5 Years, 3 Studios, 32 Movies!: 2019 & 2020

A little double action here! Sorry I haven't posted in a while, was a little busy focusing on the Mets allowing the Dodgers to play a couple extra game in 2015 before their season ends tonight (yeah, I'm pretty hopeful!)

A quick recap: Marvel Studios (the MCU), FOX (their X-Men universe surrounding Marvel's mutants), and Warner Bros. (DC Comics based movie adaptations), with a cameo from SONY (they share the movie rights with Marvel for Spider-Man), are leading the way with superhero/comic book adaptations, and in doing so are creating universes of movies surrounding those properties allowing the characters to interact. It is essentially the comic book world visualized through a movie, and it is awesome! Two of those studios, Marvel and Warner Bros., have movie dated slotted through 2020, meaning they may not have announced a movie yet, but they have dates saved for them so that competing studios cannot use those dates (well a studio can use the date, but, financially speaking, it is not in their best interest. For more on that, read this).

So here we go!

2019
Captain Marvel (March 8) Director: ?
Not much is known about this solo movie from Marvel. Marvel has a good duo writing it: Meg LeFauve (who also wrote Pixar's successful 2015 film Inside Out) and Nicole Perlman (who also wrote Marvel's successful 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy). Having two successful female writers is important for Marvel's strongest female character (and arguably their strongest in general), and its been obvious that they would also like to tab a female director for this movie as well. Now who will play the talented Carol Danvers? Rumors point to two solid candidates: Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow) and Rebecca Ferguson (Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation). Both are successful female stars right now with an aptitude for action, so both are entirely capable candidates. One dark horse candidate I DO NOT want to see as our Ms. Marvel: Ronda Rousey (she just cannot act...)

Shazam(!) (April 5) Director: ?
Now regardless if this movie's title contains an exclamation or not not-withstanding, this movie is an interesting one. The lead hero, a DC character by the name of Billy Batson, is a child who by exclaiming the magic word "Shazam!" turns into the adult hero Shazam (originally called Captain Marvel, but changed due to Marvel beating them to the name). Now to the interesting part: Shazam's arch-enemy is a being by the name of Black Adam, and DC has tabbed no other than Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to play the anti-hero. The Rock is franchise gold, and is arguably the biggest star out there right now. Plus he vied for the role through social media (something his friend Vin Diesel is doing right now with Marvel), so he is obviously committed.

Avengers: Infinity War Part 2 (May 3) Director: Joe and Anthony Russo
Now I have previously touched on this when talking about Part 1 in 2018, but this movie is going to be huge. Like I said before, I expect the first movie to end with the New Avengers losing terribly to Thanos. This second movie I believe will tie all loose ends together: Thor will save the universe and (as recently reported) find Hulk and bring him back to Earth, Captain Marvel will have her powers now and be nearly indestructible, Doctor Strange will have discovered something to help stop Thanos, the Guardians of the Galaxy will make their way back to Star-Lord's home in search of Thanos, etc. All of the Earth's heroes will be coming together for Part 2, and it will be epic. HOWEVER! (And this is a big however) I am worried. Big time! I love the MCU unabashedly, but there are almost dozens of superheroes that will need screen-time in this movie. It is going to be crowded, and I'm worried it cannot be pulled off. Good thing I have four years to ease my worries...

The Justice League Part Two (June 14) Director: Zack Snyder
Another part deux! This time its for the DC universe, and this is the follow up to the 2017 film. Now, with there being a lot less history leading up to this film than there is with Marvel's Infinity War. Because of this, nobody can speculate on whats going on. Rumor has it Darkseid is the main villain in this one, but who knows! All we know is expect Batman to continue to be the leader of this team seeing as how DC/WB only knows how to promote that character (which is okay, because he's the only DC hero that matters).

Inhumans (July 12) Director: ?
This movie has recently had a lot of drama surrounding it, and nobody is even on tab to direct or star. Despite the rumors, this movie is still happening (for now...), and it will be based off the secret royal Inhuman family. Now, I've mentioned Vin Diesel is lobbying for a role with Marvel, and the king of the Inhumans is it: Black Bolt. He would carry the star power necessary to drive this movie at the box office, and having him signed on will guarantee the movie still is made. Now, since the seeds of this movie are being sowed in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., here's to hoping we get an appearance from Chloe Bennet's Daisey Johnson/Quake.

2020
Cyborg (April 3) Director: ?
Cyborg is expected to appear in The Justice League movies, and maybe even appear before then, but this is his solo film. Starring up-and-comer (and Broadway star) Ray Fisher, this movie is a wild-card. This character is not very well known, however, there are rumors he can lead into another DC team movie: Teen Titans. Having a live action Teen Titans movie is very intriguing, so hoping for that might make me excited for this movie.

Untitled Marvel Studios Film (May 1) Director: ?
The first of three announced dates for a Marvel movie, my guess this movie will be a tent-pole/sequel film due to its May release. My guess: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. (You heard it hear first!)

Untitled Marvel Studios Film (June 10) Director: ?
Here's number two! This movie could easily be a tent-pole/sequel as much as it could be a solo movie. My guess: Spider-Man 2 or a Nova movie.

Green Lantern Corps. (June 19) Director: ?
Not much is known about this film, but the title is intriguing. What it teases is that we can expect all of the main Green Lantern's in one film: Hal Jordan, John Stewart (not the comedian haha), Guy Gardner, and maybe more! Tyrese Gibson has publicly been lobbying for the role of John Stewart.

Untitled Marvel Studios Film (November 6) Director: ?
And finally, number three. My guess: a sequel to Doctor Strange or Black Panther, or a Defenders movie (Marvel's street-level heroes who can be seen on Netflix), or even a spin-off of Guardians into the cosmic realm.

So there it is! Every superhero/comic book adaptation coming to you over the next 5 years! All 32 of them! If you're as big as a nerd as me, then I know you're super excited and ready.

Stay Tuned!