Since Joker made over $1 billion and earned its barnstorming lead a best-actor Oscar, anticipation has been sky-high for Todd Phillips’s follow-up to that disturbing psychological thriller, a—wait for it—musical that stars Lady Gaga as the eccentric Harley Quinn alongside Phoenix’s beleaguered Joker. Yes, really.
Gladiator 2 (November 22)
Hot on the heels of Napoleon comes another soaring historical blockbuster from Ridley Scott: the tale of Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal)—the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus, who was seen as a child in 2000’s Gladiator—as he reaches adulthood. With a stellar ensemble that also features Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, and Stranger Things’s Joseph Quinn, it should be a swords-and-sandals epic like no other.
Wicked: Part 1 (November 27)
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Due to be released in two parts—with the second film following in 2025—this big-screen rendering of the wildly successful stage musical is helmed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights), and sees Ariana Grande play Glinda the Good Witch, with Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West; Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero; Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible; and Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard himself.
Nosferatu (December 25)
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