War . Racism . Global heating . Donald Trump . There are so many cause to fear the future , but there are also a few reasons to stay on getting out of bottom in the morning for the next 12 months — they all just bechance to be pop culture events . We ’ve been discussing2016 ’s dear movies , TV showsandmorein profoundness , but here are the skilful of the good of the class ahead .
1) The Age of Non-Traditional Heroes
We ’re in the Golden Age of superhero movie . No one refuse this . DC ’s last about to get its cinematic macrocosm up and running , Marvel is churning out four flick a year … so it ’s decent to see that both society are try out a bit more with the literary genre . Obviously , the universal gas constant - rated , hyper - violet , 4th - wall - breaking Deadpool movie will be the year ’s biggest risk , but one that could pay off as superhero movie fans look for something new . DC ’s Suicide Squad , where a mixed bag of scoundrel are forced to face up off against an even worse foe might even get along better than Batman V. Superman . And while Marvel ’s Dr. Strange might be the most traditional of the three , it ’s still going to have to task of bringing magic , hell , and some earnestly freaky substitute dimensions to the MCU .
2) Game of Thrones Goes Off-Book
We mentioned it in our 2016 TV Preview , but we ’re extra emotional about the forthcoming six time of year of Game of Thrones because for the first metre , the show is almost entirely take in up to the books . It ’s finally clip to get answer to some of the questions we ’ve had since George R.R. Martin first publish A Game of Thrones back in 1996 . But we ’re equally looking forward to see long - promise effect like Danaerys in the end come upon out for Westeros , or the Others finally attacking the Wall . Sure , these things might not needfully happen in time of year six , but now that the show can lastly light upon out on its own , we bang these events are coming . ( Like wintertime . )
Our terminated scout to the biggest comics of 2016 is coming out next workweek , but there are two serial publication that deserve exceptional mention : Black Panther and Angel Catbird . Why ? Well , chiefly because they ’re being written by clap generator Ta - Nehisi Coates and Margaret Atwood , respectively . Coates is one of the preeminent socio - political writers of his twenty-four hour period , and reckon what he ’ll bring to Marvel ’s King of Wakanda is mind - boggling . Meanwhile , Margaret Atwood is one of the most critically acclaimed fiction source in the world , and she ’s going to be writing about a superhero who ’s half - computerized tomography and half - raspberry . Both of these comic strip are an essential read in 2016 .
4) The X-Files Are Getting Reopened
Why are we so unrestrained about the return of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully ? Sure , The X - Files was great in its efflorescence , but the show went completely off the rails by the end , and it ’s not like either of the two movies blow anyone away . Yet here we are , shivering with anticipation for our two favorite FBI agents to get back out there and start investigating aliens , monsters , and all the other supernatural phenomenon again . peradventure it ’s because The ex - file works well as a show . Maybe it ’s because so much of the original television set staff is back , and we think they ’ll be able-bodied to recapture the magic . Maybe it ’s just because David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson seem really glad and excited to be back , and their exuberance is infectious . Or maybe it ’s part of a terrifying government confederacy . Who knows ?
5) The Preacher Is On His Way
AMC has n’t actually announced that the long , long - wait TV adaptation of Garth Ennis ’ cult favorite comedian is come out this year , but seeing as the show is solidly in yield , we ’d be very surprised if Jesse Custer , Tulip and Cassidy did n’t embellish our idiot box screens before 2017 . The fact that the show is finally happen — especially from genuine Preacher fan Seth Rogen ( and his production company)—well , it ’s potential that it will end up having been deserving the wait .
6) We May Get the First Great Video Game Movie Ever
A secure picture game movie is n’t quite as well - fuck an oxymoron as “ jumbo shrimp , ” but it ’s tight . Still , we may have to retire it forever when the Warcraft moving-picture show comes out . If you ’ve see the trailers for the cinema based on the hit MMORPG , you know if looks enough good , but lots of picture game flick look expert . The reason we ’re so bright for Warcraft is that it ’s directed by Duncan Jones of Moon celebrity . If there ’s someone who can take a stock fantasy storey of humans combat orcs and turn it into a compelling , thoughtful narrative , we ’d put our money on Jones .
7) Ghostbusters Is Going to Rock
make over Ghostbusters always go like such a horrible , freelance , unneeded estimate … until the Clarence Day we learned it would star Kristen Wiig , Melissa McCarthy , Leslie Jones , and Kate McKinnon , and be take by Paul Feig . Now it ’s a great idea , and we ca n’t wait to see these ladies don their proton packs and start cleaning up the town . Even if the moving-picture show is somehow bad — and with this cast and bunch , that ’s not specially in all likelihood — we’d still rather have this than the inescapably sad Ghostbusters 3 that Dan Aykroyd has been taste to make for the last 25 years .
8) It’s a Year-Long Superhero Free-for-All
Why settle for one superhero when you may have a twelve ? 2016 is focuses almost totally on team travail — and place as many sub together as possible ( even if they ’re start out together to fight each other ) . Captain America : Civil War is so jam-packed with heroes it ’s being referred to as Avengers 2.5 . Batman V. Superman is n’t just introducing Wonder Woman and Aquaman , but set up up the eventual Justice League movie . cristal - Men Apocalypse looks to asterisk practically every individual major X - military personnel that has n’t yet made it on - screenland . And it ’s not just the movies ! The Legends of Tomorrow are n’t incisively the Justice League , but they ’re still the first material super - squad of the DC / CW / video universe .
9) An Even Better Star Wars Movie Is Coming
As ripe as The Force Awakens looked head up to its release , I think we were all still pretty anxious about whether it would be right or no ; obviously , it was middling darn dependable . Comparatively , Rogue One has always sounded awesome from the first day we heard about Disney ’s first stand - alone film about the group of Rebel pilots task with getting their workforce on the plans for the first Death Star . I do n’t know that we ’re even emotionally ready for another great Star Wars flick so presently after TFA , but at least we have 11 calendar month to groom .
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