Sentences with phrase «on the comic book hero»

A holiday movie and a new take on the comic book hero Spider - Man lead this week's home video releases.
A movie based on the comic book hero Doctor Strange is in «active development» at Disney - owned Marvel, according to new comments from studio chief Kevin Feige.

Not exact matches

It seems that Hollywood has made so many comic book / super hero movies in the last two decades or so that it has had a deleterious effect on the public imagination.
At 6 - foot - 3 and 255 chiseled pounds, Hatada has the look of the next Friday night lights action hero on par with many comic book heroes gracing the big screen these days.
The researchers state: «What increasingly differentiates the instances of gun violence in PG - 13 films from those rated R is not only the higher frequency in the PG - 13 category but also those films» erasure of the consequences (e.g., blood and suffering) and greater likelihood that the violence will be perpetrated by or on comic book - inspired heroes and antiheroes (e.g., Batman, Avengers, and X-Men).»
Their comic book — style biography follows its hero from his early job on the Manhattan Project through his role investigating the Challenger disaster.
The Aftermath: Battle & Trauma in Comics — DC's Batman author and former CIA counter-terrorism operations officer Tom King takes on Jack Kirby's Mister Miracle in a new monthly comic book which focuses on a Super Hero who grapples with post - traumatic stress disorder, an issue not often seen in comics and tragically overlooked in the real world.
What follows is a feature - length rumination on the message of many comic - book heroes, that with great power comes great responsibility, applied to an entire nation: Heavy indeed is the head that wears the vibranium crown.
In a summer during the early - to - mid sixties, I surreptitiously acquired a copy of a specific issue of Playboy — not for the pictures, though those were nice, but for an essay on The Great Comic Book Heroes, by Jules Feiffer.
No sign in this initial trailer of the rest of the Big Hero 6 team, but already we can tell Disney has put its funny, family - friendly mark on this Japanese - style comic book series.
As a comic book fan, it's a blast to see some of my favorite heroes and villains battle it out on screen.
Liev Schreiber («X-Men Origins: Wolverine») narrates the first - ever documentary about comic book heroes in Superheroes: A Never - Ending Battle on PBS.
Scott Pilgrim, Captain Canuck, Nelvana, and more: explore a free exhibit on Canadian comic book heroes and the talented creators behind them.
It's another origin story we're familiar with in the world of comic book heroes, but given the emphasis on magic and alternate dimensions, there are many other toys in the toy box to play with to keep it all feeling like something new to the universe of big - screen superheroes.
Bryan Lee O'Malley's guitar - slinging Canadian comic book hero Scott Pilgrim came into the world in 2004, and after a series of five award - winning graphic novels (and a 6th debuting on July 20th) Scott Pilgrim makes his big screen debut with Canuck cult actor Michael Cera in the lead, Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright at the helm, and a cast that includes Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and indie favourite Jason Schwartzman!
He routinely takes on the Avengers and other teams of galactic heroes, and he punched a hole right through a fully - armored War Machine in 2016's Free Comic Book Day: Civil War II by Brian Michael Bendis and Jim Cheung.
Now Verbinski and Depp have re-teamed for The Lone Ranger, an old reliable, masked cowboy hero that was created in 1933 for radio, and has since appeared on TV, movie serials, comic books, etc..
Based on the Marvel comic book of the same name, Disney's Big Hero 6 is a 3D computer animated movie that tells the tale of a robotics prodigy kid and his adorable robot companion trying to capture a technological terrorist in the fictional city of San Fransokyo.
Adventure, Action - The heroes on the half - shell hit the big screen again in this adaptation of the comic book franchise.
Bryan Lee O'Malley's guitar - slinging Canadian comic book hero Scott Pilgrim came into the world in 2004, and after a series of five award - winning graphic novels (and a 6th debuting on July 20th) Scott Pilgrim makes...
Marvel has announced that Tony Stark is set to headline his second «All - New, All - Different» Marvel comic book series, with the Daredevil creative team of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev reuniting for International Iron Man., which will see the hero embarking on adventures around the globe.
'' (But) if people want something that they can be deeply involved in, if people want something that raises questions that extend out of the comic book and into the real world, if people want to see some amazing high - tech (stuff), this is a good jumping on point,» said Coates, now in his second year writing the adventures one of the first comic books heroes of color for Marvel.
Ryan Coogler «s take on the Marvel hero has caught on in a way that no other comic book film ever has.
You can read Matt Goldberg's written review of the film on the site right now, but if a spoiler - free video review from a bunch of comic book nerds is your thing then the Collider Heroes crew has got you covered.
The latest to take on the super hero mantle is a re-boot of the classic comic book.
It also offers two featurettes --» The Origin Story of Big Hero 6: Hiro's Journey,» which follows the process of adaptation process from comic book to animate feature, and «Big Animator 6: The Characters Behind the Characters,» with the animators discussing the evolution of the characters on the screen — deleted scenes (in rough form, as they were removed in early stages of production; you can see one of them at the end of the post), and Easter Eggs for the kids to hunt for.
For those who prefer flesh - and - blood super heroes to the comic - book variety, «Battle of the Sexes» offers a real - life wonder woman saga with the power to educate and inspire, focusing on the drama that went down both on - court and off when Wimbledon triple - winner Bobby Riggs challenged ladies tennis world champion Billie Jean King to a boys - against - girls -LSB-...]
Greg gives you a crash course on the comic book origins of the cosmic hero, her powers and how she fits into the MCU's future!
Based on the Marvel comic book of the same name, Disney's Big Hero 6 is a 3D computer animated movie that tells the tale of a robotics prodigy kid and his adorable robot companion trying to capture a technological te... Read on the Marvel comic book of the same name, Disney's Big Hero 6 is a 3D computer animated movie that tells the tale of a robotics prodigy kid and his adorable robot companion trying to capture a technological te... Read OnOn
For those who prefer flesh - and - blood super heroes to the comic - book variety, «Battle of the Sexes» offers a real - life wonder woman saga with the power to educate and inspire, focusing on the drama that went down both on - court and off when Wimbledon triple - winner Bobby Riggs challenged ladies tennis world champion Billie Jean King to a boys - against - girls exhibition match.
Though this time, the heroes aren't heroes, they're the worst of the worst: The Joker, plus a bunch of villains only comic - book nerds have heard of, all on the trail of someone even worse.
When the embargo lifts on the film, my thoughts will appear, but suffice it to say, as not the biggest lover of comic - book hero films, this is one I can easily get behind.
OK, the not so good stuff: I am beginning to despise 3 - D (it adds nothing, while diminishing the brightness of colors); Jotunheim (land of the Frost Giants) is plain, gray and boring; Natalie Portman, fresh off an Oscar is just terrible as an astro - physicist with a teenager - style crush on Thor; Tom Hiddleston as Loki is one of the weakest villains I have ever seen in a super - hero / comic book movie; Rene Russo must not have read the script prior to accepting her role — she has about 3 lines and is totally wasted.
It's a crucial part because in the comic books, with the exception of the first handful of Ant - Man stories, Wasp came on pretty early on in the comics in the»60s and you really thought of them as a partnership, a romantic partnership as well as a hero team.
Keaton plays the lead role, that of a former movie star, best known for playing a comic book hero on the big screen (hello!)
There is white lightning shimmering on the Internet prairie today, as Turok, the Native American comic book hero / dinosaur hunter / video game is apparently headed to theaters in a live - action feature film.
WHY: Marvel may be winning the battle of the comic book heroes on the big screen, but DC has carved out a nice little niche on the small screen with shows like «Arrow,» «The Flash» and «Legends of Tomorrow.»
And with Carol Danvers having led the Avengers in the comic books, it's not out of line to think she could end up commanding the next iteration of Earth's Mightiest Heroes on the silver screen.
In another instance of subverting the genre, «Deadpool 2» wreaks playful havoc on a familiar comic - book - movie trope: the assembling of a team of heroes.
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, «Thor: The Dark World» is directed by Alan Taylor, produced by Kevin Feige, from a story by Don Payne (credit not final) and screenplay by Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (credit not final) and is based on Marvel's classic Super Hero Thor, who first appeared in the comic book «Journey into Mystery» # 83 in August, 1962.
Leigh Whannell's script is pure comic book fantasy, with thinly defined characters, a silly plot line, and high amounts of illogical events that must transpire in order to get the rather lackluster hero to continue to unearth information on the nature of the weird looking dummy and its malevolent curse.
Ryan Coogler's take on the mighty African hero is delightfully comic - book - y, in all the best ways.
Man, comic book fans are sticklers about who can and can not portray their heroes on screen.
The film is a wonderful piece of comic book theatre and it's so cool to see all of these heroes collide on screen.
Last month it was revealed that Thor: Ragnarok star Tessa Thompson has spoken to Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige about a team - up movie featuring the female heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and now the Valkyrie actress has elaborated on the pitch during an interview with Comic Book Resources.
The LEGO Movie was arguably the best animated movie of 2014, even though it was completely snubbed at the Oscars, and this year's The LEGO Batman Movie was an enjoyable riff on the classic comic book hero.
The site Sharman links to has a number of other comics visible on the page, including the first two issues of Heroes: 9 to 5 — Quietus, the very book he wants readers to buy.
Only true fans of Marvel comic books will be familiar with Big Hero 6, at least until Disney releases their upcoming animated film based on the series next month.
Scott Pilgrim, Captain Canuck, Nelvana, and more: explore a free exhibit on Canadian comic book heroes and the talented creators behind them.
On the flipside that can also change completely and sometimes for the worse certain IPs like how comic book heroes can be fun sometimes, silly at others, serious in some cases and nonsensically violent most of the times.
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