2016 Is Going To Be A Massive Year

[superhero]

don't forget
the mummy reboot
dawn of plant of the apes squeal comes out some time in 2016
Independence day 2
Terminator reboot

 

[Shikamaru]

It won't be the biggest year in terms of movies, but definitely the biggest year in terms of superhero movies - Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, and Wolverine all in the same year.

 

[Solidus]

don't forget
the mummy reboot
dawn of plant of the apes squeal comes out some time in 2016
Independence day 2
Terminator reboot

Terminator Genesis is coming out 2015.

 

[Quasimod0]

It won't be the biggest year in terms of movies, but definitely the biggest year in terms of superhero movies - Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, and Wolverine all in the same year.

2012 was fairly huge too. With the Avengers, Spider-man, and Batman.

 

[chaseter]

2020 is going to be a massive year TOMG.

 

[Shikamaru]

2012 was fairly huge too. With the Avengers, Spider-man, and Batman.

2016 is the first year to feature all the Big Three iconic superheroes though (Superman, Batman, Spider-Man).

 

[:eek:]

Last year everyone talked about 2015, now everyone talks about 2016. I suppose everyone will talk about 2017 next year?

 

[venom892]

I feel like things are just going to keep escalating. By the time you know it 2017 will be the biggest year ever followed by 2018 which is going the super biggest year ever and by 2019 blocks around theaters will literally bust because they are so many "event" movies coming out.

 

[:eek:]

I feel like things are just going to keep escalating. By the time you know it 2017 will be the biggest year ever followed by 2018 which is going the super biggest year ever and by 2019 blocks around theaters will literally bust because they are so many "event" movies coming out.

Maybe it's the beginning of the "Hollywood implosion" that people like Steven Spielberg have warned about...

 

[Supernova]

It's Jurassic Park. People do care, and surprisingly, it has a big cult following that I didn't know about until a year ago. I kid you not, there are so many fan sites and forums for JP, if that's worth anything.

I'll do well. Termiantor is a wild card because it's a reboot but not…and Arnold is supposedly coming back..

Internet hype and followings mean nothing to the real box office. Look at Scott Pilgrim for example.

 

[Supernova]

The one pattern I'm noticing here is dead franchises being revived or 3rd-5th entries in other franchises. Where are the original movies like the 80's and even 70's had?

 

[kguillou]

This is what slightly worries me, I mean its an incredibly awesome time to be a comic book fan right now but...are we getting to a point where too many are coming out at once? 2016 will have Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Spiderman and the X-men all coming out in a relatively short time frame. Are people going to get burnt out from this?

And not only that but, in general, big budget Hollywood blockbusters are being pumped out like nobody's business these days. One other poster mentioned that 2013 was exhausting and it really was. The problem with this is that when so many come they don't become special events anymore and start to eat off of each others' box office.

 

[Shikamaru]

Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman are all coming out in the same movie. That means 3 films, not 5.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Last year everyone talked about 2015, now everyone talks about 2016. I suppose everyone will talk about 2017 next year?

Well we'd still be talking about 2015 if Superman vs Batman hadn't been delayed.

 

[kguillou]

Yeah 2015 is a lot lighter now without BvS.

 

[:eek:]

The one pattern I'm noticing here is dead franchises being revived or 3rd-5th entries in other franchises. Where are the original movies like the 80's and even 70's had?

The 80's might be Hollywood's most creative decade. A lot of franchises were born that weren't based on books or anything. Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop just to name a few. Can't come up with many from the 70's, though. Star Wars and Rocky comes to mind.

 

[747]

Both 2015 and 2016 looks insanely exciting on paper.

 

[Octoberist]

The 80's might be Hollywood's most creative decade. A lot of franchises were born that weren't based on books or anything. Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop just to name a few. Can't come up with many from the 70's, though. Star Wars and Rocky comes to mind.

And Back to the Future.

The 70's was great for American filmmaking when it came to experimental stuff and dramas. Kubrick. Scorses. Coppolla. The list goes on. All those dudes were influced by foreign films, be it Kurosawa or the French New Wave. Amazing decade.

The 80's was great for genre fimmaking and when Spielberg ruled Hollywood. It also the decade that reenforce the blockbuster (which was started by Speilberg and Lucas in the late 70's). So you can say it's the catalyst to what we have today with tentpoles…for better or for worse.

 

[Supernova]

I'm fine with superhero movies and other blockbusters coming out the next couple of years but I want some original ideas along the way. For every pirates 5 I would like a few district 9 and American hustles.

 

[Octoberist]

It's true and thank god we have movies like Gravity coming out. In some ways, Tommorowalnd is original..it's more of a meta-sci-fi movie since Disneyland exists in that film's world.

Eventually, with all these reboots and superhero films, the well will run dry. And then the 80's - the era of original genre films - would be nothing but a dream from a foreign time. People can argue 'I just care for good movies' and I do too. I also care for variety and new, refreshing ideas to ignite our imaginations.

 

[Moridin]

2016's slate isn't complete yet so we don't know for sure.

And I don't know if your comparisons is fair or have weight. 3 vs 2..when you know that James Bond, Terminator and Jurassic World are coming out in 2015 as well.

You're forgetting the likes of the final Hunger Games , Fast 7 & Despicable Me Minions.

2016 with Batman vs Superman, X-Men Apocalypse & Amazing Spider-Man 2 beats 2015 with Star Wars VII and Avengers 2, IMO.

If we're talking box office:
AoU> BvS
Star Wars 7 > TASM3
Bond 24 (or Hunger Games) > X-Men.

Well we'd still be talking about 2015 if Superman vs Batman hadn't been delayed.

It's not BvS on it's own that sparked this discussion. Pirates 5, Finding Dory, Warcraft, Independence Day 2 all moved from '15 to '16 also.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

It's not BvS on it's own that sparked this discussion. Pirates 5, Finding Dory, Warcraft, Independence Day 2 all moved from '15 to '16 also.

No one cared as much about Pirates 5, ID2, Finding Dory or Warcraft as much as BvS though. That's not to say I wasn't looking forward to Dory and Warcract, because I was and still am.

Really, it was the holy trinity of BvS, AoU and SW7 that sparked so much excitement. Now it's just two of those. The excitement is still there, but there is a noticeable decline because of the BvS delay.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Imagine if Age of Apocalypse, Spidey Vs Sinister Six, Justice League, Star Wars and Avengers had all overlapped in the same here.



EDIT: I just realized this could all happen in a way in 2016 - if Spidey 3 has sinister six in it, unless they save it for the spinoff, and if we replace JL with BvS, and count the first Star Wars character solo film and the MCU films.

Alternatively, the sequel to all of these could also align -

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

I'm still hoping TASM3 has the S6.

 

[:eek:]

I wonder if 2015 or 2016 will be able to match 2002 in ticket sales on the domestic side. So far this decade hasn't been good compared to last decade. The addition of 3D certainly hasn't helped getting people back into theaters.