The What Do You Wanna Watch? Fantasy Movie Game is back for another year. Ashley and Dylan picked 8 films and four wild card films each from 2023 on the draft episode of What Do You Wanna Watch? with more films to be selected later in the year. Check out their initial selections below and let us who you think will win in the comments or on Twitter.

The Rules

The scores for each film are based on the Rotten Tomato’s critics average rating. For every 0.1 above 6.0 a film gets, it gets one point. For every 0.1 below 6.0, it loses one point. If a movie doesn’t release in the year, it is treated as getting a 6.0, and therefore 0 points.

There are also special rules to make certain points worth more or less. If a film scores above a 8.0, every 0.1 above 8.0 is worth two points instead of one. Meanwhile, for every 01. below 4.0, the loss of points is only half a point. 

Finally, there are bonus points based on worldwide box office ranking from Box Office Mojo. The film ranked 1 for the year earns 20 points. Rank 2 earns 18 points and so on through to rank 10 earning 2 points.

Each Person selected 8 films and 2 wildcards at the start of the year and pick 3 more films and 1 wildcard in the middle of the year. 

Any negative critic scores for the wildcard entries don’t count.

This year, each person will also select two wildcard films from each of these four film festivals:

  • Sundance Film Festival
  • Cannes Film Festival
  • Venice Film Festival
  • Toronto International Film Festival

To be eligible the films, the film must not have been screened and reviewed before selection.

Whoever’s film picks net the most points wins.


Dylan’s Picks

Dune: Part 2

Release date: 29 February 2024

Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Léa Seydoux, Christopher Walken

Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he must prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Release date: TBD

Directed by: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jason Schwartzman, Jake Johnson, Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Greta Lee, Rachel Dratch, Jorma Taccone, Shea Whigham, Oscar Isaac

After leaving off from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the story continues.

Joker: Folie à Deux

Release date: 3 October 2024

Directed by: Todd Phillips
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, Harry Lawtey

Plot unknown. Sequel to the 2019 film ‘Joker.’

Inside Out 2

Release date: 13 June 2024

Directed by: Wes Ball
Starring: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Tony Hale, Liza Lapira, Maya Hawke

Inside Out 2 returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Release date: 23 May 2024

Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, and William H. Macy.

Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he’s been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

Paddington in Peru

Release date: TBD

Directed by: Dougal Wilson
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Carla Tous

Paddington and his adopted family – the Browns – decide to visit his aunt Lucy in Peru, but circumstances lead them towards misadventures in the Amazon rainforest and mountains of Peru.

Civil War

Release date: 24 April 2024

Directed by: Alex Garland
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, Jesse Plemons, Nick Offerman

In the near future, a team of journalists travel across the United States during a rapidly escalating civil war that has engulfed the entire nation, struggling to survive during a near-future where the government has become a dystopian dictatorship and partisan extremist militias regularly commit political violence

Imaginary

Release date: 14 March 2024

Directed by: Jeff Wadlow
Starring: DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Veronica Falcón, Betty Buckley

When Jessica returns to her childhood home with her family, she finds her old stuffed bear, Chauncey, and sees that her youngest stepdaughter Alice has grown attached to it. After Alice’s behavior becomes concerning, and the games that she and Chauncey play turn increasingly sinister, Jessica starts realizing that Chauncey is much more than the stuffed bear she believed him to be for all those years.

Dylan’s General Wildcards

Love Lies Bleeding

Release date: 14 March 2024

Directed by: Rose Glass
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco and Ed Harris.

Lou is a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder who’s heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love soon leads to violence as they get pulled deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

Argylle

Release date: 1 February 2024

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson.

Reclusive author Elly Conway writes best-selling espionage novels about a secret agent named Argylle who’s on a mission to unravel a global spy syndicate. However, when the plots of her books start to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, the line between fiction and reality begin to blur.

Dylan’s Sundance Wildcards

The Moogai

Release date: TBD

Directed by: Jon Bell
Starring: Shari Sebbens, Meyne Wyatt, Tessa Rose, Bella Heathcote, Clarence Ryan

A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby’s mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby.

Winner

Release date: TBD

Directed by: Susanna Fogel
Starring: Emilia Jones, Kathryn Newton, Connie Britton, Zach Galifianakis, Danny Ramirez, Shannon Berry

Follows Winner, a brilliant young misfit from Texas who finds her morals challenged while serving in the U.S. Air Force and working as an NSA contractor.


Ashley’s Picks

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Release date: 23 May 2024

Directed by: George Miller
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Alyla Browne, Nathan Jones, Angus Sampson, Quaden Bayles, Daniel Webber, Lachy Hulme

As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and into the hands of a Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. While two Tyrants war for dominance over the Citadel, Furiosa survives many trials as she plots a way back home through the Wasteland.

Mickey 17

Release date: TBD

Directed by: Bong Joon-ho
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo

A disposable employee is sent on a human expedition to colonize the ice world Niflheim. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact.

The Fall Guy

Release date: 2 May 2024

Directed by: David Leitch
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Stephanie Hsu

After leaving the business one year earlier, battle-scarred stuntman Colt Seavers springs back into action when the star of a big studio movie suddenly disappears. As the mystery surrounding the missing actor deepens, Colt soon finds himself ensnared in a sinister plot that pushes him to the edge of a fall more dangerous than any stunt.

Kung Fu Panda 4

Release date: 28 March 2024

Directed by: Mike Mitchell
Starring: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Ian McShane, Awkwafina, Viola Davis, Ke Huy Quan

Po must train a new warrior when he’s chosen to become the spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace. However, when a powerful shape-shifting sorceress sets her eyes on his Staff of Wisdom, he suddenly realizes he’s going to need some help. Teaming up with a quick-witted corsac fox, Po soon discovers that heroes can be found in the most unexpected places.

Deadpool 3

Release date: 25 July 2024

Directed by:  Shawn Levy
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, Jennifer Garner, Emma Corrin

Wolverine joins the “merc with a mouth” in the third installment of the Deadpool film franchise.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Release date: 28 March 2024

Directed by: Gil Kenan
Starring: Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Celeste O’Connor, Logan Kim, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, William Atherton, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt

The Spengler family returns to the iconic New York City firehouse where the original Ghostbusters have taken ghost-busting to the next level. When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must unite to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.

Challengers

Release date: 24 April 2024

Directed by: Luca Guadagnino
Starring: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist

Following a losing streak, the wife and coach of a Grand Slam champion signs him up for a Challenger event where he will face off against her former lover.

Ballerina

Release date: 6 June 2024

Directed by: Len Wiseman
Starring: Ana de Armas, Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane, Keanu Reeves

A young female assassin seeks revenge against the people who killed her family.

Ashley’s General Wildcards

Abigail

Release date: 18 April 2024

Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Starring: Melissa Barrera, Alisha Weir, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand, Kathryn Newton, Angus Cloud, Will Catlett, Giancarlo Esposito.

After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.

Bad Boys 4

Release date: TBD

Directed by: Adil & Bilall
Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Tasha Smith, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhea Seehorn

Plot unknown. Fourth installment of the ‘Bad Boys’ film series.

Ashley’s Sundance Wildcards

Love Me

Release date: TBD
Directed by: Sam Zuchero, Andy Zuchero

Starring: Kristen Stewart, Steven Yeun.

Long after humanity’s extinction, a buoy and a satellite meet online and fall in love.

 

Sasquatch Sunset

Release date: TBD

Directed by: Nathan Zellner, David Zellner
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Nathan Zellner and Christophe Zajac-Denek

A year in the life of a unique family. It captures the daily life of the Sasquatch with a level of detail and rigor that is simply unforgettable.

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