Nearly two full decades into the New Millennium, 2019 promises to deliver the conclusion of the brand newStar Warstrilogy kicked off with The Force Awakens, the 25th installment of the James Bond franchise, and more sequels, reboots, superheroes, and video game based properties than we can shake a Godzilla at. Here we’ll take a look at the 10 most anticipatedmovies of 2019.
We checked IMDb to see which 2019 movies are generating the most interest from users browsing their pages and combined it with MovieWeb’s own data.
It may not have been a critical darling, butSuicide Squadmade plenty of money, which all but ensured this DC Comics super villain team-up would get a sequel. News of various movies in development involving breakoutSuicide Squadstar Harley Quinn and other projects involving different incarnations of the Joker have flooded sites likes ours in recent months. As we’re making this video, the director attached toSuicide Squad 2is Gavin O’Conner, the man behind 2011’s Warrior. Warrior starred a DC Comics villain of its own: Bane himself, Mr. Tom Hardy.
9[9] SHAZAM!
The ever expanding DC movie slate continues withShazam!, fromLights Outdirector David F. Sandberg. Zachary Levi stars as the title hero alongside Mark Strong, who played hero turned villain Sinestro in 2011’sGreen Lanternmovie. Whether or not Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will appear as Shazam foe Black Adam remains to be seen. We very well may have to wait for Black Adam’s own movie.
8[8] GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS
There aren’t any superheroes in the latestGodzillamovie, as far as we know, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have any connection to the costume heavy genre. Writer/director Michael Dougherty was one of the writers responsible forX2: X-Men United,Superman Returns, andX-Men: Apocalypse. After scoring an opening weekend hit with the Christmas themed horror rompKrampus, which followed his well-received Halloween anthologyTrick r' Treat, Dougherty was given the reigns to take charge of theGodzilla: King of the Monsters. The cast includesStranger Things' Mille Bobby Brown and Sally Hawkins fromThe Shape of Waterand thePaddingtonmovies.
7[7] THE HOBBS & SHAW SPINOFF
Action movie fans rejoice: it looks like we’ll be getting twoFast & Furiousrelated movies in as many years. First up, a spinoff movie about the unlikely duo of Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw is slated for 2019. ‘Though originally scheduled for the same year, the ninth installment of the main franchise has moved to Spring, 2020.
As of the time of this writing, the Hobbs and Shaw spinoff was eyeing the director ofDeadpool 2, one of 2018’s most anticipated movies.Fast 9should most assuredly see the return of series star Vin Diesel, ‘though almost everything else about it remains unknown, considering the social media flare up from Tyrese Gibson over Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham making their own movie, on the heels of the much buzzed about tension between Johnson and Diesel onThe Fate of the Furious.
But Instagram posts in late 2017 indicated that all was well between the various action stars, with Diesel claiming theFast 9delay wasn’t anyone’s fault in particular and Tyrese celebrating the rumored return of fan favorite director Justin Lin.
6[6] NOW YOU SEE ME 3
IMDb users continued to flock to the page forNow You See Me 3, despite a general lack of news and information about the movie, aside from the return of director Jon M Chu. Deadline reported that most of the cast, which includes Jesse Eisenberg and Dave Franco, is expected to return. The studio was reportedly so happy withNow You See Me 2they greenlit a third before the second was even released. The second installment in the crime caper franchise earned more than $334 million around the world in the summer of 2016 and set an opening record for its distributor in China. Lionsgate has even developed a Chinese spinoff, to be produced out of Beijing.
5[5] SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING 2
Despite rebooting the beloved wall crawler for the big screen so soon afterThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, which came not all that long after Sam Raimi’s original trilogy,Spider-Man: Homecomingprovided an excellent proper launch for Tom Holland’s take on the character, which had been introduced via extended cameo inCaptain America: Civil War. Now fully integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the webhead will return in 2018’sAvengers: Infinity Warbefore we get a sequel toHomecoming. There are also a number of projects in development at Sony for their MCU adjacent Sony Marvel Universe, includingVenomand Silver & Black.
4[4] AVENGERS 4
Speaking of The Avengers, the events ofInfinity Warare set to conclude in the as-yet untitled fourth Avengers movie, once again from Joe and Anthony Russo. The director duo posted a photo of theAvengers 4wrap cake on Twitter in mid-January. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Chris Hemsworth are at the end of their lengthy Marvel contracts, so the stakes for these two Avengers movies are higher than ever.
33HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3
IsHow to Train Your Dragon 3really more anticipated thanAvengers 4? Well, by the looks of IMDb, that’s the case! Never underestimate the power of young children and the parents who will take them to see their favorite movies, especially when the movies are as consistently good for fans of all ages as the first two Dragon training adventures. The first movie sits at 98% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, with a fan rating of 91%, andHow to Train Your Dragon 2isn’t far behind in either category.
22TOY STORY 4
Did we mention kids, parents, and franchises that are so good, people of all ages can enjoy them equally?Inside Outhead of story Josh Cooley, who started at Pixar as an intern onCars, is in the director’s chair theToy Story 4script by Stephany Folsom is based on a story by the legendary Pixar Braintrust. OriginalToy Storydirector John Lasseter was set to co-direct, until he announced a leave of absence from Pixar on the heels of sexual harassment allegations against him.Toy Story 3earned $1.1 billion worldwide.
11CAPTAIN MARVEL
The Marvel Cinematic Universe finally puts a female superhero front and center withCaptain Marvel, first announced as part of Marvel’s Phase Three film slate back in October 2014, originally scheduled for July 2018, and pushed back to make room for the addition of Spider-Man to the MCU via a special deal with Sony.
Captain Marvelwill arrive between the third and fourth Avengers movies, causing rampant speculation among fans about what role Carol Danvers and her alter-ego will play in the larger tapestry of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and their associated characters.
Captain Marvelstars Brie Larson, Jude Law, DeWanda Wise, Ben Mendelsohn, and Samuel L. Jackson, as a ’90s version of Nick Fury with two working eyes.
The levels of anticipation online, on social media, and everywhere else will of course shift between the time you watch this video and the release of each of these films. Some sites already placeToy Story 4andAvengers 4well above Captain Marvel.
There are also some conspicuous absences from the list of movies most often read about by IMDb users, movies we know to be very anticipated, includingStar Wars Episode IX; a newTerminatorproduced by James Cameron;Transformers 7; video game moviesSonic The HedgehogandMinecraft; Daniel Craig’s next and possibly final turn as James Bond; a movie based on the Broadway musical Wicked;X-Menrelated moviesThe New MutantsandGambit; theHellboyreboot; and sequels toThe Lego Movie,Wonder Woman,The Secret Life of Pets, andTop Gun, to name but a few.
Which 2019 movies are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments.
