Sentences with phrase «superhero movie with»

Adding to the surprise hits from Marvel Studios, we are given yet another entertaining superhero movie with Ant - Man (2015).

This may be the first superhero movie with a payoff that could not just move and surprise you, but even traumatize you a little.

«Panther» marks the first time that a major studio has greenlit a black superhero movie with an African - American director and a primarily black cast, including Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong» o, Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright as Shuri, the princess of the fictional African country Wakanda.

The trailblazer also became the first woman to shoot a tentpole superhero movie with Marvel's Black Panther.

If the latter, the first major superhero movie with a female lead, had been bad...

Sam Raimi truly assembled the prototypical superhero movie with this first entry in the «Spider - Man» franchise, in 2002.

All in all, this is your average superhero movie with great visuals, nonetheless it is enjoyable and satisfying.

Thor: Ragnarok 2017 showed that there's more than one way to challenge genre conventions - redefining the superhero movie with the indie feel of Logan and the empowerment of Wonder Woman, to pushing psychological tension with horrors Get Out and mother!

Preceded by such films as «The Meteor Man» (1993), «Blankman» (1994), «Catwoman» (2004) and the «Blade» trilogy (1998 — 2004), «Black Panther» isn't the first superhero movie with an African - American starring in the title role, but it has by far the largest number of black cast and crew members.

You'd think that, failing in all other areas, from story to acting, a superhero movie with billboards littering the cities and TV spots flooding the airwaves would at least cater to the masses and bring some decent action spectacle.

And it's not just the first superhero movie with a predominantly black cast — it's the first with a black director, black writers, black costume and production designers, and a black executive producer.

«What is significant now, however, is that (in) this age of convergence of film franchises with social media, a black superhero movie with an almost all - black cast conveys power, that we have arrived.

The Deadpool dilemma, then, is not how do you make an R - rated superhero movie with enough box office stamina to leave a lasting impression on the public consciousness, but how do you make something feel fresh when it has absolutely nothing new to add to the culture from which it arose?

A superhero movie with the looseness of a Mad magazine parody remains a viable idea, as demonstrated by the underrated Mystery Men and, of course, Deadpool.

What other filmmakers would start a major superhero movie with a scene where a rich couple find out their infant is deformed, lock him in a cage, and throw him into the sewer?

We retold a superhero movie with fairy tale characters?

I decided to watch a superhero movie with my husband last night instead of doing my blog post.

With R - rated films like «Logan» brutalizing the box office, an insider tells TheWrap that DC Films would «100 percent» make R - rated superhero movies with the right characters.

An insider tells TheWrap that DC Films would «100 percent» make R - rated superhero movies with the right characters — here are few that would be perfect

«Some people may think that they're simply being pounded into the ground by superhero movies with explosions regardless,» Markus says.

20th Century Fox's Deadpool will be one of the first mainstream superhero movies with an «R» rating, but according to one of its stars it will be even «more raw» whenit comes to home video.

Biggest opening for a non-team-up superhero movie: Superhero movies with more than one hero like «The Avengers» tend to make more money than their single - hero counterparts, but «Black Panther» has not only beaten a five - year record held by «Iron Man 3,» but is also posting a higher opening than films like «Avengers: Age of Ultron» and «Captain America: Civil War,» films that have showcased all of Marvel's biggest heroes and, in the case of «Civil War,» featured Black Panther in his big screen debut.

«There haven't been a lot of superhero movies with female leads and there have been even fewer — if any — that were truly funny.

He then detoured into superhero movies with Iron Man 3, and now he's back to directing his own brand of post-modernist noir with The Nice Guys.

But, as we know from many things, including the entertainment industry's persistent neglect of black and Latino audiences and its slowness to greenlight superhero movies with female leads, Hollywood is not the purely rational business it likes to make itself out to be.

Although there have been other superhero movies with black leads, Black Panther «s impressive cast of Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong» o and Danai Gurira is a major step forward for representation in Hollywood.

Not exact matches

Disney and Marvel obviously know what they're doing with superhero movies — they've brought some of the biggest franchises to screen — however, at the same time, making every single film need to fit inside the already established franchise starts to limit the amount of creative license any one director can have on future characters as Marvel's Cinematic Universe only grows larger.

He crafted a superhero story that goes through the standard motions of an origin story while also managing to be a fun heist movie with great performances by Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas.

And with strong feedback from critics, Wonder Woman is proof that female - led superhero movies are lucrative.

Deadpool has taken a unique path to blockbuster status, and its R - rating could influence future superhero movies to take more risks with portraying extreme violence and adult subject matter.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

With major studios pumping more and more money into superhero movies and tentpole franchises with sky - high budgets, any relatively low - cost opportunity to attract a millennial audience is worth explorWith major studios pumping more and more money into superhero movies and tentpole franchises with sky - high budgets, any relatively low - cost opportunity to attract a millennial audience is worth explorwith sky - high budgets, any relatively low - cost opportunity to attract a millennial audience is worth exploring.

Fox's decision to finally move forward with the film followed a years - long process in which Reynolds, director Tim Miller, and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had to fight through various obstacles (including the box office failure of another Reynolds superhero movie, 2011's Green Lantern) to get the movie made.

Theaters are currently duking it out with Netflix and the like, but going to the movies remains one of the great American experiences: popcorn, soda, sugary snacks and superheroes.

LAS VEGAS — The summer movie going season roared to life with the record - breaking opening weekend for «Avengers: Infinity War,» but industry leaders want audiences and theater owners to know that a healthy movie business is not just about the superheroes.

Similarly, Black Panther «s early success is already dispelling industry concerns that a superhero movie revolving almost entirely around black characters could resonate with a general audience and earn the same box - office popularity as other (whiter) blockbusters.

In fact, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domestically).

Following Thor: Ragnarok in 2017, we'll get a slate of brand new heroes, including Black Panther (starring Get On Up «s Chadwick Boseman as Marvel's first black superhero), along with Captain Marvel (which will be Marvel's first female - starring film) and an Inhumans movie in 2018.

In Mystery Men, a movie from a few years back, William H. Macy, Ben Stiller and Hank Azaria starred as a trio of lesser superheroes with fairly unimpressive superpowers.

But few superhero movies have had Whedon's light touch — the way he infused previously bland characters with real heart.

Chadwick Boseman is probably most famous for being the Black Panther (first in Captain America: Civil War, next in his own upcoming movie), but he's also a Harvard - educated guy and has clearly put a lot of thought into portraying the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first black superhero with their own movie.

:) It is a good thing that I like superhero movies but it will be nice to not have to watch chick flicks by myself or with a sullen man nearby.

And with the popularity of superhero movies, we expect Mera (MEE - ra)- a character in DC's Justice League, and wife to Aquaman - to rise in the charts.

Okorafor said she was buoyed by the global success of the summer box office hit «Wonder Woman» — the first superhero movie to star a woman since 2005 — with the character hailed as a new role model for girls and a break away from sexism in Hollywood.

The top ten men continue to out - earn their female counterparts by a huge margin — $ 488.5 million compared with just $ 172.5 million — a disparity Forbes attributed in part to the preponderance of superhero movies and action blockbusters that offer few starring roles for women.

When given a choice, 3 - to 6 - year - olds growing up in the United States — one of many countries saturated with superhero movies, video games and otherworldly action figures — preferred performing real activities over pretending to do them, Lillard and colleagues reported online June 20 in Developmental Science.

With muscle - bound superheroes and action movie stars seemingly everywhere we look these days, it's no wonder that the world appears to once again be muscle mad, with more and more people now lifting weights in an attempt bulk up and beef up than there have been in yeWith muscle - bound superheroes and action movie stars seemingly everywhere we look these days, it's no wonder that the world appears to once again be muscle mad, with more and more people now lifting weights in an attempt bulk up and beef up than there have been in yewith more and more people now lifting weights in an attempt bulk up and beef up than there have been in years.

With big comic book companies DC and Marvel really stepping up their movie game in recent years, it's no surprise that Superhero clothing has become in an incredibly popular alternative style!

The flick stars Josh Brolin (that movie where he's all purple and wants to destroy all the superheroes with a glove), George Clooney (Nippily Batman), Channing Tatum (that movie that all women went to go see), Scarlett Johansson (that movie where Jason Bourne buys a zoo), Jonah Hill (Oscar nominated actor), Ralph Fiennes (He - Who - Shall - Not - Be-Named), Frances McDormand (that movie I mentioned where she played a pregnant cop), Alden Ehrenreich (who played a character named Flamingo once) and Tilda Swinton (Conan O» Brien's female twin).

Because at this point in the game I'm very angry with Warner Brothers for not being able to get one goddamned superhero movie right since the heady days of Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise.