The Big Movie Quiz 2022: 22 Questions from 2022

Robert Pattinson is playing Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, in 2022’s The Batman, as he goes up against the Riddler (Paul Dano) with an assist from Zoë Kravitz’s Catwoman. IMDb’s users voted The Batman as the most anticipated movie of 2022. The film hit theaters on March 4, 2022.

With an estimated $185 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness had the biggest opening weekend of the year, ahead of “The Batman’s” $134 million and the second biggest of the pandemic, behind “Spider-Man: Far From Home’s” $260.1 million.

Sony Pictures’ “Uncharted” is based on the PlayStation video game of the same name. Starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, and Antonio Banderas, the movie’s release date was Feb. 18, 2022. Watch this mesmerizing plane fight scene from Uncharted.

Andrew Garfield won the 2022 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy for his appearance in the Netflix biographical musical “tick, tick…BOOM!”, based on the autobiographical broadway musical created by “Rent” writer, Jonathan Larson. The movie is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s (“Hamilton”) feature directorial debut. “tick, tock…BOOM!” also earned Garfield a second Oscar nomination, following up 2017’s Hacksaw Ridge nod.

Was there a Golden Globe Awards ceremony in 2022?

The Golden Globe Awards were announced in a live-blog event for its 79th edition, Jan. 9, 2022 – without a telecast, nominees, a red carpet, a host, press, or live stream. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association came under fire in 2021 after a Los Angeles Times report revealed ethical lapses and a lack of diversity. There was not a single Black journalist in the 87-person group.

Krypto the Superdog is Superman’s pet dog. The canine character has appeared in numerous cartoon television shows and films, including his own 2005 Cartoon Network series and as a live-action character on The CW’s Smallville. Dwayne Johnson voices Krypto the Superdog in the animated film DC League of Super-Pets, released on May 20, 2022. Watch its hilarious Batman (dog) trailer to find the Batdog’s name. 

“CODA” from Apple TV+ won the Oscar for best picture in 2022, becoming the first film from a streaming service to win Hollywood’s top honor. On the other hand, Netflix won 16 awards in eleven categories over the years but no Best Picture Oscar.

Troy Kotsur joined “CODA” costar Marlee Matlin on March 27, 2022, as the only deaf Oscar winners. He won the best supporting actor award at the Academy Awards for portraying the father of a deaf family with a hearing child. Matlin was the first deaf person to win the prize when she became the youngest best actress winner at age 21 for the 1986 drama “Children of a Lesser God.”

Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” led nominations to the 94th Academy Awards with 12, including best picture, best director, and recognition for its top actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. The film’s director, Jane Campion, became the first woman to be nominated twice for best director. She earned her first nomination for ’93’s “The Piano” but didn’t win at the time. “Dune” followed “The Power of the Dog” with ten Oscar nominations – most of which were in the technical categories.

Which film won the most Oscars in 2022?

The Academy Awards ceremony on March 27, 2022, saw Dune winning a leading six awards, while The Power of the Dog took a single award – for Best Directing. The Oscar for Best Picture went to CODA, which won three Oscars (out of four nominations).

Screenshot: Top Gun: Maverick / Paramount Pictures

ER’s Anthony Edwards was Top Gun’s “Goose.” In 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick, Miles Teller portrays “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s (Tom Cruise) late friend Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.” Paramount Pictures released a new official trailer for Top Gun: Maverick on March 29, 2022. Watch it here.

In Jan. 2021, Kate Winslet told Variety she had to learn how to free dive and breath-hold to play her role in Avatar 2. The first trailer for James Cameron’s sequel to 2009’s Avatar was finally released on May 9, 2022. Avatar: The Way of Water brings back stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver to the story of the Na’vi, a race of blueish extraterrestrials under attack from humans. New cast members include Winslet, Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Concords), and Edie Falco (The Sopranos). Watch the teaser trailer.

Bradley Cooper has transformed into Broadway composer Leonard Bernstein in the Netflix biographical drama “Maestro.” The film marks Cooper’s directorial follow-up to the Oscar-winning “A Star Is Born.” “Maestro,” which also stars Carey Mulligan as Bernstein’s wife, started production in May 2022 and should be released in 2023.

Walt Disney Studios released the first teaser trailer for the live-action remake of “Pinocchio” on May 31, 2022, giving the first look at Tom Hanks as Geppetto. Pinocchio premiered on Sept. 8, 2022, on Disney+.

Wasn’t there another Pinocchio planned for 2022?

Netflix has set a Dec. 2022 release for Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion musical adaptation of “Pinocchio” starring Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, and John Turturro.

The 2022 Toy Story prequel, Lightyear, features Disney/Pixar’s first onscreen same-sex kiss. In the film, starring Chris Evans as the real-life inspiration for the “Toy Story” character Buzz Lightyear, Buzz’s close friend is a female space ranger who marries another woman. A scene showing milestones in the couple’s relationship includes a brief kiss. As a result, Disney has been unable to obtain permission to screen “Lightyear” in 14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries, and it’s unlikely to open in China, according to a June 14 Reuters report. Lightyear premiered on June 17 in theaters. Watch the trailer.

“Minions: The Rise of Gru” is the title of the 2022 addition to the Despicable Me franchise. The movie made an estimated $125 million domestically for its four-day opening weekend – the biggest opening ever over the July 4th holiday weekend.

Who’s the Previous Record Holder?

Minions 2 surpassed the previous biggest opener over the July 4th weekend, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” which made $115 million in 2011.

Were People Banned From Seeing Minions 2?

A TikTok trend featuring large groups of teenage boys dressed in suits disrupting Minions 2 screenings became viral during the movie’s opening weekend. As a result, some UK cinemas ban young people wearing suits from attending Minions 2 screenings.

Hocus Pocus, starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, premiered in 1993, telling the story of the three Sanderson sisters in Salem, Mass., who spent 300 years asleep before being resurrected on All Hallow’s Eve. The film failed at the ’93 box office but gained massive fan recognition over countless Halloween reruns.

Is there a 2022 Hocus Pocus?

The first teaser trailer for “Hocus Pocus 2” was released on June 28, 2022. The sequel premiered on Disney+ on Sept. 30. Watch the trailer.

Marvel Studios unveiled the first trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” at Comic-Con on July 23, 2022, in San Diego. The sequel’s release date is Nov. 11, 2022. Chadwick Boseman, who played Black Panther in the original film, died in Aug. 2020. Marvel decided not to recast him.

What happens in the sequel?

Black Panther’s younger sister, Shuri, played by Letitia Wright, becomes the new Black Panther in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” as revealed at the end of the film’s Oct. 3, 2022 trailer. Watch the trailer.

In the DC Universe, Shazam is the ancient wizard who gave Billy Batson (the other Shazam) and Black Adam their powers.

Are the films connected?

2022’s “Black Adam,” set to release in November starring Dwayne Johnson, is a spin-off on 2019’s “Shazam!.” The sequel “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” is set for Dec. 21, 2022.

Where are the trailers?

Trailers for “Black Adam” (watch)  and “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” (watch) were first screened on July 23, 2022, at Comic-Con in San Diego.

George Clooney’s and Julia Roberts’s first movie together was 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven, alongside Brad Pitt. However, they both appear in 1998’s Murphy Brown’s last episode – Him in a nod to his role in ER and her as one of the characters’ love-interest. Clooney and Roberts pair up in 2022’s Ticket to Paradise, released on Oct. 21. Watch the trailer.

Pictured is The Mummy’s 53-year-old Brendan Fraser in the new Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) film, Whale, dealing with severe obesity. Fraser wears prosthetic appliances for this role. The film premiered at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, on Sept. 4, with a Dec. 8 release date.

Tom Hardy has yet to win an Oscar despite being nominated. In 2011, he won the BAFTA rising star award, he was appointed a CBE in 2018, and on Sept. 17, 2022, he won gold at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championships of the UMAC (Ultimate Martial Arts Championships). To avoid adding pressure to Hardy heading into the competition, UMAC kept Hardy’s attendance quiet.

Ana de Armas has been nominated for an Oscar for her role as Marilyn Monroe in “Blonde,” about Marilyn Monroe’s inner life and struggles. De Armas is the first Cuban actress in history to be nominated for a leading role Oscar.

Blonde movie facts

Adapted from the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, “Blonde” stars de Armas (No Time to Die, The Gray Man) as Marilyn Monroe. Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, and Julianne Nicholson star in the film directed by Andrew Dominik (“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”), which premiered on Netflix on Sept. 28, 2022. Watch the trailer.

Will Smith’s first feature film since being banned from attending the Oscars for 10 years is the slavery-era thriller Emancipation, released in theaters on Dec. 2, 2022, and heading to Apple TV+ on Dec. 9.

What is 2022’s Emancipation movie?

Antoine Fuqua directed this $120 million film, which tells the true story of Gordon, or “Whipped Peter,” who escaped a Louisiana plantation in 1860 and walked to the north to join the Union army. Watch the trailer.