The rest of the movie year is already stacked with sequels and prequels.
“Furiosa” (Warner Bros., May 24) is now set to premiere out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and just debuted a new trailer featuring Anya Taylor-Joy, who didn’t shave her head for production after all, in a bald cap. A first teaser also dropped for Fede Álvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” (20th Century, August 16), starring Cailee Spaeny and spliced right between the events of Ridley Scott’s “Alien” and James Cameron’s “Aliens” (both directors have endorsed the project, with Scott as a producer). Plus, there’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Warner Bros., September 6), Tim Burton’s sequel to a 35-year-old cult classic that reunites audiences with Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, and Winona Ryder. Oh, and there’s “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” (Sony) in theaters right now.
And there’s “Gladiator 2,” “Wolverine vs. Deadpool,” “Twisters,” “Despicable Me 4,” “Inside Out 2,” “Sonic the Hedgehog 3.” What are we forgetting? “Dune: Part Two” and “Kung Fu Panda 4” are already big and in theaters.
On this week’s episode of “Screen Talk,” which co-host Anne Thompson is at the Sonoma Film Festival, Anne and Ryan Lattanzio review the deluge of franchise installments flooding theaters and streamers this year. Plus, Ryan dives into “Immaculate,” Neon’s Catholic terror picture starring Sydney Sweeney as a nun suffering an immaculate conception under the watchful eye of the clergy.
Next week, Oscar-winning documentary director Morgan Neville (“20 Feet from Stardom,” “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”) joins “Screen Talk” for a special episode to discuss his Tremolo Productions and his latest two-part Apple TV+ docuseries “Steve!,” about comedian Steve Martin.
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