Sentences with phrase «origins tale»

The Emmy - nominated writer talks about the importance of Marvel's big - budget origins tale centered around a black hero

In this origins tale, we learn that the accident left him with an uncanny ability to heal himself almost instantly (except for the skin), a trait likely to come in handy whenever he's shot, stabbed or otherwise injured.

This origins tale unfolds in East Berlin in 1963, which is where we find Solo and Kuryakin initially squaring off as adversaries.

Black Panther (PG - 13 for pervasive violent action sequences and a rude gesture) Chadwick Boseman handles the title role in this Marvel Comics origins tale which finds the superhero serving as king of an African country before teaming with a CIA agent (Martin Freeman) and a female, special forces unit to avert world war.

Consequently, advance ticket sales for this Afrocentric origins tale have been through the roof, and I'm happy to report that audiences will not be disappointed.

Joaquin Phoenix is reportedly eyeing the role of the Joker in a new 80s - set origins tale from The Hangover director Todd Phillips.

This is an origins tale, one that starts slowly and, despite anxious and insistent hand - held camera work to give the illusion of drama, never rises... Read More»

Doctor Strange (PG - 13 for action, crashes and pervasive violence) Benedict Cumberbatch plays the Marvel Comics character in this origins tale revolving around a neurosurgeon who morphs into a superhero in the wake of a tragic car accident.

AG Hair's story starts in a basement, like so many other entrepreneurial origin tales.

This isn't your average rags - to - riches entrepreneur origin tale.

The origin tales of the Christmas tree are as varied and conflicting as those of any of the other Christmas traditions.

They didn't elaborate on the matter, but according to Variety, it was because MacLaren's «epic origin tale» differed from their hopes for a more classic character - driven drama.

Telling the origin tale of everyone's favourite space pirate, Han Solo, there's plenty to tell, from how he got the name «Solo» to how he first met his trusted Wookiee co - pilot Chewbacca.

Two years ago, the scrappy film based on Rob Liefeld's and Fabien Nicieza's Marvel Comics creation felt fresh and subversive, introducing the origin tale of cancer patient - turned - mutant mercenary Wade Wilson.

Not only is the battling panda looking to shut down Shen's devastating progress, but he's searching for his origin tale, digging for clues that will help to understand himself and his place as a warrior — a quest that worries Mr. Ping greatly, out of parental protection instincts and personal concern, nervous he'll lose his beloved Po as his adoptive son.

: This origin tale about hip - hop's most controversial super-group features some intriguingly all - in - the - family casting: To find a stand - in for the young Ice Cube, the filmmakers went with O'Shea Jackson, who happens to be a genetic descendant of the genuine article.

This was one of the few cases where the decision not to tell an origin tale backfires.

Smartly weaving in the traditional origin tale with a revenge piece, Deadpool explains his previous life as mercenary Wade Wilson and why he left his fiance, Vanessa (a terrific Morena Baccarin, Gotham), to take part in an experimental procedure led by Ajax (Ed Skrein) in hopes of curing his terminal cancer diagnosis.

Wonder Woman herself has a thrilling origin tale, but her creator, Dr. William Moulton Marston, had a pretty interesting backstory as well.

«Minions — The supporting characters from the «Despicable Me» movies get their own origin tale, in which they become the helpers of super-villain Scarlett Overkill (Sandra Bullock).

I found this reboot consistently entertaining and a slight yet welcome departure from other superhero origin tales.

Penny Dreadful isn't afraid to mix up its format within the season, as we've seen before in the episode largely devoted to The Creature narrating his origin tale to Victor.

After Sam Raimi's record - breaking origin tale, superior sequel, then downright dire third effort, many of us fans thought a SPIDER - MAN reboot may have come too soon.

This indie crime film feels perfectly at home in the canon of mid-1990s indie crime cinema, and is a fantastic origin tale for one of our most remarkable filmmakers.

Taking several pages from the ubiquitous superhero subgenre that currently rules the multiplexes, writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless have positioned the latest take on Bram Stoker's infamous bloodsucker as an origin tale with the titular character as the protagonist.

«How many times are we going to see the origin tale of Batman with his parents getting killed?

When it comes to origin tales, you can do no wrong with the creators.

In a superhero origin tale unlike any other, this is the true story of 1940s Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston, the inventor of the lie detector and creator of the iconic Wonder Woman, who defends his feminist superhero against charges of «sexual perversity» while at the same time maintaining a secret that could have destroyed him.

But even being the focal point of the trilogy wasn't enough to explain his life, and therein lies the point of the origin tale; to explain where each character comes from for those who didn't spend their childhood reading the comics or watching the cartoon on Saturday mornings.

The origin tale of Wonder Woman is sexier, more secretive and more cerebral than one would ever expect.

Eighteen films into Marvel's blockbuster franchise they're long overdue, arriving in a «Black Panther» origin tale that also breaks ground as the first standalone film of the modern Marvel era to be led by a black superhero.

Lastly, the film will NOT be an origin tale, instead picking up well after Stephen Strange has attained his mystical abilities.

is the young Han Solo in this origin tale, suggesting not so much a young, tall and hunky Harrison Ford but a young, short, grinning - until - his - yes - squint - shut Jon Cryer or Ethan Embry.

It's also cheeseball beyond belief at times, madly searching for ways to establish connections between this origin tale and the four films that technically follow it.

You can really see the benefit of Deadpool getting to bounce off other superpowered character in a story that has the freedom to be much bigger than your standard origin tale.

Among the multiple lines of critical and cultural discourse surrounding the film, however, one particularly stands out: the notion of There Will Be Blood — with its central conflict between cutthroat oil prospector Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day - Lewis) and zealous small - town preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) in 1911 California — as a kind of demonic origin tale for the state of contemporary American political culture, with narrow - minded religious fervor and bald - faced capitalistic excesses forming two sides of the same tarnished coin.

Origin tales have over-saturated the cinemas this summer and this has been met with mixed success.

Audiences lack the patience for historical deep dives — among the many criticisms of Man of Steel was its lengthy retrace of Superman's beginning, as if there weren't ten seasons of Smallville — and a lot of the new Marvel movies are shaping up like origin tales.

Brie Larson is set to make her MCU debut as the character in the very near future, yet with screenwriter Nicole Perlman confirming plans to rework the Cap's origin tale from extra-terrestrial to something more earthly, it * might * have been missed.

Though being a formulaic Marvel superhero origin tale, Ant - Man gets a boost from a good ensemble cast and an overall tone of fun and creativity from director Peyton Reed.

If you read the book or saw the movie, «Not Without My Daughter,» you are familiar with the origin tale of this book.

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS / Art by SARA PICHELLI Colors by JUSTIN PONSOR / Letters by VC»S CORY PETIT Returning to stands after a stellar first issue earlier this month, Bendis and Pichelli continue to capture our hearts with the origin tale of the new Spider - Man, Miles Morales.

Alex Lu and Kyle Pinion review the first issue of Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott's new origin tale for Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor

This clever and inventive origin tale depicts how he grew from a tot in his little red onesie into the jolly fellow we know and love.

A prevailing origin tale has it that the Dogue's ancestors were introduced to France (then called Gaul) by Julius Caesar's conquering legions in the first century b.c..

According to an interview with Yomiuri (which has been translated by Siliconera), two quite interesting origin tales were revealed regarding a third evolution of the lovable and insanely popular Pokémon, known as Pikachu.

The third and last chapter in Lara Croft's origin tales, Shadow of the Tomb Raider shifts the action to dense jungle landscapes, with plenty of tomb raiding to be done (something the first in the trilogy was criticised for).

Learn about the myth of Narcissus, and the artists who, throughout history, have made works inspired by the origin tale of narcissism.

Not exact matches

His rough upbringing — which includes a revolving door of stepfathers, an alcoholic mother who chased him around with a knife, and a period of homelessness — makes a compelling origin story, a tale he still emotionally unspools at his seminars decades later.

Though not many details about Tink have been released yet, initial reports make it sound like a possible origins story: «Like Maleficent, this Tinker Bell tale is conceived as «the story you don't know,» and will offer a new perspective on the character.»