From feel-good family films to a zombie horde sequel: The most anticipated movies of 2025
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Whether you go to the movies to laugh, cry or escape reality, 2025 looks primed to offer up something for everyone. CTV film critic Richard Crouse has put together a list of some of the most anticipated films.
Whether you go to the movies to laugh, cry or escape reality, 2025 looks primed to offer up something for everyone. Here’s a list I’ve put together of some of the most anticipated films, organized by genre, including the anticipated release date for each.
Captain America: Brave New World (Release Date: Feb. 14, 2025): When Stan Rogers (Chris Evans) handed his shield to former pararescueman Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), a.k.a. The Falcon at the end of “Endgame,” it marked an exchange of power that went on to be explored in the Disney+ series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and on the big screen in the upcoming “Captain America: Brave New World.”
Mackie says his iteration of Cap will use “more of his wit than his fist. He’s more of a friend to everyone.”
A Minecraft Movie (Release Date: April 4, 2025): Earlier this year, fans of the world-building videogame “Minecraft” helped a meme of an excitable Jack Black roaring “I am Steve” go viral. In April, we’ll have a chance to see the clip in context when the live action “A Minecraft Movie” is released in theatres.
The family-friendly action movie stars Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Sebastian Eugene Hansen as unlikely heroes and underdogs drawn into the Overworld, a strange place that thrives on imagination. To escape, they must team with a master crafter named Steve.
Director Jared Hess says they opted for a live-action approach, because the game’s fans have already created “amazing stories, and short films, and content in the animation space… this is the chance for us, doing a film, to do something different."
Thunderbolts* (Release Date: May 5, 2025): In “Thunderbolts*,” the final film of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a team of anti-heroes—including Black Widow Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), super-soldier Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Alexei Shostakov a.k.a. Red Guardian (David Harbour) and Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, (Harrison Ford)—are brought together to do go on secret missions for the government.
ABC has scrubbed the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette,” starring Taylor Frankie Paul, citing a newly released video from 2023.
Still coming down from a marathon night of Oscars celebrations that stretched well past sunrise, Maggie Kang is already thinking about what her historic win could mean for filmmakers trying to break through.
Three men who alleged that actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted them have settled their civil claims before going to trial at the High Court in London, courts document show.
Neither Sofia Coppola nor Marc Jacobs were convinced a documentary was a good idea. Jacobs wasn’t sure he wanted to be the subject of one and Coppola wasn’t sure she wanted the pressure of being the person behind the camera. This was her friend of over 30 years, after all. What if the film wasn’t good?
Sean Penn finally got his hands on his third Oscar… sort of.
Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died. He was 97.
A great deal of Ryan Gosling’s journey through the film “Project Hail Mary” unfolded in solitude. The “La La Land” actor spent long stretches filming alone on set, or acting opposite an alien creature his character, Dr. Ryland Grace, dubs Rocky.
Cardi B is dragging the Hammer for slow ticket sales.
A planned reboot “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” that was set to be directed by Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao, has been cancelled, star and producer Sarah Michelle Gellar said.
Sean Penn, who scored an Oscar for best supporting actor for “One Battle After Another” on Sunday, is in Ukraine to show support to the war-torn country, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP.
The 98th Academy Awards on Sunday saw “One Battle After Another” win big with six awards, including best picture, director, supporting actor and casting.
When Melanie Galeaz posted a fan edit of “Heated Rivalry,” she didn’t know it would lead to her dream job.
The 98th Academy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday, although things may be done a little differently on Hollywood’s biggest night.