2019 will be the year of superhero movies, seeing the release of a record-setting amount: a whopping eleven films. As the superhero movie craze continues, next year looks poised to be the prime example of how invested Hollywood as a whole really is. There's the usual amount of Marvel movies, but increased output from Warner Bros. and DC, as well as some final Fox X-Men titles. All of these make up an astonishing ten confirmed 2019 superhero movies.
Just how big of a jump is this? Well, in 2018 six live-action superhero movies hit theaters (Aquaman). Even if this is expanded to include animated movies like Teen Titans Go! To The Movies and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, that's only eight. 2017 and 2016 each had seven movies; 2015 had just three; 2014 had four, and 2013 had five. Each of those years felt loaded with superhero movies in their own right, but 2019 will blow past them - and it isn't entirely by design.
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Before we lay out the insane 2019 lineup, it's worth clarifying that two of the films weren't intended to be released that late. Both of Fox's X-Men titles in 2019 - Dark Phoenix and New Mutants - were originally scheduled to hit theaters in 2018, before reshoots delayed each release. As such 2019 was supposed to have only eight movies. Things were further changed when 2019 having an all-time lineup.
Last updated: January 2, 2019
Glass - January 18
While no one knew M. Night Shyamalan's doesn't want to be a standard superhero film.
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Captain Marvel - March 8
Marvel Studios kicks off their 2019 slate on March 8 with one of their most important films to date: Kree-Skrull war. ing Larson are familiar MCU faces like Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Clark Gregg (Phil Coulson), Lee Pace (Ronan), and Djimon Hounsou (Korath), as well as newcomers like Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn, Annette Bening, Gemma Chan, and more.
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Shazam! - April 5
The first of three DC movies to hit theaters in 2019 will be Mark Strong's Doctor Sivana, while Jack Dylan Grazer's Freddy Freeman tags along as the comedic friend. Horror director David F. Sandberg makes the jump to studio superhero film, and the first trailer gives a strong indication that what he's created will deliver.
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Hellboy - April 12
trailer was light on that R, but certainly promised a unique adventure.
Avengers: Endgame - April 26
The biggest movie, not just of the superhero genre, in 2019 is arguably Avengers: Infinity War set the box office ablaze in 2018, Avengers 4 looks to wrap up eleven years of storytelling, while also setting up a future for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Thanos (Josh Brolin) will return to foil the Avengers, whose numbers are significantly smaller now (by approximately 50%). Larson's Captain Marvel s the fray, along with Paul Rudd's Ant-Man. The high levels of secrecy currently surrounding Avengers: Endgame meant even its title was a secret until the trailer released in early December 2018, a marketing trick that has only kept everyone talking about the unknown aspects.
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X-Men: Dark Phoenix - June 7
Originally meant to release in 2018 but pushed back to Summer 2019 is good move by those involved, but reports of reshoots still leave some reasons for concern. Hopefully, the final film by James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Kodie Smit-Mhee, Alexandra Shipp, and others will finish on a high note.
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Spider-Man: Far From Home - July 6
Almost immediately after Avengers 4 resets the MCU, Tom Holland's Spider-Man swings back into theaters to pick up the pieces and move the universe forward. even Hydro-Man popping up, Spidey's going to be tested again - all while traveling Europe with his friends.
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New Mutants - August 2
Long after it was originally scheduled to hit theaters, could be the last X-Men related movie to come out of the studio.
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Joker - October 14
With superhero movies becoming so mainstream, Warner Bros. is looking to switch things up with but no longer Alec Baldwin), it is shaping up quite well. It's also being made for a much smaller budget and is targeting an R-rating, with the current release date of October 4.
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Spawn - ???
Even though we've run through all of the currently confirmed releases, Todd McFarlane's Spawn could very well be ready for a 2019 release too. He's brought Jamie Foxx onboard to play the titular character, but it will be Jeremy Renner as Twitch who is the focal point of the film. Blumhouse is backing the film - which is being written, directed, and produced by McFarlane - and is bringing their low-budget mentality to the anti-hero. If everything comes together smoothly, Spawn may very well be the tenth superhero movie to hit theaters in 2019.
