The 2017 Movie and Television Release Extravaganza | Ep 256

2017 is off to the races and we’re already behind on all of the great movies we want to watch. As our podcast kicks off its new year, what are some of our most anticipated movies and television shows coming in 2017?

For this episode of The HO, we discuss the most anticipated films according to audiences (such as Justice League, Star Wars Episode VIII, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and Beauty and the Beast), the movies we’re personally interested in, new TV shows we can’t wait to watch, and even a few bold predictions for how the year in film and television will ultimately pan out.

The lineup for 2017 looks to be a great one, so grab a calendar, because we’re about to help you navigate the next 12 months of entertainment.

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Discussed on this episode of The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast:

  • (0:00 – 1:11:04) 2017 Film Releases: Top 10 audience anticipated movies
  • (1:11:05 – 2:13:50) What’s This Movie | Our movie picks for must-see, listener picks, what looks to be the worst film of the year, bold predictions
  • (2:13:51 – 2:45:14) 2017 Television Releases: Our most anticipated, listener picks, what shows we expect to soar and collapse, bold predictions | Spoiler-Free Reviews of Hidden Figures and A Monster Calls  | Closing
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2017 Film Release Schedule (courtesy of The-Numbers.com)

*Release dates are subject to change

January, 2017
January 5 Arise from Darkness (Limited) Indican Pictures
  The Bronx Bull (Limited) Main Street
  Princess Mononoke (Special Engagement) Fathom Events
January 6 Underworld: Blood Wars (Wide) Sony Pictures
  Hidden Figures (Expands Wide) 20th Century Fox
  A Monster Calls (Expands Wide) Focus Features
  Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (Limited) First Run Features
  The Ardennes (Limited) Film Movement
  Arsenal (Limited) Lionsgate Premiere
  Between Us (Limited) IFC Films
January 10 One Piece Film: Gold (Limited) FUNimation
  The Summoning (Limited) Gravitas Ventures
January 13 The Bye Bye Man (Wide) STX Entertainment
  Monster Trucks (Wide) Paramount Pictures
  Sleepless (Wide) Open Road
  Live by Night (Expands Wide) Warner Bros.
  Patriots Day (Expands Wide) Lionsgate
  Silence (Expands Wide) Paramount Pictures
  100 Streets (Limited) Samuel Goldwyn Films
  Alone in Berlin (Limited) IFC Films
  Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies (Limited) Level 33
  The Book of Love (Limited) Freestyle Releasing
  Claire in Motion (Limited) Breaking Glass Pictures
January 20 The Founder (Wide) Weinstein Co.
  Split (Wide) Universal
  xXx: Return of Xander Cage (Wide) Paramount Pictures
  20th Century Women (Expands Wide) A24
  Detour (Limited) Magnolia Pictures
  My Bakery in Brooklyn (Limited) Gravitas Ventures
  My Father, Die (Limited) FilmRise
  Panic (Limited) Rialto Pictures
  The Red Turtle (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics
  The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (Limited) High Top Releasing
  Staying Vertical (Limited) Strand
  The Sunshine Makers (Limited) FilmRise
  Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau (Limited) Wolfe Releasing
  They Call Us Monsters (Limited) The Orchard
  Trespass Against Us (Limited) A24
  We Are the Flesh (Limited) Arrow Releasing
January 25 Raees (Limited) ZeeTV
January 26 Get the Girl (Limited) Orion Pictures
January 27 Bastards (Wide) Warner Bros.
  A Dog’s Purpose (Wide) Universal
  Gold (Wide) Weinstein Co.
  Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (Wide) Sony Pictures
  Buddies in India (Limited) China Lion Film Distribution
  I Am Michael (Limited) Brainstorm Media
  Padre No Tan Padre (Limited) Pantelion Films
  The Salesman (Limited) Cohen Media Group
February, 2017
February 3 Collide (Wide) Open Road
  Rings (Wide) Paramount Pictures
  The Space Between Us (Wide) STX Entertainment
  The Comedian (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics
  Dark Night (Limited) Cinelicious Pics
  Eloise (Limited) Vertical Entertainment
  I Am Not Your Negro (Limited) Magnolia Pictures
  Wheeler (Limited) Momentum Pictures
  Youth in Oregon (Limited) Samuel Goldwyn Films
February 10 Fifty Shades Darker (Wide) Universal
  God Bless the Broken Road (Wide) Pure Flix Entertainment
  John Wick: Chapter Two (Wide) Lionsgate
  The Lego Batman Movie (Wide) Warner Bros.
  Jolly LLB (Limited) FIP
  KEDi (Limited) Oscilloscope Pictures
  Stray Bullets (Limited) Screen Media Films
  A United Kingdom (Limited) Fox Searchlight
February 16 Disney’s Newsies: The Broadway Musical (Special Engagement) Walt Disney
February 17 A Cure for Wellness (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  Fist Fight (Wide) Warner Bros.
  The Great Wall (Wide) Universal
  Patient Zero (Wide) Sony Pictures
  Everybody Loves Somebody (Limited) Pantelion Films
  Land of Mine (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics
  Lovesong (Limited) Strand
  XX (Limited) Magnolia Pictures
February 24 Get Out (Wide) Universal
  Rock Dog (Wide) Lionsgate
  Bitter Harvest (Limited) Roadside Attractions
  Drifter (Limited) XLrator Media
  Pelle the Conqueror (Limited) Film Movement
  Tulip Fever (Limited) Weinstein Co.
March, 2017
March 3 Before I Fall (Wide) Open Road
  Logan (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  The Shack (Wide) Lionsgate
  The Freedom to Marry (Limited) Argot Pictures
  The Last Word (Limited) Bleecker Street
  Leap! (Limited) Weinstein Co.
  Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie (Limited) Magnolia Pictures
  T2: Trainspotting (Limited) Sony Pictures
  Table 19 (Limited) Fox Searchlight
March 10 Kong: Skull Island (Wide) Warner Bros.
  The Wall (Wide) Roadside Attractions
  T2: Trainspotting (Expands Wide) Sony Pictures
  Kidnap (Limited) Relativity
  The Ottoman Lieutenant (Limited) Paladin
  Personal Shopper (Limited) IFC Films
  Raw (Limited) Focus World
  The Sense of an Ending (Limited) CBS Films
March 17 Beauty and the Beast (Wide) Walt Disney
  The Belko Experiment (Wide) BH Tilt
  13 Minutes (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics
  Burn Your Maps (Limited) Cinelou Releasing
  Free Fire (Limited) A24
  Weightless (Limited) Broad Green Pictures
March 24 CHiPS (Wide) Warner Bros.
  Life (Wide) Sony Pictures
  Power Rangers (Wide) Lionsgate
  Their Finest (Limited) STX Entertainment
  Walk of Fame (Limited) Level 33
  Wilson (Limited) Fox Searchlight
March 31 The Boss Baby (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  Ghost in the Shell (Wide) Paramount Pictures
  The Zookeeper’s Wife (Wide) Focus Features
  Cézanne and I (Limited) Magnolia Pictures
  Ain’t No Half Steppin (Limited) Broad Green Pictures
March TBD Brimstone (Limited) Momentum Pictures
Winter 2017 American Anarchist (Limited) Gravitas Ventures
  From Nowhere (Limited) FilmRise
  Glory (Limited) Film Movement
  The Great & The Small (Limited) Breaking Glass Pictures
  Long Nights Short Mornings (Limited) The Orchard
  Mune: Guardian of the Moon (Limited) GKIDS
  This Beautiful Fantastic (Limited) Samuel Goldwyn Films
  The Void (Limited) Screen Media Films
April, 2017
April 7 The Case for Christ (Wide) Pure Flix Entertainment
  Going in Style (Wide) Warner Bros.
  Sleight (Wide) High Top Releasing
  Smurfs: The Lost Village (Wide) Sony Pictures
  Wonder (Wide) Lionsgate
April 12 Gifted (Limited) Fox Searchlight
April 14 The Fate of the Furious (Wide) Universal
  Spark (Wide) Open Road
  Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent (Limited) The Orchard
  Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics
  A Quiet Passion (Limited) Music Box Films
  Tommy’s Honour (Limited) Roadside Attractions
April 21 Animal Crackers (Wide) Relativity
  Unforgettable (Wide) Warner Bros.
  The Lost City of Z (Limited) Bleecker Street
April 22 Born in China (Wide) Walt Disney
April 28 The Circle (Wide) STX Entertainment
  How to Be a Latin Lover (Wide) Lionsgate
  Untitled Blumhouse Project 2017 (2) (Wide) Universal
  The Promise (Limited) Open Road
  Untitled Paramount Event Horror Film (IMAX) Paramount Pictures
May, 2017
May 5 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (Wide) Walt Disney
  The Dinner (Limited) The Orchard
May 12 King Arthur (Wide) Warner Bros.
  Lowriders (Wide) High Top Releasing
  Snatched (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  Paris Can Wait (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics
May 19 Alien: Covenant (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  Everything, Everything (Wide) Warner Bros.
  The Nut Job 2 (Wide) Open Road
May 26 Baywatch (Wide) Paramount Pictures
  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Wide) Walt Disney
June, 2017
June 2 Captain Underpants (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  Wonder Woman (Wide) Warner Bros.
  Lady Macbeth (Limited) Roadside Attractions
June 9 The Mummy (Wide) Universal
  World War Z 2 (Wide) Paramount Pictures
June 16 Cars 3 (Wide) Walt Disney
  Rock That Body (Wide) Sony Pictures
  The Book Of Henry (Limited) Focus Features
  Maudie (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics
June 23 Transformers: The Last Knight (Wide) Paramount Pictures
  The Beguiled (Limited) Focus Features
June 30 Amityville: The Awakening (Wide) Weinstein Co.
  Despicable Me 3 (Wide) Universal
  The House (Wide) Warner Bros.
  Heal the Living (Limited) Cohen Media Group
  The Veil (Limited) Vertical Entertainment
Spring 2017 Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe (Limited) XLrator Media
  David Lynch: The Art Life (Limited) Pacific Northwest Pictures
  The Vault (Limited) FilmRise
July, 2017
July 7 Spider-Man: Homecoming (Wide) Sony Pictures
  Spider-Man: Homecoming (IMAX) Sony Pictures
July 14 Bad Dads (Wide) STX Entertainment
  Midnight Sun (Wide) Open Road
  War for the Planet of the Apes (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  My Cousin Rachel (Limited) Fox Searchlight
July 21 Dunkirk (Wide) Warner Bros.
  Girl Trip (Wide) Universal
  Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Wide) STX Entertainment
  Dunkirk (IMAX) Warner Bros.
July 28 The Coldest City (Wide) Focus Features
  The Dark Tower (Wide) Sony Pictures
August, 2017
August 4 Blazing Samurai (Wide) Open Road
  The Emoji Movie (Wide) Sony Pictures
August 11 Annabelle 2 (Wide) Warner Bros.
  Baby Driver (Wide) Sony Pictures
August 17 All I See is You (Wide) Open Road
August 18 Hitman’s Bodyguard (Wide) Lionsgate
August 25 Cadaver (Wide) Sony Pictures
  Polaroid (Wide) Weinstein Co.
  Villa Capri (Wide) Broad Green Pictures
September, 2017
September 1 Renegades (Limited) STX Entertainment
  Sky Sharks (Limited)
September 8 It (Wide) Warner Bros.
September 15 The Solutrean (Wide) Sony Pictures
  Untitled Sony Event Film (Wide) Sony Pictures
September 22 Granite Mountain (Wide) Lionsgate
  Ninjago (Wide) Warner Bros.
  Untitled Sony Pictures Animation Film (Wide) Sony Pictures
  Victoria and Abdul (Limited) Focus Features
September 29 American Made (Wide) Universal
  Flatliners (Wide) Sony Pictures
Summer 2017 She Makes Comics (Limited) XLrator Media
October, 2017
October 6 Blade Runner 2049 (Wide) Warner Bros.
  Kingsman The Golden Circle (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  My Little Pony (Wide) Lionsgate
October 13 The Commuter (Wide) Lionsgate
  Friday the 13th (Wide) Paramount Pictures
  The Snowman (Wide) Universal
October 20 Geostorm (Wide) Warner Bros.
  Insidious: Chapter 4 (Wide) Universal
  The Mountain Between Us (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  Same Kind of Different as Me (Wide) Paramount Pictures
  War with Grandpa (Wide) Weinstein Co.
  Geostorm (IMAX) Warner Bros.
October 27 2017 Cloverfield Movie (Wide) Paramount Pictures
  2017 Cloverfield Movie (IMAX) Paramount Pictures
October TBD Untitled Saw Franchise Film (Wide) Lionsgate
November, 2017
November 2 Untitled Fox/Marvel Film (Wide) 20th Century Fox
November 3 A Bad Mom’s Christmas (Wide) STX Entertainment
  Thor: Ragnarok (Wide) Walt Disney
November 10 Red Sparrow (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  The Star (Wide) Sony Pictures
November 17 Justice League (Wide) Warner Bros.
November 22 Coco (Wide) Walt Disney
  Let It Snow (Wide) Universal
  Murder on the Orient Express (Wide) 20th Century Fox
December, 2017
December 1 He’s Out There (Wide) Sony Pictures
December 15 Star Wars: Ep. VIII (Wide) Walt Disney
December 16 Grace of Jake (Limited) Indican Pictures
December 22 Downsizing (Wide) Paramount Pictures
  Ferdinand (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  Jumanji (Wide) Sony Pictures
  Pitch Perfect 3 (Wide) Universal
  The Six Billion Dollar Man (Wide) Weinstein Co.
  Untitled PG-13 Comedy (Wide) Warner Bros.
December 25 The Greatest Showman on Earth (Wide) 20th Century Fox
December 31 478 (Limited) Lionsgate Premiere
  Black Butterfly (Limited) Lionsgate
  First Kill (Limited) Lionsgate Premiere
  Franca: Chaos & Creation (Limited) Bond/360
  The Journey (Limited) IFC Films
  Peelers (Limited) Uncork’d Entertainment
During 2017 The Divergent Series: Ascendant (Wide) Lionsgate
  Stronger (Wide) Lionsgate
  Super Troopers 2 (Wide) 20th Century Fox
  Warrior’s Gate (Wide) EuropaCorp
  Afterimage (Limited) Film Movement
  Bad Kids go 2 Hell (Limited) Bad Kids Productions
  I, Daniel Blake (Limited) IFC Films
  Delirium (Limited) High Top Releasing
  Dying Laughing (Limited) Gravitas Ventures
  Friend Request (Limited) Freestyle Releasing
  Harmonium (Limited) Film Movement
  The Hunter’s Prayer (Limited) Saban Films
  The Leisure Seeker (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics
  Lost in Paris (Limited) Oscilloscope Pictures
  The Man Who Invented Christmas (Limited) Bleecker Street
  Measure of a Man (Limited) Great Point Media
  The Mercy (Limited)
  Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George’s Creators (Limited) The Orchard
  Queen of the Desert (Limited) IFC Films
  The Ticket (Limited) Shout! Factory
  Under The Silver Lake (Limited) A24
  Untitled Whitney Houston Documentary (Limited) Roadside Attractions
  The War Show (Limited) Bond/360

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