

18) looks to swing to brawny mid-summer box-office returns internationally. David Yates’ first directorial outing since capably overseeing the final four Harry Potter installments (his Potter follow-up, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, opens Nov. Beautifully made and smartly set at the beginning of Belgian King Leopold II’s rapacious colonization of the Congo in the 1880s, this is certainly the best live-action Tarzan film in many a decade (which, admittedly, isn’t saying much) and offers a well-judged balance of vigorous action and engaging-enough drama.

Superman: Dawn of Justice), it comes as something more than a mild surprise that The Legend of Tarzanisn’t half-bad actually, it’s pretty good. has lately suffered with several expensive intended tentpoles ( The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Pan, Batman v. After the creative and financial short-falling of numerous recent big-budget franchise films (the latest tanker, Independence Day: Resurgence) and the ill fortune Warner Bros.
