Sentences with phrase «recent film in the franchise»

While the most recent film in the franchise (2001's «Jurassic Park III») was largely panned by critics, «Jurassic World» received a warm reception and rising superstar Chris Pratt earned raves as good - guy Raptor - trainer Owen.

Not exact matches

The first three «Hunger Game» films raked in over $ 2.3 billion worldwide, making it one of the most successful film franchises in recent history.

The most recent film in the Fast and the Furious franchise, for example, grossed $ 1.2 billion worldwide, making it the second - highest grossing film of the year.

There's been virtually no hint of sex in any of Marvel's recent blockbusters or the Harry Potter franchise, and those films have set the bar for what's going to make money in today's market.

As the third film in the most recent trilogy in the X-Men franchise, it's pretty bold to have a joke in X-Men: Apocalypse that mentions the third film in a trilogy is usually the worst.

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Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn — Part 2, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, Snitch, Texas Chainsaw 3D, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Arbitrage and Pantelion Films» breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest - grossing Spanish - language film ever in the U.S.

Pixar's keystone franchise takes on the tone of its more serious recent films (Wall - E and Up), mixing comedy, action and emotion in a way that's pure magic: we end up laughing, frightened and crying tears...

It may follow the same exact structure as many of the other films, but it's a structure that works, and Ridley Scott has made sure to include this in his most recent visitation to the franchise he helped create.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi may or may not be the best film in the franchise, but what writer - director Rian Johnson has accomplished in the eighth installment of the Skywalker family saga gives hope to the recent announcement of a planned trilogy to come.

The film stacked the deck for success by modeling itself on a number of recent hits as it borrowed from J. J. Abrams» Star Trek, in that it was a reset of the franchise, and from The Avengers (and Fast & Furious), in that it is a team - up movie that brings together cast members from previous films.

Several failed attempts to resurrect the franchise have come in recent years; Len Wiseman planned his version of the film that would have starred Gerard Butler as Plissken role but ultimately fell through, then New Line Cinema tried their luck with director Breck Eisner attached but were unsuccessful, and finally Joel Silver and StudioCanal took a crack and failed.

With the horror - franchise Paranormal Activity going strong (the three movies released so far have brought in an excess of half - a-billion dollars) and recent religious horror films doing well in the box office (The Devil Inside), the Paranormal Activity folks are...

With a product that spawned various lines of toys that sold by the millions, and had television shows and an animated movie to its name, The Transformers: The Movie in 1986, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood turned it into a hugely profitable film franchise, having now made over $ 3.7 billion across its four recent movies.

It's no surprise that Disney immediately attracted the ire of film writers around the country, whose reviews often contribute to the buzz that has helped buoy the Marvel and Star Wars franchises in recent years.

But interestingly, this report doesn't make mention of the recent rumors that James Cameron and Deadpool director Tim Miller plan to sweep in and save the franchise from doom with a film that is allegedly a «reboot and conclusion» to the series, somehow.

In random but recent ratings news, the Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration bestowed a PG upon Rocky Balboa, the who're - ya - foolin» - with - that - title sixth film in Sylvester Stallone's pugilistic franchise, for «boxing violence and some language.&raquIn random but recent ratings news, the Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration bestowed a PG upon Rocky Balboa, the who're - ya - foolin» - with - that - title sixth film in Sylvester Stallone's pugilistic franchise, for «boxing violence and some language.&raquin Sylvester Stallone's pugilistic franchise, for «boxing violence and some language.»

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first two installments of The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, A Madea Christmas, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Roadside Attractions» Mud and Pantelion Films» breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest - grossing Spanish - language film ever released in the U.S.

One of the most successful new supernatural horror franchises in recent memory is getting a fourth film.

Nine years is certainly not the biggest gap between films in a series (the recent sequels in the Indiana Jones and Tron franchises took a lifetime to come to fruition), but it is nevertheless a long time since Ferrell & Co. brought their off - the - wall characters to the silver screen.

During a recent interview with Collider, the director revealed he might be interested in directing the entire series if it comes down to it, saying that he would love to continue doing this franchise but worries about the amount of work needed to be put in for five films over the course of eight years.

Probably one of the more eagerly awaited sequels in recent memory, Avengers: Age Of Ultron crafted by Marvel Studios / Disney and directed by Joss Whedon, makes a decent entry into the second - film - of - the - franchise market, but does not supersede the original in acting, writing or humor (so one can forget the «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Superman II» and «The Dark Knight» allusions).

But the problem is that the first two films in the first franchise (I can't get into Last Stand) aren't as big and bombastic and melodramatic as the more recent ones.

Not as commendable were the slick but forgettable Leatherface, the first disappointment by French filmmaking duo Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury; the Spierig Brothers» Jigsaw, part 8 of the exhausted Saw series; the dull Amityville: The Awakening by Franck Khalfoun, usually a respectable genre director, who does still add his share of clever touches (and meta moments, like when a group of teenagers watch the original Amityville Horror in the «real» Amityville haunted house, into which one's family has just moved); Open Water 3: Cage Dive, whose shark - franchise designation was tacked on as an afterthought, not that it helped to draw in audiences (in an anemic year for great whites, 47 Meters Down takes the prize for the best shark film); Jeepers Creepers 3, a super-limited release — surely in part because of director Victor Salva's history as a convicted child molester — which just a tiny bit later would probably have been shelved permanently in light of the slew of reprehensible - male - behavior outings in recent months.

A recent image of Ewan McGregor had «Star Wars» fans speculating that the actor is gearing up to return as Obi - Wan Kenobi for an upcoming film in the franchise.

In a recent interview with Metro UK, Chris Columbus stated he is «actively talking about» a third film in the Gremlins franchisIn a recent interview with Metro UK, Chris Columbus stated he is «actively talking about» a third film in the Gremlins franchisin the Gremlins franchise.

Helmed by Don Mancini (the creator of the franchise and a screenwriter on all seven editions and the director of two previous others), the film is set in a psychiatric hospital where a surviving victim of Chucky's from the most recent edition (a very appealing Fiona Dourif, son of Brad, the voice of the killer doll) now resides — and is visited by multiple Chuckys, who wreak havoc on patients not exactly in touch with reality.

Marvel has been able to avoid franchise fatigue — with the exception of a couple of hiccups, like whatever the hell Thor: The Dark World was — by incorporating more auteurist visions to its films in recent years.

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The company has given the mutants the cold shoulder in recent years due to Fox owning the franchise's film rights.

Telltale Games has in recent years focused its business on creating episodic games based on film and TV franchises, from CSI to Wallace and Gromit.