The 2025 Movies We're Already Way Too Excited About
CultureFrom Brad Pitt's F1 movie to the long-awaited Mickey 17, plus Avatar: Fire & Ash and 28 Years Later, it's gonna be a big year for the multiplex.By Killian Faith-Kelly and Jack KingOctober 14, 2024Joseph Kosinski, Brad Pitt and Damson Idris seen filming their F1 movie on the Silverstone Circuit, during the Formula 1 Aramco British Grand Prix in July of 2023 in Silverstone, United Kingdom.Courtesy of Gongora/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesSave this storySaveSave this storySaveOh no, we're already thinking about 2025 movies. Time may be moving faster than we'd like, but that's what the cinema is there for: pressing pause for a couple of hours, putting the phone on airplane mode and boycotting reality for a while.And in 2025, you're gonna be spending a lot of time off-grid, with welcome distractions like Academy Award-winner Cillian Murphy back on the big screen, in one of his most famous film series, another Knives Out mystery and Brad Pitt linking with the Top Gun: Maverick director for his own shot a meta-textual blockbuster about cementing legacies. Tell you friends. Tell your family. You're going to be hard to reach next year. These are the 2025 movies we're hyped for.Mickey 17January 31Not to sound hyperbolic, but we have literally been waiting for years for the release of Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho's follow-up to 2019's Oscars sensation Parasite. The existential sci-fi comedy — which was supposed to come out in March 2024, and was first teased in December 2022 — stars Robert Pattinson as a series of expendable clones on an interstellar mission to colonize a new planet. Conceptually it sounds like a bit of a head-ringer, but we'll be seated. As long as it isn't delayed again.The Seed of the Sacred FigFebruary 7This nearly three-hour epic—which centers on a good-hearted lawyer shuffled to the top of the Revolutionary Court, where he is called on to approve executions sight-unseen—debuted at Cannes to rave reviews, taking home a special prize from the competition jury headed by Greta Gerwig. More noteworthy is the political context in which it was made, as director Mohammad Rasoulof was effectively exiled from his home country of Iran soon after the film was announced, charged with defying the state's strict censorship rules.MichaelApril 18To their credit, the makers of this Michael Jackson biopic have stated their intention to cover everything, good and the bad. His legacy is still huge of course, but it’s a tad more complicated than it was before. Which makes it all the more fascinating that — in a cast that also includes Miles Teller and the excellent Colman Domingo, likely to make a name for himself in this August’s Sing Sing — Michael Jackson will be played in this film by his nephew, Jaafar Jackson.The Salt PathApril 25Most PopularCultureHow Nickel Boys Stars Brandon Wilson and Ethan Herisse Found Each OtherBy Esther ZuckermanCultureTen Years Later, the Interstellar Ending Still Doesn’t Work For MeBy Frazier TharpeCultureInterior Chinatown's Jimmy O. Yang Has Always Had Main Character EnergyBy Raymond AngBased on the apparently quite beautiful book about the true story of a couple who embark on an enormous walk around the south of England after some unwelcome health news, we’ve got Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs as the lead couple in a film that sounds quite (read: very) likely to make everyone cry. Some Anderson-Isaacs chemistry is an exciting prospect indeed and, given their respective track records, an indication of probable goodness on the part of this film.ElioJune 13In the hands of anyone but Pixar, an 11-year-old boy accidentally becoming the intergalactic ambassador for the earth after being beamed up by aliens might have you rolling your eyes. But in their safe and sturdy hands this is sure to be adorable. The Disney-adjacent studio’s output has gone up in quantity and down a little in quality in recent years, but with the writer behind the excellent Coco on board, there’s hope they may be back to their beautiful best with this one.28 Years LaterJune 20Most PopularCultureHow Nickel Boys Stars Brandon Wilson and Ethan Herisse Found Each OtherBy Esther ZuckermanCultureTen Years Later, the Interstellar Ending Still Doesn’t Work For MeBy Frazier TharpeCultureInterior Chinatown's Jimmy O. Yang Has Always Had Main Character EnergyBy Raymond AngNo doubt encouraged by Cillian Murphy’s ascent to mega-stardom off the back of Oppenheimer last year, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s dystopian disaster epic is back! Jodie Comer’s along for the ride this time, along with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes and of course Mr Murphy himself, and we don’t know much about the plot but the title probably gives you a decent sense of where we’re starting.F1June 25Lewis Hamilton has produced a film about F1, that's directed by the same guy who directed Top Gun: Maverick and stars Brad Pitt as a former driver getting back in the seat to take on the best there is, alongside Damson Idris, one of our brightest rising sta
Oh no, we're already thinking about 2025 movies. Time may be moving faster than we'd like, but that's what the cinema is there for: pressing pause for a couple of hours, putting the phone on airplane mode and boycotting reality for a while.
And in 2025, you're gonna be spending a lot of time off-grid, with welcome distractions like Academy Award-winner Cillian Murphy back on the big screen, in one of his most famous film series, another Knives Out mystery and Brad Pitt linking with the Top Gun: Maverick director for his own shot a meta-textual blockbuster about cementing legacies. Tell you friends. Tell your family. You're going to be hard to reach next year. These are the 2025 movies we're hyped for.
Mickey 17
January 31
Not to sound hyperbolic, but we have literally been waiting for years for the release of Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho's follow-up to 2019's Oscars sensation Parasite. The existential sci-fi comedy — which was supposed to come out in March 2024, and was first teased in December 2022 — stars Robert Pattinson as a series of expendable clones on an interstellar mission to colonize a new planet. Conceptually it sounds like a bit of a head-ringer, but we'll be seated. As long as it isn't delayed again.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
February 7
This nearly three-hour epic—which centers on a good-hearted lawyer shuffled to the top of the Revolutionary Court, where he is called on to approve executions sight-unseen—debuted at Cannes to rave reviews, taking home a special prize from the competition jury headed by Greta Gerwig. More noteworthy is the political context in which it was made, as director Mohammad Rasoulof was effectively exiled from his home country of Iran soon after the film was announced, charged with defying the state's strict censorship rules.
Michael
April 18
To their credit, the makers of this Michael Jackson biopic have stated their intention to cover everything, good and the bad. His legacy is still huge of course, but it’s a tad more complicated than it was before. Which makes it all the more fascinating that — in a cast that also includes Miles Teller and the excellent Colman Domingo, likely to make a name for himself in this August’s Sing Sing — Michael Jackson will be played in this film by his nephew, Jaafar Jackson.
The Salt Path
April 25
Based on the apparently quite beautiful book about the true story of a couple who embark on an enormous walk around the south of England after some unwelcome health news, we’ve got Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs as the lead couple in a film that sounds quite (read: very) likely to make everyone cry. Some Anderson-Isaacs chemistry is an exciting prospect indeed and, given their respective track records, an indication of probable goodness on the part of this film.
Elio
June 13
In the hands of anyone but Pixar, an 11-year-old boy accidentally becoming the intergalactic ambassador for the earth after being beamed up by aliens might have you rolling your eyes. But in their safe and sturdy hands this is sure to be adorable. The Disney-adjacent studio’s output has gone up in quantity and down a little in quality in recent years, but with the writer behind the excellent Coco on board, there’s hope they may be back to their beautiful best with this one.
28 Years Later
June 20
No doubt encouraged by Cillian Murphy’s ascent to mega-stardom off the back of Oppenheimer last year, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s dystopian disaster epic is back! Jodie Comer’s along for the ride this time, along with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes and of course Mr Murphy himself, and we don’t know much about the plot but the title probably gives you a decent sense of where we’re starting.
F1
June 25
Lewis Hamilton has produced a film about F1, that's directed by the same guy who directed Top Gun: Maverick and stars Brad Pitt as a former driver getting back in the seat to take on the best there is, alongside Damson Idris, one of our brightest rising stars. The perennially-excellent Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem and Tobias Menzies are also involved. It's a recipe made for your dad and that annoying friend who got really into F1 after watching Drive to Survive and now tries to talk about it all the time. Those guys are going to love it. But given the aforementioned ingredients, you probably will, too.
Avatar: Fire & Ash
December 19
You might love them. You might hate them. But there’s no denying how absolutely massive a deal the Avatar movies are. Yes, the dialogue can be a bit cringe but James Cameron is hellbent on producing a singular cinematic experience in every other aspect…this is the type of event IMAX theaters were made for.
2025 TBC:
Wake Up Dead Man: a Knives Out Mystery
The first was excellent, and the second beat the odds to be excellent also. The longer these franchises go on, the likelier they are to produce a stinker. But they’ve pulled it out of the bag twice in a row, so why not a third? Rian Johnson’s still directing, and this time he’s got Joshes Brolin and O’Connor, Andrew Scott, Mila Kunis and Kerry Washington at his disposal. Sounds promising, to say the least.
This story originally appeared in British GQ.
