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For now, those, the following six movies have our interest piqued. Will you be buying a ticket as well?
6) Shiver
Keanu Reeves in sci-fi has panned out extremely well at least once before. After all, few of the genre’s characters are more iconic than The Matrix‘s Neo.
Perhaps Shiver, a film by Deadpool‘s Tim Miller, will be closer to the actor’s first collaboration with the Wachowskis than The Day the Earth Stood Still or Replica. The plot follows Reeves as a smuggler trapped in a time loop in the Caribbean, where he has to face off with sharks and smugglers. According to The Hollywood Reporter, it’s been described as a mixture of Edge of Tomorrow and The Shallows, which is nothing short of a great combo.
5) Spaceballs 2
One’s excitement for Spaceballs 2 is fully dependent upon how funny they find the first film to be. Star Wars is still a property ripe for parody, so it comes down to whether the legacy sequel can be incisive when poking fun at the Disney era of the IP.
And, regardless of whether it sticks the landing, Spaceballs 2 is one legacy sequel that managed to get the gang back together. Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks, and Rick Moranis in his first live-action movie in three decades? That last name alone is reason enough to be excited.
4) Star Wars: Starfighter
The only reason Star Wars: Starfighter is placed this low is because the Disney Star Wars movies have overall been a mixed bag. The sequel trilogy was basically just squashed potential, Solo: A Star Wars Story was a mild diversion at best, and Rogue One was bested by its own prequel series.
Now, a little under a decade after Solo‘s failure, it seems Disney is ready to give big screen Star Wars adventures a shot again. And, like The Mandalorian & Grogu, Starfighter seems like it could be a very fun time at the movies. Screenwriter Jonathan Tropper’s presence also leads one to believe that it will be focused on character development, which in the end is more important than aerial combat sequences. Toss in the presence of Deadpool & Wolverine‘s Shawn Levy, Ryan Gosling, Mia Goth, and Amy Adams and this one could be a classic.
3) Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
The Monsterverse has done as good a job as glossy, major Hollywood movies can do of recapturing the aura of the classic Shลwa era G-films. And, of the directors behind these movies, nobody understood how to do that better than Adam Wingard.
Godzilla vs. Kong is the universe’s highpoint and, while it’s a bit more divisive, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is also a huge blast. So, it’s sad to know he won’t be returning to helm Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, but we’re still two-for-two on these team-up movies and the Monsterverse has only gotten better as it’s gone along, so we’re hoping that trend continues. Plus, it will be interesting to see SpaceGodzilla in a $200 million-dollar major American motion picture.
