Logan, Blade Runner 2049, Thor: Ragnorak…
we feasted on some incredible sci-fi movies
on the big screen in 2017. But 2018 looks
set to raise the bar with some highly anticipated
genre movies – in fact, 2018 is looking
like it might be a golden year for science-fiction
fans.
Welcome to Final Frontier; here are some of
the sci-fi movies that are going to blow everyone
away in 2018…
New Mutants is an adaptation of the New Mutants
comic books. This eleventh instalment in the
X-Men cinematic universe follows five new
mutants who are held in a secret facility
against their will. There, they must learn
to fight together to control their dangerous
powers and deal with their troubled pasts
Unlike previous X-Men films, the film is expected
to be a full-fledged horror with no costumes
and, refreshingly, no supervillains. This
unique take on the X-Men formula will feature
mutants Magik, Wolfsbane, Cannonball, Sunspot,
Mirage and Dr. Cecilia Reyes
The film is directed by Josh Boone and the
stars include Charlie Heaton, Anya Taylor-Joy
and Maisie Williams
New Mutants is scheduled to be released on
11 April 2018 in the UK with a US release
two days later
Venom is based on the dark and powerful Marvel
Comics supervillain of the same name and is
intended to be the first film in Sony's Marvel
Universe, which acts as an adjunct to the
Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is an
R-rated standalone spin-off from the Spider-Man
film franchise. The intention is to begin
a new shared universe featuring the Marvel
characters to which Sony possesses the film
rights, though Sony also intends for the film
to share the world of Spider-Man: Homecoming,
which was set in the MCU
The film is being directed by Ruben Fleischer
and stars Tom Hardy in the title role, alongside
Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate
Venom is set to be released worldwide on 5
October 2018
Rampage is loosely based on the classic 1980s
video game from Midway Games featuring apes
and monsters destroying cities
The film stars primatologist Davis Okoye,
played by Dwayne Johnson, who shares an unshakable
bond with George, an extraordinarily intelligent,
silverback gorilla who has been in his care
since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment
goes wrong and yaada yaada yaada… Summary:
Big apes. Big monsters. Destruction
The film is directed by Brad Peyton and will
release in the UK on 13 April 2018 followed
by a US release a week later
Pacific Rim: Uprising is the sequel to 2013’s
Pacific Rim, and takes place 10 years after
the Battle of the Breach. Vindicated by the
victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program
has evolved into the most powerful global
defence force in human history, with the best
and brightest called upon to rise up and become
the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju
threat returns. Thrust into this is ex-Jaeger
pilot Jake Pentecost, son of the late Stacker
Pentecost, who is given a chance by his adopted
sister, Mako Mori, to prevent humanity's extinction
The film stars John Boyega, Scott Eastwood,
Jing Tian and Adria Arjona, with Charlie Day,
Burn Gorman and Rinko Kikuchi returning in
their roles from the original film
Pacific Rim: Uprising is scheduled for a worldwide
release on 23 March 2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp is a sequel to 2015's
Ant-Man, and the twentieth film in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe. As Scott Lang balances
being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope
van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent
new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting
alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from
their past.
The film is directed by Peyton Reed and stars
Paul Rudd, Michelle Pfeiffer, Evangeline Lilly
and Walton Goggins.
Ant-Man and the Wasp is scheduled to be released
in the UK on 29 June 2018 followed by a US
release a week later.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix is the thirteenth instalment
in the X-Men film series, and the beginning
of a new X-Men trilogy. With X-Men: Days of
Future Past erasing the events of X-Men: The
Last Stand from the series' timeline, we see
the return of Jean Grey and her journey as
she begins to lose control of her abilities
as the Dark Phoenix. The film is expected
to be a more faithful adaptation of ‘The
Dark Phoenix Saga’ comic storyline.
Written and directed by Simon Kinberg, the
film sees the majority of the cast returning
from Apocalypse and is set to star Jennifer
Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and
Olivia Munn.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix is scheduled to be released
worldwide on 2 November 2018.
The Predator is the fourth instalment in the
Predator film series and takes place between
Predator 2 (released in 1990) and 2010’s
Predators. Unexpectedly, in what could be
a dramatic departure from previous films,
this film is expected to have more humorous
leanings. Director and writer, Shane Black,
is certainly not averse to humour in his films
having also worked on the scripts for The
Nice Guys and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
The film stars Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay
and Yvonne Strahovski and is set to be released
worldwide around 3 August 2018.
Untitled Deadpool Sequel, commonly known as
Deadpool 2, is the twelfth instalment in the
X-Men film series, and a sequel to the 2016
film Deadpool.
Plans for a sequel to Deadpool began before
the originals release. Though the original
creative team of Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese,
Paul Wernick, and director Tim Miller were
quickly set to return for the second film,
Miller left the project in October 2016 due
to creative differences with Reynolds, and
was soon replaced by David Leitch.
Ryan Reynolds again stars in the title role
alongside Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand
and Josh Brolin.
Untitled Deadpool Sequel is scheduled to be
released worldwide on 1 June 2018.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is a sequel
to 2015’s Jurassic World and is the fifth
instalment in the Jurassic Park film series.
Although no plot details have been released,
Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and BD Wong
will reprise their roles from Jurassic World.
And the good news is that we will also see
Jeff Goldblum reprise his role as Dr Ian Malcolm.
Derek Connolly and Jurassic World director
Colin Trevorrow both return as writers, with
JA Bayona as the director and original Jurassic
Park director Steven Spielberg an executive
producer.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is scheduled
for release on 8 June 2018 in the UK followed
by a US release on 22 June.
Although we’ve already seen him star as
one of the founding members of the Justice
League, Aquaman is set to star in his own
standalone film in the sixth instalment in
the increasingly disappointing DC Extended
Universe.
The film tells the story of Aquaman, who also
goes by the name Arthur Curry, the heir to
the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, who must
step forward to lead his people and be a hero
to the world.
With Justice League underperforming at the
box office, it ramps up the pressure on director
James Wan and stars Jason Momoa, Amber Heard,
Nicole Kidman and Willem Dafoe. But, as we’ve
seen with Wonder Woman, perhaps a Zack-Snyder-less
movie is more likely to succeed.
Aquaman is scheduled for worldwide release
around 21 December 2018.
A Wrinkle in Time is based on the 1962 classic
novel of the same name by Madeleine L'Engle.
The story follows a young girl who along with
her brother and classmate go on an adventure
across dimensions of space and time in search
of her father.
This Disney-helmed film is directed by Ava
DuVernay, best known for her Oscar-nominated
film Selma, from a screenplay by Jennifer
Lee, who wrote Frozen. It stars Chris Pine,
Reese Witherspoon and Gugu Mbatha-Raw and
also features Oprah Winfrey.
A Wrinkle in Time is scheduled to be released
in the US on 9 March 2018, followed by a UK
release on 23 March.
Marvel Studios’ Black Panther will follow
T’Challa who, after the death of his father,
the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated,
technologically-advanced African nation to
succeed to the throne and take his rightful
place as king. But when a powerful old enemy
reappears, T’Challa —the Black Panther—is
drawn into a formidable conflict that puts
the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at
risk.
As the final film before the highly anticipated
Avengers: Infinity War, we may get to see
the last Infinity Stone, the Soul Stone, make
an appearance for the first time in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe.
The film is directed by Ryan Coogler and its
stars include Chadwick Boseman, Michael B
Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Martin Freeman,
Forest Whitaker and Andy Serkis.
Black Panther is scheduled to be released
in the UK on 12 February 2018, followed by
a US release 4 days later.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, Ready Player
One is an adaptation of the hugely popular
novel of the same name by Ernest Cline. The
story takes place in the year 2045 when much
of Earth's population centers have become
slum-like cities due to overpopulation, pollution,
corruption and climate change. This leads
people to engage in the virtual reality world
of the OASIS where they can engage in numerous
activities for work, education and entertainment.
Starring Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, TJ
Miller and Simon Pegg, the film was originally
scheduled for release in December 2017 but
a little film about wars in space releasing
at a similar time led to the release being
pushed back to 30 March 2018.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is an upcoming stand-alone
Star Wars film directed by Ron Howard from
a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan.
It stars Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo and
will follow his adventures with Chewbacca
before they joined the Rebellion in Star Wars:
Episode IV, including their early encounters
with Lando Calrissian who will be portrayed
by Donald Glover. Woody Harrelson, Emilia
Clarke, Thandie Newton and Phoebe Waller-Bridge
also star.
The film has had a troubled history, with
the original directors, Christopher Miller
and Phil Lord, removed from the project after
principal photography had begun. Ron Howard
was announced as the new director for the
film and he was tasked with completing principal
photography along with what has been reported
to be extensive reshoots. Extensive reshoots
were also required for Rogue One so there
is some hope that the film will not suffer.
Despite the change in directors, the film
is still scheduled to be released on 25 May
2018. But perhaps Disney will take heed from
the lessons of Justice League, which also
had a change of director and, ultimately,
suffered for it.
And the sci-fi film that will most likely
blow you away in 2018 is Avengers: Infinity
War. Ten years after the release of Iron Man,
the success of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe
is unmatched by any other franchise in Hollywood,
and Infinity War is the culmination of that
project. We will finally see our favourite
Marvel heroes from Earth and beyond join forces
to stop the mad Titan Thanos from wrecking
universal destruction using the power of the
Infinity Stones and the Infinity Gauntlet.
The film is directed by the Russo Brothers:
Anthony and Joe Russo, who also directed Captain
America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America:
Civil War.
Avengers: Infinity War is scheduled for release
in the UK on 27 April 2018 followed by a US
release a week later.
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