Sentences with phrase «returning to a franchise years»

There's Hollywood history which premises that almost every third installment in a franchise proves its weakest link; but the likes of Mad Max: Fury Road also conjures the idea that returning to a franchise years later - and with fresh eyes - can work like a dream.

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This weekend, the Jurassic Park franchise returns to theaters for the first time in 14 years.

The film, which will be released on Dec. 15 of this year, will pick up after the action of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise's huge 2015 release that shattered box office records and marked the space opera's return to theaters for the first time in a decade.

All this sets up The Force Awakens — the seventh chapter in the Star Wars franchise that takes place 30 years after The Return of the Jedi — to break the record for the highest grossing opening weekend at the box office.

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Irving was denied the chance to be a franchise player years ago when LeBron returned to Cleveland.

A few years later when the New Browns were returning to the league, they changed the rules to make it tougher... and the Browns franchise has never gotten truly established.

The first few years of his career following the departure from the show were somewhat lackluster, but Smits eventually landed the role of Senator Bail Organa in the second and third Star Wars prequels, a move that would permanently cement him in film history in the minds of at least one very large fanbase.In addition to his work with the Star Wars franchise, Smits also made an inevitable return to the small - screen mid-decade with a prominent role on NBC's The West Wing during the show's 2004 - 2005 season.

Director George Miller (who works on the kid - friendly Happy Feet and Babe franchises when he isn't wreaking havoc in a post-apocalyptic hellscape) returns to create a new chapter in the Mad Max chronicles that he started 30 years ago with the Mel Gibson - starring trilogy Mad Max, The Road Warrior and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.

Or perhaps it was the return of the Assassin's Creed franchise to consoles after a year off.

Following years of denials that he would return to the franchise, Paul Greengrass has shaken up expectation by entering talks for a new Jason Bourne movie with Matt Damon, Deadline reports.

It was announced last year that Don Mancini, creator of Child's Play and the Chucky character, will be returning to the franchise again for the as - yet - to - be-titled Chucky 7.

RoboCop, everyone's favorite cinematic cyborg do - gooder, returns to the big screen after a 21 - year absence, now in a shiny, sanitized package that smartly brings the character into our post-9 / 11 reality only to malfunction halfway through by blandly defanging the franchise's satirical bite.

It looks like we may not have long to wait for the return of Keanu Reeves» John Wick, as director Chad Stahelski has told Collider that the third instalment in the action franchise could go into production by the end of the year.

The horror event of the year is the return of Michael Myers in the new Halloween movie, along with the franchise's most recognizable icons in John Carpenter as executive producer and composer, Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode, and Nick Castle suiting up as Myers again, but make no mistake, there is a new man behind the mask stepping into The Shape, his name his James Jude Courtney, and he's about to make a killer impression.

With anticipation building for the April 15th release of Dimension Films» Scream 4 — the latest entry in the top - grossing slasher franchise after more than ten years of silence — B - D reporter Chris Eggertsen and a horde of other journalists crowded into a conference room at West Hollywood's Mondrian Hotel this week to engage in a Q&A session with director Wes Craven, returning cast members Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox Arquette, and David Arquette, and new additions Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, and Anthony Anderson, to discuss their involvement in the massively - hyped new sequel.

Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to the role that made him a superstar over 30 years ago in this fifth installment in the «Terminator» franchise.

This is entertainment for 12 - year - old man - children that's even more incoherent and incomprehensible than the previous movie, and the diminishing returns of this worthless franchise makes it obvious it's past time to put a bullet in its head.

It was acknowledged that a sense of adventure and derring - do had to be returned to the franchise, and so a script was eventually commissioned from Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler, fresh from their huge success with Double Indemnity the year before.

The return of Bryan Singer to the franchise and the very genre he helped popularise 14 years ago showed promise, but I had this niggling feeling that the film would be nothing more than an excuse to start afresh, à la Star Trek 2009.

All of the other modes return this year and with extra polish - whether it's EASHL, online team play, shootouts, or the totally revamped franchise mode; there is a TON to do in NHL 17.

On the male side, Matt Damon claimed the top spot coming off his work on The Martian and into this year's return to the Jason Bourne franchise.

The biggest news of the year for horror fans was the announcement that John Carpenter would return to the Halloween franchise as executive producer to help oversee a new movie, but there has been little progress since, and now Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions explains the reason for that is because they have not yet settled on what approach to take in bringing about the return of Michael Myers to the big screen.

Black is returning to the franchise that he acted in many years ago, but this time as the director and a now bolstered cast.

And, Linda Hamilton is returning after a 25 - year hiatus to the «Terminator» franchise, as an older but equally kickass Sarah Connor.

Almost 10 years after the explosive original, Frank Miller has returned once again to bring us the second installment of the Sin City franchise.

The «Harry Potter» franchise is returning to the screen later this year, although it's doing so without its titular character.

The biggest news of the year for horror fans was the announcement back in May that John Carpenter will return to the Halloween franchise as executive producer to help oversee a new movie from Miramax and Blumhouse Productions, but there has been little progress since, and now Carpenter himself, who has spent most of this year on his first concert tour, has offered an update on the status of the highly anticipated return of Michael Myers to the big screen.

From new films from Jeff Nichols, David O. Russell, and Todd Haynes to the return of many a franchise, 2015 looks as eclectic a year in cinema as ever.

Sadly, Namco properties such as Soul Calibur haven't made their return in Warriors All - Stars, instead focusing on some of Koei Tecmo's most famous franchises of recent years, plus a few faces that should feel brand new to American audiences.

After 33 years, director Ridley Scott returns to the Alien franchise with a film that answers a few questions, poses some new ones and plays fast and loose with its ensemble cast along the way.

While Turtle Power could have segued straight into the hasty sequels, which were subjected to the usual diminishing returns and aren't very well - regarded, it wisely instead chooses to celebrate the impact of the franchise at large, which has far exceeded the three - year lifespan anticipated as a best - case scenario back when Eastman and Laird were developing their comic book series into a toy line (there are even priceless video clips of a meeting at Playmates).

The film marks Singer's return to the X-Men franchise after an eleven year absence, and although X-Men: First Class and last summer's The Wolverine was a step... Read more»

If you're dying to see a new entry in a moribund spy - spoofing franchise, you'd best wait for Dr Evil and co's return next year.

John Carpenter will make his return to Halloween and produce a new movie in the franchise, something I have hoped would happen for over 30 years.

Jeff Goldblum is set to make his return to the Jurassic Park franchise later this year as he reprises the role of Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and it has now been announced that he will also be serving as our guide in the upcoming video game Jurassic World Evolution, which allows -LSB-...]

Though the roles are more on the cameo level, there was concern when it wasn't clear whether Chase and D'Angelo would return to the franchise they started 30 years ago.

This year saw its fair share of great to spectacular action games with a range of returning franchises and brand new franchises with bold direction...

Long before his time on the Bourne franchise, directing Michael Clayton and Duplicity, and his work on Rogue One: A Story Wars Story, Gilroy penned a story about Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm), a troubled, grieving, and alcoholic negotiator who returns to Beruit 10 years after a personal tragedy to negotiate the freedom of a CIA agent and former friend.

It was announced earlier this year that John Carpenter was returning to the Halloween franchise for a new reboot with Danny McBride and David Gordon Green, which McBride confirmed would be a straight - up horror.

Thankfully for him, fans of the 2011 hockey comedy Goon have been wanting to see him return to the ice for years, and how the American Pie franchise star finally has his skates on and fists up for the sequel.

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Since the saga's return with 2015's «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» the franchise has released films in the week leading up to Christmas every year.

Former Sandman actor Thomas Haden Church believes that director Sam Raimi may one day return to the Spider - Man franchise after a 10 + year hiatus.

2007 has been a year of many franchise movies, including the return of the law enforcing team of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker who are trying to bring Rush Hour back to life after a long absence.

It placed an X-Wing replica on Hollywood Boulevard for Rogue One, and a simultaneous debut at several Hollywood theatres for 2015's The Force Awakens, which was the return of Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill to the franchise after a 30 - year hiatus.

However, nothing has since happened with the G.I.Joe franchise so D.J. Caruso went onto to direct Vin Diesel in this years xXx: Return of Xander...

X-Men 1 & 2 director Bryan Singer had the opportunity to return to the series» director's chair and re-team with Twentieth Century Fox and X-Men franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner a few years ago when development first began on a prequel titled X-Men: First Class.

Nearly a year after Orlando Bloom teased his potential return to the franchise, Disney confirmed at D23 Expo that the actor will reprise his role as Will Turner in «Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.»

And now director Paul Greengrass returns with Matt Damon to the franchise that spawned a tonne of imitations in the last 14 years or so.