Sentences with phrase «second film in a franchise»

In order to fix either of those things, it's clear there would need to be some changes with Insurgent, the second film in a franchise hoping to earn its way to your hearts before ultimately taking a fruitful trip to the bank.

With this in mind, Francis Lawrence's second film in the franchise (Gary Ross launched the games) is not the place for the uninitiated to start.

Paul King provides another solid commentary about the making of the second film in the franchise.

But this was «Magic Mike XXL,» the second film in a franchise built on...

In an interview with Empire, director Matthew Vaughn dropped a lot of details on what Kingsman fans can expect from the second film in the franchise.

Not exact matches

Spider - Man: Homecoming, the latest film starring the famous Marvel Comics character and the second reboot to the franchise, pulled in $ 50.5 million from 4,248 locations in its opening on Friday night.

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.

However, it suffered a franchise - worst 72 % drop in its second weekend, although it was still destined to be one of the top - grossing films of all - time.

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.

While the life of the typical film franchise has been all squeezed out by its third installment, leaving a shattered shell of its former glory, Shrek the Third defies the odds in being as entertaining as the original animated hit and surpassing the second edition.

Yet all of Marvel's phase three films and their tentative questioning of the underlying political ethos of the franchise feel like buildup for Black Panther, which in its second act comes very close to completely tearing down the Marvel Cinematic Universe en totale — and making viewers long for such a thing to happen.

That's the internalized theme of «The Divergent Series: Insurgent,» the second in a four - film franchise based on Veronica Roth's novels.

The penultimate installment in the YA film franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen was number one again at the box office in its second week in theaters with an estimated $ 56.9 million.

Now, though, eight films in (the majority of them, after the second, made from non-franchise scripts retooled for franchise inclusion), the puzzle box seems to fall into the hands of not archaeologists of pleasure, but hard - bodied co-eds who aren't interested in discovering new, unknown experiences so much as shitting around in the usual slasher - film fashion and accidentally freeing some wise - cracking, cosmic hook - wielding genie.

While the next installment in the Thor franchise hasn't hit U.S. theaters yet, Goldblum recently revealed in an interview with Radio Times that he's already filmed a second appearance as the character.

With filming for the second instalment in the franchise now underway, Brolin has taken to Instagram to share an image from the set — chiefly, of him in the make - up chair, receiving his transformation into the character of Cable, a time - travelling soldier.

Easily the most sophisticated and thoughtful franchise film of 2013, Lawrence's adaptation of the second novel in Suzanne Collins» young adult series is all - things - to - all - people entertainment, a follow - up that intensifies the first film's thrills while simultaneously developing its characters and, even more crucially, expanding its themes.

The Dark Knight Rises is, without a doubt, one of the best films of 2012 and a close second to its predecessor both in the franchise and in Nolan's rich résumé.

Thor: Ragnarok will be longest in the film franchise with a run time of 130 minutes and 21 seconds.

Screenwriter and producer Diablo Cody's second feature film, an ersatz horror story set in a small town high school, provides the first real test as an actor for internet - manufactured hottie Megan Fox, until now lost among giant robots and special effects in the Transformers franchise.

For the most part, the «Indiana Jones» franchise represents the diminishing role of women in mainstream Hollywood films: In the first, Karen Allen is a help - meet; in the second, Kate Capshaw is helpless; in the third, Allison Doody is the enemin mainstream Hollywood films: In the first, Karen Allen is a help - meet; in the second, Kate Capshaw is helpless; in the third, Allison Doody is the enemIn the first, Karen Allen is a help - meet; in the second, Kate Capshaw is helpless; in the third, Allison Doody is the enemin the second, Kate Capshaw is helpless; in the third, Allison Doody is the enemin the third, Allison Doody is the enemy.

Act of Valor's Scott Waugh, directing only his second film after nearly twenty years in stunts, apes Jerry Bruckheimer as much as the Fast franchise and not just his slick production values but also his reliance on an interchangeable ensemble and humor.

Annabelle: Creation (Rated R) This fourth film in The Conjuring universe is the franchise's second prequel.

Franchise films «Jack Reacher: Never Go Back» and «Ouija: Origin of Evil» debut in second and third place respectively.

It has been 11 years since Zellweger last starred as Bridget in the second film in the popular movie franchise, «Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason».

Of all the major horror franchises, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has been pretty poorly served despite being eight films in, and still filmmakers and studios can not move away from trying to give a definitive background on main antagonist Leatherface, a fact given credence by the eponymous title which, in any other franchise, would be seen as being definitive but this being the schizophrenic series that it is, this is the second movie in it to bear this title, the other being 1990s Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III.

But the film (the second in this unexpected franchise, though the mostly forgotten Zathura kind of counts, too, doesn't it?)

The Warner Bros movie, due to be released in November 2018, is the second of a planned five movie spin off franchise from the blockbuster Harry Potter films.

The Cloverfield Paradox is an unholy mess... The characters here never feel like they could exist in a world outside of this space station, all of them barking in tech - speak at each other, rarely acting in what could be classified as recognizably human behavior... As the film bumbles from one confusingly mounted scene to the next, disappointment turns to boredom... The Cloverfield franchise is rumored to grow even more later this year with a second world war - set thriller potentially unspooling in October.

Last year, Milla Jovovich and her husband director Paul W.S. Anderson announced they were expecting a second child together, which delayed the filming of the final film in the Resident Evil franchise, The Final Chapter.

Just like the second film in the Hunger Games trilogy your exhilarating review captured the essence of what makes this film so note - worthy on so many levels be it the story, direction or the spot - on casting by those involved in this sci - fi franchise.

This new «Version 2» mask is inspired the second of three different versions of the Michael Myers mask used during production of Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later, the seventh film in the Halloween franchise.

Star and franchise producer Vin Diesel revealed that a second film would be necessary in order to tell the whole story.

Black Panther is one of the most self - contained films in the Marvel Universe franchise, ignoring the crowded world of the Avengers save for a Bucky Barnes cameo tucked into the second post-credits scene.

She was cast as the lead character in the first film adaptation of Veronica Roth's «Divergent» franchise, and was signed to reprise the role in the second movie, «Insurgent».

The second film introduces politician Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) and one of the most recognizable villains in films and comics, The Joker (Heath Ledger), and takes the franchise down an even darker path than the one tread in Batman Begins.

After the dismal European Vacation, Chevy Chase and the National Lampoon crew bounced back with one of Chase's best movies in 1989's Christmas Vaction — the second funniest film in the Griswold family franchise.

It looks like The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 will not be the first film in The Hunger Games franchise to fall to second place in its sophomore weekend.

With the release date of «John Wick: Chapter Two» fast approaching, Keanu Reeves has come forward about potentially doing a third chapter in the franchise — but has he spoiled the second film before it's release?

Berry, who plays Storm in the superhero franchise, was pregnant during filming with her second child and expected to play a less action - intensive part.

Solo is the second anthology film in the Star Wars franchise after Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and tells the story of Han Solo, one of the most loved characters in cinema (he was incidentally voted the third-most popular movie character after Indiana Jones and Batman last year).

Stiller often looks like he's more than ready to put this franchise to bed, and the always reliable (with the right material) Ricky Gervais, who was great in the first film and barely in the second, is wasted here again.

It will serve as the second installment in the Fantastic Beasts series and the tenth overall in J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World, a franchise that famously began with the Harry Potter film series.

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).

In the second installment of Peter Jackson's epic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's «The Lord of the Rings,» the franchise exceeds the majestic heights achieved a year ago by the first film of the series.

The film is the second in a planned five - film franchise at Warner Bros. that aims to prequelize the Wizarding World of Harry Potter on the big screen, initially based on J.K. Rowling's book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

The filmmaker - who returned to the franchise with X-Men: Days Of Future Past, the second instalment of the new trilogy - has been in talks, but is now said to have «closed» his deal with Fox to take the reins on the upcoming film, reported Deadline.

What he has concocted with The Chronicles of Riddick is an increasingly messy and incomprehensible film that although it may attempt to be elegantly complicated and intricate, is really just a bunch of mumbo jumbo devised by Twohy, who it has been told, never really had any concrete plans for a spin - off from Pitch Black but was coerced into doing this film after being approached by Universal executives who saw potential in having a second Vin Diesel led franchise after The Fast and the Furious.

After Spider - Man: Homecoming, Black Panther will be only the second movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise that is a debut solo film about a previously established character in the continuity.

Based on the second installment in Lionsgate and Millennium Films» phenomenal film franchise, the ultimate elite mercenary shooter is coming this Summer to PlayStation Network, Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 entertainment system and PC.