What are the best new movies opening in theaters this year?
New movies in 2023 include superhero movies like “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” “Marvels,” “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”; blockbuster action titles ranging from “Mission: Impossible 7” and “Fast X” to “John Wick: Chapter 4” and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” For the family, mark your calendars for “Barbie,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.”
Here’s what to expect on the big screen, plus a roundup of notable movies coming to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and other streaming services:
“Touch the Cabin” – February 3
Dave Bautista, Rupert Grint and Jonathan Groff star in this new thriller from M. Night Shyamalan about a girl and her parents held hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a decision to prevent the apocalypse.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” – February 17
Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly explore the quantum realm with Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Douglas, Bill Murray and Marvel’s new baddie Jonathan Majors as Kang The Conquerer.
“Creed III” – March 3
Michael B. Jordan directs the third “Creed” film, which leaves Rocky behind for a new conflict with an old friend (Jonathan Majors).
“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” – March 17
Zachary Levi returns in this “Shazam!” sequel, with Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren hopefully providing some fun to help DC fans forget about the recent “Black Adam” misstep and the studio’s uncertain future without Henry Cavill as Superman.
“John Wick: Chapter 4″ – March 24
The titular assassin (Keanu Reeves) discovers a path to defeat the High Table, but must face a new enemy with powerful alliances around the world and forces that turn old friends into enemies. It also stars Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins and Ian McShane, and will likely set up the “Ballerina” spinoff, starring Ana de Armas.
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” – April 7
Some Nintendo fans aren’t happy with Chris Pratt’s take on the famous Italian plumber, but it can’t be worse than the 1993 movie “Super Mario Bros.” movie. May? It also features the voices of Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike, and the University. of Syracuse. student Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek.
“Renfield” – April 14
Nicolas Cage stars as Dracula alongside Nicholas Hoult as his familiar in this over-the-top horror comedy.
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3″ – May 5
James Gunn’s last hurrah in the MCU as he takes over the DC Extended Universe next. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Karen Gillian, Pom Klementieff and more return, along with new addition Will Poulter as Adam Warlock.
“Fast X” – May 19
The “Fast and Furious” franchise takes one last ride.
“The Little Mermaid” – May 26
Halle Bailey stars in Disney’s live-action version of the adventures of Ariel and her friends under the sea.
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” – July 2
One of the best superhero movies of all time, the Oscar-winning animated film “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” has a sequel that seems worthy.
“Flash” – June 16
Ezra Miller’s offscreen controversies may sink this “Justice League” spin-off, but it will be exciting to see Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck as Batman in the same movie.
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate” – June 30
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One” – July 14
Syracuse native Tom Cruise returns as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, who races off into another series of crazy stunts with a cast that includes Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Cary Elwes, Indira Varma, Shea. Whigham, Esai Morales, Rob Delaney, Frederick Schmidt, Charles Parnell, and Mark Gatiss. “Mission: Impossible 7”, written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, will also have a “Part Two” in 2024.
“Barbie” – July 21
Life in Plastic looks fantastic with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Will Ferrell, Michael Cera, Alexandra Shipp, America Ferrera and more. Written and directed by Greta Gerwig.
“The Wonders” – July 28
Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) meet in this cosmic chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“Haunted Mansion” – August 11
Disney’s beloved “Haunted Mansion” reboot with Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto, Winona Ryder, Owen Wilson, Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito, Tiffany Haddish, Dan Levy, LaKeith Stanfield, Hasan Minhaj and more.
“The Exorcist” – October 13
David Gordon Green directs this Blumhouse sequel to the original 1973 horror classic. Starring Leslie Odom Jr. and original “Exorcist” actress Ellen Burstyn.
“Dune: Part Two” – November 3
Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and more continue Denis Villeneuve’s deft adaptation of the Frank Herbert story.
“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” – November 17
Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage lead this prequel to the “Hunger Games” movies, centering on a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth).
“Wonka” – December 15
Timothée Chalamet plays a young version of Willa Wonka, before the events of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
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Other notable 2023 movie releases include “M3GAN” (in theaters now); Gerard Butler “Airplane” (January 13th); a “Party in the House” restart (January 13); the kind of sequel to “Searching” “Disappeared” (January 20); “Maybe I will,” starring North Syracuse High School alumnus Richard Gere (January 27); “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” (Feb. 10); “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” (February 15); “Cocaine Bear” (February 24th); “Scream 6” (March 10th); driver adam “Sixty-five” (March 17); “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (March 31st); “Evil Dead Rise” (April, the 21st); “Beau is afraid” (April, the 21st); “Are you there God? It’s me, Marguerite.” starring Rachel McAdams (April 28); Sebastian Maniscalco “About my father” (May 26); “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (June 9); from Disney “Elementary” (June 16); by wes anderson “Asteroid City” (June 23); “Harold and the Purple Crayon” (June 30th); “Insidious 5” (July 7); Christopher Nolan “Openheimer” (July 21); Megalodon 2: The Trench (August 4th); “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (August 4th); “Grand Tour” (August 11); “Blue beetle” (August 18th); “The equalizer 3”, starring Denzel Washington (Sept. 1); “The Nun 2” (September 8th); “The Expendables 4” (September 22); “Kraven the Hunter” (October 6); “Saw 10” (October 27th); “Troll 3” (November 17); “The color Purple” (December 20th); “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (December 25th); and a currently untitled “Ghostbusters: Beyond” continuation (TBA).
There are also movies coming to streaming services, like “Beverly Hills Police 4″ (Eddie Murphy); “The Killer”, “Havoc” by David Fincher (Tom Hardy) “Heart of stone” (Gal Gadot) “Teacher” (Bradley Cooper), Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tarts Movie “Thawed,” and Zack Snyder “Rebel Moon” on Netflix; “Forced Marriage” (Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel) “Red One” (Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans) and “Someone I Used to Know” (Alison Brie, Dave Franco) on Amazon Prime Video; “Flamin’ Hot” (Eva Longoria), “Quasi” (broken lizard) and “Boston Strangler” (Keira Knightley) on Hulu; “Napoleon” (Joaquin Phoenix) “Argylle” (Henry Cavill) “Flower Moon Killers” (Leonardo DiCaprio) and “ghost” (Chris Evans, Ana de Armas) on Apple TV+. Most are expected to open in 2023, but not all have set release dates.
Movies filmed in Syracuse to search include “manodrome” (starring Adrien Brody and Jesse Eisenberg); “Refuge in Solitude” (written by and starring Cazenovia native Siobhan Fallon Hogan); and four American High movies (“Empire Waist” starring Rainn Wilson; “Sid is dead” starring Joey Bragg and Mary Stuart Masterson; “Miguel wants to fight”; and a untitled kevin james film). Release dates are expected to be announced in the coming weeks and months.
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