17 Films to Look Forward to in 2012
But brighter cinematic days seem to be on the horizon. Judging by what’s been announced, 2012 will be refreshingly light on lazy franchise cash-ins (like Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was), revivals of cartoons from the ’80s (like The Smurfs), and the rare movie that manages to be both (hello, Transformers: Dark of the Moon). Do a little digging, and there’s plenty to look forward to in 2012. And much of it original: Of the 17 films on our list of the most promising films of 2012, only four are sequels, and only five are being released in 3D