Sentences with phrase «of superhero franchises»

From formulaic three - act structures to the ceaseless churn of superhero franchises, it's unusual to be surprised by a studio movie these days.

(If Boyle wanted to wring his hands over the state of cinema, he might as well have focused squarely on this, or potentially the recent glut of superhero franchises from Marvel and DC, all of which are easily financially more influential than anything Pixar's made.)

She became part of a superhero franchise when she took over the part of Gwen Stacy in 2012's The Amazing Spider - Man, and she took a part in the period crime film Gangster Squad that same year.Stone enjoyed a very busy 2014 that involved her returning to the part of Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider - Man 2, and being tapped to star in Woody Allen's period comedy Magic in the Moonlight.

Within the opening minutes, Iñarritu's script name - drops Michael Fassbender, Woody Harrelson and Jeremy Renner in the context of superhero franchise mania; later, Keaton glares in the mirror as the gruff voice of the costumed avenger he played decades earlier intones, «We're the real thing.

In the latest installment of this superhero franchise, Andrew Garfield stars as Peter Parker, who's just trying to figure out his way through high school adolescence when a discovery about the disappearance of his parents changes his world and opens the door to uncertainty and an unexpected destiny.

Superman III has major flaws, but is entertaining Superman III is the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the superhero franchise.

But even though he has a stellar filmography, Mikkelsen has had his fair share of bad auditions including 20th Century Fox's 2015 reboot of the superhero franchise lifted from the pages of Marvel Comics.

The 74 - year - old actor, who has played the older Professor Charles Xavier in six films, admitted that there may not be any room for their characters in the third instalment of the superhero franchise.

The British actor - who has played butler Alfred in the last two Batman instalments of the superhero franchise - revealed plans for...

The aesthetic dexterity and psychological depth of Ang Lee's Hulk is corrupted by Marvel's «reboot» of the superhero franchise, Louis Leterrier's intermittently kinetic but depressingly shallow The Incredible Hulk.

Not exact matches

Toy maker Hasbro has agreed to acquire children's entertainment and merchandising franchises, including the characters of the superhero TV show Power Rangers.

The characters of the «Dragon Ball» franchise may not fit many readers» definition of superheroes, but we'd beg to differ.

Disney and Marvel obviously know what they're doing with superhero movies — they've brought some of the biggest franchises to screen — however, at the same time, making every single film need to fit inside the already established franchise starts to limit the amount of creative license any one director can have on future characters as Marvel's Cinematic Universe only grows larger.

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.

May 1 - Toy maker Hasbro Inc has agreed to acquire children's entertainment and merchandising franchises, including the characters of the superhero TV show Power Rangers, from Saban Properties LLC in a deal valued at $ 522 million in cash and stock, the companies announced Tuesday.

Even if the movie hadn't explicitly promised one in its after - the - credits teaser, Ryan Reynolds» big, gooey spitball into the face of superhero movies made enough money in its first weekend to justify a whole franchise.

Because at this point in the game I'm very angry with Warner Brothers for not being able to get one goddamned superhero movie right since the heady days of Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise.

The only slight interest to be derived from this grindingly predictable umpteenth retelling of the old legend — rather thinly disguised, in superhero - style franchise - speak, as the heretofore unknown «origin» of our bow - wielding hero — is how rigorously Scott works against hitting the familiar pleasure centers that these hoary old tales can still stimulate.

Without fail, the dullest installment in any superhero movie franchise is the origin story, during which audiences anxiously awaiting The Big Bad Guy have to suffer through, yaaaawn, scenes of childhood trauma, romantic tragedy, and other expository effluvia, by which point the closing credits are fast approaching.

A Bond film that feels caught between its roots as a mindlessly enjoyable action - franchise and its new mandate to deliver the operatic emotions and sudsy plot lines of today's superhero properties.

He must be a big fan of the James Bond franchise, as he brings forth the best Bond film since Skyfall, hidden inside a Marvel superhero flick.

Not only is it a long - overdue embrace of diversity and representation, it's a film that actually has something to say — and it's able to do so without stepping away from the superhero dynamics that make the larger franchise work.

Deadpool escapes and decides to pursue redemption by rescuing Randall with his newly assembled X-Force, a posse of simpatico superheroes who are «tough, morally flexible, and young enough to carry this franchise another 10 to 12 years.»

He played Spider - Man's formidable foe, The Rhino, in the latest entry of the blockbuster superhero franchise, THE AMAZING SPIDER - MAN 2, directed by Marc Webb.

Roaring through 160 minutes of action, humor, character development, epic evil and moving nobility, it is darker and edgier, yet lighter and more stirring than anything offered in another superhero franchise.

While the fascists at the Star Wars franchise are firing directors for failing to conform to formula, Marvel takes an agreeable leap forward by putting New Zealand actor / director Taika Waititi in charge of one of its superhero blockbusters.

i09 because once you are all about being on - brand, like Johnny Depp, you can't ever leave franchise - verse, he'll be joining the Potterverse for a Fantastic Beasts sequel / Film speaking of Ezra Miller is giving a history of the Potterverse to promote Fantastic Beasts Time Out Two time Tony winner Tammy Grimes (mother of Amanda Plummer) dies at 92 D List after a brief internet freakout Idris Elba denies that he's dating Madonna Superhero Hype set photos from The Defenders (Netflix's answer to The Avengers) though for now its mostly just Jessica Jones in her trademark leather jacket, blue jeans, and perma - scowl

In terms of years, X-Men is the longest - running continuous superhero franchise we have right now — the first X-Men, released in 2000, predates even Spider - Man or Batman Begins.

Although many fans had hoped that the failure of 20th Century Fox's 2015 Fantastic Four reboot meant that Marvel's First Family may potentially find itself heading back home to Marvel Studios, it seems that Fox isn't looking to give up the rights to the potentially lucrative superhero franchise just yet.

The key to navigating Hollywood these days is attach yourself to a superhero movie franchise of some kind to guarantee a hit movie every few years so you can run off and join darker, weirder, more eclectic projects without a care in the world.

Despite wasting Oscar Isaac's talent and having all - around boring villains, X-Men: Apocalypse is still a must - see for fans of the franchise, while more casual superhero enthusiasts will enjoy its bold action sequences and emotional character backstories.

With the release of X-Men: Apocalypse, director Bryan Singer has taken his tally of X-Men movies up to four (or five, if you include his producing duties on X-Men: First Class), and it seems he's now ready for a break from the mutant superhero franchise.

By then, the star had also taken up the screen persona that was to project her right into the heart of a global superhero franchise.

Days of Future Past is the seventh movie of the franchise which include a present - day trilogy, two Wolverine spin - off movies, and a prequel origin movie that was my favorite superhero flick of 2011.

In Avengers: Infinity War, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely set about the difficult task of including all the major superheroes of the franchise by splitting them into teams.

Superheroes from different franchises come together in this crossover of crossovers to protect the earth and by extension the universe from the threat of Thanos the Mad Titan, an intergalactic tyrant intent on destroying half the universe to «balance» it.

Indeed a perfect set - up for the return of Evangeline into the franchise and join hands with our shrinking superhero.

Marvel Disney may have The Avengers as the ultimate team - up movie, but 20th Century Fox now has Days of Future Past as the ultimate mutant superhero movie that not only bridges all the gaps in the X-Men franchise, but actually resets any of the continuity mistakes made by the previous movies.

This reboot of the Marvel superhero franchise is a film of two halves: the first likeable and fun, the second tiresome and loud

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 going.

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.

We have seen and heard countless stories and opinion pieces (and there are many more coming) about the significance of a black superhero leading a franchise, and the fact there's a primarily African - American cast.

After a decade of blockbusting superhero films, the Avengers franchise is bowing out with a double bill, beginning with Infinity War.

He's most popular as the guy who used to play «Birdman» in the first three films of a Hollywood superhero franchise.

Enter the The Green Hornet, a big - budget superhero film that doesn't obsess about reverence to its roots, nor in making a movie that feels it has to respect the requirements of hero drama, or the moodiness that overwhelms some franchises (Spider - Man 3 overdosed on it).

Not that I am really surprised — all great Superhero films come in threes — Marvel announced today the two writers that will be bring Mjolnir back to the big screen in the third installment of the Thor franchise!

At this rate, D.C might actually become the most entertaining superhero franchise of the year.

Amidst those early signs of viewer interest (Blade), franchise launches (X-Men), moments of director / source material synergy (Raimi's Spider - Man) and 18 or so MCU films, Deadpool is recognizable as a triumph of perseverance and (baby) hand - in - glove casting, as well as proof that R - rated superheroing is viable at the box office (which in turn smoothed the way for more serious takes like Logan).

I understand that a lot of fanboys have visions of Spidey web - slinging alongside Captain America and the Hulk and Iron Man dancing through their heads, and that they're rooting for Sony's Spidey reboot to fail because they have some misguided notion that if the franchise flops, the studio will surrender the movie rights to Spider - Man back to Disney and Marvel Studios, considering their whole superhero thing a failed experiment.

Now comes the new wave of blockbuster Marvel franchises, with The Hulk riding a wave of mass approval as the next big superhero thing to hit theaters since X2.