8 Most Anticipated Films of 2024
Yorgos Lanthimos's "Poor Things!" won the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival and two Golden Globes for Best Musical or Comedy Film and Best Actress for Emma Stone. Denis Villeneuve's "Dune: Part Two" follows Paul Atreides as he joins Chani and the Fremen against those who destroyed his family. Paolo Virzì's "Another August Bank Holiday" returns to Ventotene with the Molino and Mazzalupi families, 28 years after the cult film "August Bank Holiday." Luca Guadagnino's "Challengers" stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach. George Miller's "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" is a prequel set 15 years before "Mad Max: Fury Road," with Anya Taylor-Joy as the title character. Todd Phillips's "Joker: Folie à Deux" features Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. Robert Eggers's "Nosferatu" remake stars Bill Skarsgård and Lily-Rose Depp. Paolo Sorrentino's "Partenope" follows a woman named after her city from 1950 to the present.
Key facts
- Poor Things! won Golden Lion at 80th Venice Film Festival and two Golden Globes
- Dune: Part Two releases February 28 via Warner Bros. Discovery
- Another August Bank Holiday is a sequel to 1996's August Bank Holiday, which won David di Donatello for Best Film
- Challengers was originally set to open the 80th Venice Film Festival but was replaced by Comandante
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a prequel set 15 years before Mad Max: Fury Road
- Joker: Folie à Deux is a sequel to Joker, which won the Golden Lion in 2019
- Nosferatu is the second remake of the 1922 film inspired by Dracula, after Werner Herzog's 1979 version
- Partenope is set in Naples and Capri, with no confirmed release date
Entities
Artists
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Denis Villeneuve
- Paolo Virzì
- Luca Guadagnino
- George Miller
- Todd Phillips
- Robert Eggers
- Paolo Sorrentino
- Emma Stone
- Timothée Chalamet
- Zendaya
- Rebecca Ferguson
- Josh Brolin
- Austin Butler
- Silvio Orlando
- Sabrina Ferilli
- Christian De Sica
- Laura Morante
- Andrea Carpenzano
- Vinicio Marchioni
- Anna Ferraioli Ravel
- Mike Faist
- Josh O'Connor
- Anya Taylor-Joy
- Chris Hemsworth
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
- Joaquin Phoenix
- Lady Gaga
- Bill Skarsgård
- Nicholas Hoult
- Lily-Rose Depp
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson
- Emma Corrin
- Ralph Ineson
- Simon McBurney
- Willem Dafoe
- F. W. Murnau
- Werner Herzog
- Harry Styles
- Celeste Dalla Porta
- Silvia Degrandi
- Isabella Ferrari
- Lorenzo Gleijeses
- Peppe Lanzetta
- Luisa Ranieri
- Stefania Sandrelli
- Alfonso Santagata
- Frank Herbert
- Charlize Theron
- Edoardo De Angelis
- Margherita Bordino
Institutions
- The Walt Disney Company Italia
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Legendary Pictures
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- 01 Distribution
- Focus Features
- Artribune
Locations
- Ventotene
- Italy
- Naples
- Capri
- Gotham City
- Hollywood
- Venice