Sentences with phrase «work as both a sequel»

With Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Disney Studio has a movie that works as a sequel to at least three or four predecessors: the 2012 Avengers to be sure, but also Captain America, Thor: The Dark World and Winter Soldier.

Not exact matches

A sequel is in the works, but it will not feature the original's biggest star, Will Smith, because, as director Roland Emmerich said, «he's too expensive.»

Ammerman sees her own study as a sequel to the pioneering work done by H. Paul Douglass in 1925.

Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up In this sequel to her classic Pretend Soup — considered by many to be the gold standard of children's cookbooks — award - winning author / illustrator Mollie Katzen works her magic with 20 new, child - tested recipes including such delicacies as Counting Soup, Chewy Energy Circles, and Polka Dot Rice.

The sequel is in the works as we speak!

The rest of the actors look like they're lost in some direct - to - video «Speed Racer» sequel, save for Evangeline Lilly, who turns in some nice work as the film's Adrian.

The trick for a movie of this type, at least one that is aspiring to be more than just a simple - minded exploitation film (such as the original Charles Bronson «Death Wish,» a far more complicated work than usually given credit for, especially in comparison to its tacky sequels), is to create a narrative that somehow justifies such actions without completely overdoing it.

Occasionally this approach works wonders - as on Evil Dead 2 - but often it results in tired, formulaic offerings, such as the many straight - to - video sequels produced by Disney.

Bertino returns, as a co-screenwriter this time, leaving the directorial work to Johannes Roberts, who brings a far surer hand and a more striking visual aesthetic to the sequel.

Instead, it's a modern, Hollywood version of the Japanese sequels to Gojira and like - minded, derivative works, pumped up by millions of dollars spent on visual effects to make the incalculable destruction of property and the deaths of thousands of people look as inoffensive — and lovely — as possible.

Unlike franchises overexplained to breaking point, the sequel repeats the no - frills plot of the first outing with no further depth — which means that as a film, it needs to work as an engine, primarily, to scare us into submission.

Just like the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel, the novelty and freshness is gone this time around, as we get admittedly funny repetitions of whatever worked the first time.

It's clear this was an afterthought as the developers worked on the truth next - generation sequel.

After making her film debut in That Night (1992), Heigl balanced movie work with high school, playing a small role in Steven Soderbergh's Depression - era drama King of the Hill (1993), starring as Gérard Depardieu's difficult daughter in My Father the Hero (1994), and Steven Seagal's niece in the action sequel Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995).

My first thought was that this was a sequel to a Roland Emmerich film which shouldn't really come as much of a surprise considering that both he and Bay work in the school of «blow shit up real good».

The director cited conflict in schedule as the reason behind his decision, as he would be working on two other films, Chaos Walking and the Edge of Tomorrow sequel, instead.

Stellan Skarsgard confirms that his character Alexander Selvig should return for the sequel after his most recent appearance in The Avengers — at least as long as he can make the schedule work with Lars von Trier's:

«Galaxy Quest» director Dean Parisot is the man behind the lens on the sequel to Summit Entertainment's surprise hit adaptation of Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner's Wildstorm miniseries «RED,» the 2010 action - comedy starring Bruce Willis as Frank Moses, a former operative dragged back into the lethal world of killers and spies against his will, all while trying to hold it together on the worst first date ever with Sarah (Mary - Louise Parker), a doe - eyed customer service rep entirely unfamiliar with Frank's line of work.

Though he'd built up a strong reputation among critics and cineastes in the 1960s with darker character work in films like Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) and the daring masterpiece Victim (1961), he was best known to the public as Simon Sparrow, the heartthrob comic lead in Doctor in the House (1954) and four subsequent sequels.

While sequels like Iron Man 3 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier have overcome feeling like prequels to a different story audiences haven't seen yet, other entries into this super-powered universe, efforts like Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War, struggled to come across as anything other than vehicles conceived and designed to get all of these characters into one place at the right time for this May's massive Avengers: Infinity War, none of them working outside of the larger story being told and as such aren't very entertaining or worth watching more than once.

Think of «Super Troopers 2» as less long - awaited, more obsolete; a case study in why comedy sequels almost never work.

Those film historians who've summed up Kemp's post-Z Cars TV appearances as «sporadic» evidently haven't seen his small - screen work in such miniseries as Winds of War and its sequel War and Remembrance (he played German general Armin Von Roon in both); he also played Cornwall in Sir Laurence Olivier's 1983 television adaptation of King Lear, and was featured in the internationally produced historical multiparters George Washington (1985) and Peter the Great (1986).

While I imagine more story will need to figure into the imminent sequels, this one works as a premise - establishing tale.

Colin Farrell plays his spiritless heart surgeon as a man who doesn't quite know how to act like a human being, and Nicole Kidman channels her Eyes Wide Shut energy into a perfectly - understated performance that makes this entire exercise feel much like a spiritual sequel to Kubrick's final work.

The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) In the face of grotesque sequels, lesser prequels and numerous parodies, The Silence of the Lambs still stands as a cinematic work of art among crime dramas.

In an interview with Collider, del Toro discusses stepping down as director for the much - anticipated sequel and working instead as a producer on the film.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle writers Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg are returning to work on the as - yet untitled sequel for Sony.

The 85 year old filmmaker is probably more well - known for his examinations of public institutions in films like Welfare (1975), Titicut Follies (1967), At Berkeley (2013) or High School (1968, followed by a sequel in 1994), but he's also one of cinema's great chroniclers of art as work.

The two are already hard at work on a sequel to the original Zombieland, which could be in theaters as early as next year.

It's no secret that director Taika Waititi had a great time working with Marvel Studios on Thor: Ragnarok, as he's already said he'd love to make a sequel.

It's an agreeable flawed film, in other words: Officially reduced to a commentator for blind audience members («Damn, I ripped the fuel line,» Marty blurts out to a puddle forming beneath the De Lorean), Fox's comic spark is almost out in this go «round — and don't get me started on Elisabeth Shue (replacing Claudia Wells in the sequels as Marty's gal, she turns in generic work that only aggravates Jennifer's maddening disposability).

With the exception of Boyhood, which emerged as a Best Picture favorite only to fall to Birdman, Linklater's work has mostly flown under the radar of awards organizations, aside from Adapted Screenplay nominations at the Oscars for the two Before sequels.

(Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray all Coen staples, were also the adult cast of Moonrise Kingdom) As the two filmmakers working today that do not operate in franchises or sequels, but still make popular entertainment on a significant scale, they feel like increasingly rare birds in the American movie landscape.

Those involved with Deadpool 2 are working hard to assure fans that it will be just as funny as the first one, perhaps because so much shit has gone down behind the scenes en route to getting the sequel into theaters.

Since snatching up the rights from THQ, Crytek has been hard at work on a sequel to Homefront, which has been officially announced as Homefront: The Revolution.

Earlier this week, Universal Studios and Legendary confirmed reports that Pacific Rim 2 had been delayed as development work continued on the upcoming sequel.

Rocky made him an instant star, but Stallone continued to work behind the scenes, writing numerous films and directing many of them: he debuted as director with Paradise Alley (1978), directed four out of the six Rocky films, made the Saturday Night Fever sequel Staying Alive (1983), directed 2008's Rambo, and launched a new franchise with 2010's The Expendables.

Director David Yates, who is currently set work on the film's sequel too, revealed that the future Headmaster of Hogwarts would be returning at a roundtable discussion with journalists ahead of the release of «Fantastic Beasts,» as reported by Screenrant.

With films like Fast & Furious 7, Tarantino's upcoming The Hateful Eight, Bone Tomahawk and Road to Save Nome in the pipeline, as well as a possible Stargate sequel, Russell will continue to be a fixture in cinemas across the nation, and although the latest entry in his expansive body of work is a long way off being his best, his cult status remains very much intact.

Marvel has done well by making their sequels work just as well, if not better, than their predecessors.

What makes Zoolander work is that underpinning the absurdist stylings of Ben Stiller — who returns as not only Derek Zoolander but also the co-writer and director of the sequel — is a fairly scathing satire aimed at the fashion industry and how clueless and insular it can be.

That's right, after over 20 years since the most recent installment; Germany's FDG Entertainment and France's Game Atelier are working together with one of the original developers (Ryuichi Nishizawa) to create a long - awaited sequel now known as Monster Boy and the Wizard of Booze.

While cultivating television work both in Israel and the U.S., Gadot made her film debut in Fast & Furious, as well as its sequels Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6, also performing her own stunts.

Devlin and Emmerich had mapped out the ID4 sequel as a two - part narrative arch, under the working title ID Forever Part I & II.

I am not a fan of SUPERMAN 1 though or at least it made very little impact on me, and the movie works for me as a sequel to a mostly non-existent original.

As a fan of director Ridley Scott's original 1982 neo-noir sci - fi film, set in a dystopian future in which humans and androids live side - by - side, Deakins was excited about the idea of working on the long - discussed sequel.

The look worked before, and it's just as arresting in the sequel.

Functioning more as a mythology - expanding spinoff than a proper sequel, this fifth installment (the first directed by longtime series writer Christopher Landon) smartly moves the setting away from airy suburbs to overcrowded working - class apartments, and introduces a winning sense of humor that almost compensates for its relentless reliance on every terror trope in the book.

As for the future of the Mighty No. 9 brand, Inafune has said he has ideas for a sequel, while a live - action movie based on the series is also in the works.

A sequel to Sicario is in the works, but Emily Blunt won't be returning as FBI agent Kate Macer.