After a year filled with animated inner emotions , mutants , aliens , gladiators and witches , the new year will bring a crop of new (or, newly revisited) movies to choose from, as always. Many upcoming films are sequels, reboots and franchise extensions, which can be chalked up to Hollywood’s penchant for playing it safe with known properties, but it’s also a testament to our collective desire to see where things go next for some of our most beloved characters and worlds. While by no means exhaustive, here is a collection of some of the big movies to look out for in 2025: ‘Back In Action’ It’s all in the title with this one, a Netflix spy movie marking the “return” of two beloved stars – Cameron Diaz, who had stepped away from the Hollywood feature film limelight for about ten years, and Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx, who is back after some health problems .
The pair previously teamed up for 2014’s musical “Annie.” “Back in Action” will start streaming on January 17. ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ After a relatively light year of content – with two welcome 2024 additions, in the movie sphere with “ Deadpool & Wolverine ” and on television with the deliciously witchy “Agatha All Along” – Marvel is beefing up again, bringing three new films to the MCU in 2025: “Captain America: Brave New World” (a.
k.a. Cap’n America 4) in February, “Thunderbolts” in May and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” out on July 25.
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