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Opening May 1, the AWFJ Movie of the Week is Avengers: Age of Ultron, the latest installment in the box office beating superhero franchise from writer - director Joss Whedon.

The $ 11 bln Play - Doh parent is buying the superhero franchise from Haim Saban for $ 522 mln.

(If Boyle wanted to wring his hands over the state of cinema, he might as well have focused squarely on this, or potentially the recent glut of superhero franchises from Marvel and DC, all of which are easily financially more influential than anything Pixar's made.)

Not exact matches

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

May 1 - Toy maker Hasbro Inc has agreed to acquire children's entertainment and merchandising franchises, including the characters of the superhero TV show Power Rangers, from Saban Properties LLC in a deal valued at $ 522 million in cash and stock, the companies announced Tuesday.

The only slight interest to be derived from this grindingly predictable umpteenth retelling of the old legend — rather thinly disguised, in superhero - style franchise - speak, as the heretofore unknown «origin» of our bow - wielding hero — is how rigorously Scott works against hitting the familiar pleasure centers that these hoary old tales can still stimulate.

Not only is it a long - overdue embrace of diversity and representation, it's a film that actually has something to say — and it's able to do so without stepping away from the superhero dynamics that make the larger franchise work.

When superhero franchises falter, studios often reboot them, starting over from a different perspective with a different cast.

The film which opens on October 17th stars Michael Keaton as Riggan Thompson an actor trying to distance himself from an iconic superhero film franchise by starring and directing his own broadway production.

i09 because once you are all about being on - brand, like Johnny Depp, you can't ever leave franchise - verse, he'll be joining the Potterverse for a Fantastic Beasts sequel / Film speaking of Ezra Miller is giving a history of the Potterverse to promote Fantastic Beasts Time Out Two time Tony winner Tammy Grimes (mother of Amanda Plummer) dies at 92 D List after a brief internet freakout Idris Elba denies that he's dating Madonna Superhero Hype set photos from The Defenders (Netflix's answer to The Avengers) though for now its mostly just Jessica Jones in her trademark leather jacket, blue jeans, and perma - scowl

With the release of X-Men: Apocalypse, director Bryan Singer has taken his tally of X-Men movies up to four (or five, if you include his producing duties on X-Men: First Class), and it seems he's now ready for a break from the mutant superhero franchise.

Superheroes from different franchises come together in this crossover of crossovers to protect the earth and by extension the universe from the threat of Thanos the Mad Titan, an intergalactic tyrant intent on destroying half the universe to «balance» it.

I'm not exactly sure why Sony would want to remind moviegoers about the original «Spider - Man» trilogy when the studio is only weeks away from rebooting the lucrative superhero franchise, but if you never got around to buying the films on Blu - ray, it's as good a time as any to get them now.

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.

How do you bounce back after walking away from your shot at a superhero franchise you'd spent years and years developing?

The Amazing Spider - Man 2 (PG - 13 for action and sci - fi violence) Second installment in re-booted Marvel Comics franchise finds your friendly neighborhood superhero (Andrew Garfield) wooing Gwen (Emma Stone) while protecting New York from a few, formidable new foes (Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan and Paul Giamatti).

Who knows, though, since Captain Marvel is the focus of a lot of MCU - related speculation at the moment; not only will it be the franchise's first female - led superhero movie, but it also got a massive Hail Mary pass from last month's blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War, which asked fans to sit through, roughly, 7,000,000 minutes of end credits in order to get the merest peek at her logo.

With close to 80 characters (plus CG characters numbering in the tens, if not hundreds, of thousands), multiple diverging / converging storylines, and an 18 - film franchise to service, Avengers: Infinity War has a tremendous amount of ground to cover, both literally and figuratively, from New York, Scotland, and Wakanda on Earth, to parts known and unknown in the deepest reaches of space, not to mention putting our favorite and not - so - favorite superheroes through one ringer after another.

From the very beginning, the creative team behind the «Deadpool» franchise has stuck to one very simple rule that guides every decision they make: «We always say, «If you can't do it in another superhero movie, you'd best be doing it in a Deadpool movie,» said screenwriter Paul Wernick.

From any other superhero franchises out there, this is the most refreshing in terms of style.

Like a lot of great superhero flicks, «Iron Man 3» will find our hero's relationship with his gal tested but Black and co-writer Drew Pearce find a way to turn storytelling expectations on their head at every turn, providing the narrative twists that have been missing from this franchise to date.

That's an actual line of dialogue from Bryan Singer's «X-Men: Apocalypse,» and though it's technically referring to «Return of the Jedi,» it could just as easily be applied to the latest installment in the long - running superhero franchise.

But even though he has a stellar filmography, Mikkelsen has had his fair share of bad auditions including 20th Century Fox's 2015 reboot of the superhero franchise lifted from the pages of Marvel Comics.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Ryan Reynolds Is Simply Sublime as Irreverent Superhero Technically, Deadpool is the 8th installment in the X-Men film franchise, although it's different enough from the others to stand on its own.

From the beginning, the creative team behind the «Deadpool» franchise has stuck to one simple rule that guides every decision they make: «We always say, «If you can't do it in another superhero movie, you'd best be doing it in a Deadpool movie,» said screenwriter Paul Wernick.

The Avengers / Justice League / Suicide Squad - mocking team - up results in the films most inspired set - piece — involving a disastrous parachute jump and a blink - and - you'll miss it cameo from certain Hollywood A-lister — but its hilarity is sullied come the end of the movie by the realisation that this is also the film's own insidious way of setting up another team - based superhero spin - off franchise.

Cameron's beef seems to be less with superhero films in general though and more about Hollywood's obsession with sequels, remakes and branding — which is strange coming from a filmmaker who is prepping a new series of «Terminator» movies (the sixth, seventh and eighth in that franchise), four new «Avatar» movies (sequels to a film many consider more a showreel for today's effects than a truly enjoyable bit of filmmaking), and a TV series based on his»90s film «True Lies».

Disney Infinity: Marvel Superheroes is getting a few more figures later this year, this time from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise.

Rose McGowan will receive a big honor from Kansas» Tallgrass International Film Festival, Greta Gerwig's «Lady Bird» has been added to Texas» Austin Film Festival, Patty Jenkins seals historic «Wonder Woman 2 ′ deal as superhero hit powers onto Blu - ray, and Jamie Lee Curtis returns to the «Halloween» franchise.

Film Review by Kam Williams Ryan Reynolds Absolutely «Marvel» - ous as Wisecracking Superhero Technically, Deadpool is the 8th installment in the X-Men film franchise, although it's different enough from the others to stand on its own.

In addition to bringing again Deadpool and different favorites from the unique movie, the approaching superhero sequel Deadpool 2 introduces a host of latest characters to the franchise, lots of them fan favorites from the comics.

With films from Steven Spielberg, Duncan Jones and Alex Garland in the pipeline, there's plenty to get excited about beyond the superhero franchises

And so find below a list of 15 actors who were extra hardworking and who you couldn't have missed seeing as they were everywhere from superhero franchise films and prestige flicks to Netflix series and festival sensations.

The franchise's notoriety as a rebel among superhero movies makes it all the more cooler; Deadpool evolved comedies from a commercial standpoint, for the 20th Century Fox title easily made an estimated $ 53.3 M in its first day (that's including $ 18.6 M Thursday night previews), giving it the highest opening day for an R - rated movie, beating New Line / Warner Bros.» It ($ 50.4 M).

Infinity War has superheroes from multiple franchises under Marvel Cinematic Universe coming together to fight the threat of Thanos, who is looking for Infinity Stones that would allow him to destroy half the universe.

Since before superhero movies were even a thing, Fox has known they had something on their hands with the X-Men movie property and although not everything from the franchise has been great, their track record so far has been largely in the green, both financially and critically.

From formulaic three - act structures to the ceaseless churn of superhero franchises, it's unusual to be surprised by a studio movie these days.

Ultimately, I left the theatre feeling that the franchise may just be suffering from everyone's new favorite buzzword: superhero fatigue.

Thor Ragnarok box office predictions: When superheroes Captain America and Iron Man were raging war against each other in Captain America: Civil War, Hulk and Thor who were absent from the franchise, were fighting their own battle (literally) in Asgard.

The film arrived at a time when the superhero film genre was still figuring itself out, with hits coming from the X-Men and Spider - Man franchises and complete disasters arriving in the form of Daredevil and Catwoman.

Before Hollywood adapted Blade, Spawn, and Steel from their respective Marvel and DC Comics franchises, the black superhero tradition in TV and film was decidedly less mainstream, even as Hollywood adapted the white comic heroes Superman and Batman into blockbusters for decades before the modern superhero movie boom began in earnest.

Freed from the origin story box, this second installment of the Wade Wilson franchise has its cake and eats it took, taking any number of shots at the superhero sub-genre (and modern blockbuster filmmaking in general) while still crafting a story that makes sense on its own terms and works as a character piece.

These are calculated risks that — with the exception of Edgar Wright's departure from Ant - Man — have proved to be successful, and which other superhero franchises are hoping to imitate.

Below, Tom and Jud jam on everything from the accessibility of the «Avengers» franchise to the popularity of superhero deaths like the Human Torch.

Aside from incorporating some of the biggest franchises in pop culture — from Marvel superheroes to Pixar movies to this year's addition of Star Wars — Disney's Infinity series also allows players to make their own creations.

After flushing your business, you head outside to South Park to see a war raging on in the streets as kids fight for control of the Stick of Truth from the previous game, but just as we get close The Coon jumps into the fray to warn all the kids of a danger ahead, a missing cat, whose capture could reward the heroes $ 100 to fund their superhero franchise.

The game was heralded as the best LEGO franchise game yet, with many reviewers praising its large roster of Marvel superheroes to choose from.

«Akiva's creative voice has been behind some of the largest movie franchises, making him uniquely capable of helping bring these superheroes from the Extreme Universe to life for Netflix.»