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time franchise director David...
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.
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franchise veteran Jarrod Brooks has joined Huddle House as Director of Franchise Development to support the aggressive expansion of the iconic brand known for serving «Any Meal, Any Tim
franchise veteran Jarrod Brooks has joined Huddle House as
Director of
Franchise Development to support the aggressive expansion of the iconic brand known for serving «Any Meal, Any Tim
Franchise Development to support the aggressive expansion of the iconic brand known for serving «Any Meal, Any
Time.»
President Bill Byrne, 40, is already a two -
time loser, having served as
director of player personnel for both the Chicago and Shreveport
franchises in the now - defunct World Football League.
Not as much
time has passed, but you still find a
director who has somewhat struggled outside of his signature
franchise returning to the well with a lighter, more family - friendly tale.
As many of you know, I loathe Part 1, as a fan of the books I was looking forward to seeing how this all ends but
Director David Yates is a putz who ruined the film
franchise and disappointed me every single
time.
Synopsis: X-Men and X-Men 2
director Bryan Singer returns to the reigns of Marvel Entertainment's popular comic - book film
franchise with this
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«Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix» (2007) Box Office Take: $ 940m 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 24
Director David Yates «first
time wielding the wand for the «Harry Potter»
franchise, and it felt like a lot of things clicked into place.
The only
time the «Harry Potter»
franchise stooped to splitting a book into two (and the book was itself not the longest of the series), while all other credentials are present and correct — David Yates is in his stride as the
franchise's most reliable
director; the actors are the best they'll be; the visuals are as dramatic as the themes — the installment is let down by ending in mid-air and having a whole inert section where the three kids play house in a forest.
Rian Johnson, known for
time travel film Looper, has been confirmed as the writer and
director of the next in the Star Wars
franchise.
It was a huge hit, so Universal snapped up
director Justin Lin to make his fourth film in the
franchise, this
time the actioner sees Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, et al. (bolstered by a returning, back - from - the - dead Michelle Rodriguez) heading to the U.K. and to Spain, with Dwayne Johnson «s supercop still on their trail.
What has audiences so eager this
time is in part the combination of an auteur African - American
director (Ryan Coogler of «Fruitvale Station» and «Creed»), a heavyweight cast (Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong» o, Angela Bassett and Forest Whitaker) and a soundtrack co-produced by a rap superstar (Kendrick Lamar), all working on one of the most popular
franchises in Hollywood.
The anticipated sequel will instead launch in 2018, with
franchise director Kazutoki Kono attributing the delay to needing more
time to «perfect and optimise» the game.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 2014, 123 minutes, PG - 13 /
Director: Francis Lawrence / Writers: Suzanne Collins, Peter Craig, Danny Strong / Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman Buy It: Blu - ray Combo • DVD • Instant Video Though it almost certainly would have been better as a single movie, this relatively uneventful penultimate installment of the blockbuster
franchise still sustains interest, this
time with different elements than its predecessors.
The «Mama»
director is venturing into
franchise territory for the first
time with a video game adaptation
They are writer /
director Josh Boone's The New Mutants (4/13), writers Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and
director David Leitch's Deadpool 2 (6/1) and Dark Phoenix (11/2), the first
time the rumored sequel to the core
franchise has been named.
Thank god
director Josh Trask is no longer involved with a Star Wars spin - off movie, because I wouldn't want my all -
time favorite movie
franchise tarnished the way this movie spits on the comics.
«Stranger Tides» is directed by Rob Marshall (a first -
time director for the
franchise) and additionally stars Geoffrey Rush returning as the sometime - villainous Captain Barbossa along with several newcomers including Penelope Cruz, Gemma Ward, and Ian McShane.
Black is returning to the
franchise that he acted in many years ago, but this
time as the
director and a now bolstered cast.
Alien is revered as one of the greatest horror films of all
time, as well as one of the greatest films set in space, so what happens when the
director of the film that originated the
franchise returns to it to provide us back - story about one of the biggest monster movie icons more than three decades after the fact?
In the feature, Donaldson effectively compares and contrasts the career trajectories for Mimi Leder, who made her name through her Emmy - winning work on «ER,» directed the one of the top - grossing films of 1998 with «Deep Impact» and then went to «movie jail» and didn't direct another film for nine years after the middling performance of her 2000 family drama «Pay It Forward,» to those of Trevorrow, who made his feature debut with the Sundance hit «Safety Not Guaranteed,» won the choice gig helming «Jurassic World» on
director Brad Bird's recommendation and managed steer to the reboot of one of the most popular film
franchises of all
time to giant box - office success.
Once Matthew Vaughn stepped down as
director and X-MEN and X2
director Bryan Singer stepped into his shoes, it was only a matter of
time before we heard rumblings of certain actors returning to the
franchise.
It's the only
time the film stops in tracks to provide a showcase for the ability of one of its characters, but the sequence is so cleverly choreographed by
director Bryan Singer (who returns to the
franchise after directing its first two installments) that we hardly notice.
Taking a slightly more light - hearted approach,
director Guillermo Del Toro shows off a different side to the comic book
franchise, as Hellboy and his comrades this
time wind up battling Prince Nuada, an underworld prince with ideas above his station, who wants to resurrect an ancient army and turn Earth into a sort - of fantastical romping ground.
She's worked with great
directors and other great actors in big and small movies, she's been a key part of one of the biggest
franchises of all -
time and has even proved she can lead a summer action film by herself.
Director Brad Peyton, who's worked with him on three films — including the new monster romp Rampage — says the first
time they met, Johnson was dressed as Hobbs, from the Fast & Furious
franchise.
It's very rare for a movie
franchise to get better with each successive installment (especially in the horror genre), but that's exactly what writer /
director James DeMonaco has done with the «Purge» series, refining the concept each
time by carrying over the elements that worked best.
One would think that after successfully re-launching the X-Men with a new A-list cast a couple of years ago, the studio would stick to that cast but as is common with comic books, it seems that creators are always jumping around timelines, characters and stories, it's only appropriate that a sequel that brings
director Bryan Singer back into the fold would not only involve
time travel but also include nearly every member, past and present, of the X-Men movie
franchise.
It feels like it's been such a long
time coming, but
director John Gulager's tenth Children of the Corn
franchise entry titled Children of the Corn: Runaway will...
We've been waiting quite some
time now for release information in regards to
director Gary J. Tunnicliffe's Hellraiser: Judgment, the tenth installment in the
franchise to date.
The Russo brothers aren't entirely counting themselves out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after they wrap their much - hyped (and still - untitled) «Avengers: Infinity War» sequel — frankly, they need a little bit of
time to breathe before announcing anything about their
franchise plans going forward — but the
directors already have a clear idea what they'd like to see from the next phase of the sprawling blockbuster series.
This is the first
time the Mission: Impossible
franchise will be repeating
directors, as producer / star Tom Cruise was keen on having a new
director each
time,
The first came in the form of an auction, in which Episode IX
director J.J. Abrams — returning to the
franchise after reviving it with Star Wars: The Force Awakens — sold details of the plot to the highest bidder, only to be drowned out by spoilers for Hot Tub
Time Machine 3 and Sharknado 5.
At first glance American Graffiti appears to be a nostalgia trip back to the early 1960s, the teenage years of its now legendary filmmakers — producer Francis Ford Coppola who at the
time had just directed The Godfather and writer /
director George Lucas who would go on to create the Star Wars
franchise.
Battles are tediously long and there's lots of
time to admire the beautiful surroundings of the
director's home and native land (this
franchise is also shot in New Zealand).
Black was tired of the
franchise by the
time he was halfway through co-writing the sequel (he quit and lost half his fee), and moved onwards into his abiding obsessions with his next script, The Last Boy Scout, another mismatched - partners action thriller, whose wildness and over-the-top aesthetic found a perfect analog in
director Tony Scott.
Recently, it was reported that he is in talks with Deadpool
director Tim Miller to bring a new Terminator film to life in a few years; though after being burned many
times before, some audiences may not want to see more from this
franchise.
Brett Ratner,
director of the Rush Hour
franchise and producer of films including The Revenant and Horrible Bosses, has been accused of sexual misconduct by six women in a damning new report from the Los Angeles
Times.
The animation is top - notch with plenty of impressive special effects, but first
time solo
director Tom McGrath (who previously cut his teeth co-helming the Madagascar
franchise), struggles a little under the weight of such an ambitious venture.
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But while the
director gives the movie his all, you can still feel a certain creative restlessness; it's apparent that he has come to the end of his
time with the «Bourne»
franchise and wants to get out of there.
But he's become a less and less interesting
director as
time's gone on, culminating in last year's dire «Jack The Giant Slayer,» and his return to the
franchise for «X-Men: Days Of Future Past» doesn't look that much better.
What we are excited about: Harry Potter is one of the most successful movie
franchises of all
time, so it's no surprise that Warner Bros. would trust veteran Harry Potter
director David Yates with another one of their summer tentpoles.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige had also spoke about the importance of utilizing a female
director for the film, which marks the first
time a woman will headline her own solo superhero movie in the
franchise.
The
director had recently signed on to another installment of the «Game Change»
franchise at HBO, this
time a miniseries based on an upcoming book about the 2016 presidential election from from Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.
The seventh instalment of the Marvel
franchise, due out in the US on May 23, brings back two -
time X-Men
director Bryan Singer, as the younger selves of X-Men Professor Charles Xavier (played by James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) join forces with their older selves (Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen) to fight species across two
time periods.
The whole thing looks and feels like an extended episode of some Starz series, and you almost get the sense that first -
time feature film
director Aleksander Bach is attempting to ape the Resident Evil movies, another
franchise with bad writing, silly action and only the most tenuous connection to the video games that inspired it.
He possesses over twenty years of experience as a dog trainer, starting with his years of service in the military and including his
time on the Board of
Directors for the International Association of Canine Professionals, founding the very first dog training
franchise in the U.S., and at one
time heading PAWSitive Solutions, the largest in - home training company in the U.S.
Despite being swamped along with the rest of Eat Sleep Play on work for the next Twisted Metal title,
director David Jaffe has taken some
time to answer some burning questions on the next installment of the
franchise.