2018 starts to take shape as 20th Century Fox shift and plan dates for theatrical releases
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By Darian Scalamoni |
With
the 2017 movie season rapidly approaching the Summer season with next weekend’s
first major release in Marvel’s Guardians
of the Galaxy Vol. 2, it’s no surprise that studios are beginning to reveal
some of the release dates for their slates in 2018. 20th Century Fox
has just solidified some spots for some of their releases as well as shift some
dates around for next year.
Firstly,
Shane Black’s The Predator sequel has
moved from its original February 9th, 2018 release to a summer-friendly, August
3rd, 2018. That first week has proved to be successful over the last
two summers with superhero flicks, Guardians
of the Galaxy and Suicide Squad
making boatloads of cash. The rated R action/thriller will open against the
Will Ferrell/John C. Reilly comedy, Holmes
& Watson as well as a TBA live-action Disney film that I’m speculating
could be Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin.
20th
Century Fox has also scheduled its next three superhero movies with Josh Boone’s
New Mutants starring Maisie Williams,
Anya Taylor-Joy and Nat Wolff arriving on April 13th, 2018. That’ll
be followed up by Deadpool 2 on June
1st starring Ryan Reynolds as the titular character along with Josh
Brolin and Zazie Beetz as Cable and Domino. Finally, there’s Dark Phoenix which will star Sophie
Turner and has Simon Kinberg writing and directing that is set for a November 2nd
release date going against Disney’s live-action Mulan remake.
They
also announced some potential awards fare towards the end of this year and next
with Steven Spielberg’s film, The Post
starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks getting a release date of December 22nd,
2017. The long-gestating Freddie Mercury biopic starring Rami Malek titled Bohemian Rhapsody and directed by Bryan
Singer will be released next Christmas. In addition, Steve McQueen’s follow-up
to 12 Years a Slave titled Widows with an all-star cast of Viola
Davis, Liam Neeson, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez and Daniel
Kaluuya will be released on November 16th, 2018.
How
do you guys feel about all these dates for the respective projects? What’re you
most excited for? How many of these 20th Century Fox movies are you
going to see? Comment below and let us know!
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