2024 is about to exit stage-right, and it is going out with a bang. The final month of the year is a packed one, with some of the most anticipated films and Award-seekers lined up. Here’s what’s coming to the big screen in December:
THE RETURN – A retelling of Homer’s Odyssey, with Ralph Fiennes (THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL), playing Odysseus arriving home after 20 years of fighting the Trojan War. The cast includes Juliette Binoche and Charlie Plummer.
WEREWOLVES – In this action/horror flick, a supermoon event turns everyone exposed to moonlight into a werewolf. Frank Grillo (THE WINTER SOLDIER), stars.
KRAVEN THE HUNTER – Aaron Taylor-Johnson (NOCTURNAL ANIMALS), plays the most feared hunter in this adaptation of the Marvel Comics Character by Sony Pictures. Ariana DeBose and Russell Crowe co-star.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM – This anime film is set 183 years before the events of Peter Jackson’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, and tells the story of the famed Helm the Hammerhand and the early days of Helm’s Deep.
SEPTEMBER 5 – This historical drama recounts the events of the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis from the perspective of the broadcast crew.
MUFASA: THE LION KING – This photorealistic-animated film serves as a prequel and sequel to the 2019 remake of THE LION KING. It is directed by Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins (MOONLIGHT).
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 – Sonic and his pals return for a third outing, this time teaming up with Dr. Robotnik to battle a new adversary. Ben Schwartz returns as Sonic, Jim Carrey reprises Dr. Robotnik, and Idris Elba is back as Knuckles. Keanu Reeves also joins the cast.
THE BRUTALIST – In this historical epic that has been gaining awards buzz all year, Adrien Brody plays a Hungarian-Jewish architect who emigrates to America after WWII. The cast includes Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones.
BABYGIRL – In this erotic thriller, Nicole Kidman plays a CEO who starts a secret romance with an office intern.
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN – Timothee Chalamet (DUNE), plays Bob Dylan in this biopic. It is directed by James Mangold (WALK THE LINE, LOGAN), and co-stars Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, and Boyd Holbrook.
BETTER MAN – In one of the most eye-catching films of the year: this is a biopic of British pop-singer Robbie Williams, with Williams portrayed by a CGI chimpanzee.
NOSFERATU – Robert Eggers (THE WITCH, THE LIGHTHOUSE, THE NORTHMAN), directs this much-anticipated remake of the famed 1922 horror film, based loosely on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The cast includes Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Willem Dafoe.
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Next week, Reel Speak previews the first month of 2025.
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