Three black directors featured in the top 10 most anticipated films of 2018

[Dr. Narcisse]

10. “Black Panther”
Director: Ryan Coogler (“Creed”)

What You Need To Know: To their credit, Marvel have established a fairly solid quality level that rarely dips below ‘disappointing.’ But also, the uniformity of their approach means that it’s been hard to imagine their movies tipping into true greatness — even the freer hand that Taika Waititi seemed to be granted with “Thor: Ragnarok” couldn’t quite escape the MCU house style. But we have high hopes that “Black Panther” could be the one to stand out from the pack. Even aside from the joy of seeing a giant blockbuster movie with an almost entirely non-white cast, Coogler is a filmmaker of serious talent, as good as Marvel have ever had, and from the excellent trailers, he’s created an Afrofuturist wonderland that looks like nothing ever put on screen. Teamed with Marvel’s usual quality control on the scripting, and a killer cast (also including Letitia Wright, Daniel Kaluuya, Forest Whitaker, Winston Duke, Andy Serkis and Martin Freeman), and we haven’t been this excited for a superhero movie in a long time.

8. “Widows”
Director: Steve McQueen (“12 Years A Slave”)

What You Need To Know: Steve McQueen smashed records four years ago when he became the first black filmmaker to direct a Best Picture-winner (though he lost the Best Director statue to Alfonso Cuarón) for his masterful “12 Years A Slave.” His long-gestating follow-up looks to be a little more fun, with the helmer going into genre territory for this remake of a British thriller miniseries, co-adapted with “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn. The idea of diverse, female-driven take on the heist picture is a winner, but when you also include McQueen’s undeniable directing gifts at the helm, and an utterly stacked cast also including Daniel Kaluuya, Liam Neeson, Robert Duvall, Carrie c00n, Garret Dillahunt, Jacki Weaver, Brian Tyree Henry and Jon Bernthal, you couldn’t keep us away from this.

Release Date: November 16th, 2018.

Director: Barry Jenkins (“Medicine for Melancholy,” “Moonlight”)
1. “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Director: Barry Jenkins (“Medicine for Melancholy,” “Moonlight”)

Synopsis: A pregnant woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove the father of her unborn child innocent of the crime of which he is accused.



What You Need To Know: So the same summer that then-little-known director Barry Jenkins was writing last year’s Best Picture winner, “Moonlight” he was also working on another script, an adaptation of James Baldwin‘s “If Beale Street Could Talk.” Now, with “Moonlight”s incredible, well-deserved, game-changing success, he’s making that movie, and it will without doubt be the hot-ticket item of 2018. Baldwin himself is having something of a cinematic moment after award-winning doc “I Am Not Your Negro,” and the Baldwin estate has thrown their support behind the film, which Annapurna and Plan B are producing. Furthermore, “Moonlight” didn’t just make a star of Jenkins, it also catapulted half his behind-camera team to the tops of their fields, and key personnel return this time too: James Laxton as DP, and Joi McMillan and Nat Sanders as editors. There’s no such thing as a sure bet in the movies. Except, maybe there is.

The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2018

 

[Mic-Nificent]

They should have just named it "OUR most anticipated movies of 2018".

It's a good list but it's also clearly just the films anticipated by the people who work there. Most people have no desire to see the majority of that top ten.

 

[FlyRy]

Widows gonna be fire

 

[MartyMcFly]

They should have just named it "OUR most anticipated movies of 2018".

It's a good list but it's also clearly just the films anticipated by the people who work there. Most people have no desire to see the majority of that top ten.

Homie. You do know that’s all lists right? It’s understood it’s their view and their opinion and what their writers and editors want to see. No need to say it cause it’s implied

 

[BXKingPin82]

yes
yes
:yesyessam:

 

[MartyMcFly]

Not on their list but I’m anticipating the hell out of a wrinkle in time

 

[Ironman]

Not on their list but I’m anticipating the hell out of a wrinkle in time

I was expecting that one I'm very curious about it

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Not on their list but I’m anticipating the hell out of a wrinkle in time

I was expecting that one I'm very curious about it

Its at like 24 on their list. Just didn't make the top 10.

 

[darryl]

They should have just named it "OUR most anticipated movies of 2018".

It's a good list but it's also clearly just the films anticipated by the people who work there. Most people have no desire to see the majority of that top ten.

Always gotta be some negative shyt huh