The 2012 Geek Movie Lineup
Wow, what a potentially great year it is for movies that fall into the category of “geek”. I say potentially because many, if not most of these, may stink. On the surface, they sound like fun.
Dark Knight Rises – Chris Nolan’s final episode of his Batman movies, this will not stink (July 20)
The Avengers – Marvel gets their heroes in a room, they bicker, they save the world (May 4)
The Amazing Spider Man – Not sure why, but this is getting a re-boot, promising it to be “darker, more serious” (July 3)
The Hunger Games – Based on the very popular books, kids fight to the death ( March 23)
Prometheus – Ridley Scott’s prequel (maybe, but likely) to Alien ( June 8 )
The Hobbit – Peter Jackson returns to direct the prequel story to The Lord of the Rings (Dec 14)
Two competing “Snow White” movies: Snow White & The Huntsman (June 1)
and Mirror-Mirror (Mar 16)
Brave – Pixar’s next movie, about an Irish girl who likes to swing a sword (June 22)
Battleship – yes, the board game is now a movie, remember what I said at the beginning about “stinking” (May 18)
The Three Stooges – The Farrley Brothers take on a really tough subject (April 13)
Gravity – Alfonzo Cuaron’s space movie with George Clooney and Sandra Bullock (Nov 21)
And even more that don’t yet have trailers!!
Skyfall – The next Bond movie (Nov 7)
Abe Lincoln, Vampire Hunter – Based of the loved cult graphic novel, it is as the title suggests (June 22nd)
World War Z – Brad Pitt fights zombies! Everyone is in the zombie business these days (Dec 21)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – Lucas screws with the movies again, this time releasing them in 3D (Feb 10)
Dark Shadows – Johnny Depp resurrects the once great TV show (May 11)
The Bourne Legacy – Jeremy Renner takes over in this franchise (Aug 3)
Total Recall – Yes, this classic is being remade with Colin Farrell (Aug 3)