Sony Pictures has announced an ambitious slate of releases for 2016-2017 and beyond, betting heavily on sequels, reboots and potential new franchises.
Chief among Sony’s announced titles is the sequel Bad Boys 3 (set for a 2/17/17 bow). The original two films starred Will Smith (Suicide Squad) and Martin Lawrence, though there’s been no confirmation that the two will re-up for a new installment. Banking on the potential success of number three, Sony has pegged a 7/3/19 release for yet another sequel, Bad Boys 4.
The Jennifer Lawrence (Hunger Games)/Chris Pratt (Jurassic World) sci-fi romance Passengers will hit theaters on December 21, 2016, no doubt hoping for some awards season buzz. The Imitation Game‘s Morten Tyldum is attached as director.
The much-anticipated distaff reboot of Ghostbusters has been shifted to July 15, 2016, now going head to head with Fox’s Ice Age 5 and Lionsgate’s romantic Los Angles fable La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
The studio is attempting a remake of its successful 1995 board-game fantasy Jumanji with an eye toward a Christmas Day 2016 debut. The original starred the late Robin Williams.
The first installment in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is set for a 1/13/17 debut. Money Monster, financial drama which reunites Ocean’s Eleven alums George Clooney (Tomorrowland) and Julia Roberts (August: Osage County) and is directed by Jodie Foster, is slated for 4/18/16.
This list of films joins those already announced by Sony including an yet-to-be-titled Spider-Man film (7/28/17), The Equalizer 2 (9/29/17), and Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (11/11/16)
Check out the full list of releases below.
Money Monster – 4/8/16
The Shallows – 6/24/16
Ghostbusters – 7/15/16
Patient Zero – 9/2/16
The Magnificent Seven – 9/23/16
Underworld 5 – 10/21/16
Passengers – 12/21/16
Jumanji – 12/25/16
The Dark Tower – 1/13/17
Resident Evil 6 – 1/27/17
Bad Boys 3 – 2/17/17
Baby Driver – 3/17/17
Barbie – 6/2/17
Uncharted – 6/30/17*
The Lamb – 12/8/17
Bad Boys 4 – 7/3/19
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