Cinema has developed greatly over the years, and 2024 is predicted to be a big year for films. As the movies start to hit the theaters, it is time to start buying for tickets
Wicked 2024
Coming on November 22nd 2024 is Wicked, the story of a witch named Elphaba, and her unlikely friend Galinda. The film was directed by Jon M. Chu, and began filming in December of 2022. Wicked has a stacked cast with actors and actresses like Ariana Grande playing Galinda, Cynthia Erivo playing Elphaba, and Jonathan Bailey playing Fiyero Tigelaar. This adaptation is coming from the broadway play wicked, starring Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel. With two years in the making, they have filmed two separate parts to the film with the second part being released in 2025. Awaiting for the arrival in theaters has been long, but worth it when wizard of oz fans everywhere will connect in theaters.
It Ends With Us
Based on the popular novel written by Colleen Hoover comes the film “It Ends With Us”. This movie was released on August ninth 2024, and stars Blake Lively who plays Lily Bloom, Justin Baldoni as Ryle Kincaid, and Brandon Sklenar as Atlas Corrigan. Lily is a young girl who aspires to own a flower shop, and in the process she meets a man who she thinks will be the love of her life. With a twisting series of events, her love life turns for the worse. Thinking she has it all planned out, her first love Atlas comes back into her life and sets her plan off the tracks. SHS student Kaley Stokes said “ I watched this movie in theaters with my friends and I really enjoyed it, it was also really sad.”
Deadpool Wolverine
Deadpool was an action packed thriller realized by the marvel franchise, and directed by Shawn Levy. The movie was released in the summer of 24’, on July 26th. Aswell as many other movies released this year, the cast had a lot of big names on it. Starring in this film was Ryan Reynolds, and Hugh Jackman who was reviving his role as Wolverine. Many Marvel fans were highly anticipating this movie, and the lead up to it was once in a lifetime. This movie is now claimed as the “highest grossing R-rated movie of all time”, earning over 1.25 billion dollars during its time in the theaters. SHS junior Sophia Torresin said this “ I love marvel movies so I was so excited for this one to come out, so when it did I watched it on release day! By far my favorite movie of the year.”
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a sequel to the timeless movie “Beetlejuice” that starred widely known actress Winona Ryder. Many people who watched the original film were very excited to go to theaters for this movie, as it has been 36 years since the release of the first movie. Tim Burton, who is also the creator of the show “Wednesday” and the original Beetlejuice directed the sequel, and chose Jenna Ortega and Winona Ryder to be the highlight actresses in this film.
We Live In Time
We Live In Time is an emotional drama film starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. The plot of the story is based around a suprise twist in Almut and Tobias’s life, that causes them to cherish their love for eachother even more. This movie was released on October 11th 2024 and can still be watched in theaters all over.
These are just some, but not all of the amazing films that will be released in 2024, so happy watching students!