Roll up, roll up for the greatest shows on Earth! 2024 is going to be a bumper year for cinema here at Showcase. Deadpool, The Joker, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Gladiator, The Ghostbusters team are just some of the favourites returning to our screens. Here is what the year ahead looks like at Showcase Cinemas. As always, dates are subject to change.
May
2: The Fall Guy
9: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
17: The Strangers: Chapter 1
17: IF
24: The Garfield Movie
24: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
June
5: Bad Boys 4
14: Inside Out 2
Inside Out universe returns with Amy Poehler once again lending her vocal talents as Joy and Maya Hawkew as a new emotion, anxiety. With Inside Out 2, Riley is now a teenager and as we all know it is a time of our lives when emotions run riot! When the teaser trailer was released it became the most watched trailer ever, with a staggering 157 million views across the first twenty four hours.
21: The Bikeriders
27: A Quite Place: Day One
July
5: MaXXXine
12: Despicable Me 4
12: Fly Me To The Moon
19: Twisters
A standalone sequel to the 1996 film of epic tornadoes Twister, Lee Isaac Chung’s update, Twisters, see’s Tyler Owens aka ‘the Tornado Wrangler’, played by Top Gun: Maverick’s (2022) Glenn Powell and former storm chaser, Daisy Edgar Jones, now safely ensconced in New York researching weather patterns literally pulling together to save their lives in the eye of multiple storms.
Buckle up for the ride of your lives!
26: Deadpool & Wolverine
August
2: Harold and the Purple Crayon
9: Trap
9: It Ends With Us
9: Borderlands
Based on the video game of the same name, Borderlands tells the story of Lilith (Cate Blanchett) an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, who reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe's most powerful S.O.B., Atlas, played by Edgar Ramirez.
Eli Roth, (you may recognise Roth as the Bear Jew in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009)), who has thrilled us with Cabin Fever (2001), Hostel (2005) and The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018), has written and directed Borderlands, so our top tip is: expect the unexpected!
16: Alien: Romulus
23: The Crow
September
6: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
It’s showtime! Yes, Tim Burton is back with a sequel to his 1988 hit Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice Beetlejuice stars Jenna Ortega as the daughter of Lydia Deetz, played by Winona Ryder (Stranger Things) in the original film, who also returns, as does Michael Keaton is set to reprise his iconic role of Beetlejuice!
13: Speak No Evil
20: Wolfs
October
4: Joker: Folie à Deux
Joaquin Phoenix reprises his Oscar winning role of Arthur Fleck / Joker for the sequel, again helmed by Todd Phillips. Starring alongside Phoenix is Lady Gaga as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn, a psychiatrist initially assigned to treat Arthur; her curiosity eventually turns to obsession and she forms a deadly romantic relationship with him.
Don't miss it on our giant XPlus screens!
11: Transformers One
18: The Wild Robot
25: Venom: The Last Dance
November
8: Paddington in Peru
15: The Wise Guys
15: Red One
22: Gladiator 2
27: Wicked
An unlikely friendship emerges between Elphaba and Glinda, two clashing witches in the magical land of Oz. Elphaba is wrongfully cast as a wicked witch as she seeks to expose the fraudulent, corrupt Wizard who rules the land.
This is one we have all been waiting for, the hit stage musical Wicked finally hits out big screens in November – what an end to the year!
December
13: Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
13: Kraven the Hunter
20: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
20: Mufasa: The Lion King
Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored. Oscar winner, Barry Jenkins (Moonlight (2016)) directs the musical live adaptation, a prequel to the hit Disney Oscar animation film.
