No doubt encouraged by Cillian Murphy’s ascent to mega-stardom off the back of Oppenheimer last year, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s dystopian disaster epic is back! Jodie Comer’s along for the ride this time, along with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes and of course Mr Murphy himself, and we don’t know much about the plot but the title probably gives you a decent sense of where we’re starting.
F1
June 25
Lewis Hamilton has produced a film about F1, that’s directed by the same guy who directed Top Gun: Maverick and stars Brad Pitt as a former driver getting back in the seat to take on the best there is, alongside Damson Idris, one of our brightest rising stars. The perennially-excellent Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem and Tobias Menzies are also involved. It’s a recipe made for your dad and that annoying friend who got really into F1 after watching Drive to Survive and now tries to talk about it all the time. Those guys are going to love it. But given the aforementioned ingredients, you probably will, too.
Avatar: Fire & Ash
December 19
You might love them. You might hate them. But there’s no denying how absolutely massive a deal the Avatar movies are. Yes, the dialogue can be a bit cringe but James Cameron is hellbent on producing a singular cinematic experience in every other aspect…this is the type of event IMAX theaters were made for.
2025 TBC:
Wake Up Dead Man: a Knives Out Mystery
The first was excellent, and the second beat the odds to be excellent also. The longer these franchises go on, the likelier they are to produce a stinker. But they’ve pulled it out of the bag twice in a row, so why not a third? Rian Johnson’s still directing, and this time he’s got Joshes Brolin and O’Connor, Andrew Scott, Mila Kunis and Kerry Washington at his disposal. Sounds promising, to say the least.
This story originally appeared in British GQ.
