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2010s English-language films

  • Captain America: Civil WarIn 1991, a brainwashed super-soldier named James Barnes intercepted an automobile carrying a case of super-soldier serum in Siberia.
  • Team ThorFilming for Team Thor occurred one month before the start of filming on Thor: Ragnarok in July 2016. Taika Waititi directed the project as a mockumentary…
  • Avengers: EndgameIn October 2014, Marvel Studios announced a two-part sequel to Avengers: Age of Ultron. The plan was to film both parts back-to-back under the working title…
  • Justice League (film)Warner Bros. Pictures began developing a live-action Justice League film in February 2007 with husband-and-wife duo Michele and Kieran Mulroney hired to…
  • Avengers: Age of UltronIn October 2011, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced that the studio was beginning to look at their Phase Two films.
  • Agent Carter (film)In August 2011, Marvel Studios announced a series of short films designed to be self-contained stories known as Marvel One-Shots.
  • First Man (film)In early 2003, actor-director Clint Eastwood and production people at the Warner Bros. studio bought the film rights to James R.
  • Silent Hill: RevelationTalks for a Silent Hill sequel began in December 2006, with Christophe Gans returning to direct and Roger Avary writing.
  • The Avengers (2012 film)In April 2005, Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch to begin developing a film based on the Avengers. Avi Arad, the CEO of Marvel Studios…
  • Apollo 11 (2019 film)In May 2017, a team led by director Todd Douglas Miller stood before the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland.
  • The Beatles: Eight Days a WeekPaul McCartney and Ringo Starr sat in a room with director Ron Howard to discuss the project. Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison joined them as Beatle widows.
  • Transformers: Dark of the MoonParamount Pictures announced a third Transformers film on the 16th of March 2009. Director Michael Bay initially thought the release date of the 1st of July…
  • Thor (film)Sam Raimi first developed the concept of a film adaptation based on Thor in 1991. He met Thor co-creator Stan Lee and pitched the idea to 20th Century Fox…
  • InceptionChristopher Nolan first wrote an 80-page treatment about dream stealers in the early 2000s. He originally envisioned Inception as a horror film before…
  • Star Wars: The Last JediIn October 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm and announced a new trilogy of Star Wars films. J.J. Abrams directed the first installment, The Force Awakens…
  • Goosebumps 2: Haunted HalloweenProduction began in September 2015 when Sony Pictures started looking for a screenwriter. Rob Letterman was originally set to direct the project again after…
  • Rogue OneIn 2003, visual effects supervisor John Knoll pitched a story called Destroyer of Worlds during the production of Episode III in Sydney.
  • Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerA year after the Battle of Crait, Emperor Palpatine sends a message of revenge to the galaxy. Kylo Ren obtains a Sith wayfinder that leads him to the hidden…
  • Star Wars: The Force AwakensIn October 2012, the Walt Disney Company purchased Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. This acquisition marked a seismic shift in the franchise's history.
  • Black Mirror: BandersnatchOn the 28th of December 2018, Netflix released a film that required viewers to make decisions within ten seconds or accept a default choice.
  • Ex Machina (film)Alex Garland held a computer in his hands when he was eleven years old. That machine felt like it had its own mind to the young boy.
  • Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy TrilogySeth MacFarlane stood at a panel during the 2007 Comic Con and showed clips of Family Guy characters dressed as Star Wars figures.
  • Free State of Jones (film)The year 1863 marked a turning point in Jones County, Mississippi. Confederate soldiers seized crops and livestock from struggling neighbors who were already…
  • Wreck-It RalphThe concept of Wreck-It Ralph first emerged in the late 1980s under a working title called High Score. Disney redeveloped and reconsidered the project…
  • Apollo 18 (film)In December 1974, the Apollo Lunar Module Liberty touched down on a dark sector of the Moon. Commander Nathan Walker and Captain Ben Anderson planted an…
  • Men in Black 3Barry Sonnenfeld received the initial premise for Men in Black 3 from Will Smith during filming of the second movie in 2002.
  • Life in a Day (2011 film)On the 24th of July 2010, the world paused to record its life. YouTube invited users to film their day and upload it for a future project.
  • Melancholia (2011 film)Lars von Trier developed the story of Melancholia during a therapy session in 2010. A therapist told him that people suffering from depression often act more…
  • Solo: A Star Wars StoryGeorge Lucas began developing a Han Solo prequel in 2012. He commissioned Lawrence Kasdan to write the screenplay for what would become Solo: A Star Wars…
  • Lincoln (film)In the freezing air of January 1865, President Abraham Lincoln stands in a dimly lit room within the White House. He stares at a map of Virginia while his…
  • Alita: Battle AngelIn 2003, James Cameron confirmed he would direct a film version of Yukito Kishiro's manga series Battle Angel Alita. The domain name battleangelalita.com was…
  • Death Note (2017 film)In 2007, the Malaysian newspaper The Star reported that more than ten film companies in the United States had expressed interest in adapting the Death Note…
  • Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XVThe sky over the capital city of Insomnia turned a bruised purple as dawn approached. Inside the Royal Citadel, King Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII stood before…