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(Multiple answers allowed) What are your most anticipated films of 2018?


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Welcome to Dragonlord's 8th Annual Sherdog Movie Guide - 2018 Edition.

What are your most anticipated films of 2018?

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Which is always thread of the year, btw
Finally finished it, JTF. Enjoy.
 
My top 11 most anticipated films of 2018

1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. Incredibles 2
3. Black Panther
4. Wreck-It Ralph 2
5. Ready Player One
6. Deadpool 2
7. Ant-Man and the Wasp
8. Sicario 2: Soldado
9. Pacific Rim: Uprising
10. Creed 2
11. The Meg


Notable mentions (in no particular order):

God Particle
Annihilation
The New Mutants
Rampage
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ocean’s 8
Skyscraper
Alita: Battle Angel
Mission: Impossible 6
The Predator
The Happytime Murders
Robin Hood
Venom
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Holmes and Watson
Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
Mortal Engines
Aquaman
Crazy Rich Asians
Captive State
The Darkest Minds
Bad Times at the El Royale
The Girl in the Spider's Web
A Quiet Place
Death Wish
The Upside
Thoroughbreds
Isle of Dogs
Beirut
 
INSIDOUS: THE LAST KEY
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Release Date: January 5, 2018

Genre: Supernatural Horror

Director: Adam Robitel (The Taking of Deborah Logan)

Cast: Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Spencer Locke, Kirk Acevedo, Bruce Davison

Synopsis: After the events in the previous film, Elise Rainier goes on to investigate the recent supernatural disturbances occurring in a family's home in New Mexico, a house in which she used to live in her youth, diving her deeper into The Further.

 
THE STRANGE ONES
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Release Date: January 5 , 2018

Genre: Drama Thriller

Director: Christopher Radcliff, Lauren Wolkstein

Cast: Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Emily Althaus, Gene Jones, Owen Campbell, Tobias Campbell

Synopsis: Mysterious events surround two travelers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets.

 
STRATTON
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Release Date: January 5, 2018

Genre: Action Thriller

Director: Simon West (The Expendables 2, Con Air, The Mechanic)

Cast: Dominic Cooper, Austin Stowell, Gemma Chan, Thomas Kretschmann, Tyler Hoechlin, Tom Felton

Synopsis: A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.

 
THE COMMUTER
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Release Date: January 12, 2018

Genre: Mystery Thriller

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows, Orphan, Unknown)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Sam Neill, Elizabeth McGovern, Jonathan Banks, Patrick Wilson

Synopsis: Michael McCauley (Liam Neeson) is an insurance salesman who is on his daily commute home. A mysterious stranger contacts him, and offers him $100,000 if he identifies a hidden passenger on his train before the last stop. As he works against the clock to solve the puzzle, he realizes he is caught in the midst of a deadly criminal conspiracy and that the lives of he and his fellow passengers are at risk.

 
PROUD MARY
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Release Date: January 12, 2018

Genre: Action Thriller

Director: Babak Najafi (London Has Fallen)

Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Danny Glover, Neal McDonough, Xander Berkeley, Margaret Avery

Synopsis: Mary is a successful hitwoman working for an organized crime family in Boston. However, her life is completely shifted when a professional hit goes wrong and she leaves a young boy orphaned.

 
PADDINGTON 2
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Release Date: January 12, 2018

Genre: Family Comedy Adventure

Director: Paul King (Paddington)

Cast: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, Sally Hawkins,

Synopsis: Paddington is happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in Mr. Gruber's antique shop, and embarks upon a series of odd jobs to buy it. But when the book is stolen, it's up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief.

 
12 STRONG
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Release Date: January 19, 2018

Genre: Historical War Action Drama

Director: Nicolai Fuglsig (Exfil)

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Austin Stowell, Trevante Rhodes, Rob Riggle, William Fichtner, Elsa Pataky

Synopsis: Following the September 11 attacks, Task Force Dagger, including CIA paramilitary officers and a US Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 595 12 member team, are sent to Afghanistan. They join forces with General Abdul Rashid Dostum of the Northern Alliance to help conduct unconventional warfare against Taliban forces. The movie is based on Doug Stanton’s non-fiction book Horse Soldiers.

 
DEN OF THIEVES
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Release Date: January 19, 2018

Genre: Crime Heist Action Thriller

Director: Christian Gudegast (feature film directorial debut)

Cast: Gerard Butler, 50 Cent, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Evan Jones, Dawn Olivieri, Mo McRae, Max Holloway

Synopsis: Den of Thieves is a gritty Los Angeles crime saga which follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Department and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles.

 
STEP SISTERS
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Release Date: January 19, 2018

Genre: Comedy

Director: Charles Stone III (Lila & Eve, Drumline, Mr. 3000)

Cast: Megalyn Echikunwoke, Eden Sher, Alessandra Torresani, Gage Golightly, Marque Richardson, Naturi Naughton, Ashlee Brie Gillum

Synopsis: Jamilah Bishop (Megalyn Echikunwoke) seems to excel at everything: She’s president of her sorority, captain of the step crew, liaison to the college dean and a star student who is on her way to to Harvard Law School. But when Jamilah is asked to teach a misbehaving, mostly white sorority how to step, success seems impossible. Without telling her own sorority sisters, Jamilah begins training rivals Sigma Beta Beta (SBB) for the “Steptacular” competitive dance competition.

 
MAZE RUNER: THE DEATH CURE
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Release Date: January 26, 2018

Genre: Sci-Fi Action Thriller

Director: Wes Ball (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials)

Cast: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Patricia Clarkson

Synopsis: In the conclusion to the Maze Runner trilogy, Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

 
ARCTIC JUSTICE: THUNDER SQUAD
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Release Date: January 26, 2018

Genre: Family Animation Comedy Adventure

Director: Aaron Woodley (Spark, The Entitled)

Cast: Jeremy Renner, James Franco, Alec Baldwin, Anjelica Huston, John Cleese, Omar Sy, Heidi Klum, Laurie Holden

Synopsis: Swifty the Arctic fox works in the mail room of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service but dreams of one day becoming a Top Dog (the Arctic's star husky couriers). To prove himself worthy of the Top Dog role, Swifty secretly commandeers one of the sleds and delivers a mysterious package to a mysterious location. He stumbles upon a secret fortress where he comes face to face with Doc Walrus, a blubbery evil genius who walks around on mechanical legs and commands a loyal army of oddly polite puffin henchmen. Swifty soon discovers Doc Walrus' plan to melt the polar ice caps and flood the world in order to reign as supreme leader. Now, Swifty has to enlist the help of his friends: PB, an introverted polar bear, Lemmy, a scatterbrained albatross, Sal and Weez, two conspiracy theorist otters and Jade Fox, a tough as nails mechanic. This ragtag group of Arctic misfits has to band together to stop Doc Walrus' sinister plans and save the day.

 
FOREVER MY GIRL
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Release Date: January 19, 2018

Genre: Romance Drama

Director: Bethany Ashton Wolf (Little Chenier)

Cast: Alex Roe, Jessica Rothe, John Benjamin Hickey, Abby Ryder Fortson

Synopsis: Forever My Girl tells the story of country music super-star Liam Page (Alex Roe) who left his bride, Josie (Jessica Rothe), at the altar choosing fame and fortune instead. However, Liam never got over Josie, his one true love, nor did he ever forget his Southern roots in the small community where he was born and raised. When he unexpectedly returns to his hometown for the funeral of his high school best friend, Liam is suddenly faced with the consequences of all that he left behind.

 
GOD PARTICLE (CLOVERFIELD MOVIE)

Release Date: February 2, 2018

Genre: Sci-Fi Mystery Horror

Director: Julius Onah (The Girl Is in Trouble)

Cast: Daniel Brühl, Elizabeth Debicki, Aksel Hennie, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O'Dowd, John Ortiz, David Oyelowo, Zhang Ziyi

Synopsis: A team of astronauts aboard an international space station find themselves alone after a scientific experiment involving a particle accelerator makes the Earth vanish. When a space shuttle appears, the space station crew must fight for survival following their horrible discovery.
 
WINCHESTER: THE HOUSE THAT GHOSTS BUILT
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Release Date: February 2, 2018

Genre: Supernatural Horror

Director: The Spierig Brothers (Predestination, Daybreakers)

Cast: Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, Angus Sampson

Synopsis: Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), whose husband William and their child died suddenly, is adamant she is cursed and begins building the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California upon advisement from a medium.

 
THE 15:17 TO PARIS
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Release Date: February 9, 2018

Genre: Historical Drama

Director: Clint Eastwood (American Sniper, Sully, Unforgiven)

Cast: Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone, Judy Greer, Jenna Fischer, Ray Corasani

Synopsis: From Clint Eastwood comes “The 15:17 to Paris,” which tells the real-life story of three men whose brave act turned them into heroes during a highspeed railway ride. In the early evening of August 21, 2015, the world watched in stunned silence as the media reported a thwarted terrorist attack on Thalys train #9364 bound for Paris—an attempt prevented by three courageous young Americans traveling through Europe. The film follows the course of the friends’ lives, from the struggles of childhood through finding their footing in life, to the series of unlikely events leading up to the attack. Throughout the harrowing ordeal, their friendship never wavers, making it their greatest weapon and allowing them to save the lives of the more than 500 passengers on board.

 
FIFTY SHADES FREED
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Release Date: February 9, 2018

Genre: Erotic Drama

Director: James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross, Fifty Shades Darker)

Cast: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Kim Basinger, Eric Johnson, Max Martini, Brant Daugherty, Fay Masterson, Luke Grimes, Rita Ora, Arielle Kebbel

Synopsis: Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he relaxes into an unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardize their happy ending before it even begins.

 
PETER RABBIT
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Release Date: February 9, 2018

Genre: Family Live-Action/Animation

Director: Will Gluck (Easy A, Friends with Benefits, Annie)

Cast: James Corden, Margot Robbie, Rose Byrne, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debicki, Domhnall Gleeson

Synopsis: Peter Rabbit (James Corden), the mischievous and adventurous hero who has captivated generations of readers, now takes on the starring role of his own irreverent, contemporary comedy with attitude. In the film, Peter's feud with Mr. McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson) escalates to greater heights than ever before as they rival for the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover who lives next door (Rose Byrne).

 
PERMISSION
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Release Date: February 9, 2018

Genre: Romance Comedy Drama

Director: Brian Cano (A Bag of Hammers)

Cast: Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Morgan Spector, David Joseph Craig, Gina Gershon, Jason Sudeikis

Synopsis: The film stars Rebecca Hall as a woman on the brink of a marriage proposal from her boyfriend (Dan Stevens), but is impeded by the suggestion of her brother (David Joseph Craig) and his life partner (Morgan Spector) to "test date" other men before she ultimately settles down.

 
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