it's become an annual tradition for me to spotlight the most exciting movies
for the upcoming year but this year in addition to the usual categories of
blockbusters and wildcards I'm adding a new category and that's the top 10
family movies of 2019 and this is taking the place of regular movies which I
think speaks volumes for the direction of the industry is headed yes these days
largely thanks to Disney family movies can rival the biggest comic book movies
when it comes to both box-office and fan interest but interestingly this list is
only half Disney you think Disney would have the whole damn thing or at least
the majority of it but no just half as other Studios smell money and like with
pretty much everything else these days are seeing if they can copy Disney
success alright so number one the Lion King The Lion King is the highest
grossing 2d animated movie of all time and it seems it's just as popular as
ever as its teaser trailer came in just
second to Avengers infinity war when it comes to the most watched trailers in
the first 24 hours now Jon Favreau came awfully close to the billion dollar club
with his jungle book movie this is his reward for that Disney was
like can you do it again but what this and he's like I sure can you're giving
me the Lion King and it's nice for him because of course he's now again once
again Disney's favorite son after being kicked out of the Marvel brand anyway it
seems he will make the billion dollar club this time as with an ethnically
correct cast in stark contrast in the 1994 original The Lion King seems poised
to build on black on the black panther craze which itself by the way borrowed
heavily from The Lion King ah the circle of movies alright number
two frozen 2 now frozen did join the billion dollar club and in fact is the
highest grossing animated movie period of all time a merchandising Empire for
Disney the Mouse's the mouse house is fast tracked a musical and theme park
lands the theme park lands are pretty darn cool I've been on the
Epcot it's nice but the recent let's say unfortunate Olaf's Christmas special
indicates two things one we might have reached frozen overload and two with the
original film significantly reworked at the last minute
does the frozen team actually know how to repeat their initial success but
frozen 2 will feature Elsa and Anna traveling beyond arendelle that's that's
exciting although they'll be I think fans will be like you're gonna put other
Disney Princesses in there especially after they Walt but I mean it must be so
tempting after the Ralph breaks the internet success and there were a couple
of Easter egg cameos in the first one anyway
I not only they traveling the world or at least beyond arendelle but fan
favorites Evan Rachel Wood well she's a fan favorite now thanks to Westworld but
sterling K Brown who everyone loves have joined the voice cast so it's safe to
say everyone everyone's gonna want to get a look at this thing even if it is a
trainwreck I don't think it's gonna be a train wreck but I know if it'll be as
big as the first one alright number two three detective Pikachu look at how high
Warner Brothers is on this list obvious Warner Brothers is always looking for a
way to stick it to the mouse and while they've made a bit of a mess of their DC
and Wizarding World brands now they have a new brand to hopefully not mess up and
that's Pokemon the first trailer for this live-action movie looks
surprisingly promising even with Deadpool Pikachu and also showed huge
fan interest this hits theaters may May 10th and yes Warner Brothers ain't
sitting out summer in 2019 for those of you who don't know they infamously
admitted they sat at 2018 for the summer because they didn't want to compete with
Disney alright number 4 Toy Story 4 and one casualty of the detective Pikachu
full trailer was Toy Story force teasers plural which were obliterated by the
little guy and you know Toy Story even released one the next day you know the
first one went head-to-head with detective Pikachu but then they were
like how about this one and people are like no I'm still
watching the detective Pikachu trailer oh ho but still Toy Story is the crown
jewel of Pixar and many childhood Plus The Crying factory seems
to be back in full force as 40 hints dealing with some hot button social
issues hello award season also key & peele and Keanu Reaves joined the voice
cast and who's gonna miss that number 5 is Aladdin
and speaking of the nostalgia play that's all the rage in Hollywood these
days few things tap into it as deeply as the Disney live-action remake and the
mouse has three this year now Aladdin along with The Lion King is one of the
biggest hits from the Disney Renaissance oh don't do it all at once desde I hope
that's not overload the other studios they're sweating it up big-time
but I mean Guy Ritchie and most of the cast have made everyone a little bit
nervous and that weak teaser trailer didn't help either but this movie has a
friend in Will Smith as the genie who will surely drag it across the finish
line although Will Smith himself as at least
I think at least three movies in 2019 so he'll be fighting over exposure as well
alright number 6 Dumbo who'd have thought that remaking a little very old
movie like Dumbo you know it certainly made an impression when it was released
but it's again so long ago and the older Disney properties haven't had the same
staying power so much although people who love Dumbo really love Dumbo go find
one and ask them about it and they will tell you that anyway when you pair that
very old movie with a washed-up director like Tim Burton who would have guessed
it would captivate as much as it does you think Pixar makes you cry Tim
Burton's like hold my beer with the saddest baby elephant we've ever seen
realized on film even Chris Evans tweeted about how sad this movie looks
also Burton has opted interestingly for a bigger animation like eyes and
expressions on his animal star well Jon Favreau at the Lion King is going for
realism and that's been a point of discussion already so we'll see which
audiences and critics prefer when both movies hit theaters the number 7 The
Secret Life of pets illumination finally comes on the board a little lower than
they usually are but they seem to have lost a bit of momentum with their past
few projects you know what else they've lost the star
of this movie as for obvious reasons louis c.k can no longer voice the lead
character in a family movie he has been replaced with Patton Oswalt who does
voiceovers and pretty much everything talk about overexposure summer 2019 is a
very very crowded movie season but perhaps new voice cast members here
Tiffany Haddish and Harrison freakin Ford she doesn't
want to be Han Solo anymore but he will begin the secret life of pets
Harrison Ford we want to love you but you make it so difficult anyway perhaps
their involvement can keep audiences tails wagging the number eight Dora the
Explorer can this famous Nickelodeon brand capitalize on Coco's success yes
Latino audiences are hungry for representation and paramount is hoping
they'll be happy with this live-action Dora which was rumored to be involved
with Michael Bay but that that turned out to not be the case although I think
that still haunts this film especially because star Isabel Moana was in his
last Transformers movie anyway Muppets and Alice Heller james bobin will direct
a moaner as dora eva longoria and michael pena as her
parents and mexican comedy superstar uhany oder best I love you honey oh do
bed so much she's so great just can't cross over to the United States
unfortunately I mean he's the most successful foreign star that you know
recently but he just can't really legitimately could come over and he's
trying so hard and this is one of those efforts and he's gonna be the villain in
this movie now this could end up like Spy Kids sure but don't forget the first
Spy Kids was actually a pretty big hit and Robert Rodriguez doesn't get any
credit for representation he still doesn't get any credit for
representation he must be like what the heck he's ahead he was ahead of his time
but he's still making movies today and he's still not getting any credit for it
I mean Alita battle angel is played by a Latina actress all right anyway number 9
Sonic the Hedgehog then because supposedly Sega's Sonic the
Hedgehog will join detective Pikachu not in the same movie but they will both be
on the big screen in 2019 which could make this quite the year for video game
fans Ben Schwartz voices Sonic all the live action cast
consists of james marsden tika Sumpter and Jim Carrey is dr. Robotnik with
paramount again surely hoping for a Grinch like performance with Jim Carrey
you never know what you're gonna get sales aren't quite as strong for Sonic
as they once were so this is another nostalgia play then finally number 10 is
Little Women and look who made this list Amy Pascal wow she's really on a roll
and I think nobody should underestimate Amy Pascal these days she is producing
this remake for Sony and she worked very hard to land director director Greta
Gerwig hot after her awards darling Lady Bird and also Sarah Polley
is scripting oh this is very well constructed it would seem that Amy
Pascal learned her lesson from her all-female Ghostbusters
here she has another all-star female cast with Meryl Streep Emma Watson
Saoirse Ronan also from Lady Bird and Laura Dern as well as male actors
Timothy sha'lame Bob Odenkirk what a delightful addition it'll be
tough to beat the 1933 and 1994 versions there are so many film versions of this
famous novel but those are the most famous but this Christmas it's a
Christmas movie this Christmas 2019 release I mean it's not just coming out
at Christmas but it's a Christmas theme so that's always nice it should be a
strong box-office and awards contender so that's my list of the top 10 family
movies hitting theaters in 2019 I'm very excited to hear your own thoughts down
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