Sentences with phrase «over the franchise while»

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Shoppers has 1,242 store locations across the country while Loblaw has over a 1,000 corporate and franchise stores from coast to coast.

So while a network may have a successful run, or a movie franchise, over time, there's little to stop a competitor from swooping in (think Fox News disrupting CNN).

The mom - and - pops are increasingly losing ground to the chains, while the Canadian - based chain clubs warily look over their shoulders at American franchises moving north.

We believe the fears over ESPN are overblown and represent a short - term challenge, while the strength of Disney's movie franchises should have a positive impact on numerous other business segments to continue the long - term growth of the business.

Additionally, an overhauled Franchise Mode lets gamers run the show as owners of NHL and AHL teams, while an expanded Rivalry Mode tracks and records statistics from head - to - head battles over the lifetime of the rivalry.

While Grand Theft Auto has grown over a decade into becoming the quintessential mainstream gaming franchise with a vast array of games across many platforms, Red Dead isn't as well known among non-gamer circles.

However, while the remnants of a sequel - spanning franchise were built, Wan jumped ship to the action genre, leaving screenwriter and supporting cast member Leigh Whannell to take over as director (Wan has a pretty neat cameo however).

The third instalment takes the franchise over $ 1bn worldwide, while The Greatest Showman appears set to overtake La La Land as biggest - grossing original musical

While the trailer has confirmed that this franchise will hold sole dominion over the descriptor of «irreverent» for the near future, the addition of John Wick co-director David Leitch should kick the action sequences up several notches.

While the main tactical RPG thrust of the franchise's successes have continued through Fates and Echoes, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have seen fit to hand the keys over to Omega Force and Team Ninja to bring the Fire Emblem world to life in an entirely new way, as a Warriors game.

Sure, it's a Zelda game that puts a bit of spackle over some of the annoying gameplay features of the franchise while not doing a terrible amount of work to completely overhaul them, but does provide for an HD enhanced version of a game that's rightfully considered one of gaming's finest.

While a great deal of uninformed critics seem to be falling all over themselves about The Fate of the Furious (the Rotten Tomatoes website actually states, «The Fate of the Furious opens a new chapter in the franchise, fueled by the same infectious cast chemistry and over-the-top action fans have come to expect.»)

After over 12 years in development, Nioh plays like a compilation of every hack - and - slash RPG since the early 2000s, and while it's almost tempting to write off most of the gameplay as being derivative of From Software's recent action RPGs, like Bloodborne and the Dark Souls franchise, there's so much more to the game than that.

In case you were wondering what shenanigans you might get into during the long break, the folks over at Humble Bundle have compiled a selection of Capcom games for the PlayStation 3 and 4, while Microsoft is featuring an «Activision Franchise Sale» for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

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.

Not only does it feature the first African - American lead in the Marvel cinematic universe — a franchise that has still made $ 13.5 billion USD at the global box office over the past 10 years while seemingly ignoring 13 percent of the United States population — but it also reveals a new set of rules for how drum up fan enthusiasm.

While we have showcased tons of references to Michael Myers and the Halloween franchise in pop culture over the years, this is definitely one of the coolest shout - outs that we have seen.

Over in remake territory, Spike Lee lost Nate Parker, but picked up James Ransone for «Oldboy» while «Transformers 4» may shake things up for the franchise, ditching Sam Witwicky for a female lead.

What we are worried about: While the Insidious franchise is better than most horror franchises, there has been a definitive decline in quality over the course of the series.

After directing The Force Awakens, Abrams will be staying on as an Executive Producer and creative consultant for the franchise, while the reins will be handed over to writer / director Rian Johnson (who landed the gig back in June 2014).

Fan outcry arose over the weekend when it was reported Crawford was being released from the TV adaptation of the popular buddy - cop franchise for his on - set behavior while producers scrambled for a replacement.

According to «The Hollywood Reporter,» Gyllenhaal was considered to take over for Tobey Maguire in Sam Raimi's «Spider - Man» franchise because Maguire had injured himself while shooting the 2003 film «Seabiscuit.»

The Pros: Joseph Delaney «s Wardstone Chronicles have been in the works over at Warner Bros for a while, in the hope that it might be able to step in for the Harry Potter franchise.

While the whole internet is squabbling over who will be the next Ant - Man director (now that Edgar Wright has parted ways with Marvel) another piece of news has dropped: Alleged Ant - Man director hopeful Ruben Fleischer may direct an even bigger franchise, Ghostbusters 3.

Farrell has avoided the franchise boom until now, but while his career choices over the last few years have been interesting and mostly good, his attempts at mainstream success haven't panned out (see also: Total Recall, Epic, Winter's Tale).

While on first glance, X-Men: First Class may seem like a prequel to the other films in the franchise (apart from the Wolverine film, of course, which just bounces all over the place), the new film really plays more like a reboot of the X-Men franchise.

While an argument could be made that Shuri taking on the mantle should happen over the Black Panther franchise, the «expect the unexpected» mentality for Avengers 4 means that it could be in the cards.

Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol Rated PG - 13 for sequences of intense action and violence Available on DVD and Blu - ray While it seems that some of the franchise pics we have seen over the last year have gotten lamer with time (best example — Twilight), a couple have really knocked it out of the park, namely Harry Potter and Mission Impossible.

The 45 - year - old actor has been linked to taking over the role when Daniel Craig steps down after «Bond 25», and while he would love to see the iconic movie franchise move in a new direction, he doesn't welcome the push for there to be a black actor star as 007.

While Nintendo decided to turn over their new Mario Party franchise to the developers at Hudson Soft, they handed their Mario sports titles to the team at Camelot Software Planning.

While we don't expect great changes over the classic franchise's formula (vertical gameplay will be back from Advanced Warfare), the next episode has still no official name and many think it will be Call of Duty Black Ops III, granting both a good solo campaign and a great multiplayer with zombies, too.

While the last handful of Transformers movies have been met with overwhelmingly negative reviews over the years, the Bumblebee spin - off is looking to set itself apart from the bloat and excess from the Michael Bay directed franchise as director Travis Knight brings Bumblebee back to his heyday.

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.»

While THR doesn't state it outright, the implication is Stewart's place in the franchise was rethought in the wake of the scandal over the actress «stepping out» on boyfriend / Twilight co-start Robert Pattinson, with Snow White director Rupert Sanders.

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.

While central office personnel tapped the inaugural franchise principals for this new role, it's understood that other principals interested in leading two or more schools must provide a coherent plan conveying how achievement will increase over time, particularly at the campuses added to the original flagship school.

While the lack of a multiplayer has me down a little the over all game is to good to pass up, you will definitely want to pick up the latest installment to the Pew Pew franchise Purchase Pew Pew 2 for the BlackBerry PlayBook

While more «subdued» in tone compared to his Metal Gear franchise, Kojima promises over 100 hours of potential -LSB-...]

Namco Bandai's weapon - based brawler has always prioritised the spectacle of combat over the art of fighting — something far better demonstrated in its Tekken franchise — and while few would deny that this approach has led to some of the most explosive and colourful rucks of the last decade or so, such showmanship has tended to come at the expense of gameplay depth.

LEGO Ninjago originated in 2011 with a pilot film and a range of LEGO sets which became so successful that it launched its own large scale LEGO brand with over 100 LEGO sets, multiple games including Summer 2014's LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids and LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin on Vita in March 2015, while there are numerous graphic novels, a LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu TV series and films taking the franchise considerably further into the future to even greater success.

While the franchise has never struck big in the west like some other JRPGs, Falcom's Ys series has been incredibly influential over the years.

While the Rabbids franchise has admittedly had some moderate success since its conception, the series was never a fan favorite from Ubisoft's massive catalog of IP, so it was understandable thinking that a crossover with a franchise like Mario wouldn't really go over well (hell the initial Rayman connection didn't either).

I've played games on a variety of platforms over the years, and while I'm currently addicted to Scopely's Yahtzee with Buddies and The Walking Dead: Road to Survival, some of my favorite games and franchises include Monkey Island, The Legend of Zelda (especially Ocarina of Time), Final Fantasy (FFIV is my favorite), Goldeneye, and John Madden Football (from the original on Genesis all the way to today's mobile version).

While first - person shooter games do still have franchises that are released that simulate realistic combat like Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and the ongoing Call of Duty games, a lot of the more popular first - person shooters now are more over the top.

While Star Fox has plummeted in quality over the years, the pedigree of the franchise is still largely remembered in good light.

While the change in gameplay is a bit odd, I think it will be very fun to play with friends over multiplayer, and I think it is a bold move from Nintendo to freshen up the franchise after so many iterations.

While everyone makes jokes about how Nintendo rehashes the same franchises over and over, the fact is that you buy a Nintendo console for Nintendo games.

While the franchise has been a major success over the years, and with «Fable Anniversary» coming up next month, a lot of research had been done in anticipation.

I have said it several times over, while Sony has a few things they need to change regarding the Vita, one of the main problems it is facing is exclusive games from recognizable and popular franchises.

While the game is shaping to be very beautiful and exciting, long time fans of the franchise have voiced their concerns over the lack of Link's iconic green tunic and hat.