Its natural for the cast and crew of a longrunning television show once it ends to take sentimental keepsakes from the set. Henry Winkler auctioned off lots of Happy Days memorabilia last year but kept one of Fonzies leather jackets via The Hollywood Reporter. Jon Snow may know nothing but Kit Harington was smart enough to grab some of the characters armor from the massive Game of Thrones production once the series wrapped via Mens Journal.

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Aimee Garcia didnt join the Fox fantasy drama Lucifer until Season 2. Her character Ella Lopez became a fundamental part of the show as the bubbly forensic scientist was revealed to have known Lucifers sister Azrael as a child. Later on in Season 6 she even helps stop the Apocalypse.

Infused with the joyful spirit of Ellas character Garcia loved working on Lucifer. She even told The Mary Sue I would come home from work so happy she really reminds you to have faith and hope. It makes sense then that Garcia would take a piece of the television show with her.

In an Entertainment Tonight interview Aimee Garcia admitted to one massive regret she had regarding the show. I shouldve stolen Ellas pens [from the set] she said. The actress mentioned how cool they were wishing shed taken them. But Garcia does have one of Ellas jackets. I took a jacket of hers which I still have. She is pleased that the fans are making memorabilia to help remember the character including her own dolls and a homemade Ella pillow she showed the camera.

Garcia wasnt the only cast member on the series to grab a prop or two. Lauren German took a vintage lighter and Lesley AnneBrandt now has one of her rings from the pilot episode as well as a framed picture of John Decker Chris Payne Gilbert who is Chloes dad on the show and AnneBrandts husband in real life.

However costar D.B. Woodside didnt take anything. The actor explained that hes very sentimental so any Lucifer memorabilia wouldve made it harder for him to move on. Series star Tom Ellis just hoped no one official was watching the interview. Weve just incriminated ourselves by the way Im expecting a call from Warner Bros. any minute he joked.

Every year is packed with big movies now whether were talking about the continuations of major franchises the launch of new ones or bigbudget spectacles that just seem primed to grab our attention no matter what the subject matter. In that regard 2023 is no different. In fact it might be one of the biggest years for blockbuster movies weve ever seen.

Weve got scifi epics horror sequels and more SpiderManrelated movies than you could possibly believe. In other words its going to be a memorable year for cinema. But which films are most primed to really knock you through the back wall of the theater in 2023 and when exactly will you get to see them? Well were here to help you find the best and the biggest that the year has to offer. From a villains origin story to holiday season blockbusters these are the movies that will blow you away in 2023.

Updated on September 20 2022 From spy flicks to superhero films 2023 is going to be packed with a ton of cinematic goodness. Be sure to check back here regularly as we update this list with casting developments release date changes and exciting new projects.

Like his previous film Old which is based on a Swiss graphic novel M. Night Shyamalan will turn to some interesting source material for his next film. In the summer of 2022 it was revealed that Knock at the Cabin Shyamalans upcoming thriller is based on Paul Tremblays horror novel The Cabin at the End of the World setting the stage for some very interesting storytelling.

Though we dont yet know how Shyamalans version of the tale will twist the narrative The Cabin at the End of the World follows a couple and their daughter as theyre set upon by a group of mysterious weaponwielding people at a secluded cabin. The people claim theyre there to save the world and that in order to prevent global catastrophe one member of this small family must be sacrificed. What follows is a tense physical and philosophical standoff with consequences none of them couldve imagined.

Shyamalans film will star Dave Bautista Rupert Grint Nikki AmukaBird Ben Aldridge Jonathan Groff and Abby Quinn. We havent seen the first footage yet but we know to expect the unexpected when it comes to this filmmaker. Knock at the Cabin arrives February 3 2023.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been playing with the concept of a multiverse for some time now through films like SpiderMan No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Now that concept seems primed to explode across the MCU in AntMan and the Wasp Quantumania the third installment in the AntMan series of films that will reunite original stars Paul Rudd Evangeline Lilly Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer.

This time around Scott Lang and his allies – along with Kathryn Newton as an adult version of Scotts daughter Cassie – will team up to face Kang the Conqueror a new multiversal timetraveling villain played by Lovecraft Country star Jonathan Majors. Majors first played the role in the form of a character dubbed simply He Who Remains at the end of Loki Season 1 and now hes returning to play another variant of the mysterious adversary. Exactly what Kang wants and how Scott will end up facing him is still a mystery. 

Whats not a mystery is that we know our heroes will be spending a lot of time in the Quantum Realm where theyll run into a character played by Bill Murray. One of Marvels weirdest villains — the evil oversized head M.O.D.O.K. — will also be showing up. Well find out what happens next when Quantumania hits theaters on February 17 2023.

Back in 2015 the Rocky franchise got its first spinoff with Creed Ryan Cooglers tale of Adonis Creed son of the late heavyweight champion Apollo and his journey to his own success and confidence as a boxer. The film was a major hit for Coogler star Michael B. Jordan and Rocky icon Sylvester Stallone who won a Golden Globe for his work in the film.

In 2023 the Creed franchise is set to continue with its third installment building on the first sequel in which Adonis Jordan took on the son of one of Rockys greatest opponents Ivan Drago. This time around Jordan himself will also be stepping into the directors seat giving him even more ownership of the subfranchise he helped launch. Tessa Thompson and Phylicia Rashad will also return as Adonis girlfriend and stepmother respectively but one person who wont be back is Stallone. With Rocky Balboas journey seemingly wrapped up at the end of Creed II it looks like the Italian Stallion is done at least for now. Joining the cast this time around in the boxing ring across from Jordan is Lovecraft Country and MCU star Jonathan Majors as a new antagonist for the series.

We were originally supposed to see Creed III in 2022 but in July Variety reported the release date has been moved back slightly and well now see Adonis enter the ring again on March 3 2023.

Dungeons & Dragons has been one of the biggest names in fantasy for decades so it makes sense that a new attempt at a bigscreen version of the franchise was bound to come along eventually. In 2023 well see what looks like the biggest D&D adaptation yet with Honor Among Thieves a film from Game Night writers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein that looks like it has the makings of a very clever very fun movie adventure.

As revealed in the films first trailer during San Diego ComicCon 2022 Honor Among Thieves will follow a group of ... well ... thieves led by a bard named Edgin Chris Pine as they set out to fix a problem they caused. It turns out the team stole wrong super dangerous artifact for the wrong kind of people and they have to find a way to steal it back if the world is going to survive. The trailer set to Led Zeppelins Whole Lotta Love establishes the stakes of the story but focuses even more on the various classic D&D creatures well see along the way and really plays up the dynamics of the cast which also includes Michelle Rodriguez Sophia Lillis and Bridgerton breakout RegéJean Page.

Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves arrives – gelatinous cubes owlbears and all – on March 3 2023.

In the spring of 2023 four years after Shazam! burst into theaters well finally get a sequel from many of the same people who made the first film such a fun dose of superhero action. The last movie ended things by giving Billy Batson Asher Angel as a kid Zachary Levi as a superhero a family of heroes to help him in his quest to save the world. Now the world is threatened again and the family will face a challenge unlike anything theyve seen before.

Last time around Billy and company faced a mad scientist but this time things get a little more personal when the daughters of Atlas played by Helen Mirren Lucy Liu and Rachel Zegler launch their own vendetta against the Shazam family. After all a group of children can now wield the power of the gods and that was bound to anger someone along the way.

Many of the original major players from the first film are back for the second installment including Jack Dylan Grazer Grace Caroline Currey and Djimon Hounsou as the wizard Shazam. Plus director David F. Sandberg is once again stepping behind the camera to direct the action. We know from the films first trailer that we can expect another epic good time but we dont yet know how this film will connect with 2022s Black Adam another major player in the overall Shazam saga. Shazam! Fury of the Gods is in theaters March 17 2023.

We were originally supposed to get the fourth chapter in the everexpanding John Wick saga back in 2021 but the COVID19 pandemic pushed things back a bit. Now we know that the spring of 2023 will finally bring us the next phase of the everexpanding story of everyones favorite assassin.

So far we dont know all that much about where Chapter 4 will take John other than the clues left by the end of Chapter 3 in which John cheated death yet again after the High Table demanded his execution. We do know of course that Keanu Reeves will return in the title role along with Ian McShane as Winston Lance Reddick as Charon and Laurence Fishburne as the Bowery King. With the expanding world of the story comes an expanded cast which includes John Wick newcomers Donnie Yen Clancy Brown Bill Skarsgard Rina Sawayama and Hiroyuki Sanada.

John Wick returns when Chapter 4 hits theaters March 24 2023.

After more than a decade away from the box office the Scream franchise returned with a fifth installment in January of 2022 and promptly made it back into box office hit territory. It wasnt long before progress on a sixth film was revealed and well be getting both some welcome reunions and one surprising omission along the way.

We dont know much about Scream 6 just yet but filmmakers have revealed that Scream 2022 stars Melissa Barrera Jenna Ortega Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding will all reprise their roles in the sequel alongside franchise mainstay Courteney Cox. In other return news its been revealed that Hayden Panettiere who starred in Scream 4 will reprise her role of that films survivor Kirby Reed.

Sadly one major franchise star who will apparently not be back is Neve Campbell. Though Campbell was initially expected to return as the series lead Sidney Prescott the actress announced in June of 2022 that she would not be appearing in the film due to a dispute over the pay she was offered to reprise her role. Itll be strange to lose Sidney but the film will also be getting a brand 

new character to make up for it in the form of New York City itself which will serve as a primary location in Scream for the first time. Plus Ready or Not star Samara Weaving and Servant star Tony Revolori joined the cast in July 2022.

Scream 6 arrives March 31 2023.

After the Dark Universe experiment failed with The Mummy in 2017 Universal Pictures set out to craft a new approach to its classic movie monsters giving us films like The Invisible Man in the process. And now theyre taking some of their characters down a very different route with Renfield a movie about one of the most famous sidekicks in movie history.

Directed by Chris McKay The Tomorrow War and starring Nicholas Hoult The Great in the title role Renfield will tell the story of Count Draculas legendary servant who gets a new lease on life and a chance at his own agency when he falls in love with a traffic cop Awkwafina and sets off on an unlikely journey. To sweeten the deal with this premise Renfield includes a story cowritten by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and will feature Nicolas Cage playing Count Dracula marking the fulfillment of a dream role for the actor.

Renfield arrives in all its horrorcomedy glory on April 14 2023.

A decade after the Evil Dead franchise got new cinematic life in the form of a reboot film from director Fede Alvarez Sam Raimis Deadites are set to once again rampage through movie theaters with Evil Dead Rise.

This time around the action will move to a Los Angeles apartment building where two sisters Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan have recently reunited for a long overdue catchup session. Things take a horrific turn when an ancient book is discovered somewhere in the depths of the apartment building and the Deadites are unleashed on the unsuspecting residents. The film marks the first time an Evil Dead film will take things to a more urban setting which should be very interesting.

As for whos behind the scenes writer/director Lee Cronin The Hole in the Ground is the one bringing a new take to the franchise. Now with Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell acting as executive producers its time to see what Cronin will do with the Deadites. Evil Dead Rise hits theaters April 21 2023.

James Gunn said back in 2017 that he would be back to make a third installment in the Guardians of the Galaxy series at Marvel Studios but we didnt know then that the wait would be this long. In the interim Gunn was fired by Marvel for some controversial old tweets went over to Warner Bros. to make The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker and was then rehired to come back and shepherd his old team through their trilogycompleting adventure. Now Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 seems to finally be on course.

At San Diego ComicCon 2022 we finally got our first key plot details from the film courtesy of a new trailer that premiered exclusively in Hall H. Though we havent seen the footage yet reports from inside the room tease tension between StarLord and the past version of Gamora from Avengers Endgame as well as a look at the origin story of Rocket Racoon. In addition to all the usual Guardians suspect Vol. 3 will feature Superstore breakout Nico Santos The Suicide Squad actress Daniela Melchor Borat 2 star Maria Bakalova as Cosmo the Spacedog Will Poulter as Adam Warlock and Peacemaker costar Chukwudi Iwuji as Marvel Comics villain the High Evolutionary.

The Guardians of the Galaxy will return for the MCUs firstever holiday special on Disney+ during the 2022 Christmas season. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will follow in theaters a few months later on May 5 2023.

The Fast Saga of action films has been an unstoppable franchise juggernaut for years now but things are finally starting to slow down when it comes to the storys main characters. The upcoming tenth and eleventh installments in the series will wrap up the main story of the Toretto family and their exploits which means that the upcoming Fast X will be one of the biggest films of 2023 by default.

All the usual major players are back for the penultimate installment in the series including Vin Diesel Michelle Rodriguez Tyrese Gibson Chris Ludacris Bridges Jordana Brewster and Sung Kang and theyll be joined by more recent franchise additions like F9 star John Cena and Fate of the Furious villain Charlize Theron. Plot details are scarce but F9 did end up with the return of Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw which means that Shaws attempts to kill Han Kang in previous movies will probably have a big role to play.

In terms of newcomers the film will also feature Aquaman star Jason Momoa Captain Marvel star Brie Larson and screen legend Rita Moreno in key roles. Its also the first Fast outing for director Louis Leterrier who replaced outgoing filmmaker Justin Lin midway through production.

Fast X speeds into theaters May 19 2023.

SpiderMan Into the SpiderVerse is one of the most acclaimed superhero films of the past decade a major animated hit for Sony Pictures that won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature and a film that set up a whole universe of new possibilities for its sequel. In 2023 well finally get to see what that sequel has to offer.

In 2022 Sony revealed that the Into the SpiderVerse sequel has been dubbed Across the SpiderVerse and the studio dropped the first teaser footage for the muchanticipated followup. Like the first film the sequel will feature Miles Morales Shameik Moore Peter B. Parker Jake Johnson and Gwen Stacy Hailee Steinfeld teaming up as Spiderthemed heroes to save the world but this time around theyll be getting some new friends and enemies. Oscar Isaac has returned to play Miguel OHara aka SpiderMan 2099 a character introduced in a postcredits scene in the first film. On the newcomers side of things Issa Rae Insecure has joined the film as Jessica Drew aka SpiderWoman while Jason Schwartzman will play the SpiderMan villain known as the Spot.

Across the SpiderVerse arrives June 2 2023 and will be followed the next year by SpiderMan Beyond the SpiderVerse giving us a trilogy of animated fun.

The Transformers movie franchise just keeps ... well transforming. More than a decade after director Michael Bay launched the liveaction adaptations of the worlds favorite robots in disguise the Autobots and Decepticons keep finding new ways to make it back to the big screen. In 2023 theyll do it for the seventh time and this time theyll be joined by the Maximals.

In June of 2021 Paramount Pictures revealed that the next Transformers film would be Rise of the Beasts a 90set story that will introduce elements of the popular Beast Wars storyline from the toys comics and TV series into the film franchise. This time around well head to Brooklyn where Optimus Prime Peter Cullen back again will encounter humans including In the Heights star Anthony Ramos and face the vicious Terrorcons. 

But the Autobots wont be alone in the fight. Theyll have the Maximals — transforming robots who become animals — along for the ride for the first time including Ron Perlman as Optimus Primal. Its a whole new frontier of Transformers movie storytelling and it arrives June 9 2023.

A version of The Flash has been in the works for over a decade at this point enough time for the character to get a whole different life in the form of a TV series on The CW. After a long list of screenwriters and directors moved through the project without completing it the longawaited DC Comics film starring Ezra Miller will finally land in 2023.

We dont know much about the plot of The Flash yet but we do know that the film will focus on the DC Multiverse and will bring in none other than Michael Keaton himself to play Bruce Wayne for the first time since 1992s Batman Returns. Ben Affleck who worked alongside Millers Allen in Justice League is also back as his version of Bruce Wayne setting the stage for a dimensionhopping adventure. But its not all old characters getting a new spin. The film will also introduce a new liveaction version of Supergirl played by Sasha Calle setting the stage for even more spinoff potential in the DCEU.

Sadly The Flash has made news more recently not for director Andy Muschiettis vision but for Millers frequent runins with police and arrests tied to their erratic behavior. Now the question is how Warner Bros. deals with those issues in the leadup to the films impending release. No matter the circumstances it looks like well see The Flash run on June 23 2023.

In 2023 15 years after he last appeared in a feature film Indiana Jones will return to the big screen for whats possibly the final time with Harrison Ford in the leading role. In development for years the stilluntitled fifth Indiana Jones film is finally on track and its set to give us something just a little different with a few firsts and possibly a few finals.

Though director Steven Spielberg will still be on board as a producer Indy 5 marks the first time in the history of the franchise that the Oscarwinning hasnt directed turning that honor over to Logan helmer James Mangold who also cowrote the script. Harrison Ford who turned 80 years old in 2022 is back once again as Dr. Henry Indiana Jones and hes joined this time by an allstar cast that includes Mads Mikkelsen Phoebe WallerBridge Antonio Banderas Boyd Holbrook and more. 

We still dont know much about the films plot but we do know that itll carry with it a certain gravity as composer John Williams has suggested that the film may be Harrison Fords last hurrah as a bigscreen actor. Williams himself has also suggested via IndieWire that he may retire from composing after writing the score for Indy 5. So itll be an epic return for Indy but it might also serve as a farewell to two of the most influential people in the history of film.

Indiana Jones 5 is in theaters June 30 2023.

The Mission Impossible films have defied the odds by being a franchise that seems to get bigger and better with each installment. Tom Cruise first played Ethan Hunt way back in 1996 and since then hes worked with various filmmaking legends to build the character into a kind of superhero taking on increasingly daring missions and reallife stunts along the way. Now were about to get the biggest Mission story yet.

The longdeveloping seventh film in the series will once again team Cruise with director Christopher McQuarrie the mastermind behind the previous two installments in the series. Franchise mainstays Rebecca Ferguson Ving Rhames Vanessa Kirby and Simon Pegg will be along for the ride along with newcomers like Hayley Atwell Pom Klementieff and Holt McCallany of Mindhunter. As for the mission we know that it will involve the return of Ethan Hunts old boss Eugene Kittredge Henry Czerny who hasnt been seen since the first film and that itll feature Hunt on a mission that will tackle a global conspiracy to define the very nature of truth in the public eye.

In 2022 Cruise revealed that the film is subtitled Dead Reckoning Part One setting up a twopart adventure that will continue in 2024 with what may well be the final installment in the entire franchise.

Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One finally arrives July 14 2023.

In the race of the internets mosttalkedabout upcoming movie Barbie seems to be taking an early lead in building up buzz for its 2023 release. The talent behind the film made it an interesting prospect from the beginning as Oscar nominee Greta Gerwig Lady Bird Little Women stepped up to direct and cowrite the film alongside her partner and fellow Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach Marriage Story. Then Margot Robbie joined the film in the title role followed by Ryan Gosling as Barbies beau Ken and things really picked up.

We still dont know all that much about the plot of Barbie but we do know that the set photos from the film are playing up the neoncolored 1990sinspired designs of the film suggesting a lot of knowing winks in the direction of Barbies history and place in pop culture. Well hopefully learn more soon but no matter what happens at this point Barbie seems set to be one of the most buzzworthy movies of 2023 especially as its added names like Simu Liu America Ferrera Issa Rae Kate McKinnon Michael Cera and Will Ferrell — among others — to its cast.

Barbie will make its way to theaters on July 21 2023.

Christopher Nolan films are events unto themselves at this point in the directors career as Nolan uses every ounce of clout he won through Batman blockbusters to make grandscale films that he might not otherwise get the chance to tackle.

In September 2021 Nolan revealed that his next project would be Oppenheimer a film about legendary scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his work creating the first atomic bombs. Over the next year the film slowly built up an increasingly impressive and increasingly massive cast of allstar actors. Cillian Murphy whos worked with Nolan on the Dark Knight trilogy and Inception will play the title character during his years in the Manhattan Project while the films supporting cast will include Emily Blunt Robert Downey Jr. Matt Damon Florence Pugh Rami Malek Benny Safdie Josh Hartnett Dane DeHaan Jack Quaid Matthew Modine Alden Ehrenreich Kenneth Branagh David Dastmalchian Jason Clarke and many many more. 

Its a truly epic undertaking by one of Americas most revered filmmakers and itll be really interesting to finally see footage that previews how Nolan hopes to build the story of a man who created the worlds most devastating instrument of death. Oppenheimer hits theaters July 21 2023.

Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been an interesting expansion project so far as the MCU uses both its feature films and its streaming offerings on Disney+ to grow new characters and concepts that will eventually be united in some larger story. Now one of those key unions is almost here.

We knew from the moment Captain Marvel hit theaters that Carol Danvers Brie Larson would be a major MCU player for some time but it turns out her sequel is an adventure too big for just one hero. Directed by Nia DaCosta The Marvels will unite Carol Danvers with her best friends daughter Monica Rambeau Teyonah Parris who picked up superpowers during the WandaVision series and with newly minted Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan Iman Vellani who launched her own series on Disney+.

Beyond the cast which also includes MCU mainstay Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury we dont know much about the films plot just yet but Carol Monica and Kamala have a lot of shared comic book history so we cant wait to see the sparks fly.

The Marvels arrives July 28 2023.

The DC Extended Universe is pushing into plenty of new superhero territory lately with upcoming films following characters like Batgirl and plans for other spinoff characters along the way. In the summer of 2023 theyll get one of their most interesting new additions yet with Blue Beetle.

Directed by acclaimed Charm City Kings filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto the film will star Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes a teenager from El Paso who encounters an alien artifact that takes the form of a mysterious blue scarab. When he interacts with it it fits to his body and grants him an alien exosuit with extraordinary powers turning him into the superhero known as Blue Beetle.

Jaime Reyes is not the first comic book Blue Beetle but hes been a hit among readers ever since he was introduced and the film is both an exciting opportunity for DC to make a teen hero movie and a chance to showcase a primarily Latinx cast. Alongside Maridueña for the film are costars Harvey Guillen Bruna Marquezine George Lopez and Raoul Trujillo. Plus Susan Sarandon will be starring as the villain.

Blue Beetle flies into theaters August 18 2023.

Its been nearly a decade since The Conjuring arrived in theaters and the franchise thats grown from the basedonatrue story fright fest shows no signs of slowing down. In addition to the three films in the main Conjuring series several spinoff movies have now developed into subfranchises of their own most notably the evil doll series Annabelle. Now yet another Conjuring offshoot is set to move into sequel territory.

In 2023 Warner Bros. will release The Nun 2 a sequel to the Conjuring 2 spinoff The Nun about the saga of Valak a demonic spirit that takes the form of a nun. Taissa Farmiga is expected to return for the sequel as Sister Irene a woman battling evil in mid20th century Europe while Bonnie Aarons will once again take the form of a Valak for a story set in the 1950s France. The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It director Michael Chaves will helm the film and Malignant writer Akela Cooper will handle scripting duties.

Beyond those details we still dont know that much about the return of The Nun but we do know that Valak will be back just in time for the 2023 Halloween season arriving September 8 2023.

Ever since Venom hit in 2018 Sony Pictures has been slowly expanding their reach in a comic book cinematic universe of their own one centered around the supporting characters and adversaries of SpiderMan. In 2023 well get two new installments in that budding franchise beginning with Kraven the Hunter the first bigscreen take on the title character.

Discussed as a possible SpiderMan movie villain as far back as the Sam Raimi days Kraven is presented in comics as a hunter who travels the world taking down the deadliest game on the planet. That eventually leads him to SpiderMan a powerful adversary who Kraven sees as the ultimate prey. The bigscreen version of the character which will be directed by Triple Frontier helmer J.C. Chandor might not feature SpiderMan but it will bring us Aaron TaylorJohnson Avengers Age of Ultron Bullet Train as the title character who he describes via Collider as a protector of the natural world.

 That leads us to believe this version of Kraven might not be quite so keen on killing animals left and right but we still dont know much about the films overall plot. What we do know is that Kraven the Hunter will finally hit theaters on October 6 2023 and when it does it will boast a killer cast including Ariana DeBose as love interest Calypso Christopher Abbott as the villainous Foreigner and Fred Hechinger as Kravens halfbrother Chameleon as well as Alessandro Nivola and Russell Crowe.

After reinvigorating the Halloween franchise with the 2018 legacy sequel director David Gordon Green is turning his attention to another iconic horror film. In 2020 Green was announced as the director for a new installment in The Exorcist franchise setting the stage for yet another legacy sequel one that will build on the original films story of a young girl possessed by a frightening evil.

We still dont know much about the new Exorcist movie but we do know that screen legend Ellen Burstyn will return to play Chris MacNeil the mother of Linda Blairs Regan MacNeil who was possessed by the demon Pazuzu in the first film. This time Chris will be called upon to help another family whose child is possessed possibly by the same evil force that tried to claim her daughter decades earlier. Joining Burstyn in the film is Hamilton breakout Leslie Odom Jr. who will play the father of the newly possessed child.

Beyond those details we dont know much yet but Greens definitely got plenty of experience revisiting horror classics at this point so itll be very interesting to see if he can do for possession movies what he did for slashers. The film is set to hit theaters on the very spooky date of October 13 2023.

At San Diego ComicCon in 2019 Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige announced that Oscarwinner Mahershala Ali would be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Blade heralding the arrival of the legendary Daywalker into the MCU. Sadly while the announcement was great we still had a long way to go until the film starring Ali actually arrived. Now that wait is almost over.

Feige announced at San Diego ComicCon 2022 that the MCUs first Blade movie will arrive on November 3 2023 setting up the characters future as a potential major player after a brief voiceonly cameo in Eternals. We still dont know much about the films story but we do know that it will be directed by Bassam Tariq a rising filmmaker best known for projects like Mogul Mowgli in keeping with Marvels drive to get a more diverse array of directors into its talent pool. We also know that Delroy Lindo and Aaron Pierre are joining Ali in his vampirehunting adventures.

While information on the film remains scarce the prospect of seeing Ali stepping into the shoes of Marvel Comics favorite vampire hunter is enough to keep us excited until the first footage finally arrives. The Daywalker will arrive on November 3 2023.

Well before his first Dune film was released in the fall of 2021 filmmaker Denis Villeneuve made it clear that he was aiming for multiple installments and that the first film was just the first half of Frank Herberts epic novel. Now thanks to the first movies success Dune Part Two is on its way and it seems set to present something even grander than its predecessor.

The original films cast are all set to reprise their roles including Timothee Chalamet Rebecca Ferguson Zendaya Josh Brolin Dave Bautista and Stellan Skarsgard. Joining them this time around are incoming stars Florence Pugh who will play Princess Irulan Elvis star Austin Butler as the Harkonnen fighter FeydRautha Christopher Walken as the Emperor Shaddam IV and Lea Seydoux as Lady Margot. The film will pick up where the first installment left off as Paul Atreides and his mother join the Fremen in their fight against the Harkonnen invasion of Arrakis and Paul works to claim his rightful place in the universe. Dune Part Two arrives November 17 2023.

A new Star Trek feature film has been in some stage of development ever since Star Trek Beyond hit theaters in 2016 but for a long time no one was sure what shape it would take. In the intervening years everyone from Quentin Tarantino to Fargo creator Noah Hawley worked on some version of a new Trek story even as the franchise continued with several streaming series on the Paramount+ series. At various points it seemed like Star Trek would simply transition to becoming a TV franchise again with little movement on the film side.

That changed in early 2022 when Paramount Pictures announced that a new Star Trek film was on the way and the actors from the new films – including Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Zoe Saldana Karl Urban and John Cho – are expected to return to the bridge of the Enterprise. We dont know anything about the story yet but we do know that acclaimed WandaVision director Matt Shakman has signed on to helm the film. Hopefully well know more soon.

The untitled fourth Star Trek film of the reboot era will beam into theaters December 22 2023.

Aquamans been around in some form in the DC Extended Universe since 2016s Batman v Superman but he really exploded in popularity back in 2018 when he got his own bigscreen adventure for the first time. We were originally expecting to see an Aquaman sequel during the 2022 holiday season but the film was been pushed to 2023 when well finally get to experience the grandly titled Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.

What is the Lost Kingdom? We dont know for sure yet but we do know that Jason Momoa will return as Arthur Curry/Aquaman and that hell be teaming up with his disgraced halfbrother Orm Patrick Wilson to fight the powerful Black Manta Yahya AbdulMateen II. Well also see returning cast members like Amber Heard as Mera Temuera Morrison and Nicole Kidman as Arthurs parents Willem Dafoe as Atlantean vizier Vulko and Randall Park as marine biologist Dr. Stephen Shin he showed up the original films postcredit scene. Joining the cast this time out are Jani Zhao as Stingray Indya Moore as telepathic shark Karshon and Game of Thrones star Pilou Asbæk in a stillmysterious role. Plus Ben Affleck will reprise his role as the Caped Crusader himself Batman.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will finally reveal its secrets on Christmas Day 2023.

Martin Scorseses next film is a highly anticipated reteaming with two of his most frequent collaborators. The legendary director cast both The Departed star Leonardo DiCaprio and Taxi Driver star Robert De Niro in key roles for Killers of the Flower Moon his upcoming adaptation of the truecrime book of the same name. Those three talented people alone are reason enough to get excited about the film.

Based on a true story the film is set in Osage County Oklahoma in the 1920s and follows the complex investigations into a series of murders of Native Americans in the area that seem to have spurred by a battle over oil rights. The case was one of the first major investigations by the agency now known as the FBI which gives it plenty of historical weight. That historical power plus lead performances from DiCaprio and De Niro and Scorsese in the directors chair are all enough to make it worth seeing. Also prepare to see Jesse Plemmons Breaking Bad The Power of the Dog give the performance of his career as hell play the lead FBI investigator on the case.

Sadly well have to wait a bit longer before we can finally watch Killers of the Flower Moon. Though the film was originally expected to have a 2022 awards season run Deadline reported in July of 2022 that the release has been pushed back to some time in 2023 probably to give the film a world premiere at a major film festival.

Ever since IT Chapter One set off a fresh wave of Stephen King fever in Hollywood weve been getting both brand new adaptations of the master of horrors stories and new versions of old favorites. In 2023 Salems Lot will join the party with its third liveaction adaptation this time helmed by Annabelle Comes Home director Gary Dauberman.

Dauberman both wrote and directed the new adaptation of Kings beloved second novel which tells the story of a writer returning to his hometown in Maine to work on a book only to find the place slowly succumbing to the influence of a vampire. Lewis Pullman will play the writer Ben Mears while Makenzie Leigh will play his love interest Susan Norton and Game of Thrones favorite Pilou Asbæk will play Richard Straker a mysterious antiques dealer who might be the vampires chief servant. With his work on the Conjuring franchise spinoff films as well as writing both IT movies Dauberman has proven himself a steady modern horror stylist and itll be really interesting to see what he does with this new take on a King classic.

Sadly we have to wait just a little longer than expected to see it. Originally dated for the fall of 2022 Salems Lot was pushed back to April 2023 ... before being taken off the release schedule. However Deadline reports that the film will most likely be released later in 2023.