Terminator: Dark Fate
2019 will bring " The conclusion " of several major Hollywood franchises … if you believe the selling . Next yr ’s film slate is a monolithic one that features many of the big franchises delivering tentpole blockbusters , including Marvel Studios , Star Wars , and even James Bond . Not just regular launching , though , these all are foretell endings in one manikin or another , but it ’s simply out of true that any of these movies are really " The ending " of their franchises .
The year 2019 itself could be one of the culprits for this glut of fatalistic film marketing . It ’s the last year of a riotous tenner ( but arecord - settingone for Hollywood ) and it ’s natural to desire to signal some sort of end , especially for long - hightail it plastic film series on the cusp of change . " Change " is really the keyword here . Each one of the blockbusters hyping up the goal of their wildly successful serial is merely pay lip service to the musical theme that a completion is coming . While some sort of close indeed will be the case in some fashion for each enfranchisement , the serial themselves are blatantly set up to go forward in a new or different way of life .
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One thing that ’s been apparent in our current eld of shared world , reboots , and never - cease picture show series is that , to quote one of the last product line of Zack Snyder’sWatchmen(which is about to bereimagined as an HBO tv set serieslittle over a decennary after it was in theaters),“Nothing ever cease . “Nor is marketing " The End " of necessity a unfit mind , it ’s but a tactic that ’s a little disingenuous . With this in psyche , let ’s look at 2019 ’s blockbuster motion-picture show call that The End is fare for their dealership , even though we all know considerably .
Avengers 4 Is The End Of The MCU… Until It Isn’t
Just before this year , Avengers : eternity Warhyped itself as the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it , but even with the worldwide death make by Thanos , it did n’t bring home the bacon conclusion as much as it set up the inevitableAvengers 4 , as well as the prequel and origin story ofCaptain Marvel , both due in 2019 . Now , Avengers 4is being established as the death , and it could be , in a way , since some of the long - servingactors in the MCU are expect to leavethe enfranchisement ( though a complete departure may also not take for some histrion ; for case , Scarlett Johansson will likely asterisk in aBlack Widowprequel film even if Natasha Romanoff ’s present story terminate in her death ) . So , yes , Avengers 4does score the conclusion of Phase 3 and the 22 - wheel film series of the MCU so far .
But it also prepare up a new time to come . Obviously , there ’ll be more picture show , but they ’re going to still be connected to the story we ’ve just finished . Avengers 4will doubtlessly unmake the death Thanos get inInfinity War , bringing back full roll of heroes to immediately unfold the door for Phase 4 . Indeed , next up are motion picture connect to pre - existing hero : Spider - Man : Far From Home , the web - slinger ’s sequel , is the only officially dated MCU moving picture post - Avengers 4butGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3is inevitable , James Gunn rehiringor no .
The privateness of their approaching film ticket is a different tack for Marvel Studios , which had been known for announcing movies many years in progression . However , just because they are hush about what ’s coming next does n’t mean Marvel does n’t have lots of movies in development ( in addition to those discussed , there ’s expected to beThe Eternals , and very likelyAvengers 5 ) . The MCU may see a bit different , but it ’s by all odds not over .
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Hyping up " endings " is nothing novel for Marvel . The Avengerswas the completion of Phase 1 back in 2012,Captain America : Civil Warwas the end of the Avengers as they had been , andAvengers : Infinity Warwas repeatedly sold as a " culmination " . These are all transient payoffs . Of course , fan do n’t really mind because Marvel ’s movies are beloved , critically - applaud box place crash . audience gayly work along with Marvel because no matter what , they deliver whole stories sport part audiences have come to love .
Star Wars 9 Is The End… From A Certain Point Of View
Disney ’s other golden goose isStar Wars . Despite the flimflam ofSolo : A Star Wars Story ’s dissatisfactory box authority performance and the on-going backlash fromStar war : The Last Jedi , Lucasfilm has an ace in the golf hole forStar war 9 : per the casting announcement , it ’s the " last installment " in the Skywalker saga , which has been the primary focussing of the movie dealership since 1977 . No doubt this will be a key hook throughout the marketing , with the studio no doubt declaring " Every Saga Has An End " . It ’s pop civilisation history .
Of course , howeverEpisode IXconcludes the Darth Vader / Luke Skywalker / Kylo Ren family line circle ( probably with the last appearances of Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher ) , it by no mean value marks the remnant ofStar Warsitself . Quite the reverse , in fact . The Skywalker saga is now only one branch of Star Wars ; when that ’s over , the franchise will start diversifying across multiple announced film and television receiver project . Rian Johnson was give his own new film trilogyto oversee , as wereDavid Benioff and Dan Weiss , the Godhead ofGame of Thrones , so that ’s two new Star Wars movie series in the works , not counting any next spinoffs , like the rumour Boba Fett film to be maneuver byLogan ’s James Mangold and the ever - wished - forObi - Wan Kenobifilm that would hopefully star Ewan MacGregor . In summation , Episode IXmay not even be the end of the current trilogy ’s heroes Rey , Finn , and Poe Dameron ; Lucasfilm has talked of " plans " for those type to continue in some form afterStar Wars 9 . Star Wars will not only be live and well at the movies in the 2020s but also on television , withStar state of war : The Clone Warsset to return and the newlive - action series by Jon Favreaualso in the works .
As with Marvel , there ’s precedent for this . In fact , theStar Warsfranchise aid pioneer movie trilogy and their endings;Return of the Jediconcluded the first trilogy in 1983 andRevenge of the Sithdid the same for the prequel trilogy ( and then - six - movie saga ) in 2005.Episode IXmay be the terminal of the current trilogy and of the nine - celluloid Skywalker saga , but what it really marks is the beginning of a new kind of cross - pollination ofStar Warsthat fans have never quite ensure before . At this stage , Star Warswill probably never really end .
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Bond 25 Is The End… Of A Character Fans Are Already Recasting
Bond 25will likely be the final time Daniel Craig appears as 007 , and this could very well become a focal point of the marketing of the yet - untitled filmdirected by Danny Boyle . Craig invigorate James Bond starting withCasino Royalein 2006 and took the venerable spy enfranchisement to new heights withSkyfallin 2012 . EvenSpectre , which was considered a disappointment compared to its $ 1 - billion - grossingpredecessor , made significant bank by earning $ 880 - million globally . Daniel Craig lastly draw back his tuxedo is a major event … ifBond 25really is his last ( after all , Craig has threaten to quit before and then come back ) . Even if it is , though , everybody make out it ’s really only the conclusion of a chapter .
Like the query of who should play Batman , lover cast James Bond is a biz that never seems to stop . Every Bond fan has an opinion on who would best fit his tux . Indeed , Craig himself was a controversial pickax for the role a ten - and - a - half ago , but with his retirement on the horizon , fans choose the next James Bond has get in earnest ( just askIdris Elba , among many others , about the rumors that they ’ll play Bond next ) .
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James Bond has changed role player a half - dozen times since Sean Connery pioneer the purpose in 1962 ( Connery even left and come back ) , yet never really had an ending to his saga . Some indicate Pierce Brosnan’sDie Another Dayin 2002 wound up finishing the uninterrupted serial publication of films where every actor - Connery , George Lazenby , Roger Moore , and Timothy Dalton - was playing the same persona , but that does n’t delineate Craig or any replacement from the bequest . Similarly , the ending of Daniel Craig ’s wildly successful tenure by no way results in the end of James Bond . Like it says at the remnant of every 007 plastic film ’s credits , " James Bond Will come back " .
Fox’s X-Men Is Ending… But Marvel Is Going To Reboot
X - Men : Dark Phoenixfinds itself in a bizarre position as a game duck tentpole . It ’s the 7th X - Men squad movie , the fourth since the soft reboot ofX - man : First Classin 2011 introduced a younger casting of mutants , and the 2d attempt at filming " The Dark Phoenix Saga " comic strip taradiddle . Most importantly , it ’s the last movie about the core X - Men squad made by Fox , which sell itsfilm and TV properties to Disney , with the only other set movie being Josh Boone’sNew Mutants . Regardless of what happens in these motion picture , nothing more will follow with this cast of 10 - work force . Their story is over .
It ’s unlikelyX - human being : Dark Phoenixwill market itself as " The oddment " of the X - Men , but it is indeed the net bow of the saga as it ’s been since managing director Bryan Singer madeX - Menback in 2000 . Already , Hugh Jackman ended his implausibly democratic tenure as Wolverine with 2017’sLogan , so X - Men fans have already grown wonted to witnessing close .
AfterDark PhoenixandNew Mutants , Marvel Studios takes the rein of 10 - Men , bringing them into theMarvel Cinematic Universe . That will fee-tail a full reboot , with fresh actors taking over the roles of Wolverine , Magneto , Jean Grey , Storm , etc . and new histories specific to the MCU to stick to suit , but it ’s still a continuation in some form - not that it makes the final Fox entries any less the end of an era .
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Other 2019 Films That Are The End… But Really Aren’t
These are n’t the only 2019 supposedly pitch endings to their franchises , if not as blatantly . Toy Story 4,How To Train Your Dragon : The Hidden World , and even M. Night Shyamalan’sGlassare all culmination photographic film for their various sagas in one path or another . However , there ’s no guarantee that will stay : Toy Story 3already ended the saga and that spawned a serial publication ofToy Story Toonsand TV specials before a fourth entry ; meanwhile , How To Train Your Dragonhas also expanded into shortsighted films and a TV series calledDreamWorks Dragons .
As forGlass , it may mark the collision of theUnbreakableandSplitcharacters into one shared existence , but Shyamalan has not indicated that it ’s the definitive ending ofDavid Dunn , Kevin Crumb , and Mr. Glass by any means . IfGlassis as successful as its herald , inevitably more stories about those grapheme will surveil .
in the end , there is manufacturer James Cameron and theatre director Tim Miller’sTerminator 6 , which sees the regaining of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton to the enfranchisement they launched in 1984 . Terminator is no stranger to termination ; each attempt to restart the robot franchise sinceTerminator 2 in 1991 has inadvertently turned out to be an ending , with audiences rejecting the films and the next reboot discount the previous attempt . Terminator 6itself is ignoringTerminator 3 , Terminator : Salvation , andTerminator : Genisyswhile hop to successfully recharge the enfranchisement at last . But if audiences also dismissT6 , the fate Terminator makes for itself would be yet another termination .
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