Mapping out your movie calendar for 2024? Allow us to step in and do the job for you. As we build towards the new year, here's your essential round-up of next year's action movie releases.
Be sure to return to this post for regular updates to the film slate.
- August 9th: Borderlands
- October 18th: Transformers One
- November 22nd: Gladiator 2
- December 13th: Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim
1. Borderlands (released August 9th, 2024)
Director Eli Roth swaps his usual horror emphasis for the world of video games in this epic dystopian adventure. Borderlands adapts the hit first-person-shooter franchise, bringing us the story of Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an intergalactic outlaw who returns to her home planet of Pandora to locate a missing girl. Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Jamie Lee Curtis co-star.
2. Transformers One (released October 18th, 2024)
Discover how a young Optimus Prime and Megatron first met in this animated Transformers origin story from Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley. Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Brian Tyree Henry, Jon Hamm and Laurence Fishburne make up the starry voice cast.
3. Gladiator 2 (released November 22nd, 2024)
Were you not sufficiently entertained by Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning Roman epic Gladiator? Well, we're about to return to the gladiatorial arena as we pick up with the older Lucius (Paul Mescal), the boy who bore witness to the tragic yet inspiring death of Maximus (Russell Crowe) in the previous movie. Connie Nielsen returns as Lucius' mother Lucilla and she's joined by Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger.
4. Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim (released December 13th, 2024)
Set 183 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The War of the Rohirrim tells the story of Helm Hammerhand, a legendary King of Rohan who must defend against an army of Dunlendings. This animated Lord of the Rings spin-off boasts a strong voice cast including Succession's Brian Cox. Miranda Otto, meanwhile, returns to voice the brave Éowyn.
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