From Gosling to Furiosa: a 2024 summer movie preview [Video]

Summer has long been the biggest time of the year for Hollywood. In recent years, however, a glut of superhero movies and increasing reliance on recognizable brands, franchises, and pieces of intellectual property have made the summer movie season feel a bit, well, stale.

Fortunately, it doesn’t look like that’ll be the case this year. 2024’s summer movie slate is shaping up to be the best in years. It promises to have a little bit of everything for everyone, whether that be some long-awaited sequels and prequels, a few ambitious mainstream horror offerings, or several big, new swings from a handful of legendary Hollywood auteurs.

Here’s why we’re so excited about this year’s summer movie season, as well as a few blockbuster titles that need to be on your radar in the coming months.

A refreshing franchise lineup

This year’s summer movie season is jam-packed …