Sentences with phrase «written as a sequel»

The excitement, however, is contained to Gyllenhaal's performance as the script by Kurt Sutter («Sons of Anarchy») endured a few transformations since it was originally written as a sequel to Eminem's «8 Mile».

Not exact matches

Today you write the «Even Less to Say, But Just as Much Space to Say It» sequel... Sweet Christ I hope you aren't getting paid to spit this drivel onto a page...

The offering is a piece and such it will remain, even if like Holberg's magister I were volente Deo to write a sequel in seventeen pieces, just as half - hour literature is half - hour literature even in folio quantities.

As a sequel, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) wrote the less well - known Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.

Written long before the sequels were published, Garland's script seizes on key ideas from the novel, but spins them in exciting new directions, using his source as a kind of leaping - off point (even the opening meteor detail is a bit of a departure, albeit one with rich other - worldly implications) from which he offers five tough women a chance to make first contact with this alien presence, and perhaps save the human race in the process.

Christopher Landon, who wrote the three previous Paranormal Activity sequels as well as Disturbia, writes and directs (his previous feature directing effort was Burning Palms) this spinoff of the popular series.

Though Pixar has never acknowledged as much publicly, its cinematic philosophy (and business model) has shifted notably: Where the studio once aspired to excellence with every single picture — Pixar president Ed Catmull wrote an entire book expressing this ideal, Creativity, Inc. — it now seems content to roll out a few profitable, hyper - merchandise - friendly sequels for every genuinely original feature it unveils.

In fact, it's becoming a family affair as her Irish husband Niall Leonard, is reportedly set to write the screenplay for the sequel to the movie adaption of her erotic novel series.

«In the year of the big - budget sequel, The Coen Brothers, Clooney and Christie proved a well - written, expertly directed and amazingly acted movie is just as important to filmgoers as special effects and loud explosions,» said Tim Gordon, president of WAFCA.

Given that the plot motor is Thanos's worry that the universe is overpopulated, sly self - awareness is shown as the filmmakers embrace drastic solutions to the problems of braiding multiple franchises into one — though some jiggery - pokery with Dr Strange's time - juggling amulet (and Cumberbatch's knowing line readings) suggest any shocking plot developments can be rolled back later, especially with sequels in development for characters who seem to be permanently written out in a tragic finale that's also an old - fashioned cliffhanger.

One wonders why Garland — who read the book once, wrote the script based on his «dream memory» of it, and completely ignored its sequels (both of which were published in the same year as Annihilation)-- felt the need to give Lena some of the most prosaic motivation you can give to a cinematic character, but its very irrelevance forgives it.

«The Chronicles of Riddick» (2004) 29 percent: It boasts solid special effects, and Diesel is game as always, but beneath the surface, this is a frustratingly hollow, poorly written sequel.

A while back, director M. Night Shyamalan teased audiences that he is already currently writing his follow - up project to the critically and financially successful multiple personality disorder thriller Split, which he also confirmed will also be a sequel to arguably his greatest effort, Unbreakable, which we learned is also set in the same universe as -LSB-...]

Wernick added «Look, that's entirely above our heads, but we'll write the very best screenplay we can write if we're fortunate enough to get that sequel, and we'll write it as quickly as they tell us we need to write it.

But Sony is approaching this follow - up as more of a reboot than a sequel, recasting The Crown's Claire Foy as hacker Lisbeth Salander and leaping ahead to the fourth book in the Millennium series (itself a kind of reboot, given that it was written by David Lagercrantz, who took over after Larsson died of a heart attack in 2004).

The 3 books become jointly referred to as the Millennium sequence, and feature since been adopted by way of two extra sequels written by way of David Lagercrantz.

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.

Apparently he thinks he can just make an easy transition from rom - com (Broken Hearts Club, Life as We Know It) and watered - down TV drama into blockbuster (he also created TV's «No Ordinary Family» and shares writing credit on the forthcoming Clash of the Titans sequel)...

And as if that's not enough, Edgar Wright (as I reported recently) is writing a sequel to his Oscar - nominated Baby Driver.

But this really makes us curious as to whether ot not Michael Myers is still Laurie's brother in this «reality», as that storyline wasn't introduced until Halloween II (though, again, there is footage in the TV Version that alludes to their familial relationship — though that wasn't shot until three years later, after that initial sequel was already written).

Disney is ramping up development of a «Maleficent» sequel, as Linda Woolverton is in talks to return to write the screenplay, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap.

The film will be based on the Throne of Atlantis story arc written by Geoff Johns and serves as a sequel to 2014's Justice League: War.

Release: Friday, February 10, 2017 [Theater] Written by: Derek Kolstad Directed by: Chad Stehelski If you are on the fence as to whether you should see what happens to John Wick in a sequel, you should first ask yourself how much of a geek you are for the really technical stuff, like fight choreography.

The «Deadpool» movies would probably be just as successful if they starred Jake Gyllenhaal instead of Ryan Reynolds, though Reynolds sports a writing credit on the sequel, so maybe he's in touch with his inner troll to such a degree that no one else could play the part.

-- A script for another Mortal Kombat sequel (unofficially dubbed Mortal Kombat: Devastation) has been talked about and toyed with, reportedly ignoring Annihilation altogether, but as of this writing, it hasn't progressed past the conceptual stages.

A longtime friend of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, Spiegel co-penned «Evil Dead II» with the former and wrote and directed the 1999 direct - to - video «From Dusk Till Dawn» sequel as well as the low - budget ’89 supermarket - slasher «Intruder».

Magnolia is picking up the controversial fast food abuse drama Compliance, written & directed by Craig Zobel, as well as Julie Delpy's new comedy 2 Days in New York, a sequel to her 2 Days in Paris, and Ry Russo - Young's drama Nobody Walks, starring Olivia Thirlby, John Krasinski and Rosemarie DeWitt.

They write, «TMT received a tip the studio is chasing Robert Pattinson to join the cast of Catching Fire, the sequel Francis Lawrence is taking over after helmer Gary Ross» high - profile departure, as Finnick Odair.»

Written and directed by Gareth Evans, the action sequel picks up right where the first film left off and follows Rama (Iko Uwais) as he goes undercover and infiltrates the ranks of a ruthless Jakarta crime syndicate in order to protect his family and uncover the corruption in his own police force.

While I'd prefer Villeneuve in the director's chair, Taylor Sheridan, who wrote the first Sicario, came back to pen the sequel's script as well.

When he was writing and casting «Annihilation,» Garland was not aware the character would be revealed as mixed race in the sequel.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is written at a level so low, even 8 - year - olds will find it lacking, and because another sequel is already in pre-production, there's not much suspense as to how this one is going to end.

As you might expect from a sequel written and directed by the same guy responsible for the original, «The Purge: Anarchy» is plagued by many of the same issues, although it's a slight improvement thanks to the decision to move the action out into the city rather than stay contained within a single household.

As written by Darren Lemke & Josh Klausner and directed by Mike Mitchell, «Shrek Forever After» does what all best sequels do: remind us why we fell in love with these characters, while also finding different ways for them to interact in a new adventure.

Also on the cards — deep breath — are: The Lion King, with Donald Glover as Simba and James Earl Jones returning as Mufasa; The Sword in the Stone, written by regular Game of Thrones scribe Bryan Cogman; a 101 Dalmatians spin - off featuring Emma Stone as Cruella de Vil; a Mary Poppins sequel starring Emily Blunt; a David Lowery - directed Peter Pan; a Peter Hedges - penned Pinocchio; and The Little Mermaid with new songs from Alan Menken and Lin - Manuel Miranda.

Mr. Refn also wrote and directed two «Pusher» sequels and served as an executive producer on Mr. Prieto's remake.

A quick perusal around the internet will reveal the long journey of «Solace,» which started with a script penned by «Ocean's 11» and «Matchstick Men» scribe Ted Griffin in 2002 (Sean Bailey also has a writing credit), and was once developed as a sequel to David Fincher's «Se7en.»

The result is another loosely plotted multi-character-study from director Richard Linklater, as well as a spiritual sequel to Hal Ashby's 1973 film The Last Detail, based on a follow - up book by Darryl Ponicsan, who wrote the source novel for the Ashby movie.

After this morning's announcement that J.J. Abrams is returning to write and direct Star Wars: Episode: IX, Lucasfilm has confirmed a new release date for the finale of the new trilogy: December 20, 2019, meaning that Episode IX will now be released in the same month as the first two installments of the sequel trilogy, and last December's Star Wars: Rogue One.

The script was written by James Vanderbilt, who penned «The Amazing Spider - Man» as well as its sequel.

The sequel to «It» will see Andy Muschietti return as the director, and Gary Dauberman will write the screenplay.

With a complex plot exploring debated themes such as multi-ethnic society, the best writing in the series, improvements for both stealth and shooting mechanics, meaningful sidequests and a lot of care in creating a detailed (albeit small) game world, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a more than worthy sequel to one of the best role - playing games of recent times.

In an interview with Inverse, Liefeld detailed his involvement in the movie (which hits DVD / Blu - Ray on May 10) and its sequel, as well as writing Deadpool's first upcoming graphic novel Deadpool: Bad Blood and what he thought about Batman v Superman.

Everything suggests that it'll be just as on - point with its satire as the first movie considering Brad Bird is writing and directing this sequel.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a 15th anniversary retrospective piece about Silent Hill 2, Konami's 2001 sequel that has since been hailed as one of the greatest video game sequels of all time.

- really very funny an awful lot of the time, as well as bizarrely gripping, like a new sequel to Saw written by Joe Orton.

Seth MacFarlane - who made his directing debut in the first film, which he also wrote - will return as the voice of Ted, as well as penning and directing the sequel which has already begun shooting.

We wrote last week that this summer has seen very little originality, and this week continues that trend as another sequel to a beloved film finally hits theaters.

Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are writing the «Spider - Man: Homecoming» sequel which sees Jon Watts returning as director.

Although the stunts and special effects are nowhere as good as its sequel, The Terminator has an ace up its sleeve: a well - written and taut screenplay that doesn't tend to drift off into the occasional ponderous bits like in Terminator 2.