The 2024 film calendar already has several must-see films. He movie year It will start, as usual, with some films that sound most strongly for the Oscars.
They are premieres that go hand in hand with filmmakers such as Alexander Payne, Wim Wenders, Jonathan Glazer or Yorgos Lanthimos, to give way to a string of sequels, prequels and remakes that will invade the movie billboard in 2024.
This year will be the one in which, after saturating the rooms month after month, the cine of superheroes will step on the brakes a bit – Marvel Studios will only release one film, Deadpool 3, and, while waiting for James Gunn’s new universe, of DC characters only Joker will hit theaters – but there will be no shortage of great productions with a rosary of consequences.
Thus, in the next 12 months the continuations of titles such as Dune, Gladiator, Inside Out or Beetlejuice, prequels to The Lion King, Mad Max or The Lord of the Rings and also remakes of classics such as Frankenstein or Nosferatu will be released.
These are some of the films that, after the strikes of screenwriters and actors, will try to finally get the box office back to figures similar to those before the pandemic and thus turn 2024 into a great year for cinema.
THOSE WHO STAY
We don’t have to wait long for the first big film event of the year that will arrive this January 3, 2024 from Alexander Payne. The director of Nebraska or Sideways returns to theaters with one of the films that focuses on a cantankerous professor played by an immeasurable Paul Giamatti.
THE RAPTURE
On January 12, Marco Bellocchio’s new film (Good Morning, Night, The Traitor) lands on the billboard, a film set in Bologna in the mid-19th century to tell the story of a family’s struggle to recover their seven-year-old son.
PERFECT DAYS
German filmmaker Wim Wenders (The Sky Over Berlin, Paris, Texas) directs this Japanese production that follows the steps of a humble toilet cleaner in Tokyo with a great inner life. Kôji Yakusho stars in this film that premieres on January 12 and earned the performer the best actor award at Cannes.
THE AREA OF INTEREST
Also awarded at Cannes was the feature film directed by Jonathan Glazer ((Under the Skin, Reencarnació) set in the infamous Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp in Nazi Germany. It will be released in theaters on January 19, 2024, like other films .
POOR CREATURES
The new gem of the unclassifiable genius Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favorite, Lobster) lands on the billboard on January 26 starring Emma Stone accompanied by stars of the stature of Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe in this film that is another of the strong films in the Oscar race in 2024.
THE PROMISED LAND (THE BASTARD)
Nikolaj Arcel directs and co-writes the biopic of the Danish adventurer Ludvig Kahlen who, played by local star Mads Mikkelsen, will try to conquer the public starting February 2.
FERRARI, ANOTHER OF THE 2024 FILMS
Michael Mann directs Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley in another biopic that, in this case, brings to the big screen a key moment in the life of Enzo Ferrari, former driver and founder of the legendary luxury car brand. The new thing from the director of Heat and The Last of the Mohicans will arrive on February 9.
THE BLUE STAR
Javier Macipe writes and directs this musical drama set in the 90s starring Pepe Lorente, Bruna Cusi and Cuti Carabajal which, after winning two awards at the San Sebastián Festival, hits theaters on February 23.
DUNE: PART TWO
Denis Villeneuve promises a “much more ambitious” film with this sequel, which, he assures, has been shot to be seen in the cinema.” The date on the big screen with Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson and company, will finally be, after the delay caused by the strikes in Hollywood, on March 1.
THE LITTLE LOVES
After the magnificent Trip to a Mother’s Room (2018), Celia Rico continues to delve into the complexity of the relationships between mother and daughter in this film that she once again writes and directs and that stars María Vázquez and Adriana Ozores. In theaters March 8.
RIVALS
Zendaya is precisely also the protagonist of Luca Guadagnino’s new work. The director of Call Me by Your Name or To the Bone returns with a love triangle set in the world of professional tennis. Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist are the companions of the brilliant star in this film that will hit theaters on April 26.
ANGRY
George Miller expands the post-apocalyptic universe of Mad Max with a prequel that tells the origins of the character played by Charlize Theron in Fury Road. Anya Taylor-Joy takes the baton in a film that will arrive on May 24 and that also features the prominent presence of Chris Hemsworth, Marvel’s Thor.
THE KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
That same day, another science fiction saga will also return to theaters with renewed vigor.
This is Planet of the Apes, which after the notable trilogy that began under the orders of Rupert Wyatt and continued with greater force thanks to Matt Reeves, lays the first stone of what promises to be a new era in the saga.
Wes Ball, responsible for The Maze Runner and who will also bring The Legend of Zelda video game saga to the big screen, will be at the controls of this new installment set after the reign of Caesar, in the future where the apes They are already consolidated as a dominant species.
REVERSE 2
Envy, Boredom, Shame and Anxiety. These are the four new emotions that will join Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust to once again turn the mind of a now teenage Riley upside down in the sequel to Inside Out.
Kelsey Mann is in charge of directing the new Pixar film that will hit theaters on June 16.
FATHER THERE IS ONLY ONE 4
Santiago Segura also knows a lot about sagas, and very high-grossing ones, who will once again try to drag entire families en masse into the comfortable seats and their air conditioning this summer with the fourth installment of Father There Is No More Than One.
Wedding Bells promises in the film that Segura will once again produce, write, direct and star alongside the usual cast and that it will be released on July 18.
DEADPOOL 3
Deadpool returns… and he doesn’t do it alone. Hugh Jackman breaks his promise and returns as Wolverine in the first adventure of two of the X-Men’s mainstays within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Mutant multiversal chaos to try to get Kevin Feige’s MCU back into flight. And after the binge of recent years, and the disappointing results of films like Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumanía or The Marvels, this will be the only UCM film that will be released in 2024. A film that, directed by Shawn Levy will hit theaters on July 26