Sunday, December 31, 2023

Most Anticipated Films and New Shows of 2024

Movies:
1. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga-Prequel/spinoff of Mad Max: Fury Road centering on the origins of Imperator Furiosa. Besides being a prequel to one of 2015's craziest films, George Miller has Anya Taylor-Joy take on the title role which is a shoe in to be awesome.
2. Dune: Part Two-Adapts the second half of the first Dune book. The first movie was phenomenal, and knowing Denis Villeneuve, this is going to be epic.
3. Deadpool 3-The third in the series sees Deadpool reunite with Wolverine as the title character goes through time travel and universe hopping shenanigans. So much to look forward to between Hugh Jackman returning, integrating the characters into the MCU, and keeping the R rating.
4. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire-Sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife sees the old and new cast take on a threat that causes Manhattan to freeze over in the middle of July. As someone who loves Ghostbusters I'm exited to see something entirely new and different.
5. Nosferatu 2024-The second remake of the 1922 German expressionist classic inspired by Dracula. Seeing how Robert Eggers tackled horror with The Lighthouse and violent epic with The Northman, this take on gothic horror excites me.
6. Wicked-Origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West based on the Broadway musical. While I never saw the musical, knowing the story and some songs as well as the casting of Cynthia Erivo will make a recipe for something good.
7. Horizon: An American Saga-Kevin Coster directs a two-part Western epic set before and after the Civil War. As Dances with Wolves is an incredible movie and Costner being so passionate about it, it lives me intrigued.
8. The Fall Guy-Adaptation of the 80s show about a stuntman who sets out to find the missing actor he's doubling for. Being directed by David Leitch, a stunt man doing a movie about a stunt man sounds like it's going to be fun.
9. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes-Set 300 years after War for the Planet of the Apes, apes start to form their civilizations after humans reverted to a feral state. If this is the start of a new trilogy I'm here for it.
10. Alto Knights-Gangster film set in the 1950s about two rival mob bosses. While it may sound very typical, the fact that Robert De Niro is playing both characters is enough to keep me invested.
Honorable Mentions
Alien: Romulus
Joker: Folie à Deux-Sequel to 2019's Joker as a musical with Lady Gaga playing Harley Quinn.
A Quiet Place: Day One
The Bikeriders-An homage to the biker films of the 50s and 60s.
Ballerina-Spinoff of John Wick.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Inside Out 2-New emotions as Riley becomes a teenager.
Kung Fu Panda 4
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Bettlejuice 2
Mickey 17
Argylle-Spy book author gets caught up in  an actual spy plot, a cat, and Matthew Vaughn
The Book of Clarence-Comedy set during the time of Jesus.
Drive-Away Dolls
IF
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire-Godzilla and King Kong team up to battle a huge threat.
Challengers
Lisa Frankenstein-1980s comedy about a girl reviving a corpse from the Victorian era.
Bob Marley: One Love
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Madame Web
Mean Girls 2024-Musical remake.
Borderlands
Mufasa: The Lion King
The Garfield Movie
Kraven the Hunter
Imaginary
Tiwsters
Night Swim

Shows:
1. A Gentleman in Moscow-Ewan McGregor stars as a Russian aristocrat who is put under house arrest in a hotel by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolutions. A period piece with Ewan McGregor, yes please.
2. The Tattooist of Auschwitz-The true story of a Holocaust prisoner made to tattoo identification numbers on other prisoners. A harrowing tale with Harvey Keitel as the older version of the title character.
3. X-Men '97-Sequel to the 90s animated series. Is there any other reason.
4. Win or Lose-Pixar series depicting the many viewpoints during a softball match. Pixar's first original series also has the different perspectives be seen in different visual styles.
5. Daredevil: Born Again-Followup to the Netflix series that sees Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Jon Bernthal returning. The original series being so amazing, I'm expecting so much from this and hope it keeps the grittiness.
6. Masters of the Air-War drama depicting an Air Force unit during World War 2. Made by the same people who made Band of Brothers and The Pacific, this will surely be epic.
7. The Penguin-Spinoff to 2022's The Batman, depicts the title character's rise to power. Seeing Colin Farrell again with all that makeup and performance is reason enough.
8. Echo-Spinoff to the character introduced in Hawkeye. Alaqua Cox.
9. Kaos-A dark-comedic take on the Greek gods set in the modern day. Having Jeff Goldblum as Zeus is surely one of the most inspired casting choices.
10. Avatar: The Last Airbender 2024-Live-action remake of the classic animated series. Will definitely do what the 2010 film failed at.
Honorable Mentions:
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live-Sees the return of Rick and Michonne.
Parish
Agatha: Darkhold Diaries-Spinoff to WandaVision.
The Sympathizer
Dead Boy Detectives
Manhunt
Marvel Zombies-Zombies and superheroes.
Nautilus-Origin story of Captain Nemo.
Griselda
The Regime
The 39 Steps-Benedict Cumberbatch stars in this classic thriller previously adapted by Hitchcock.
Monsieur Spade
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
After Midnight
Hazbin Hotel
The Brothers Sun
Ted-The early days of Seth MacFarlane's foul mouthed teddy bear.
Fallout-Adaptation of the video game series.
Criminal Record
The Franchise-Comedy about the crew behind a superhero film made by Armando Iannucci and Sam Mendes.
Shōgun
Ripley
Mary & George
Douglas is Cancelled
Devil May Cry
Day of the Jackal
Grimsburg
Anansi Boys
Supacell
Miss Austen
Knuckles-Spinoff with Idris Elba reprising the role.

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