This is the collection of notes about genre movies that came out in 2016. These were originally entered as Upcoming movies, but then moved to Released status as the year went on. Now that 2016 is over, all entries have been released and this page has been retired from updates. It still appears as a historic record.
For shows that have yet to premier, please look for their entries in the page covering the expected year of release. If a movie is still in development and doesn't yet have a release date, look in the Movies Under Development page.
RELEASED 2016
THE 5TH WAVE
Released: January 22, 2016
Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Maggie Siff
Lazer Team
Released: January 27, 2016
Starring: Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, Michael Jones
A YouTube Red original movie
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Released: February 5, 2016
Starring: Lena Headey, Lily James, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith
DEADPOOL
Released: February 12, 2016
Starring:
Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool
Morena Baccarin - Vanessa Carlyle (Copycat)
Gods of Egypt
Released: February 26, 2016
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Courtney Eaton, Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
10 Cloverfield Lane
Released: March 11, 2016
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr.
J. J. Abrams described as "a blood relative" of the 2008 film Cloverfield rather than a sequel
Allegiant
Released March 18, 2016
Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels
BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: THE DAWN OF JUSTICE
Released: March 25, 2016
Starring:
Henry Cavill - Superman
Gal Gadot - Wonder Woman
Ben Affleck - Batman
THE JUNGLE BOOK
Released: April 15, 2016
Director: Jon Favreau
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba, Bill Murray
The Huntsman Winter's War
Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Released: April 22, 2016
Starring: Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron
RATCHET & CLANK
Released: April 29, 2015
Starring: James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Jim Ward
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
Released: May 6, 2016
Starring: Chris Evans
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE
Released: May 27, 2016
Starring:
Michael Fassbender - Magneto
James McAvoy - Charles Xavier
Jennifer Lawrence - Mystique
Channing Tatum- Gambit
Nicholas Hoult - Beast
Oscar Isaac - Apocalypse
Tye Sheridan - Cyclops
Sophie Turner - Jean Grey
Alexandra Schipp - Storm
Rose Byrne - Moira McTaggert
Kodi Smit-McPhee - Nightcrawler
Lana Condor - Jubilee
Ben Hardy - Archangel
ANGRY BIRDS
Released: May 20, 2016
Starring: Peter Dinkladge, Jason Sudeikis
Animated feature film
WARCRAFT
Released: June 10, 2016
Director: Duncan Jones
Starring: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton
INDEPENDENCE DAY: Resurgence
Released: June 24, 2016
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Joey King, Liam Hemsworth, Maika Monroe
the legend of TARZAN
Released: July 1, 2016
Director: David Yates
Starring:
Alexander Skarsgård - Tarzan
Margot Robbie - Jane Porter
Samuel L. Jackson - George Washington Williams
Christoph Waltz - Captain Rom
The BFG
Released: July 1, 2016
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader, Mark Rylance
STAR TREK BEYOND
Released: July 22, 2016
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Chris Pine, Zoe Soldana, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE
Released: July 22,2016
Director: Sam Liu
Starring:
Mark Hamill - The Joker
Kevin Conroy - Bruce Wayne/Batman
Direct to video
SUICIDE SQUAD
Released: August 5, 2016
Director: David Ayer
Starring:
Jared Leto - The joker
Will Smith - Deadshot
Margot Robbie - Harlie Quinn
Jai Courtney - Boomerang
Cara Delevingne - Enchantress
Joel Kinnaman - Rick Flag
Viola Davis - Amanda Waller
(Jesse Eisenberg?) - Lex Luthor
Scott Eastwood - Steve Trevor
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - Killer Croc
Karen Fukuhara - Plastique
Jamie Dodd - El Diablo
Pete's Dragon
Released: August 12, 2016
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Karl Urban
UPCOMING 2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Scheduled release date: September 30, 2016
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Dickens
From the book by Ransom Riggs
Underworld: Blood Wars
Scheduled release date: October 14, 2016
Director: Anna Foerster
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies
Death Note
Scheduled release October 29, 2016
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Erika Toda
This movie is not the same as the project under development at Netflix
Trolls
Scheduled release date: November 4, 2016
Directors: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake
ROGUE ONE: A star wars story
Scheduled release date: December 16, 2016
Starring: Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk
First of the Star Wars films not in the main story line
ASSASSIN'S CREED
Scheduled release date: December 21, 2016
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Michael Kenneth Williams
From the video game series Assassin's Creed
PASSENGERS
Scheduled release date: December 21, 2016
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt