10 movies we can't wait to see in 2019, from 'Captain Marvel' to 'Aladdin'
Sure, 'Avengers 4' and 'Star Wars' are coming, but here are 10 more movies we can't wait to see in 2019, from 'Dumbo' and 'Shazam!' to 'John Wick 3.'
10 movies we can't wait to see in 2019, from 'Captain Marvel' to 'Aladdin' Sure, 'Avengers 4' and 'Star Wars' are coming, but here are 10 more movies we can't wait to see in 2019, from 'Dumbo' and 'Shazam!' to 'John Wick 3.' Check out this story on visaliatimesdelta.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/01/03/10-movies-we-cant-wait-see-2019-aladdin-godzilla-captain-marvel/2405746002/
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY Published 7:39 a.m. PT Jan. 3, 2019 | Updated 4:49 p.m. PT Jan. 3, 2019
Brie Larson's space warrior has to unlock mysteries of her past in the Marvel superhero adventure "Captain Marvel."(Photo: CHUCK ZLOTNICK)
The next year is going to be spent talking a lot about "Avengers: Endgame" in April, "Toy Story 4" in June and "Star Wars: Episode IX" in December. Just give us the tickets already because we're beyond stoked. But there are many more intriguing entries coming in 2019, from revamped Disney classics and awesome assassins to the return of one lovable monstrous lizard and Marvel's first headlining superheroine.
Here are exclusive looks at the 10 movies we can't wait to see in the months ahead:
1. 'Captain Marvel' (March 8)
Before Brie Larson's energy-blasting heroine plays a role in "Endgame," Carol Danvers gets a proper introduction as the fighter pilot/space warrior in a 1990s-era solo adventure. "It's so cool to play a superhero wearing a Nine Inch Nails T-shirt, ripped jeans and Doc Martens," Larson says. A protagonist who needs to figure out her own mysterious backstory (plus fight shapeshifting Skrulls), Carol's "not this perfect ideal of a woman. She's my perfect ideal because she's flawed and she owns those and learns to work with them, and is making mistakes over the course of this movie finding herself – figuring out her past, but also discovering her own strength and power."
Winston Duke (top), Lupita Nyong'o and Evan Alex star as family members fighting off their malevolent doppelgangers in the horror film "Us." (Photo: CLAUDETTE BARIUS)
2. 'Us' (March 15)
"Get Out" writer/director Jordan Peele promises a "scarier" experience with his new horror film, which follows a family (Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex) tormented by mysterious, creepy versions of themselves during a beach getaway. "As a country that seems obsessed with the idea of the outsider coming to take what's ours, it felt appropriate to tell a story where the enemies have our face and the invader is not what we expect or tend to fear," Peele says, adding that he's paying homage to all his heroes: "Hitchcock, Spielberg, Kubrick – everybody's in there in some way."
Former circus star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell, left) and his children Milly (Nico Parker) and Joe (Finley Hobbins) care for a very special newborn elephant in Tim Burton's "Dumbo." (Photo: DISNEY)
3. 'Dumbo' (March 29)
In Tim Burton's live-action take on the Disney classic, the flying elephant in the title has a way of bringing out the fundamental truth of every human character. In the case of Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell), the horse showman who lost both his wife and left arm while fighting in World War I, he gets his life back on track taking care of newborn Dumbo with his two children. The little circus elephant awakens Holt "as a man who can trust in sweetness and who doesn't just see the world through the lens of the violence and the inhumanity that he observed while he was away at the war," Farrell says. "That's a huge thing."
The title teen-turned-superhero (Zachary Levi, right) learns his new powers and deals with bad guys like Dr. Sivana (Mark Strong) in "Shazam!" (Photo: WARNER BROS.)
4. 'Shazam!' (April 5)
The main man of DC's comedic superhero movie is right in star Zachary Levi's wheelhouse. "I've always been drawn to characters with big hearts, or they're drawn to me," says Levi, who plays the musclebound result when 14-year-old Billy Batson (Asher Angel) utters the magic word "Shazam!" Like "Big" meets "Superman," the movie taps into universal childhood imagination. "At some point, we all thought, 'If I just believe hard enough, then I can fly or run across the water or read somebody's thoughts.' This is a kid getting to live out those dreams. It's a tale as old as time but of all the superhero movies, it has yet to be told."
David Harbour (center) brandishes the big guns and bigger Right Hand of Doom as the title superhero of "Hellboy." (Photo: MARK ROGERS)
5. 'Hellboy' (April 12)
The half-demon, all-sarcastic superhero gets a reboot with David Harbour (replacing Ron Perlman in the role) wearing cut-off horns and the Right Hand of Doom as Hellboy battles supernatural threats like the deadly Blood Queen (Milla Jovovich) while also trying to fit into society. "I love that he is sort of destined to bring about the apocalypse, and yet he himself just wants to be, like, a good guy," Harbour says. The new film leans into blood, guts and a morally complicated hero. "Hellboy is fundamentally a sweet-hearted guy but also a big old killer, just whacking people. We explore the horror of what it must be like to be from hell and to struggle to find your place among human beings."
Keanu Reeves' semi-retired assassin needs serious help when a global community of killers is out to get him in "John Wick: Chapter 3." (Photo: LIONSGATE)
6. 'John Wick: Chapter 3' (May 17)
Keanu Reeves' semi-retired assassin just can't catch a break, with a global community of killers out to get him as Wick travels from New York to Morocco and back, seeking any help he can find to survive. "I'm a big fan of Joseph Campbell's mythologies of the hero and what he would have defined as the theater of pain, or sometimes we call it 'The Die Hard Conundrum': We just to like to beat the (stuffing) out of our heroes," director Chad Stahelski says, promising more of Wick's origins will be revealed. "If you choose that kind of lifestyle, you're going to be pretty beat up. So we like John Wick to suffer and think Keanu loves for John Wick to suffer, too."
Naomi Scott is the beautiful and self-determined Princess Jasmine in the new live-action adaptation of Disney's "Aladdin." (Photo: DANIEL SMITH)
7. 'Aladdin' (May 24)
Guy Ritchie's musical redo is a "bigger and brighter" take on the Disney cartoon, says Naomi Scott, who herself is adding dimension to Princess Jasmine by emphasizing the strength and intelligence of the iconic character she loved growing up. Jasmine's arc obviously involves falling for street rat Aladdin (Mena Massoud): "They're the perfect partnership because they both need each other and teach each other." But it's also about "finding her voice" and wanting the best for the people of Agrabah. "She gradually finds the courage to speak out against injustice and that's kind of her objective from the start of the movie: 'I see these people, I love them.' "
The three-headed golden dragon Ghidorah returns to the big screen, along with other giant creatures like Rodan and Mothra, to fight for supremacy in "Godzilla: King of the Monsters." (Photo: WARNER BROS.)
8. 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' (May 31)
When he was 4, director Michael Dougherty says his primary "security blanket" was a Godzilla toy. "I would take him to church. That's how much I loved him." And with the new sequel, he's putting the "god" in the "Godzilla" franchise, bringing back the likes of three-headed golden dragon Ghidorah and winged moth Mothra from the old Japanese monster films. In the movie's world, "they're not just big dumb animals. They were worshipped back in the day," Dougherty says. The titanic creatures once co-existed with humans, yet when they and Godzilla rise once again to find out who truly rules in "King," that understanding between man and monster has been forgotten. "There's a fantastical element that comes into that. It's not just pure science fiction."
Taron Egerton wears a variety of Elton John's flamboyant looks playing the pop legend in the musical fantasy "Rocketman." (Photo: DAVID APPLEBY)
9. 'Rocketman' (May 31)
Taron Egerton truly embraced all things Elton John while filming the musical fantasy inspired by the pop legend's life from the late 1950s to the end of the '80s, singing about a dozen of his most famous numbers and wearing a wide variety of ultra-flamboyant looks. "I wear a Queen Elizabeth I costume at one point, that was a lot of fun. There's a lot of hot pants and not much else. It was a baptism of fire, really," Egerton says. As much as it's based in reality, he adds, "Rocketman" also utilizes heightened fantasy elements to make the story "magical, kind of trippy, a bit otherworldly and quite dark."
Elisabeth Moss, Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy star as a trio of women who take over the Irish mob in Hell's Kitchen in the crime drama "The Kitchen." (Photo: ALISON COHEN ROSA)
10. 'The Kitchen' (Sept. 20)
In the 1970s-set crime drama, Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss play wives who take over the Irish mob in Hell's Kitchen when their husbands are nabbed by the FBI. Putting women in positions they're not normally found became a theme, from its comedic actresses to a female director making her debut in a male-dominated genre. "Don't underestimate people" was the main idea for Andrea Berloff, adding that "Thelma & Louise" proved influential with "two really tough women who are 'criminals' and yet we love them." Berloff was "raised and reared" on old mob movies, "so they're in there somewhere, but I really wanted to find my own voice in my own way."
Exclusive new photos from 2019's must-see movies
A host of new movies arrive in 2019, from big-budget treasures to smaller delights, including a fresh adaptation of Disney's "Aladdin" featuring Naomi Scott as the beautiful and self-determined Princess Jasmine. DANIEL SMITH
One year after her husband's untimely death, a widow (Katherine Waterston) is spurred to find out what happened and the truth of his dark past in the thriller "State Like Sleep" (in theaters Jan. 4). SABRINA LANTOS
Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson, left) is fascinated by the multiple personalities of fellow supervillain inmate Kevin Crumb (James McAvoy) in M. Night Shyamalan's "Glass" (Jan. 18). JESSICA KOURKOUNIS
A group of teens (including Tom Taylor and Rhianna Dorris) become knights to fight an evil enchantress in a new take on Arthurian legend, "The Kid Who Would Be King" (Jan. 25). KERRY BROWN
A world-renowned thief (Michael Caine, right) rounds up a band of misfit criminals (including Charlie Cox) to pull off Britain's biggest bank heist in "King of Thieves" (Jan. 25). JACK ENGLISH
A fishing boat captain (Matthew McConaughey) has his life upended by his ex-wife (Anne Hathaway) and her violent new husband (Jason Clarke) in the thriller "Serenity" (Jan. 25). AVIRON PICTURES
A man (Christopher Abbott) wanting to purge his dark past meets a twisted woman (Mia Wasikowska) in the psycho-thriller love story "Piercing" (Feb. 1). UNIVERSAL PICTURES CONTENT GROUP
Zawe Ashton (left) and Jake Gyllenhaal star in Dan Gilroy's Netflix thriller set in L.A.'s contemporary art scene, "Velvet Buzzsaw" (Feb. 1). CLAUDETTE BARIUS/NETFLIX
A family man (Liam Neeson, with Emmy Rossum) turns icy vigilante after his son is murdered in the action thriller "Cold Pursuit" (Feb. 8). DOANE GREGORY
In the thriller "Everybody Knows" (Feb. 8), Javier Bardem stars as a Spanish man whose friend (Penelope Cruz) returns for a wedding where her daughter is kidnapped. Teresa Isasi/FOCUS
Rory Culkin (with Sky Ferreira) plays a teenager who starts a Norwegian black metal band in the 1980s in the drama "Lords of Chaos" (Feb. 8). GUNPOWDER & SKY
Taylor Schilling plays a mom who worries that her boy (Jackson Robert Scott) might be possessed in "The Prodigy" (Feb. 8). RAFY
Sam Elliott stars as a World War II veteran who, decades after assassinating Adolf Hitler, is tasked by the government to hunt down Bigfoot in "The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot" (Feb. 8). RLJE FILMS
After waking up in a future world with no memories, cyborg heroine Alita (Rosa Salazar, with Keean Johnson) tries to find freedom in the sci-fi action film "Alita: Battle Angel" (Feb. 14). 20TH CENTURY FOX
Dwayne Johnson (left) stars as himself and Vince Vaughn is a pro-wrestling talent scout in the comedy/drama "Fighting With My Family" (Feb. 14), about two British siblings trying to break into the WWE. ROBERT VIGLASKY/MGM
College student Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) gets stuck in a time loop yet again, this time to catch a new serial killer, in the horror sequel "Happy Death Day 2 U" (Feb. 14). UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and his Night Fury dragon pal Toothless embark an epic final adventure in the animated fantasy "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" (Feb. 22). DREAMWORKS ANIMATION
Chiwetel Ejiofor (left) writes, directs and stars in Netflix's "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" (March 1), about a teen (Maxwell Simba) in Malawai who invents a way to save his family and village from famine. NETFLIX
Seana Kerslake stars as a mom who fears the worst when her son disappears and then returns seeming unlike himself in the supernatural thriller "The Hole in the Ground" (March 1). A24/DIRECTV
Tyler Perry puts on the wig and women's clothing as his irascible grandmother character Madea in the comedy "A Madea Family Funeral" (March 1). CHIP BERGMAN
Brie Larson's space warrior has to unlock mysteries of her past in her solo superhero adventure "Captain Marvel" (March 8) before playing a role in "Avengers: Endgame" (April 26). CHUCK ZLOTNICK
A couple of tech upstarts (Alexander Skarsgard, center, and Jesse Eisenberg) compete for fiber-optic supremacy against their old boss (Salma Hayek) in "The Hummingbird Project" (March 15). THE ORCHARD
Former Special Forces operatives (Garrett Hedlund, from left, Oscar Isaac, Ben Affleck, Charlie Hunnam and Pedro Pascal) plan a daring South American heist in Netflix's "Triple Frontier" (March 15). MELINDA SUE GORDON
Winston Duke (top), Lupita Nyong'o and Evan Alex star as family members fighting off their malevolent doppelgangers in the horror film "Us" (March 15). CLAUDETTE BARIUS
A criminal former soldier (Joel Kinnaman, right) works with FBI agents (Clive Owen and Rosamund Pike) to take down a New York crime boss in "The Informer" (March 22). AVIRON PICTURES
Bernadette Fox (Cate Blanchett) goes missing from an idyllic life and her family has to solve the mystery of her disappearance in Richard Linklater's "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" (March 22). WILSON WEBB/ANNAPURNA PICTURES
Former circus star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell, left) and his children Milly (Nico Parker) and Joe (Finley Hobbins) care for a very special newborn elephant in Tim Burton's "Dumbo" (March 29). DISNEY
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (right) stars as a woman who learns she has supernatural powers and reconnects with her mom (Lorraine Toussaint) while on the run in the thriller "Fast Color" (March 29). JACOB YAKOB
Woody Harrelson (far left), Kevin Costner and Thomas Mann are lawmen hunting down Bonnie and Clyde in Netflix's "Highwaymen" (March 29). MERRICK MORTON/NETFLIX
Kristen Stewart stars a young woman who spends years as the public persona of a literary figure created by her sister-in-law in "J.T. LeRoy" (March 29). ALLEN FRASER
Emilio Estevez (center, with Christian Slater) directs and stars in "The Public" (spring 2019), about the conflict between patrons and officials stuck in a Cincinnati library during a nasty arctic blast. BRIAN DOUGLAS
Pregnant with Roman Polanski's child, actress Sharon Tate (Hilary Duff) is plagued by strange visions of her imminent death in "The Haunting of Sharon Tate" (April 5). SABAN FILMS
The title teen-turned-superhero (Zachary Levi, right) learns his new powers and deals with bad guys like Dr. Sivana (Mark Strong) in "Shazam!" (April 5). WARNER BROS.
Chrissy Metz stars as a mother who keeps hope alive after her adopted son falls into an icy lake in the inspirational drama "Breakthrough" (April 12). ALLEN FRASER
David Harbour (center) brandishes the big guns and bigger Right Hand of Doom as the title superhero of "Hellboy" (April 12). MARK ROGERS
Anne Hathaway (left) and Rebel Wilson play con women Josephine Chesterfield and Penny Rust respectively in the "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" remake "The Hustle" (May 10). CHRISTIAN BLACK/MGM
Keanu Reeves' semi-retired assassin needs serious help when a global community of killers is out to get him in "John Wick: Chapter 3" (May 17). LIONSGATE
Mena Massoud plays the "street rat" title character who rubs a lamp and makes friends with an entertaining genie in Guy Ritchie's live-action "Aladdin" (May 24). DISNEY
The three-headed golden dragon Ghidorah returns to the big screen, alongside Rodan and Mothra, to fight for supremacy in "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" (May 31). WARNER BROS.
Taron Egerton wears a variety of Elton John's flamboyant looks playing the pop legend in the musical fantasy "Rocketman" (May 31). DAVID APPLEBY
Powerful telekinetic Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) becomes a pawn in a cosmic conflict when her abilities grow stronger and more unstable in the X-Men film "Dark Phoenix" (June 7). DOANE GREGORY
High-strung bunny Snowball (voiced by Kevin Hart, left) makes friends with a Shih Tzu named Daisy (Tiffany Haddish) in the animal-filled animated sequel "The Secret Life of Pets 2" (June 7). ILLUMINATION/UNIVERSAL
Em (Tessa Thompson) and H (Chris Hemsworth) are part of a new generation of agents protecting the world from alien threats in "Men in Black: International" (June 14). GILES KEYTE
Elisabeth Moss, Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy star as a trio of women who take over the Irish mob in Hell's Kitchen in the crime drama "The Kitchen" (Sept. 20). ALISON COHEN ROSA
Honor Swinton Byrne (daughter of Tilda) is a film student and Tom Burke is her untrustworthy love interest in the upcoming Sundance drama "The Souvenir" (2019). DIANA PATIENT
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