2017

2017 is a long way off but we’re beginning to gather intel about its releases.

Film: Mission: Impossible 6
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin
Premise: Superspy Ethan Hunt returns for another adventure.
Release: June
Predicted Gross: $575 million

Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Director: Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites, Javier Bardem, David Wenham, Stephen Graham, Geoffrey Rush
Premise: The trident of Poseidon becomes Jack’s obsession in his new quest.
Release: July 7th
Predicted Gross: $1.2 billion

Film: Toy Story 4
Director: John Lasseter
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Premise: Woody, Buzz and co return.
Release: July 14th
Predicted Gross: $1.5 billion

Film: Thor: Ragnarok
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Jaimie Alexander, Mark Ruffalo
Premise: The Norse apocalypse threatens Asgard.
Release: July 28th
Predicted Gross: $850 million

Film: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
Director: James Gunn (Slither)
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, Josh Brolin
Premise: Our heroes may be taking on the megalomaniac Thanos.
Release: April 28th
Predicted Gross: $950 million

Film: Spider-Man
Director: Jon Watts (Cop Car)
Starring: Tom Holland, Marisa Tomei
Premise: Marvel’s reboot route with Spider-Man sees a teenage Peter Parker gaining his powers.
Release: July 28th
Predicted Gross: $775 million

Film: Pacific Rim 2
Director: Guillermo Del Toro (Crimson Peak)
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi
Premise: The Kaiju are back to wreck havoc on Earth once more.
Release: August 4th
Predicted Gross: $450 million

Film: Avatar 2
Director: James Cameron (Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang
Premise: The 2009 smash hit returns.
Release: December 25th
Predicted Gross: $3 billion

Film: The Wolverine 3
Director: James Mangold (Girl Interrupted)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schriber, Patrick Stewart
Premise: Logan returns for what his final adventure.
Release: March 2nd
Predicted Gross: $550 million

Film: The Justice League: Part One
Director: Zack Snyder (300)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Christina Wren, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams
Premise: The heroes unite to battle an infeasibly great enemy.
Release: November 17th
Predicted Gross: $900 million

Film: Star Wars: Episode VIII
Director: Rian Johnson (Looper)
Starring: Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Daisy Ridler, Gugu Mbatha Raw, Daisy Ridley, Benicio Del Toro
Premise: The sequel to the Force Awakens.
Release: December
Predicted Gross: $1.2 billion

Film: Wonder Woman
Director: Patty Jenkins (Monster)
Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Sean Bean, Eva Green
Premise: An Amazonian Princess ventures to the rest of the world to vanquish evil.
Release: June 23rd
Predicted Gross: $775 million

Film: Kong: Skull Island
Director: Jordan Vogt Roberts (Kings of Summer)
Starring: Brie Larson, Toby Kebbell, Tom Hiddleston, John C Reilly, Samuel L Jackson, Thomas Mann, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, John Goodman
Premise: A group of adventurers discover the origins of the monstrous ape that haunts Skull Island.
Release: March 10th
Predicted Gross: $500 million

Film: Jungle Book: Origins
Director: Andy Serkis
Starring: Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Jack Reynor, Naomie Harris, Freida Pinto, Eddie Marsan, Peter Mullan, Tom Hollander, Christian Bale
Premise: An abandoned human boy is raised in the wild by a fierce bear.
Release: October 6th
Predicted Gross: $400 million

Film: War for the Planet of the Apes
Director: Matt Reeves
Starring: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn
Premise: Caesar becomes the ape figurehead in an all out war with humanity.
Predicted Gross: $800 million

Film: Despicable Me 3
Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, Pierre Coffin
Premise: Gru and his Minions return for their third outing.
Release: June 30th
Predicted Gross: $1 billion

Film: Beauty and the Beast
Director: Bill Condon (Mr Holmes)
Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Audra McDonald, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen
Premise: An adaptation of the Disney fairytale about a monstrous prince and a young woman who fall in love.
Predicted Gross: $650 million

Film: Terminator 6
Director: Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney
Premise: The follow up to Genisys.
Release: May 19th
Predicted Gross: $225 million

Film: The Magnificent Seven
Director: Antoine Fuqua (Training Day)
Starring: Chris Pratt, Denzel Washington, Haley Bennett, Vincent D’Onofrio, Luke Grimes, Matt Bomer, Ethan Hawke
Premise: Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.
Release: January 13th
Predicted Gross: $400 million

Film: Furious 8
Director: F Gary Gray
Starring: Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Jason Statham
Premise: Deckard Shaw creates more havoc for the team.
Release: April 14th
Predicted Gross: $1.6 billion

Film: Alien: Paradise Lost
Director: Ridley Scott (The Martian)
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace
Premise: The survivors of Prometheus unravel more secrets of the Aliens.
Release: May 30th
Predicted Gross: $525 million

Film: Downsizing
Director: Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Starring: Matt Damon, Reese Witherspoon, Jason Sudeikis, Alec Baldwin, Neil Patrick Harris
Premise: A social satire in which a guy realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself.
Release: December 25th
Predicted Gross: $115 million

Film: Ready Player One
Director: Steven Spielberg (Bridge of Spies)
Starring: Olivia Cooke
Premise: When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his billions. A contest users are willing to kill to win.
Release: December 15th
Predicted Gross: $450 million

Film: World War Z 2
Director: JA Boyona (The Impossible)
Starring: Brad Pitt
Premise: Plot is unknown.
Release: June 9th
Predicted Gross: $625 million

Film: Ghost in the Shell
Director: Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman)
Starring: Scarlett Johansson
Premise: A cyborg cop attempts to bring down a nefarious computer hacker.
Release: March 31st
Predicted Gross: $450 million

Film: Mena
Director: Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jesse Plemons, Domhnall Gleeson
Premise: A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s.
Release: January 6th
Predicted Gross: $180 million

Film: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Director: Luc Besson (Leon)
Starring: Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Dane DeHaan
Premise: Time-traveling agent Valerian is sent to investigate a galactic empire, along with his partner Laureline.
Release: July 21st
Predicted Gross: $375 million