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Disney has announced a whole slew of release dates, revealing when fans can expect Star Wars: Episode IX Frozen 2 , and Indiana Jones 5
Notably, the ninth instalment in the Star Wars’ main saga reaches cinemas 24 May 2019, the same month as the currently-untitled fourth Avengers film.
Also in 2019, we can expect Frozen 2 The Incredibles 2 , along with A Wrinkle in Time and Magic Camp .
The fifth Indiana Jones film has been pushed back to 2020, along with Gigantic , which Disney are hoping will be that year’s Christmas hit. Three as-yet-untitled Marvel films have also been announced for 2020.
Show all 13 1 /13Films to get excited about in 2017 Films to get excited about in 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director: Rian Johnson
Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Lupita Nyong'o
Plot: No details yet, but it will continue directly on from Rey coming face-to-face with Luke at the end of The Force Awakens.
Release Date: 15 December 2017
Films to get excited about in 2017 Thor: Ragnarok Director: Taika Waititi
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Tessa Thompson, Jeff Goldblum, Karl Urban, and Mark Ruffalo
Plot: Story details are minimal as of now, but Thor's third return to screen has already been teased to feature a loose adaptation of the famous 'Planet Hulk' storyline.
Release Date: 27 October 2017
Films to get excited about in 2017 You Were Never Really Here Director: Lynne Ramsay
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Alessandro Nivola
Plot: A war veteran's attempt to save a young girl from a sex trafficking ring goes horribly wrong.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 Annihilation Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, and Oscar Isaac
Plot: A biologist's husband disappears. She thus puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not quite find what she's expecting. The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, and a surveyor.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 Wonderstruck (image from Far From Heaven) Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, and Amy Hargreaves
Plot: The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 Mother (image of Darren Aronofsky) Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, and Ed Harris
Plot: A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 The Killing of a Sacred Deer (image from The Lobster) Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, and Alicia Silverstone
Plot: A surgeon forms a familial bond with a sinister teenage boy, with disastrous results.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 Blade Runner 2049 Director: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright, and Jared Leto
Plot: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
Release Date: 6 October 2017
Films to get excited about in 2017 Lady Bird (image of director Greta Gerwig) Director: Greta Gerwig
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, and Lucas Hedges
Plot: The adventures of a young woman living in Northern California for a year.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara (image of director Steven Spielberg and star Mark Rylance) Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Mark Rylance, Oscar Isaac
Plot: The Kidnapping Of Edgardo Mortara recounts the story of a young Jewish boy in Bologna, Italy in 1858 who, having been secretly baptized, is forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents' struggle to free their son becomes part of a larger political battle that pits the Papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 How to Talk to Girls at Parties Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Cast: Elle Fanning, Ruth Wilson, and Nicole Kidman
Plot: An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London suburb of Croydon.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 The Dark Tower Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Cast: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, and Tom Taylor
Plot: Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world.
Release Date: 28 July 2017
Films to get excited about in 2017 Suburbicon Director: George Clooney
Cast: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Josh Brolin, and Oscar Isaac
Plot: A crime mystery set in the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, where the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and betrayal.
Release Date: 24 November
Already announced Disney films yet to be dated include Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 along with the live-action adaptations of Dumbo and Aladdin .
2017 Films
5/5/17 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
26/5/17 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
16/6/17 Cars 3
3/11/17 Thor: Ragnarok
22/11/17 Coco
15/12/17 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2018 Films
16/2/18 Black Panther
9/3/18 A Wrinkle in Time
6/4/18 Magic Camp
4/5/18 Avengers: Infinity War
25/5/18 Untitled Han Solo Star Wars Anthology Film
15/6/18 The Incredibles 2
6/7/18 Ant-Man and The Wasp
3/8/18 Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action)
2/11/18 Mulan (Live Action)
21/11/18 Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-it Ralph 2
25/12/18 Mary Poppins Returns
2019 Films
8/3/19 Captain Marvel
29/3/19 Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (Live Action)
12/4/19 Untitled Disneytoon Studios
3/5/19 Untitled Avengers
24/5/19 Star Wars: Episode IX
21/6/19 Toy Story 4
19/7/19 The Lion King (Live Action)
9/8/19 Untitled Disney Live Action
8/11/19 Untitled Disney Fairy Tale
27/11/19 Frozen 2
12/20/19 Untitled Disney Fairy Tale
2020 films
13/3/20 Untitled Pixar Animation
3/4/20 Untitled Disney Live Action
1/5/20 Untitled Marvel
19/6/20 Untitled Pixar Animation
10/7/20 Untitled Indiana Jones
7/8/20 Untitled Marvel
11/6/20 Untitled Marvel
25/11/20 Gigantic
2021 Films
12/3/21 Untitled Disney Live Action
18/6/21 Untitled Pixar Animation
24/11/21 Untitled Disney Animation
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