Sentences with phrase «sequel to a film in»

Director James Cameron's 1986 blockbuster follow - up to Ridley Scott's Oscar winning science - fiction / horror flick that became one of the biggest grossing films of 1979 asks a good question to a successful hit... How do you make a successful sequel to a film in which much of the suspense comes from learning about the mysterious monster?

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In fact, the events of the film completely ignore everything from «The Lost World,» and «Jurassic Park III,» and act as a direct sequel to the first movie.

Yet, there was still enough interest to make this sequel, which came in on little fanfare and without the star of the first film, Kristen Stewart.

Though Fox has not officially announced a sequel to «Deadpool,» the film's screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick told Entertainment Weekly they are in the early stages of a script for a second film.

The Universal Pictures film, which is a prequel spinoff to «Despicable Me,» fell a tad short of the domestic record set in 2007 by another animated film sequel — «Shrek the Third.»

First announced in 2012, the Avatar theme park was intended to open alongside Cameron's sequel of the film, but the director has since delayed the movie until 2020.

Like a sequel to the film «Enemy at The Gates,» Hathcock became such a thorn in the side of the NVA that they eventually sent their own best sniper to kill him.

Previously, director Roland Emmerich, who will be returning for the sequel, said they simply couldn't afford to cast Smith in the film because «he's too expensive.»

Of course, making movies is not a cheap business, as Netflix reportedly has budgeted more than $ 50 million per film in the case of the Crouching Tiger sequel and the Sandler movies, according to Variety.

Two new Star Wars movies, Avengers: Infinity War, sequels to animated hits The Incredibles and Wreck - It Ralph, and a film adaptation of children's classic A Wrinkle in Time are all set to hit theaters in 2018.

The repeated pattern of expansions and recessions is like multiple sequels in a long - running movie franchise — each film shares a similar and familiar landscape but still manages to be different due to the specific causes and characters.

Jurassic World joins just about every mega-budget, hotly - anticipated upcoming blockbuster (the new Star Wars, the Man of Steel Sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy, another Avengers film) to be released in the summer of 2015...

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and other comments on Rachael Ray's Instagram, the result of confusion between the similarly named designer, Rachel Roy, and the ongoing hunt for the Becky in Beyonce's Lemonade album, HBO short film, and sequel to Obsessed.

This is good news for supporters of the movie as the film drew just $ 3.5 million less than «Despicable Me 2» which is a sequel to the widely popular original released in 2010.

Despite the American Association of Pediatrics AAP twice clearly stating in 1957, and 1967, that football should be banned for children 12 and under, football's popularity grows and this battle game expands to kids so we leave the film having to wait for the sequel.

The all - female sequel to the «Ocean's» trilogy — which stars Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett and Rihanna — will film at the now - closed Arthur Kill Correctional Facility in Staten Island on Saturday, the borough president announced Thursday.

Benza and his team had access to sophisticated software while creating the film's action, but he says they are constantly on the lookout for new technologies to use in future movies, including a Transformers sequel.

During his film career, Adkins has been cast in mostly direct - to - DVD movies like the two Undisputed sequels, Assassination Games, Ninja, however he finally got to get a bigger role in Stallone's ensemble cast testosterone - packed movie «The Expendables 2» and star along other great action stars like Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, the all - powerful Chuck Norris, Jean - Claude Van Damme and many others.

He's a writer with a background in film, and he often laments the industry's sequels and reboots that sacrifice the original film's creative power for a guaranteed (but unsatisfying to the viewer) box - office bump.

The much - anticipated sequel to the worldwide hit family film finds Paddington happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes.

Without hashing out the original film's plot, it's safe to assume we can expect to see many of the elements from there enhanced in its sequel «Prey at Night».

It is very rare for a third film (especially in the horror genre) to surpass it's predecessors, and while «Insidious: Chapter 3» doesn't quite capture the brilliant atmosphere created in James Wan's original, it definitely is a step above his first sequel.

She, the filmmakers, and maybe even a few of the kids in the audience have seen it all before — the comic book, the film based on the comic book, the winking that certain movies based on comic books start to do after a few sequels.

What's more, the film's conclusion fairly screams for a sequel in which Charlie, Max and Atom get to fight again.

This is one of those movies that comes with a built - in wild swing of expectations: You hope with your geeky heart of hearts that it's gonna be as awesome as the movie the awesomeness of which spawned this sequel in the first place, and you know in your geeky heart of hearts that it's absolutely impossible for a sequel to be as delightfully surprising as that first film was.

In this WWE - produced sequel to the 2007 film Condemned, a bounty hunter (Randy Orton) must fight to stay alive as he plays in a publicly aired tournament where he must hunt down his opponents before they kill him firsIn this WWE - produced sequel to the 2007 film Condemned, a bounty hunter (Randy Orton) must fight to stay alive as he plays in a publicly aired tournament where he must hunt down his opponents before they kill him firsin a publicly aired tournament where he must hunt down his opponents before they kill him first.

Because the two films had been created by splitting an existing work in half, rather than it being a direct successor, or the two being filmed back to back like The Matrix sequels, they argued that it would be unwise to write off Volume 1 until Volume 2 had been given the chance to finish the story.

It's an interesting and unusual choice (which I didn't know about going in - in fact I actually thought this was going to be a conventional, full - life biopic as I hadn't read much on the film beforehand), and at times I had the sense I was seeing a sequel to a movie I'd missed.

As this film never really spawned a sequel, until the random Disney Channel film in 2003 (almost 40 years later), this ending left a lot to be desired.

The rest of the actors look like they're lost in some direct - to - video «Speed Racer» sequel, save for Evangeline Lilly, who turns in some nice work as the film's Adrian.

She became one of the most respected and in - demand young actresses of her generation and she continued to choose challenging projects like the psychological sci - fi film Never Let Me Go, and the Olive Stone directed sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

Over the past few years, we've seen many strong non-fiction films that are either one or the other: The you - are - there doc Restrepo and its sequel, Korengal, are like visual journalism, embedded in a disputed valley in Afghanistan; and a number of other non-fiction films, from These Birds Walk to 12 O» Clock Boys, have an ecstatic beauty that evoke the term «Malick-esque.»

Oedekerk was tapped to write and direct the film's sequel, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, and another writing and directing assignment followed in 1997, Nothing to Lose.

While 2002's Lost in La Mancha chronicled the disastrous 2000 attempt to get the film made, the planned sequel documentary will have to settle for the satisfaction of completion instead of critical triumph.

I think Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is the most consistently entertaining, most laser - focused entry in the series so far, and while I would argue that it is very much a sequel to the third film and not just a disconnected piece of a flexible franchise, it is also a great rollicking self - contained spy movie adventure on a grand scale, and it's preposterous fun.

But while the sequel benefits from Reynolds» superhuman charisma as the charmingly annoying, katana - wielding protagonist, the film nevertheless feels too much like more of the same: more of the same gross - out gags, more of the same irreverent jokes, more bits where Deadpool has to regrow severed limbs to the disgust of everyone around him, more running commentary on the movie he's in....

Schreiber got an introduction to a more mainstream audience thanks to his role as killer Cotton Weary in Wes Craven's mega-hit Scream, a role he reprised in the film's sequel, Scream 2 (1997).

At one time Anchorman 2 was a musical, but that was years ago when Paramount didn't believe it was worth spending money on a sequel to a film that grossed $ 85 million (though it has only grown in popularity since its 2004 release).

Making a sequel to any film can go one of two ways, depending on the attitude of the people behind it and the potential present in the characters.

It will be extremely hard for the studio to match those figures in 2016, as many of its biggest franchises are sitting out the year and Universal's planned 21 - film slate doesn't feature any sure - thing blockbuster hits aside from (maybe) a still - untitled Bourne sequel.

At the beginning of 1995, he directed a segment of the anthology film Four Rooms and acted in Robert Rodriguez's sequel to El Mariachi, Desperado, and the comedy Destiny Turns on the Radio, in which he had a starring role.

Perhaps its unexpected box office success can be attributed in part to the popular reaction against an entertainment industry whose laser - like concentration is on big - budget franchise and sequel films.

The second film's success was perhaps even more staggering than the first: The Godfather, Pt. 2 garnered six more Oscars, including a win for Coppola in the Best Director category; Robert DeNiro won his first Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actor field; and the movie itself became the first and only sequel ever to win Best Picture honors.Next, Coppola began adapting the Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness, transferring its story to the heart of the Cambodian jungle at the height of the conflict in Vietnam.

The trick for a movie of this type, at least one that is aspiring to be more than just a simple - minded exploitation film (such as the original Charles Bronson «Death Wish,» a far more complicated work than usually given credit for, especially in comparison to its tacky sequels), is to create a narrative that somehow justifies such actions without completely overdoing it.

This is a sequel that has its own story to tell and that gets right down to it, and it expands on the ideas from the first film, but in a way that tells a thematically satisfying and complete story.

Harris» feature films for 2004 include the live - action remake Thunderbirds and the thriller Trauma, starring Colin Firth.Though her star was steadily rising in Hollywood, it wasn't until 2006 that Harris would really make a splash on stateside screens; and after supporting roles in Brett Ratner's After the Sunset and Michael Winterbottom's A Cock and Bull Story, Harris took to the high seas for her role as Tia Dalma in the eagerly anticipated summer sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

This sequel does willingly give itself make to Meta, and with gusto, bringing in an entirely new cast to replace the archetypes of the original and jumpstarting the original's breadth of knowledge on horror films.

And though Reiner appeared to retire from directing following That Old Feeling, he still maintained a notable presence in film and television with roles in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven and it's two sequels, House M.D., Hot in Cleveland, and Parks and Rec.Carl Reiner is the father of directors Rob Reiner and Lucas Reiner; his wife Estelle has enjoyed a latter - day career as a night club singer and as a cameo performer in her son Rob's films (she's the lady who says, «I'll have what she's having!»

Interestingly, I picked up on the obvious influence of 2001 on that film much more fully this time; in many ways, ST: TMP seems to be a virtual sequel to Kubrick's flick.