By There’s a glut of films coming down the pipeline next year, and a lot of it will seem familiar.
CNBC published a report the other day which indicated that at least 50% to as much as 70% of movies to be released by the major six studios (Universal, Disney, Warners, Paramount, Sony, Lionsgate) in 2025 will be related to existing IP.
That means a ton of sequels, remakes, revivals, etc. with very few original films. As the 2025 slate is far from finalised though, studios could add more non-franchise titles if they wish.
But that’s unlikely – looking at the top 10 domestic releases of 2024 so far, all are sequels and that’s unlikely to change. “Tangerine” and “The Florida Project” director Sean Baker recently spoke with The Associated Press (via Deadline) about this and says he misses the days when original films for adults would be plentiful in cinemas:
“Where are the mature film for adults that had human stories, that didn’t have explosions or didn’t have to have superheroes or were horror-based? Where are those? Where are they these days?
They don’t exist, unfortunately, or they’re very few and far between. And it’s like, let’s get the audience to remember that that stuff is just as worthy of being on the big screen as the big tentpole films, the big blockbusters.”
Baker has delivered such a film with “Anora,” the new indie title that won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and is set to open this coming Friday in the United States via distributor Neon.
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