Top movies to look forward to in 2022
Watch the trailers here and add your favourite ones in your diaries…
There’s plenty of cinematic joy to look forward to over the next 10 months, with sharp-edged dramas, ambitious blockbusters and, yes, several reboots ahead…
Here’s a list of all the movies to look forward to for the rest of the year.
March
The Batman
It’s Batman (Robert Pattinson) in his early years as he struggles to balance rage with righteousness while investigating a disturbing mystery that’s terrorised Gotham.
Read our What’s On exclusive interview with the leads here, and our movie review of The Batman here.
Downton Abbey: A New Era
The show’s combination of likeable characters, real struggles and posh soirées hits the big screen again, this time shifting the family to the South of France. Oo la la.
May
DC League of Super Pets
Krypto the Super-Dog (The Rock) and Superman (John Krasinski) are best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime. When Superman is kidnapped, Krypto must convince a rag-tag pack – a hound, pig, turtle and squirrel – to master their own powers and help him rescue his bestie.
Legally Blonde 3
Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) returns in an all-new female empowerment adventure.
June
Where the Crawdads Sing
Deserted by her family, a young woman (Daisy Edgar-Jones) raises herself alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, she becomes the prime suspect for his murder.
Lightyear
A sci-fi action-adventure and the origin story of Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Chris Evans), the hero who inspired the toy. The film reveals how a young test pilot became the Space Ranger that we know today.
Top Gun: Maverick
After more than 30 years of service, Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, training a new squad of graduates for a dangerous mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice.
Jurassic World Dominion
Picks up on the ending of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom when dinosaurs escaped captivity and into the rest of the world.
July
Thor: Love and Thunder
Love, romance and a new female Thor as Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman return for more hammer time.
September
Mission Impossible 7
Megastars and killer stunts as Tom Cruise returns as action spy Ethan Hunt for the seventh instalment of this never-ending franchise.
October
Hocus Pocus 2
The Sanderson sisters are back with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy reprising their 1993 classic characters Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson.
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November
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The sequel continues to explore the incomparable world of Wakanda. It marks the first time we’ve returned to Wakanda since the tragic death of the film’s star Chadwick Boseman.
Pinocchio
A living puppet, with the help of a cricket (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy in a musical remake of the Disney animated classic.
December
Avatar 2
Avatar 2 will be set three years after the first film and focus on the lives of Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Zaldana) as they explore the other moons of Polyphemus.
Super Mario Bros
An animated feature based on the popular Super Mario Bros. video game starring Chris Pratt as Mario and Charlie Day as Luigi.
