When it comes to movies, last year had its hits like "Wonder Woman" and it's misses remember "The Emoji Movie"? but youve got to give it to Hollywood: no matter what they produce, they always come back with more.
Looking ahead at 2018s movie release calendar, the year is no less jam-packed with potential blockbusters (and stinkers), including some that are already looking like winners.
From solo superheroes to Han Solo to massive, game-changing team-ups, heres a peek at just some of whats in store for movie lovers over the next 12 months.
January
Paddington 2
Release date: Jan. 12
A sequel to 2014s criminally underseen family flick based on Michael Bonds Paddington Bear stories, Paddington 2 has already garnered extremely positive reviews from overseas markets, including the characters adoptive home of England, where it was released last November. (It currently has a nearly unheard of 100 percent Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Release date: Jan. 26
The third and final movie in the Maze Runner series, based on the young adult novels by BYU alum James Dashner, sees the Gladers led by Thomas (Dylan OBrien) embark on one final mission to take down the evil government program known in the films as WCKD.
February
Peter Rabbit
Release date: Feb. 9
A 3-D animated adaptation of Beatrix Potters beloved childrens stories, this movie features the voice talents of James Corden as Peter Rabbit alongside Daisy Ridley and Domhnall Gleeson.
Black Panther
Release date: Feb. 16
TChalla, the King of Wakanda (Chadwick Boseman), gets a much-deserved solo flick, adding one more layer to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in anticipation of Infinity War two months later.
Early Man
Release date: Feb. 16
The latest family friendly feature from British studio Aardman Animations (of Wallace and Gromit fame) is set in prehistoric times as a Stone Age tribe fights for survival against a new, technologically advanced Bronze Age civilization. Early Man features the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Maisie Williams and Tom Hiddleston, among others.
March
A Wrinkle in Time
Release date: March 9
Madeleine LEngles beloved fantasy novel gets the big-screen treatment courtesy of Disney and Ava DuVernay (Selma). When her father (Chris Pine) goes missing, a young girl (Storm Reid) embarks on a journey across dimensions to save him. Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling and Reese Witherspoon co-star.
Tomb Raider
Release date: March 16
This origin story for the iconic video game heroine stars Alicia Vikander as a young Lara Croft, who goes in search of answers after her adventurer father disappears while searching for a mysterious island.
Pacific Rim Uprising
Release date: March 23
Get ready for more giant mech-on-monster fighting in this sequel to Guillermo del Toro's 2013 film. Star Wars John Boyega stars.
Isle of Dogs
Release date: March 23
Quirky indie auteur Wes Anderson (The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom) returns to the world of stop-motion animation for this feature set in Japan, following a boys search for his pet dog.
Ready Player One
Release date: March 30
Anytime Steven Spielberg decides to make a movie, its worth paying attention. After dramatic fare recently like Bridge of Spies and The Post, the legendary filmmaker is switching back into popcorn-movie mode to tackle this adaptation of Ernest Clines hugely popular sci-fi novel about a competition to find an Easter egg hidden inside a futuristic virtual reality world known as the OASIS.
Mary Magdalene
Release date: March 30 (limited)
A biblical biopic about Mary Magdalene (Rooney Mara) and her relationship to Jesus (Joaquin Phoenix) and his other disciples before the crucifixion.
April
The New Mutants
Release date: April 13
With Foxs recent acquisition by Disney, the future of X-Men franchise is a little uncertain. This Josh Boone-directed spinoff, though, takes things in an unexpectedly dark direction, turning mutant powers into the basis for a full-fledged horror movie as five mutant teens fight to escape a secret facility.
Rampage
Release date: April 20
Based on the 1980s arcade game, this Dwayne The Rock Johnson vehicle sees him as a primatologist trying to save the world (naturally) after a science experiment-gone-wrong transforms a trio of animals, including his own albino gorilla, into giant monsters.
May
Avengers: Infinity War
Release date: May 4
It doesnt get much bigger than this. Bringing together pretty much every major character from the last 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for one epic battle, Infinity War is one of the largest productions in movie history and if comments from the cast and filmmakers are to be believed, it could also be the end of the MCU as we know it.
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Release date: May 25
A sci-fi film about a talented young space pilot who befriends a seven-foot-tall, bipedal alien bear-dog. Dont be surprised if this one becomes a hit, though its being directed by none other than Ron Howard. And of course, there is that Star Wars angle.
June
Oceans 8
Release date: June 8
Sandra Bullock stars as the estranged sister of Danny Ocean (George Clooney from the Oceans 11 series), who continues the family legacy, assembling a whos-who of criminals girls only, this time to pull off a ridiculously elaborate heist. Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling and more co-star.
Wont You Be My Neighbor?
Release date: June 8
An official documentary selection in this year's Sundance Film Festival, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" takes a look at the life of beloved children's TV figure Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers.
Incredibles 2
Release date: June 15
Yep. Its really happening: a sequel to arguably the best superhero movie ever made. Not much is known yet about the plot other than it involving Mr. Incredible on baby duty while Elastigirl goes off to save the world.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Release date: June 22
Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) head back to Jurassic World to save the dinosaurs when a volcano threatens to wipe them out all over again. More importantly, Jeff Goldblum reprises his role as Dr. Ian Malcolm.
July
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Release date: July 6
Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), daughter of physicist and Ant-Man suit inventor Hank Pym and original Wasp superhero Janet van Dyne, finally gets to suit up next to Paul Rudds Scott Lang in this sequel to 2015s surprisingly great Ant-Man.
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Release date: July 13
Dracula (Adam Sandler) and the gang go on a luxury cruise for monsters in this animated threequel directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.
Alita: Battle Angel
Release date: July 20
Based on Yukito Kishiros manga series about a beautiful, amnesiac cyborg found in a scrap heap, Alita was, for many years, James Camerons other, non-Avatar-related pet project. Against all odds, its finally seeing the light of day, directed now by Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) with Cameron attached as a producer.
Mission: Impossible 6
Release date: July 27
Tom Cruise returns as superspy Ethan Hunt, leading an all-star team of IMF agents (thats Impossible Mission Force, for the non-diehard fans out there). Also returning is director Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation), making a first for the series, which has previously made a point of hiring a new director with each new installment.
Teen Titans Go! to the Movies
Release date: July 27
The superhero team of Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven and Starfire make their animated feature-length debut in this movie based on the Cartoon Network series.
August
The Meg
Release date: Aug. 10
Jason Statham battles a 70-foot shark.
September
Robin Hood
Release date: Sep. 21
Another year, another crack at Robin Hood. This time around, Taron Egerton (Eddie the Eagle, the Kingsman series) stars as a war-hardened Crusader with Jamie Foxx as Little John, a Moorish commander.
Smallfoot
Release date: Sep. 28
A Yeti (voiced by Channing Tatum) discovers proof that humans really do exist.
October
First Man
Release date: Oct. 12
Wunderkind writer-director Damien Chazelle re-teams with his La La Land star Ryan Gosling for this biopic about astronaut Neil Armstrong and the space expedition that led to him becoming the first man to set foot on the surface of the moon.
Goosebumps: Horrorland
Release date: Oct. 12
Next to nothing has been revealed so far about this sequel to 2015 family hit Goosebumps in which Jack Black played a fictionalized version of author R.L. Stine. That includes whether or not Black will reprise his role.
Mowgli
Release date: Oct. 19
Previously known as Jungle Book: Origins, this Warner Bros.-produced retelling of Rudyard Kiplings classic is being directed by motion-capture wizard Andy Serkis and is said to offer a darker take on the material than the recent live-action Disney movie based on the same story. Serkis will co-star as Baloo along with Christian Bale as Bagheera, Cate Blanchett as Kaa, Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan and Rohan Chand (Bad Words) as the titular man-cub.
November
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Release date: Nov. 2
Renesmee Cullen herself (Mackenzie Foy), for those Twilight fans, stars in this lavish, Disney-produced adaptation of Tchaikovskys Nutcracker ballet, alongside Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Release date: Nov. 2
Longtime X-Men franchise writer Simon Kinberg takes over directing duties on this redo of the Dark Phoenix storyline previously portrayed in the X-Men: The Last Stand, which Kinberg also scripted. This time, though, comic fans can look forward to a version of the story that, allegedly, will stay truer to the source material.
Holmes and Watson
Release date: Nov. 9
Forget actors like Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ian McKellan. For this (comedic) iteration of the classic crime-solving duo, Will Ferrell steps into the role of the worlds greatest detective with his Step Brothers co-star John C. Reilly as Dr. John Watson.
Dr. Seuss The Grinch
Release date: Nov. 9
A 3-D animated retelling of the classic Dr. Seuss story from Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me) with Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the loveable Christmas-hating green creature.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Release date: Nov. 16
The next installment in J.K. Rowlings ever-expanding world of wizards and witches, The Crimes of Grindelwald will see Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) joining forces with none other than a young Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law).
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2
Release date: Nov. 21
Wreck-It Ralph abandons his game once again, this time traveling through the Internet and Disneys own storied history as he and Vanellope von Schweetz (ahem, Princess Vanellope) try to save the arcade game Sugar Rush.
December
Mortal Engines
Release date: Dec. 14
Adapted from Philip Reeves young adult novel of the same name with a script by Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings writing partners, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, Mortal Engines is set in a zany, dystopian future where people live on giant mobile cities that roam the wastelands searching for and consuming smaller cities for resources.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Release date: Dec. 14
For non-comic fans, this could get confusing: Into the Spider-Verse is an animated Spider-Man movie not set in the Marvel Comic Universe, which is not related to Spider-Man: Homecoming, and features a Spider-Man who is not Peter Parker specifically fan-favorite character Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), a half-black, half-Hispanic teen.
Aquaman
Release date: Dec. 21
After helping to save the world in Justice League, the half-Atlantean King of the Seven Seas/superhero (Jason Momoa) goes it alone in this movie directed by James Wan (The Conjuring). Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson and Dolph Lundgren co-star.
Bumblebee
Release date: Dec. 21
The first spinoff in a proposed Transformers cinematic universe (that may or may not end up happening) follows a young girl, played by Hailee Steinfeld (Pitch Perfect 2), who discovers the Autobot hiding out in a junkyard in 1987 California, 20 years before the start of the first Transformers movie.
Mary Poppins Returns
Release date: Dec. 25
Emily Blunt takes over for Julie Andrews as the magical nanny in this sequel to the 1964 Disney musical. In it, she reappears in 1930s London to help the grownup Banks children, Michael and Jane (Ben Whishaw and Emily Mortimer) and Michaels own three kids.
Looking ahead at 2018s movie release calendar, the year is no less jam-packed with potential blockbusters (and stinkers), including some that are already looking like winners.
From solo superheroes to Han Solo to massive, game-changing team-ups, heres a peek at just some of whats in store for movie lovers over the next 12 months.
January
Paddington 2
Release date: Jan. 12
A sequel to 2014s criminally underseen family flick based on Michael Bonds Paddington Bear stories, Paddington 2 has already garnered extremely positive reviews from overseas markets, including the characters adoptive home of England, where it was released last November. (It currently has a nearly unheard of 100 percent Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Release date: Jan. 26
The third and final movie in the Maze Runner series, based on the young adult novels by BYU alum James Dashner, sees the Gladers led by Thomas (Dylan OBrien) embark on one final mission to take down the evil government program known in the films as WCKD.
February
Peter Rabbit
Release date: Feb. 9
A 3-D animated adaptation of Beatrix Potters beloved childrens stories, this movie features the voice talents of James Corden as Peter Rabbit alongside Daisy Ridley and Domhnall Gleeson.
Black Panther
Release date: Feb. 16
TChalla, the King of Wakanda (Chadwick Boseman), gets a much-deserved solo flick, adding one more layer to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in anticipation of Infinity War two months later.
Early Man
Release date: Feb. 16
The latest family friendly feature from British studio Aardman Animations (of Wallace and Gromit fame) is set in prehistoric times as a Stone Age tribe fights for survival against a new, technologically advanced Bronze Age civilization. Early Man features the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Maisie Williams and Tom Hiddleston, among others.
March
A Wrinkle in Time
Release date: March 9
Madeleine LEngles beloved fantasy novel gets the big-screen treatment courtesy of Disney and Ava DuVernay (Selma). When her father (Chris Pine) goes missing, a young girl (Storm Reid) embarks on a journey across dimensions to save him. Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling and Reese Witherspoon co-star.
Tomb Raider
Release date: March 16
This origin story for the iconic video game heroine stars Alicia Vikander as a young Lara Croft, who goes in search of answers after her adventurer father disappears while searching for a mysterious island.
Pacific Rim Uprising
Release date: March 23
Get ready for more giant mech-on-monster fighting in this sequel to Guillermo del Toro's 2013 film. Star Wars John Boyega stars.
Isle of Dogs
Release date: March 23
Quirky indie auteur Wes Anderson (The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom) returns to the world of stop-motion animation for this feature set in Japan, following a boys search for his pet dog.
Ready Player One
Release date: March 30
Anytime Steven Spielberg decides to make a movie, its worth paying attention. After dramatic fare recently like Bridge of Spies and The Post, the legendary filmmaker is switching back into popcorn-movie mode to tackle this adaptation of Ernest Clines hugely popular sci-fi novel about a competition to find an Easter egg hidden inside a futuristic virtual reality world known as the OASIS.
Mary Magdalene
Release date: March 30 (limited)
A biblical biopic about Mary Magdalene (Rooney Mara) and her relationship to Jesus (Joaquin Phoenix) and his other disciples before the crucifixion.
April
The New Mutants
Release date: April 13
With Foxs recent acquisition by Disney, the future of X-Men franchise is a little uncertain. This Josh Boone-directed spinoff, though, takes things in an unexpectedly dark direction, turning mutant powers into the basis for a full-fledged horror movie as five mutant teens fight to escape a secret facility.
Rampage
Release date: April 20
Based on the 1980s arcade game, this Dwayne The Rock Johnson vehicle sees him as a primatologist trying to save the world (naturally) after a science experiment-gone-wrong transforms a trio of animals, including his own albino gorilla, into giant monsters.
May
Avengers: Infinity War
Release date: May 4
It doesnt get much bigger than this. Bringing together pretty much every major character from the last 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for one epic battle, Infinity War is one of the largest productions in movie history and if comments from the cast and filmmakers are to be believed, it could also be the end of the MCU as we know it.
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Release date: May 25
A sci-fi film about a talented young space pilot who befriends a seven-foot-tall, bipedal alien bear-dog. Dont be surprised if this one becomes a hit, though its being directed by none other than Ron Howard. And of course, there is that Star Wars angle.
June
Oceans 8
Release date: June 8
Sandra Bullock stars as the estranged sister of Danny Ocean (George Clooney from the Oceans 11 series), who continues the family legacy, assembling a whos-who of criminals girls only, this time to pull off a ridiculously elaborate heist. Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling and more co-star.
Wont You Be My Neighbor?
Release date: June 8
An official documentary selection in this year's Sundance Film Festival, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" takes a look at the life of beloved children's TV figure Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers.
Incredibles 2
Release date: June 15
Yep. Its really happening: a sequel to arguably the best superhero movie ever made. Not much is known yet about the plot other than it involving Mr. Incredible on baby duty while Elastigirl goes off to save the world.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Release date: June 22
Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) head back to Jurassic World to save the dinosaurs when a volcano threatens to wipe them out all over again. More importantly, Jeff Goldblum reprises his role as Dr. Ian Malcolm.
July
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Release date: July 6
Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), daughter of physicist and Ant-Man suit inventor Hank Pym and original Wasp superhero Janet van Dyne, finally gets to suit up next to Paul Rudds Scott Lang in this sequel to 2015s surprisingly great Ant-Man.
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Release date: July 13
Dracula (Adam Sandler) and the gang go on a luxury cruise for monsters in this animated threequel directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.
Alita: Battle Angel
Release date: July 20
Based on Yukito Kishiros manga series about a beautiful, amnesiac cyborg found in a scrap heap, Alita was, for many years, James Camerons other, non-Avatar-related pet project. Against all odds, its finally seeing the light of day, directed now by Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) with Cameron attached as a producer.
Mission: Impossible 6
Release date: July 27
Tom Cruise returns as superspy Ethan Hunt, leading an all-star team of IMF agents (thats Impossible Mission Force, for the non-diehard fans out there). Also returning is director Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation), making a first for the series, which has previously made a point of hiring a new director with each new installment.
Teen Titans Go! to the Movies
Release date: July 27
The superhero team of Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven and Starfire make their animated feature-length debut in this movie based on the Cartoon Network series.
August
The Meg
Release date: Aug. 10
Jason Statham battles a 70-foot shark.
September
Robin Hood
Release date: Sep. 21
Another year, another crack at Robin Hood. This time around, Taron Egerton (Eddie the Eagle, the Kingsman series) stars as a war-hardened Crusader with Jamie Foxx as Little John, a Moorish commander.
Smallfoot
Release date: Sep. 28
A Yeti (voiced by Channing Tatum) discovers proof that humans really do exist.
October
First Man
Release date: Oct. 12
Wunderkind writer-director Damien Chazelle re-teams with his La La Land star Ryan Gosling for this biopic about astronaut Neil Armstrong and the space expedition that led to him becoming the first man to set foot on the surface of the moon.
Goosebumps: Horrorland
Release date: Oct. 12
Next to nothing has been revealed so far about this sequel to 2015 family hit Goosebumps in which Jack Black played a fictionalized version of author R.L. Stine. That includes whether or not Black will reprise his role.
Mowgli
Release date: Oct. 19
Previously known as Jungle Book: Origins, this Warner Bros.-produced retelling of Rudyard Kiplings classic is being directed by motion-capture wizard Andy Serkis and is said to offer a darker take on the material than the recent live-action Disney movie based on the same story. Serkis will co-star as Baloo along with Christian Bale as Bagheera, Cate Blanchett as Kaa, Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan and Rohan Chand (Bad Words) as the titular man-cub.
November
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Release date: Nov. 2
Renesmee Cullen herself (Mackenzie Foy), for those Twilight fans, stars in this lavish, Disney-produced adaptation of Tchaikovskys Nutcracker ballet, alongside Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Release date: Nov. 2
Longtime X-Men franchise writer Simon Kinberg takes over directing duties on this redo of the Dark Phoenix storyline previously portrayed in the X-Men: The Last Stand, which Kinberg also scripted. This time, though, comic fans can look forward to a version of the story that, allegedly, will stay truer to the source material.
Holmes and Watson
Release date: Nov. 9
Forget actors like Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ian McKellan. For this (comedic) iteration of the classic crime-solving duo, Will Ferrell steps into the role of the worlds greatest detective with his Step Brothers co-star John C. Reilly as Dr. John Watson.
Dr. Seuss The Grinch
Release date: Nov. 9
A 3-D animated retelling of the classic Dr. Seuss story from Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me) with Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the loveable Christmas-hating green creature.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Release date: Nov. 16
The next installment in J.K. Rowlings ever-expanding world of wizards and witches, The Crimes of Grindelwald will see Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) joining forces with none other than a young Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law).
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2
Release date: Nov. 21
Wreck-It Ralph abandons his game once again, this time traveling through the Internet and Disneys own storied history as he and Vanellope von Schweetz (ahem, Princess Vanellope) try to save the arcade game Sugar Rush.
December
Mortal Engines
Release date: Dec. 14
Adapted from Philip Reeves young adult novel of the same name with a script by Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings writing partners, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, Mortal Engines is set in a zany, dystopian future where people live on giant mobile cities that roam the wastelands searching for and consuming smaller cities for resources.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Release date: Dec. 14
For non-comic fans, this could get confusing: Into the Spider-Verse is an animated Spider-Man movie not set in the Marvel Comic Universe, which is not related to Spider-Man: Homecoming, and features a Spider-Man who is not Peter Parker specifically fan-favorite character Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), a half-black, half-Hispanic teen.
Aquaman
Release date: Dec. 21
After helping to save the world in Justice League, the half-Atlantean King of the Seven Seas/superhero (Jason Momoa) goes it alone in this movie directed by James Wan (The Conjuring). Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson and Dolph Lundgren co-star.
Bumblebee
Release date: Dec. 21
The first spinoff in a proposed Transformers cinematic universe (that may or may not end up happening) follows a young girl, played by Hailee Steinfeld (Pitch Perfect 2), who discovers the Autobot hiding out in a junkyard in 1987 California, 20 years before the start of the first Transformers movie.
Mary Poppins Returns
Release date: Dec. 25
Emily Blunt takes over for Julie Andrews as the magical nanny in this sequel to the 1964 Disney musical. In it, she reappears in 1930s London to help the grownup Banks children, Michael and Jane (Ben Whishaw and Emily Mortimer) and Michaels own three kids.
