Sentences with phrase «studios biggest franchises»

It has become one of the studios biggest franchises since the kids have been eating it up and can not get enough.

Not exact matches

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

But for Paramount, the studio's success will largely be defined by movie ticket sales as well as the number of big blockbuster and tentpole film franchises it can churn out.

Its biggest studio, in Burnaby, is responsible for several of its biggest sports franchises, including FIFA and NHL.

Most big studio fantasies take you out for a joy ride only to hit the same exhausted story and franchise - expanding beats.

Just on a technical level, the film represents such a big jump forward for Saulnier that you should expect the studios to immediately start arguing over which giant soulless franchise should occupy his time in the near - future.

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.

What separates «Black Panther» from the Batmans, Spidermans and Iron Mans of the creaky, big studio superhero genre is that it looks and, more important, feels nothing like the usual bloated franchise movie that takes no chances and plays by genre rules.

Here are the studio's biggest movie and video game franchises that could be acquired.

Does the studio have another big franchise on their hands?

The first, Twilight, was big enough to ensure the youngest major American movie studio will get to adapt that hot book franchise in its entirety.

Based on the 12th novel in James Patterson's long - running series, the studio is clearly hoping that «Alex Cross» can reboot the film franchise that stalled out after 2001's «Along Came a Spider,» but surely there was a better option to play Cross than a man whose biggest claim to fame is dressing up like a fat black woman.

As studios scrabble around for well - established material that can possibly be spun into a lucrative big - screen franchise, the videogame seriesNeed for Speed must have seemed like a no - brainer.

At the top of the list, the billion - dollar big guns: franchises, superhero movies, animated kid - flicks and single - serving comedies — the whole high - calorie / low nutritional monoculture diet the studios would prefer us to subsist on, like docile teenage boys easily distracted by big bangs and shiny objects.

This is a rather odd message coming from a big - studio Hollywood movie designed to kick off a $ 1 billion franchise.

Apparently the studio is satisfied enough with Trank's first film, but they want to put things on another level, making the Fantastic Four just as big as their X-Men franchise.

The thing cost $ 60 million to make, the studios likely had their fingers crossed for it to become the next big YA film franchise and then...

Big - budget, studio - produced franchise films don't get any better than this.

You can hear the rumblings of big studio heads marching to his door to pitch the next box - office franchise.

Naturally, we have your back when it comes to breaking down the big - budget blockbusters and big - name studio releases that will be taking over your multiplexes from Memorial Day until Labor Day — but what if you're looking for something besides the latest pop - franchise installment or A-list star vehicle to see?

That might not seem like major news in this franchise - happy era, but it's in fact rare; usually a «Mad Max» or «Inside Out» makes its way on to the lineup, as a studio looks to ride good reviews to a big international release.

As if the big news of Disney acquiring Lucasfilms and planning a new franchise trilogy wasn't enough, the studio is already putting the plan into motion, locking an Academy Award winning writer to pen «Episode VII.»

Now the studio is taking its next big chance with Guardians, which isn't just the start of potentially a new franchise, but also an incredibly strange world.

He'd done more work than a lot of the other independent directors that made the leap, having made three features (Brick, The Brothers Bloom and Looper) and directed some very well received episodes of Breaking Bad, but it's hard to imagine any of that adequately prepared him for directing the middle chapter of the new trilogy in biggest franchise in movie history for the biggest studio on the planet.

Her rather public (but by no means acrimonious) rejection of Disney's offer to direct Black Panther seemed to indicate a desire to eschew big budget major studio franchise filmmaking.

Speaking of casting, it's always a treat to see what big - studio - franchise cash can produce in the way of top - flight British (and Irish) actors.

Jeunet was allured by the possibilities of big studio filmmaking, but Caro was not, and the two went their separate ways, with Jeunet directing the fourth instalment of the Alien franchise, Alien: Resurrection (1997).

He's a director capable of putting his own stamp on these films even with the pressures and expectations of big studios and big franchises are scratching at his door.

The Pitch Perfect franchise is a big one for the studio, and has so far raked in nearly $ 400 million from the first two instalments.

If the noughties are to be remembered for anything in terms of the output of the big Hollywood studios, it is likely the concept of the franchise reboot.

So what else could the studio do to celebrate and pay tribute to the past three decades of one of the biggest and most beloved franchises in gaming?

Plenty (including Wyatt, presumably) must have been nervous about such an untested filmmaker taking on a big budget property, and an important franchise for the studio, but the film proved a surprise smash, and much of the credit (along with Andy Serkis» remarkable performance) must go to Wyatt, who directed the film cleanly but brilliantly, and soon attracted the label of «the next Christopher Nolan.»

Now, studios don't make big - budget movies, they make big - budget universes; now, fans engage with franchises year - round and absorb every pixel of trailer footage like a sponge; now, joining these franchises has become a rite of passage for young stars, a career plan; and now, movies don't end when the credits start rolling.

Having baulked at big - screen studio pics outside of The X-Files franchise, David Duchovny goes very commercial (and very Fox Mulder) in the submarine thriller, Phantom.

On the big screen, successful sequels are still a focus, but movie studios are also looking for the next franchise movie, like The Hunger Games or Twilight, plus they are looking for great stories they can produce for a reasonable amount and recoup their investment.

This week saw the launch of a new edition of the seminal Angry Birds franchise and major new releases by other big studios.

I think they may have pulled a Nintendo and secured Vanquish 2 exclusive to Xbox platforms, Actually they may have gone back to Sega like they did with the original xbox and secured a bunch of their games for xbox exclusivity... thats the only way I see them making a quick and big splash with fans... if they announced new studios under their umbrella thats great but fans are not going to see those rewards until the next generation as it will take a few years to get those IP's whether brand new or existing franchises up and running... thats how I see them making shock and awe, IF they even pull that off.

EA Sports among other big studios are in a unique position this year with the next gen consoles, releasing their franchise games months ahead of the next gen installments.

It has risen from humble origins in 1986, when five brothers decided to handle the distribution of third - party games, to owning 26 studios across 19 countries producing some of gaming's biggest franchises.

No longer working on the Spider - Man IP, the studio is now entrusted with development on Activision's biggest, billion dollar franchises.

So what else could the studio do to celebrate and pay tribute to the past three decades of one of the biggest and most beloved franchises in gaming?

It isn't only Disney, but also other big studios have been banking heavily on the franchise formula over the past few years.

Since then, thanks to Ubisoft's numerous global studios, it's grown into one of the biggest multimedia franchises out there, with yearly triple - A games, as well as smaller installments, not to mention comic books and even an upcoming Hollywood movie.

Just when you thought this year's E3 couldn't get crazier, Sony brought out some of the biggest reveals of the show so far, including the return of a classic franchise, a long - rumored remake and some new projects from Sony's internal studios.

So far, no big - budget game studio has added a Battle Royale mode to a big franchise series, but it has seemed like only a matter of time before it hits a Call of Duty or a Battlefield, a Division or a Destiny.

Our portfolio includes some of the biggest franchises in all of entertainment, developed by the incredibly talented teams at Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, King Digital Entertainment, Activision Blizzard Studios, Major League Gaming, and our independent studios, including Toys for Bob, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Treyarch.

After working on some of the biggest franchises of the last generation, the team collectively decided to form a studio focused on unique games built on a more intimate scale.

The two studios will participate in the development of new AAA games for some of Ubisoft's biggest franchises, and expect to add at least 160 new talent to Ubisoft's creative workforce in their two first years of operation.

Our studio teams have new experiences in development for some of EA's biggest franchises, powerful new IP like The Minions and Star Wars, and more creative concepts at early stages in the testing process.

Vblank Entertainment, the indie development studio behind the chaotic 8bit Grand Theft Auto parody «Retro City Rampage», has recently announced their next big release in the franchise — Shakedown Hawaii.