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50 Most Anticipated Movies of 2014 We’re almost done with 2013 and the Hollywood mainstream is
dominating the list. For those original screenplays, well, save
already filled with projects that await to be released next year.
them for Film Festivals.
2014 is no different with this year. Still, sequels, book adaptations and Marvel superheroes are
So now, we’re going to give you a glimpse of what to expect in 2014. Check out the 50 Most Anticipated Movies of 2014.
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X-Men: Days of Future Past Bryan Singer is back on his third directorial movie of X-Men film franchise. X-Men: Days of Future Past is the sequel of X-Men: First Class, wherein we saw the younger versions of the mutants. This time, the young and old versions will show up on this film. Source: Digital Spy
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man fights against the Rhino and the powerful Electro while struggling to keep his promise to leave Gwen Stacey out of his dangerous life. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone will reprise their roles as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacey, but MJ Watson is going to show up too. Divergent
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An adaptation of Veronica Routh’s The Divergent trilogy, Divergent is another young adult novel that will bring us in a different world. A teenager is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy to destroy all Divergents, her life is threatened. Shailene Woodley will be the next heroine Source: E-Online
we should watch out for.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Steve Rogers is back as he struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and teams up with Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, to battle a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington, D.C. Will Bucky Barnes become the Captain America on this movie? We need to find out more.
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300: Rise of an Empire 300: Rise of an Empire is a follow-up to the 2007 film 300, taking place before, during, and after the events of that film. The Greek general Themistocles battles an invading army of Persians under the mortal-turnedgod, Xerxes. Gerard Butler won’t be present Source: HeyUGuys
on this movie, but they get an upcoming actor Sullivan Stapleton. Can wait to see Eva Green as Artemisia.
Vampire Academy Vampires are not fully taken over by Zombies. Vampire stories, especially love stories are still far more compelling to see. In Vampire Academy, Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human/vampire, guardians of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discretely within our world. Her legacy is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal Vampires,
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the Strigoi. This is her story. Vampire Academy is the first adaptation among six young adult paranormal novels by Richelle Mead.
Guardians of the Galaxy Guardians of the Galaxy is intended to be the tenth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is written and directed by James Gunn, with a story by Gunn and Nicole Perlman, and features an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Lee Pace, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, Djimon Hounsou,
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John C. Reilly, Benicio del Toro and Glenn Close. It will center to the story of a jet pilot
Transformers 4 As long as Michael Bay is alive, Transformers film franchise will continue to exist. Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor will join the Autobots and Decepticons in Transformers 4. Source: Michael Bay
Maleficent All wicked stepmothers of fairy tales we grew up with are starting to have their own cult followers. The “Sleeping Beauty” tale is told from the perspective of the villainous Maleficent and looks at the events that hardened her heart and drove her to curse young Princess Aurora. Angelina Jolie is starring the titular role.
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Godzilla In celebration of Godzilla’s 60th anniversary, a reboot of the a giant radioactive monster will be shown in 2014. Gareth Edwards will bring Godzilla to big screen as it awakens from its slumber to wreck destruction on its creators. Source: MovieWeb
The Expendables 3 The Expendables are back on its third installment of the action-adventure franchise that follows the exploits of Barney Ross, Lee Christmas, and their associates. Bruce Willis is out but Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford and Wesley Snipes are all on board. Source: Screen Crush
Muppets Most Wanted Following the success of Muppets movie in 2011, Muppets Most Wanted is going to have a grand world tour.They find themselves wrapped into a European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit lookalike and his sidekick. The adorable Muppets will be Source: Disney
joined by stars like Tom Hiddleston, Ricky Gervais, Danny Trejo and Salma Hayek.
Fast & Furious 7 Justin Lin got the pressure of making the Fast & Furious movie one after another.. so he left. Now, Saw creator and director is taking over. Another pressure is in place since Wan is famous for making horror-thriller films. Fast & Furious 7 is a continuation of where the sixth left off. Owen Shaw was taken down by Dominic Toretto and his crew. His brother,
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Ian Shaw (Jason Statham) now wants revenge.
RoboCop Paul Verhoeven is known for directing sci-fi films like RoboCop, Total Recall and Star Troopers. Total Recall was recently remade by Len Wiseman. This time, the 1987 RoboCop will come to theaters a different look and interesting storyline. It’s 2028 and Source: JustJared
in a crime-ridden city, a fatally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him. The new RoboCop will be played by Joel Kinnaman.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an upcoming film based on the comic book series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The film will be a reboot of the film franchise and will be written Josh Appelbaum and Andre Source: Collider
Nemec and directed by Jonathan Liebesman. While production will be handled by Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and distribution by Paramount Pictures on
Fifty Shades of Grey
Christmas Day, 2013.
The controversial erotic novel of E.L. James is adapted into a movie by Sam Taylor-Wood. The casting is taking quite a long time because so many actors that fans are rooting to play the billionaire Christian Grey and the naive literature student Anastasia Steele. Is Hey Girl Ryan Gosling going to play the sexy Christian Grey? Let’s wait and see!
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I, Frankenstein Frankenstein’s creature finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries old war between two immortal clans. Screenwriter and actor Kevin Grevioux, who co-created the Underworld franchise, will be reteaming with Patrick Tatopoulos, director of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, for a new project based on Grevioux’s upcoming Darkstorm Comics series I, Frankenstein. Source: Blood-Disgusting
The comic book and movie is a modernization of the Frankenstein mythos with the monster encountering other famous movie monsters in presumably violent ways including Frankenstein’s Monster, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Invisible Man, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde plus many more, in a re-imagined contemporary setting. Aaron Eckhart is playing as Adam Frankenstein.
The Maze Runner The Maze Runner is the adaptation of the first book in a young-adult dystopian science fiction trilogy by James Dashner. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world, and centers to young Thomas who is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is Source: MTV
erased, soon learning they’re all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape. Teen Wolf star Dylan O’Brien will play
Edge of Tomorrow
Thomas.
Previously entitled All You Need Is Kill, a Japanese novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka that the movie is based,Edge of Tomorrow is the sci-fi movie that The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman is bringing into a big screen. It tells the story of a soldier fighting in a war with aliens finds himself caught in a time loop of his last day in the battle though he becomes better skilled along the way. Starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, it will be released in theaters on Dawn June 6th.
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of the Planet of the
Apes
Another sequel is coming out, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a follow up to 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Good News — Ceasar is still part of the movie, and James Franco is not. Gary Oldman, Keri Russell and Jason Clarke are starring, with Andy Serkis as always will play behind the CGI. In Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, while Caesar tries to Source: MovieWeb
maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes, a group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity. Matt Reeves is directing.
Interstellar After the success of The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan is back with a sci-fi film, Interstellar, which more related into space exploration. It is about an exploration of physicist Kip Thorne’s theories of gravity fields, wormholes and several hypotheses Source: Beyond Hollywood
that Albert Einstein was never able to prove. Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain are all on board on this another anticipated movie from Nolan.
Noah It’s been awhile since we saw Darren Aronofsky’s last movie Black Swan. He became so critical with his next movie that he chose to make the famous biblical character, Noah. We all know the story of Noah, and it would be interesting how Aronofsky will make it differently. Will this be as epic as Ben-Hur or The Ten Commandments? You got Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Jennifer Connelly and
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Russell Crowe – so why not?
Into the Woods Into the Woods feels like a movie version of ABC’s Once Upon A Time, but not set in present time. Into the Woods is popularly know as a musical with intertwined plots of Brothers Grimm fairy tales. It later published a children’s fantasy novel by Lyn Source: Fanpop
Gardner. Most of the cast are identified; Anna Kendrick as Cinderella, Johnny Depp as The Wolf and Meryl Streep as The Witch.
Hercules: The Thracian Wars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is Hercules and certainly we don’t have objections about that. Don’t be confused with another Hercules movie which stars Kellan Lutz, Hercules 3D. The two Greek demigod movies will run head-to-head next year. So, either
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you’re a WWF fan or a Twilight fan I guess. Hercules: The Thracian Wars is based on the 2008 Radical Publishing graphic novel by Steve Moore and follows the story of Hercules who trains the Thracian army to be ruthless killers. Brett Ratner is directing
The Lego Movie
for MGM.
We love Lego as the tiny bricks we assembled when we were kids and even as grown-ups. Over the years, the brand has branched out to other medium of its continuity of its existence. It’s partnership with film production companies made Lego cooler, like seeing Harry Potter or Marvel superheroes as cute displays. But it doesn’t stop there. Lego has movies too. The Lego Movie is the first theatrical movie to be
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released. This will be directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars is one of the saddest book I ever read. It is based on the eponymous novel by John Green and tells the story of a teenage girl, stricken with cancer falls for a boy in her support group and the two form a bond as they deal with
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their illnesses. Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort are starring, but I hate to see them die.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 2005ʹ′s Sin City is described as brilliant pulp noir imagination of Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. The sequel Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is coming our way and the ensemble cast gets bigger; Eva Green, Josh Brolin, Jamie Chung, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dennis Source: SoHood
Haysbert, Julia Garner, Juno Temple, Ray Liotta, Christopher Meloni, Jeremy Piven, and Crystal McCahill.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Its been five years since Hiccup and Toothless successfully united the Vikings and dragons on the island of Berk. They return next summer for the all-new adventure How to Train Your Dragon 2. It stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
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Jupiter Ascending The Wachowskis are still finding a sci-fi project that will equal or surpass The Matrix. Jupiter Ascending might be that movie. Set in the distant future, the film centers around Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis), who was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning
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toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine (Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along – her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.
Rio 2 Rio 2 is the sequel to the 2011 computeranimated film Rio and the studio’s first film to have a sequel outside of their existing Ice Age franchise. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the film is set. The film features the returning Source: ComicBookResources
voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, and Jake T. Austin.
Sabotage Sabotage is previously called Breacher, as the story centers around a team of Drug Enforcement Administration operatives, led by John Wharton (a.k.a “Breacher”), who find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house. Arnold Schwarzenegger is playing as Breacher. He’s back!
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Veronica Mars Before Veronica Mars got so much attention for a successful crowd-funding activity through Kickstarter, it was a successful TV series created by Rob Thomas. It had three seasons, got cancelled because of the popularity of reality shows like Pussycat
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Dolls Present. On March 2013, Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell launched a Kickstarter
fundraiser in an attempt to get the film fans to reach the goal of $2 million. The goal was met within 10 hours of the start of the campaign. The project broke several Kickstarter records, including being the largest successful film project on Kickstarter. The Kickstarter campaign ended on April 13, with 91,585 donors raising $5,702,153. Most of the cast on the TV series will reprise their roles; Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars and Jason Dohring as Logan Echolls.
22 Jump Street Apart from The Lego Movie, Phil Lord and Chris Miller has another movie coming out in 2014, the sequel of 21 Jump Street, now entitled as 22 Jump Street. Sony Pictures announced that it was pursuing a sequel to the film, signing a deal that would see Hill Source: CraveOnline
and Bacall return to write a script treatment that would be again developed by Bacall. Hill and Tatum are expected to return to star in the film.
Tomorrowland Another sci-fi film is in works, Tomorrowland – a film directed, co-written, and produced by Brad Bird. It stars Britt Robertson, George Clooney, with Hugh Laurie as the primary villain. Walt Disney Studios announced the film under the working title 1952 until it was renamed, sharing its name with the futuristic themed land found at various Disney theme parks.
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Mad Max: Fury Road The fourth Mad Max franchise had been in works for quite some time. It has been dragged and delayed due to some financial difficulties and was in “development hell” for around 25 years. Last time we heard aboutMad Max: Fury Road, it was still under
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production back in January this year and the production video showcases some of these massive vehicles in action. We hope that this will be released really in 2014. Tom Hardy as Mad Max, while original Mad Max actor Mel Gibson has a cameo role.
The Equalizer The Equalizer will reunite the Training Day star Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua. It is based on a CBS TV series that aired between 1985 and 1989. It tells the story of a veteran covert operative who, seeking redemption for his dark deeds, Source: JustJared
quits a CIA-like agency and puts a classified advertisement in the paper that reads simply: “Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer”
Left Behind Ok, if you think this an original story, it’s not. Left Behind is another novel adaptation from a series of 16 best-selling novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, dealing with Christian dispensationalist End Times: pretribulation, premillennial, Christian eschatological viewpoint of the end of the world. Nicolas Cage, Chad Michael Murray and Ashley Tisdale are attached to star.
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Transcendence Academy Award for Best Cinematography winner for Inception, Wally Pfister, is taking the director’s chair in sci-fi movie Transcendence. Computer scientist Evelyn Caster (Rebecca Hall) uploads her husband Will’s (Johnny Depp) brain into a computer
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after he is assassinated by terrorists. They work toward their goal of technological singularity for creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain. The plot sounds complex but let’s find out more when the trailer is released.
Resident Evil 6 One of the most successful video game adaptations is Resident Evil. Director Paul W.S. Anderson is bringing again his wife Milla Jovovich as Alice in an actionadventure film. It is said that Resident Evil 6 would be the final movie in the series. But Source: Facebook
who knows?
The Hobbit: There and Back Again Bilbo, Gandalf and the Dwarves are in Smaug’s lair but will they get their gold and return home safely? The second in The Hobbit trilogy should not be missed on our list as Peter Jackson is bringing back Legolas and Galadriel to this sequel. Benedict Cumberbatch is also part of the cast, as Smaug and as The Necromance. Source: ScreenCrush
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 We haven’t seen the second adaptation of The Hunger Games – Catching Fire yet and we’re counting the entire trilogy will conquer boxoffice, especially the fans of Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. And like other young-adult book adaptations, it is a must that the last book should split into two films. Source: WeGotThisCovered
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 centers as Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol. The odds are really on their favor.
Minions Minions are getting their own movie; spinoff of Despicable Me. Gru is recruited by an organization to stop Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world. If you find Minions very adorable Source: DesignBolts
— you get yourself a movie.
Big Eyes Big Eyes is an upcoming biographical drama film directed by Tim Burton. The film will focus on Walter Keane, an artist known in the 1950s and 60s for his kitsch paintings of large-eyed waifs, and his thenwife Margaret Keane. The film is said to tell the story of their heated divorce battle where in Margaret accused Walter of
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stealing her paintings. Walter Keane will be played by two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, with Margaret being portrayed by four-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams.
Paranormal Activity 5
As one of the most successful low-budget films that earned massive bucks in the box office Paranormal Activity film franchise continues to scare us every year. Paranormal Activity 5 was originally planned for release on October 25, 2013, but was later pushed back to a release date of October 24, 2014. The film’s producer Jason Blum confirmed in Source: Geokatarmy
July 2013 that the film was almost finished shooting. Oren Peli, the creator of the franchise, will return to produce the fifth film, and Katie Featherston will return to reprise her role as Katie.
The Judge In 2014, we’re going to see Robert Downey Jr. not wearing an Iron Man suit. He is playing a successful lawyer who returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town’s judge, is suspected of murder. Robert Source: GossipCenter
Duvall is playing as The Judge and Robert Downey Jr.’s father.
Child 44 Ridley Scott was first attached to direct the adaptation of Tom Rob Smith novel. Swedish director Daniel Espinosa took over and cast film stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Child 44 is set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to
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investigate a series of child murders — a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Inherent Vice Last in our list is based on a novel by Thomas Pynchon. Two years ago, it was reported that The Master director Paul Thomas Anderson would adapt Inherent Vice into a feature film. Anderson’s script for the film reportedly has the blessing of Pynchon himself. The film will reunite Anderson with his lead from 2012ʹ′s The Master, Joaquin Phoenix. Source: NYDailyNews
The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes The first Mortal Instruments movie is not doing very well, as far as what the critics are writing. However, the second film The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes will be seen in 2014. Let see how far Clary Fray’s journey will go. There are five of them. Source: FanPop
Need for Speed Need for Speed (NFS) is a series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts (EA). The film adaptation is directed by Scott Waugh and written by John Gatins and George Nolfi. It stars Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul in the lead role and is scheduled for release on March 14, 2014. Source: EmpireOnline
Cyber Miami Vice director Michael Mann is bringing the upcoming action thriller film, dubbed ‘Cyber‘ by some media. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany, Tang Wei and Leehom Wang. It centers around the collaboration of American and Chinese military forces to prevent high-level computer hacking that Source: MrWallpaper
arises. It is set to release sometime in 2014.