The Year Has Just One Marvel Studios Release ('Deadpool 3') and One Dc Film ('Joker: Folie À Deux'), but There Are New Horror Entries ('Saw Xi') and Epics...
The year has just one Marvel Studios release ('Deadpool 3') and one DC film ('Joker: Folie à Deux'), but there are new horror entries ('Saw XI') and epics ('Dune 2' and 'Gladiator 2').
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The dual actors and writers strikes of 2023 have wreaked havoc on the theatrical landscape, with some projects delayed so long that they will no longer be hitting in 2024, making the year more barren than theater owners and movie studios would like.
Still, there are plenty of projects that are on track and expected to be big, from long-gestating sequels (Gladiator 2, Beetlejuice 2) to R-rated comic book offerings (Deadpool 3, Joker: Folie à Deux).
Mean Girls (Jan. 12)
Paramount’s movie musical adapts the Broadway musical adaptation of the 2004 movie. Tina Fey is back for this iteration, a Gen Z take on the high school movie classic starring original Broadway star Renee Rapp, Angourie Rice and Jon Hamm.
Filmmaker Jeymes Samuels’ follow-up to his Black western The Harder They Fall follows a man living in Biblical times who takes his cues from the new Messiah and starts his own faithful following, which puts him in conflict with the ruling Roman empire. LaKeith Stanfield leads a cast that includes RJ Cyler, Alfre Woodard and James McAvoy.
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