14 movies we're looking forward to in 2023

2023 is going to be one of the biggest years for film. There are some epic biopics, risky adaptations and grand directorial returns coming out this year.

14 movies we're looking forward to in 2023. Some of the most epic biopics, risky adaptations, grand directorial returns and cash grabs are hitting screens this year.

After this release, there will be four movies into what is currently destined to be a five film saga. The third chapter ends with a wounded John Wick (Keanu Reeves) striking an accord with The Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) to take down the shadowy High Table.

Chris Pratt will play Mario in the animated movie due out in April 2023. The 1993 live action movie starring Bob Hoskins was a failure. This time, the movie is being made with the help of Illumination. It features a voice cast with Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad and Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong.

Disney's live action reanimation of Ariel is expected to be released in May 2023. It will be played by Halle Bailey. The movie is an enchanting tale of a young fish girl living ‘under the sea’ who is besotted with the trappings of human life.

Harrison Ford is reprising his iconic role as Indiana Jones in 2023. The movie is expected to be released in June 20th. Phoebe Waller-Bridge plays Indy’s granddaughter Helena. Mads Mikkelsen also appears. Antonio Banderas is also on the cast list.

The sequel to 2018's Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse is expected to be released in June 2023. It will be the second movie in a Spider Verse trilogy. There will probably be an expanded role for Gwen Stacy, Hailee Steinfeld and Jason Schwartzman.

Christopher Nolan's next film is expected to be released in July 2023. It's based on the story of the Manhattan Project and stars Cillian Murphy as the titular character. The film has all the right elements for a truly explosive release.

Greta Gerwig is directing a romantic comedy about Barbie. The movie is expected to be released in July 2023. It will star Margot Robbie as Barbie, Ryan Gosling as Ken and Will Ferrell as Will. Ferrel, America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Kate McKinnon and Helen Mirren.

Neill Blomkamp's new film is not a movie adaptation of the popular Sony game. It's about Jann Mardenborough, a Gran Turismo grandmaster who was recruited into a racing academy on a gut intuition that good gamers might make good drivers. The cast includes David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Djimon Hounsou, Josha Stradowski and Geri ‘Ginger Spice’ Horner.

The first part of the movie based on the Frank Herbert novel is expected to be released in November 2023. Most of its exterior shots were filmed in the Liwa desert, Abu Dhabi. The main character Paul Atreides, played by Timothée Chalamet, has to escape to the barren wastelands of a desert planet under the protection of eco warriors.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is set 64 years before the Hunger Games trilogy. It's based on a book by Suzanne Collins. The events centre around Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), the antagonist in the last series. He's tasked with tutoring a young District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler).

Timothée Chalamet is going to play Willy Wonka in the upcoming movie. The movie is expected to be released in December 2023.   For more movies we're looking forward to in 20th century, visit our list of movies to watch in 2017.

David Fincher's new film, The Killer, is based on a French graphic novel of the same name. It will star Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton. The screenplay is from Andrew Kevin Walker, who wrote the masterpiece, Se7en.

Adam Driver plays Enzo Ferrari in a biopic due out in 2023. It's his second time playing an Italian designer. He played Maurizio Gucci in House of Guccis.

Joaquin Phoenix stars as Napoleon Bonaparte in the film directed by Ridley Scott. The movie is expected to be released in 2023.