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Davis: A look at movies coming up in 2017

While most of the movies coming up are sequels or remakes, there are a few standout original movies to look forward to in 2017.
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Starlord and his team are back in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

January has sequels like XXX3: The Return of Xander Cage, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and Underworld: Blood Wars but originals include A Monster Calls, Hidden Figures, Patriots Day, Gold, The Founder and A ¶Ù´Ç²µÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Purpose.

February has sequels like John Wick: Chapter 2, Rings, Fifty Shades Darker and The Lego Batman Movie. Originals include The Great Wall, The Space Between Usand A Cure for Wellness.

In March, Hugh Jackman is back as Wolverine in Logan. Other sequels include T2: Trainspotting, Goon: Last of the Enforcers and Kong: Skull Island. Remakes include the live action Beauty and the Beast, Power Rangers, Ghost in the Shell (a remake of an Anime classic), and CHiPs, a comedic remake of the television series.

April sees a Smurfs sequel and the eighth Fast and the Furious movie called The Fate of the Furious.

Of course, May is a big month with Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, Alien: Covenant, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and the Bay watch remake. As well, there is a new telling of the story of Camelot with King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

The highly-anticipated Wonder Woman starts June off, followed by the remake of The Mummy with Tom Cruise, World War Z2, ±Ê¾±³æ²¹°ùÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Cars 3, Transformers: The Last Knight and Despicable Me 3.

Spider-Man: Homecoming and War for the Planet of the Apes and the big franchise titles in July but Christopher ±·´Ç±ô²¹²ÔÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s WWII epic Dunkirk and Luc µþ±ð²õ²õ´Ç²ÔÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s sci-fi actioner Valerian may steal some of their thunder. There is also Steven °­¾±²Ô²µÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s The Dark Tower and Disney has a yet announced untitled live-action fairytale set for release in July.

August has almost all original movies, save for Annabelle 2 and Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature. Otherwise there is The Emoji Movie (animated, of course), All I See is You with Blake Lively, and her husband Ryan Reynolds in The ±á¾±³Ù³¾²¹²ÔÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Bodyguard.

Steven °­¾±²Ô²µÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s It gets another adaptation in September plus The LEGO Ninjago. Sony Animation (Hotel Transylvania) has a yet-untitled release, a remake of Flatliners and Tom Cruise reunites with director Doug Liman for American Made.

The sequel Blade Runner 2049 is finally being released in October as well as Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Plus we get triple horror with Friday the 13th, Insidious Chapter 4 and Saw: Legacy.

November has ²Ñ²¹°ù±¹±ð±ôÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Thor: Ragnarok and ¶Ù°äÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Justice League plus sequels ABad ²Ñ´Ç³¾Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Christmas and Creed 2. There is also a Disney animated feature called Coco and a remake of Murder on the Orient Express.

And while there are movies like Jumanji, The Six Billion Dollar Man and Pitch Perfect 3 coming next December, all the attention is again going to Star Wars with Episode VIII.

 





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