Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2018

Happy New Year. Here is my "Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2018" list. This list includes movies that are most likely getting wide releases and will be possible blockbusters. This is only my opinion.

#10 Avengers: Infinity War - It all comes down to this. While I have not been the biggest fan of the movies that Marvel has made up to this point, I respect and realize the enormous franchise that they have created. This movie will be bringing nearly all of the biggest names together, including the Guardians of the Galaxy. The Russo Brothers will be directing again and I couldn't think of a better experienced duo to do it since they are responsible for one of my favorite Marvel movies, Captain America: Winter Soldier.
Release date: April 27, 2018
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#9 God Particle a.k.a. Cloverfield 3 - Look, I like the Cloverfield movies. J.J. Abrams is somehow able to build these mysterious worlds that part of just has to learn more about. I'm even a subscriber of the Cloververse subreddit where me and a bunch of nerds do their best to decipher more information from the Cloverfield universe. Not much is know about this next Cloverfield movie other than it takes place in space with a bunch of astronauts. I am hoping that it will explain where the creature from the first movie came from.
Release date: TBA 2018
Trailer: Nope

#8 Sicario 2: Solado - 2015's Sicario was a sleeper hit that captured me in a way I haven't felt since No Country For Old Men. On the outside, the pacing of it seems slow, but director Denis Villeneuve had a very artistic way of keeping the movie interesting. Writer Taylor Sheridan is back to write the sequel, but the helm will be taken over by Stefano Sollima, Sollima is an establish Italian director who had made some gritty cop dramas both on the silver screen and small screen, so I am hoping he can match what Villeneuve has already built.
Release date: June 29, 2018
Trailer: Not yet

#7 Annihilation - Ex Machina was one of my favorite films of 2014 and basically put writer and director Alex Garland on the map. With a bigger budget and a bigger star in Natalie Portman, Garland is looking to adapt a movie from the sci-fi book written by Jeff VanderMeer. I don't know much about the book, but I'm hoping for the same style of film we got in Ex Machina.
Release date: February 23, 2018
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#6 First Man - Whiplash and La La Land are two of my favorite movie from the last four years. To me, director Damien Chazelle is going places and I want to follow him wherever he goes. First Man is his next film, which will also star La La Land's Ryan Gosling. This movie is a biographical drama based on the life of the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong. I am excited to see what Chazelle can create in what will probably be a more direct film than he has done before.
Release date: October 12, 2018
Trailer: Not yet

#5 Isle of Dogs - Wes Anderson is one of my favorite directors. I even have his Moonrise Kingdom poster hanging up in our movie room. Isle of Dogs will be his return to stop motion animation, which is what he also did for 2009's brilliant Fantastic Mr. Fox. I remember not expecting much from Mr. Fox before I first watched it, but what I found was a super delightful family film with that Wes Anderson twist that we all love so much. My only worry is that Fantastic Mr. Fox was based on Roald Dahl's famous children's book while Isle of Dogs is, as far as I know, straight out of the mind of Mr. Anderson. Still, I think it will be a good watch no matter what.
Release date: March 23, 2018
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#4 Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 - Despite the epic fail by Disney not calling this movie "Ralph Wrecks the Internet," I am still very much looking forward to the sequel to 2012's Wreck-It Ralph. I loved the first movie as it was an original story told in a setting that brought a sense of nostalgia for me and my early gaming times. I am excited to see what games can be featured in this film now that I am assuming the arcade or the game itself is going online. On top of that, I am glad that Rich Moore is still directing with the original voice cast reprising their roles, as well.
Release date: November 21, 2018
Trailer: Not yet

#3 Ready Player One - I have said it over and over again: I am a sucker for Spielberg. There is something so magical about his movies to me. Even the most boring of premises (*cough* War Horse *cough* *cough* The Terminal *cough*) end up being highly entertaining to me. This one looks like a whopper though as it is based on the very popular 2011 sci-fi novel of the same name written by Ernest Cline.
Release date: March 29, 2018
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#2 Incredibles 2 - I have no idea why it has taken so long for Disney/Pixar to come out with this movie, but we are finally here. We are finally in the year that a sequel to 2004's The Incredibles comes out. Brad Bird, the writer and director of the first film, is back to write and direct the second film and I could not be happier about that fact. Going by the teaser, it looks like this film will take place not too long after the events at the end of the first film, which is an intriguing thing. This is going to be so much fun.
Release date: June 15, 2018
Teaser:


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#1 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The feeling I got after watching 2016's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was eerily similar to my reaction after watching the first Harry Potter movie. I was amazed by this new world that writer J.K. Rowling thought up and wanted to learn more. Now, obviously this isn't an entirely new world, but it sure feels that way with the new characters and locales. I'm ready for more. While I'm still not please with director David Yates continuing to direct anything that has to do with Harry Potter, The Crimes of Grindelwald being at the top of my list represents my need to learn more about story from Rowling. Will we see Voldemort? Will we see Harry's dad, or granddad? Will Queenie join the dark side? All have been talked about and theorized, and I can't wait to find out the answers.
Release date: November 16, 2018
Trailer: Not yet

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