10 Hotly Anticipated Movies of 2012

By Jaz Hill on May 18, 2012

Here are some anticipated movies set to be released in theaters this year. Sure, they’re more out there so feel free to add!

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April 20th

  • “Think Like a Man”

Four friends conspire to turn the tables on their women after discovering the ladies have been using Steve Harvey’s relationship advice against them.

Hype Factor: I first heard about the book last year from my college dorm mate. Now comes the movie— based off said best-selling book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey.

May 4th

  • “The Avengers”

Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bring together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki & his army.

Hype Factor: Marvel Comics’ characters band together to fight a mutual enemy.

May 11th

  • “Dark Shadows”

An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.

Hype Factor: Based on the ABC soap that aired from 1966 – 1971. Another Tim Burton and Johnny Depp collabo—hello!

May 25th

  • “Men In Black 3″

Agent J travels in time to MIB’s early years in the 1960s, to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.

Hype Factor: Many people have been wondering about the about 3rd installment to the MIB franchise.

July 20th

  • “The Dark Knight Rises”

Eight years after Batman took the fall for Two Face’s crimes, Bane overwhelms Gotham’s finest and the Dark Knight resurfaces.

Hype Factor: Anticipation has been boiling since the ‘The Dark Knight’ (2008), when Heath Ledger’s performance blew everyone out the water.

August 17th

  • “Sparkle”

Set in the 1960s, three sisters form a girl group and soon become Motown sensations, but fame becomes a challenge as the close-knit family begins to fall apart.

Hype Factor: After the late Whitney Houston passed away, I’m sure some people out there won’t want to miss her last project.

October 5th

  • “Taken 2″

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

Hype Factor: Sequel to the 2008 smash film and Liam Neeson reprises his role. ‘Nuff said.

November 16th

  • “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn pt. 2″

After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.

Hype Factor: The Saga is finally coming. To.  An. End. A big hoorah!

December 14th

  • “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”

A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug.

Hype Factor: Lord of the Rings, anyone?

December 25th

  • “The Great Gatsby”

You all know the story. Gatsby wants Daisy and can’t have her. Gatsby dies. Nick watches it all in fascination.

Hype Factor: Toby McGuire and Leonardo DiCaprio. But yeah go out and see this and write that paper. I’m kidding.

 

Source: IMDB and http://www.movieinsider.com/movies/-/2012/

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