Sentences with phrase «success of that first film»

So, like a movie studio that green lights two sequels after the success of the first film, I went into The Falling Star knowing how Police at the Funeral would end.

Shrek 2 built on the phenomenal success of the first film while generally retaining its spirit.

The Ring Two is a deadly dull, frequently hilarious attempt to cash in on the success of the first film that doesn't have the first ghost of an idea of what it was about The Ring that tapped into the despair of the technological wasteland in a millennial United States.

Much of the success of the first film was down to the on - screen chemistry between Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, a sharp script and a few logistical changes (mechanical rather than genetic web slinging for example).

Director Ruben Fleischer hasn't had the same success of his first film Zombieland, but that could change with his new movie, Venom.

So confident is this in its brand appeal after the success of the first film, there's not a lot of re-capping exposition (prepare to be mystified if you didn't actually read or see The Hunger Games; I was wishing I had seen it again more recently to get back up to speed).

Given the success of the first film, it's shocking such a poorly rendered image got into the sequel.

Thanks to the success of that first film, the sequel benefits from an increased budget and the visual effects are first - rate, without becoming the only focus of the movie.

Many suspect Deadpool 2 could nicely fit here, Fox capitalising on the success of the first film.

Even though Deadpool screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are really busy writing Deadpool 2 at the moment, we managed to get them into our Collider Video studio a few days ago to talk about the success of the first film and where the character might go next.

After the critical success of his first film Moon, I'm very intrigued to see Duncan Jones «sophomore film.

The success of the first film evidently went to the head of Steven Soderbergh as he decided to step out from conventional filmmaking to go for a more artistic approach on OCEANS 12.

Deadpool 3 seemed a sure thing after the success of the first film, but Reynolds recently revealed the franchise will likely move toward X-Force instead of the threequel.

After the huge success of the first film, it was almost inevitable that Now You See Me 2 was going to appear and as if by magic, the sequel has now arrived on UK cinemas (Read our review here).

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With Deadpool 2, an escalated budget from the smash success of the first film has amplified both the genius marketing and the souped - up product on screen.

More than that, though, the success of the first film, as well as last year's Furious 7, had obviously given Wan a lot more freedom to do whatever the heck he wants to.

X2: X-Men United came out in May 2, 2003 and this time we had a bigger world to play in, after the success of the first film.

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Netflix's notable success with «Mudbound,» however — its first non-documentary feature to earn an Oscar nod — comes amid a huge push for the company into the realm of original film.

After the success of our first two - day conference in 2016, we're excited to be hosting another two - day event this year at the Barbican Centre in central London - an iconic London venue and Europe's largest multi-arts and conference venue presenting a diverse range of art, music, theatre, dance, film and creative learning events.

But first I want to make a success of this film, and hope people think it's worth giving me a shot at doing something else; we have a couple of projects we're looking at.

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.

Also starring Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver, the film netted several 2007 Genie Award nominations, but only won one: Best Supporting Actress, which went to Moss.2007 also gave Moss her first taste of financial success since the Matrix films with the surprise - hit thriller Disturbia, a thinly - veiled teenage retread of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Rear Window.

It's Kosinski's first film since the mixed success of Tron: Legacy, but various drafts of the script were written by Oscar - winners William Monahan and Michael Arndt (the latter also has The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, above), and the score comes from French electronica band M83.

The story hits many of the some notes as the first film with much less success.

After two successful sequels (1980's The Empire Strikes Back and 1983's Return of the Jedi) that extended the story of the first film, Lucas took some time off to produce movies for others, with mixed success.

It was his first film: since the success he has also been reported as working on a «Flight of the Navigator» remake, though it looks as if he might be scripting that without directing it.

Our studio had its first ever $ 1 billion worldwide grossing film in Michael Bay's hit «Transformers: Dark of the Moon;» we successfully re-launched our «Mission Impossible» franchise with Tom Cruise, JJ Abrams and Brad Bird; our latest installment in the «Paranormal Activity» franchise had another $ 100 million dollar success; our first original animated film «Rango,» from director Gore Verbinski, earned rave reviews and more than $ 100 million at the domestic box office; and we released global phenomenon «Super 8,» directed by JJ Abrams, who will now direct the newest «Star Trek» for 2013.

Despite the commercial success of Night of the Living Dead, the money never really found its way back to Romero's team, and he felt he lacked the resources to craft a sequel that would meaningfully expand on the milieu of the first film.

He came onto the scene as Meathead of course in ALL IN THE FAMILY but found success in his first theater film THIS IS SPINAL TAP.

Their biggest project to date, FROM THE LOST DAYS comes 7 years after the success of their first Silent Hill fan film, Broken Notes.

As far as the style and sense of humor goes, it does still feel unique among the rest of the pack of franchises out here, even if it can't achieve the level of success in either of those departments that the first film did, particularly in the case of the comedy as a lot of the jokes in this one fall very flat.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn — Part 2, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, Snitch, Texas Chainsaw 3D, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Arbitrage and Pantelion Films» breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest - grossing Spanish - language film ever in the U.S.

The success of Catching Fire marks the first time the first two installments of a franchise have each topped $ 400 million at the domestic box office, and both films now rank among the top 15 domestic film releases in history.

People's newfound obsession with zombies, combined with the even larger following the first Zombieland film has gained since its release, could end up resulting in the success of Zombieland 2.

The surprise success of the first stage - magicians - pulling - a-heist thriller Now You See Me naturally led to the greenlight for a second film, which is a year away from release.

In 1978, Douglas Adams penned the script for British radio an eccentric SF comedy entitled «The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy» (or H2G2), and its success led to a run of five best - selling books (the first appearing in 1979), a BBC television series (1981), a computer game (1998), and now, over a quarter of a century after its first radio outing, a big - screen feature film.

Following the success of Get Out, which grossed over $ 200 million on a $ 5 million budget and received unanimous acclaim, Peele signed a first - look deal with Universal Pictures, who will produce the director's next film, an untitled social thriller he also penned.

At first glance, the film was merely a historical account of Petit's quest and success, but it ended up being so much more.

Following the success of Reservoir Dogs, Madsen's first Tarantino film, the director wanted the actor to star in Pulp Fiction.

Though Ant - Man is the first Marvel film since Avengers not to break $ 600 million worldwide, its realtively modest budget of $ 130 million likely makes its $ 500 million gross a financial success.

While Blumhouse Productions had a wonderful 2017 - thanks to hits like Get Out, Split, and Happy Death Day - director James Wan's original 2011 Insidious film was one of the company's first big successes, earning nearly $ 100 million on a $ 1.5 million budget.

One of Anderson's best films, his first success in a while.

It was Alfred Hitchcock's first horror film and the biggest financial success of his career.

«The success of «Girls Trip,» the first R - rated film starring an all - Black female cast to surpass $ 100 million, and «Get Out,» Jordan Peele's directorial debut which surpassed $ 250 million worldwide, prove just how viable Black films are across the board.»

As with all these films, its success depends on the unlikeliness of the leads getting along — when idealistic, nervy Mifune firsts meets Shimura, the latter is eating ice lollies and sharing cigarettes with a suspect he is supposed to be interrogating.

Sternin and Ventimilia are cashing in on the success of Rio and Warner Bros. is hoping for another quick nine figures just like they got with the first film.

Hartley was encouraged by the success which he had a couple of years ago with his first Kickstarter campaign to finance the distribution for his film «Meanwhile.»

I would gather that the producers were equally at a loss as to what made the first film a phenomenal success, so to make sure this second film captured the essence of the first, no box was left unchecked in trying to recapture the «magic».