Sentences with phrase «own superhero franchise»

The $ 11 bln Play - Doh parent is buying the superhero franchise from Haim Saban for $ 522 mln.
Director James Gunn and Chris Pratt made a video message at Comic - Con over the weekend, telling fans that a follow - up to the superhero franchise's debut movie would be hitting theaters in July 2017.
In an age where superhero franchises continue to struggle with representation, The Defenders refreshingly clears the Bechdel Test with ease and features a cast that looks nearly as diverse as the city the show is set in.
Justice League, if successful, will be the seed that launches several superhero franchises.
She became part of a superhero franchise when she took over the part of Gwen Stacy in 2012's The Amazing Spider - Man, and she took a part in the period crime film Gangster Squad that same year.Stone enjoyed a very busy 2014 that involved her returning to the part of Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider - Man 2, and being tapped to star in Woody Allen's period comedy Magic in the Moonlight.
He played Spider - Man's formidable foe, The Rhino, in the latest entry of the blockbuster superhero franchise, THE AMAZING SPIDER - MAN 2, directed by Marc Webb.
Roaring through 160 minutes of action, humor, character development, epic evil and moving nobility, it is darker and edgier, yet lighter and more stirring than anything offered in another superhero franchise.
And the studio was unable to launch a new superhero franchise in Green Lantern; though the film grossed nearly $ 220 million worldwide, that didn't come close to making it profitable.
When superhero franchises falter, studios often reboot them, starting over from a different perspective with a different cast.
In terms of years, X-Men is the longest - running continuous superhero franchise we have right now — the first X-Men, released in 2000, predates even Spider - Man or Batman Begins.
Although many fans had hoped that the failure of 20th Century Fox's 2015 Fantastic Four reboot meant that Marvel's First Family may potentially find itself heading back home to Marvel Studios, it seems that Fox isn't looking to give up the rights to the potentially lucrative superhero franchise just yet.
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.
By then, the star had also taken up the screen persona that was to project her right into the heart of a global superhero franchise.
This reboot of the Marvel superhero franchise is a film of two halves: the first likeable and fun, the second tiresome and loud
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.
His aim is to collect the stones, which have been scattered across Marvel Studios» existent superhero franchise films, in order to decimate the galactic populace.
He's most popular as the guy who used to play «Birdman» in the first three films of a Hollywood superhero franchise.
How do you bounce back after walking away from your shot at a superhero franchise you'd spent years and years developing?
No superhero franchise is truly whole until it becomes a trilogy, and sometimes not even then.
With the X-Men franchise pushing its female characters further and further into the background, Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow is the most prominent female lead in a major superhero franchise.
At this rate, D.C might actually become the most entertaining superhero franchise of the year.
Within the opening minutes, Iñarritu's script name - drops Michael Fassbender, Woody Harrelson and Jeremy Renner in the context of superhero franchise mania; later, Keaton glares in the mirror as the gruff voice of the costumed avenger he played decades earlier intones, «We're the real thing.
He plays Riggan, an aged actor living off the memories of being the lead in the powerful superhero franchise, Birdman.
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.
The youth - skewing CW already has «The Flash» and other superhero franchises (there was a crossover between «Supergirl» and «The Flash» this season), and its audience is much more aligned with «Supergirl» than is CBS» much - grayer viewership.
Continuing to be the most original and resonant of the Marvel superhero franchises, the X-men return in the capable hands of director Bryan Singer, who again stirs plenty of meaty subtext beneath the thrilling action...
«Spider - Man 3» may not have lived up to the hype of Sam Raimi's first two movies in the superhero franchise, but it certainly made an impression financially.
There's a reason for that, as the ever more risk - averse studios have retreated into formulaic action movies and by - the - numbers superhero franchises, of which there are now a dizzying amount.
This whole conversation doesn't even bring in 20th Century Fox's other Marvel superhero franchise, the Fantastic Four.
The latest superhero franchise to get itself a rapid fire reboot - joining Spider - Man and The Incredible Hulk in that regard - is The Fantastic Four and while news of the previous two franchises getting a fresh start was met...
«Guardians of the Galaxy» wasn't the only superhero franchise to make its presence felt at the Academy Awards
Whether this proves a breakout in the traditional manner (ie leading toward a sci - fi / superhero franchise in a year or two) would seem to be in some doubt, simply because Forsyth and Pollard are established visual artists for whom this film is largely an extension and enlargement of themes they'd made their careers anyway.
The newest movie within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, «Avengers: Infinity War,» might be launched later this week at the heels of the worldwide blockbuster, «Black Panther,» including any other flick to the superhero franchise.
Flipping the bird with an «I don't give a shit» expression is practically a monument to the essence of 20th Century Fox's foul - mouthed superhero franchise.
Now, fans have turned their attention instead to the other big superhero franchise in town, the -LSB-...]
While we wait for more on this superhero franchise, check out the latest sneak peek along with four new photos.
I can't see how anyone could be dissatisfied with this movie I preferred it to the other two as I think it captured batman perfectly bane was perfect how anyone can disagree after batman and robin is beyond me??? Cat women was perfect there was no poor casting IMO character development was fine story was fine and beautifully shot soundtrack stunning all involved made an absolute masterpiece even tho I guessed most plotpoints in advance they still felt like a surprise to me I don't see the point in any other superhero franchise making any more movies as bb tdk and tdkr will never be surpassed
You know, it's not a superhero franchise.
When asked if he would be up for joining the superhero franchises, Krasinski told Shortlist Magazine: «Sure, if there are any cool superheroes left, I'd love to.
Olsen plays Scarlet Witch in the superhero franchise and appeared alongside co-stars Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch for last night's screening - no sign yet though of Irish actor Tom Vaughan Lawlor, who landed his breakthrough role of his career as the villain in the much anticipated blockbuster, Avengers: Infinity War.
From any other superhero franchises out there, this is the most refreshing in terms of style.
Trudel spent last week in Los Angeles and made an agreement with Fox's Joe Hartwick to host the next film in the ever - growing mutant superhero franchise.
Disney Infinity 3.0 is finally here and as the previous version injected the Marvel superhero franchise into this game, version 3.0 successfully brings the Star Wars universe into play.
In the latest installment of this superhero franchise, Andrew Garfield stars as Peter Parker, who's just trying to figure out his way through high school adolescence when a discovery about the disappearance of his parents changes his world and opens the door to uncertainty and an unexpected destiny.
I think it is extremely interesting to see what a very creative young director like Waititi will do with the most boring superhero franchise around.
The film is the third stand - alone Wolverine movie in the comic superhero franchise, which has had various sequels and new casts since Jackman first played Wolverine / Logan in X-Men, alongside Patrick Stewart's wheelchair - bound Professor Xavier.
The odds are extraordinarily favorable that Marvel will probably be a hit in igniting a new superhero franchise in Phase four.
What do you do when the studio demands you take a break between the shooting and the editing of a huge superhero franchise movie?
The Thor movies are definitely the superhero franchise I'm least interested in but with him behind Thor: Ragnarok I'm curious.
That's an actual line of dialogue from Bryan Singer's «X-Men: Apocalypse,» and though it's technically referring to «Return of the Jedi,» it could just as easily be applied to the latest installment in the long - running superhero franchise.
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