#summerblockbusters

The summer blockbusters are coming and they’re coming in fast!  In  the past few  weeks,  we’ve been  treated  to a host of new trailers as the  studios  are trying their darnedest to get the movie-going public’s support (i.e. cash). If you think  last  year’s line-up  was great, 2017 bloodies and powerbombs it  for the three count. But it’s not  just  the  summer  season  though, the  whole  year is chock-full  of  those  loud and  flashy  films  we’ve  all   come  to  expect  from Hollywood. The  first  quarter  alone  saw  the  release  of  Logan, Kong: Skull Island  and  the  live-action  adaptation  of  Beauty and the Beast.  So  please, allow me to enumerate these tentpole films I’m all so excited  about.

First up, April  sees  the  release  of The Fate of the Furious,  though  I  highly doubt that  it’s  going  to beat  the  earnings  of  it’s  predecessor, the franchise already has  it’s fair share  of  fans and it’s still gonna rake in the dollars before the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2  opens  in  May. Yes, the  lovable   gang  is back  and  so  is  their brand of  humor  and  hopefully  the  great  soundtrack (plus there’s the really cute Baby Groot). May is a tough one though  as it also has  Alien: Covenant  and  the  return  of  Capt. Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales opening  in  back to back weeks. Will the zany captain still be able to work  it’s magic in the box office? We’ll see.

The first week of June comes DC’s highly anticipated Wonder Woman with the very  lovely  Gal  Gadot.  Here’s  hoping  this’ll  launch  the trend of more films starring superhero women. The reboot of the The Mummy starring Tom Cruise follows a week after and it looks vastly different from the original. Michael Bay’s explosive  (pun  intended)  Transformers: The Last Knight   rounds  up  the big names for the month.

Spider-Man: Homecoming  opens in  July and  is the first  full Spider-man film after Sony  loaned  the  character  to  the MCU. Here’s  hoping it will be  more successful than the two Amazing Spider-man  films.  In  between The Mummy and Transformers: The Last Knight are animated films such as Pixar’s Cars 3  and the adorable kids and minions of  Despicable Me 3. Meanwhile, Ceasar’s back in War for the Planet of the Apes and continues his fight against humans.

From August up until the end of  the  year are potential  hits like  Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets , Blade Runner 2049 and sequels, Annabelle: Creation  and Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Of  course  my  list  wouldn’t  be complete without these big guns as well. November will have Thor: Ragnarok  that also stars fan-favorite Hulk. 

Another film that comicbook fans worldwide have been looking forward to and much debated on since it’s  announcement is Justice League as Batman and Wonder Woman tries  to assemble a superteam to take on Steppennwolf and the parademons. Superman  may not be  in  the trailers  but  it’s  a given he’ll be there. How he will come back should be epic! Also wondering who  will  be the seventh member? Hoping it’s a Green Lantern. Jessica Cruz anyone?

Lastly, there’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi which I really thought won’t come out until 2018 as Star Wars  films usually has a three year gap between releases. This marks the  return  of  Luke  Skywalker  and  it’s very likely  that we’ll  find out who  Rey’s  parents were,  akin  to The  Empire  Strikes  Back.  Expecting great lightsaber battles.