From "Avatar" To "Wicked" – Nine Hotly Awaited Sequels To Look Forward To This Year

The third instalment of James Cameron's five-part movie franchise is on the horizon, and fans can expect to see a whole new side to Pandora. With the two previous movies reaping huge financial rewards, Avatar: Fire and Ash will likely continue that trend, as fans flock to see what's next for the Na'vi. 

The film will see the main cast return, including Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, and Sigourney Weaver, among other notable names. If you're wanting to rewatch the first two, you have plenty of time, because the release is set to be in December of this year. 

After Chris Evans and Steve Rodgers' tenure as Captain America came to an end in Avengers: Endgame, it's been Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson who's taken on the shield. With his emergence in the TV show, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, this will be the first feature film with Sam as Captain America, and the new falcon, Joaquin Torres, will be there alongside him. 

Fans can be excited to see the return of Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns from The Incredible Hulk, and the introduction of Harrison Ford as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross. We can expect the release in February of this year.  

The second of the two-parter, after Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and the eighth instalment of the Mission Impossible franchise, this Tom Cruise return as Ethan Hunt to pull off another impossible feat. 

Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, and Ving Rhames all return for what many speculate will be the last film in the series, although that is yet to be confirmed. As it was filmed back-to-back with Dead Reckoning Part One, it also has Christopher McQuarrie at the directorial helm. Fans can expect to see the movie released in May.

The songs from the first Wicked film will barely be out of your head by the time Wicked: For Good comes out, and we're all the better for it. The second part is expected to come out in November this year, and the story will continue where it left off, and essentially be the second act of the adapted broadway musical. 

Thus, the cast will stay the same, although some suggest we may be seeing a more prominent role for Dorothy than the broadway versions. With the first film breaking records for a broadway adaptation, the second one will likely follow in its success. 

23 years after the first film 28 Days Later, comes the third movie set in the apocalyptic world, as we see how certain survivors are living amongst the infected almost three decades after the Rage Virus escaped a research laboratory. 

We will follow a group. of survivors as they leave their relatively safety of their inhabited island, and head to the mainland, uncovering an array of horrors, secrets, and mysteries as they do. The film reunites filmmakers  Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, both of whom worked on the first film, and stars Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, and Jack O'Connell, amongst others. The release date is set for June.