10. Lone Ranger Movies
The
groans have already started but here us out on this one. The film is backed by
Disney. The movie is directed by Gore Verbinski. The stars are Armie Hammer and
Johnny Depp. The last time that Disney, Depp, Verbinski as well as an up and
coming easy on the eyes star joined forces… the result was Pirates of the
Caribbean. While Captain Jack Sparrow might have not had a domestic hit
domestically, Pirates 4 was still a billion dollar hit with overseas grosses
combined. In addition, Pirates movies were not exactly all the rage before
Curse of the Black Pearl either. Debuting next year, the Lone Ranger may ride
and ride again.
9. Jupiter Ascending Trilogy
The
Wachowski Siblings (no longer brothers) are the same team who brought us the
Matrix Trilogy. OK, Speed Racer did not exactly go as planned. However, they
are back in their element with a post apocalyptic sci fi movie set to debut in
2014. Starring the hot Channing Tatum and the hotter Mila Kunis, the Wachowskis
may be primed to regain the cache they had coming off of Matrix Reloaded. With
a world ready to see more Avatar
movies (which are also coming), Jupiter may Ascend into Saturn, Neptune and
beyond.
8. Planet of the Apes Movies
World
wide, Rise of the Planet of the Apes made roughly five times in gross profits
what it cost to make. That makes next years Dawn of the Planet of The Apes a
virtual no-brainer. Tim Burton never really wanted to make a franchise out of
it. However, this time around the Apes will rise and rise until the no longer
become commercially viable. The first real run, by the way, was five films.
There is a strong possibility we have not evolved that much since then.
7. New Spider-Man Movies
Andrew
Garfield and Emma Stone so far have not been the cash machine that Tobey
Maguire and Kirsten Dunst were. However, a quarter of a billion dollar
domestically is nothing to sneeze at. As such, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(somewhat working title) is already slated for a May 2nd, 2014 release. There
are 40 years worth of brightly costumed villains to explore. Of course, if the
follow the Batman Begins mode, the trigger on the Green Goblin is not far behind
for our new web slinger.
6. World War Z Movies
Three
things are hot right now. They are Zombie Movies, The Apocalypse, and Brad
Pitt. Next years summer blockbuster is nice enough to give you all three at the
same time. With the amount of money this will generate, there will probably be
a World War Z 2 whether Pitt signs up for the role again or not. That is the
reason why there is Matt Damon and to a lesser extent Jeremy Renner. All you
need is an army, a ton of zombies, and a couple hundred million to throw at the
whole situation.
5. Man of Steel Trilogy
Lets
just assume that the Robin trilogy is just an internet rumor, the next great
Batman franchise is still a couple visionaries off, and the Justice League of
America movies will go through a development hell worthy of their potential
attachment with Ben Affleck. Warner Brothers is not exactly rushing to make
Green Lantern 2, so the fall back position is the hero that started this whole
shebang. Zach Snyder’s Man of Steel needs to be a home run to compete with
Marvel’s cash machine. The preliminaries look great and there is one ace in the
hole that a second Man of Steel cannot begin to resist… in the name of Doomsday.
4. Pacific Rim Movies
There
is a reason why Peter Jackson was willing to hand over the reigns of Middle
Earth to Guillermo Del Toro. Del Toro knows monsters. Del Toro knows action.
Del Toro was also willing to give Hellboy another go. The description of
Pacific Rim involves humans piloting giant robots to meet an alien invasion.
Basically, this is Voltron meets Independence Day. We may be dealing with these
particular aliens for a while. Besides, someone may decide not to make
Cloverfield 2 out of fear. There is always hope.
3. Hunger Games Movies
We
live in an age when the Twilight movies are still ongoing and already have a
successor making nearly 400 million at the box office. The Hunger Games already
have the formula down. Catching Fire is in production. There is talk that
Mockingjay will be divided into two parts ala the Harry Potter finale and
Breaking Dawn. With J. K. Rowling, Stephanie Meyer and Suzanne Collins down,
the world must already be searching for the next female author to come up with
a world capable of entrancing tween to teen girls. When all is said and done, a
world wide gross of nearly 3 Billion or above for all four movies is not out of
the question at all.
2. The Hobbit Trilogy
A
little trivia: they originally expanded the Lord of the Rings from a planned
two movies to the three movies that you saw. Now that the Hobbit has taken one
book and expanded from two movies to a trilogy before the first one was even
released, the die is cast for another trilogy to define yet another generation.
Peter Jackson is the George Lucas of Middle Earth, but the difference is that
Rings fans have learned to trust Peter Jackson’s vision implicitly.
1. Avengers, Avengers, Avengers….
We
think that Yogurt put it best. It is all in the mer-chan-dising. There
is not only a planned Avengers sequels. There is a healthy appetite for each
individual member to have spawned their own personal trilogies. When done,
Avengers related movies may add up to be the most successful film franchise of
all time. We are already bracing for Iron Man 3, Captain America: Winter
Soldier, Thor: The Dark World, a possible new third re-boot of The Incredible
Hulk, as well as Avengers 2. You will see Avengers straight through this whole
decade. Only Mayan Prophesy can begin to stop any part of it.
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