28 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies That Could Rock Your Summer | Underwire | Wired.com: Could this be the biggest movie summer of all time? It's sure looking like it. Almost every weekend features at least one, and maybe two or three, movies with a science fiction, fantasy or comics pedigree.
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night -
April 29
Based on the cult comic book. Brandon "Superman" Routh plays a peacekeeper who has to mediate among the vampires, zombies and werewolves of the world, and it's not always pretty. And Sam Huntington plays Routh's undead assistant, as he copes with his toughest case yet -- a case that has him facing the Guardian of Hell. Apparently the original comic was Umberto Eco's favorite comic book, which he could read for days.
Thor -
May 6
The Thunder God cometh! Here's where Marvel finds out whether you're as willing to greet some of its other lesser-known characters with the same enthusiasm you gave Iron Man. Shakespearean actor/director Kenneth Branagh directed an all-star cast, including Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins and Natalie Portman, so fingers crossed. Thor is cast down to Earth by Odin, and has to learn humility before he can reclaim his Uru hammer, Mjolnir.
X-Men: First Class -
June 3
The fifth X-Men movie takes us back to 1962, when Charles Xavier was a young rake, and Erik Lensherr was slightly less of a total bastard. It's the genesis of the X-Men, wrapped in with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and although the movies' continuity may make almost no sense, it should still be fun to watch. The main worry is that, like a lot of other movies coming soon, this film was rushed through production so fast that the actors even commented on it in interviews.
Green Lantern -
June 17
The movie that won WonderCon, this is Warner Bros.' first real attempt to do a big-budget movie of one of its second-tier superheroes. Hal Jordan is an irresponsible test pilot who gets a magic ring from space -- and suddenly finds himself with the weight of the whole cosmos on his shoulders. This film will either be the next Avatar, with its colorful space creatures and full-on sense of wonder, or it'll be just too goofy for regular moviegoers. Fingers crossed.
Captain America: The First Avenger -
July 22
Just as Thor is a weird blend of cosmic warfare, Norse gods, Shakespearean theatrics and superheroes, this film is a mix of a World War II war movie and a superheroic origin story. Can Chris Evans win everyone over as the truest, bluest American hero, who undergoes an experimental procedure to become the perfect human? So far, the trailers look fun -- if a bit oversaturated with Easter eggs referencing every other World War II Marvel hero.
Suing the Devil -
Aug. 26
Sorry, yes. We are totally obsessed with this movie, in which a man tries to sue Satan for $8 trillion -- and Satan shows up. And Satan is Malcolm McDowell, chewing the scenery like nobody has ever chewed it before. We posted some clips a while back, and we can't wait to see more.