{"id":21994,"date":"2018-05-09T01:43:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T23:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=21994"},"modified":"2018-05-09T01:43:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T23:43:48","slug":"5-superhero-movies-still-coming-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/5-superhero-movies-still-coming-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Superhero Movies Still Coming in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The superhero movie genre is thriving in 2018 \u2013 with <em>Black Panther<\/em> and <em>Avengers: Infinity War<\/em> already breaking box-office records; but we&#8217;re just getting started! There are a host of other superhero adventures coming your way this year, and we&#8217;ve rounded up the 5 most anticipated:<\/p>\n<h3>Deadpool 2<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date: <\/strong>18 May 2018<\/p>\n<p>The merc with the mouth will be cussing his way into theatres with Ryan Reynolds reprising his breakout role as Wade Wilson\/Deadpool. After last year&#8217;s runway success, Fox Studios is continuing with the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=deadpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadpool<\/a><\/em>\u00a0universe by adding more characters to the story \u2013 starting with famed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=xmen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>X-Men<\/em><\/a> character Cable, the son of Cyclops and Jean Grey. He\u2019s a super soldier with various mutant abilities including telepathy, telekinesis and the ability to manipulate technology; and Cable will be played by none other than Josh Brolin. The studio hasn\u2019t released a huge amount regarding the plot, but Deadpool and Cable are likely to be at odds in whatever story unfolds, but they may not be traditional adversaries. The directors have confirmed that the overall comedic tone will be maintained and that they\u2019re planning for a third <em>Deadpool<\/em> movie \u2013 signalling that they\u2019re heavily invested in the success of the character.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-xZNBFcwd7zc\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xZNBFcwd7zc?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xZNBFcwd7zc?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Ant-Man and The Wasp<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date: <\/strong>6<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>July 2018<\/p>\n<p>While <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=avengers&amp;category=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avengers<\/a>: Infinity War<\/em> is still fresh in our minds, another Marvel entry is coming this year: <em>Ant Man and The Wasp<\/em>. Acting as a sequel to the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=Ant-Man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Ant-Man<\/em><\/a> and taking place\u00a0after the events of\u00a0<em>Captain America: Civil War<\/em>, the film continues the tale of crook-turned-superhero Scott Lang and his new sidekick\u00a0Hope van Dyne AKA The Wasp as they have to take on a size-altering and extremely dangerous new mission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-UUkn-enk2RU\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/UUkn-enk2RU?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/UUkn-enk2RU?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date: <\/strong>December 2018<\/p>\n<p>In many people\u2019s minds the name \u2018Peter Parker\u2019 is synonymous with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=spider-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spider-Man<\/a>. What some fans may not know is that throughout Spider-Man\u2019s distinguished comic book and animation career, there have been a number of people who\u2019ve donned the web-slinger\u2019s mask. A new, upcoming animated movie,\u00a0<em>Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse<\/em>, explores exactly that idea, telling the tale of Miles Morales (who took the Spider-Man mantle following the death of Peter Parker) and following his realisation that he&#8217;s not the only Spider-Man around.\u00a0Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the brains behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=the+lego+movie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Lego Movie<\/em><\/a>, are behind this one too, so keep an eye out for it!<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-ii3n7hYQOl4\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ii3n7hYQOl4?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ii3n7hYQOl4?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Venom<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date: <\/strong>October 2018<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt that Sony and Marvel are cooking up something pretty good with the upcoming\u00a0<em>Venom<\/em>\u00a0movie, with the most recently-released trailer looking suitably badass. Tom Hardy takes on the role of investigative journalist Eddie Brock, who stumbles upon the conspiracy (and alien symbiote) which turns him into iconic Spider-Man anti-hero, Venom. For those who may not know, Venom is one of the web-crawlers\u2019s most famous villains, appearing throughout Marvel comic history and animated shows. Venom was portrayed by Topher Grace in 2007\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=spider-man+3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Spider-Man 3<\/em><\/a>, but many fans weren\u2019t happy with the representation of the character in Sam Raimi\u2019s film; hopefully Hardy can rectify those memories.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-u9Mv98Gr5pY\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/u9Mv98Gr5pY?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/u9Mv98Gr5pY?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Aquaman<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date: <\/strong>December 2018<\/p>\n<p>Arthur Curry, better known as his heroic persona Aquaman, featured rather heavily in 2017\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=justice+league&amp;category=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Justice League<\/em><\/a> \u2013 but we&#8217;ll get to see a whole lot more of Jason Momoa&#8217;s nautical hero in the Aquaman origin story. It will likely follow the traditional Aquaman genesis, with Arthur Curry being the child of the Atlantean queen, Atlanna, and a human sailor Thomas Curry. As Arthur becomes more aware of his powers, and the fact that he also belongs to another world, he\u2019ll have to choose which one he\u2019s going to embrace. Jason Momoa is joined by Amber Heard as Mera and Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, with James Wan, of <em>The Conjuring<\/em> fame, in the director&#8217;s chair.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Aquaman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em><strong>Find a long list of must-watch Marvel DVDs through PriceCheck.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=marvel&amp;category=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21641 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers-300x57.png\" alt=\"view offers\" width=\"300\" height=\"57\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers-300x57.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Want more movie news? Check out our <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/category\/health-fitness-beauty-fashion-recipes-travel-entertainment-news\/entertainment-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entertainment &amp; News<\/a><\/span> section for more great reads &amp; our latest feature where we take a look at the <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/2018\/04\/24\/5-most-expensive-movies-ever-made\/\">most expensive movies ever made!<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We take a closer-look at Deadpool 2, Venom, and more superhero films arriving in 2018!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":21995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2849,36],"tags":[3223,3224,3221,3222,3174,3175,2979,3220,1885,3226,3225,558,3218,3217,3219],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Aquaman.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21994"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21996,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21994\/revisions\/21996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}