As the dazzling year of 2023 comes to an end, we look forward to the hottest movie releases of 2024! These most-anticipated 2024 movie releases are sure to get audiences excited to visit the cinema. Sorted by release date, keep reading to explore some of the most highly anticipated upcoming movies!

January 2024:

Mean Girls

Directed by: Arturo Perez Jr., Samantha Jayne

Starring: Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auliʻi Cravalho, Bebe Wood, Jaquel Spivey, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Jenna Fischer, Jon Hamm, Ashley Park

Opening: January 12, 2024

About the Film: From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic, MEAN GIRLS. New student Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called “The Plastics,” ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George (Reneé Rapp) and her minions Gretchen (Bebe Wood) and Karen (Avantika). However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels (Christopher Briney), she finds herself prey in Regina’s crosshairs. As Cady sets to take down the group’s apex predator with the help of her outcast friends Janis (Auli’i Cravalho) and Damian (Jaquel Spivey), she must learn how to stay true to herself while navigating the most cutthroat jungle of all: high school. 

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/t_G3F1P8WZw

February 2024:

Madame Web

Directed by: S.J. Clarkson

Starring: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Emma Roberts, Mike Epps, Adam Scott, and Zosia Mamet

Opening: February 14, 2024

About the Film: Spinoff from Spider-Man centering on a clairvoyant mutant named Madam Web.

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/s_76M4c4LTo?si=FOxRnsGNqY9OM4wr

Bob Marley: One Love

Directed by: Reinaldo Marcus Green

Starring: Lashana Lynch, Tosin Cole, Kingsley Ben-Adir, James Norton, Anthony Welsh, Michael Gandolfini, Umi Myers, Nadine Marshall

Opening: February 14, 2024

About the Film: BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob’s powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music. Produced in partnership with the Marley family and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary musician and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita. 

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/gaGEmMCGLBU

March 2024:

Kung Fu Panda 4

Directed by: Mike Mitchell

Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman, and David Cross

Opening: March 8, 2024

About the Film: Follow Po on his wide-eyed adventures in ancient China, whose love of kung fu is matched only by an insatiable appetite.

Dune: Part Two

Directed by: Denis Villeneuve

Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård

Opening: March 15, 2024

About the Film: Duke Paul Atreides joins the Fremen and begins a spiritual and martial journey to become Muad’dib, while trying to prevent the horrible but inevitable future he’s witnessed: a Holy War in his name, spreading throughout the known universe.

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/_YUzQa_1RCE

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Directed by: Gil Kenan

Starring: Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt

Opening: March 29, 2024

About the Film: In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started — the iconic New York City firehouse — to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/wFNK_KEmcWs?si=nhGR_gjfbebQKptY

Mickey 17

Directed by: Bong Joon-ho

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo, Steven Yeun

Opening: March 29, 2024

About the Film: Mickey 17, known as an “expendable,” goes on a dangerous journey to colonize an ice planet.

April 2024:

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Directed by: Adam Wingard

Starring: Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Kaylee Hottle, Fala Chen, Alex Ferns, and Rachel House

Opening on: April 12, 2024

About the Film: This latest entry in the Monsterverse franchise follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence — and our own. The epic new film will delve further into the histories of these Titans, their origins, and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/mJXGMPU1a-8?si=gNQAlbrAxhHVHmuT

Challengers

Directed by: Luca Guadagnino

Starring: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist

Opening on: April 26, 2024

About the Film: From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak (Mike Faist – West Side Story), Tashi’s strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick (Josh O’Connor – The Crown) — his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend. As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win.

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/MDnVk5jIJr0

May 2024:

If

Directed by: John Krasinski

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Fiona Shaw, Cailey Fleming, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Steve Carell, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Maya Rudolph, Awkwafina

Opening on: May 17, 2024

About the Film: A girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone’s imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.

The Fall Guy

Directed by: David Leitch

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt

Opening: March 1, 2024

About the Film: He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right? 

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/j7jPnwVGdZ8

Furiosa

Directed by: George Miller

Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Nathan Jones, and Angus Sampson

Opening on: May 24, 2024

About the Film: Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa finds herself caught in the crossfire between two tyrannical warlords.

Watch the Trailer:

Garfield

Directed by: Mark Dindal

Starring: Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Hannah Waddingham, and Ving Rhames

Opening on: May 24, 2024

About the Film: The further exploits of the sarcastic, lasagna-loving cat Garfield.

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/Pf1665nJZ48?si=ehhB74iUYLIQl68O

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Directed by: Wes Ball

Starring: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Peter Macon, Eka Darville, and Kevin Durand

Opening on: May 24, 2024

About the Film: Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/KlL51jwytYk

June 2024:

Ballerina

Directed by: Len Wiseman

Starring: Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, Norman Reedus, Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne

Opening on: June 7, 2024

About the Film: The world of John Wick expands with BALLERINA, as Ana de Armas stars as an assassin trained in the traditions of the Ruska Roma.

Bad Boys 4

Directed by: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence

Opening on: June 14, 2024

About the Film: The next installment in the “Bad Boys” franchise.

Watch the Trailer:

Inside Out 2

Directed by: Kelsey Mann

Starring: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Lewis Black

Opening on: June 14, 2024

About the Film: The little voices inside Riley’s head know her inside and out–but next summer, everything changes when Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 introduces a new Emotion: Anxiety.

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/rHOXfTUE1f0

A Quiet Place: Day One

Directed by: Michael Sarnoski

Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, Denis O’Hare

Opening on: June 28, 2024

About the Film: A woman fights for survival during an alien invasion in New York City.

July 2024:

Despicable Me 4

Directed by: Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage

Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, and Steve Coogan

Opening on: July 3, 2024

About the Film: The next installment in the “Despicable Me” franchise.

Twisters

Directed by: Lee Isaac Chung

Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney

Opening on: July 19, 2024

About the Film: An update to the 1996 film ‘Twister’, which centered on a pair of storm chasers who risk their lives in an attempt to test an experimental weather alert system.

Deadpool 3

Directed by: Shawn Levy

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Leslie Uggams

Opening on: July 26, 2024

About the Film: The further adventures of wisecracking mercenary Deadpool.

August 2024:

Borderlands

Directed by: Eli Roth

Starring: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Ariana Greenblatt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Edgar Ramirez, Haley Bennett, Florian Munteanu

Opening on: August 9, 2024

About the Film: A feature film based on the popular video game set on the abandoned fictional planet of Pandora where people search for a mysterious relic.

Kraven the Hunter

Directed by: J.C. Chandor

Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Opening on: August 30, 2024

About the Film: Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/rze8QYwWGMs

September 2024:

Beetlejuice 2

Directed by: Tim Burton

Starring: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Belluci, Willem Dafoe

Opening on: September 6, 2024

About the Film: This is a follow-up to the comedy Beetlejuice, about a ghost who’s recruited to help haunt a house.

Transformers One

Directed by: Josh Cooley

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Jon Hamm, Laurence Fishburne, Keegan-Michael Key

Opening on: September 13, 2024

About the Film: An origin story set on Cybertron, home of both the Autobots and the Decepticons. The film is said to focus on the relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron.

October 2024:

Joker: Folie à Deux

Directed by: Todd Phillips

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Zazie Beetz, Catherine Keener, and Jacob Lofland

Opening on: October 4, 2024

About the Film: The next installment in the “Joker” franchise.

Terrifier 3

Directed by: Damien Leone

Starring: David Howard Thornton

Opening on: October 25, 2024

About the Film: The third entry into the TERRIFIER franchise. In this installment, Art the Clown terrorizes people on Christmas Eve.

Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/-3l2KFTj7yY?si=XQf62w_TJfnA7lCl

November 2024:

Venom 3

Directed by: Kelly Marcel

Starring: Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Opening on: November 8, 2024

About the Film: The next installment in the “Venom” franchise.:

Gladiator 2

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Starring: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Djimon Hounsou, Joseph Quinn, Derek Jacobi

Opening on: November 22, 2024

About the Film: Follows Lucius the son of Maximus’ love Lucilla, after Maximus death.

Wicked Part 1

Directed by: Jon M. Chu

Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jonathan Bailey

Opening on: November 27, 2024

About the Film: In an alternate look at the land of Oz, the true heroine is wrongfully cast as the “wicked” witch and actually turns out to be a freedom fighter who battles against the wizard for her homeland.

December 2024:

The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim

Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama

Starring: Brian Cox, Miranda Otto

Opening on: December 13, 2024

About the Film: “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” explores and expands the untold story behind the fortress of Helm’s Deep, delving into the life and bloodsoaked times of one of Middle-earth’s most legendary figures; the mighty King of Rohan — Helm Hammerhand.

Mufasa: The Lion King

Directed by: Barry Jenkins

Starring: Aaron Pierre, Kevin Harrison Jr., Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, and John Kani

Opening on: December 20, 2024

About the Film: Rafiki, Timon, and Pumbaa tell the story of Mufasa to a young lion cub.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Directed by: Jeff Fowler

Starring: Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, James Marsden, and Colleen O’Shaughnessey

Opening on: December 20, 2024

About the Film: The third installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.

Thunderbolts

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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Directed by: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson

Starring: Oscar Isaac, Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Issa Rae, and Jason Schwartzman

About the Film: After leaving off from Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse, the story continues.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg

About the Film: The further adventures of IMF agent Ethan Hunt.

Get excited for the biggest blockbusters coming to cinemas all year round in 2024!