15 Upcoming Movies That Might Be Surprisingly Awesome
8. Monster Trucks
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Why It Should Suck: Unsurprisingly, this movie wasn't produced by Michael Bay or Jerry Bruckheimer. Alien creatures climbing inside trucks to control them (monster...trucks, get it?) might be the dumbest premise of any movie coming out in the foreseeable future, the CGI looks messy as hell, it's directed by Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Robots, Epic) who hasn't directed a good movie in 15 years, and it's getting released in the dump month of January, which says it all, really.
Why It Might Be Awesome: Derek Connolly wrote the movie, and considering that he's also writing Star Wars Episode IX, you're going to want to believe this is a good sign for the film.
It's also possible that if the movie nails the "boy and his pet" vibe of the first Transformers movie, this could actually be a lot of goofy fun. If it tries to get self-serious, though, it'll sink like a stone. Plus, the insanely good cast, including Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Danny Glover, Barry Pepper and Thomas Lennon, provides hope maybe they're not all just in it for a quick paycheck.