The Thirty Fantasy/Sci-Fi Movies Coming Out in 2009

It looks like there are thirty big fantasy/sci-fi movies coming out in 2009, so for fellow otaku out there, here are the thirty movies to choose from this year. (My motto- if it isn’t geeky or winning an Oscar, just catch it on Netflix.)

A decent crop, I suppose. I’m excited for that guy above, The Watchmen (Fox is a bitch), Star Trek (not at all a Trekkie, but the trailer was killer), Harry Potter (duh) and James Cameron’s Avatar (finally).

I’m bracing myself for massive disappointment with Transformers 2 (b/c the first one was nothing to write home about) and GI Joe (come on- get one toy commercial movie right!) as well as Terminator Salvation.

Let me take a second to point out that Terminator Salvation was written by the most pedigreed movie team of all time – Paul “Crash, Million Dollar Baby, Casino Royale” Haggis, Shawn “The Shield” Ryan and Jonothan “Dark Knight, The Prestige, Memento” Nolan.

Now let me then point out that it is directed by the most I’d-rather-punch-myself-in-the-face-repeatedly-for-two-hours-than-watch-his-movies director- McG. The guy who brought us Charlie’s Angels.

Okay, enough from me: the 30 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Movies of 2009:

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January:

Outlander: Jesus (Jim Caviezel) rallies vikings to attack alien monsters. Awesome.

February:

Coraline: Stop-motion adaptation of a Neil Gaiman book. Hell yes.

Push: Telekinetic teens run around Hong Kong. WTF?

Street Fighter- the Legend of Chun Li: Let’s remake a shitty movie as another shitty movie!

March:

Watchmen: Needs no introduction. The geek universe is crossing its collective fingers so tightly, they’re bleeding. Basically, the geek equivalent of mass stigmata.

Race to Witch Mountain: One of my favorite movies as a kid + the Rock = Brilliance.

Knowing: It involves numbers, conspiracies and Nic Cage. FAIL.

Monsters vs Aliens: 3D animated version of the title. So cute I’m vomiting, but we’ll….see….

April:

Dragonball: If you look up FAIL in the dictionary…

Crank- High Voltage: I guess if you were a fan of the first, somehow…

May:

Wolverine: Please, lord, let this be 1/100th as amazing as it could/should be…

Star Trek: Ditto on this one.

Terminator:Salvation – McFail.

June:

Land of the Lost: Regurgitating an old TV show with Will Ferrell? Are you emulating Tim Allen now, Will?!

Transformers 2: We can all hope, I guess…

2012: Any movie who’s trailer says “Google 2012” is a giant fruit basket of fail.

July:

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: Should be decent to great, though again, it’ll rush through the plot so fast you’ll get nauseous.

They Came From Upstairs: Teens discover alien invasion on vacation. Yawn.

August:

GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra: What Hollywood exec swears that the most powerful word in a title is RISE?!? Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer bombed!! Stop using that goddamn word!!!

September:

Game: Ludicrous plus The Dude From 300 pull a Running Man. Hmmm… I’m listening…

9: This movie is released on my coolest birthday ever- 9/9/09. Please come to my party instead.

The Surrogate: It takes the Arrested Development idea of using a Surrogate and makes it a sci-fi comic book movie. As far as I know, Michael Cera isn’t in it. Yuck.

October:

Zombieland: Based on the title alone, zombiefail.

AstroBoy: CG anime. I hope it ain’t Speed Racer.

November:

The Box: Based on the book by Richard “I Am Legend” Matheson and directed by Richard “Donnie Darko” Kelly. If this movie sucks, I’m probably ending my life.

The Wolfman: Benicio del Toro is a werewolf? Sign me up thrice.

New Moon: Twilight 2. See Hawkes Klein’s review of Twilight. I second that emotion.

Planet 51: The Rock ventures into space. Well, it stars Dwayne “I Will See Any Movie Where You Punch Someone” Johnson. Let me know if its violent, and I’ll be there.

December:

Avatar: No introduction necessary. After slumbering for 40,000 years, James Cameron is back.

The Road: The book bored me to tears. Maybe the movie will fare better?

For the full list, check out my new favoritest blog, io9.