Sentences with phrase «next franchise movie»

On the big screen, successful sequels are still a focus, but movie studios are also looking for the next franchise movie, like The Hunger Games or Twilight, plus they are looking for great stories they can produce for a reasonable amount and recoup their investment.

Not exact matches

Despite some rumors that the Bond people were talking to Christopher Nolan about helming the next Bond movie (and Nolan's apparent willingness to do so), the reigns for the franchise's...

Just this week, 20th Century Fox said that the next Wolverine movie — which, up to this point, has been a decidedly PG - 13 franchise — will this time, be rated R.

Despite some rumors that the Bond people were talking to Christopher Nolan about helming the next Bond movie (and Nolan's apparent willingness to do so), the reigns for the franchise's twenty - fourth (24th!)

Next on the list is another sequel to a VERY beloved franchise, this time coming from Hollywood — «Shanghai Dawn» is the third movie in the one and only Jackie Chan's «Shanghai» trilogy, which started with «Shanghai Noon» and continued with the excellent «Shanghai Knights».

The daddy of all slasher movies, its formula has been mercilessly preyed upon by countless 1980s slice - and - dice imitations («Friday the 13th», «A Nightmare on Elm Street» etc.), fondly dissected by 1990 postmodern spoofs («Scream», «Scary Movie»)-- and of course its franchise of (largely inferior) sequels shows that that the bogeyman is still very real, with «Halloween 9» due for release next year.

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.

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.

But as we eagerly anticipate the next movie in the franchise, Stallone is more than happy to take you on a trip down memory lane.

After Sam Mendes announced that he would not be returning to the Bond universe after Spectre's release in 2015, we've been waiting on tenterhooks to see who will be next to take the directorial reins of the long - running movie franchise.

To be fair to his efforts, he has crafted a fast - moving unofficial teaser for the next movie in the Bourne franchise.

For those fans eagerly awaiting the next chapter in the Maze Runner franchise, it sounds like everything is all right because Fox provided a first look at the sequel during the MTV Movie Awards this past weekend.

The TV franchise has already inspired many movies, including: Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (featuring the original Kirk and Spock - played by William Shatner and Leonard Nemoy) and Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek: Nemesis (starring the Next Generation crew, with Patrick Stewart at the helm as Captain Picard).

Let us hear your thoughts on where you'd like to see the franchise go with the next movie in the comments below (you never know who might be reading)!

«Lights Out» makes it perfectly clear that Diana is no friend, and for much of this movie's nicely compact running time, it's an effective enough haunting that one has hopes for what Sandberg will do with his next Wan - produced movie, the «Conjuring» franchise installment «Annabelle 2.»

The think tank's first release, The Lego Movie, is being cultivated into a franchise that will extend to next winter's The Lego Batman Movie.

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.

Franchise Fred: In the Star Trek movies, if the next film brings back George Kirk, could you possibly find a way to have William Shatner visit?

With J.J. Abrams set to helm the next instalment of Star Wars, the critically acclaimed Star Trek reboot director and the Enterprise's Simon Pegg spoke exclusively to Sky Movies about whether he can really reboot another franchise to such success.

«Solo» is the fourth film in Disney's revamped franchise machine to creatively malfunction: Director Josh Trank exited a still - unmade Boba Fett spinoff in 2015; Oscar - nominated filmmaker Tony Gilroy was brought in to save 2016's «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story» when director Gareth Edwards» efforts missed the mark; and «Jurassic World» helmer Colin Trevorrow — who was originally hired to direct the next «Star Wars» movie, «Episode IX,» in 2019 — was shown the door following clashes over the script.

Looking on the surface, you'd think this is the movie to end the entire franchise rather than a next step.

Universal and Legendary Pictures also has a giant live - action video game movie coming next year with Duncan Jones» Warcraft movie, which could end - up being the next Middle - Earth franchise if handled properly.

They've also announced dates for some forthcoming films like the sequels to Fifty Shades of Grey, and also shifted some films arriving over the next few years, such as the video game adaptation Warcraft from Duncan Jones, the sci - fi sequel Pacific Rim 2 from Guillermo del Toro and the first official movie that kicks off Universal's classic movie monsters franchise reboot, The Mummy.

It's been a busy day of killer news regarding the next installment in the Halloween movie franchise and

Variety is reporting that «Stranger Things» breakout Millie Bobby Brown has completed a deal to star in Legendary's upcoming Godzilla: King of Monsters, the next film in the monster movie franchise.

Along with James Wan, who co-created the «Insidious» franchise with Whannell and directed the first two movies, and also served as a producer on «Insidious: Chapter 3,» they are among those who encouraged Whannell to take the next step in filmmaking by helming the origins story.

Is the original director's plan to ignore the plots of the last three Terminator movies the way to revive the franchise for the next three films?

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.

There's really no question that Deadpool is now the movie that's going to carry the Fox X-Men franchise forward into whatever it is the series has planned next.

Star John Boyega teases that next year's sequel, Pacific Rim Uprising, is the ultimate, big - budget franchise movie experience.

The movie is a mess of contradictions, which seems (like last year's Spectre) more interested in fan service than telling the next chapter in the X-Men film franchise as a strong movie.

We don't yet know who's going to survive the next two Avengers movies, but since Marvel has historically worked in trilogies, it makes sense that we'd see those franchises filled out for characters like Ant - Man and the Wasp, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, and Doctor Strange.

Highlights from the selection include Woody Allen's professor - meets - student affair Irrational Man and Gus Van Sant, Justin Kurzel's take on Macbeth, starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, Pixar's hotly - anticipated Inside Out, the latest in the Mad Max franchise and the next movie from Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone.

«We decided we wanted to plot out the next 10 years of the Transformers franchise, so we got together in a three month period of time... nine of some of the most creative writers I have ever worked with — shepherded by Akiva Goldsman, who many of you may know won an Academy Award for A Beautiful Mind, and written a bunch of great movies.

Add Vampire Academy to the pile of movies that aimed to be the next big young adult film franchise and fell short.

The MCU's first female superhero to get her own movie franchise (coming in March 2019) is the ideal candidate to be a part of the next generation of Avengers, though «Captain Marvel» will take place in the 1990s and we'll have to wait and see if the heroine makes it to the MCU's present day.

At the annual MIPJunior event, Hasbro's Chief Content Officer and Executive Vice President Stephen Davis spoke about the ambitious plans they have with Paramount for the Transformers movie franchise, promising four sequels over the next ten years.

Empire has revealed a new image from the fifth instalment of the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom featuring Bryce Dallas Howard, Justice Smith, and a rather mean looking dinosaur; take a look below... SEE ALSO: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will set up the plot of the next Jurassic World movie Meanwhile, speaking to the outlet, -LSB-...]

But part of the reason for this movie is to establish the next steps in the growing franchise, and the end - credits sequence does exactly that.

More details on the next installment of the Transformers film franchise should start to roll out as we get closer to the movie's release next summer.

James Bond's fascination with Aston Martins will continue in the next Bond film, Spectre, after EON Productions, the producers of the Bond movie franchise, unveiled the Aston Martin DB10.

Think of your books as if they were movie franchises, with one book building interest in the next.

With sequels to the book already on shelves, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children definitely has the potential to become a movie franchise — which should please fans hoping for the «next Harry Potter.»

She figured she'd be the next «50 Shades of Grey» romance novel / movie franchise and wanted to protect her «brand.»

That is until now when analyst Doug Cruetz said that «James Bond will become an annual franchise, which we had not necessarily expected given the lack of an accompanying movie next year.»

Variety magazine reported word of a new movie in the franchise coming out next year, leaving many to suspect that a story tie - in would happen.

Next week is the last week of the franchise sales, ending with GTA for the games side and The Fast And the Furious on the movie side.

The Tomb Raider series» next game will be revealed soon, in order to garner more attention to the franchise before the movie's next showing in cinemas.

And with the announcement of Disney purchasing Lucasfilm, and the next Star Wars movie will be released in 2015 with J.J. Abrams directing it, Star Wars is about to be as big as ever, which is perfect timing for Zen Studios to release a digital pinball game based on the franchise for mobile platforms, Xbox Live and PSN.

-- Marcus Fenix Aliens 3, The Matrix Reloaded, The Next Karate Kid, Jaws 3D, and The Godfather III all have one thing in common — they are (arguably) very weak third - movie sequels to otherwise great franchises.