When instructed to become the Valley’s new spiritual leader, Po is reluctant to quit being the Dragon Warrior. As a last hurrah, he teams up with a wily Fox (Awkwafina) to track down a villainous chameleon (Viola Davis), who wields the power to adopt her enemies’ appearance and absorb their kung fu. (Opens March 28)
2. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
3. The First Omen
A belated prequel to the hit horror franchise, The First Omen marks the directorial debut of Arkasha Stevenson (Brand New Cherry Flavor), and follows a young British woman (Nell Tiger Free) as she travels to Rome to take her holy orders, only to discover a plot to sire the Antichrist.
After the botched recent attempt to revive The Exorcist, critics are understandably sceptical about this one, but horror is a box office perennial, so a strong opening at least is all but guaranteed. (Opens April 4)
4. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Said to be based on the real-life exploits of “Churchill’s Secret Warriors”, Guy Ritchie’s latest madcap action adventure appears to be channelling the anarchic energy of Inglourious Basterds.
Henry Cavill plays the outrageously mustachioed leader of a Dirty Dozen-like troop of ragtag soldiers, tasked with dropping behind Nazi lines to pull off a series of covert ops at the height of World War II. Eiza Gonzalez, Alan Ritchson and Henry Golding also star. (Opens April 18)
5. Challengers
She plays a former tennis champion who turns to coaching following a career-ending injury, only to become embroiled in a ménage-à-trois involving her husband and former lover, who find themselves in a showdown on and off the court. Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star. (Opens April 25)
6. The Fall Guy
In a film loosely inspired by the iconic 80s TV show starring Lee Majors, Ryan Gosling plays a past-his-prime Hollywood stuntman who reluctantly returns to work when the leading man (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) of his director ex-girlfriend’s film goes missing.
7. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
8. If
If is a live-action fantasy, in which a young girl (Calley Fleming) gains the ability to see other people’s imaginary friends (IFs), and the man who lives upstairs (Ryan Reynolds) shares the same gift. Together they set out to help IFs who have been abandoned by their grown-up human friends. (Opens May 16)
9. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Now comes Furiosa’s origin story, with Anya Taylor-Joy taking the wheel for another round of post-apocalyptic vehicular mayhem.
Chris Hemsworth, sporting an extraordinary prosthetic proboscis, plays Dementus, the villainous warlord responsible for her life of solitary vengeance. (Opens May 23)
10. Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Perhaps confirming that “The Slap” at the 2022 Oscars did nothing to derail Will Smith’s career, the action star returns, alongside Martin Lawrence, for a fourth dose of explosive law enforcement.
11. The Watchers
Written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, daughter of The Sixth Sense’s M. Night Shyamalan, The Watchers is a supernatural horror mystery set in rural Ireland and starring Dakota Fanning and Georgina Campbell.
12. A Quiet Place: Day One
One of the most successful horror franchises of recent years, A Quiet Place now gets its own prequel, laying out the details of the alien invasion that tormented Emily Blunt and her family over the course of two previous blockbuster thrillers.
Creator John Krasinski hands writing and directing duties this time to Michael Sarnoski, who directed 2021’s critical hit Pig. Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn and Alex Wolff play the leads. (Opens June 27)
