Top 10 Film Announcements of 2014

Blimey O’Reilly! They should call 2014 “The Year of the Hype!”. So many films were announced this year, I’m having trouble keeping track of them all! Hell, I didn’t get nearly enough onto this list. And it’s a top 1o! Top 10! Forget top 6, we’re waaaaay past that. We’ve crossed the Rubicon, people! No turning back now.

So here’s a list of the top 10 film announcements this year. I say THE top 10… more like MY top 10. Which brings me to:

DISCLAIMER! This list is my own personal opinion. If you know of a film that you think should be on this list then give yourself a pat on the back and leave me alone.

 

10. Ant-Man

Technically this film was announced several years ago. But it’s been in development hell until this year, lets be honest. Edgar Wright was talking about going to do it, then it was announced that he WAS going to do it, then it was on hold, then it wasn’t, then an asteroid hit the planet sending us into a new ice age, then it definitely was going to happen, then Wright left the project due to creative differences, then nobody was doing it, then Peyton Reed got tapped as director and then… it was now.

What a palaver. Still, it’s all systems go now. They’ve got a director, a script, a cast and the film’s out next July. Hooray! About time.

9. Gambit

Speaking of about time, anyone else hyped for Gambit’s big screen debut. *Whispering sounds* What’s that? *More whispering sounds* He already made a big screen debut? That’s impossible, I’d have heard about that. When did that happen? *Even more whispering sounds* X-Men Origins: Wolverine? Ha ha ha. Don’t be silly. Such a thing doesn’t exist. It never happened. *Whispering sounds only to be cut off by a hand wrapped around somebodies throat* IT NEVER HAPPENED!!!

Plus Channing Tatum‘s being cast as Gambit! That’s pretty cool. Needless to say, I’m looking forward to seeing the ragin’ Cajun in action for the first time. *Whisp-* THE FIRST TIME, GODAMNIT!

8. Justice League

*Sigh*. Guess I have to include this one, huh? Fine. In the interest of fairness, for all you DC fans, there’s Justice League. Either part one or part two, I don’t care. I guess DC announcing the big Marvel rip off is important news, both for DC fans and movie goers in general. Plus is gives people like me something to bitch and moan about.

I just hope they don’t include that stupid mind controlling starfish from the comics. That’d be really ridiculous. Wait… on second thought, they should totally do that! Then people will realise how lame DC is and the films will bomb and Marvel will be victorious! HA HA HA HA HA!!! I think this film might be driving me a little insane. More so than usual.

 

7. Spectre

Taking a break from superheroes just for a moment, they announced the new James Bond movie! Yes it’s important! Plus, James Bond is kinda like a superhero for Britain. We don’t get much recognition in the superhero genre. We’ve basically got Captain Britain, Psylocke, Wolfsbane, John Constantine, Banshee, V, and Judge Dredd, depending on who you ask. That’s it.

Also the cast is looking great too. It’s got Christoph Waltz, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott and Monica Bellucci. Plus Daniel Craig returns, along with Ralph Fiennes (who presumably took the role of M in order to make up for the atrocious Avengers film. No, not that one!), Naomie Harris and… Ben Wishaw. Who plays Q. The gadget master of MI6. Who is traditionally played by an old man. Not a guy in his 30’s who looks like he’s still in bloody puberty! *Barely controlled rage* And that’s… just… FINE!

 

6. Captain Marvel

I know a lot of people who are very excited about this film. Truth be told, I’ve always been kinda “meh” about Captain Marvel/Ms Marvel/Warbird/Binary/Whatever. But that’s just because I’m not that familiar with the character. I know a lot of people that are familiar and they say she’s great, so who am I to judge?

Anyway, I’m just glad we’re getting a superhero film with a female protagonist. We all know that hasn’t gone down too well in the past, but I’m confident that Marvel won’t screw it up. Sadly we’ll have to wait until 2018 for the results.

 

5. X-Men: Apocalypse

Oh THANK YOU Bryan Singer! Thank you so much! When you left the X-Men films for that saucy whore Superman, the Children of the Atom were left in a shroud of darkness, with only a few glimmers of hope in First Class and The Wolverine. But you came back! And Days of Future Past was awesome! And thanks to that film being so awesome, we’ve got a slew of new X-Men films coming out! Yay!

Singer is apparently going to direct Apocalypse so already that’s a great start. Plus James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, and Evan Peters 

 

4. Black Panther

The King of Wakanda is coming soon! And by soon, I mean 2016 in Captain America: Civil War. The actual Black Panther film won’t be until 2017. Still, yay! Sadly we don’t know much about the film at this time. We know Chadwick Boseman, best known for his stunning portrayal of James Brown in Get On Up, is playing T’Challa. And apparently Raw Leiba is in talks to play Erik Killmonger. That’s about it.

All I know is, I can’t wait! Black Panther has always seemed like a cool character and I know Marvel is going to make his big screen debut an awesome one!

3. Suicide Squad

Or as I like to call it “The Only Decent Movie DC is Likely to Make”. Yep, I’m actually looking forward to this one. Why? BECAUSE IT’S BLOODY DIFFERENT! DC have done the same thing so many times and it looks like they are going to keep doing the same thing for many years to come. But in that ocean of stupidity, lies an island of uniqueness. Not even Marvel have done something like this. I think it’s going to be really special.

Plus the cast looks pretty good too. Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Will Smith as Deadshot, Tom Hardy as Rick Flag and Viola Davis as Amanda Waller are all great choices. The only ones I’m iffy about are Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang (Seriously Hollywood, stop trying to make Jai Courtney a thing!) and Jared Leto as the Joker. Still, Leto as the joker MIGHT work. People said that Heath Ledger shouldn’t be the Joker, and look how that turned out!

 

2. Doctor Strange

Oooooooh I’m excited for this film! Ever since he was name dropped in Captain America: Winter Soldier, I’ve been dying for them to announce it. And they did and it was glorious!

Sadly, like Captain Marvel and Black Panther, we still don’t know much about the film. All we do know is that Benedict “No seriously, my name is Kahn” Cumberbatch is going to be playing the Sorcerer Supreme and that Scott Derrickson is going to direct it. And that’s enough for me. For the moment at least. Ooooooooooh I’m so excited!

 

1. Deadpool

AT LONG BLOODY LAST! Ever since that film that doesn’t exist came out, we’ve been waiting patiently for it to happen. That’s five years of darkness and confusion, kids. It was rough to say the least. It wasn’t until some leaked test footage was found on the internet that things started to look up. The fan response was so positive that Fox decided to green light the film.

So, Ryan Reynolds is back where he belongs playing the Merc with the Mouth, the film is going to be part of the X-Men film series continuity and it’s going to be released in 2016. We’ve waited thing long, I guess we can wait a little longer. But it better be wacky, ultra violent and awesome, Fox! You’ve been warned!