Most anticipated movies coming to cinemas in 2024

It’s been a tumultuous yr for Hollywood – from the highs of Barbenheimer to the lows of the strikes.

The double-whammy of commercial motion waged by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA shuttered manufacturing for months.

Although it is back to business, it is from again to regular.

The stoppage has already led to delays within the launch calendar, which may very well be exacerbated additional if there is a logjam of reshoots and different manufacturing work to slog via.

Studios might be tightening their belts as they face invigorated union members seeking to implement their new contracts.

After COVID all however worn out journeys to see a film on the silver display screen, studios are actually having to take care of the cost of living disaster.

However, the simultaneous theatrical launch of Barbie and Oppenheimer – two films collectively referred to as Barbenheimer – confirmed that post-pandemic audiences will return box office bonanzas in the event that they consider within the movie.

So as we head into 2024, listed below are among the films which can be set to entertain audiences.

Wicked: Part One

We’re off to see the wizard…

The much-loved Broadway and West End musical is now being given the silver display screen remedy.

The story – based mostly on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel – options the characters from L Frank Baum’s 1900 e book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 movie adaptation starring Judy Garland.

Wicked takes place within the Land of Oz within the years surrounding Dorothy’s arrival and tells the story of how Elphaba Thropp, a younger girl born with inexperienced pores and skin, later turns into the Wicked Witch of the West.

The two-part movie adaptation will star Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba Thropp) and Ariana Grande (Galinda Upland) and contains a supporting forged together with Jonathan Bailey (Fiyero Tigelaar), Jeff Goldblum (the Wonderful Wizard of Oz) and Michelle Yeoh (Madame Morrible).

Directed by Jon M Chu (Step Up 3D/In The Heights), anticipate vibrant and large dance numbers because the forged belt out the stage present’s smash hits that embrace Popular, Defying Gravity and For Good.

Wicked: Part One is scheduled for launch in November 2024. The second movie is predicted to drop a yr later.

Dune: Part Two

Denis Villeneuve’s epic science fiction sequel will proceed the journey of Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) as he groups up with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen to hunt revenge towards all those that destroyed his household and stop a horrible future that solely he can predict.

The movie – which already boasted a stacked forged together with Rebecca Ferguson (Lady Jessica), Josh Brolin (Gurney Halleck), Javier Bardem (Stilgar) and Stellan Skarsgard (Vladimir Harkonnen) – has added Austin Butler (Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen), Florence Pugh (Princess Irulan) and Lea Seydoux (Lady Margot) to the invoice.

Dune: Part Two was attributable to be launched in 2023 however was delayed as a result of Hollywood strikes. It is now set for launch in March 2024.

Madame Web

Madame Web is a part of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe.

Dakota Johnson takes on the titular position as Cassandra ‘Cassie’ Webb/Madame Web, a Manhattan paramedic and clairvoyant whose new psychic skills apparently permit her to see into the longer term.

Following an incident, Cassie is pressured to confront her previous whereas making an attempt to guard three younger girls from a killer Spider-Man.

Johnson is joined by Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney, who’s enjoying Julia Carpenter. Sweeney’s character later takes on the mantle of Spider-Woman within the comics.

While there’s been loads of films revolving round male Marvel Comics characters – the Iron Man, Captain America and Thor movies to call however a number of – there have solely been a number of commissioned with feminine leads, resembling Black Widow, Captain Marvel and The Marvels.

It’s encouraging to see a studio green-light a female-led superhero movie and lots of might be hoping for big field workplace returns so we get some extra.

After the trailer was launched, Johnson’s supply of the road “he was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died” was given the meme remedy.

So, solely time will inform if the movie turns into a cult hit or is mocked on-line like Morbius.

Madame Web might be swinging into cinemas in February.

Joker: Folie à Deux

Joker was supposed to be a standalone movie however then it turned one of many highest-grossing films of 2019 and the primary R-rated manufacturing to gross over $1bn.

Todd Phillips’ neo-noir psychological thriller – which noticed Joaquin Phoenix decide up his first Academy Award for Best Actor – gave us recent perception into DC Comics’ most vibrant villain and Batman’s nemesis.

The Dark Knight didn’t make an look on this Gotham City, though we did see a younger Bruce Wayne. But audiences have been saved entertained by Joker/Arthur Fleck’s descent into darkness.

The sequel is ready to be a musical thriller, with Lady Gaga becoming a member of the forged as partner-in-crime Dr Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn.

Joker: Folie à Deux is ready to be launched in October 2024.

Other blockbusters to be careful for:

Furiosa
Audiences ought to put together for a wild journey given George Miller’s earlier Mad Max movies.

The film – a prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road – will see Anya Taylor-Joy take over from Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa.

The post-apocalyptic action-adventure may also star Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, enjoying Dementus.

Mean Girls
The much-loved 2004 comedy – starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams – was changed into a Broadway present, which has now been reworked into a brand new musical movie.

Tina Fey is again within the author’s chair and returns as Ms Norbury.

American singer and actress Renee Rapp (The Sex Lives of College Girls) might be reprising her Broadway position of imply lady Regina George.

Challengers
Zendaya’s spicy romcom was one of many casualties of the Hollywood strikes and was delayed from its preliminary launch date of September 2023 to April 2024.

The Emmy and Golden Globe winner stars as a former tennis participant turned coach who has reworked her husband (Mike Faist) right into a Grand Slam champ.

Tensions quickly run excessive throughout a challenger occasion that brings ex-love Patrick (The Durrells’ Josh O’Connor) again into their lives.

Twisters
The epic 1996 catastrophe movie Twister, starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, is getting a reboot. This “new chapter” will star Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) and Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick).

Borderlands
Gearbox Software/2K’s widespread looter shooter online game sequence is heading for the large display screen with an ensemble forged that features Cate Blanchett (Lilith), Kevin Hart (Roland), Jack Black (Claptrap) and Jamie Lee Curtis (Dr Patricia Tannis).

Director Eli Roth (Hostel/The Green Inferno) is behind the digital camera and co-wrote the script.

Nosferatu
Nosferatu is a gothic story of obsession between a haunted younger girl and the terrifying vampire infatuated together with her.

Following Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), it’s the second remake of the 1922 German expressionist movie of the identical title written by Henrik Galeen – which in flip is an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula.

Fresh from the new mess of TV present The Idol, Lily-Rose Depp (Ellen Hutter) might be joined by Bill Skarsgard (Count Orlok) and Nicholas Hoult (Thomas Hutter) within the extremely anticipated horror.

The movie marks Focus Features’ ongoing collaboration with author and director Robert Eggers (The Northman) and is ready to be launched in December 2024.

MaXXXine
At the time of writing, MaXXXine is but to be given a launch date. The ultimate instalment of Ti West’s X trilogy will almost definitely seem in some unspecified time in the future in 2024.

The film will comply with Maxine (Mia Goth) – the only survivor of the primary movie – as she units out for fame and success in Eighties Los Angeles.

Fans of the slasher franchise are in for a deal with with a forged that features Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown), Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible III), Bobby Cannavale (The Watcher), Lily Collins (Emily in Paris), singer-songwriter Halsey, Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) and the legendary Kevin Bacon.

The Strangers: Chapter 1
The Strangers: Chapter 1 isn’t a reboot of the slasher franchise however is as an alternative the primary instalment of a brand new trilogy of standalone sequel movies.

Riverdale alum Madelaine Petsch and Cruel Summer’s Froy Gutierrez will discover themselves dealing with off towards thee murderous masked strangers after their automotive breaks down throughout a highway journey.

The trilogy will discover what occurs to the victims and can element who the killer psychopaths are and the place they got here from. Chapter 1 is because of be launched in May, with the next two movies anticipated all through 2024.

Beetlejuice 2
More than three many years on, we’re lastly getting a sequel to the household horror comedy.

Tim Burton is again behind the digital camera with Michael Keaton (Betelgeuse), Winona Ryder (Lydia Deetz) and Catherine O’Hara (Delia Deetz) reprising their roles from the 1988 authentic. Jenna Ortega, recent from working with Burton on Netflix sequence Wednesday, might be enjoying Ryder’s daughter.

The movie is because of be launched in September 2024 however is alleged to be prone to delay as a result of Hollywood strikes.

Gladiator 2
Ridley Scott is again within the director’s chair for this sequel to his Oscar-winning movie.

Previous main man Russell Crowe (Maximus Decimus Meridius) has duly been changed by Paul Mescal (Normal People), who takes over from Spencer Treat Clark as Lucius Verus.

The historic drama – set years after the occasions of the 2000 movie – will centre on Lucius, who’s now a grown man.

Connie Nielsen (Lucilla), Derek Jacobi (Senator Gracchus) and Djimon Hounsou (Juba) are returning to reprise their roles from the unique, whereas Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal have been added to the invoice.

Deadpool 3
Ryan Reynolds will swimsuit up for a fourth time as Wade Wilson/Deadpool. He first appeared because the Marvel Comics character within the 2009 movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

This time he might be joined by good pal Hugh Jackman (James ‘Logan’ Howlett/Wolverine) and Jennifer Garner, who’s reprising her position of murderer Elektra Natchios following her flip in Daredevil and Elektra.

Emma Corrin – who performed Diana, Princess of Wales in The Crown – has been forged in a lead villain position.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3
The much-loved Sega online game character will rock and roll in one other motion journey.

Venom 3
Tom Hardy is ready to return for a 3rd outing as Eddie Brock/Venom within the untitled Let There Be Carnage sequel.

Kraven the Hunter
Alongside Venom 3 and Madame Web, Kraven the Hunter is a part of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe.

Kick-Ass and Bullet Train star Aaron Taylor-Johnson takes on the titular role as we find out how the long-lasting villain got here to be.

Taylor-Johnson isn’t any stranger to Marvel Comics characters, having beforehand performed Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver) in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

The movie is because of be launched in August 2024 after being delayed as a result of SAG-AFTRA strike.

Bad Boys 4
Detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) will reunite as soon as extra for the fourth movie within the buddy cop franchise.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
This sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the fifth movie within the supernatural comedy’s franchise and can see the Spengler household depart Oklahoma for New York City.

The film will convey collectively Ghostbusters previous and new as they group as much as tackle a mysterious and evil drive referred to as the “death chill”.

The Fall Guy
The Eighties hit TV present has been tailored into an motion comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt.

Gosling performs Colt Seavers, a seasoned however growing old stuntman who’s tasked to trace down a lacking movie star to avoid wasting his ex-girlfriend’s film.

Lee Majors, who starred within the basic TV sequence because the stuntman/bounty hunter, is ready to look within the movie.

Mufasa: The Lion King
The Lion King prequel is predicted to hit the large display screen simply in time for Christmas 2024.