Sentences with phrase «superheroes as movie stars»

It's all very meta: the superheroes as movie stars.

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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.

Wenger is perfect manager for very young Arsenal fans, same as the new Star Wars and Superhero movies are made (only) for them.

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.

That latter sequence is the movie's funniest, featuring a variety of cameos (including a blink - and - you'll - miss - it one from an uncredited movie star), as well as a punch line that's exactly what one would expect from a superhero team that includes a member with absolutely no superpowers.

Elsewhere, the Gotham Independent Film Awards named Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman best film ahead of Boyhood, with Michael Keaton winning best actor for his turn as a faded former star of superhero movies vying to make a comeback.

News broke last week that James Franco was set to star in his first superhero movie (since Sam Raimi's Spider - Man) as Jamie Madrox, aka Multiple Man, in a film of the same name.

Wonder Woman is going to end the year as the best and most relevant superhero movie of the year, and Gal Gadot's star - making performance is worth experiencing and re-experiencing all over again.

He's also no stranger to superhero movies, having played Batman's primary gadget provider Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy - not to mention starring as the most super-powered being of all in Bruce Almighty and Evan Almighty.

Paul Rudd still stars as Ant - Man, Michael Douglas plays Henry Pym, the inventor of the shrinking formula in this version of the movie (and not the original superhero like he is in the comics) and Lily who recently revealed a few more details and said her character Hope Van Dyne «is the daughter of the founders of The Avengers, Ant - Man and the Wasp» which will no doubt lead to lots of confusion as we know from the MCU Ant - Man and The Wasp weren't in those original movies (she's referring to what happened in the comics).

The U.S. trailer for Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)- Alejandro González Iñárritu's upcoming film starring Michael Keaton as a washed - up actor once famous for playing a superhero - definitely put the showbiz dramedy / satire on the map for a number of movie geeks.

The new superhero movie stars Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hildebrand, Andre Tricoteux, and Leslie Uggams as Blind Al..

«Doctor Strange» McAdams made her superhero movie debut in 2016, starring as a surgeon opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the Marvel film «Doctor Strange.»

There are hiccups in its ambition, but it's hard not to get swept up in all the technologies, characters, and politics crammed into the movie's compelling dramatic conflict, which casts the charismatic Michael B. Jordan — the star of Creed and Coogler's debut, Fruitvale Station — as the most complex villain in the post-Dark Knight cycle of superhero blockbusters.

The dark comedy, starring Michael Keaton as a washed - up movie superhero who seeks redemption on the Broadway stage, won four...

So, it's not about casting Batman's sidekick as much as it is about casting a fully - established superhero with enough star power to lead his own solo movie (whenever the Nightwing movie happens).

The new superhero movie from DC Entertainment stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams, J. K. Simmons, Jeremy Irons, Amber Heard, and Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko.

Tom Holland stars as the title character in director Jon Watts» superhero movie, «Spider Man: Homecoming.»

The much - hyped movie «Black Panther,» starring Chadwick Boseman as the eponymous superhero, opens on February 16, picking up the adventures of the African king and superhero.

A good chunk of viewers walked away from Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War billing the film as a full - fledged Thanos movie, suggesting the Mad Titan was the true star of the Russo brothers» superhero team - up flick.

It boasts Oscar - winning talent in the form of star Meryl Streep, director Jonathan Demme and writer Diablo Cody, and is perfectly positioned as a clever piece of counterprogramming to the barrage of superhero movies and action films.

Jen Yamato talked to filmmaker Julia Hart, co-writer Jordan Horowitz and star Gugu Mbatha - Raw about one of this year's breakout titles, «Fast Color,» which positions itself as a different kind of superhero movie.

Back in May, we reported that Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie had secretly pitched Warner Bros. and DC on an all - female superhero movie that would feature her reprising her role as Harley Quinn and teaming up with an unnamed assortment of heroes / villains.

«Birdman» — starring Michael Keaton as a washed - up movie superhero who seeks redemption on the Broadway stage, alongside Emma Stone, Edward Norton...

The story of Riggan Thomson's (Michael Keaton) effort to be taken seriously as an actor / director / playwright after having starred in three superhero movies twenty years ago — Birdman is directed as a continuous shot (which is difficult because the film takes place over a considerably longer period that its two - hour running time).

Superhero movies were quite different when Nicolas Cage started starring as Marvel's Ghost Rider.

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.

Matt Salinger — the son of J.D. Salinger — had the misfortune of starring in a B - Movie attempt at a superhero flick, filled as it was with bad acting, silly dialogue, a plot that would make an episode of «Captain Planet» blush, and some extremely poor action sequences.

There have been superhero movies starring African Americans, such as Wesley Snipes in the «Blade» films and Will Smith in «Hancock,» but «Black Panther,» in particular, is tapping into pent - up demand.

The trend continues after Marky Mark, as the list is mainly comprised of actors who've starred in uber - lucrative franchises or big - budget superhero movies, films for which there are conspicuously few female roles.

More notably, it serves as definitive proof that female - fronted superhero movies can be just as good as those starring men — and in the case of the DC Universe, even better.

Now the studio is starting to address the lack of superhero films with leads who are not white men, including upcoming projects such as «Captain Marvel,» starring Brie Larson, and a Black Widow movie with Scarlett Johansson that is in development.

Chadwick Boseman was first introduced as Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War before starring in his own movie, and he's the only superhero to have been introduced in one of Marvel's superhero assemblies before getting their own movie.

«The Flash» (March 16, 2018) In October 2014, it was announced «The Flash» would be getting his own solo movie, with Ezra Miller starring as the superhero.

As announced, the movie will star Paul Rudd as the titular insect superhero, who has the ability to shrink himself down to the size of a bug, as well as its alter ego, Scott LanAs announced, the movie will star Paul Rudd as the titular insect superhero, who has the ability to shrink himself down to the size of a bug, as well as its alter ego, Scott Lanas the titular insect superhero, who has the ability to shrink himself down to the size of a bug, as well as its alter ego, Scott Lanas well as its alter ego, Scott Lanas its alter ego, Scott Lang.

Star of pictures like 127 Hours and Pineapple Express, Franco is also no stranger to superhero movies thanks to his three - film arc as Harry Osborn / Green Goblin in Sam Raimi's Spider - Man trilogy.

The new superhero movie stars Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Cara Delevingne, and Viola Davis as Amanda Waller.

While some would love to forget Ryan Reynolds» performance as Hal Jordan in Green Lantern, the superhero movie has become the butt of a joke between the Deadpool 2 star and Warner Bros..

There will be plenty of those that roll their eyes, those that just can't bring themselves to eat this exquisitely delicious meal that Nolan has cooked up for us, and that's just fine (if not expected), but as my first five - star review of the year, this has raised the bar for not only superhero movies, but summer blockbusters in general.

Ramirez has the movie star charisma and devil - may - care glint in his eyes to pull off Duran's bravado (it's amazing he hasn't been tapped for a superhero franchise yet), while De Niro delivers a refreshingly subtle turn as the wise and kind father figure that Duran never had.

It's the movie that both re-launched Robert Downey Jr.'s career as a bonafide movie star as well as the film that became the springboard for the current superhero mania.

But few could have predicted that Pratt would become one of the year's breakout movie stars — and as a superhero no less.

After nearly 11 years of studio hesitation and apparently enough sexual favors for Wolverine, Deadpool finally has his own superhero movie (something that star Ryan Reynolds has fought long and hard (see, I can make sexual innuendos too and use parentheses inside of parentheses) for to see come to fruition), and with opening credits featuring billings such as «some really hot guy» and «an overpaid tool» the tone is set for an irreverent and refreshing outing from a genre slowly entering a phase of stagnation and repetitiveness.

The new superhero movie stars Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Bokeem Woodbine, Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark.

But with several of the stars aging out of the series — Robert Downey Jr. is 53 and is suiting up as «Iron Man» for the ninth time, and Chris Evans has said he's ready to hang up his «Captain America» shield — where does the series, and where do superhero movies, go from here?

«Deadpool» (Feb. 12) Ryan Reynolds stars as Wade Wilson (aka Deadpool) in one of Marvel's only R - rated superhero movies.

He then made it clear that he certainly isn't opposed to starring in a superhero movie, as long as he's interested in the character -LSB-...]

Deadpool 2 once again stars Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson, the 4th wall - breaking, merc with the mouth who spends his days tracking and brutally slaying an international array of baddies and cracking jokes on Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds» filmography, and really all superhero movie conventions.

This new poster of Black Panther, the upcoming action superhero movie starring starring Chadwick Boseman as the spandex - wearing vigilante from the fictional Wakanda nation: