Sentences with phrase «on superhero franchises»

While we wait for more on this superhero franchise, check out the latest sneak peek along with four new photos.

But Universal has decided that Sony shouldn't just have the whole holiday weekend to themselves, as they are the only studio who is attempting to take on the superhero franchise.

Not exact matches

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.

Stuck halfway between James Bond and superhero movies, the Mission: Impossible big screen franchise sets itself apart by focusing on two things: teamwork, and vulnerability.

The film which opens on October 17th stars Michael Keaton as Riggan Thompson an actor trying to distance himself from an iconic superhero film franchise by starring and directing his own broadway production.

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

Disney has rescheduled its superhero film release dates following Marvel and Sony's collaboration on a new «Spider - Man» franchise.

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.

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.

I'm not exactly sure why Sony would want to remind moviegoers about the original «Spider - Man» trilogy when the studio is only weeks away from rebooting the lucrative superhero franchise, but if you never got around to buying the films on Blu - ray, it's as good a time as any to get them now.

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).

Working unobtrusively but consistently in a decadent Hollywood that's doubled down on sci - fi / fantasy / superhero franchise tentpoles as the end - all - be-all of action movies, Jaume Collet - Serra has been diligently and often ingeniously pursuing another filmmaking model, that of the mid-range budget standalone genre picture.

At the top of the list, the billion - dollar big guns: franchises, superhero movies, animated kid - flicks and single - serving comedies — the whole high - calorie / low nutritional monoculture diet the studios would prefer us to subsist on, like docile teenage boys easily distracted by big bangs and shiny objects.

With close to 80 characters (plus CG characters numbering in the tens, if not hundreds, of thousands), multiple diverging / converging storylines, and an 18 - film franchise to service, Avengers: Infinity War has a tremendous amount of ground to cover, both literally and figuratively, from New York, Scotland, and Wakanda on Earth, to parts known and unknown in the deepest reaches of space, not to mention putting our favorite and not - so - favorite superheroes through one ringer after another.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe was once accused of dishing up the same rinse - and - repeat origin story over and over again — and while Feige will protest (and has) that each Marvel movie has had its own individual flavor (Thor was a stab at Shakespeare; The Winter Soldier riffs on 70s paranoia thrillers), the franchise has been finding more solid footing in its endeavor to remix all of popular film history through the lens of superheroes.

The trailer is quite self - aware, much like Deadpool, especially in parts when he takes a dig on the superhero movies by saying lines like «we need them young enough to carry their own franchise for 10 - 12 years».

Like a lot of great superhero flicks, «Iron Man 3» will find our hero's relationship with his gal tested but Black and co-writer Drew Pearce find a way to turn storytelling expectations on their head at every turn, providing the narrative twists that have been missing from this franchise to date.

What was intended as DC's answer to Marvel's juggernaut Avengers series — and the launching pad for solo movies such as Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg — ultimately proved to be a major misfire for the franchise which saw Warner Bros. embarking on a major behind - the - scenes shake - up at DC Films in an attempt to salvage its superhero universe.

By Sean O'Connell Hollywoodnews.com: All eyes are on «Green Lantern» this weekend as Warner Bros. tries to roll out a new superhero franchise for a D.C. Comics character that lacks brand recognition.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Ryan Reynolds Is Simply Sublime as Irreverent Superhero Technically, Deadpool is the 8th installment in the X-Men film franchise, although it's different enough from the others to stand on its own.

In 2015, before Sony and Marvel Studios announced Holland had won the role of the teenage superhero, Riggs said the role «would've been awesome for me» and confirmed on Facebook he auditioned to play the character following the reboot of the Amazing Spider - Man franchise.

In the same way Creed, his propulsive and knowing reboot of the Rocky franchise, paid tribute to and upended boxing iconography, Coogler's take on superhero - dom is both pleasing and probing.

Cameron's beef seems to be less with superhero films in general though and more about Hollywood's obsession with sequels, remakes and branding — which is strange coming from a filmmaker who is prepping a new series of «Terminator» movies (the sixth, seventh and eighth in that franchise), four new «Avatar» movies (sequels to a film many consider more a showreel for today's effects than a truly enjoyable bit of filmmaking), and a TV series based on his»90s film «True Lies».

Film Review by Kam Williams Ryan Reynolds Absolutely «Marvel» - ous as Wisecracking Superhero Technically, Deadpool is the 8th installment in the X-Men film franchise, although it's different enough from the others to stand on its own.

The all - powerful superhero movies, meanwhile, are the only true pathway to worldwide stardom a la Cruise (whose own foray into a Marvel - style joint - franchise with The Mummy was dead on arrival).

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.

Dave Bautista lets slip that he's working on another superhero movie franchise.

«Avengers: Infinity War»: Less of a film franchise than it is a long - form final exam after some 14 movies of homework, this hydra - headed superhero blockbuster had one truly redeeming quality for those who have not spent the last several years absorbing its story on their way to the multiplex: It was, at least, an ending.

According to early ticket data, Black Panther is on track to becoming one of the biggest movies in the Marvel superhero franchise.

And after that, Pearce seems to have booked gig after gig: he's penning an adaptation of DC Comics ««The Mighty,» about a cop who takes on a superhero, for Paramount; he was picked for another huge franchise with «Sherlock Holmes 3» (his Twitter by - line wryly comments «I mostly write threequels») and he's got an original action - comedy in the works too, «Secretaries Day,» to be directed by «Easy A» and «Friends With Benefits» helmer Will Gluck.

She's been tapped for a ton of films lately, and so it only makes sense that she needs to take on a role in a superhero franchise, right?

(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.)

Of course, Lego has tackled superheroes before with the two Lego Batman games, with the latter even focusing more on DC Comics as a whole, but never before have they paid such tribute to the franchise that they have Legofied.

The 26 - year - old helmer was the man behind «Chronicle,» which made back its $ 12 million budget ten times over on release in February, and since then he's been lining up all kinds of projects; while he won't direct any «Chronicle» sequel, he is attached to a film version of Soviet - themed comic book «The Red Star, «and is developing not one, but two major superhero franchises, in Sony's «Venom «and Fox «s «Fantastic Four.»

2017 was the year of fanboys and wonder women, as the former grew almost deafening in their zeal (permitting no dissent on the unquestioned genius of the DC, Marvel, Star Wars and Apes franchises, even when the movies themselves disappointed), while the latter found a common voice and courageous platform to take on the honchos in showbiz, politics and many other fields who had the nerve to ignore that famous superhero adage, «With great power comes great responsibility.»

Since before superhero movies were even a thing, Fox has known they had something on their hands with the X-Men movie property and although not everything from the franchise has been great, their track record so far has been largely in the green, both financially and critically.

Taking that approach is smart for the X-Men franchise, making it feel uniquely cinematic and on a different level than any of the other superhero movies it will be competing with.

Thankfully, the Thor franchise seems to have regained its footing under the direction of Taika Waititi, and is currently sporting the highest rating ever for a superhero film on Rotten Tomatoes.

While the Deadpool franchise seems to pride itself on being a ridiculous pastiche of superhero conventions with Reynolds» sense of humor and an intense portrayal of violence, it also tends to employ some genre conventions that fans might not recognize.

Meanwhile, the DECU is still establishing itself, but many would agree that the franchise has attempted something different than Marvel - a more real - world and gritty take on its superheroes, which has been divisive among viewers.

My take: For quite a while now, there's been a cloud of uncertainty hanging over Fantastic Four, 20th Century Fox's reboot of its movie franchise based on Marvel Comics» first superhero team.

Sure, carrying on the legacy of the Rocky franchise and playing the charismatic villain in one of the most buzzed - about superhero movies in ages has probably been fun (and also extremely lucrative).

Freed from the origin story box, this second installment of the Wade Wilson franchise has its cake and eats it took, taking any number of shots at the superhero sub-genre (and modern blockbuster filmmaking in general) while still crafting a story that makes sense on its own terms and works as a character piece.

Below, Tom and Jud jam on everything from the accessibility of the «Avengers» franchise to the popularity of superhero deaths like the Human Torch.

With Telltale's grab bag approach to popular franchises it was only a matter of time until it got its hands on one of the world's most popular superheroes.

After flushing your business, you head outside to South Park to see a war raging on in the streets as kids fight for control of the Stick of Truth from the previous game, but just as we get close The Coon jumps into the fray to warn all the kids of a danger ahead, a missing cat, whose capture could reward the heroes $ 100 to fund their superhero franchise.