Sentences with phrase «old franchises on»

For how long does Activision Blizzard intend to keep dragging the same old franchises on?

There's been an overwhelming sense of nostalgia at theaters this summer, with films like «Mad Max: Fury Road,» «Jurassic World» and «Terminator Genisys» all reviving decades - old franchises on the big screen, and «Vacation» continues that trend with the latest installment in the National Lampoon series that began with Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo and a rotating door of actors playing their two kids.

Every old franchise on Gamecube has sucked except Metroid Prime.

Not exact matches

Founded in 1966, Interim is the nation's oldest health care franchise company and it has relied on its franchisees to play a major role in its success.

Something that most people forget, is that under the original plan, Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, and South Africa (Basutoland and Bechuanaland, if you prefer the old names) was to be a single country, consisting of roughly a dozen provinces, with a qualified franchise that was based on income, property ownership, and education.

We are currently franchising our Old Chicago brand which is seeing industry leading results: 11 + Quarters of positive comp sales, 35 % -40 % beverage mix, new 5000 sq. ft. prototype build - out of ~ $ 1.8 M and Cash on Cash returns of 35.3 %, Avg unit volume: $ 2.8 M

Retired NFL stars, coaches and owners have made a habit of getting into the wine business, but one of the oldest such associations has been pulling a QB sneak on us for nearly 25 years: The McGah family of Napa's McGah Family Cellars were cofounders of the Oakland Raiders football franchise in 1960, and maintained their stake in the team until 2005.

On Shelves: NFLTeam History: The San Francisco 49ers The story of the 60 - year - old franchise is told in a two - DVD set.

Tyrod Taylor will get another chance to line up under center for the Buffalo Bills, as the franchise decided to keep the 27 - year - old for at least another season on a restructured contract, the team announced Wednesday.

I think it's a bit old fashioned, considering nowadays the smart move is to go all - in when you've got a franchise QB on a rookie deal.

The 37 - year - old hung his boots up a couple of seasons ago and now coaches the U19 side along with his punditry work on BT Sport, but he's been given the royal treatment from the game franchise with an appearance in their latest edition.

People are stuck on the old Blake Bortles, the one that lost a lot with a franchise that struggled a lot.

Jackson could help rejuvenate a franchise that has relied on 38 - year - old Josh McCown this season.

With injury and age concerns mounting, the franchise elected to cut the 31 - year - old with no dead money remaining on its cap earlier this month.

With two titans atop the organization and a Hall of Fame coach on the bench, the five - year - old Bobcats should be a franchise on the rise.

Even though he slapped the franchise tag on Richmond Webb to avoid losing the would - be free agent without compensation, Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson has never been a huge fan of the 33 - year - old left tackle.

Still, employment won't come easy for a 37 - year - old DH who whiffed every 3.4 at bats in 2001, who was arrested last week on charges stemming from a nightclub brawl and who has coursed through eight of the 14 American League franchises over the past eight years.

Explanations of the merits of extending the franchise to younger people normally begin with statements such as «if someone's old enough to X...» with X replaced by «marry», «go to war», «pay taxes» and so on.

It was how the workers» movement and its small farmer allies were able to build movements to win the universal franchise, to organize labor unions and cooperatives, and to effectively compete in elections against the older top - down parties of the landed and business elites that were based on their legislative caucuses and wealthy sponsors rather than a formal membership with democratic rights in their party.

When Miguel is assigned to the Knights» class - A franchise in Bridgetown, Iowa, he lives on a farm outside of town with an older couple whose principal passions in life are the Presbyterian Church and the Bridgetown Swing, Sugar's new team.

Fortunately, Deadpool 2 not only delivers more of the same, but doubles down on some self - referential humor, to a point where the thin line between this franchise and the old genre spoof days of the ZAZ team and Mel Brooks is getting even thinner.

He's got the charisma and ability, and honestly, I couldn't think of a better actor that's more qualified than Pratt right now (Bradley Cooper is a bit too old for the part if they're planning on making a new franchise out of it.)

During its recent reveals for Sonic Mania, SEGA have focused on presenting older levels from previous franchises as opposed to new levels and the reason is to maintain surpirse for the players by not giving everything away.

But «Logan» will offer a new twist on the franchise — Logan is older, and his powers are fading.

The events that unfold in Metal Gear Solid V fit very well within the timeline and lead into Metal Gear 1 and 2, the oldest games in the franchise that were first released on the MSX.

Back in 2014 emails from Sony Pictures were hacked and leaked, and in one particular message the 55 - year - old filmmaker wrote «Adam Driver is a terrible idea, I'm with you» after the then Sony chief Amy Pascal wrote «WTF» on a newsletter about Driver being cast as villain Kylo Ren in the resurrected sci - fi franchise.

Namco Bandai is taking the old Ridge Racer franchise for another spin, its first in almost three years, this time on the visual powerhouse that is... Apple's iPhone?

The 55 - year - old actor had long discussions with director Matt Reeves about how to ensure his portrayal of The Colonel in the rebooted sci - fi franchise was «more human» than how evil characters tend to come across on big - screen productions.

This new take on an old franchise also stars Russell Crowe.

The 64 - year - old actor - who played Rubeus Hagrid in the «Harry Potter» film franchise - was immediately admitted to a medical facility in Orlando after getting off a flight on Thursday (29.01.15) reportedly suffering from severe flu - like symptoms.

Digging up an old franchise, this ancient mummy (Sofia Boutella) comes to life in the modern world with intention of settle old grudges on a new group of people.

Maybe it's just that pre-May The Fourth excitement, but it was a pretty good day for Solo: A Star Wars Story promos; we already reported on Ron Howard's attempts to mash his adopted franchise home with his old Arrested Development narrating duties.

It's hard not to be disappointed in a major way when the follow - up to the reboot that has redefined the long - running series for a new generation now relies on old clichés and cribbing its style from other franchises.

Shinobi, a SEGA videogame franchise based on the adventures of the Musashi and Oboro clan is turning 29 years old this year.

The 35 - year - old actor will play the titular world - ending villain in «X-Men: Apocalypse,» Fox's upcoming installment of the blockbuster franchise based on the Marvel Comics books.

The 31 - year - old actress — who recently wrapped on the second movie in the franchise, «Captain America: The Winter Soldier», in which she plays Peggy Carter, the titular star's former love interest — will soon start work on «Agent Carter», a small screen spin - off which will air in the US.

The game improves on the old Monster Hunter formula to bring the franchise to a larger audience and that's one of CAPCOM's bigger merits.

Pratt told the Press Association in Los Angeles on Saturday he wants to remain in the films as Star - Lord for the foreseeable future ahead of the release of the 19th movie in the 10 - year - old franchise.

Based on this fact, I think Nintendo is having Retro bring another of it's older 2D franchises to 3D... and I'm hoping it's the sequel to Earthbound!

Genisys may not be a smash hit or a critical darling (early reviews are even worse than they were on 2009's ill - received Terminator Salvation), but for a 31 - year - old franchise of modest origin to still be spawning serviceable pieces of entertainment is no minor achievement.

Like Christopher Nolan, who was 35 when he reanimated the Batman franchise, the 31 - year - old Coogler has a gift for putting his own spin on genre, for making popular culture worlds his own.

Don't get me wrong, I think the franchise is perfect for gaming on the go, but I would love for non-handheld gamers to get the chance to play the older games in the series.

On the surface, this sequel — scripted by the first film's Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, and directed by franchise newcomers Anthony and Joe Russo — takes a bold approach by playing that old spy - movie game «Who Do You Trust?»

Following up on the unexpected success of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes, this second, or seventh (or eighth if you count the Tim Burton version) installment in the 45 year - old franchise, entitled Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, goes 15 years into the future to see how well the apes and humans are getting along.

2: Old Ghosts Writers: Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost Artists: Mike Choi & Clayton Crain Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost's run on X-Force reinvigorated the franchise for the new millennium, trading excessive pouches and neon day - glo for tactical black leather and buckets of blood.

Batman swings into an exhilarating new age, teaming with a powerful allies old and new for a thrilling new take on the classic Dark Knight franchise in Beware the Batman: Shadows of Gotham, Season 1 Part 1.

Early on in Alien Vs. Predator (a film trumped by not only every single other entry in the respective titular franchises, but also Freddy vs. Jason), someone's watching an old Universal horror film on television — I think it's House of Dracula — and it announces in a promisingly self - knowing way that the movie knows what its roots are and that it intends to honour them.

Make the world huge, monsters hard, tons of quest this game kinda reminds me of old world of warcraft but now their graphics are better I think but anyways they need to take this franchise and make it exclusive if its not already and beef it up and work with it polish it up you know cause the game has lot of potential from what i seen of it in the demo video on my wii u so Im little excited about a game again awesome.

Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World aside, most comic book movies are centred on men and boys — and that's even looking beyond Hollywood's superhero franchises to films like A History of Violence, Oblivion and Old Boy.

The 43 - year - old filmmaker has helmed the eighth instalment of the «Star Wars» franchise, «The Last Jedi», and he has been hired by Lucasfilm and Disney announced Johnson will be working on a new trilogy separate from the current Skywalker saga after the release of «Episode IX».