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Tuesday, 1 January 2013

2013 film preview


2013 opens with a bumper crop of awards contenders, and then gradually gives way to geek and cult heaven: Iron Man 3, Star Trek 2, Superman, Wolverine, Thor 2, Hunger Games 2 and The Hobbit 2...

Django Unchained (18 January)
Tarantino goes to spaghetti Western.
The Session (18 January)
Oscar ahoy for John Hawkes’ polio survivor’s search for a sex life.
Lincoln (25 January)
Hawkes’ main enemy for the Best Actor Oscar is Daniel Day-Lewis in Spielberg’s latest.
Zero Dark Thirty (25 January)
Kathryn Bigelow’s take on the quest for Bin Laden is set to be the favourite at the Oscars.

Flight (1 February)
Denzel Washington’s bid for a third Oscar.
Hitchcock (8 February)
Anthony Hopkins is Alfred Hitchcock as he sets about making Psycho.
A Good Day To Die Hard (14 February)
Bruce Willis returns to his action franchise in time for Valentine’s…
Hansel & Gretel (22 February)
Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton in the titular roles.   
         
Compliance (1 March)
Robot & Frank (8 March)
Frank Langella is awesome in this near future tale.
Jack The Giant Slayer (22 March)
Bryan Singer directs this update of the fable.
Trance (27 March)
The new Danny Boyle.

Oblivion  (12 April)
Iron Man 3 (26 April)
The first Marvel movie after the mega-success of the Avengers. Cue Tony and his arch nemesis, the Mandarin.

Star Trek: Into Darkness (17 May)
The first 10 minutes looks great. Fresh from Sherlock and War Horse, Benedict Cumberbatch will arrive as the villain of the piece. 
The Hangover Part 3 (24 May)

Man Of Steel (14 June)
Zack Snyder does Superman. First proper trailer looks really good. Still worried, but not as much as I was!
World War Z (21 June)
Marc Forster directs Brad Pitt in this zombie flick.

Monsters University (12 July)
Prequel to Monsters Inc.
Pacific Rim (12 July)
Del Toro’s sci-fi actioner that he shot after he dropped out from The Hobbit.
Kick-Ass 2 (19 July)
Hit-Girl and Kick Ass return.
The Wolverine (26 July)
Hugh Jackman goes ninja.


Red 2 (2 August)
Retired and still deadly: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich return.

The Lone Ranger (9 August)
Johnny Depp is Tonto.
The World’s End (14 August)
The new Edgar Wright with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Cue laughs!
Jurassic Park 3D (30 August)

Rush (13 September)
Ron Howard’s take on the 1976 F1 season: Lauda v Hunt.
Elysium (20 September)
Neill ‘District 9’ Blomkamp returns with another slice of sci-fi.

Ender’s Game (25 October)
Adaptation of Roberto Orci’s cult sci-fi book.
Thor: Dark World (30 October)
Thor 2!

Hunger Games 2 (22 November)
The Katniss Everdeen story continues.

The Hobbit 2 (13 December)
Benedict Cumberbatch follows up his villainous turn in Star Trek by voicing the dragon Smaug.

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