After a difficult year for the promotion of international films, as the actors’ strike prohibited them from any work. 2024 comes with a promising slate of premieres seconds, thirds and even fourths, and will be marked by a handful of originals bearing (almost all) famous surnames.
This situation ‘poor creatures‘, with Yorgos Lanthimos’s magnificent Emma Stone; ‘area of interest‘, Jonathan Glazer; ‘competitors‘, Luca Guadagnino; ‘We roll with joy‘, by Richard Linklater; ‘Frankenstein‘, written by Guillermo del Toro, ‘Jury #2‘, by Clint Eastwood or ‘Ferrari‘, by Michael Mann.
Without prejudice to the fact that it is always good to watch the movie on which the sequel is based, the following list and the signed directors predict that the memory will be enough for one movie. there will be happy landings in the cinemas and plenty of audiences waiting to fill them.
The second episodes will be great, of course.
We talk about ‘inside out 2‘, Anger and Disgust, with the unrivaled offering of seeing Riley (the protagonist of ‘Inside Out’, 2015) reach adolescence with an avalanche of sensations and anxiety, a new emotion in her brain that continues to give way to Sadness, Joy, Fear, and’Bitelchus 2‘ Tim Burton keeps his promise to save the Maitland family, Barbara and Adam, after at least 25 years.
Another ‘jewel’ returning from the distant past is ‘Gladiator 2‘ was rescued by Ridley Scott, the director of the first film, also in 2000, who signed Pedro Pascal to replace the irreplaceable Russell Crowe, who was 36 and in full physical condition.
Just in time, much awaitedDune: Part TwoThe film, directed by Canadian Denis Villeneuve, who made his debut in 2021, and starring Timothée Chalamet.
They arrive without the ‘2’ behind them.’Mufasa: The Lion King(Barry Jenkins), the CGI prequel to Disney’s 2019 hit ‘The Lion King’ and’Alien: RomulusThe film in which Uruguayan Fede Álvarez recreates the universe of the original 1979 ‘Alien: The Eighth Voyager’.
Close up ‘The second episode of Joker (2019),’Joker: Folie a Deux‘ There’s one thing that Todd Phillips himself assumed, and enough is known about it: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga will be there, or ‘The Three Musketeers: Milady‘ (2024), sequel to ‘D’Artagnan’ (2023), both by Martin Bourboulon, with Vincent Cassel, Eva Green and Louis Garrel.
AND ‘The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim‘ (Kenji Kamiyama), Tolkien’s book has been revived countless times since ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ (2001), this time in an animated version, a prequel set 183 years before the events of the trilogy.
‘Candies’ of the 24th year
‘coming’The Book of Clarence‘ – whose poster is suspiciously reminiscent of The Last Supper – by its protagonists: Benedict Cumberbach, James McAvoy, David Oyelowo and Omar Sy, as in the Spaniards’Shadow ValleyA survival thriller set in the Himalayas, starring Miguel Herrán, Susana Abaitúa and Alexandra Masangkay, directed by Salvador Calvo (“End of the Philippines”, 2016).
And I want to give a shout out to Sam Blitz Bazawule for adapting it into the musical.purple color‘ It retains Steven Spielberg’s title from 1985 and welcomes 2024 to great acclaim.
They’re also premiering it.’kingdom of the planet of the monkeys‘ (Wes Ball); ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire‘(Gil Kenan)’Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire‘ (Adam Wingard), ‘very angry‘ (George Miller), ‘Ballerina‘ (Len Wiseman), ‘Deadpool 3‘ (Shawn Levy) and ‘Kung Fu Panda 4′.
Santiago Segura, ‘Locomía’, Medem and Jaurrieta
You can’t start the year without a premiere Santiago SeguraAfter taking ‘Torrente’ by storm, he stepped into the family cinema, now with his fourth episode ‘Daddy there’s only one‘, again with Toni Acosta, Leo Harlem, Loles León and Silvia Abril, and children Luna Fulgencio, Sirena and Calma Segura, and debutante Blanca Ramírez.
Julio Medem returns to cinemas with his ‘film’Minotaur, Picasso and Guernica’s women‘, the impressive Pablo Derqui as the genius from Malaga and Paula Ortiz contribute their own version’Hildegart‘, starring Najwa Nimri as the perfect feminist-obsessed mother.
Andrea Jaurrieta (finally) presents her second feature film: ‘Little girl‘, after the attention-getter’main daytime‘ (2018), with Patricia López Arnáiz and Darío Grandinetti; Cesc Gay (director of Truman) returns with another comedy:my friend Eva‘ and another multi-award winning Catalan, Carlos Marques-Marcet, will come.’will become dust‘, with Angela Molina.
Isaki Lacuesta will have a new movie ‘Second Prize’; Eva Hache’s directorial debutIs anyone having a bad day?‘, about Moderna de Pueblo’s comic book ‘Idiotizada’; ‘blue star‘ is a delicious Spanish-Argentine co-production by Javier Macipe, full of beautiful music and ‘little loves‘, Celia Rico’s third feature film after her impressive ‘A trip to a mother’s room‘ (2018).
And two more offers.”Disco, Ibiza, Locomia‘, Kike Maíllo’s version of the weird late ’80s electro-pop band, and ‘dragon keeper‘, new animation by Salvador Simó (“Buñuel in the turtles’ labyrinth”, 2018).