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There are numerous films set to be released in 2018. While some films have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming, others are in production but do not yet have definite release dates.

2018 films

January – March

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Country	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	12	Gnomeo & Juliet: Sherlock Gnomes	Paramount Animation / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	John Stevenson (director); Ben Zazove (screenplay); Johnny Depp, James McAvoy, Emily Blunt	Animation, Comedy, Family	TBA	[1]
		Maze Runner: The Death Cure	20th Century Fox	Wes Ball (director); T.S. Nowlin (screenplay); Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Dexter Darden, Jacob Lofland, Rosa Salazar, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Patricia Clarkson, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Nathalie Emmanuel, Katherine McNamara	Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller	TBA	[2]
		Bad Boys for Life	Columbia Pictures	Joe Carnahan (director/screenplay); Will Smith, Martin Lawrence	Action, Comedy	TBA	[3]
	21	Early Man	StudioCanal / Aardman Animations	Nick Park (director); Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston	Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure	UK	[4]
F E B R U A R Y	9	Fifty Shades Freed	Universal Pictures	James Foley (director); Niall Leonard (screenplay); Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Kim Basinger, Eric Johnson, Max Martini, Brant Daugherty, Fay Masterson, Luke Grimes, Rita Ora, Arielle Kebbel	Drama, Romance	TBA	[5]
		The Predator	20th Century Fox	Shane Black (director/screenplay); Fred Dekker (screenplay); Boyd Holbrook, Olivia Munn	Action, Sci-Fi	TBA	[6][7][8][9][10]
		Smallfoot	Warner Bros. / Warner Animation Group	Ryan O’Loughlin (director); John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Sergio Pablos (screenplay)	Animation	TBA	[11]
	16	Black Panther	Marvel Studios	Ryan Coogler (director/screenplay); Joe Robert Cole (screenplay); Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Andy Serkis, Forest Whitaker, Daniel Kaluuya, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Angela Bassett, Letitia Wright	Superhero, Action, Adventure	TBA	[12][13]
		Larrikins	Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Animation	Tim Minchin (director); Harry Cripps (screenplay); Margot Robbie, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn, Jacki Weaver, Josh Lawson, Damon Herriman, Ewen Leslie	Animation	TBA	[14]
	23	Pacific Rim: Maelstrom	Universal Pictures / Legendary Pictures	Steven S. DeKnight (director); Zak Penn, Guillermo del Toro, Jon Spaihts, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder (screenplay); John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Max Martini, Jing Tian, Karan Brar	Action, Sci-Fi	TBA	[15][16]
M A R C H	2	Meg	Warner Bros.	Jon Turteltaub (director); James Vanderbilt (screenplay); Jason Statham, Jessica McNamee, Fan Bingbing, Ruby Rose	Action, Adventure	TBA	[17]
	9	Wreck-It Ralph 2	Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios	Rich Moore, Phil Johnston (director); John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman	Animation	US	[18]
	16	Tomb Raider	Warner Bros. / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Roar Uthaug (director); Geneva Robertson-Dworet (screenplay); Alicia Vikander	Action, Adventure	TBA	[19]
		The Flash	Warner Bros. / DC Entertainment	Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay); Ezra Miller, Kiersey Clemons, Ray Fisher, Billy Crudup, Jai Courtney	Action, Adventure, Superhero, Science-Fiction	TBA
	23	Peter Rabbit	Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation	Will Gluck (director/screenplay); James Corden, Rose Byrne, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debicki, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie	Hybrid Animation	US, AUS	[20]
	30	Ready Player One	Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment	Steven Spielberg (director); Zak Penn (screenplay); Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Hannah John-Kamen, Ben Mendelsohn, T.J. Miller, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg	Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi	TBA	[21]

April – June

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Country	Ref.
A P R I L	6	A Wrinkle in Time	Walt Disney Pictures	Ava DuVernay (director); Jennifer Lee (screenplay); Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Levi Miller, Deric McCabe, Michael Peña, Zach Galifianakis	Fantasy	TBA	[22]
	20	Rampage	Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema	Brad Peyton (director); Ryan Engle (screenplay); Dwayne Johnson	Action	TBA	[23][24]
M A Y	4	Avengers: Infinity War	Marvel Studios	Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (directors); Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely (screenplay); Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Pratt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brie Larson, Tom Holland, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, Paul Rudd, Paul Bettany, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Benedict Wong, Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin	Superhero, Action, Adventure	TBA	[25]
	11	Life of the Party	Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema	Ben Falcone (director/screenplay); Melissa McCarthy (screenplay); Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Molly Gordon, Debby Ryan, Gillian Jacobs, Jacki Weaver	Comedy	TBA	[26]
	18	How to Train Your Dragon 3	Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Animation	Dean DeBlois (director/screenplay); Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T. J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, Cate Blanchett, Djimon Hounsou	Animation, Adventure, Fantasy	TBA	[27]
	25	Untitled Han Solo Anthology film	Lucasfilm Ltd.	Phil Lord, Christopher Miller (director); Lawrence Kasdan, Jon Kasdan (screenplay) Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke	Action, Adventure	TBA	[28]
J U N E	8	Ocean's Eight	Warner Bros. / Village Roadshow Pictures / Smoke House Pictures	Gary Ross (director); Olivia Milch, Gary Ross (screenplay); Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, Awkwafina, Sarah Paulson	Comedy, Drama	TBA	[29]
		Transformers Bumblebee	Paramount Pictures	Christina Hodson (screenplay)	Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi	TBA	[30][31]
	15	The Incredibles 2	Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios	Brad Bird (director/screenplay);	Superhero, Action, Adventure, Animation, Family	TBA	[32]
	22	Jurassic World Sequel	Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment	J.A. Bayona (director); Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow (screenplay); Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Toby Jones, Rafe Spall	Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi	TBA	[33]

July – September

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Country	Ref.
J U L Y	6	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Marvel Studios	Peyton Reed (director); Andrew Barrer, Gabriel Ferrari, Paul Rudd (screenplay); Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena	Superhero, Action, Adventure	TBA	[34]
	13	The Secret Life of Pets 2	Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment	Chris Renaud (director); Brian Lynch (screenplay)	Animation	TBA	[35]
	20	Alita: Battle Angel	20th Century Fox	Robert Rodriguez (director); Laeta Kalogridis (screenplay); Rosa Salazar, Keean Johnson, Ed Skrein, Mahershala Ali, Christoph Waltz, Jackie Earle Haley, Eiza González	Sci-Fi	TBA	[7]
	27	Mission: Impossible 6	Paramount Pictures	Christopher McQuarrie (director/screenplay); Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson	Action	TBA	[36]
A U G U S T	3	Untitled Disney live-action film	Walt Disney Pictures			TBA	[22]
		Warriors: Into the Wild	Alibaba Pictures		Animation, Adventure, Action	TBA	[37]
	10	Untitled Universal Event Film	Universal Pictures			TBA	[38]
S E P T E M B E R	21	S.C.O.O.B.	Warner Bros. / Warner Animation Group	Tony Cervone (director); Dax Shepard (director/screenplay); Matt Lieberman (screenplay)	Animation	TBA	[39]
		Hotel Transylvania 3	Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation	Genndy Tartakovsky (director); Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Robert Smigel	Animation	TBA	[40]
	28	A Star Is Born	Warner Bros.	Bradley Cooper (director); Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga		TBA	[41]

October – December

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Country	Ref.
O C T O B E R	5	Aquaman	Warner Bros. / DC Entertainment	James Wan (director); Will Beall (screenplay); Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe	Superhero, Action, Adventure	TBA	[42]
	19	Jungle Book	Warner Bros.	Andy Serkis (director); Callie Kloves (screenplay); Rohan Chand, Andy Serkis, Christian Bale, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Peter Mullan, Naomie Harris, Tom Hollander, Freida Pinto	Adventure, Fantasy	TBA	[43]
N O V E M B E R	2	Mulan	Walt Disney Pictures	Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver (screenplay)	Adventure, Family	TBA	[44]
		Untitled Event Film	Paramount Pictures / Saban Films			TBA	[45]
	9	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment	Peter Candeland (director); Michael LeSieur (screenplay) Benedict Cumberbatch, Kaitlyn Maher	Animation, Family	TBA	[46]
	16	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2	Warner Bros. / Heyday Films	David Yates (director); J. K. Rowling (screenplay); Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp, Zoe Kravitz	Fantasy, Adventure	TBA	[47]
	21	Gigantic	Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios	Nathan Greno (co-director/screenplay), Meg LeFauve (co-director)	Animation, Family	TBA	[48]
D E C E M B E R	21	Animated Spider-Man	Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation / Marvel Entertainment	Bob Persichetti (director); Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (screenplay)	Animation, Superhero, Action	TBA	[49]
	25	Mary Poppins Returns	Walt Disney Pictures	Rob Marshall (director); David Magee (screenplay); Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Colin Firth	Musical, Fantasy	TBA	[22]

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