RESULTS: Which Upcoming Comic Book Movies Are You Most Looking Forward To?

When we posted our CBM "Calendar Update" last week (find it HERE if you missed it) we also asked you which of the films coming out this year, next year, the year after that and those currently in-development. Find out the results in full after the jump.

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By Josh Wilding - 8/28/2012

2012

Peter Jackson returns to Middle-Earth, this time adapting J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit. Originally set to be split into just two films, it was revealed earlier this month that there will now be THREE instalments. Seems like an awful lot for a reasonably short book, but the director reportedly had enough footage in order to stretch it out a little further and it’s thought that he may even delve into some of Tolkein’s other books in order to bridge the gap between these films and Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

2013

He’s baaaack! After the underwhelming mess that was Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns, it looks as if Zack Snyder will be the man who finally does the iconic DC character justice. With the promise of plenty of action, an incredible cast and a storyline which will be less of a throwback to the classic Superman movies and more like what fans love from the comics, it wouldn’t be at all surprising to see this reboot end up becoming THE best comic book movie of 2013. The SDCCon footage and trailer has everyone VERY excited...

2014

It’s not exactly a surprise that the crowd at the San Diego Comic-Con erupted in cheers when the title of the Captain America: The First Avenger sequel was announced at the event last month. That’s right, Sebastian Stan will return as The Winter Soldier! The choice of a directing duo in the form of the Russo Brothers (You Me And Dupree, Community) is understandably worrying many, although there are still plenty of other reasons to be excited, including the recent news that Anthony Mackie (The Adjustment Bureau) has signed up to play The Falcon.

In-Development

After the recent news that The Gangster Squad scribe has penned a script which will put all of DC’s iconic superheroes in one film, it was also recently revealed that Warner Bros. have approached Ben Affleck with an offer to direct, although recent reports indicate that The Wachowskis (The Matrix) may be in talks. A 2015 release is rumoured, but not confirmed.

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	P862010 - 8/28/2012, 4:41 AM Login to report abuse wow how did days of future past lose especially with vaughn back that has ingredients of soemthing ambitious and special
	13echo - 8/28/2012, 4:42 AM Login to report abuse Black Panther..... got a long way to go....
	Theunderdog - 8/28/2012, 5:03 AM Login to report abuse I vote GOTG CHECK OUT MY FANCAST THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY FANCAST
	Theunderdog - 8/28/2012, 5:04 AM Login to report abuse the guardian of the galaxy
	CherryBomb - 8/28/2012, 5:08 AM Login to report abuse Haha! poor R.I.P.D. No one a fan of Marisa Miller I see?
	SCOURGE - 8/28/2012, 5:08 AM Login to report abuse CBM uses the Chicago way of voting....where dead people votes count too!
	Christuffer - 8/28/2012, 5:09 AM Login to report abuse @Mrcool210 - Actually, it does have a comic book. So does LOTR. Google it :) Personally, I'm most excited for Man of Steel and Kick Ass 2. Anything else...well, we'll see.
	BuckyCap - 8/28/2012, 5:16 AM Login to report abuse They just HAD to cram Falcon into Cap's movie, didn't they?
	Unas - 8/28/2012, 5:19 AM Login to report abuse Falcon sucks!
	TheDetectiveComicRises - 8/28/2012, 5:31 AM Login to report abuse I got Man of Steel as my top movie next year I think it will perform very well & in development I look very forward to Justice League someday. I look forward to Red 2, Iron Man 3, Captain America The Winter Soldier, Thor the Dark World, GI Joe Retalition & also in development Masters of The Universe :)
	figuresmaniac - 8/28/2012, 5:32 AM Login to report abuse What grif said....
	superotherside - 8/28/2012, 5:40 AM Login to report abuse I pretty sure I voted this: 2012 LOTR 2013 MOS 2013 GOTG Rumored JL Honestly though, GOTG is my top one I'm looking forward to right now. Haters don't hate unless you read the books. It's going to be mind blowing. I think another reason why I'm looking forward to them the most is because it's something we haven't ever seen before.
	UltimateSpiderman - 8/28/2012, 5:42 AM Login to report abuse How exactly is The Hobbit a comic book movie?
	superotherside - 8/28/2012, 5:42 AM Login to report abuse Can't wait for the next phase of MCU films or MOS though.
	superotherside - 8/28/2012, 5:46 AM Login to report abuse For those who don't think the Hobbit is a comic as well.
	superotherside - 8/28/2012, 5:47 AM Login to report abuse ^^^ If you click the pic, you'll be taken to the amazon page.
	SageMode - 8/28/2012, 6:02 AM Login to report abuse I'd be more excited to see MOS, but since Nolan is attached as a producer (whom has the most creative control of a movie), I'm not interested. Thor: The Dark World Captain America: The Winter Soldier / Guardians of the Galaxy Black Panther
	Nomis1800 - 8/28/2012, 6:03 AM Login to report abuse MAN OF STEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	Coolkid - 8/28/2012, 6:10 AM Login to report abuse IM-3 & TASM-2 gonna rule 2013 & 14...!!!
	BANEofExistence - 8/28/2012, 6:12 AM Login to report abuse 2013 Man 9f steel 2014 days of future past
	AmericanPsychoWolf - 8/28/2012, 6:19 AM Login to report abuse @SageMode You're not interested in MOS cause Nolan's involve? Give me a break, he wrote the "story" and that's his only role (producer) let it go. All three of my choices (except Hobbit) were right
	CharlesTheIncredible - 8/28/2012, 6:22 AM Login to report abuse DoFP actually beat GotG? People know Fox is making that movie right?
	marvel72 - 8/28/2012, 6:24 AM Login to report abuse how i voted 2012 the hobbit an unexpected joruney 2013 thor the dark world 2014 guardians of the galaxy in development justice league (if it ever happens,dc & warner do talk alot of shit)
	Angelus - 8/28/2012, 6:24 AM Login to report abuse Man of Steel is of course the greatest event in 2013, followed by Iron-Man 3 and Thor 2: TDW.
	Cosmic1 - 8/28/2012, 6:25 AM Login to report abuse If they make dead pool it will bomb at the box office only comic fans would go see this and with the amount and type of violence necessary i don't think many parents will take there kids to see it. Man of steel doesn't look that exciting either looks like they tried to hard or it's an episode of deadliest catch.
	KeithM - 8/28/2012, 6:26 AM Login to report abuse Didn't the Moat Disappointing Poll pretty much show that the polls here are pretty meaningless? Until the new poll system is in place I'll refrain from voting, but The Hobbit, MoS and the Marvel Studio movies I'm looking forward to the most. A little nervous about Days of Future Past - it could be really good or, it being Fox, it may well be yet another great comics story murdered by Hollywood. Looking forward to seeing which.
	EarOne - 8/28/2012, 6:27 AM Login to report abuse Man of Steel's definitely OWNS as THE most eagerly anticipated movie of next summer. Hobbit 2 woulda been it, but since it now becomes the MIDDLE installment instead of the FINALE, the anticipation might've lessened a bit. i sure was disappointed that jackson chose to STRETCH it into three parts. as for 2014..CA: Winter Soldier got the spot for me, though i still think, marvel shoulda waited on RE-introducing Bucky til the third Cap solo movie, after avengers 2. they could do so many OTHER things with the second Cap movie, like more on the SHIELD main characters, like Fury, Widow and Barton (IF there WON'T be a SHIELD movie or a solo widow/hawkeye flick), then there're Cap's modern day supports, like Sharon, Sam/Falcon and his other enemies, Lady Hydra, Strucker, Zemo, etc... there's just NO place for Bucky, YET, in the second movie. after he's awaken at the end of his first movie and the first Avengers, we still haven't got the FULL picture on how Cap was discovered, thawed and informed on his family and friends (most of whom had passed away, surely)...and all that should've been prioritized in the second chapter of his solo outing. with this decision, i still hope marvel would surprise us by actually doing a SHIELD stand-alone movie, between next year and the release of Avengers 2.
	dwaynejohnsonsfromundahcheesepanini - 8/28/2012, 6:37 AM Login to report abuse Seems accurate. Man of Steel, TASM 2, Thor 2 & Cap 2 for me. Not going to see Man of Steel because Nolan produces? Yeah Nolan was always a Liquid Swords/solo albums Wu fan that used his disgust of Ol' Dirty's passing to make his films less comicbook-like. :D
	ProNoob - 8/28/2012, 6:50 AM Login to report abuse many others probably said this, but where was Avengers 2??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????
	SageMode - 8/28/2012, 6:50 AM Login to report abuse THEWOLFMAN "@SageMode You're not interested in MOS cause Nolan's involve? Give me a break, he wrote the "story" and that's his only role (producer) let it go". Do you even know what you're talking about? A film producer pretty much sets the overall tone and vision of a movie. A director just brings the producers' vision through their style of presentation. Producer > Director > Screenwriter
	Ha1frican - 8/28/2012, 6:58 AM Login to report abuse Did anyone who voted Dredd actually watch the trailer? It was god awful. This year im most excited for Skyfall closely followed by The Hobbit (never got into LoTR but always wanted to) and with CBM's Man of Steel > Avengers 2> Ironman 3> Thor:TDW/CA:TWS> Ant-Man/GoTG>>>>>>>> trailers>>>>> The wolverine
	Ha1frican - 8/28/2012, 7:04 AM Login to report abuse But the margin between IM3 and Thor:TDW/Captain America:TWS is VERY small. IM3 is the last contracted RDJ/Marvel film (even though im SURE it will get renewed) the culmination of a trilogy, a miletone of the MCU as well as it sets the stage for Phase 2 much like IM1 did for phase 1. Its actually crazy to think that the chara,ter that kicked all tis off is in a way almost done, im sure he wll appear in avengers films and maybe a cameo here or there but there is a good chance this wil be his last solo outing to make way for other franchises... at least for a while anyway
	Dynamo - 8/28/2012, 7:13 AM Login to report abuse @SageMode If you had paid attention to production you would've known that Nolan has been too bust with TDKR to play a large role in MOS.
	dwaynejohnsonsfromundahcheesepanini - 8/28/2012, 7:29 AM Login to report abuse I believe Nolan was quoted as saying that he was pleased with the MOS film he had prepped and from that point on it would be Snyder's film. Will be very pleased to see Wright's take on Ant-Man!
	dwaynejohnsonsfromundahcheesepanini - 8/28/2012, 7:29 AM Login to report abuse pleased
	MisterNiceGuy - 8/28/2012, 7:39 AM Login to report abuse Skyfall-Thor-GOTG-Deadpool.
	Squaremaster - 8/28/2012, 7:40 AM Login to report abuse The fact that Nolan is attached to Man of Steel is the sole purpose of why I'll be attending the theater, and it's the only film of the genre that I'm spending a penny on. If it was strictly a Snyder film, I wouldn't bother.
	Maximus101 - 8/28/2012, 7:53 AM Login to report abuse Captain America? Lol the first one was terrible in my opinion so I don't have any high hopes for the second. Man of steel and iron man 3 I'm very much looking forward too.
	Godzillafart - 8/28/2012, 8:08 AM Login to report abuse @cipher: Batman Begins was Nolan's worst movie and a mediocre CBM at best. He did a great job with TDK, but I really don't want his hands on MOS. TIme for DC to start making their cinematic universe, and it should be very different than the Nolan universe.
	GoILL - 8/28/2012, 8:10 AM Login to report abuse From what little footage i've seen of Man of Steel it looks like it will be good, that film and Iron Man 3 are the ones i'm looking forward to the most next year.
	SageMode - 8/28/2012, 8:12 AM Login to report abuse CIPHER It's funny you said that, because Nolan didn't produce BATMAN BEGINS, but he did so with TDK and TDKR.
	Darkhaven - 8/28/2012, 8:13 AM Login to report abuse @Just1Superguy - 8/28/2012, 7:10 AM "@ Sagemode - Everytime you insult Nolan, I hope you know you lose credibility to a lot of people." Actually dude, saying stuff like this kind of lessens you. He didn't even insult Nolan. Just because the majority likes someone, doesn't mean everyone has to also. Has it occurred to you guys that perhaps people simply don't like Nolan's style, and it has nothing to do with old movie rivalries? I'm not a fan of the man either, so what? I'm not a fan of Kim Kardashian either, but tons of people love her; does that rip my credibility as well? I happen to think there are women who are less gold digging, less vapid, less sleazy, and less attention whorish. And hotter. Let people have their opinion. On topic, I'm dying to see Guardians of the Galaxy and all of the Hobbits. And of course Captain America, Ant Man and Black Panther. And I really hope Robocop doesn't turn me against everyone involved with it.
	SageMode - 8/28/2012, 8:16 AM Login to report abuse JUST1SUPERGUY Did you really just say that? LMAO. There's a difference between being insulting and stating reason for dislike.
	SageMode - 8/28/2012, 8:18 AM Login to report abuse And really makes you sound like a Nolanite......
	Nostalgic14 - 8/28/2012, 8:19 AM Login to report abuse I get annoyed when some of the top movies in the lists aren't even CBMs.
	Linta - 8/28/2012, 8:32 AM Login to report abuse 2013: CBM Iron Man 3 Man of Steel Thor: The Dark World NONE CBM Elysium Pacific Rim Gravity
	SageMode - 8/28/2012, 8:35 AM Login to report abuse CIPHER I wasnt implying that you werent. Even though Goyer was involved in all three films, i was just stating that the only one where Nolan wasnt a producer in was the one that actually felt like a comic book movie from the Batman mythos.
	jessepostal - 8/28/2012, 8:43 AM Login to report abuse Cap 2 all the way, can't wait to see where they go with him
	ellispart3 - 8/28/2012, 8:46 AM Login to report abuse i feel like i'm the only person in the world that has 0 interest in the hobbit or lotr flicks. either or, i'm waiting on MOS. and defining what is and what isn't a CBM, i always felt that if the movie is influenced by comics along with films that have influenced comics. jimmy bond counts due to his heavy influence on good ole nicky fury back in the 60s. and i didn't even bring his character allusion in league of extraordinary gentleman: the black dossier or even the dr. no comics from the 60s.
	JDUKE25 - 8/28/2012, 9:37 AM Login to report abuse 2012 The Hobbit 2013 Man of Steel 2014: Guardians of the Galaxy In Development Justice League
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