Sentences with phrase «movie of the new franchise»

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The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

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.

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.

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.

With Breaking Dawn, part 1, opening nation - wide this weekend, here is my list of the top five spiritual lessons from the first three movies in the Twilight franchise: Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse.

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

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the most darkest entry of the series that took the franchise into new heights in fantasy history and one of the best movies from the past five years.

From the co-creator of the SAW franchise, Leigh Whannell, and Ian Brennan (who co-created Glee), comes COOTIES, a new horror / comedy movie set to...

Following years of denials that he would return to the franchise, Paul Greengrass has shaken up expectation by entering talks for a new Jason Bourne movie with Matt Damon, Deadline reports.

When most actors join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they sign a contract with their own blood, binding their soul to the franchise until they fulfill their number of movies or sacrifice That Which They Love The Most before the statue of Stan Lee hidden in crawlspace under the McGraw Hill Building in New York City.

But the Rocky series and Black Panther share common DNA in the form of director Ryan Coogler, who gave new life to the Rocky franchise with his movie Creed.

The Mummy: The process of turning Universal Pictures» classic monster movies into a new franchise — a «monsterverse» — begins here.

All of these ingredients are nothing without a solid script, and indeed some fresh ideas to warrant a film conversion, but thankfully Justin Kurzel «s movie, from a screenplay by Michael Leslie, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, all of whom have good pedigrees, provide a rather entertaining platform for a potential new franchise to jump off of.

The horror event of the year is the return of Michael Myers in the new Halloween movie, along with the franchise's most recognizable icons in John Carpenter as executive producer and composer, Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode, and Nick Castle suiting up as Myers again, but make no mistake, there is a new man behind the mask stepping into The Shape, his name his James Jude Courtney, and he's about to make a killer impression.

New director David Leitch sticks to the formula of raunchy humor and low blows to other superhero movies for a film that succeeds in feeling new and hilarious enough to keep this franchise goiNew director David Leitch sticks to the formula of raunchy humor and low blows to other superhero movies for a film that succeeds in feeling new and hilarious enough to keep this franchise goinew and hilarious enough to keep this franchise going.

While at the recent Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, NC, I sat down with Sean for a relaxed and revealing conversation about all things Halloween, how the franchise has actually shaped his life and given him a career, and how it all came full circle with bringing Nick Castle back to the role of Michael Myers in the new Halloween movie.

This week's new Blu - ray releases include one of the funniest films of the year, a trio of horror movie collections for a few franchises — one classic, one unlikely, and one incredibly gory — a dramatic turn from Robert Pattinson, and more.

A red band trailer for American Assassin, the hopeful launching pad for a new action franchise in the vein of Tom Clancy (the movie is based on the «Mitch Rapp» novels by Vince Flynn so it is a straight - up Clancy knock - off), has been released and I have not previously paid any attention to this movie, but now I have a series of questions.

The biggest news of the year for horror fans was the announcement that John Carpenter would return to the Halloween franchise as executive producer to help oversee a new movie, but there has been little progress since, and now Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions explains the reason for that is because they have not yet settled on what approach to take in bringing about the return of Michael Myers to the big screen.

At the Los Angeles press day for the film, Daniel Craig, director Sam Mendes, and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson discussed how Skyfall presented an opportunity to continue to regenerate the franchise and introduce new characters, how they wrote the role of the Bond villain specifically for Javier Bardem, why Mendes was drawn to directing the film, what inspired his decision to cast Bérénice Marlohe, how DP Roger Deakins contributed to the extraordinary look of the movie, and why after five decades Bond is still such a potent franchise.

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.

In partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, MGM will bring new installments of two of its tentpole franchises — the new James Bond movie QUANTUM OF SOLACE and Steve Martin in PINK PANTHER of two of its tentpole franchises — the new James Bond movie QUANTUM OF SOLACE and Steve Martin in PINK PANTHER of its tentpole franchises — the new James Bond movie QUANTUM OF SOLACE and Steve Martin in PINK PANTHER OF SOLACE and Steve Martin in PINK PANTHER 2.

Michael Myers is coming back next year in the new Halloween movie, though it's unlikely that he will share much resemblance to the indestructible, supernatural force of nature that fans of the franchise may be expecting, but rather a far more stripped down, realistic portrayal of the iconic masked killer.

Yes, there are some popcorn movies coming out between now and December — a new Hunger Games entry, a long - awaited Dumb and Dumber sequel, the final chapter of Peter Jackson's Hobbit franchise — but for the most part, the fall is when studios trot out their somber and serious films.

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.

The clip from the Latino - themed spin - off of the hit independent franchise is part of the movie's «Scream in the New Year» promotion.

The fourth film in a horror franchise, released on the first weekend of the new year, is just about the easiest movie to write off ever.

It is a symptom of Marvel's oppressive world - building that so much of the film's run time is devoted to new characters like the twins, or Vision (Paul Bettany, actually having a face on screen for the first time in the franchise), or Ulysses Klaw (Andy Serkis, a villain for a movie that will not see the light of day for three more years), squeezing the interstitial moments down to little more than an afterthought.

Chief among those questions is the most important one: whether the new boss will be the same as the old boss (The answer is left for the final movie or, if the unfortunate trend of splitting the final installment of adaptions of young - adult book series into two parts continues with this franchise, movies).

The newest movie within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, «Avengers: Infinity War,» might be launched later this week at the heels of the worldwide blockbuster, «Black Panther,» including any other flick to the superhero franchise.

The biggest news of the year for horror fans was the announcement back in May that John Carpenter will return to the Halloween franchise as executive producer to help oversee a new movie from Miramax and Blumhouse Productions, but there has been little progress since, and now Carpenter himself, who has spent most of this year on his first concert tour, has offered an update on the status of the highly anticipated return of Michael Myers to the big screen.

The blockbuster imperatives that support a franchise of this magnitude are nothing new, but all too often you may well find yourself thinking the same thing about the movie itself.

The movie does an excellent job of moving the franchise in a new direction, while also honoring what had come before.

George Lucas, for all his pioneering in the movie business, made three really bad movies and ruined the «Star Wars» franchise for a new generation of moviegoers who only knew Episodes IV, V and VI on VHS and laserdisc.

Any movie that runs nearly two hours and has a title so long it requires punctuation ought to be good — especially since this final installment of the Twilight franchise wraps up the highly successful vampire tale in which Bella (Kristen Stewart) goes from an introverted, brooding teen to a sexually aggressive wife and pinched - faced new mother.

The latest movie in the «Paranormal» franchise follows a new family that moves into a house in Santa Rosa, California, in 2013 and there they discover a box of videotapes that include the demonization of Katie and Kristi as children, whose stories are told in previous films.

When: January 11th Why: Unless you're a fan of the «Scary Movie» franchise, which Marlon Wayans helped launch over a decade ago, it's hard to imagine you'll have any sort of interest in his new horror comedy, which parodies found footage films like «Paranormal Activity» and «The Devil Inside.»

A 2017 trend that stands out to me only now, as we usher in a new season — a new generation — of movies, is the passing of the baton from one Hollywood generation to the next: from the allegedly retiring Daniel Day - Lewis to Vicky Krieps, a relative unknown for American audiences, in Phantom Thread; from the indispensably familiar Willem Dafoe to the fast - rising and tenacious Caleb Landry Jones and Brooklynn Prince in The Florida Project; from the late Carrie Fisher, America's one true franchise queen, to a bustling new generation of Star Wars stars — and fans.

In The Director and the Jedi, by filmmaker Anthony Wonke, he places the spotlight on director Rian Johnson, and his process as a director new to the franchise, as Johnson has been a fan of the film since childhood, and sets out to make the most powerful Star Wars movie he can.

Here's a first look at Leigh Whannell, co-creator of the terrifying horror franchise, directing the new movie.

Anyone who absolutely needs to marathon all of the «Fast & Furious» movies before April 3 and doesn't much care that a new box set will be obsolete by the end of the year can catch up with all six installments of the improbably long - running franchise today.

And because there can be no talk of gender swapping or reboots without invoking Paul Feig's new Ghostbusters movie, Indiewire notes that the Sony hack — that gift that keeps on giving — uncovered an email from Amy Pascal, in which she urged completion of Feig's film to head off other female - led franchises.

LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2016 — John Carpenter, the multiple award - winning and legendary filmmaker and creator of the original Halloween films, will return to the franchise as executive producer on a new production of the iconic horror movie, it was jointly announced today by MIRAMAX ® and Trancas International Films — MIRAMAX ® and Blumhouse Productions will co-finance development and production, with Malek Akkad serving as producer under his Trancas banner and Jason Blum producing for Blumhouse.

One would think that after successfully re-launching the X-Men with a new A-list cast a couple of years ago, the studio would stick to that cast but as is common with comic books, it seems that creators are always jumping around timelines, characters and stories, it's only appropriate that a sequel that brings director Bryan Singer back into the fold would not only involve time travel but also include nearly every member, past and present, of the X-Men movie franchise.

We are still well over a year away from that release date, but Blumhouse is wasting no time in working on the marketing and official product tie - ins that will come with the new movie, attending the annual Licensing Expo on Las Vegas in May 2017, where a very early piece of promo art was on display in the form of a teaser poster that recalls Carpenter's minimalist approach to the original film and echoes the team's comments about taking the franchise back to basics.

NEW THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE Rovio Entertainment and Sony Pictures» feature adaptation of the hugely popular mobile game franchise took flight in 74 markets this weekend — which is 63 % of the offshore footprint.

Some might be hesitant about a new Vacation movie, either because they think the franchise lost steam or because they fear it will infringe on the greatness of the original, but that's OK because Daley and Goldstein literally address those concerns in the context of this trailer.

always loved them in the comic books) but Kate Beaton has two words for you «tit windows» • Elizabeth Banks plans to direct a revival of the Charlie's Angels franchise and she's also playing the villain in the new Power Rangers movie resulting in a horrifying photo.

He'd done more work than a lot of the other independent directors that made the leap, having made three features (Brick, The Brothers Bloom and Looper) and directed some very well received episodes of Breaking Bad, but it's hard to imagine any of that adequately prepared him for directing the middle chapter of the new trilogy in biggest franchise in movie history for the biggest studio on the planet.

Meanwhile the new version of the team is apparently being set - up for an ongoing franchise that may steer away from any future Deadpool movies.