Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp, as well as the previously mentioned two MCU movies.
Starring Chadwick Boseman as the titular character, Black Panther will kick off Marvel's big year. The movie will explore the Mad Titan Thanos (Josh Brolin).
The official Fandango 2018 movie poll results were unveiled byUSA Today, as part of a special interview with Erik Davis, the online ticketing company's managing editor. According to Davis, moviegoers of all shades are very much pumped for Infinity War, given that the movie was a decade in the making and unites all of the MCU's biggest players for one massive spectacle. Davis also addressed why the masses are so excited to see the Ryan Coogler-directed Black Panther too:
"People have been waiting for the entire Marvel Universe to appear onscreen for a long time. Fans love these combinations of heroes; seeing Guardians of the Galaxy characters interacting with Thor for the first time is going to be really interesting."
"Like Wonder Woman in 2017, Black Panther is going to be a film that will enhance a conversation that’s already happening. Audiences are demanding more diverse casts and stories."
The next four spots in Fandango's poll were filled by the Ryan Reynolds-led Ocean's 8. It's interesting that 90% of the movies that fans are the most excited to see in 2018 are parts of bigger and well established Hollywood franchises.
Coming back to Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther - the fact they are the most anticipated films of 2018 shows that Marvel Studios' piecemeal approach to building the MCU has panned out. By now, not just comic book readers, but also casual moviegoers are either invested or at least intrigued by these stories of costumed superheroes.
