2023 - What's Ahead At The Movies (Spoiler: Nothing You Haven't Seen Already)

[AndyDursin]

If the prospects of several dozen, mostly awful sequels/super hero movies making billions worldwide excites you -- get ready for even more in 2023, as the adult movie market -- or films made for anyone over the age of 13 -- craters and implodes.

To wit -- here's a quick "Coming in 2023" summary from Deadline's year-end recap next year. Looks just like 2021-22.

1) Disney -
3 Marvel movies
Indiana Jones recycle
Little Mermaid recycle
Haunted Mansion recycle

2023 outlook: Actions speak more than words. It appears the studio is attempting to turn the corner and keep its big live-action titles based on animated movies (The Little Mermaid, May 26), and theme park rides (i.e. Haunted Mansion, August 11) on the big screen. Expect more of the same gross-wise with three Marvel movies: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (February 17), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (May 5) and The Marvels (July 28). The studios doesn’t have a year-end Christmas release, but it has a huge July 4th event title in Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

2) Warner -
4 DC Movies
3 Sequels
1 Prequel
1 Remake
1 Movie Based on a Doll

2023 outlook: The balance of former DC chief Walter Hamada’s titles in Shazam: Fury of the Gods (March 17), The Flash (June 16), Blue Beetle (August 18) and Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom (December 25). More tentpoles in Barbie (July 21), The Meg 2 (August 4), The Nun 2 (September , Dune 2 (November 3), Wonka (December 15), The Color Purple (December 20). Feels easily like a billion-plus year stateside.

3) Sony
2 Sequels
1 Movie Based on a Video Game
*Yes, some "original adult fare" so they're trying

2023 outlook: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Part 1 will definitely deliver on June 2, there’s hope for a new franchise in PlayStation game inspiration Gran Turismo from Neill Blomkamp (August 11). Can the Ghostbusters sequel keep its December 20 date after a changeup in directors? Lots of original adult fare in Adam Driver’s sci-fi title 65 (March 17), the George Foreman biopic (April 28) and Priyanka Chopra-Celine Dion romantic comedy Love Again (May 12).

4) Paramount
4 Sequels

2023 outlook: Scream 6 is part of next year’s initial rebound on March 10. There’s another reboot in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts on June 9, another Cruise vehicle in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1, a hopeful new animation reboot in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem on August 4, to name a few. Will all of this emulate another $1 billion-plus year for the Melrose lot?

5) Universal
Sequels
Illumination
Cheap Blumhouse/Shyamalan Horror

2023 outlook: Uni potentially could blast 2023 off with a nice Blumhouse hit in the AI doll title Megan, which has a shot at a $20M opening on January 6. There’s more genre on February 6 with M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin. Then there’s an old-school staple in Fast X on May 19 and Focus Features’ Wes Anderson title Asteroid City on June 16. Animation is big in the New Year with Super Mario Bros. eyed as a whole new Illumination franchise over Easter weekend, propped by a new Hollywood theme park as well as DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls 3 on November 17 and Illumination’s Migration on December 22.

[Paul MacLean]

Sounds as if I'll be visiting the cinema even less than last year (and I only went once last year!).

[Monterey Jack]

Sounds as if I'll be visiting the cinema even less than last year (and I only went once last year!).

Eighty-four cinema trips in '22. To quote Al Powell, "You'd have to drag me away!"

[AndyDursin]

Sounds as if I'll be visiting the cinema even less than last year (and I only went once last year!).

Eighty-four cinema trips in '22. To quote Al Powell, "You'd have to drag me away!"

Hey at least you are keeping them in business.

There aren't 5 films released in 2022 that I feel are worthy of even keeping on my shelf. I'm not even sure it's a handful...then again I definitely didn't bother going to the movies more than 5 or 6 times that I remember now.

[mkaroly]

The only one I will go to is DUNE part 2. Read through the prequel trilogy last year...cannot get enough. I am keeping my fingers crossed that Part 2 will be just as good as Part 1.

Otherwise, unless the next Kong/Godzilla film comes out, will happily stay at home and watch DVDs of better fare. Definitely not supporting Indy 5.