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Most Anticipated Movies Of 2017 - Part 1



The Red Turtle


Release Date: January 20
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit (animator"Fantasia 2000")
Cast: None
Synopsis: The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.



I Am Not Your Negro


Release Date: February 3
Director: Raul Peck
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin
Synopsis: In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

At the time of Baldwin’s death in 1987, he left behind only thirty completed pages of his manuscript.

Now, in his incendiary new documentary, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words and flood of rich archival material. I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for.



John Wick: Chapter Two


Release Date: February 10
Director: Chad Stahelski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Ruby Rose, Bridget Moynahan, Ian McShane, Peter Stormare, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Common, Thomas Sadoski, Lance Reddick, Riccardo Scamarcio, and Franco Nero.
Synopsis: In this next chapter following the 2014 hit, legendary hitman John Wick [Keanu Reeves] is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers.



The LEGO Batman Movie


Release Date: February 10
Director: Chris McKay
Cast: Will Arnett, Jenny Slate, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Cera, Mariah Carey, Rosario Dawson, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Dee Williams,
Synopsis: In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The LEGO® Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble – LEGO Batman – stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.



Logan


Release Date: March 3
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Boyd Holbrook, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Stephen Merchant, Eriq La Salle, Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth Rodriguez, and Elise Neal.
Synopsis: In the not so distant future of 2024, an aged and weary Wolverine has to take care of an ailing Professor X and a young mutant girl in dire need of help in a world that can no longer count on the X-Men.



T2: Trainspotting


Release Date: March 3
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Ewan Bremner, Johnny Lee Miller, Kelly Macdonald, Shirley Henderson.
Synopsis: First there was an opportunity......then there was a betrayal.

Twenty years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) returns to the only place he can ever call home.

They are waiting for him: Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and Begbie (Robert Carlyle).

Other old friends are waiting too: sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship, love, longing, fear, regret, diamorphine, self-destruction and mortal danger, they are all lined up to welcome him, ready to join the dance.



Kong: Skull Island


Release Date: March 10
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Cast: Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Tian Jing, Toby Kebbell, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Corey Hawkins, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Jason Mitchell, John Ortiz.
Synopsis: In the film, a diverse team of explorers is brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific—as beautiful as it is treacherous—unaware that they’re crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong.



Beauty and the Beast


Release Date: March 17
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Josh Gad, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Kline, Audra McDonald, Gerard Horan, Nathan Mack.
Synopsis: Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs. “Beauty and the Beast” is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within.



Free Fire


Release Date: March 17
Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Michael Smiley, Sharlto Copley, Enzo Cilenti, Babou Ceesay, Noah Taylor, Patrick Bergin, Jack Reynor, and Mark Monero.
Synopsis: Set in the late 1970' Boston, the film stars Brie Larson as Justine, a woman who has brokered a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two Irishmen (Cillian Murphy, Michael Smiley) and a gang led by Vernon (Sharlto Copley) and Ord (Armie Hammer) who are selling them a stash of guns. But when shots are fired in the handover, a heart-stopping game of survival ensues.



Life


Release Date: March 24
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Olga Dihovichnaya, Ariyon Bakare, and Hiu Woong-Sin.
Synopsis: Life tells the story of the six-member crew of the International Space Station that is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.



Ghost in the Shell


Release Date: March 31
Director: Rupert Sanders
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk Juliette Binoche, Rila Fukushima, Chin Han, Michael Wincott, Chris Obi, and Peter Ferdinando.
Synopsis: Based on the internationally-acclaimed sci-fi property, Ghost In The Shell follows the Major (Scarlett Johansson), a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremist, Section 9 is faced with an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotics' advancements in cyber technology.




The Fate of the Furious


Release Date: April 14
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron, Kurt Russell, Jason Statham, Scott Eastwood, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Helen Mirren, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky, Lucas Black, Ludacris.
Synopsis: Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game—and the rest of the crew has been exonerated—the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman (Oscar® winner Charlize Theron) seduces Dom into the world of crime he can’t seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before.



Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2


Release Date: May 5
Director: James Gunn
Cast: Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Sylvester Stallone, Chris Sullivan, Kurt Russell, Elizabeth Debicki, Tommy Flanagan, Michael Rooker, Sean Gunn, Glenn Close, and Pom Klementieff.
Synopsis: Set to the all-new sonic backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage.



Alien: Covenant


Release Date: May 19
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Guy Pearce, Callie Hernandez, James Franco, Billy Crudup, Carmen Ejogo, Demián Bichir, Danny McBride, Amy Seimetz, and Jussie Smollett.
Synopsis: The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.



Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales


Release Date: May 26
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Golshifteh Farahani, Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites, Stephen Graham, David Wenham, Paul McCartney, Kevin McNally, and Adam Brown.
Synopsis: Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea…including him.  Captain Jack’s only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.



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