2017: The Year for Good Movies

Vanessa Fox, Writer

Now that 2017 is upon us it’s time to get excited for what the new year has in store for us. This year movie directors and producers are coming up with many entertaining movies for all ages. Some new movies coming out are sequels and spin offs to other previous movies made. Whatever genre you’re into there will be a great new movie for you to watch this year. Here are some of the top 3 movies in different genres, coming out in 2017.

 

Comics

 

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
    • Release date: May 5th
    • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage.

 

 

  • Justice League
    • Release date: November 17th
    • Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.

 

 

  • Wonder Woman

 

    • Release date: June 2nd
    • An Amazon princess leaves her island home to explore the world and, in doing so, becomes one of the world’s greatest heroes.

 

Kids

 

  • The LEGO Batman Movie
    • Release date: February 10th
    • Bruce Wayne must not only deal with the criminals of Gotham City, but also the responsibility of raising a boy he adopted.

 

 

  • Despicable Me 3
    • Release date: June 30th
    • Balthazar Bratt, a child star from the 1980s, hatches a scheme for world domination.

 

 

  • Cars 3

 

    • Release date: June 16th
    • Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of racers that he’s still the best race car in the world.

Fantasy

 

  • Beauty and the Beast
    • Release date: March 17th
    • An adaptation of the Disney fairy-tale about a monstrous prince and a young woman who fall in love.

 

 

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
    • Release date: May 26th
    • Captain Jack Sparrow searches for the trident of Poseidon.

 

 

  • The Mummy

 

    • Release date: June 9th
    • An ancient princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.

 

Science Fiction

 

  • Star Wars: Episode VIII
    • Release date: December 15th
    • Rey continues her epic journey with Finn, Poe and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the saga.

 

 

  • Transformers: The Last Knight
    • Release date: June 23rd
    • No plot has been released yet

 

 

  • Alien: Covenant

 

    • Release date: May 19th
    • The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.

 

Comedy

  • Baywatch
    • Release date: May 26th
    • Two unlikely prospective lifeguards vie for jobs alongside the buff bodies who patrol a beach in California.

 

  • Pitch Perfect 3
    • Release date: December 22nd
    • No plot has been released yet

 

 

  • The Emoji Movie

 

    • Release date: August 4th
    • Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.

 

Horror

  • The Bye Bye Man
    • Release date: January 13th
    • Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind man’s most unspeakable acts.

 

  • Annabelle 2

 

    • Release date: August 11th
    • Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker’s possessed creation, Annabelle.
  • Saw: Legacy
    • Release date: October 27th
    • No plot has been released yet