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MOVIE PREVIEWS: Super Action Heroes Dominate 2011
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- Published: Thursday, 20 January 2011 19:18
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The Green Hornet kick started 2011 with the first of many big screen treatments for super hero franchises and CineMovie breaks down the comic book and graphic novel adaptations hitting movie theaters this year.
After a lackluster 2010 for super hero action, 2011 will be saturated with masked crusaders and super humans… or aliens. Of course, you’ll have to wait until blockbuster season -- summer when Thor will be the first one out of the gate on May 6. The rest of the film releases such as X-Men: First Class, Green Lantern, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Conan The Barbarian will also be clustered around the summer months.
Check out CineMovie's super breakdown by release date of these films and other blockbuster movies vying for box office gold in 2011.
March 5
Sucker Punch
It’s not a comic book adaptation but the Zack Snyder (300) original film feels like one as these superhuman ladies get in on some serious butt-kicking action which is sorely missing from this year’s line-up. This one is for the ladies. More info
Cast: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott G Glenn, Oscar Isaac
May 6
Thor
Relative newcomer Chris Hemsworth takes on Marvel Comic’s Thor with Anthony Hopkins and Natalie Portman. More info
June 3
X-Men: First Class
Kick Ass director Matthew Vaughn directs this origin story based on Professor Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto's early days when they started out as friends. James McAvoy is the young Professor while Inglorious Basterd’s Michael Fassbender plays Erik. Kevin Bacon joins the cast as the villain Sebastian Shaw with Mad Men’s January Jones as his sexy Mutant sidekick. 2010 break out star Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) will don the blue paint as Mystique.
Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN.
No official trailer is yet available for X:Men: First Class. With less than 5 months away from it’s June release, should fans be worried? Probably not since Matthew Vaughn is at the helm and will no doubt deliver a kick-ass movie. Fingers crossed.
June 17
The Green Lantern
Ryan Reynolds is no stranger to comic book characters having played Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine but in Green Lantern, Reynolds fights the villains, instead of being one. Gossip Girl’s Blake LIvely is the Lantern's love interest. More info
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July 1
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
The alien robots from outer space once again hit the big screen for more high-flying action with Shia LaBeouf minus Megan Fox. More info
July 15
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
Harry Potter is no comic book super hero but his wizardry should have audiences holding on to their seats when the last movie in the popular franchise comes to an end with a bang. This is one superhuman worth including in the super films of 2011.
Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for them, so everything they do must go as planned.
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, John Hurt, Rhys Ifans, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Imelda Staunton, Jason Isaacs, Miranda Richardson, Warwick Davis, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Julie Walters, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Jamie Campbell Bower, Richard Griffiths, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Fiona Shaw, Helen McCrory, David O’Hara and Natalia Tena.
July 22
Captain America: The First Avenger
Fantastic Four’s Chris Evans suits up again, this time as Marvel's classic superhero Captain America. "The First Avenger: Captain America" will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America.
Sebastian Stan portrays Cap's sidekick Bucky in the film.
July 29
Cowboys & Aliens
Based on a graphic novel, Cowboys and Aliens is western meets alien-invasion movie starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, and Paul Dano. The Steven Spielberg produced film is directed by Iron Man helmer Jon Favreau.
Arizona Territory. A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It’s a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky.
August 19
Conan The Barbarian
Marcus Nispel (Friday the 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) directs a remake of Conan The Barbarian, a role that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger into an action hero. Stargate Atlantis' Jason Momoa takes over the role of the Cimmerian brute who must avenge his father's death. Mickey Roarke co-stars as Conan's father and Avatar's Stephen Lang once again plays the villain as the evil warlord Khalar Singh. Rose McGowan and Ron Perlman also star.
