I'm sure you will agree with me that 2011 wasn't the greatest year in the film world, and it seems that in general the lack of originality will colour 2012 as well. However,
HOLLYWOOD SPY brings you a general overview of the 2012 in cinemas with the hope that you will find at least a few pearls to get excited around this cinematic year. My own favourite will be March with lots of lovely films. The year will have lots of epics, fairy tales and action flicks. Red letters hide links.
SPECTACULAR SPRING
Cinematic spring will kick off in February with some warm stories like long awaited
THE VOW in which
Channing Tatum plays a man
whose wife
Rachael McAdams forgets she is married to him after a traffic accident, and
BIG MIRACLE, an inspiring story about whales with
Drew Barrymore and
John Krasinski. There's also
WANDERLUST with
Jennifer Aniston and
Paul Rudd. We shall also watch
JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND in which
Josh Hutcherson is joined by
Dwayne Johnson on a trip to a mysterious island to save his granpa
Michael Caine.
But March is when the fun begins since it brings us the most spectacular visual treats with
Tarsem's mega fairy tale
MIRROR MIRROR with
Lily Collins and
Julia Roberts, with Disney's $200
million sf epic
JOHN CARTER with a stunning cast which includes
Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, James Purefoy, Mark Strong, Willem Dafoe, Dominic West and others, and then with mythical epic
WRATH OF THE TITANS with
Sam Worthington and
Liam Neeson and
Ralph Fiennes as Greek Gods. Fun in March is
guaranteed by two hilarious and super charming animated flick Dr. Seuss'
LORAX and British
THE PIRATES: BAND OF MISFITS. Those who like darker stories will enjoy
THE HUNGER GAMES with
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and
Liam Hemsworth and
THE RAVEN with
Luke Evans and John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe.Another fairy tale comes with a gritty version of
HANSEL AND GRETEL with
Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner. But for us who
love warm and inspiring stories there are
SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN with a wonderful duo
Ewan McGregor and
Emily Blunt and
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL with
Judi Dench,
Maggie Smith and
Dev Patel.
April will for some reason be quite poor, with only a few romantic films to cheer us up -
THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT with
Emily Blunt and
Jason Segel and
THE LUCKY ONE in which
Zac Effron plays a soldier in love. And then May, as the end of spring will bring
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS in which we shall again see
ChrisHemsworth as Thor and
Chris Evans as Captain America joined by the rest of the superheroes in their fight against evil. In the meantime
Alexander Skarsgard and
Taylor Kitsch will fight aliens in spectacular action epic
BATTLESHIP. We shall also see
THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY with amazing cast lead by
Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis and
Sigourney Weaver. WEAK SUMMER
May will start with Tim Burton's crazy movie adaptation of famous horror comedy DARK SHADOWS about a family of monsters played by Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonny Lee Miller... After which another film with amazing cast hits cinemas: WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU ARE EXPECTING with Rodrigo Santoro, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Matthew Morrison, Chace Crawford, Elizabeth Banks, Dennis Quaid... The honour to open the summer season will go to SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN with Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen and Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman,to be followed by Ridley Scott's prequel to ALIEN sf epic PROMETHEUS again with Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson and Michael Fassbender. Dark stories will also be seen in ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER with Benjamin Walker and
Rufus Sewell. But for us who love warm stories and fairy tales, there's beautiful animated epic
BRAVE about a medieval Scottish princess, epic adventure
JACK THE GIANT KILLER with
Ewan McGregor and
Nicholas Hoult and
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED. June will also bring us
Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer and
Joe Manganielo as strippers in
MAGIC MIKE.
July will be very poor bringing mostly sequels and remakes: G.I. JOE2: RETALIATION with Channing Tatum and Bruce Willis, THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN and super hilarious ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (caused by Scrat off course :).
August will end the season with EXPENDABLES 2 bringing all of the old action stars together from Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Lundgren, Van Damme and Chuck Norris to young stars Jason Statham and Liam Hemsworth. We shall also watch
Collin Farrell and
Kate Beckinsale in the remake of
TOTAL RECALL, and
Nicholas Hoult and
Theresa Palmer as zombies in love in
WARM BODIES.
GREY FALL & HOBBIT WINTER
September will bring us the remake of famous
JUDGDE DREDD with
amazing
Karl Urban in the lead role, brilliant animated film
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA with
Adam Sandler and a stellar voice cast. October will bring nothing special except the long awaited
CLOUD ATLAS the new project of THE MATRIX directors. We shall also watch sf thriller
LOOPER about a cop who goes back in time to catch criminals with
Joseph Gordon Levitt, Bruce Willis and
Emily Blunt. But the action starts again in November with big projects such as new James Bond
SKYFALL with
Ralph Fiennes and
Javier Bardem as villains, sf drama
GRAVITY with
Sandra Bullock and
George Clooney (in which apparently they won't have make up at all to get the natural look), and charming animated film
THE RISE OF THE GUARDIANS.
Keanu Reeves' 47 RONIN epic in which he plays an 18th century samurai will also premiere in November.
December will finally bring an end to our waiting with the premiere of the year -
Peter Jackson's
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY with stellar cast including
Cate Blanchett, Luke Evans,Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Lee Pace... who will portray Tolkien's famous characters. After Hobbits, zombies takes over in
Brad Pitt's huge contagion epic
WORLD WAR Z which follows the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse around the world. The year will end with
Ang Lee's movie adaptation of famous book
LIFE OF PI with
Tobey Maguire and
Gerard Depardieu.
So, people, tell me, which of the tones of films I've just named attract you most? Which will bring you to cinemas this year?
