Sentences with phrase «roles in superhero movies»

It was a great film that showcased a variety of different characters that challenged typical gender roles in superhero movies.

Perhaps gone are the days when women's roles in superhero movies were to propel the male hero towards his mission.

Yeah, sure, a good supporting female role in a superhero movie isn't unheard of.

Not exact matches

Okorafor said she was buoyed by the global success of the summer box office hit «Wonder Woman» — the first superhero movie to star a woman since 2005 — with the character hailed as a new role model for girls and a break away from sexism in Hollywood.

The top ten men continue to out - earn their female counterparts by a huge margin — $ 488.5 million compared with just $ 172.5 million — a disparity Forbes attributed in part to the preponderance of superhero movies and action blockbusters that offer few starring roles for women.

Instead, think of bodybuilders, fitness models, celebrities getting in shape for a movie role, and most likely, you (the dude who wants a Hollywood Superhero physique).

t's inspiring and historic for a superhero movie to be comprised of an all - black cast (or, at least, in all of its leading roles).

Really, the only area is which the film falls back a bit is in its reliance on visual effects to play a primary role in the action sequences, a common shortcoming in recent superhero movies.

While Boseman delivers another good performance in the role of the conflicted and newly crowned Wakandan king / superhero, this is the rare occasion where a MCU movie antagonist outshines the protagonist.

Instead of using his newfound clout to take a starring role in another prestige picture, an action vehicle, or a superhero movie, his next gig will see him play a supporting role in a twisted comedy from the mind of Taika Waititi, the director of films like Thor: Ragnarok and Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

«Deadpool» will have a comedic edge lacking in most super-serious superhero movies, and the role Miller has been offered serves as an additional comic voice to compliment Deadpool, who often breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the audience.

Speaking with Empire as part of the magazine's cover feature for the upcoming superhero movie, The Wire alum talked about the rigorous process of getting in the zone to play his role.

Comic legend Stan Lee has notched an appearance in pretty much every Marvel movie so far; Deadpool 2, which was produced by Marvel Entertainment, recently notched one of the best cameo moments in superhero history when Brad Pitt showed up for approximately two seconds in a funny, blink - and - you'll - miss - it role.

Although best known for his roles in such films as «Gladiator,» «L.A. Confidential» and «Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,» Crowe is of course no stranger to superhero movies: He played Superman's father Jor - El in 2013's «Man of Steel.»

Talking to PeopleTV, Clark Gregg says that he's having «a blast» filming Captain Marvel before talking about how proud he is to work on the first MCU movie with a female superhero in the title role.

In spite of such hindrances, the wit of Reynolds in the leading role and direct - to - audience address, biting self - references, and restructured narrative structure sets the superhero movie apart from others of the genrIn spite of such hindrances, the wit of Reynolds in the leading role and direct - to - audience address, biting self - references, and restructured narrative structure sets the superhero movie apart from others of the genrin the leading role and direct - to - audience address, biting self - references, and restructured narrative structure sets the superhero movie apart from others of the genre.

Although the Zucker / Zucker / Abrahams style of parody very quickly wore out its welcome moving into the»90s, it was always nice to see Nielsen continuing to find work, and he was able to return to form with supporting roles in fairly recent movies like Scary Movie 3 and 4 and Superhero Movie.

Michael Douglas has already stated his vote for his wife Catherine Zeta - Jones to play the role, but Lilly has someone else in mind; someone with past in superhero movies.

The actor plays the Marvel Cinematic Universe Big Bad Thanos in the upcoming Avengers sequels, but he also landed the coveted role of Cable in 20th Century Fox's superhero sequel Deadpool 2, which paves the way for Brolin's Cable to lead the in - development X-Force movie to be written and directed by Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods).

The 50 - year - old actor plays the role of Cable in the new Marvel superhero movie, and Thanos in «Avengers: Infinity War», and Josh has revealed he only accepted the offer for «Deadpool» because of Ryan's presence.

Back in May, we reported that Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie had secretly pitched Warner Bros. and DC on an all - female superhero movie that would feature her reprising her role as Harley Quinn and teaming up with an unnamed assortment of heroes / villains.

The 56 - year - old actor is wanted for a role in Sony Picture's new superhero movie based on the iconic «Spider - Man» villain as a «henchman of sorts» but other details of his role are not known.

Birdman is Alejandro González Iñárritu's inspired, single - take backstage nightmare about a failing movie star played by Michael Keaton, haunted by «Birdman», the dumb superhero role which made him rich and famous and which he huffily rejected in favour of a serious career that has failed to take flight.

As alluded to in the first movie, Janet originally fought alongside Michael Douglas» Hank Pym during his superhero heyday, and Reed has promised that her character will have a vital role to play in the upcoming sequel.

Preceded by such films as «The Meteor Man» (1993), «Blankman» (1994), «Catwoman» (2004) and the «Blade» trilogy (1998 — 2004), «Black Panther» isn't the first superhero movie with an African - American starring in the title role, but it has by far the largest number of black cast and crew members.

Bassett plays the role of Queen Ramonda in Marvel's Black Panther, which is set for release in February 2018 and puts an all - new spin on superhero movies.

A who's who of filmmakers and composers assembled at this year's Comic - Con International to discuss the role played by music and sound design in modern superhero movies and television series.

The trend continues after Marky Mark, as the list is mainly comprised of actors who've starred in uber - lucrative franchises or big - budget superhero movies, films for which there are conspicuously few female roles.

Fishburne was offered to appear in the upcoming superhero team - up movie, but a scheduling conflict prevented him from reprising his role for the second time.

The 25 - year - old actress - who plays sexy Russian spy Black Widow in the superhero movie - admitted she actively campaigned for the role after...

Ryan Phillippe is in talks to play Captain America.The «Cruel Intentions» star confirmed he is to audition for the lead role in forthcoming superhero movie «The First Avenger: Captain America» and is hoping he impresses...

Okay, so Reynolds has been in a lot of comic book movies but only because before last year's Deadpool he never found a superhero role that suited him like the notorious Merc with the Mouth, right?

Chadwick Boseman, who recently played James Brown in the biopic Get On Up to rave reviews, will undertake the hitherto unseen role of the superhero Black Panther in the movie.

I had forgotten that Scoot McNairy was even in the film (which was my mistake since Scoot McNairy can happen at any time), but now a rumor has resurfaced regarding his role in the upcoming superhero movie.

And much as the film has been snuck into a March release in between superhero movies, so too has Winstead's role in the film been little advertised.

In Tim Miller's Deadpool, Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds in the role of his career) lived up to his comic book roots by openly embracing the fact that he's 1) in a movie, 2) is a comic book superhero owned by a corporation, and 3) name - dropping actual actors and other superheroes like Wolverine and BatmaIn Tim Miller's Deadpool, Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds in the role of his career) lived up to his comic book roots by openly embracing the fact that he's 1) in a movie, 2) is a comic book superhero owned by a corporation, and 3) name - dropping actual actors and other superheroes like Wolverine and Batmain the role of his career) lived up to his comic book roots by openly embracing the fact that he's 1) in a movie, 2) is a comic book superhero owned by a corporation, and 3) name - dropping actual actors and other superheroes like Wolverine and Batmain a movie, 2) is a comic book superhero owned by a corporation, and 3) name - dropping actual actors and other superheroes like Wolverine and Batman.

He joins Will Arnett, who is reprising his role from «The Lego Movie,» and Michael Cera (as Robin) in the superhero tale penned by Seth Grahame - Smith («Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter») with Chris McKay («Robot Chicken») directing.

Those new B - Roll videos allow us to take peek behind the scenes of Black Panther, the upcoming live - action superhero movie directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman in the title role:

Black Panther: The first black superhero in history is getting his own movie and Chadwick Boseman reprises the role from Captain America: Civil War.

The decision to have Paul Rudd work as the lead role in Ant - Man, was due to Joseph Gordon - Levitt's commitment to produce another superhero movie, Sandman, according to BBC News.

House Of Cards actor Corey Stoll has landed the role of villain Darren Cross aka Yellowjacket in the superhero movie Ant - Man alongside Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas.

The movie also features some amusing supporting turns from Donald Faison (as a fellow superhero called Dr. Gravity), John Leguizamo (as The Motherfucker's trusted right - hand man) and an almost unrecognizable Carrey (donning a prosthetic nose and a thick New York accent), who shines in the Nic Cage mentor role.

The 30 - year - old actor stars as the antagonist in the upcoming Marvel movie - which is set to hit cinema screens in February - and has said that whilst he had «a lot of fun on set» with his co-star Chadwick Boseman, who stars as the titular superhero, he admits the role was tough to prepare for.

... First out of the gates on the superhero movie front in 2018 is Black Panther, and this week brought us some comments from Letitia Wright and Lupita Nyong» o about their roles as Shuri and Nakia [read their comments here], as well as a big batch of promotional posters [see here], and fourteen new images featuring T'Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Nakia (Lupita Nyong» o), Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), Okoye (Danai Gurira), Zuri (Forest Whitaker), W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya), Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Ayo (Florence Kasumba), Everett Ross (Martin Freeman), Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis), Shuri (Letitia Wright), and director Ryan Coogler [check them out here]...

Kesy also has the benefit of bulking up his film resume in the interim with a role in the war drama Horse Soldiers (set for a January 2018 release), and the fact that three of his fellow cast members are superhero movie veterans (Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon and Michael Pena) certainly won't hurt.

It's the third film in the standalone Thor film franchise and since Thor is also one of the major superheroes in the Avengers movie, the various happenings in his standalone film, will play a huge role in the upcoming crossover Marvel film, Avengers: Infinity.

Hugh Jackman uses his childhood «rage» to play Wolverine.The «X-Men» star has reprised his role in seven movies in the superhero saga, including...

Black writers, reviewers and fans have lauded «Black Panther» for bringing a superhero to the silver screen that looks like them, after years of Marvel and DC movies casting black actors in supporting roles or bit parts, if at all.

'» Even if he had said yes, Thompson would be sworn to secrecy, as she is about her upcoming role in Avengers: Infinity War, and any possible crossover with the superhero movie of the moment, Black Panther.

She revealed during an interview with Cinepop when asked if she wanted to play any superhero in a movie, that although she has no idea about a superhero but she's really keen to play the role of Kitana, the badass hottie from the Mortal Kombat series.