2024 is going to be anything but normal for Hollywood, after both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA went on strike for months earlier this year. There’s only one MCU movie on the entire calendar, but it’s Deadpool 3, so it’s not really clear how much that even counts. Everything else Marvel had scheduled for theatrical release in 2024 was delayed, leaving Sony as the dominant Marvel force on the big screen with two new movies about Spider-Man villains and a third Venom flick for good measure–at least those are all currently scheduled for 2024.
DC is likewise taking a bit of a timeout, with Joker: Folie a Deux being the only DC Comics adaptation set for the big screen in 2024. The old DC movieverse is dead, and it’s going to be a minute before the new one takes over, apparently–2025 is shaping up to be a massive year for both DC and Marvel.
Without the two dominant franchises, the 2024 release calendar is a fascinating one, full of movies that could be big, but there’s nothing on the schedule that feels like a guaranteed billion dollars at the box office–the first Joker hit that mark, but it’ll be tough for the sequel to be as much of a flash in the pan the way the original film was.
Instead, like this year was, 2024 could be full of surprises. Let’s take a look at the movies we’re most looking forward to in the coming year.