The Vice Guide to Movies and TV In 2019
Credit to Author: Noel Ransome| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:24:24 +0000
It’s a new year, and a new period of Disney world domination. Honestly, no one is screwing with Disney in 2019, who is releasing movies like The Lion King, Aladdin, a new Star Wars, along with their expected Netflix-killer, Disney+.
And given we live in an age of sequels and remakes, it’s not surprising that 2019 is going to see a number TV/Movie franchises coming to their (likely) conclusions (Unbreakable, Star Wars, Rambo, IT, Avengers, Deadwood, Game of Thrones and Toy Story). But there is reason for hope as we’re also receiving a ton of new beginnings (i.e. fresh IP), such as Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone and Us. This is easily shaping up to be one of the best years I’ve seen in pop culture in a long time, and that makes my job so much easier, unlike this this long ass list. If you want to know what’s worth looking forward to in 2019, I think we’ve got you’ve covered.
Movies:
Glass (Jan 18)
Don’t call it a comeback…yet. We’re still getting acclimated with the twisty M. Night Shyamalan we once loved thanks to Split. Now, comes the completion of the ultra down-to-earth hero trilogy brings back Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and James McAvoy as powered individuals in the movie that is serving as a sequel to both Split and 2000’s Unbreakable.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (Feb 8th)
Four years later, the Lego Movie is returning with the same Chris Pratt, the same production team, the same characters, and some new folks (Tiffany Haddish, Maya Rudolph, Elizabeth Banks and Charlie Day), with different directors (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller). If it ain’t that broke, don’t fix it.
Alita: Battle Angel (Feb 14th)
“Does it bother you that I’m not human?” Yeah, it does actually, those eyes aren’t doing it for me at all. But give it up to James Cameron/Robert Rodriguez for attempting to turn a famed manga series about half-human/half-machine girls (Rosa Salazar) into a AAA remake. Good luck.
Hellboy (April 12th)
So comes the return of the big red dude with the sawed horns and the scowliest scowl you’ve ever seen. Sure, we’re missing some Ron Perlman goodness here, but Stranger Things‘ David Harbour won’t hurt a bit.
Rocketman (May 17th)
Yes, it’s that dude from The Kingsman doing his best Elton John impression. So far we’ve seen glimpses of Elton musical numbers, Elton outfits, and Elton tragedies. What else could we want from a movie about his Royal Eltonness. We want the fantasy, and Elton John lived one.
Lion King (July 19th)
Hey, so did you enjoy seeing Simba die, but felt that the hurt needed to be more knife-to-the-heart realistic? Like with “real” animals per say? Well, Disney’s about to go Bambi on that ass and go for the soul. And CGI makeovers aside, the talent is strong with this one, (Donald Glover, James Earl Jones (duh), John Oliver, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and someone named Beyoncé I think, etc).
Artemis Fowl (Aug 9)
It’s Disney with cracking out some more YA novel franchisin’ with Eoin Colfer’s source material, and Kenneth Branagh’s direction, about several young genius’s doing heroically genius things.
Captain Marvel (March 8th)
Man, we’ve got Samuel L. Jackson petting kittens, 1990s Blockbuster love, laser blasts, spaceships, Top Gun suits, old ladies getting clocked, superpowered Brie Larson kicking butt. LETS GO!
Chaos Walking (Mar 1)
The women of Monterey are back and dealing with the outcome of a death that occured at the end of season 1. Just about all of the cast is back (Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern), but now joined by Meryl Streep. Guaranteed to be good I guess.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 6 – NBC (Jan 10)
Fox cancelled the much loved cop comedy by Daniel J. Goor and Michael Schur, only to have NBC swoop in just a day later to save the series from crashing. Now will the show be different? Will it be better or worse? Questions, questions.
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