Of the three anomalies thus far, there were two Green Lantern films, one in 2009 and another in May 2011 to capitalize on the then-upcoming Green Lantern movie.
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Ledford was inspired by a different kind of green, and in 1992 began licensing anime films to distribute on video in the States, starting with Devil Hunter Yohko.
In the past, film studios have pursued Google, Apple and others over apps that use content from films such as Ted, Spiderman and Green Lantern.
Green Lantern, while not nearly the blockbuster the Batman films were, also did well enough to be a contender and fills the profitable summer schlock category (like Thor did for Marvel).
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When you take ticket-price inflation into account, fewer people went to see Green Lantern opening weekend than saw Daredevil or Ghost Rider, films that underperformed.
The 2-D film can act as counter programming to the bigger films slated to hit theaters in the coming weeks like Green Lantern and the third Transformers movie.
Some of the films, like Linklater's "Before Midnight" and Green's "Prince Avalanche, " will be continuing on the festival circuit after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
"Japanese films all tend to be rather bland in flavor, like green tea over rice, " he once remarked, a jibe at Ozu's The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice.
" His role as Kato in the 1966 TV series "The Green Hornet" led to American success for his Hong Kong-made fight films, beginning with "Fists of Fury.
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If you've seen writer-director Frank Darabont's films (including two King adaptations, "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile, " that earned him Oscar nominations), you'll know he's an old-time Hollywood classicist at heart.
The upcoming trio of films is a far cry from recent years when movies such as "Iron Man" and "Green Lantern" took a chance by introducing lesser-known superheroes on the big screen with very different results.
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