This summer’s slate of films may not be overloaded with obvious mega-hits, but it’s shaping up to be an exciting season full of potential surprises and unexpected hits. While franchises like Bad Boys, Despicable Me, and Beverly Hills Cop return with new installments, the summer schedule is balanced with some intriguing original films that could break out. Let’s take a look at some of the most anticipated summer 2024 releases:
‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ (June 7)
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reunite as detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett to investigate corruption in the Miami police department. After massive success with the third Bad Boys film in 2020, this fourth installment aims to keep the buddy cop franchise’s momentum going strong.
‘Hit Man’ (June 7)
Richard Linklater directs this action-comedy arriving on Netflix. Glen Powell stars as a fake hitman who gets in over his head in a real conspiracy, co-starring Adria Arjona.
‘Inside Out 2’ (June 14)
Pixar revisits their 2015 hit with Amy Poehler returning as Joy, now dealing with the emotions of Riley as a teenager, including new voices like Maya Hawke as Anxiety.
‘The Bikeriders’ (June 21)
Jeff Nichols’ gritty 1960s crime drama follows Austin Butler joining a Chicago motorcycle gang, with his wife played by Jodie Comer growing concerned.
‘Kinds of Kindness’ (June 21)
An anthology film from director Yorgos Lanthimos, reteaming with Poor Things stars Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe for three offbeat stories.
‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ (June 28)
This prequel to the hit horror franchise stars Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn in the midst of the alien invasion that forced humans into silence.
‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1’ (June 28)
The first part of Kevin Costner’s ambitious two-part Western epic set during the Civil War in the Old West.
‘Despicable Me 4’ (July 3)
The latest installment of the billion-dollar animated franchise pits Gru (Steve Carell) against a new villain voiced by Will Ferrell.
‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ (July 3)
Eddie Murphy returns as Axel Foley in this fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie after years in development.
‘MaXXXine’ (July 5)
The final part of Ti West’s slasher homage trilogy, again starring Mia Goth, this time following her character to 1980s Hollywood with a stacked supporting cast.
‘Fly Me to the Moon’ (July 12)
Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson star in this 1960s set dramedy about a NASA strategist tasked with faking the moon landing.
‘Twisters’ (July 19)
A re-imagining of the 1996 hit Twister, with Glen Powell leading an ensemble cast chasing deadly tornadoes.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ (July 26)
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman team up as the Marvel antiheros are thrown together in an R-rated comic book adventure.
‘Trap’ (August 2)
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a dad who may be a serial killer targeting a pop concert.
‘Borderlands’ (August 9)
The popular video game franchise gets the adaptation treatment with Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis and more.
‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2’ (August 16)
The second part of Kevin Costner’s sweeping Western epic.
‘Alien: Romulus’ (August 16)
Set between Alien and Aliens, this new horror entry reinstills dread into the iconic sci-fi franchise under director Fede Álvarez.
‘Blink Twice’ (August 23)
Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut stars Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie and a stacked ensemble in a mysterious thriller set on a private island.
‘The Crow’ (August 23)
Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs lead a remake of the 1994 cult classic The Crow about a man resurrected to avenge his and his fiancée’s murders.
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