are as diverse as presiding over the 2010 Cannes Film Festival's jury to launching one of the first comic - book movie franchises with his Batman films.

The enduring success of the Fast and the Furious series doesn't at all align with what we know about movie franchises

What a «Saturday Night Live» sketch from 1986 can teach us about the ongoing battle between superfans and the people behind the TV and movie franchises that they love

here aren't too many movie franchises that have the kind of unwavering popularity that awards them the clemency that the «Pirates of the Caribbean» series has enjoyed.

On the other hand you have a very enjoyable experience that is set in one of the most popular movie franchises of all time where you get to relive some of the most memorable moments from that said franchise.

It's not particularly fantastic, but Fantastic Four is passable summer popcorn fare from Marvel Comics, a company determined to convert their entire catalog into movie franchises.

In fact, at Comic Con, Bryan Singer suggested the X-Men universe could spawn as many movie franchises as the rest of the Marvel universe.

episode of the mother of all movie franchises, George Lucas is faced with a daunting task of tying up all the lose story threads.

«Few horror movie franchises are as iconic as Don Coscarelli s Phantasm series.

We know that they have Lego The Incredibles on the way, but beyond that there's nothing on the slate for 2018 beyond a couple of mobile projects based on WB movie franchises.

With the appointment of Parent, MGM will enter its new phase of evolution by focusing on its major movie franchises highlighted by JAMES BOND and PINK PANTHER sequels, THE HOBBIT, THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR 2, THE OUTER LIMITS, ROBOCOP, DEATH WISH and FAME, among others.

We also run down Ten Movie Franchises That Have Officially Jumped The Shark.

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.

2» simply wants both movie franchises to be successful.

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.

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.

There have been many successful movie franchises throughout history but what Marvel Studios has created over the past decade trumps everything else.

One of the biggest movie franchises for the last decade is finally coming to an end.

In recent years, Twilight and The Hunger Games have led a surge of young adult movie franchises.

That's more than you can say for most movie franchises.

A nice tribute to the two movie franchises.

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

Acting for 22 years, Dominic has been fortunate enough to be involved with some of the biggest movie franchises and must see television shows including his recent Emmy nominated nature adventure show Wild Things.

«If it's storytelling you are after, three of the best movie franchises of all time - Bond, Lord Of The Rings and Harry Potter - are all British.

But thanks to Disney's large portfolio of powerful movie franchises and an ever - growing pipeline of new releases, the company has proven time and time again it can set new records.

We believe the fears over ESPN are overblown and represent a short - term challenge, while the strength of Disney's movie franchises should have a positive impact on numerous other business segments to continue the long - term growth of the business.

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

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).

According to Nielsen, the movies have pulled in more than one billion viewers since they were originally shown in theaters, making it one of the most - watched movie franchises in TV history.

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.

Even with the potential for major flops, Hollywood's movie franchise model is here to stay, but history shows us that the studios that aim for critical success with their sequels tend to land more hits at the box office.