29. This year big comic book movie premieres

This is the year of comic book adaptations… is what they say every year for several years. The truth is there isn’t anything like ‘a year’ of comic book movie. What we have is ‘the era’ of comic book movie making. Ever since DC entered the scene that Marvel had been dominating for some time, there are announcements after announcements, trailers after trailers, news after news, clickbait headlines everywhere, fake news, etc. It’s one huge cash machine. Some people express their critical words on today’s movie trends (Jodie Foster). It doesn’t change anything. They like it or not, there are several comic book movie premieres this year and we already know what’s coming next.

In chronological order (no rankings here…): 

1. Black Panther (February 16^th) – Marvel (Disney)
2. Avengers : Infinity War (April 27^th) – Marvel (Disney)
3. Deadpool 2 (May 18^th) – Marvel (Disney)
4. Ant-man and the Wasp (July 6^th) – Marvel (Disney)
5. Venom (October 5^th) – Marvel (Sony)
6. Aquaman (December 21^st) – DC (Warner Bros)

As I mentioned above, it doesn’t stop there. We already know what movie premieres are planned for 2019, 2020, and even more ahead. Some dates might change, some projects may be delayed or cancelled. Anyway, as you can see the cinematic studios that own rights from Marvel or DC comics are really ambitious. There are other studios owning rights from other comic book labels; however, I’ve chosen to focus on these two giants.

Is it good or is it bad that comic book franchises have dominated Hollywood? I enjoy the movies. However, I do understand the words of criticism. At one point it just becomes too much. 

Anyway, let’s just hope that film makers will deliver a high quality product and make us smile. There’s still the potential they could positively surprise even most demanding moviegoers.