As we enter the year of 2016, I am sure we’re all aware that there is an army of comic book movies all lined up for us to see and enjoy throughout the coming future. What is so exciting about ‘now’ however, is that each one these franchises are hitting their own pinnacle moment in their respected stories, the reason for this is because we’re either seeing new things being born (Justice League), stories slowing edging towards their long awaited conclusion (Avengers) and we’re also seeing characters being rebooted bringing justice to their previous frailty endeavours (Deadpool, somewhat X-Men).
However like I said, there is a number of movies confirmed all the way up to 2020, and further beyond that, but what I am going to focus on and appreciate in this article is the anticipation and excitement of the upcoming comic book movies of this year, explaining why we need to run and see these movies and boy… do we have line up!
6. Doctor Strange
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The first reason to be excited for this film is that Mr Benedict Cumberbatch shall be playing our Doctor Strange and who better to play him other then this incredible actor. I reckon Cumberbatch is going to bring an amazing performance to this role and make it a delight to watch. In addition to this, the story is looking very interesting, even though he may not be as popular as Spider-Man or Iron Man but look at Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy for example; they were deemed unpopular with non-comic readers and look how successful they ended up being.
The narrative and action in this character’s comic are rather indulging and entertaining and with this being put on screen, everyone will start seeing why Doctor Strange is pretty much an awesome superhero. With all this, not to mention how amazing this film is going to look with modern day technology, I also believe its the last marvel film of 2016 so I am sure there will some sort of hint for the upcoming films of 2017, all this combined should provide us with some exciting entertainment.
5. X-Men: Apocalypse
My God am I pumped for this film! Not only is it featuring one of my favourite X-Men villains, but it’s bringing a newly rebooted X-Men to our screens. I like to think of this film as a conclusion within a reboot, as we are about to see the end of the trilogy that consists of X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past and now concluding with this film, with our favourite characters we all love and enjoy portrayed by new actors and rebooted appearances.
From seeing the trailer, all the newly rebooted characters look pretty awesome, to name a few with got Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and Storm (Alexandra Shipp) all battling out for Human and Mutant survival. The most exciting aspect in this film comes with the introduction of Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac). As he is known to be the most powerful mutant to ever exist, it will be interesting to see how the X-Men are going to put up a fight with this formidable force and what it leads for the future.
Before I end this section, for people who have seen the new trailer, another exciting part of this film will be that we finally see a fully developed Charles Xavier at the end of the trailer without any hair, sitting in his wheel chair looking like he’s about to kick some ass!
4. Deadpool
This is a very much anticipated film for various reasons: Deadpool is one of the most popular comic heroes dues to his comedic, don’t give a s*%t attitude, which opposes most of the comic book characters we know. He’s the merc with the mouth and does what he pleases other than most who follow the heroes ‘code’ which is what makes this character so entertaining. So when we saw Deadpool (or Wade Wilson as he was portrayed) in X-Men Origins: Wolverine he ended being none of this and the character was totally destroyed and so was all that anticipation and optimism, literally gone, Holy Ghost!
To put it simply… it weren’t Deadpool. However now the character has a second chance and from the trailers he looks spot on. He has the grotesque humour, the suit, that cockiness and not to mention he’s kicking ass with his swords and twin guns! The reason to be excited for this film is because it’s a comic book movie that actually makes fun of the industry; Wade Wilson makes a sly dig at Green Lantern and X-Men Origins: Wolverine due to its poor reception from fans and that’s Deadpool all over, so expect more of that humour during the film.
He breaks rules and it has everything we’ve rarely got from a comic book movie; foul language, gore, inappropriate comedy and intense action. In addition to this, the director Tim Miller basically become a director for THIS, he made some recent shorts and was part of other projects, but never his own. We have a perfect casting in Ryan Reynolds with his cheeky charm AND… its featuring certain X-Men characters in the movie, which opens up so many possibilities for future projects, on of which will most likely be X-Force. So whether your into comic’s or not, this is a film to be excited for, with its witty humour, action and the man himself Deadpool providing us with a lot of laughs and some great entertainment.
3. Suicide Squad
It literally just gets better and better, next up is Suicide Squad and I struggled whether to put this third or second, however it falls third, only because, in the past there has been a repetition of DC movies failing to reach expectations and it could fall in the same trap. Regardless of this, don’t let that put you off because, this is one of the most hyped up movies for this year.
To start with; look at the cast and characters in this film, the cast consisting of people such as Will Smith, Jared Leto and Margot Robbie giving us two hours or so of bad guys we know from various comic books banding together causing carnage, I mean what’s more exciting then that? Well quite a bit to be honest, there are several other things to be excited for: first of all, there are enough fan theories and speculation in this film to give Star Wars: The Force Awakens a run for its money. Examples of this are fans asking the question consisting of: who actually is the Joker and what of his origin? Who is he electrocuting? Theories regarding Jason Todd and whether or not any part of him will feature in the film, past or present?
The scene with Batman on top of the Joker’s car during the trailer, there’s just so much mystery in this film which makes it ever more exciting to find out the truth and seeing the end result. Other than this, we know its going to be in this newly formed DC cinematic universe so what else will it show to us? The trailer I think is the best one out of all the films to come out this year. The film is just a fire work waiting to be exploded and I guarantee it’s going to be a massive action-packed, anti-hero film to fulfil us with surprises and those ‘oh my god moments’.
2. Captain America: Civil War
And now we’ve come to the two big boys, starting with Captain America: Civil War, see I was going to put this first, however after finding out a big leak about the entire story of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice thanks to a good friend of mine Mr Scott Bourne, this ends up second on the list but only just! The trailer to this is just all out war and what better than two opposing teams consisting of the Avengers fighting against one another for their respected causes and not to forget that moment at the end of the trailer… The one with Iron Man fighting Cap and Bucky… damn, just sends shivers down the body!
Another reason to be excited about this film is that, the story is an important point in the Marvel archive, The situation they’re in plays a pivotal role for the Avengers in their story arc and I think this will co-exist within this film; also, the tension has been brewing between Stark and Rogers since Avengers Assemble and we finally get to see it unfold in this next instalment.
Back to the trailer, the conflict throughout the two minutes or so looks amazing and the emotion between all the characters looks really intense, already knowing that we will be seeing new heroes join the Marvel cinematic universe such Blank Panther and the long awaited Spider-Man through this film. So there is a lot to be excited about, apart from explosive action, that battle between Iron Man and Captain America (which was so epic in the comics), will start learn what direction Phase 3 will be heading in. In my eyes this film is an Avengers movie in it’s own right due to the amount of super heroes popping up throughout and it will be stupid not to put this in you’re diaries.
1. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Here we are, the most excited upcoming comic book film of 2016 and its goes to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Prior to this, due to the information I received from my friend, is the reason why this film get’s in the number one spot. If his sources are correct, then boy have we got a lot to look forward to in this movie! Don’t worry, I shan’t be telling you the information I received, as the whole movie will be ruined but there’s a lot happening within this film and it looks like it will be the best DC movie ever made!
Now to talk about what we already know, the opening of the trailer was exceptional, the war of words that is spoken between Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne is some impressive script work and then Lex Luthor (Jesse Esienberg), with those dark and witty characteristic is looking like he’ll be as exciting as the Joker (Heath Ledger) in The Dark Knight. With this being said, the film just looks mental, having Batman and Superman go at one another, Doomsday entering the picture, Wonder Woman saving the boys from getting their ass’s melted and not to mention even more fan theory and surprises lurking within the story.
ith all the criticism Ben Affleck got about being Batman, I ensure you viewers that he’ll prove everyone wrong and put him self up there as one of the Batman greats. There are so many moments I can pick out proving why this film is to be the most exciting comic movie to be seen this year, however this article has gone on long enough, what I will say though, is that this film will finally kick start the Justice League once and for all and there is a lot in this film that will make viewers walk out the cinema and simply go ‘wow’… believe me.
Now that’s what to be excited for in 2016, and my god what a year its going to be for comic lovers. If you want to add anything or simply say your wrong it’s not going to be exciting then drop us a comment or send a tweet on our Twitter page. For everyone reading, let’s gear up for the ultimate roster of comic films to hit our screens this year!