Sentences with phrase «on comic book characters»

Between 1960 and 1961, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Mel Ramos each produced a series of paintings based on comic book characters.

For those of you not up on your comic book characters, Lobo has been a part of the DC universe since 1983, when the company first introduced this alien bounty hunter.

Based on comic book characters, the movie reunites Frank Moses (Bruce Willis), Marvin Boggs (John Malkovich) and Victoria Winters (Helen Mirren) after a WikiLeaks report links them to a nuclear bomb hidden somewhere in Russia.

I think when you're working on comic book characters, especially ones that are near and dear to my heart, like Wonder Woman and Lobo are, you want to create something that's true to what the original text are.

2, Spider - Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther, which leaves many threads to be picked up and resolved, since Avengers: Infinity War is the concluding installment of Marvel's so - called «Phase Three» of film productions based on their comic book characters.

Not exact matches

Now the Aussie actress takes on an iconic comic book character Harley Quinn in the Warner Bros. film «Suicide Squad.»

Meanwhile, Vox recently floated the idea of Fox going all - in on Deadpool by launching a film series, similar to Disney's The Avengers series, that would see his character team up with others from the X-Men comics to form a group known in comic books as the Uncanny X-Force.

A decade in the making, «Infinity War» unites many of the Marvel comic book characters that Disney has introduced on screen to date.

Comic books do this all the time (although to be fair, comic books have much better writers than the Bible did), and all you have to do is blame it on a time warp or another fictional character like Doctor Doom or SComic books do this all the time (although to be fair, comic books have much better writers than the Bible did), and all you have to do is blame it on a time warp or another fictional character like Doctor Doom or Scomic books have much better writers than the Bible did), and all you have to do is blame it on a time warp or another fictional character like Doctor Doom or Satan.

The design on our label is a character designed by different comic book artists every year.

Immediately following the photo shoot, the attendees» faces were superimposed onto the comic book characters» hand - drawn bodies using Photoshop technology rarely seen at tradeshows or used on such large - scale productions.

A kind of Jetsons - like, intergalactic name, it's attached both to a comic book character and to Princess Astra on «Doctor Who».

Actor Sir Patrick Stewart, who played Charles Xavier in the X-Men films based on the comic books, said the famous character would have voted Remain.

Blink is a new character which comic book lovers will know, but besides blink, there are many other new characters in the new X-men, you can see all the characters online or on the trailers on YouTube.

Just as comic books don't stop at two but go on for years with new stories and characters, one gets the distinct feeling of Shrek the Third as a continuing presence.

Very little time is spent on the Weapon X process which is very surprising to me since this is such a pivotal moment in the existence of the Wolverine character in the comic book storyline.

Many Batman comic book titles are about how the existence of both characters is contingent on the other, so it makes perfect sense here.

But Constantine, which follows Keanu Reeves title character as he teams up with Rachel Weisz's Angela to prevent Satan's arrival on Earth, takes a leap out the plausibility window early on, something presumably dictated by the comic book that the film is based on.

The latest film is Black Panther (directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong» o), based on Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's 1966 comic book character of the same name.

African - American director Ryan Coogler wrote the screenplay with Robert Cole, based on the characters from the Marvel comic book series.

These characters [Professor Xavier and Magneto] were established in the comic books but also in the movies by two other actors and my questions is, did you look at the actors or did you base your performance on the comic book?

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Created in 1977 by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, Brit cult comic book character Judge Dredd was last seen on the big screen in 1995 for the Disney - produced, campy Sylvester Stallone vehicle simply titled «Judge Dredd.»

Blade: Trinity marks the third installment of the surprise hit series based on the Marvel comic book character, the stoic vampire hunter, Blade.

One of my biggest issues is that the last film forgot to focus on character development / relationships and these are some very cool comic book characters in the Lantern Corps., we just didn't get a chance to see this properly explored.

«Moomins on the Riviera — Moomins, fairy tale characters in a series of popular books and comic strips from Finland, decide to take a vacation in the south of France -LRB-»cause who wouldn't?)

This is of course primarily the story of T'Challa / Black Panther (played by bona fide movie star Chadwick Boseman, the lead in the biopics «42,» «Get on Up» and «Marshall»), but rarely have we seen a comic book movie with such a wonderful bounty of supporting characters.

He's been like that, more or less, ever since, a fan - favorite for folks who value a little humor in their comic books have kept an eye on the character ever since.

Not just a watershed moment — the first blockbuster comic - book movie centered on a female superhero — but an earnestly realized look at a character who embodies strength, compassion and courage in any century.

What the Main Menu calls «Inside Look» begins with the 95 - second teaser for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and follows up with an 8 - minute featurette on the comic book origins of the sequel's titular foe, serving up interview comments from the character's co-creator Stan Lee and a handful of Marvel writers and artists.

Now that «B» movies have moved into «A» positions — films based on comic - book characters, etc. — it's more difficult to find guilty pleasures, but I still have a soft spot for most disaster movies.

Emma Stone reveals that the studio and her director plan on honoring the fate of her character as seen in the original comic book.

Overall, the posters look very impressive; the makeup / prosthetic work on Strong is awesome — he looks just like the comic book character — and the CGI work on Kilowog doesn't look half bad either.

Hugh Jackman is currently in theaters playing Marvel fan favorite Wolverine for a record - setting ninth and final time in the R - rated Logan, and during his recent press junket to promote the film, the Van Helsing star talked about taking his son trick - or - treating on Halloween while dressed up as has signature comic book character.

The wounds have sealed ($ 179m at the box office makes a good salve) and the purists are on board, wooed by the prospect of an adventure based on one of the character's best - loved comic book series: Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's Japan - set 1982 saga.

Following the character posters for Karl Urban, Mary - Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich, here's the final theatrical one - sheet for the upcoming film based on the comic book «Red» by director Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler's Wife) and starring Bruce Willis (Kane & Lynch, The Expendables), Morgan Freeman (Batman 3), Mary - Louise Parker (Weeds), Helen Mirren (National Treasure: Book of Secrets), Richard Dreyfuss (Lone Star Trixie) and John Malkovich (Transformers 3, Jonah book «Red» by director Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler's Wife) and starring Bruce Willis (Kane & Lynch, The Expendables), Morgan Freeman (Batman 3), Mary - Louise Parker (Weeds), Helen Mirren (National Treasure: Book of Secrets), Richard Dreyfuss (Lone Star Trixie) and John Malkovich (Transformers 3, Jonah Book of Secrets), Richard Dreyfuss (Lone Star Trixie) and John Malkovich (Transformers 3, Jonah Hex)

I've been covering Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. diligently every week trying to find comic book origins for events or characters on the show instead of doing a standard recap.

Three years ago, The Guardians of the Galaxy was considered the first big risk of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, completely removed from the rest of the Avengers on other planets with characters even avid comic book readers weren't overly familiar with, all led by an actor who was primarily known as the chubby goofball on an NBC workplace sitcom.

Being a comic book fan himself, he is a smart choice to take on such a challenging daunting task of assembling such characters together.

Directed by Bryan Singer, and written by David Hayter (from a story by Tom DeSanto & Singer) X-Men leaves out a few major characters from the comic book (my favorite, Nightcrawler, among them), skimps on the development of the remaining characters, and changes around Rogue's storyline for convenience sake — all so that the film can focus on the series» most popular character, Wolverine (played by Hugh Jackman).

There's also the fact that, fueled by the character's signature irreverence and meta commentary, Tim Miller's take on the Merc with a Mouth is easily the funniest comic book movie out there.

Agent Carter is set in the late 1940s after the close of World War II and into the burdgeoning Cold War following up on the original Captain America film, but focusing on the character's longevity - and looping in her ties to S.H.I.E.L.D. and it's predecessor, S.S.R. - provides a potential framework for a device to tell the untold backstory of the MCU, a currently favored conceit in Marvel comic books.

Back when Iron Man was first released in 2008, the idea of building a shared cinematic universe based on characters largely unknown outside of comic book circles was the definition of risky.

The LA Times journalist who wrote the piece, Amy Kaufman, posted on Twitter the actress's full comments about Doctor Strange and her interest in the growing number of comic book characters and series being developed into film — and one particular DC series in particular.

Mangold teamed up with Scott Frank and Michael Green to write the Hugh Jackman - starring vehicle based on the Marvel comic - book character.

We look mostly through Francis» eyes, as the boys and two friends weave a fantasy world out of a comic book they collaborate on, called The Atomic Trinity, with characters like Captain Asskicker and easily recognized caricatures of Sister Assumpta and Father Casey (Vincent D'Onofrio), the distracted, chain - smoking pastor and soccer coach who seems too moony to be a priest.

His Hercules, based on Steve Moore's similarly titled comic book with a screenplay credited to Ryan Condal and Evan Spiliotopoulos, marks a novel approach to the character, spinning a tale about the truth behind the legend and letting this revisionist angle sink into every corner of the story.

I must admit, on paper, an ensemble cast of comic book characters in one movie looked to be one of those convoluted mess of a film designed, yet fail, to please the fanboys (i.e. spider - man 3).

The list of possible Jessica Drews includes someone already playing a comic book character on TV.

On the back, you are greeted with a character profile as well as their first issue appearance in a comic book.