15 Upcoming Movies That Might Be Surprisingly Awesome
1. Transformers: The Last Knight
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Why It Should Suck: It's the fifth entry into Michael Bay's widely-derided Transformers, so expectations are naturally through the floor for tons of casual sexism and racism, juvenile "humour", an incoherent plot, annoying characters and exhausting run-time.
Why It Might Be Awesome: This is apparently Bay's final time directing a TF movie (though he's said that at least twice before), so he should be pulling out all the stops , and a major bonus is that Nicola Peltz and Jack Raynor's annoying young characters won't be returning.
Mark Wahlberg is back, though, and he was pretty solid last time, so that's something. Stanley Tucci was a hilarious addition to the franchise in Age of Extinction and he'll be returning, too, alongside Josh Duhamel and Tyrese's military characters, while Anthony Hopkins has also joined the cast, which is hard not to be excited about.
Plus, the plot reportedly revolves around King Arthur and Merlin, which sounds absolutely insane and could be a lot of fun if it strikes the right tone. If Bay focuses on the action and streamlines the run-time, this could be the best one yet. After all, it's being written by the folks behind Iron Man and Black Hawk Down, so that's plenty of promise right there.
Which upcoming movies are you expecting to be pleasantly surprising? Shout them out in the comments!