The phrase
"origin movie" refers to a film that shows the background story of a character or a franchise. It explains how the character became who they are or how the franchise began.
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That opening act is easy to criticize, but far preferable in my view to giving each of these characters their
own origin movie.
I
like origin movies, but the movie needs to get into the meat of the story and not stop short.
You know an idea is being mined for all its worth when the villains of literature and popular culture are getting their
own origins movies.
Tommy Wiseau's not - so - subtle hint that he wants to play the title character in Todd Phillips» upcoming The
Joker origin movie about the iconic DC villain has now inspired a fan - made teaser trailer.
Everything changed this year, when Patty Jenkins» Wonder Woman received widespread critical acclaim and overwhelming audience support, becoming one of the best - reviewed superhero movies of all time and the highest - grossing
superhero origin movie in history.
«Transformers: The Last Knight» sets the stage for the planned expansion of the $ 3.78 billion franchise that includes a «Bumblebee» spinoff slated for 2018, another «Transformers» sequel in 2019, and a possible
origin movie for the constantly warring Autobots and Decepticons.
The film became the top - grossing superhero
origin movie of all time, along with the most profitable superhero movie to be helmed by a female director.
The last
Marvel origins movie before next summer's Avengers is faithful but perfunctory, with plenty of ersatz»40s atmosphere but precious little golly - gee - willikers.
Meanwhile, further details about Todd Phillips and Martin Scorsese's upcoming
origin movie about The Joker have emerged, with the film set to reportedly depict the villain as a failed stand - up comic.
Joining the ranks of other B - list characters like Ant - Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy, «Doctor Strange» marries its inventive visuals with the usual superhero story beats to deliver the best
solo origin movie since director Jon Favreau kicked off the MCU with «Iron Man.»
[The trailer] includes never - before - seen scenes depicting a mysterious meeting of the «Foretellers,» the five Keyblade Masters from the Kingdom
Hearts origins movie included in the compilation as Kingdom Hearts X Back Cover.
Establishing the tone and visual aesthetic for the MCU, director Jon Favreau created arguably the best superhero
origin movie ever from a C - list character.
Arguably one of the weirder properties under the Marvel banner, «Doctor Strange» marries its inventive visuals — from the colorful, kaleidoscopic imagery to the physics - bending action sequences — with the usual superhero story beats to deliver the best solo
origin movie since «Iron Man.»
The Jennifer Lawrence spy thriller Red Sparrow has dropped two new TV spots, showing us even more of the film that looks like the Black
Widow origin movie we probably won't get.
What Ant - Man is though is a great
standalone origin movie to introduce a fun new character to Marvel's Cinematic Universe.
In case you forgot, a Joker
origin movie directed by The Hangover «s Todd Phillips, written by 8 Mile scribe Scott Silver, and executive produced by Martin Scorsese is happening.
Following Ron Howard's «Han Solo»
origin movie coming - up in May, J.J. Abrams will be back to steer the series home in 2019 with what one can only hope is an epic «Episode IX».
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.
If we could reach the sheer heights that Wonder Woman achieved last year, than Captain Marvel could be an
incredible origin movie.
Legendary has renamed its King
Kong origins movie «Kong: Skull Island» and moved it to 2017, while dating its Untitled Great Wall Project for 2016.
A Todd Phillips and Martin Scorsese - backed Joker
origins movie seems to already be on the cards as the spin - off universe's starting point, and we're still not entirely sure where David F. Sandberg's Shazam movie is going to sit within the timeline.
In the new adventure
fantasy origin movie Pan, Hugh Jackman finally gets a chance to play the villain of the piece.
Emily, who currently stars in the new Snow
White origin movie sequel The Huntsman: Winter's War alongside Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth, also explained that balancing her career with family life is becoming more of a struggle.
As a Batman fan who finally appreciated a
fantastic origin movie in Batman Begins, I can tell you that Superman fan boys are going to go berzerk in their seats over this flick.
... Following hot on the heels of the Joker
origin movie news came word that Warner Bros. regulars Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, best known for Crazy, Stupid, Love and This Is Us, are set to write and direct a new DCEU movie based around Jared Leto's Joker and Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn.
Artane, Dublin native Gary Shore went from directing two critically acclaimed short films to directing 2014's Dracula Untold, the
Dracula origin movie starring Luke Evans, which was filmed in Northern Ireland.
Warner
Bros. origin movie about the Joker, which has Martin Scorsese on board as a producer and Joaquin Phoenix supposedly in talks to star as the Clown Prince Of Crime himself, has always seemed like the kind of idea that's too bizarre to ever actually happen.
The Joker
origin movie looks to be moving ahead at Warner Bros., and it makes sense for the studio to focus on DC Comics villains.
Despite some silly but clever rumors (and the filmmakers winking non-denial) LIFE is not a secret
Venom origins movie.
Joaquin Phoenix is reportedly in talks to play The Joker in the upcoming Todd Philiips - directed
Joke origin movie.
Geneva Robertson - Dworet and Alastair Siddons script is a skein of
mid-2000s origin movie clichés (think «Batman Begins» but without the heart, scope, subtext, or thrills) tied together by a director (Roar Uthaug) with no detectable personal imprint.
This may very well be the long - rumored Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and would nicely coincide with the new Lara
Croft origin movie due in March.
The new scenes show a mysterious meeting of the foretellers, five Keyblade Masters from the Kingdom Hearts
origins movie KINGDOM HEARTS χ [chi] Back Cover.
It has the now - predictable rhythms of a
Marvel origins movie — New York again gets destroyed in a climactic barrage of special effects; the Blind Pig speakeasy even seems modeled on the «Star Wars» cantina — and less of the eccentric, innocent, English charms of Harry and his little chums and their battles.
While we wait for the three new Affleck Batman flicks, the skin - crawlingly fascinating villain The Joker is set to get his
own origin movie, which might rival Logan as the darkest and classiest of comic book adaptations.
A couple of years ago, Marvel Studios did the unimaginable and granted the wishes of every superhero fan by taking their popular characters from
solo origin movies and teaming them up to save the Earth in The Avengers which instantly set box office records all over the world.
The award, which celebrates those whose work has had a positive impact on society, is a perfect fit for Jenkins, who inspired girls around the world by directing «Wonder Woman,» a film that also became the top - grossing superhero
origin movie of all time.
The untitled
Joker origin movie is reportedly hoping to begin production in late 2018, but The Wrap cautions that rewrites from 8 Mile scribe Scott Silver could push it back a bit later than that.
Or to let the guy who directed The Hangover trilogy write a Joker
origin movie?
This is not really
an origin movie.
Wiseau's second wind has given him so much confidence, in fact, that he boldly reached out to Phillips on Twitter after news broke last week that the director was looking to cast Joaquin Phoenix as The Clown Prince of Gotham in his Joker
origin movie.
The goal is to show you who is to blame for the crappiness of so many superhero
origin movies — you — and to punish you for allowing movies like The Lone Ranger to exist.
You'll notice it's also the only one of those five that's
an origin movie.