Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Films to Launch between 2015 - 2020

What  began as an ambitious  roll out from DC Entertainment & Warner Bros. Studios of releasing 10 blockbuster Films over 5 years; quickly snowballed into every major motion picture company who owned superhero property rights and having their  definitive 5 year plan made public as well.  It was announced in the last week of October of 2014 and ended in early November  of the same year. Thus film scheduled announcements between Disney (Marvel Studios), Fox, Sony, and Time/Warner (DC) was created.

Here is what we the viewing audience can expect by way of highly anticipated 42 Superhero Movies, and over 30 Sequels, Reboots, Spin-Offs, and bestseller adaptations.

2015

January 9th     Taken 3  
           
March 20th     Insurgent

May 1st     Age of Ultron
May13th    Mad Max: Fury Road

June 12th    Jurassic World

July 1st       Terminator Genisys
July 10th     Minons
July 17th     Antman
July 24th     Pixels
July 31st     Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation

Aug 7th      The Fantastic Four
Aug 14th    Man from U.N.C.L.E
Aug 21st     Hitman Agent 47

Sept. 4th     The Transporter: Refueled
Sept. 18th   Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Sept. 25th   Hotel Transylvania 2


Oct.  2nd     The Martian
Oct. 16th     Crimson Peak
Oct. 23rd     Burnt

Nov.  6th     Spectre 
Nov.13th     By the Sea
Nov. 20th    Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Nov. 27th    Creed

Dec.  4th     Macbeth
Dec. 11th    In the Heart of the Sea
Dec. 18th    Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens
Dec. 23rd    Alvin & the Chipmunks: Road Chip


2016

Jan. 8th          Quentin Tarentino's : The Hateful Eight
Jan. 15th        Ride Along 2
Jan. 22nd       Risen
Jan. 29th        Kung Fu Panda 3

Feb.   5th        Pride and Prejudice & Zombies 
Feb. 12th        Deadpool

March 4th      London Has Fallen
March 18th    Alligent Part One
March 23rd    Batman/Superman: Dawn of Justice


April 29th      Ratchet & Clank Movie

May 6th         Captain America: Civil War
May 27th       Xmen Apocalypse

June   3rd       Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
June 10th       Now You See Me 2
June 17th       Finding Dory
June 24th       Independence Day: Resurgence

July   1st        The Purge 3
July 15th        Ghostbusters
July 22nd       Star Trek Beyond
July 29th        Jason Bourne

Aug. 5th         Suicide Squad
Aug. 12th       Pete's Dragon
Aug. 19th       Ben Hur
Aug. 26th       Mechanic: Resurrection

Sept. 16th       Blair Witch
Sept. 23rd       Magnificent Seven

Oct.   7th        The Girl on the Train
Oct.  14th       The Accountant
Oct.  21st       Jack Reacher 2
Oct. 28th        Inferno

Nov. 4th        Doctor Strange
Nov. 18th      Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Dec 16th        Rogue One: A Star War's Story
Dec. 23th       Assassin's Creed



2017

Jan. 6th           Underworld: Blood Wars
Jan. 20th         XxX: The Return of Xander Cage
Jan. 27th         Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

Feb. 3rd           Rings
Feb. 10th         Lego: Batman
                        John Wick: Chapter 2

March 3rd        Logan
March 10th      Kong: Skull Island
March 17th      Beauty & the Beast
March 24th      Power Rangers
March 31st      Ghost in the Shell

April 14th        Furious 8

May 5th           Guardians of the Galaxy VOL. 2
May 19th         Alien: Covenant
May 26th         Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

June  2nd        Wonder Woman
June   9th        The Mummy
June 23rd        Transformers: The Last Knight

July 7th           Spider-Man: Home Coming
July 14th         War for the Planet of the Apes
July 21st         Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
July 28th         Atomic Blonde

Aug. 4th          The Dark Tower

Sept.    8th      It
Sept. 22nd      Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Oct.   6th        Blade Runner 2049
Oct. 27th        Jigsaw
Oct. 28th        Amityville: The Awakening

Nov. 3rd         Thor: Ragnarok
Nov. 17th       Justice League
..
Dec.   1st        The Shape of Water
Dec. 15th        Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Dec. 20th        Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Dec. 22nd       Pitch Perfect 3



2018

Jan.  5th           Insidious: The Last Key
Jan. 26th          Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Feb. 16th         Black Panther
..
March   2nd     Death Wish
March   9th      A Wrinkle in Time
March 16th      Tomb Raider
March 23rd      Pacific Rim: Uprising
March 30th      Acrimony

Apr. 13th         The New Mutants
Apr. 20th         Super Troopers 2

May 4th           Avengers: Infinity War
May 25th         Solo: A Star Wars Story

June  1st          Deadpool 2
June  8th          Ocean's Eight
June 15th        The Incredibles 2
June 22nd       Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
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July   6th          Ant-Man and the Wasp
July 27th          M:I 6 - Mission Impossible

Aug  3rd          The Predator
Aug 10th          Meg

Sept. 14th        The Equalizer 2
Sept. 21st        Robin Hood

Oct.  5th          Venom
Oct 16th          The Girl in the Spider's Web

Nov. 2nd          X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Nov. 9th           Holmes and Watson
Nov. 16th         Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2
Nov. 21st         Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-it Ralph 2    

Dec. 21st        Aquaman
Dec. 25th        Mary Poppins

                     
2019

Feb.  8th          Lego Movie 2
Feb. 14th         Gambit 😭

March  1st       How to Train your Dragon 3
March  8th      Captain Marvel
March 22nd    Godzilla: King of the Monsters

April 5th           Shazam

May   1st            Avengers: EndGame
May 17th           John Wick: Chapter 3

June  7th           Charlie's Angels (November)
June 14th          Justice League: Part Two😭
June 21st           Toy Story 4
June 28th          Transformers Movie 7😭

July  5th            Spider-Man: Far from Home
July 12th           Top Gun: Maverick (2020 push)
July 19th           Indiana Jones: Final Chapter😭

Sept.  6th           It: Chapter Two
Sept. 20th          Angry Birds 2

Nov.   8th        James Bond:No time to Die (2020 push)
Nov. 27th           Frozen 2

Dec. 13th          Wonder Woman: 1984 (2020 push)
Dec. 20th          Star Wars: Episode IX


2020
April   3rd           Cyborg 😭
April 10th           Fast & Furious 9

May  9th          Godzilla vs. Kong (November)

June 19th         Green Lantern Corp 😭

Nov. 20th         Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3 (2021 push)

Dec. 18th          Avatar 2 (2021 push)
Dec. 25th          Sing 2 (2021 push)

Why the sudden explosion?  
Money is the major root of it all, 2014 was well below all expectations and profits dried up in a manner of speaking, when compared to any other year of this decade.  The blame belongs solely on the studio executives for looking too far ahead with Star Wars, Batman/Superman and Avengers. While not giving the audience of today anything to  build towards as a summer blockbuster for the year  of present. It was by February 2014, that those 3 films were announced and all we had to look at was Divergent.

Instead  we got Tammy (starring Melissa McCarthy) for July 4th weekend, and Transformers Age of Extinction as our headlining Summer blockbuster movie, and both were duds. The people around the world and in North America had the World Cup, And studios didn't bother to compete with network television.  The only stellar film that held the box office was rise of the Planet of the Apes, and that was it for 3 months until Mid-August when The Guardians of the Galaxy swooped in and saved the day.

As a result,  to prevent  a drought, a super-saturation of a "sure thing" over 5 years was created.  Myself, as a young boy I wanted to see a Justice League movie or Avengers being made into a movie, and now we are finally getting it.

The audience condition - is that with the money being thrown into producing all these films we the audience will  get quality in both star power and big budget theatrics. Fans are very critical, just ask Halle Berry and her take on Catwoman.
Growing up watching Superstars of Wrestling I always yearned for more than just one hour a week.
Fast forward to present day, and we have over 6 hours a week on network TV and now a 24/7 online Network Service, and a 3 hour show every monday. And the quality is not there;  as a result the subscribers for the online network is well below expectations, and only time will tell over the next 5 years. How anyone will do (Wrestling environment or Motion picture vs streaming vs the audience apetite), but as a fan whose boyhood dreams are being realized.  It is with certainty you have an eager audience, built-in just salivating to watch, but if the quality wavers even by even a margin, it can have a devastating effect on the future of films slated for release.

2020 update.. besides fast and furious 9 slated for a May 2020 release. All other expectations were either pushed further to a 2021 release or have been completely dropped due lack of studio confiedence or poor reception and ticket sales at the box office.


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