Wednesday, December 31, 2014

DAM NATION Year-End List: Anticipated Films of 2015

As 2014 draws to a close, eyes are inevitably on the films that are lying ahead for 2015. With that in mind, we've got our line-up of the movies that are golden in DAM NATION's radar. Of course, "anticipated" does not necessarily mean "movies I think are going to be awesome", but more of "movies we hope are going to be awesome". Haha.

Speaking of awesome, DAM NATION with the help of a friend also made a quick summary of the list that may come handy in the next 12 months!! Of course, the dates are subject to change, but you know how that works. Click on the image.


See what you make of this little lot below, which also includes details - director, actor, synopsis - and trailers.

JANUARY

TAKEN 3
Release Date: January 9, 2015
Director: Oliver Megaton
Starring: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, and Famke Janssen

Synopsis: Bryan Mills, an Ex-government operative is accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed as he is tracked and pursued, Bryan Mills brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.

TRAILER, Here.

AMERICAN SNIPER
Release Date: January 21, 2015 (PH)
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller

Synopsis: Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.

TRAILER, Here.

THE BOY NEXT DOOR
Release Date: January 23, 2015
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Guzman

Synopsis: A divorced woman falls in love with the young man who moves in to the street and finds he has a dark secret.

TRAILER, Here.

INTO THE WOODS
Release Date: January 28, 2015 (PH)
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt and Chris Pine

Synopsis: A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.

TRAILER, Here.

PROJECT ALMANAC
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Director: Dean Israelite
Starring: Amy Landecker, Johnny Weston, and Sofia Black-D'Elia

Synopsis: A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.

TRAILER, Here.

FEBRUARY

JUPITER ASCENDING
Release Date: February 6, 2015
Director: Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski
Starring: Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum

Synopsis: In the future, a young destitute human woman gets targeted for assassination by the Queen of the Universe, and begins her destiny to finish the Queen's reign.

TRAILER, Here.

SEVENTH SON
Release Date: February 6, 2015
Director: Sergey Bodrov
Starring: Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, and Jeff Bridges

Synopsis: Young Thomas is apprenticed to the local Spook to learn to fight evil spirits. His first great challenge comes when the powerful Mother Malkin escapes her confinement while the Spook is away.

TRAILER, Here.

KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, and Michael Cane

Synopsis: A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing.

TRAILER, Here.

FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Starring: Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan

Synopsis: Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.

TRAILER, Here.

THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Starring: Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan

Synopsis: Based on the musical, a struggling actress and her novelist lover each illustrate the struggle and deconstruction of their love affair.

TRAILER, Here.

THE DUFF
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Director: Ari Sandel
Starring: Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, and Robbie Amell

Synopsis: A high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier more popular friends.

TRAILER, Here.

FOCUS
Release Date: February 27, 2015
Director: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
Starring: Will Smith and Margot Robbie

Synopsis: A veteran grifter takes a young, attractive woman under his wing, but things get complicated when they become romantically involved.

TRAILER, Here.

MARCH

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Release Date: March 6, 2015
Director: Ken Scott
Starring: Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, and Dave Franco

Synopsis: A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable - and unimaginable - way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.

TRAILER, Here.

CINDERELLA
Release Date: March 13, 2015
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Lily James, Richard Madden, Helena Bonham Carter and Cate Blanchett

Synopsis: A live-action retelling of the classic fairy tale about a servant step-daughter who wins the heart of a prince.

TRAILER, Here.

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA
Release Date: March 13, 2015
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Chris Hemsworth and Cillian Murphy

Synopsis: Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home.

TRAILER, Here.

INSURGENT
Release Date: March 20, 2015
Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet and Ansel Elgort

Synopsis: Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side.

TRAILER, Here.

WHILE WE'RE YOUNG
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Director: Noah Baumbach
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Ben Stiller, and Naomi Watts

Synopsis: A middle-aged couple's career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives.

TRAILER, Here.

APRIL

FURIOUS 7
Release Date: April 3, 2015
Director: James Wan
Starring: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, and Dwayne Johnson

Synopsis: Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for the death of his brother.

TRAILER, Here.

THE AGE OF ADELINE
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: Blake Lively and Harrison Ford

Synopsis: A young woman, born at the turn of 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After years of a solitary life, she meets a man who might be worth losing her immortality.

TRAILER, Here.

MAY

AVENGER: AGE OF ULTRON
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Director: Josh Whedon
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, and Scarlett Johansson

Synopsis: When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and it is up to the Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans.

TRAILER, Here.

PITCH PERFECT 2
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Director: Elizabeth Banks
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, and Skylar Astin

Synopsis: Collegiate a cappella group the Barden Bellas enter into an international competition that no American team has ever won.

TRAILER, Here.

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Director: George Miller
Starring: Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron

Synopsis: An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.

TRAILER, Here.

TOMORROWLAND
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: George Clooney and Britt Robertson

Synopsis: Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.

TRAILER, Here.

SPY
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham, and Jude Law

Synopsis: Susan Cooper is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. But when her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global disaster.

TRAILER, Here.

SAN ANDREAS
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Director: Brad Peyton
Starring: Dwayne Johnson and Alexandra Daddario

Synopsis: In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

TRAILER, Here.

INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Director: Leigh Whannell
Starring: Dermot Mulroney and Stefanie Scott

Synopsis: A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.

TRAILER, Here.

JUNE

ENTOURAGE: THE MOVIE
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Director: Doug Ellin
Starring: Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, and Mark Wahlberg

Synopsis: Film star Vince Chase and his cronies take on Hollywood.

TRAILER, Here.

B.O.O. BUREAU OF OTHERWORDLY OPERATIONS
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Director: Anthony Leondis
Starring: Seth Rogen, Matt Bomer, and Melissa McCarthy

Synopsis: B.O.O. (Bureau of Otherworldly Operations) is the super classified agency you've never heard of and certainly never seen. Dedicated to protecting humans from evil hauntings, the agents of B.O.O. have a secret weapon: they are ghosts themselves.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

JURASSIC WORLD
Release Date: June 12, 2015
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Starring: Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard

Synopsis: Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park (1993), Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor's interest, which backfires horribly.

TRAILER, Here.

INSIDE OUT
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Director: Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen
Starring: Diane Lane, Amy Poehler, and Bill Hader

Synopsis: Told from the perspective of the emotions inside the mind of a little girl.

TRAILER, Here.

TED 2
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, and Liam Neeson

Synopsis: The plot is unknown at this time.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

JULY

TERMINATOR: GENISYS
Release Date: July 3, 2015
Director: Alan Taylor
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Synopsis: After finding himself in a new time-line, Kyle Reese teams up with John Connor's mother Sarah and an aging terminator to try and stop the one thing that the future fears, "Judgement Day".

TRAILER, Here.

MAGIC MIKE XXL
Release Date: July 3, 2015
Director: Gregory Jacobs
Starring: Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, and Elizabeth Banks

Synopsis: The continuing story of male stripper, Magic Mike.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

MINIONS
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Director: Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin
Starring: Sandra Bullock and Michael Keaton

Synopsis: Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.

TRAILER, Here.

ANT-MAN
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Director: Peyton Reed
Starring: Paul Rudd and Hayley Atwell

Synopsis: Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

TRAILER, Here.

PAN
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, and Rooney Mara

Synopsis: The story of an orphan who is spirited away to the magical Neverland. There, he finds both fun and dangers, and ultimately discovers his destiny -- to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan.

TRAILER, Here.

PIXELS
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Adam Sandler, Michelle Monaghan, and Peter Dinklage

Synopsis: Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

TRAILER, Not yet available.
AUGUST

THE FANTASTIC FOUR
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Director: Josh Trank
Starring: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell

Synopsis: A group of scientists are mutated into superpowered beings and must become heroes to save the world.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

REGRESSION
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Starring: Emma Watson and Ethan Hawke

Synopsis: A father is accused of a crime he has no memory of committing.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

SEPTEMBER

KITCHEN SINK
Release Date: September 4, 2015
Director: Robbie Pickering
Starring: Vanessa Hudgens and Ed Westwick

Synopsis: Vampires, humans and zombies used to get along in Dillford, but then something unexpected arrived and now it's humans vs. vampires vs. zombies in all-out mortal combat. It's up to three teenagers to try to get things back to "normal."

TRAILER, Not yet available.

MAZE RUNNER: SCORCH TRIALS
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Director: Wes Ball
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, and Ki Hong Lee

Synopsis: The Gladers have escaped the Maze, but now they face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a world ravaged by solar flares and disease.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Director: Genny Tartakovsky
Starring: Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez

Synopsis: When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of supernatural old-school and modern day cool.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

THE INTERN
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Director: Nancy Meyers
Starring: Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro

Synopsis: A comedy about a fashion website that brings in an elderly intern.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

OCTOBER

LONDON HAS FALLEN
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Director: Babak Najafi
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, and Angela Bassett

Synopsis: In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

NOVEMBER

SPECTRE
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, and Christopher Waltz

Synopsis: A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

TRAILER, Here.

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Director: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth

Synopsis: After being symbolized as the 'Mockingjay' Katniss Everdeen and District 13 engage in an all-out revolution against the autocratic Capitol.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

THE MARTIAN
Release Date: November 25, 2015
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Matt Damon, and Kristen Wiig

Synopsis: An astronaut, stranded on Mars, struggles to survive.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

DECEMBER

STAR WARS: EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Director: JJ Abrams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Andy Serkis

Synopsis: A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).

TRAILER, Here.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 5
Release Date: December 25, 2015
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, and Jeremy Renner

Synopsis: The plot is unknown at this time.

TRAILER, Not yet available.

*ALL MOVIE DETAILS ARE FROM IMDB.COM

1 comments:

NuyKU67 said...

I'll be waiting for Jurassic World & Avenger.

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