28 - New Movies in 2024
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Ok, enough of 2023, time to look ahead, but ask yourself, has Hollywood run out of fresh ideas? 2024 looks like a year of many familiar titles. . . This week Gino singles out some of the hot new releases coming at you in 2024.
1. Mean Girls, a remake of the 2004 comedy, came out just recently.
2. Argylle with John Cena, Dua Lipa and Samuel L. Jackson comes out in February.
3. Madame Web is from the Spiderverse and stars Dakota Johnson as the female hero who can see into the future.
In March:
4. Dune: Part Two
5. Kung Fu Panda 4
6. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
7. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. This time, instead of fighting each other, they may be on the same side against a deadly hidden threat that terrorises our world.
In May:
8. The Fall Guy, Ryan Gosling stumbles onto our screens alongside Emily Blunt.
9. IF, A young girl begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up, with Ryan Reynolds… who also brings Emily Blunt with him.
The end of May feels like deja vu because it’s just repeats, or adaptations.
10. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road.
11. Garfield, The Talking Cat.
12. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes which follows War for the Planet of the Apes, where the chimpanzee leader, Caesar, died.
In June:
13: Bad Boys 4 with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
14. Inside Out 2 for the kiddies.
15. A Quiet Place: Day One which, despite being called ‘day one’, is actually the third instalment of the movie franchise and this time it stars Lupita Nyong’o.
In July:
16. Despicable Me 4 kicks off the second half of 2024 when it gets released on the 3rd.
17. Deadpool 3 with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.
In August:
18. Borderlands Kevin Hart gets up to mischief alongside Jack Black in this outer space action comedy.
In September:
19. Beetlejuice 2, with Michael Keaton still leading it, and, Tim Burton still directing it.
20. Transformers One with Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Laurence Fishburne.
In October:
21. Joker: Folie a Deux, this time it is a musical. . . and the Joker has a girlfriend played by Lady Gaga.
In November:
22. Venom 3 from the world of Spiderrman.
23. Gladiator 2, with Denzel Washington joining the list of characters.
In December:
24. The Karate Kid kicks its way back into our lives.
25. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.
26. Mufasa: The Lion King, the story of Simba’s dad. . . before he was Simba’s dad.
So, plenty to look forward to in the coming months. . .
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