A kick in the you-know-what to naysayers who gripe about Hollywood’s obsession with sequels and remakes…
According to the movie ticketing site Fandango, 9 of the top ten most anticipated movies scheduled for release in 2019 fall into that classification.
An exclusive service by Fandango for USA TODAY polled more than 3,500 so-called frequent moviegoers who ranked their 2019 want-see factors as follows:
# 1—“AVENGERS: ENDGAME” sequel to “Infinity War’ tops the poll. It opens on April 26.
# 2—“CAPTAIN MARVEL” with Brie Larson as fighter pilot Carol Danvers opens on March 8.
# 3—“STAR WARS: EPISODE IX” for Christmas on December 20. (Goodness, has fatigue set in for the franchise?)
# 4—“SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME”, sequel to 2017’s “Homecoming” with Tom Holland in command on July 5.
# 5—“TOY STORY 4”. Yeap, Pixar is at it again with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack leading the fun.
# 6—“GLASS”, the highly anticipated thriller from M. Night Shyamalan with James McCoy and Bruce Willis opening in just a couple of weeks on January 18.
# 7—“THE LION KING”, director Jon Favreau’s remake of Disney’s 1994 classic coming on July 19.
# 8—“ALADDIN.” Live adaptation of Disney’s 1992 animated hit starring Will Smith opening May 24 with Guy Ritchie directing.
# 9—“DUMBO,” Tim Burton‘s fantasy-adventure inspired by Disney’s 1941 animated classic. Colin Farrell and Michael Keaton star on March 29.
# 10–“JOKER” with Joaquin Phoenix in the DC Comics origin story. With Robert De Niro and directed by Todd Phillips coming on October 4.
The top Superhero in Fandango’s poll?
That would be Tom Hanks as kids TV icon Fred Rogers in “A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD” invading OUR neighborhoods October 18.
Opening dates always subject to change.
