ComingSoon.net's 25 Most Anticipated 2019 Movies!

ComingSoon.net’s 25 Most Anticipated Movies of 2019!

It’s 2019! A new year is upon us, so ComingSoon.net is looking into our crystal ball to try to figure out which movies we think our readers are going to really love over the next 12 months. With that in mind, we present to you the list of our 25 Most Anticipated 2019 Movies, which you can check out in the gallery below!

Last year ComingSoon.net turned twenty years old, and if you looked at the top 10 movies of our founding year of 1998 you would only find two remakes (Dr. Dolittle and Godzilla) and one sequel (Lethal Weapon 4). The rest of the films including Armageddon, Saving Private Ryan, There’s Something About Mary and A Bug’s Life were all original properties. There’s a good chance the 9th highest grossing film of that year, Shakespeare in Love, would be released straight to VOD these days.

The truth is every film in the Top 10 grossers of 2018 was a franchise film save one (Bohemian Rhapsody), so if our list seems very franchise-centric that is simply because those are the films most audiences and our readership seem to be engaged with in this day and age. You’ll still find a few original films from ace filmmakers in the list, and throughout the year we will still cover the full range of movies coming out in 2019, be they drama, action, indie or even edgy Netflix offerings.

Which of our 25 Most Anticipated 2019 Movies are you the most excited about? What are some other films not included in our list that you are looking forward to? Let us know in the comments below!

25 Most Anticipated Movies of 2018

#25: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (August 2)

It's a veritable battle of the baldies as Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham as their Fast & Furious characters form an unlikely alliance to battle a baddie played by Idris Elba. Deadpool 2's David Leitch directs.
#24: Aladdin (May 24)

Disney continues to mine their back catalogue of animated classics for live-action makeovers, with this one hailing from director Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Snatch) and starring Will Smith as The Genie.
#23: The New Mutants (August 2)

20th Century Fox's mutant-verse gets a horror makeover from The Fault in Our Stars filmmaker Josh Boone. While reports of a troubled production, delays and reshoots have plagued the project, we were encouraged by what we saw when we visited the set, which seeks to combine superhero heroics with Nightmare on Elm Street-style terror.
#22: Hellboy (April 12)

Mike Mignola's supernatural hero returns to the screen after an 11-year absence, this time with new blood in front of the camera (David Harbour as the title chacter) and behind (British filmmaker Neil Marshall). Add in an R-rating, lots of monsters and Milla Jovovich as the big bad and we are psyched.
#21: Jumanji 3 (December 13)

Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Jack Black and Dwayne Johnson return after the smash success of 2017's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Jake Kasdan returns behind the camera, though not much is known yet as filming has yet to commence.
#20: Alita: Battle Angel (Feb 14)

One of the few original big budget action tentpoles coming out this year hails from producer/writer James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez, who will bring Yukito Kishiro's manga about a cyborg's journey to the big screen for the first time.
#19: Knives Out (November 27)

After the smash success of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, director Rian Johnson is going back to his Brick roots to tell a complex mystery story. The Agatha Christie-inspired detective yarn features an all-star cast led by Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon and Jamie Lee Curtis.
#18: Dumbo (March 29)

After his success with Alice in Wonderland, filmmaker Tim Burton brings another Disney animated classic to live-action with this heartwarming story of that cute baby elephant that can fly.
#17: Terminator 6 (November 1)

Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger reunite for the first time since T2, with Deadpool filmmaker Tim Miller revamping the franchise once again with hopefully better results than the third, fourth and fifth films. James Cameron also returns as a producer.
#16: Men in Black: International (June 14)

F. Gary Gray (Fate of the Furious) gives the two-decade franchise an international flavor, with Thor: Ragnarok co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson leading a new generation of suited agents defending the earth from the scum of the universe.
#15: Joker (October 4)

Todd Phillips of The Hangover trilogy might inject a new sense of humor into the character of The Joker with this reimagining of the villain's origin set in the 80's and produced by Martin Scorsese. Joaquin Phoenix will portray the Clown Prince of Crime in this story set outside of the current DC Extended Universe.
#14: Toy Story 4 (June 21)

Pixar's flagship franchise returns as Woody and Buzz as they embark on a road trip with a new toy named "Forky". Tim Allen and Tom Hanks return to lend their voices.
#13: Annabelle 3 (July 3)

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga's Ed and Lorraine Warren finally take part in the Conjuring spinoff universe in this third Annabelle solo film that revolves around the iconic evil doll going after the Warren's daughter and her babysitters.
#12: Shazam! (April 5)

Billy Batson joins the DCEU as the child who has the power to transform into an adult-sized superhero (Zachary Levi) in this comic book take on the Big formula.
11: Zombieland 2 (October 11)

Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and Woody Harrelson return in this ten-years-later sequel to the sleeper comedy hit. Original writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool) and director Ruben Fleischer (Venom) also return.
#10: John Wick 3: Parabellum (May 17)

Keanu Reeves caps the John Wick trilogy with an all-out war as the whole hitman world goes after our hero after the events of the second film. Halle Berry plays Sophia, an ally of Wick on his dangerous journey.
#9: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (May 31)

If you were upset about only getting roughly 8-minutes of Godzilla in the 2014 American redo, then get ready for a veritable monster buffet as the other Titans are awakened, including Mothra, Rodan and the three-headed King Ghidorah.
#8: It: Chapter Two (September 6)

Twenty-seven years after the horrific events of the summer of 1989, The Losers Club reunites as adults to once again combat the evil clown that is Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård). James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain and Bill Hader play the adult versions of the characters, while the original child cast also returns for flashbacks.
#7: Captain Marvel (March 8)

Arguably the most powerful hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe gets an intro just before the events of Avengers: Endgame. Oscar-winner Brie Lasron plays Carol Danvers as a hero learning her origin in reverse, with Samuel L. Jackson getting a 90's digital makeover to look 20-years younger as Nick Fury.
#6: The Lion King (July 19)

After the phenomenal success of his Jungle Book adaptation, Jon Favreau revives another Disney property with a formidable voice cast including Donald Glover as Simba, Beyoncé as Nala, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar and James Earl Jones reprising Mufasa.
#5: Us (March 15)

Jordan Peele blew us away with his Oscar-winning debut Get Out, and looks to be bringing more screams with his new film about a family on vacation being murderously pursued by their own doppelgangers.
#4: Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 5)

Peter Parker (Tom Holland) goes international on a European summer vacation with his friends that turns into a post-Endgame mission in which Nick Fury helps him fight against Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio.
#3: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (July 26)

Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio star in Quentin Tarantino's sprawling ensemble film which takes place in 1960's Hollywood against the backdrop of the Manson murders. Also in the star-studded cast are Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Kurt Russell.
#2: Avengers: Endgame (April 26)

We're in the Endgame now. After their defeat at the end of Infinity War, the original core Avengers (Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye) team up with new allies in a plan to reverse the universal devastation of Thanos.
#1: Star Wars: Episode IX (December 20)

J.J. Abrams returns to co-write and direct the "final chapter" in the Skywalker Saga as Rey, Finn and Poe face off against Kylo Ren's First Order in a battle for the soul of the galaxy. Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams and the late Carrie Fisher reprise their Original Trilogy roles in a chapter that will reportedly tie together the entire nine-chapter saga.