# Upcoming Movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-movies/67839>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 6, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-movies/67839 "2001-06-06T20:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-movies/67839/1 "2001-06-06T20:02:52Z")

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[Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0120737), due out a week before Christmas. The other two should be out Christmas 2002 and 2003, respectively.  
[Star Wars: Episode II](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0121765) is currently filming and is due out next Spring. I’d like to see Episode IX with Mark Hamill as an older, paunchy Luke Skywalker.

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**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-movies/67839/2 "2001-06-06T20:13:49Z")

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You do realise that Episodes I - III occur _before_ the original trilogy? Luke isn’t even conceived yet in Episode II.

I’m not even a StarWars geek, and I knew that.

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**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-movies/67839/3 "2001-06-06T20:34:50Z")

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There is only one movie that I am waiting to see…  
The last of them, too, which is sad…

“Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” is due out on August 24. (Which ironically is a very significant day for me, so I’ll have something fun to do at the end of a bad day.) Yup, no more Jay and Silent Bob movies after this. Kevin Smith said he’s retiring the trenchcoat. He will still be writing and directing, but this is a bow-out for the characters.

Oh, and on a side note, TheNerd, the OP refers to Star Wars Nine (IX) which would make perfect sense for Mark Hamill to play a Methusalah aged Luke Skywalker. (insert a smily here, I’m not cool enough to be able to do it yet.)

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**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-movies/67839/4 "2001-06-06T22:20:12Z")

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There are lots of movies I’m planning on seeing:

“Evolution”: Out this Friday. Never really planned on seeing it, but now I am because it looks worthy enough for me to see it.  
“A.I.”: I often wonder what this movie would have been like if Stanley Kubrick stayed alive to make it.  
“Planet of the Apes”: Hey, it’s Tim Burton, what can I say. It won’t have the cheesyness that only Charlton Heston can provide, but I’m willing to forgive that sacrifice. 🙂  
“Cats Vs. Dogs”: Another kids movie that looks funny to me, like “Shrek”. The only bad part of seeing kids movies are the actual kids in the theatre. Oh, well.  
“Harry Potter”: THE movie I’m looking forward to. Have been ever since I first heard it was coming out, like nine months ago or even furthur back.  
“Lord of the Rings”: It just looks cool.

(and of course “Star Wars Episode II”, but I’m only thinking of 2001 movies)