The most anticipated science fiction films of 2021

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Fantastic movies remain relevant at all times. Viewers love their atmosphere, unusual plot and unique vision of the world. Do you want to go on a journey across the distant expanses of the Universe? Visit parallel worlds and fight monsters from other dimensions? Then here's a list of the best and most anticipated new sci-fi movies due out in 2021.

Avatar 2

Director: James Cameron

For several years now, fans of the acclaimed "Avatar" have been waiting for the next installments. And in 2021, their dream will come true - the continuation of the adventures of the soldier Jake Sully will be released soon. Now he is one of the Na'vi people, and on his shoulders is entrusted the mission of saving the tribe from invaders from Earth. Together with his beloved Jake will have to go through many dangers to repel the armed earthlings.

Morbius

Director: Daniel Espinosa

Michael Morbius has suffered from a rare disease since childhood. All his life he has been looking for a way to get rid of the disease and seems to find it. With the help of the blood of bats, Morbius decides to be cured and conducts a dubious experiment. The consequences of such an act are extremely unexpected: the cells of Michael's body begin to change, turning him into a real bloodthirsty monster.

Chaos Walking

Director: Doug Lyman

The action of the motion picture takes place in the future, where mankind has managed to colonize several planets. On one of these colonies, where women died from an unknown virus, in the town of Prentissstown lives the main character - the young man Todd Hewitt. Moreover, the town is special - here everyone can hear the thoughts of other people, and these are ordinary things for its inhabitants. But Todd finds a place where mind reading doesn't work, and people who can generate silence. The hero decides to figure out the secret of Prenticestown and rebel against the system.

Black Adam

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

There are many film adaptations of fantastic comics in which the protagonist is an exemplary citizen with supernatural abilities who saves humanity from imminent death. How about seeing the world through the eyes of a villain? Dwayne Johnson tried on the image of Black Adam, the eternal antagonist of Shazam. Moreover, Black Adam does not consider himself a villain - he is ready to help, but only when it is beneficial to him. Defending his state from invaders, Adam is guided by special convictions.

Jurassic World: Dominion

Director: Colin Trevorrow

The earth was filled with dinosaurs, and this is in all seriousness. The director said something interesting about the plot details. In the tape, he decided not to show dinosaurs walking around the city and destroying everything in their path. And there will be no bloody scenes either, Colin Trevorrow decided to reduce the genre of the tape to a scientific thriller. And even more, this sequel awaits fans of the original franchise, because actors such as Alan Grant, Ian Malcolm and Ellie Sattler will appear here.

The Eternals

Director: Chloe Zhao

Marvel continues to expand its cinematic universe. Did you know that representatives of the super race live among ordinary people? They appeared several million years ago as a result of an experiment of the gods. The creators endowed the Eternals with unique abilities, they hid in the shadows for a long time. However, Thanos' actions forced several representatives to reveal the truth about themselves.

Akira

Director: Taika Waititi

The events of the tape unfold after the Third World War, when Japan was in the center of a nuclear bombardment. Tokyo is being rebuilt, and now complete totalitarianism reigns here. Well, in laboratories, experiments are carried out on people, from whom they are trying to make ideal soldiers. As a result of such research, mutants are born with destructive power. One of these test subjects, a boy named Akira, is suddenly decided to be called God, who must solve all the problems of the country.

Masters of the Universe

Director: Aaron Nee, Adam Nee

The beautiful golden-haired Prince Adam saves the inhabitants of his home planet from bloodthirsty monsters almost every day. Adam is famous not only for his courage, but also fights monsters with more than one brute force - with the help of a magical gift, he knows how to turn into Hi-Men. Together about his comrades-in-arms, the same unusual wars, he saves Eternia from the forces of the terrible Skeletor.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Director: Destin Cretton

Viewers are used to a certain type of superhero, but this character is radically different from the others. He is a kung fu master who learned the art of fighting from childhood under the supervision of experienced mentors. One day Shang-Chi learns that his father is going to take over the world. He decides to confront the villain and opposes his own father.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Director: Jason Wrightman

A direct continuation of the original franchise will make fans laugh at the main characters, cry, and even relive the horror of the events with them. Kelly Spengler comes to the farm with her son and daughter. There they find a strange apparatus capable of capturing ghosts. Soon, the guys have to face real ghosts and save New York from them.

Continuing the theme of "Ghostbusters", you can watch the already released remake of the original franchise. It features heroines who are fighting an invasion of ghosts.

The Suicide Sqaud

Director: James Gunn

James Gunn decided to present to the world his own vision of "Suicide Squad". This time, the number of villains will increase, and the actors will also change. It will be a completely different story from its original version, which was already released in 2016. Gunn said that he was looking for inspiration in old and little-known comics, so completely new anti-heroes will appear in the tape, for example, the Pea-Man and the Pied Piper.

Infinite

Director: Antoine Fuqua

If everyone remembered their past lives, what would happen? In the film, however, there is only one such unique person - Evan Michaels, who remembers the events of his two past lives. But then he discovers a kind of secret society, whose members also have this ability. They are real connoisseurs of history who control the development of mankind. And Evan will have to join their ranks to find out his destiny.

Mortal Kombat

Director: Simon McQuoid

Another remake of the popular Mortal Kombat game. Classic story: Several elite fighters will have to take part in an intergalactic tournament to defend the honor of the Earth. If they fail, then evil forces will destroy the planet and enslave humanity.

Guardians of the Galaxy Part 3 / Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 3

Director: James Gunn

The next part, describing the adventures of Star-Lord and his team. Plot details have yet to be revealed. However, they say that the raccoon Rocket will become the central character of this part: the audience will be told his story, as well as introduced to new characters, including Rocket's beloved.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Director: Sam Raimi

But the premiere of this film should be expected at the very end of 2021 or at the beginning of 2022. Fans of the MCU are already languishing with curiosity: in what genre will the film be directed? What will it be about? So far, the details have not been disclosed, but, according to the director, the tape will be embodied in the genre of fantastic horror, which is extremely unusual for Marvel.

Artemis / Artemis

Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

And here is a new adaptation of one of the works of Andy Weir, which became popular thanks to his novel "The Martian". Do you like tapes about other planets, worlds and dimensions? Then you should pay attention to this project. Here events will take place in a lunar settlement, the name of which is "Artemis". Girl Jazz works as a courier and lives extremely poor. However, she does not give up hopes of "breaking out into the people" and becoming rich. One day she is given a chance to change her life. The new order forces the girl to be at the center of the conspiracy.

Micronauts

Director: Dean DeBlois

Many have watched Transformers, the epic saga of the war between machines and machines. In them, the main characters were giant robots with intelligence. Well, in this tape, viewers will be shown completely different transformers - the size of a matchbox. What will it be like for them in our world? Will they be able to defeat their enemies?

Reminiscence

Director: Lisa Joy

In the near future, Miami is almost completely submerged. Private detective Nick Bannister lives here, helping people find forgotten moments of their lives in their own memories. Once a girl turns to him with a seemingly simple request. However, this request throws the hero into a whirlpool of turbulent events.

The Matrix 4

Director: Lana Wachowski

One of the most anticipated sequels is the continuation of the legendary Matrix trilogy. Neo and Trinity will return in this part, and with them the main villain - Mr. Smith, or rather - his copies. The director claims that he is going to bring to life all the ideas that could not be realized in the first parts.

This list of the best and most anticipated films of 2021 features new films that are definitely worth seeing in theaters. Here, each viewer will find something special for himself, which will allow him to plunge into the world of fantasy.