Next 10 Most Anticipated Hollywood Blockbusters in 2017 - Part II

This is the second part of the Blockbuster List containing the countdown from number 11 to 20. As I have mentioned in my previous post, there are up to 30 potential Blockbusters slated to hit the theater this year, so this is an awesome year to be a movie fan. Of course, not all of the 30 movies will ultimately do great in the theaters after their release, but it is worth keeping a watch on these movies and hope they come up good. The 10 movies that miss out from this list are: 
30. Underworld: Blood Wars - The fifth installment of the Underworld franchise with Kate Beckinsale as Vampire death dealer Salene 
29. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter - The final installment of Mila Zovovic's Resident Evil franchise

28. The Great Wall - Matt Damon stars in this monster film directed by Zhang Yimou (Raise The Red Lantern, Hero, Flowers Of War, House Of Flying Dagger), who plays a European mercenary in China during the Song dynasty who teams up with an elite Chinese squad in defending the Great Wall Of China. 
27. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword - Directed by Guy Ritchie, this movie tells the tale of the mythical King Arthur.
26. Jumanji -Directed by Jake Kasdan and starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan and Nick Jonas; this movie will be set in the famous Jumaji world of the 1995 Robin Williams starring fantasy thriller Jumanji. 
25. Power Rangers - A reboot to the Power Rangers franchise  

24. World War Z 2 - Sequel to 2013 movie World War Z and will bring back Brad Pitt to fight off a zombie apocalypse 
23. John Wick 2 - Keanu Reaves action thriller and the sequel to 2015 hit John Wick 
22. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - a scifi action film based on a French Comic Book Series and brought to the silver screen by ace Director Luc Besson (Leon The Profesor, The Fifth Element, Lucy) 
21. Cars 3 - The third installment of Pixar's Cars trilogy bringing back the beloved Lightening 

20. The Dark Tower

 

This is the much awaited movie adaptation the famous Dark Tower series of novels written by Stephen King. The story can be categorized as dark scifi horror western fantasy thriller and is directed by Nikolaj Arsel. Idris Elba plays the protagonist Roland Deschain and Mathhew McConoughey plays the villainous sorcerer Walter Padick. The story is about an eleven year old boy Jake Chambers who discovers clues about another dimension called Mid-World where he is spirited away and meets the lone knight Roland Deschain who is on a quest to reach the "Dark Tower" that resides in End-World and together they venture to reach the nexus point between time and space which will save Mid-World from extinction while being pursued by the devilish sorcerer Walter Padick.

The Dark Tower is set to be released on July 28, 2017
 

 19. Ghost In The Shell

Directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Jamie Moss and Ehren Kruger, Ghost In The Shell is a scifi action film based on the Japanese Manga series of the same name by Masamune Shirow. The story is about a Cyborg called The Major who is a commander in the anti-cyber terrorist force and her attempt to bring down a nefarious hacker. If the trailers are anything to go by, Cinematographer Jess Hall has made the movie look stunning. The film stars Scarlett Johansson (as The Major), Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han and Juliette Binoche.
Ghost In The Shell is scheduled to released on March 31, 2017.

18. Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Director Matthew Vaughn brings us the sequel to the 2015 hit spy action-comedy Kingsman -The Secret Service which is based on the Secret Service comic book series written by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. In this movie - Eggsy, Merlin and Roxy travels to USA to join forces with Statesman, Kingsman's American counterpart to face the criminal mastermind Poppy. Kingsman - The Golden Circle has a star studded cast of Taron Egerton as Gary "Eggsy" Unwin / Galahad, a Kingsman secret agent and the main hero, Sophie Cookson as Roxanne "Roxy" Morton / Lancelot - a Kingsman secret agent and Eggsy's best friend, Colin Firth as Harry Hart - Eggsy’s presumably dead former mentor and Kingsman's top secret agent,  Mark Strong as Merlin, Halle Berry, Pedro Pascal, Channing Tatum ,Jeff Bridges,Samantha Womack ,Elton John, Vinnie Jones and Julianne Moore as Poppy, the main villain of the movie. the 2015 movie brought back the Spy Action-Thriller genre back and was stylish with some crazy action sequence. Given the track record of Matthew Vaughn, this movie hopefully would raise the bar that bit higher.
Kingsman - The Golden Circle is scheduled to release on October 6, 2017. 

17. Mummy

The Mummy franchise reboot is all set to unleash on the silver screen and set up the Universal Monster shared Universe. That is a shared universe where you will have The Mummy, Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, Frankenstein, Dracula, Van Helsing.  This movie is the first installment of the Monster-verse and stars Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella as Princess Ahmanet / The Mummy, Javier Botet as the Egyptian God Set, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance and Russell Crowe as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr Hyde. Universal Studios are very series about their shared Universe and landing star power like Tom Cruise and Russel Crowe this movie is enough to catch our attention. The first trailers look pretty good and very different from the previous Mummy trilogy. The interesting thing is that since Tom Cruise is said to be like the Tony Stark of this franchise linking all the different movies in this Movie Universe, would it be completely insane to speculate that he may be playing Van Helsing? We will wait and watch. 
Mummy is scheduled to release in theaters on June 9, 2017. 

16. Transformers: The Last Knight

The Fifth Installment of the Transformer franchise is upon us. I liked the first Transformer movie but the next three were not that good. But still it is fun to watch the Autobots and Decepticons battle it out. In the previous movie, Optimus Prime left earth to find the Creators of the Transformers and in his absence, Earth is under the protection of the remaining Autobots. In the trailers that have been released, we see Optimus Prime battling Bumblebee and some kind of time traveling happening as it can be seen that the Transformers are fighting it out in King Arthur's days. We also catch a glimpse of Cybertron. Well, we have no clue what is going on in this movie and my expectations are pretty tempered when it comes to the story, I just want to see some cool action sequence. What is intriguing is the addition of Sir Anthony Hopkins in the cast playing an English Lord. Director Michael Bay returns for this fifth installment and also reprising their roles from previous movie are Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Isabela Monar Josh Duhamel among others.

Transformers : The Last Knight is scheduled to release on June 23, 2017. 

15. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 

Johnny Depp is back as Captain Jack Sparrow is back in the fifth installment of the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise and this time he is going to face the powerful and merciless ghost pirate hunter Capitán Salazar, who was trapped in the Devil's Triangle and after escaping, he seeks the Trident of Poseidon to kill every pirate at sea and exact revenge on his old enemy, Jack Sparrow. We welcome back in this movie popular characters like Captain Barbossa played by Geoffrey Rush, Captain Will Turner played by Orlando Bloom and Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs. Capitán Salazar is played by the fantastic Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men, Vickey Christina Barcelona, Skyfall). Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg from a script by Jeff Nathanson, the filmmakers have cited that this movie's tone is inspired by the first movie of the Franchise and if it proves to be as good a movie as the first one then we are in for a treat.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is scheduled to release on May 26, 2017

14. Beauty and the Beast

Based on Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont'se fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast is the live-action adaptation of the 1991 Disney Animated movie (of the same name). The film has a fantastic ensemble cast that includes Emma Watson as Bella , Dan Stevens as The Beast, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson among others. The trailer looks beautiful and we are expecting another Disney Classic.
Beauty and the Beast is scheduled to release on March 17, 2017. 

13. Alien Covenant

 

 
A sequel to the 2015 Scifi horror Prometheus, Alien Covenant is the second installment of the Alien Prequel series and the sixth movie of the Alien Franchise. This movie follows the events after what happened in Prometheus expedition. Ridley Scott is back in the Director's chair and the cast include Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Guy Pierce, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Amy Seimetz, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Nathaniel Dean, Alexander England and Benjamin Rigby. This is an R rated movie so expect some real nasty horror scenes.
Alien Covenant is scheduled to release on May 19,2017 

12. Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049 is the sequel to the 1982 Science Fiction Cult Classic film - Blade Runner which was directed by Ridley Scott. Blade Runner 2049 is directed by Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Arrival, Enemy) and follows the story of LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling) who finds a long buried secret that threatens to destroy whats left of the society and it leads him to search for Rick Deckard, a former LAPD Blade Runner who had gone missing 30 years back. Reprising his role since the 1982 movie as Rick DecKard is Harrison Ford and he is joined in the cast by Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, Dave Bautista, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri and Lennie James.
Blade Runner 2049 is scheduled to release on October 6, 2017.  

11. The Fate of the Furious

The Eight installment of the Fast And Furious series is set to hit the theater this year. This will be the first movie post the sad demise of Paul Walker, who starred in all of the previous seven installments. In this movie, the Fast And Furious crew is pitted against their very own Dom, who has been mysteriously seduced by none other than the ever gorgeous Charlize Theron. Unlike bonds are formed in the form of The Rock and Jason Statham and the rest of the crew joins them in a bid to stop Vin Diesel. Reprising their roles from the previous movies are Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Scott Eastwood and they are joined by Kurt Russell, Helen Mirren and Charlize Theron. With the most stellar star cast in the entirety of this franchise, and some very expected adrenaline pumping crazy car stunts, this movie is certainly going to be one of the most entertaining action movie of this year.
Fate Of The Furious is scheduled to be released on April 14, 2017.

January

·        January 6, 2017 - Underworld: Blood Wars

·        January 27, 2017 - Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 
February

·        February 10, 2017 - John Wick 2

·        February 17, 2017 - The Great Wall 
March

·        March 3, 2017 - Logan

·        March 10, 2017 - Kong: Skull Island

·        March 17, 2017 - Beauty and the Beast

·        March 24, 2017 - Power Rangers

·        March 31, 2017 - Ghost In The Shell

April

·        April 14, 2017 - The Fate of the Furious

May

·        May 5, 2017 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2

·        May 12, 2017 - King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

·        May 19, 2017 - Alien Covenant

·        May 26, 2017 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

June

·        June 2, 2017 - Wonder Woman
·        June 9, 2017- Mummy

·        June 9, 2017 - World War Z 2

·        June 16, 2017 - Cars 3

·        June 23, 2017 - Transformers: The Last Knight

July

·        July 7, 2017 - Spiderman: Homecoming

·        July 14, 2017 - War for the Planet of the Apes

·        July 21, 2017 - Dunkirk

·        July 21, 2017 - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

·        July 28, 2017 - The Dark Tower

October

·        October 6, 2017 - Blade Runner 2049

·        October 6, 2017 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle

November

·        November 3, 2017 - Thor Ragnarok

·        November 17, 2017 - Justice League

December

·        December 15, 2017 - Star Wars Episode 8

·        December 22, 2017 - Jumanji