Schedule your calendar, these are the 12 most anticipated movies (and one ñapa) of 2025

This 2024 was an interesting year for cinema, family films took first place at the global box office reiterating that the seventh art is enjoyed with the family. The first place at the box office in the world went to an animated film: Intensely 2, followed by Deadpool & Wolverine, Despicable Me 4, Moana 4 y Dune: part 2.

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By 2025, critic and expert Jerónimo Rivera hopes that national movie theaters will see a lot of good quality Colombian, Latin American, European, Asian and North American cinema, “and that there will be no titles that monopolize the screen for a long time and that “People can choose different films, that we continue to see good films by classic directors and that Colombian cinema has a good moment as it has for several years, but unfortunately it is not reflected at the box office.”

The titles that we present below are films that since their pre-production have generated conversation on social networks, we have not included films that will be released in the coming weeks and that are even nominated in the Golden Globe -as Emilia Pérez, Conclave y María– because they are films from this year and finally, the order chosen was chronological. Plan yourself and make cinema a good plan for 2025.

At the last D23 in Brazil they presented the trailer for this new stage of the Marvel superhero played by Anthony Mackie. Several new features: Harrison Ford joins the Marvel universe and there is a red Hulk, who will be the villain in the fourth Captain America film.

Since Reneé Zellweger and the new teen idol, Leo Woodall, were seen walking through the streets of London in the middle of the year, the news of Bridget Jones' return was abuzz. This time Bridget is a widow, a single mother and trapped in an emotional limbo pressured by those close to her to form a new path towards life and love.

A new live-action version of the Disney tale arrives. The famous Snow White will be played by Rachel Zegler and the role of the stepmother will fall to Gal Gadot. Not to be missed are Shy, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy, Snow White's companions and the promise that there will be plenty of music in the film.

This is, in short, a band of misfits that Marvel Studios brings for this year. The Thunderbolts are Yelena Belova, Winter Soldier, Red Guardian, Taskmaster, John Walker and Ghost, all joined by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine who has been seen in several recent Marvel series and films.

Yes, Tom Cruise again in this saga in which he plays the international spy Ethan Hunt.

It is the eighth film in this action franchise – of which Cruise is also a producer. The film changed its title in the middle of filming and Cruise wrote a phrase on social media that, according to the Hollywood Reporter portal, explains the reason for the change: “All the decisions have led me to this.” Specialized media claim that it has to do with the box office performance of the previous film.

Lilo and Stitch It is another of the bets for next year's royal image. This already considered animated classic that has science fiction, comedy and drama brings the story of a Hawaiian girl and her new alien friend who helps her rebuild her dismembered family.

International media report that the production's commitment will not be to have any star in its cast, “the company trusts in the pull of the brand, and also in the fact that Chris Sanders, creator of Stitch, once again lends his voice to this emblematic character in the original English version,” explains Espinof.

The cast alone of this post-apocalyptic horror film is luxurious: Cillian Murphy, Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes, but also knowing that at the helm is director Danny Boyle, the same one who directed 28 Days Later 23 years ago , is the guarantee that fans expected.

This film is a sequel to the first one that Boyle directed in 2002 and in which Cillian Murphy returns in the role of Jim.

You have surely seen Brad Pitt dressed like a Formula One driver in the media and social networks. He did it while recording the film F1, which will finally be released in 2025.

The 61-year-old actor is the protagonist of this film directed by Joseph Kosinski, who also directed Top Gun: Maverick (2022). This adrenaline-filled, speed-filled film follows the story of Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), a veteran Formula One driver who comes out of retirement to compete with a talented rookie as a teammate.

The relaunch of one of the great science fiction sagas in cinema is highly anticipated in 2025.

It is known that this new installment will be led by actress Scarlett Johansson under the direction of Gareth Edwards, who is expected to match what Steven Spielberg did in Jurassic Park.

Just the previous week, the trailer for the film in which James Gunn is in the lead was presented and which promises to bring back the man of steel, with all the spectacularity possible and with a story full of science fiction of the Superman of the Ages. Comics Silver.

It only took some first images presented in November of this year to cause a stir. The new fantastic four are a reality.

The film will be set in a retro-futuristic world, inspired by the 1960s, and will star Vanessa Kirby, Pedro Pascal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn.

If there was a lack of a high-quality biographical film for a music star, it was this one. After the successes of Bohemian Rhapsody (the story of Queen and Freddie Mercury) and Rocketman (the story of Elton John) now the life of Michael Jackson comes to the cinema. It is known that it will star his nephew Jaafar Jackson, who has a great physical resemblance and that he will bring from the beginning of his career to the days before his death. The question: will he talk openly about his scandals? It is not known for now.

The ñapa: Avatar: fire and ashes. The third film in this James Cameron saga will be released on December 18, 2025.