Are you sitting down? Because some of the news Sony Pictures dropped at one time might make you jump out of your seat. The studio announced release dates for a whipping 16 films, including dates for projects we hadn’t even heard of yet.
Many of these are the newest installments of franchises, while others are reboots and sequels. We did know that a Bad Boys 3 with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence was in the works, but no idea that Sony was planning a Bad Boys 4! BB3 will be out on Feb. 17, 2017 and BB 4 hits theaters on July 3, 2019.
Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot even got a new date, moving up a week to July 15, 2016. Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk got an Oscars-friendly release date on Nov. 11, 2016.
Underworld 5 with Kate Beckinsale was slated for Oct. 21, 2016 while Resident Evil 6 with Milla Jovovich will be released on Jan. 27, 2017. Sadly, no Underworld/Resident Evil crossover was announced.
Sony also confirmed that the Marvel Spider-Man reboot hits theaters on July 28, 2017 and Phil Lord & Christopher Miller’s animated Spidey swings on the big screen on July 20, 2018.
Here’s the full list of dates with notes on each film:
Money Monster - April 8, 2016: Directed by Jodie Foster, this movie stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts.
The Shallows - June 24, 2016: There’s nothing about this film on IMDb.
Ghostbusters - July 15, 2016
Patient Zero - Sept. 2, 2016: This movie about a global epidemic stars Natalie Dormer and Stanley Tucci.
The Magnificent Seven - Sept. 23, 2016: This is Antoine Fuqua’s remake of the Western classic with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke.
Underworld 5 - Oct. 21, 2016: This marks Beckinsale’s return to the franchise.
Passengers - Dec. 21, 2016: This long-gestating sci-fi romance now stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, with The Imitation Game’s Morten Tyldum directing.
Jumanji - Dec. 23, 2016: WHAT?!? According to IMDb, Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction) is writing a reboot of the Robin Williams family classic.
The Dark Tower - Jan. 13, 2017: It’s a really bad sign that Sony wants to dump the long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s ambitious novel in January.
Resident Evil 6 - Jan. 27, 2017: Milla Jovovich certainly has job security.
Bad Boys 3 - Feb. 17, 2017
Baby Driver - March 17, 2017: This is Edgar Wright’s new project, which he started work on right after leaving Ant-Man. Lily James and Ansel Elgort star.
Barbie - June 2, 2017: Diablo Cody is hard at work on the script for this.
Uncharted - June 30, 2017: This is an adaptation of the video game. Director Seth Gordon left the project, so it no longer has a director.
The Lamb - Dec. 8, 2017: There’s no news on this at IMDb, but in September 2014, TheWrap reported that it is a faith-based Sony Animation project.
Bad Boys 4 - July 3, 2019