One of the beloved characters in the Shrek universe gets
his solo film debut in DreamWorks Puss in Boots.
Not exact matches
Solo is not the first Star Wars
film to
debut at the star - studded event.
Solo will be released worldwide on May 25, the same date the
film that started it all
debuted in 1977.
As it happens, the Ireland - based studio was also responsible for producing world - class Oscar nominees «The Secret of Kells» and «Song of the Sea,» and though Nora Twomey worked on both
films, «The Breadwinner» marks her
solo directing
debut, employing a similarly bold graphic style in its telling («hand - drawn» via a program called TVPaint), augmented by colorful story - within - the - story interludes designed to look like stop - motion.
The 18th
film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the final step on the winding journey to Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther gives Chadwick Boseman's titular superhero a chance to shine in his own
solo movie, following his MCU
debut in Captain America: Civil War.
Known for hard - hitting screenplays for Submarino and The Hunt which he co-wrote with director Thomas Vinterberg, and for the popular Danish TV drama Borgen, Tobias Lindholm's
solo directorial
debut is perhaps as remarkable in the script department as his previous work, but the
film itself — like the ship it depicts — sometimes goes adrift.
The
film is part of the DC Extended Universe and will be The Flash's
solo debut in the franchise.
The events of the
film take place before Han
Solo makes his
debut in Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope, and Chewbacca will be playing a key role.
With the Marvel Cinematic Universe introducing a new generation of superheroes in its third phase — which also includes the
debuts of the Wasp and Doctor Strange, the reintroduction of Spider - Man into the fold, and the upcoming
solo Captain Marvel
film — and Black Panther officially revealing Wakanda to the world, there's no reason a genius black girl with infinity tricks up her sleeve shouldn't assume the role of its most brilliant ambassador.
John Carpenter's
solo directorial
debut reworks Howard Hawks» Rio Bravo as a low budget gang flick by way of a horror
film.
This week Gerwig brought her
solo directorial
debut Lady Bird to the festival which has had a remarkable number of
films by and about about women this year.
Gerwig is the most notable takeaway from the morning's nominations, nominated for her
solo directing
debut for a
film that passes the Bechdel - Wallace test with ease.
As early as 2016, it was believed that Larson would make her MCU
debut in Infinity War, prior to the release of her
solo film next year.
While Black Panther proved that a character can
debut in a team movie before going on to wild success in a
solo film, the Wasp is a slightly trickier topic.
Wonder Woman makes her big screen
debut in this weekend's Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice but will appear in her own
solo film in 2017 starring Gal Gadot.
Chadwick Boseman
debuts as Black Panther, who he will go on to play in a
solo film in November 2017.
Stranger Things In the vein of the humanist
films of Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart, Goodbye
Solo), Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal's
debut feature chronicles the extraordinary strangeness of being alone, and the far stranger prospect of being together with an often beguiling sense of wonder and melancholy.
And in a similar way to Black Panther's own
debut in Captain America: Civil War, bringing Namor to the screen through another franchise would be a great way to set up his own
solo film.
As shouted by a flurry of headlines, the wry, humane coming - of - age comedy Lady Bird — the
solo directorial
debut of actor Greta Gerwig — is no longer merely «well - regarded» or «critically acclaimed»: it is, officially, THE BEST REVIEWED
FILM OF ALL TIME.
It's uncertain if Channing Tatum will make his
debut as Remy LeBeau in «Apocalypse» or wait until the character's
solo GAMBIT
film.
Solo directorial
debuts from established
film stars tend to be greeted with a mixture of excitement and trepidation.
Here's Ryan on Lady Bird: A24 continues their remarkable streak of
films that played at the New York Film Festival and focus on young people with Greta Gerwig's
solo directorial
debut Lady Bird.
It was the
solo directorial
debut of Jack Hill (whose Coffy and Foxy Brown both recently hit Blu - ray from Olive), a low - budget
film that was financed by real estate developers who wanted to get into the movie business and got stuck in limbo for years when the producers went bankrupt.
Warren Beatty gets back behind the camera for the first time in 18 years this year with Rules Don't Apply, and 20th Century Fox has
debuted the first poster and trailer for the
film, which sees Beatty as Howard Hughes alongside his two leads Lily Collins and future Han
Solo Alden Ehrenreich; check them out here... -LSB-...]
Tom Holland's Spidey made his MCU
debut with «Captain America: Civil War» and, as outlined above, will appear in several more MCU installments in addition to two
solo films.
Jonze has passionate movie fanboys, critics, and The Academy ™ in his corner, so you know all eyes will be fixated on his newest
film, which also marks his
solo screenwriting
debut.
Panther has become the most successful superhero
solo debut film and now the second highest grossing MCU
film domestically and looking...
This one also
debuted along with the Wonder Woman
solo film footage during DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League last night.
Harley Quinn made her live - action
film debut in this year's Suicide Squad, exciting so many fans that actress Margot Robbie put personal stake in a Harley Quinn
solo film, which will reportedly involve Batgirl and the Birds of Prey.
In a Q&A following a festival screening of her masterful
solo directorial
debut Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig quoted Weil, and it's clear from the
film that this spirit of faith, love, generosity, and attention animates the whole endeavor.
Her
solo directorial
debut Lady Bird (2017) became the best reviewed movie in Rotten Tomatoes history while passing last year's Best Picture winner Moonlight (2016) to become A24's highest grossing
film.
The character is an icon among comic book aficionados but not well known to the general public, which may have hurt the
film, but the problem lays more squarely with comic book artist / writer - turned - director Miller, whom makes his
solo directing
debut with this
film.
Closing Night It Stains the Sand Red Colin Minahan, USA, 2016, 92m The
solo feature directorial
debut of Colin Minahan, one half of the Vicious Brothers (Grave Encounters, Extraterrestrial), makes his strongest impression yet with this engaging, visually striking
film, set during apocalyptic times, about a woman, Molly (a fearless Brittany Allen), who finds herself stranded in the desert after her dumbass boyfriend is killed by a zombie.
Just a few hours after receiving a standing ovation for one of his short
film programs, Jenkins took the stage at the Chuck Jones Cinema for the world premiere of «Lady Bird,» the coming - of - age comedy that marks the
solo directorial
debut of veteran actress Greta Gerwig.
I think Black Panther and Spider - Man we're outstanding in their MCU
debuts and their strong performances should leave many movie goers excited about their upcoming
solo films.
While the character previously made his big screen
debut earlier this year in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and had a small cameo in Suicide Squad, his
solo film has been running into difficulties.
Marvel's newest superstar T'Challa last popped up in his
solo film Black Panther having made his
debut in Captain America: Civil War.
Marking her
solo directorial
debut, Katheryn Bigelow didn't initially set out to make a horror
film.
Could / would Marvel have the wherewithal to
debut Danny Rand in a
film, and then spin him off into the the
solo Netflix series announced to follow Jessica Jones and Luke Cage?
A new
Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer has arrived ahead of the
film's forthcoming
debut at the Cannes
Film Festival, and it shows off tons of new footage from the origin story that stars Alden Ehrenreich in the role originated by Harrison Ford in Star Wars: A New Hope back in 1977.
Panther has become the most successful superhero
solo debut film and now the second highest grossing MCU
film domestically and looking to bump - off Civil War and Iron Man 3 to become the third highest MCU earner worldwide.
After seeing the
film in Telluride, Johnson and Koch wisely enlisted a persuasive individual to help convince Gerwig to bring her
solo directing
debut to Middleburg: Her mother, Catherine, who is a nurse and inspiration for Laurie Metcalf's character.
Howard Hawks» Rio Bravo -LRB-» 59) is almost always the first
film critics and cinephiles use when analyzing John Carpenter's brilliant, blistering
solo authorial
debut Assault On Precinct 13 -LRB-» 76).
Greta Gerwig makes her
solo directorial
debut with this incredible coming - of - age
film starring Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf.
Also catching a lot of attention was the festival's opening
film, «Lady Bird,» from actor - filmmaker Greta Gerwig, making her
solo directorial
debut.
A new incarnation of the wall - crawler would make his MCU
debut in Captain America: Civil War, before going on to star in his own
solo film.
Indie
film goddess Greta Gerwig makes her
solo directorial
debut with this «hella tight» noughties throwback coming of age comedy - a sweet and wistful ode to mothers and daughters, growing pains, and the ups and downs of small - town adolescence.
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.
In addition to her video game work, Schachner made her
solo film score
debut with 2015's The Lazarus Effect, starring Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass and Donald Glover.
Seascape, a new
film by James Welling, made its United States
debut in the artist's
solo exhibition at the gallery in 2017.