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check out the list. some stuff on here that I didn't know was in the works!

so far through the list didn't know that Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines) is coming back with a new film. Andrew Stanton (writer/director of WALL-E, Finding Nemo/Dory, John Carter but also worked on shows such as For All Mankind, Better Call Saul, and most recently 3 Body Problem) has a new film coming too

Reposting my list from another thread because I think I cooked

Osgood Perkins - The Monkey (February)
Ryan Coogler - Sinners (March)
Elijah Bynum - Magazine Dreams (March)
Bong Joon Ho - Mickey17 (April)
James Gunn - Superman (July)
Matt Shakman - Fantastic 4 (July)
Paul Thomas Anderson - Battle of Baktan Cross (August)
Spike Lee - Highest 2 Lowest (Summer)
Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Bride (September)
Yorgos Lanthimos - Bugonia (November)
James Cameron - Avatar 3 (December)
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme (December)

Undated stuff:

Kristoffer Borgli - The Drama
Wes Anderson - The Phoenician Scheme
Luca Guadagnino - After The Hunt
Celine Song - Materialists
Danny & Michael Philippou - Bring Her Back
Noah Baumbach - Jay Kelly
Ari Aster - Eddington
Andrew Deyoung - Friendship
Guillermo Del Toro - Frankenstein
Chloe Zhao - Hamnet
Benny Safdie - The Smashing Machine
Ronan Day-Lewis - Anemone (Daniel Day Lewis comeback thing directed by his son)

2025 going crazzyyyyy

look at the lineup mannn

Battle of Baktan Cross sounds like something from 1942

Have you heard of this boxing movie The Fire Inside?

Sports biopic about Claressa Shields boxing come up, Brian Tyree Henry costars, written by Barry Jenkins, directed by Rachel Morrison who was Coogler’s DP on Fruitvale and Black Panther

Had some festival buzz and I was super excited all year but I think it’s just being put on streaming sometime this month and has 0 award buzz which sucks, sounds like a great project.

it's actually playing in theaters this coming week. it was also Regal's and AMC's screen unseen mystery movie this week I believe. Haven't seen it yet but I will. Barry said he wrote this film before Moonlight I think

This is how I learn Mickey 17 got delayed by 3 months

54. The Actor (Duke Johnson)

Writer, director, and stop-motion-animator Duke Johnson has been quiet since his directorial debut alongside Charlie Kaufman with Anomalisa. The Actor––Johnson’s NEON-backed live-action debut that follows an amnesiac actor (Andre Holland) in 1950s New York trying to figure out who he is––has been in post-production since early 2023, mounting Malickian levels of consideration that hopefully point to the extreme difficulty in making brilliant, new ideas work (as opposed to constantly reworking ideas that only seemed brilliant). If Johnson’s bizarre brand of storytelling translates to live-action, this should be one of 2025’s more fascinating projects. – Luke H.

Oh wow

Rumours it’s been changed to ‘One Battle After Another’ but I don’t really think that feels right yet. One more rename and we should be ready to roll

75. I Want Your S***(Gregg Araki)

Gregg Araki is back, and he’s on a mission. Bemoaning the well-documented fact that Gen Z simply aren’t’ “doing it,” Araki has prepared the perfect potion, revitalizing that most uncontroversial of genres: the age-gap erotic thriller. He’s assembled an eclectic cast: Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Margaret Cho, Johnny Knoxville, and––surely ensuring box office success––Charli XCX. The New Queer Cinema icon reemerges into a fresh wave of queer filmmaking and cultural moment ready to receive him. (Is Gregg Araki brat?) Let the love feast recommence. – Blake S.

Greg Araki bykeee

67. Hamnet (Chloé Zhao)

Author Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet couldn’t stop winning awards after it came out in 2020. A historical fiction retelling of what happens to William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, after the death of their 11-year-old son, the novel is being adapted by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao, back from the depths of Marvel. Hamnet stars Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley––an acting duo primed for awards, prestige, and critical recognition––as the Shakespeares. It should be a return to independent form for Zhao, especially with the presence of DP Łukasz Żal, who last shot The Zone of Interest and I’m Thinking of Ending Things. – Mike F.

46. Late Fame (Kent Jones)

Kent Jones––capable translator of others’ original scripts? It didn’t seem likely for the arch-auteurist curator and documentarian, but his fiction debut Diane revealed genuine chops and cinematic sense, a voice finally out in world after 40-something years elsewhere in the industry. At least, that film’s reflective, autumnal quality seems a strong tonal match for Samy Burch’s screenplay follow-up to the great May December, which sees a poet (Willem Dafoe) who achieves late-career recognition enter a strange bond with a new admirer (Greta Lee). – David K

this sounds interesting as well

not enough people hyped for Jim Jarmusch's return next year, his last film was decent but the two before that (Paterson and Only Lovers Left Alive) are two of my favorites from the 2010s

33. Black Bag and The Christophers (Steven Soderbergh; March 14 and TBD)

At this point I think it’s safe to say Steven Soderbergh will never slow down. If you have any reservation, look no further than the reality that we could see three films from the Oscar-winning director released this year. His ghost story Presence is coming out in January (after premiering at Sundance a year ago), and right after comes Black Bag, a spy thriller reuniting him with the great David Koepp (writer of 2022’s best film, Kimi) and an ensemble including Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender. But Soderbergh is already moving onto his next project, with casting just announced this month for The Christophers, a dark comedy about the estranged children (Michaela Coel and James Corden) of a once-famous artist (Ian McKellen). That one is written by Soderbergh’s regular collaborator Ed Solomon. – Mitchell B.

yea this looks heat

deliver me from nowhere!!!!!!!!!!!!

In for anything Jeremy Strong is attached to

bump

the way of the wind

lol you didn’t know Derek Cianfrance got a new one?

I’m offended

I don’t keep up with that guy

Avatar: Fire & Ash

Caught Stealing

Superman