10 Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2024 From ‘Inside Out 2’ to ‘Twisters’
With the unofficial beginning of summer — Memorial Day — come and gone, the season has entered full swing. Several of the summer weekends will be crowded at the box office with sometimes three releases competing on similar dates. With action films like Bad Boys: Ride Or Die, A Quiet Place: Day One and Twisters taking us through July, some animated adventures like Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 will provide fun for whole families.
Deadpool 3 will cap off July with a new Marvel installment from Shawn Levy, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, making way for more sinister films ahead of fall like M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap and Alien: Romulus. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice deserves an honorable mention although it won’t hit theaters until September to lead into spooky season and October.
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We’ve rounded up 10 of the most anticipated releases this summer 2024 below.
Bad Boys: Ride Or Die – June 7
Bad Boys for Life filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah reteamed on the latest Bad Boys flick, originally titled Bad Boys 4. The screenplay was written by Chris Bremner with Will Smith. Smith returns as Mike Lowrey alongside Martin Lawrence’s Marcus Burnett. The two Miami police officers’ boss Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano) gets framed as a longtime drug dealer, and the pair have to work to clear his name. The cast also includes Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Nuñez, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Jacob Scipio, Melanie Liburd, Tasha Smith and Tiffany Haddish. Bad Boys: Ride or Die arrives in theaters on June 7.
Inside Out 2 – June 14
The exploration of emotions continues in Inside Out 2 from director Kelsey Mann. Riley (voiced by Kensington Tallman) is now a teenager with a whole new set of feelings to navigate as puberty and social queues set in. Amy Poehler and Phyllis Smith reprise their roles of Joy and Sadness, respectively while newcomers Maya Hawke and Ayo Edebiri voice Anxiety and Envy. Inside Out 2 brings the emotional rollercoaster to theaters on June 14.
A Quiet Place: Day One – June 28
Written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, the A Quiet Place franchise spinoff stars Lupita Nyong’o and Stranger Things breakout star Joseph Quinn. Not much is known about the film other than what can be gleaned from the trailer, which shows Nyong’o sleeping on a bus when a blackout and explosions in the sky signal an alien invasion of planet Earth. The violent creatures from the first two films appear, and humanity’s only weapon against them is silence. Day One was originally slated to arrive March 8, 2024, but now it will come out June 28.
Despicable Me 4 – July 3
Gru (voiced by Steve Carrell) and the minions are back in the latest Despicable Me installment. The trailer teases Will Ferrell’s French villain Maxime Le Mal, his femme fatal girlfriend Valentina (Sofia Vergara) and the development of Mega Minions. Gru is happily settled with Lucy (Kristen Wiig), their son Gru Jr. and the three girls from his earlier adventures — Margot (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Madison Polan). The fourth Despicable Me film arrives in theaters on July 3.
Twisters – July 19
Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos face all sorts of crazy weather in Universal’s upcoming new Twisters film. The cast also includes Kiernan Shipka, David Corenswet, Daryl McCormack, Sasha Lane, Maura Tierney and Katy O’Brian. Powell’s Tyler Owens and Edgar-Jones’ Kate Cooper chase down some intense tornados in the trailer. Twisters arrives in theaters on July 19..
Deadpool & Wolverine – July 26
Perhaps the actual most-anticipated film Deadpool & Wolverine makes the third installment in the franchise six years after Deadpool 2. Bickering pair Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) return in the Shawn Levy-helmed project, poised to draw large crowds mid-summer when it arrives on July 26. Buzz about whether or not Taylor Swift may appear as Dazzler in the upcoming Marvel movie could draw even more viewers to the theaters.
Borderlands – August 9
Another videogame adaptation film, Borderlands, will arrive in theaters on August 9. The Lionsgate film stars Cate Blanchett as Lilith, an outlaw with a mysterious past who returns to her home planet Pandora reluctantly to search for the missing daughter of the formidable Atlas (Edgar Ramirez). The infamous Lilith teams up with former elite mercenary Roland (Kevin Hart), feral pre-teen demolitionist Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), Tina’s protector Krieg, scientist Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis) and wise-cracking robot Claptrap (Jack Black). Co-written and directed by Eli Roth (Thanksgiving), the film adapts the Gearbox video game.
Trap – August 9
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest twisty triller Trap stars Josh Hartnett and Saleka Shyamalan. The trailer portrays a man and his daughter attending a pop concert for singer Lady Raven that leads to a dark and sinister event with them at the center. The concert turns out to be a trap for a serial killer the Butcher, and Hartnett turns out to be the Butcher! Shyamalan directs from his script.
It Ends With Us – August 9
The first filmic adaptation of one of Colleen Hoover’s novels set a tone when the trailer debuted set to Taylor Swift’s My Tears Ricochet, and the Hoover hive is sure to gather in droves at the theaters in August. Blake Lively stars in and produces the adaptation, which is directed by her costar Justin Baldoni. The trailer also clocked 128.1 million views in the biggest recent 24-hour debut for a female event movie.
Alien: Romulus – August 16
Fede Alvarez co-wrote and directed the reboot of Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi franchise Alien: Romulus which Scott produced. The latest installment, which is said to return to the foundation of the franchise, stars Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Mike Fearn and Aileen Wu. The story follows a group of young space colonizers who encounter the most terrifying life form in the universe while scavenging on a derelict space station. Alien: Romulus arrives in theaters August 16.
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