2023 Upcoming Movies To Get Excited About
Movies are a great form of entertainment when we want to learn, feel, and experience a new reality apart from our lives. And after almost 2 years of watching movies on our own screens, the movie industry successfully made a return on the big screens. With the success of this year’s movie industry, we cannot help but wonder what is there to come in the following years.
Well, here is some good news for all cinephiles out there, 2023 movies are just as exciting! Most entertainment studios already released a lineup of next year’s films even though 2023 is yet to come. And to narrow it down, here are a few 2023 incoming movies that you should definitely check out.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Animated fans are in for a treat next year! The next addition in Spider-Man animated movies, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, is finally coming into theaters on June 2023. Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, all equally-respected directors are leading the film. Meanwhile, returning for this film are voice actors Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, and Oscar Isaac who appeared in the first installment of this movie series. Across the Spider-Verse will follow the friendly neighborhood superhero, Spider-man, as he gets transported into the multiverse to face a new villain stronger than those he fought before.
After multiple delays, a teaser had already been released. This hints at the possible movie conflict and, surprisingly, the romance between Miles and Gwen. Could this then be the film where we see the love story of the two blossomings? Well, we only have less than a year to find out.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Our long-loved science-fiction movie, Transformers, is also not to be missed next year. Following Bumblebee’s overall movie success, Paramount decided to continue working on the Beast Wars’ timeline for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. This film, directed by Steven Caple Jr., will show the return of our favorite sentient robots, Autobots and Decepticons, and their respective descendants, Maximals and Predacons. Although plot specifics are yet to be released, Rise of the Beasts’ producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura teased in a virtual event that a separate villain will disrupt the world,
“We get to pair everybody up against each other… But it’s really Terrorcons who are the leading villains.”
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Peter Cullen, the original voice of Optimus Prime will make a sure return. Other casts also include Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback.
So, prepare to roll out with Autobots on June 2023 and witness yet another Earth-shaking battle.
Barbie
For the material girls out there, ready your pink outfits for Barbie is finally getting a live-action movie! Set to hit the theaters in July 2023, the Barbie movie had us all jumping in excitement. Directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie playing Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, this movie is sure to be nothing but fabulous! Few details have been publicized yet, but it is reported that the film is already in the post-production phase and is set to feature more artists such as Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, and many more.
In an interview for The Hollywood Reporter, Robbie teased the film by saying,
“Whatever you’re thinking, we’re going to give you something totally different — the thing you didn’t know you wanted.”
Margot Robbie, The Hollywood Reporter
So, hopes up until 2023’s second half. And, while waiting, a full marathon of many animated Barbie movies would surely not hurt!
Oppenheimer
Another film hitting the theaters this coming July 2023 is the highly-anticipated Oppenheimer. This film excites many, for it is directed by well-regarded director Christopher Nolan and features star-studded casts such as Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., and Florence Pugh. This film will follow the life of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, and the role he played in the Manhattan Project during the Second World War.
Universal Studios already released a teaser for Oppenheimer, setting the expectations for the film less than a year before its premiere. And, judging by that, it is best to say that this will be one epic film.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Next year is also a good year for bookworms. Not long after the novel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was published, Lionsgate Studio quickly decided to adapt the film to big screens. The film is a prequel to the original movie franchise, The Hunger Games, and will follow the life of Coriolanus Snow six decades before he became the president of Panem. Francis Lawrence, the director of the three movies of the original franchise (Catching Fire, Mockingjay Part 1, and Mockingjay Part 2), will lead Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. This movie also flaunts a star-studded cast headed by Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Josh Andrés, and Hunter Schafer.
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will leave us waiting until November 2023. With this, we have plenty of time to go through all The Hunger Games movies or books. So, get ready to revisit the Capitol and prepare to know who is the songbird and the snake.
And there you have it, a semi-list of movies coming this 2023. More films are not included here, but they are all equally enticing. So, be sure to ready your pockets, for it is sure to hurt once the 2023 cinematic year opens.
