The Walt Disney Company has picked dates for its movies through 2019. It makes you wonder if they wanted to mark their territory prior to Comcast announcing its acquisition of DreamWorks. Whatever the reason, they own some powerful movie titles and opening dates. There are a lot of sequels and six movies with colons in the title. Here is what we know now:
May 6, 2016 Captain America: Civil War
May 27, 2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass
June 17, 2016 Finding Dory (sequel to finding Nemo)
July 1, 2016 The BFG (a Spielberg movie about a giant)
Aug 12, 2016 Pete's Dragon (a remake of the movie my then 4 year old son walked out of)
Oct 26, 2016 Doctor Strange (based on the Marvel comic)
Nov 23, 2016 Moana (about the South Pacific and a demi-god played by "The Rock")
Dec 16, 2016 Rogue One (a Star Wars spin-off)
Mar 17, 2017 Beauty and the Beast (a live action film)
May 5, 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
June 16, 2017 Cars (third in the series)
May 26, 2017 Dead Men Tell No Tales (5th in the Pirates of the Caribbean series)
Nov 3, 2017 Thor: Ragnarok
Nov 22, 2017 Coco (based upon the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday)
Dec 15, 2017 Yet unnamed Star Wars movie
Mar 9, 2018 Gigantic (a sequel of sorts to Jack and the Beanstalk)
Feb 16, 2018 Black Panther (based upon a Marvel comic featuring a Black superhero)
May 4, 2018 Avengers: Infinity War
May 25, 2018 And yet another yet unnamed Star Wars movie
June 15, 2018 Toy Story (4th in the series)
July 6, 2018 Captain Marvel
May 3, 2019 Avengers: Infinity War – Part II
May 24, 2019 Star Wars: Episode IX
June 21, 2019 The Incredibles (a sequel)