Image Credit: Andrew Eccles; James White; Jaap BuitendijkYeah yeah yeah, 2010 isn’t quite over, and there are still several films high on our want-to-see list — Tron: Legacy, How Do You Know?, True Grit, Little Fockers, etc. But 2011 is nigh upon us, and we here at PopWatch central could not help but notice how jam-packed the impending year truly is with highly anticipated movies of all stripes. To wit: In the spring, we’ve got the Johnny Depp animated film Rango (March 4), sci-fi action flicks I Am Number Four (Feb. 18) and Battle: Los Angeles (March 11), and Zack Snyder’s geektastic fantasia Sucker Punch (March 25). The summer promises the flying fists of Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom (May 26), the mysterious J.J. Abrams film Super 8 (June 10), the plastered doofuses of The Hangover 2 (May 26), more of Michael Bay’s stampeding robots in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (July 1), and a cavalcade of comic-book movies: Thor (May 6), Captain America (July 22), X-Men: First Class (June 3), Green Lantern (June 17). And a full year from now, we’ll be talking about fall and holiday movies like Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (Dec. 23) and Steven Spielberg’s War Horse (Dec. 28), or Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Dec. 16) and Daniel Craig in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Dec. 21).
Shoosh. That is a lot of movies, PopWatchers, and that’s barely scratching the surface. For one thing, I haven’t even mentioned the return of Capt. Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (May 20), the beginning of the end of The Twilight Saga with Breaking Dawn Part 1 (Nov. 18), and the end of the end of the Harry Potter saga with The Deathly Hallows — Part 2 (July 15). So many movies! But which, dear readers, can you simply not wait a single second more to see?
PRIEST!
Oh yes!!!
YES! Priest is THE movie I’m excited about.
Heck yes!
Country Strong and On the Road
I’m looking forward to Captain America, Thor, and Avengers. They are gonna be great additions to the Marvel lineup. Hopefully it will open the door for more characters to get movies. (Luke Cage…)
Ditto! It’s going to be a great summer for super heroes!
…and don’t forget the early in the year release of Green Lantern (not be confused with the end of 2010 Green Hornet!).
Harry Potter – hands down.
Word. This is sure to be the greatest Harry Potter movie, not just because the material in the last third of the book is so great but because after a decade the HP movie team has really learned how to make movies the fans will love.
I agree.Harry Potter..I love it too much to be described in words..I just can`t..:)
HP Part 2 – without a doubt!
Agreed. Deathly Hallows 2 cannot get here fast enough.
Is there really any other choice? HP FTW!
Hell yeah! It’s the very last HP! Can’t freaking wait.
Accio July!!!
I second this! Accio July!
Hilarious
Well played, Amy….
Well played.
LMAO!
add me to the list. without a doubt my most anticipated movie, i can not wait.
Harry Potter no question.
Without a doubt…Harry Potter!!!!! No other movie even comes close!
Same here. Deathly Hallows part two…it’s going to be so bittersweet.
I’m definitely excited to see the second half!
HARRY POTTER. duh.
Definitely. It’ll be the movie event of the entire year.
Yes! Harry Potter ftw…I also really want to see Winnie the Pooh (also out July 15th, 2011)
Mostly excited for Harry Potter!
Give me Thor, Capt America and Green Lantern. I’ll see X-Men, but the franchise is tired and needs to wait about 20 years before making a comeback.
No contest…Harry Potter
I totally agree, I would give up seeing every movie that comes out next year just to see this movie asap
you forgot Scream 4…
They sure did! Im counting down the days for Scream 4 and Tintin. I would say Super 8, but after Cloverfield I dont trust them.
Wha…? Cloverfield was awesome!
cloverfield, paranormal activity… three and a half hours of my life i will never get back.
Amen to that…show some love to us horror fans!!
Scream 4 is at the top of my list too!
Yes! Scream is my favorite horror franchise, and the fourth installment is sure to deliver! I’ll be at the 1201 showing!
I cannot wait for Scream 4!!!!
yes scream 4!! they already have a preview for it on imdb.com, and i go to the Scream 4 page once a week to see if there is anymore previews!! i am super excited for it
Scream 4!!!! Its gonna be awesome
Harry Potter on my birthday! yay!
its my birthday! …jerk.
July 15th is my birthday too
Mine too!
Heh, your birthday may be on the day the movie comes out, but my birthday is the same as Harry’s and Mrs. Rowling’s. July 31 baby. I win.
In order:
1. Harry Potter
2. Green Lantern
3. The Hangover 2
4. Kung Fu Panda
5. X-Men: First Class
6. Captain America
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I like your list!!!
Harry Potter!
Harry potter, hands down. Dragon tattoo and x-men as distant second and third
Don’t think that hangover 2 will work but I’ll see it anyway
After Pt.1 of Deathly Hallows, obviously Pt.2! It’s going to be completely epic.
I agree and July 15th is way too far away.
u stole my name. :/
Transformers: Dark of the Moon