2016's Cinema - What's Coming

Zombies are out! Vampires are out! Aliens, however, are in. Also, international terrorism and more serious subjects will be front-and-center for 2016.

Zombies Out !

Good alien flix have been out of vogue for some time, having been replaced with blood-suckers - but in 2016 space invaders are back.  Additionally, geo-political themes will play big.  Less kid-stuff and more adult movies will be the marquee fodder for this year.  The roster of films for 2016 will take audiences out of their comfort zone and into the reality of our current and uncomfortable real situation.

Also to make its 'new' debut, after decades in limbo, will be the 'conflict comedy'.  A genre not seen since the likes of the Vietnam war films.  The absurdness of political strife and war will be fully screened in films like, 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' and 'War Machine'.

Aliens In !

2016 will be a transition year in movies. More thoughtful, more reality-based movies, flanked by well conceived alien dramas and thinking-man comedies. And least we forget there will be another 'Star Wars'.

Boba Fett

Speaking of Star Wars, the next movie in the saga is to be entitled 'Rogue One:A Stars War Story' which is scheduled for release on December 16th.  A 'filler' until the next installment ('Star Wars: Episode VIII') of the original story-line is released in May of 2017 (which will include the original cast of 'The Force Awakens').  Then another 'filler', 'Star Wars Anthology: Han Solo' (currently the working title) will be a bio-pic about Han Solo and is scheduled for release in May of 2018.Then 'Star Wars: Episode IX', the saga continues. No cast as yet but the planned release is the latter part of 2019.  Then 'Star Wars Anthology: Boba Fett' to be released in 2020 - one of the most popular of the Star Wars characters.

So, Disney has set a 5 years course full of Star Wars epics (hopefully).  However, by 2020 we all may have had our fill of the whole fantasy and moved on to other movie interests far, far, away.