2014 was a big year in the box office for our favorite company!
Disney made $3.4 billion last year with blockbuster hits like
Guardians of the Galaxy (the #1 movie of 2014) and
Maleficent.
2015 will be even BIGGER though!
Disney is planning on releasing 12 movies this year.... Let's take a look
1- STRANGE MAGIC
Jan 23: (
Alan Cummings, Evan Rachel Wood and Maya Rudolph)
This is from the mind of
George Lucas. Inspired by
Shakespere's A Midsummer Night's Dream, this animated film is about goblins and fairies meeting for the first time.
2- McFarland, USA
Feb 20: (
Kevin Costner)
Just about every year it seems we get a sports related picture. This film is based on the true story of a Latino high school cross country team from McFarland, California, that negotiates its way through social issues to win a championship during the 1980s.
3- CINDERELLA
March 13: (
Lily James, Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett)
Probably the most anticipated movie from Disney this year! Like Maleficent, this movie will be based off the original animated movie but feature a few changes.
4- MONKEY KINGDOM
April 17: (An adorable family of monkeys)
Another Earth Day... Another film from Disneynature. This one is about a family of monkeys in the South Asian Jungle.
5-
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
May 1: (
Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth.... )
Not even a question that this film is going to be one of the biggest hits of 2015! The highly anticipated sequel will feature all your favorite superheroes from the first film and some new characters.
6-
TOMMOROWLAND
May 22: (
George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Britt Robertson, Judy Greer)
We've had movies based on Disney rides so why not movies based on lands in Disney theme parks?! This movie is about a rather curious teenage boy that discovers his own kind of Wonderland.
7-
INSIDE OUT
June 19: (
Amy Poehler, Mindy Kahling, Lewis Black)
Finally another
Pixar movie!! We went 2014 without one so we knew they were working on something BIG! The movie takes us inside the human mind and how it operates. The movie focuses on a young girl, Riley, whose family is moving across country and the emotions she faces... trust me it's funnier than it sounds!
8- ANT-MAN
July 17: (
Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lily, Michael Douglas)
Another
Marvel film for 2015, but this one introduces to a new kind of superhero? Criminal? ... Character! Ant-Man was a hero created with a substance to decrease in size, like an ant, while increasing in strength.
9- THE JUNGLE BOOK
Oct 9: (
Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Walken, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba)
The next classic animated movie to get a new modern live action look. This new all star cast is taking on this classic movie... no details yet but it looks quite interesting.
10-
UNTITLED STEVEN SPEILBERG COLD WAR SPY THRILLER
Oct 16: (
Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Billy Magnussen, Eve Hewson) While this movie remains untitled it is shaping up to be quite promising...
Tom Hanks Speilberg The Coen Brothers making a spy thriller... yea! The movie is based on a true story of attorney James Donovan.
11- THE GOOD DINOSAUR
TBD: (
Neil Patrick Harris, John Lithgow, Frances McDormand, Bill Hader)
Yup, we get 2 movies from
Pixar this year!! This one has been in the works for awhile and has an awesome and hysterical cast! This movie explores the world if Dinosaurs were still around. The movie centers around an unlikely friendship between human and a teenage dinosaur.
12-
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Dec 18: (
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher... )
Ok... Those other 11 movies are going to make Disney very happy in 2015 but this one is going to be one of the highest grossing, most talked about blockbusters!! Lots of controversy over this film between
JJ Abrams directing and let's face it Disney joining forces with
Lucasfilms but regardless it is going to dominate!
So what do you think?! What movie are you looking forward to most this year?!
I'll see you at the movies...
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