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1. Jurassic World: Rebirth (2 July 2025)
Director: Gareth Edwards • Screenplay: David Koepp
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Ed Skrein
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure
Budget / Box office: $180 million budget; $575 million worldwide gross
Synopsis:
The team, led by Zora (Johansson) and Duncan (Ali), travels to an isolated research camp inhabited by giant dinosaurs. With the goal of extracting vital samples for a heart treatment, the group rescues a shipwrecked family and enters a life-or-death struggle. The film is conceived as a scientific and emotional visual ode, with filming in Thailand and Malta providing a lush setting. Alexandre Desplat’s score reinterprets classic John Williams themes.
2. Superman: Legacy (11 July 2025)
Director / Screenplay: James Gunn • Cast: David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced
Genre: Superhero / Adventure / Fantasy
Budget / Box office: $225 million budget; $426 million gross
Synopsis:
James Gunn’s DC Universe reboot no longer tells Superman’s origins, instead beginning with Clark Kent already established in Metropolis. The film combines spectacle-driven action, humour and psychological tension through his involvement in a conflict orchestrated by Lex Luthor (Hoult), who manipulates information online to sow chaos. Gunn includes a mural of metahumans from DC history, hinting at the future expansion of the DCU. It also features the debut of Krypto, the superhero’s flying dog.
3. Fantastic Four: First Steps (25 July 2025)
Director: Matt Shakman • Cast: Pedro Pascal (Reed), Vanessa Kirby (Sue), Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Genre: Superhero / Sci-Fi / Adventure
Context: The first film in MCU Phase 6, with Galactus as a cosmic monolith. Marvel film fans are showing intense interest, and opening-gross expectations are estimated at between $115 million and $135 million.
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Synopsis:
The film follows the formation of the Fantastic Four team in a retro-futuristic universe. It combines science, family dynamics and potential multiverse twists. Its tone is optimistic, with a stylised aesthetic that promises to revive the spirit of classic comic books and expand the MCU in epic directions.
4. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (23 May – still relevant for July streaming)
Director: Christopher McQuarrie • Cast: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Nick Offerman, Esai Morales
Runtime: ~169 min, the series’ final reckoning
Genre: Action / Thriller / Spy
Synopsis:
In the final confrontation with the AI entity “The Entity”, Ethan Hunt travels to the ocean floor in an abandoned Soviet submarine to recover the source code required for global neutralisation. The mission is a solo one, while the stunts—Cruise underwater without an oxygen tank and the iconic scene on an aircraft wing—reaffirm the film’s reputation. The finale combines an analogue chase with a digital war orchestrated by Luther and Benji. The story is laden with mythical symbolism and emotion, marking an intense conclusion to the Ethan Hunt saga. Also available via PVOD streaming from 19 August.
5. Inside Out 2 (15 August 2025)
Director: Kelsey Mann (with uncredited co-direction by Pete Docter) • Screenplay: Meg LeFauve, Dave Holstein
Voice cast: Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri, Tony Hale, Paul Walter Hauser, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Genre: Animation, Family
Budget / Box office: $200 million budget; ~ $1.7 billion worldwide gross
Synopsis:
In the sequel to the award-winning 2015 animation, Riley enters early adolescence and new emotions such as Anxiety, Envy and Ennui emerge in “Brain Headquarters”. The exploratory film loses the innocence of childhood, yet brings mature emotion and subtle humour, remaining faithful to the original’s spirit: the fantastic blend of introspection and cheerfulness that defines Pixar.
6. The Conjuring: Last Rites (5 September 2025)
Director: Michael Chaves
Genre: Paranormal horror
Description: The final chapter of the Conjuring saga promises a cathartic conclusion. The film centres on the theme of a supreme exorcism involving ominous demonic entities, attempting to offer the last word in spiritual horror.
7. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (5 September 2025)
Director: Tim Burton • Cast: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega
Genre: Comedy, Gothic fantasy
Description: The sequel to the 1988 classic brings back the dark humour and Gothic aesthetic. Beetlejuice returns to reconcile the worlds of the living and the dead, while Jenna Ortega plays Lydia’s daughter—who has a central role in the comic chaos.
8. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (5 December 2025)
Director: Emma Tammi • Cast: Elizabeth Lail, Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, Piper Rubio
Genre: Video game-inspired horror
Description: After the success of the first film, the terrifying animatronics return for another deadly night. Based on the cult game, the film heightens the tension and jump-scare effects in a familiar setting, but with new characters and secrets to uncover.
9. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (12 December 2025)
Director: Rian Johnson • Cast: Cailee Spaeny, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Description: A new Benoit Blanc mystery that promises sophisticated intrigue in the Knives Out style, with complex characters and convoluted cases. The potential for a memorable plot is enormous, and the atmosphere is elegant, with subtle humour and detective-story tension.
10. Avatar: Fire and Ash (19 December 2025)
Director: James Cameron • Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Yeoh, Oona Chaplin
Genre: Sci-Fi, Epic adventure
Description: The return to Pandora explores the “Ash People” tribes—warriors who manipulate fire. The film expands Na’vi mythology, introducing new characters into an ecological and spiritual conflict. The production uses revolutionary effects, underwater filming and immersive visual effects, striking a balance between symbolism and blockbuster adventure.
Release calendar and genres
| No. | Film | Release date | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jurassic World: Rebirth | 2 July 2025 | Sci-Fi / Adventure |
| 2 | Superman | 11 July 2025 | Superhero / Adventure |
| 3 | Fantastic Four: First Steps | 25 July 2025 | Superhero / Sci-Fi |
| 4 | Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning | 23 May (streaming available) | Action / Thriller |
| 5 | Inside Out 2 | 15 August 2025 | Animation / Family |
| 6 | The Conjuring: Last Rites | 5 September 2025 | Paranormal horror |
| 7 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | 5 September 2025 | Gothic comedy |
| 8 | Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 | 5 December 2025 | Video game horror |
| 9 | Wake Up Dead Man | 12 December 2025 | Mystery / Thriller |
| 10 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | 19 December 2025 | Sci-Fi / Epic adventure |
