January is a great time to look at the year ahead, and get excited about the movies planned for release over the next 12 months.
2014 has the potential to be a great year at the box office with a ton of sequels and reboots coming our way. We can expect more than 20 sequels in 2014, including Captain America: The Winter Soldier, X-Men Days of Future Past, Transformers 4: Age of Extinction, Night at the Museum 3 and How to Train Your Dragon 2, among others. Among the reboots, look for new versions of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Godzilla and Robocop. 2014 will also deliver a lot of original movies including The LEGO Movie, Mr Peabody & Sherman, Guardians of the Galaxy and Maleficent.
Following is a list of the family-friendly and some of the highly anticipated movies coming out over the following year*.
The Nut Job—Friday, January 17
I, Frankenstein—Friday, January 24
The LEGO Movie—Friday, February 7
Robocop—Wednesday, February 12
Vampire Academy—Friday, February 14
Mr Peabody & Sherman—Friday, March 7
300: Rise of An Empire—Friday, March 7
Muppets Most Wanted—Friday, March 21
The Pirate Fairy—Tuesday, April 1
Captain America: The Winter Soldier—Friday, April 4
Rio 2—Friday, April 11
The Amazing Spider-Man 2—Friday, May 2
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return—Friday, May 9
Godzilla—Friday, May 16
X-Men: Days of Future Past—Friday, May 23
Maleficent—Friday, May 30
Edge of Tomorrow—Friday, June 6
How to Train Your Dragon 2—Friday, June 13
22 Jump Street—Friday, June 13
Transformers: Age of Extinction—Friday, June 27
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes—Friday, July 11
Planes Fire & Rescue—Friday, July 18
Jupiter Ascending—Friday, July 25
Guardians of the Galaxy—Friday, August 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles—Friday, August 8
The Expendables 3—Friday, August 15
Resident Evil 6—Friday, September 12
Dolphin Tale 2—Friday, September 19
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day—Friday, October 10
Interstellar—Friday, November 7
Big Hero 6—Friday, November 7
Dumb and Dumber To—Friday, November 14
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1—Friday, November 21
Paddington—Friday, December 12
The Hobbit: There and Back Again—Wednesday, December 17
Annie—Friday, December 19
Night at the Museum 3—Thursday, December 25
Into the Woods—Thursday, December 25
TimetoPlayMag.com will keep you up to date with movie releases, news and reviews. We will also be featuring the latest toys for 2014’s biggest movies, and you’ll get a sneak peek of the upcoming movie toys during episodes of The Playdate just prior to the big movie’s opening.
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*Dates listed are subject to change by the studios.