After an exciting year in film, 2016 is beginning to look just as promising. Batman will face off against Superman, there will be a new generation of female Ghostbusters and Ryan Gosling will return to acting! The next 12 months are looking pretty eventful and if its anything like last year, there will be plenty of things to look forward to. So here are a couple of reasons why 2016 will be an eventful year for film.
Year of The Hero
I already did an extensive post about this (which you can read here) so I'll keep this short and sweet. This year will see the expansion of the DC Cinematic Universe with both Suicide Squad and Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice set to rival the already established Marvel Cinematic Universe. On the Marvel side we have both Civil War and Dr. Strange to look forward to while 20th Century Fox offer us Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse and possibly Gambit. The competition between the lighthearted MCU and the grittier DCCU (?) will be fierce this year and we will get to witness it in all its glory on the bigscreen.
For the Gamers
Video game adaptations have not exactly been very popular in the past thanks to films such as Super Mario Bro's. but this year will see four iconic video games adapted to the bigscreen. The popular Angry Birds game on mobile will get its own animated film this year with A-listers such as Peter Dinklage and Bill Hader among the voice cast. The iconic MMORPG World of Warcraft will also hit bigscreens and will see Vikings star Travis Fimmel as Sir Anduin Lothar side with Toby Kebbell's orc chieftain Durotan in an epic war across the land of Azeroth. One of my favourite childhood video games Rachet and Clank will get its own big screen adaptation too which is something I've dreamed about since childhood, surprisingly stars such as Paul Giamatti and Sylvester Stallone are set to star in it. Finally in what looks to be one of the greatest video game adaptations yet, Michael Fassbender dons the iconic hood in Assassins Creed, reuniting with Macbeth director Justin Kurzel, with all that talent it looks to be a promising film.
To Infinity and Beyond
No not Toy Story, two sci-fi giants get new installments this year, those being Star Trek and Star Wars. Unfortunately we will not be getting episode VIII this year, instead we will be treated to the Star Wars anthology film Rogue One which will involve a group of rebels stealing the Death Star plans before the events of A New Hope. With the likes of Mads Mikkelsen and Felicity Jones set to star, it looks like it will be an excellent addition to the Star Wars canon. On the other side of the sci-fi galaxy Star Trek: Beyond is set to take off this year too, this will be the third installment in the rebooted franchise and the first not to be directed by J.J. Abrams. It sees the crew of the Enterprise stranded on a mysterious planet while facing a new threat (played by the talented Idris Elba) and is directed by Justin Lin. Although there was initial controversy over the trailer 'lacking depth', co-writer and star Simon Pegg assured us that this will be more than just your average sci-fi film.
Return to old Territory
In my last post I stated how last year there was a lot of return to old territory with old franchises returning for a new installment and although that won't be as extensive this year, there are still a few old franchises ready to return. 20 years after Roland Emmerich gave us Independence Day, Jeff Goldblum and the gang are back with a sequel entitled Independence Day: Ressurgance. Another iconic franchise set to return is Ghostbusters although not how you might think, the new film will see an all female cast as opposed to the original paranormal investigators. In a world where strong female characters are becoming more plentiful I think that this could be a good move for the franchise. However, what seems to be one of this years most anticipated films is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the spinoff to the Harry Potter series. It will follow Eddie Redmayne as wizard Newt Scamander as he faces conflict between the magical and non-magical world in 1920's America.
For The Kids
Children's animation has become more renowned in the past few years, especially from the likes of Disney and Pixar. This year will see the long awaited return to the beautiful world of Finding Nemo with Finding Dory which will follow the titular fish regaining her memory and going off in search of her family. It doesn't stop there however as Disney offer up two animated films this year. The first is the buddy cop film Zootopia set in a world of anthropomorphic animals while the second is the fantasy adventure Moana following a young female navigator in the South Pacific.
There are plenty of other films in store such as the Coen Brothers' hilarious looking Hail, Caesar!, Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe's black comedy The Nice Guys and the comedy sequel we've all been waiting for, Zoolander 2. These are just a small taste of what's in store for 2016 as there are hundreds of other films set to be released this year, from supernatural horrors like The Forest to Steven Spielberg's BFG adaptation there is just too much to fit into one blog post but if one thing is for sure, we'll all be broke by the end of 2016.
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