I regret not doing this at the beginning of the year. The Hunger Games would probably be pretty high on this list if I had. But too bad, here's the rest of 2012.
Honorable Mentions:
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (face it, teenage girls ARE anticipating this one)
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Dark Shadows (another Tim Burton Johnny Depp collaboration)
The Expendables 2 (with more Arnold baby)
10) Snow White and the Huntsman
Key Players: Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth
Release Date: June 1st
The trailer for this one is where all the hype is. It's an incredible trailer. Yeah, Kristen Stewart is playing Snow White, but if the movie ends up anything like the trailer, it should be worth seeing anyway.
9) Ted
Key Players: Seth MacFarlane, Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis
Release Date: June 29th
You may not have heard much about this, but it should be pretty hyped because the writer-director is "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane. Also, the film stars Mark Wahlberg and Fam Guy alum Mila Kunis, plus the voice talent of MacFarlane himself.
8) Django Unchained
Key Players: Quentin Tarantino, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sacha Baron Cohen
Release Date: December 25th
Quentin Tarantino does the slave-owning South in this historical fiction. A star-studded cast including Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Sacha Baron Cohen should make for some great acting. The anticipation should build for this in the coming months.
7) The Dictator
Key Players: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, John C. Reilly
Release Date: May 18th
Sacha Baron Cohen brings a new outlandish character to the screen with this comedy. Expect lots of terrorist jokes. Should draw quite a crowd.
6) Prometheus
Key Players: Ridley Scott, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Guy Pearce
Release Date: June 8th
I'm not really sure if this is a prequel to Alien or not. I don't think it is a prequel to Alien, but it takes place in the same futuristic, fictional universe as the Alien franchise. I don't know what the plot for it is yet, something about the origins of mankind on Earth, but I'm not really that fussed. The trailer and viral videos are endlessly intriguing. I can't wait.
5) Men in Black 3
Key Players: Barry Sonnenfeld, Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Emma Thompson, Alice Eve
Release Date: May 25th
Will Smith always draws a crowd and some hype even if the last film installment of Men in Black was utter disappointment. Besides, with the mobile mansion he demanded to live in on set, he better give one hell of a performance.
4) Brave
Key Players: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Craig Ferguson, Robbie Coltrane, John Ratzenberger
Release Date: June 22nd
When Pixar comes out with something original, it is worth it. Coming off their first perceived failure in Cars 2, I am anxious to see how they rebound here. Besides, I liked Cars 2; it wasn't great, but I enjoyed it for the most part.
3) The Dark Knight Rises
Key Players: Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Liam Neeson
Release Date: July 20th
It should be good at the very least. On the heels on The Dark Knight and Inception, people are expecting a lot from Christopher Nolan on this one. The trailer doesn't particularly thrill me though. I trust Nolan to make a good film though.
2) Marvel's The Avengers
Key Players: Joss Whedon, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
Release Date: May 4th
I've already stated how I used to feel about Joss Whedon (see my review for The Cabin in the Woods). I'm quickly turning into a believer. The trailer looks pretty sweet and the early reviews are calling this the best comic book movie since The Dark Knight and possibly even better. The bar as been raised due to that, the imminent competition as this year's best comic book movie with The Dark Knight Rises, and the success of Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods. It's on like Donkey Kong.
1) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Key Players: Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Richard Armitage
Release Date: December 14th
Most comic book nerds are going to be pissed. But when it comes down to it, if either Collin or myself had to choose between The Dark Knight Rises, Marvel's The Avengers, and this, we'd pick this every day of the week. Peter Jackson returns to the author who made him famous and we can't wait to see the results.
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