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2025 has just begun, and were scared already.
Halloween hasnt just arrived early in 2025.
Its become a year-round event.
But fear isnt the only emotion in the air.
Film lovers might also find reason for a little optimism over the next few months.
The return of Superman!
An Imax-scaled event movie from Paul Thomas Anderson!
Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan, together again!
Two new films from Steven Soderbergh!
MoreAvatar, moreTron, moreMission: Impossible!
Its all on the docket for 2025.
Dont we deservesomethingto look forward to?
Many of the most promising movies of 2025 havent yet circled a particular month or holiday.
Yes, something wicked this way comes.
But so does somethingWicked.
January
Wolf Man
Who needs a Dark Universe?
(In theaters January 17.)
Presence
Oceans Elevenassembler Steven Soderbergh at last tries his hand at a horror movie.
But will that hold true for long?
His next movie, the Koepp-scripted spy thrillerBlack Bag, opens just two months later, in March.
(In theaters January 24.)
.Also premiering in January
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His signature Hulkian grumpiness should be a hoot on the forthcoming press tour.
(In theaters February 14.)
(In theaters February 14.)
The original short story is one of Stephen Kings scariest.
(In theaters February 21.)
Thats probably one reason Warner Bros. has kicked it around the release calendar and tied it up in postproduction.
(In theaters March 7.)
With Collet-Serra in charge andHereditarycinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski crafting the images taut thrills seem likely.
(In theaters March 28.)
(In theaters April 18.)
The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection
He is risen.
Why cant we shake the feeling that itll play like a revenge thriller starring Jesus?
(In theaters April 18.)
And its been directed by Kogonada, the gifted onetime video essayist who madeColumbusand the Farrell sci-fi tearjerkerAfter Yang.
Like Margots last character, the Mattel doll with a soul, consider us curious.
(In theaters May 9.)
Only those with a tolerance for fortune-cookie wisdom and Nick Offerman voice-over narration need apply.
(In theaters May 30.)
(In theaters June 13.)
(In theaters June 20.)
WillF1makeMaverickmoney without an 80s predecessor to echo?
(In theaters June 27.)
Its a Superman movie that looks … fun?
(In theaters July 11.)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Will the fourth time be the charm for the Fantastic Four?
But there may be hope!
And if nothing else,First Stepswill boast a memorable villain: planet-eating space god Galactus.
(In theaters July 25.)
(Plus, the two have similar names, which is a pretty good joke itself.)
(In theaters August 1.)
(In theaters August 8.)
(In theaters August 15.)
Who you gonna call?
Ed and Lorraine Warren!
(In theaters September 5.)
(In theaters September 26.)
The bad news is that Daft Punk did not do the music this time.
The good news is that Nine Inch Nails is filling in for them.
(In theaters October 10.)
It sounds likeTrading PlacesmeetsIts a Wonderful Life a promising recipe for laughs from theMaster of Nonemastermind.
(In theaters October 17.)
But how will audiences ever relate?
(In theaters November 7.)
(In theaters November 7.)
(In theaters November 7.)
(In theaters November 21.)
Did Big Jim finally crack the code to realistic-looking CGI fire?
(In theaters December 19.)
Marty Supreme
No, its not a Scorsese biopic.
Can he bring thatUncut Gemsmojo alone?
We cant wait to find out.
(In theaters December 25.)
Oscar Isaac, who played a Frankenstein-like figure inEx-Machina, is the doctor with the god complex.
(On Netflix in 2025.)
