10 Bold Film Predictions For 2016

They year Hollywood says zàijiàn to America.

These days the film industry is getting incredibly difficult to predict. Who would have thought that leaked Deadpool test footage would actually result in the film getting green-lit? Or that a big budget Disney epic (specifically Tomorrowland) would be such a commercial failure? That's not to mention the fact that in 2015 Johnny Depp released one of the worst films of his entire career (Mordecai) and then followed it up with a great performance (Black Mass). Indeed, the film industry is one that's founded on trends and unexpected patterns, making it even more difficult for directors and studios to take massive risks. Factor in the genuine, tangible power of the internet (which is basically responsible for the positive outcome of the Deadpool situation) and things get even more complicated. Nevertheless there are ways of accurately predicting what the future holds, including studying patterns and trends from the past and keeping a keen eye on smaller details. So from the brilliance of Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor performance to the unexpected potential of the Alice In Wonderland sequel, here are 2016's boldest film predictions...
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