Upcoming Comic (& Pop-Culture) Related Movies and TV shows

Here is a list of upcoming comic related movies and TV shows for 2012 and onward. Of course things may change, butwe are excited that they are considering some of the listed items.

Title	Release Date	Comment
Underworld 4 (3D) – Film	20-Jan-2012
Ghost Rider 2 – Film	17-Feb-2012
Frankenweenie – Film	9-Mar-2012
Clash of the Titans 2 – Film	30-Mar-2012
The Avengers – Film	4-May-2012	Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Ant-Man team together to save the Earth
Madagascar 3 – Film	18-May-2012	DreamWorks’ CGI animated franchise about zoo animals on the loose returns for a third film
Men in Black III – Film	25-May-2012	The film has Will Smith traveling back in time and teaming up with a younger version of Tommy Lee Jones’ K (played by Josh Brolin)
John Carter of Mars – Film	Jun-2012	Pixar takes audiences to the Red Planet in this f/x-laden live-action adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel
G.I. Joe 2 – Film	29-Jun-2012	The sequel to the 2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra film
Star Trek XII – Film	29-Jun-2012	The second film in J.J. Abrams’ reboot of Gene Roddenberry’s venerable science-fiction franchise
Spider-Man 4 – Film	3-Jul-2012	Marc Webb ((500) Days of Summer) returns Peter Parker to his high school roots in this reboot of Sony’s billion-dollar film franchise
Batman: The Dark Knight Rises – Film	20-Jul-2012	Actor Christian Bale and director Christopher Nolan re-team for the third film in their Batman film trilogy, following Batman Begins and The Dark Knight
The Bourne Legacy – Film	3-Aug-2012	This is not a reboot or a recast or as prequel. No one’s replacing Matt Damon. There will be a whole new hero, a whole new chapter…this is a stand-alone project. – Screenwriter Tony Gilroy
Total Recall – Film	3-Aug-2012	A new con-temporized re-imagining of the science fiction saga
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Film	14-Dec-2012	Return to Middle-Earth as producer Peter Jackson adapts J.R.R. Tolkien’s story of Bilbo Baggins and the quest for Lonely Mountain
Oz: the Great and Powerful – Film	18-Mar-2013	The Origins or the Wizard of Oz are revealed in this film directed by Sam Raimi
Thor 2 – Film	15-Nov-2013	Thor continues in this new adventure!
The Hobbit: There and Back Again – Film	13-Dec-2013	The conclusion of the two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved fantasy classic
Ant-Man – Film	TBA	Tie-in to the upcoming Avengers film
Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire – Film	TBA	Based on Christopher Golden & Mike Mignola’s steampunk vampire novel
The Boys – Film	TBA	The darker side of superheroes is explored in this adaptation of the Garth Ennis/Darick Robertson series
The Crow – Film	TBA	A reinvention of “The Crow,” based on the comic by James O’Barr
Deadpool – Film	TBA	Ryan Reynolds stars as the Merc’ with a Mouth in this spin-off from X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The Evil Dead – Film	TBA	Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Bruce Campbell produce this remake of the cult-classic 1981 film
Godzilla – Film	TBA	Producer Brian Roberts desires to reboot the giant beasts mythos but stay true to his roots
Jurrassic Park 4 – Film	TBA	Steven Spielberg announced at the 2011 SDCC that they have a writer and a story, and the movie is hopefully going to be in the works soon.
Kick-Ass – DVD	TBA	Director Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake) directs the film adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.’s ultra-violent creator-owned series for Marvel Comics
Magdalena – Film	TBA	The bloodline of Mary Magdalene defends Earth from demons in this adaptation of the Top Cow comics series
Paddington Bear – Film	TBA	The bear from Darkest Peru with a love for marmalade stars in a big-budget adaptation of Michael Bond’s books
Radio Free Albemuth – Film	TBA	Alanis Morissette stars in this adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s dystopian alternate history novel about a young man’s quest to encounter the alien and the divine
Red Dawn – Film	TBA	The remake of the cult-classic 1980s film about Colorado high school students repelling an invasion of the United States
Red Sonja – Film	TBA	The classic sword-and-sorceress character comes to film
Spy vs. Spy – Film	TBA	An adaptation from the MAD Magazine comic strip
Thor – Television	TBA	A new animated series
The Umbrella Academy – Film	TBA	An adaptation based on the hit comic series by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance
Wake the Dead – Film	TBA	An adaptation of Steve Niles’ modern day Frankenstein graphic novel
WarCraft – Film	TBA	Blizzard Entertainment’s popular fantasy video game world comes to theaters
X-Men Origins: Magneto – Film	TBA	The secret origin of Magneto, bane of the X-Men, is revealed in this prequel to the X-Men film trilogy
X-Men Origins: Wolverine II – Film	TBA	Hugh Jackman reprises his star-making role as Wolverine travels to Japan