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There are plenty of big movies on deck for 2022, even as a new COVID variant runs rampant and leaves large swaths of the entertainment industry in a state of unease. The pandemic wreaked havoc on Hollywood, and caused mass upheaval in 2021 as studios scrambled to release movies in theaters, on home viewing platforms and in many cases, both at the same time.
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Time will tell, but for now, hereB次元官网网址檚 a look at what will be rolling out in theaters over the next 12 months, a year that will see no shortage of familiar faces and characters gracing screens.
And as the previous two years have taught us all too well, dates are always, always subject to change.
A Double Shot of Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise has sat out the pandemic, and hasnB次元官网网址檛 been seen on screen since 2018B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淢ission: Impossible B次元官网网址� Fallout.B次元官网网址� He was due to return in 2020 with his B次元官网网址淭op GunB次元官网网址� sequel and in 2021 with his latest B次元官网网址淢ission: ImpossibleB次元官网网址� adventure, but both were pushed back due to the uncertainty of theatergoing (Cruise is an ardent believer in the big screen movie theater experience). Both are now on deck for 2022, with B次元官网网址淭op Gun: MaverickB次元官网网址� set for May 27 and B次元官网网址淢ission: Impossible 7B次元官网网址� due out Sept. 30. And thatB次元官网网址檚 not all: perhaps the biggest day on CruiseB次元官网网址檚 calendar comes in July, when the box office superstar turns 60.
A new Dark Knight
Exit Ben Affleck, enter Robert Pattinson. The B次元官网网址淭wilightB次元官网网址� star becomes Bruce Wayne as a new chapter of the Dark Knight saga begins with B次元官网网址淭he BatmanB次元官网网址� on March 4. Director Matt Reeves (B次元官网网址淐loverfield,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淲ar of the Planet of the ApesB次元官网网址�) takes the reins on the franchise and pits Batman against the Riddler, played this time around by Paul Dano, in a turn thatB次元官网网址檚 sure to be darker than Jim CarreyB次元官网网址檚 take on the joking madman back in the hypercolor world of 1995B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淏atman Forever.B次元官网网址� One wish: can we skip the origin story of young Bruce WayneB次元官网网址檚 parents getting killed in an alley? We get it already.
Superhero Field Day
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Return of the King
ItB次元官网网址檚 been so long since B次元官网网址淎vatarB次元官网网址� hit screens that it sometimes feels like it never did. The box office behemoth became the biggest grosser of all-time B次元官网网址� it has since been topped by B次元官网网址淪tar Wars: Episode VII - The Force AwakensB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淎vengers: EndgameB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� but outside of a 2017 B次元官网网址淪NLB次元官网网址� sketch, it didnB次元官网网址檛 leave much of a lasting cultural footprint. James Cameron originally intended for the filmB次元官网网址檚 follow-up to hit theaters in 2014, but the release date and number of sequels (thereB次元官网网址檚 an B次元官网网址淎vatar 5B次元官网网址�?!?) has shifted so many times itB次元官网网址檚 difficult to keep up with it all. With B次元官网网址淎vatar 2B次元官网网址� finally due out Dec. 16, weB次元官网网址檙e ready to be wowed.
Big name biopics
Jennifer HudsonB次元官网网址檚 starring turn as Aretha Franklin in B次元官网网址淩espectB次元官网网址� didnB次元官网网址檛 hit box office gold but biopics remain an important part of the Hollywood machine. In 2022 we will get the Whitney Houston story with B次元官网网址淚 Wanna Dance With SomebodyB次元官网网址� (Dec. 23), Ana de Armas (B次元官网网址淣o Time to DieB次元官网网址�) will play Marilyn Monroe in B次元官网网址淏londeB次元官网网址� (date TBA), and B次元官网网址淢oulin RougeB次元官网网址� director Baz Luhrmann takes on Elvis Presley in his still-Untitled Elvis Presley Project (June 24), with Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker, PresleyB次元官网网址檚 manager.
Friendly neighborhood slashers
No matter how many times you kill them, horror movie villains keep coming back, and we wouldnB次元官网网址檛 have it any other way. This year weB次元官网网址檒l finally say goodbye to Michael Myers (yeah right) in B次元官网网址淗alloween EndsB次元官网网址� (Oct. 14), the final chapter in David Gordon GreenB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淗alloweenB次元官网网址� trilogy, and weB次元官网网址檒l say hello again to Ghostface in the rebooted B次元官网网址淪creamB次元官网网址� (Jan. 14), the meta-horror seriesB次元官网网址� fifth installment. And what would a year be without Leatherface? HeB次元官网网址檒l be back for a ninth time in B次元官网网址淭exas Chainsaw MassacreB次元官网网址� (Feb. 18). Happy hunting!
Peele back
What do we know about the latest movie from Jordan Peele? Not a whole heck of a lot. But the B次元官网网址淕et OutB次元官网网址� director, who stumbled a bit with his follow-up film B次元官网网址淯s,B次元官网网址� is back with B次元官网网址淣opeB次元官网网址� (July 22), which reteams him with B次元官网网址淕et OutB次元官网网址� star (and Oscar-winner) Daniel Kaluuya, along with Keke Palmer and Troy-raised Oscar nominee Steven Yeun. And thatB次元官网网址檚 about all we know, folks. WeB次元官网网址檒l find out the rest when everybody else does.
Sequels, threequels and more
A reimagined B次元官网网址淐inderellaB次元官网网址� for the (latest) Air Jordan generation, B次元官网网址淪neakerellaB次元官网网址� hits screens Feb. 18. B次元官网网址淒isenchantedB次元官网网址� (TBA) is a follow-up to 2007B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淓nchanted.B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淟ightyearB次元官网网址� (June 17) tells the origin story of B次元官网网址淭oy StoryB次元官网网址� good guy Buzz Lightyear. And B次元官网网址淒eath on the NileB次元官网网址� continues the tale of 2017B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淢urder on the Orient Express.B次元官网网址� With the rest of these, the titles pretty much say it all: B次元官网网址淒ownton Abbey 2B次元官网网址� (March 18), B次元官网网址淪onic the Hedgehog 2B次元官网网址� (April 8), B次元官网网址淔antastic Beasts: The Secrets of DumbledoreB次元官网网址� (April 15), B次元官网网址淟egally Blonde 3B次元官网网址� (May 20), B次元官网网址淛urassic World: DominionB次元官网网址� (June 10), B次元官网网址淢inions: The Rise of GruB次元官网网址� (July 1), B次元官网网址淎quaman and the Lost KingdomB次元官网网址� (Dec. 16), B次元官网网址淜nives Out 2B次元官网网址� (TBA), B次元官网网址淗ocus Pocus 2B次元官网网址� (TBA).
Heroes never die
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Originals!
This may come as a surprise, but not every story in Hollywood is based on a previously existing property. Crazy, right? A handful of the original stories heading to the screen in 2022 include Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in the romantic comedy B次元官网网址淭he Lost CityB次元官网网址� (March 25); Harry Styles and Florence Pugh in director Olivia WildeB次元官网网址檚 1950s-set thriller B次元官网网址淒onB次元官网网址檛 Worry DarlingB次元官网网址� (Sept. 23); Ryan Reynolds in the time travel adventure B次元官网网址淭he Adam ProjectB次元官网网址� (TBA), starring as a man who teams up with his younger self to confront his late father; B次元官网网址淭he LighthouseB次元官网网址� director Robert Eggers returns with his Viking epic B次元官网网址淭he NorthmanB次元官网网址� (April 8) starring Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy and Bjork (!); Channing Tatum makes his directorial debut with B次元官网网址淒ogB次元官网网址� (Feb. 18); Michelle Yeoh stars in the multiverse sci-fi epic B次元官网网址淓verything Everywhere All at OnceB次元官网网址� (March 25); and Brad Pitt and Tobey Maguire star in the latest from B次元官网网址淟a La LandB次元官网网址� director Damien Chazelle with B次元官网网址淏abylonB次元官网网址� (Dec. 25).
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