Babylon

Babylon is a 2022 period comedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, the Oscar-winning director who took home the gold in 2016 for his groundbreaking musical La La Land. An extremely talented writer and director, Chazelle also received a Best Original Screenplay Nomination in 2014 for Whiplash.

An epic tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess set in 1920s Los Angeles, telling the story of the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

The film features a star-studded cast including Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Jean Smart, Tobey Maguire, Samara Weaving, Eric Roberts, Katherine Waterston, and Olivia Wilde.

Babylon is scheduled to release only in theaters December 23rd, courtesy of Paramount Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a 2022 murder mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson, and produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman. A sequel to Knives Out (2019), the film will have its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival on September 10th, 2022.

Daniel Craig reprises his role as Benoit Blanc, a master detective who leaves no stone unturned. Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. But when someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.

The film boasts a talented cast including Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson, and Dave Bautista.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is scheduled to be released in select theaters in November, before its streaming release on December 23rd, only on Netflix. Watch the official trailers below.

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

I Wanna Dance With Somebody is a 2022 biographical musical drama film based on the life of American pop icon Whitney Houston. The film is directed by Kasi Lemmons (director of Harriet) and written by Anthony McCarten (writing credits include Bohemian Rhapsody and The Two Popes), with Houston's former record producer Clive Davis also serving as a producer on the film. It stars Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) as Houston and Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones, Spotlight) as Davis, alongside Ashton Sanders (Moonlight), Tamara Tunie (Wall Street), Nafessa Williams (Black Lightning), and Clarke Peters (The Wire) in supporting roles.

I Wanna Dance With Somebody is scheduled to be released in the United States on December 21, 2022, by Sony Pictures Releasing. Watch the official trailers below.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is a 2022 computer-animated adventure ditrected by Joel Crawford, and co-directed by Januel Mercado. It is a sequel to Puss in Boots (2011), and a spin-off of the Shrek franchise. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures, from a screenplay by Paul Fisher and Tommy Swerdlow, based on a story by Swerdlow and the first film's writer Tom Wheeler, with additional screenplay material provided by Etan Cohen.

The voice cast includes Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, as well as Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Samson Kayo, John Mulaney, Wagner Moura, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Anthony Mendez who voice new characters introduced in the film.

Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: he has burned through eight of his nine lives. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is set to debut in theaters December 21st. Watch the official trailer below.

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

BARDO (False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths) (Spanish: BARDO, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades), or simply Bardo, is a 2022 Mexican epic comedy film co-written, produced and directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), The Revenant). The film stars Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Iker Sanchez Solano, Andrés Almeida and Francisco Rubio.

The film follows a renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker who returns home and has to work through an existential crisis as he grapples with his identity, familial relationships, and the folly of his memories.

Bardo premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in competition for the Golden Lion on September 1, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in theaters on November 18, 2022, before streaming on Netflix on December 16, 2022. Watch the official trailers below.

1923

1923 is a 2022 Western drama television series from creator Taylor Sheridan, and is a prequel to the Paramount Network series Yellowstone and serves as a sequel to the series 1883.

The Duttons face a new set of challenges in the early 20th century, including the rise of Western expansion, Prohibition, and the Great Depression.

The cast includes Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Brandon Sklenar, Darren Mann, James Badge Dale, and Michelle Randolph.

1923 is set to debut on Paramount Plus December 18th. Watch the official trailer below.

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water is a 2022 epic science fiction action film from legendary director James Cameron, co-written by Cameron and Josh Friedman, and produced by 20th Century Studios. It is the second film in Cameron's Avatar franchise, following Avatar (2009), and is set more than a decade after the events of the first film. Similar to the trendsetting first film, Cameron, going all out as usual, decided it necessary to develop new technology in order to film performance capture scenes underwater, something never accomplished before, leading to significant delays to allow the crew more time to work on the writing, preproduction, and visual effects.

Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the planet of Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their planet.

Starring Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, and Kate Winslet.

Avatar: The Way of Water is set to hit theaters and IMAX on December 16th. Watch the official trailers below.

The Recruit

The Recruit is a 2022 spy adventure television series created by Alexi Hawley for Netflix. Hawley previously created the crime drama series The Rookie, an extremely popular show which is set to return for a 5th season. If her name sounds familiar its because she is the sister of Noah Hawley, the creative mind behind hit shows like Legion and Fargo.

A fledgling CIA lawyer gets caught up in a dangerous game of international politics when a former asset threatens to expose the nature of her relationship with the agency unless they clear her name.

The cast includes Noah Centineo, Aarti Mann, Daniel Quincy Annoh, and Vondie Curtis-Hall.

The Recruit is set to debut on Netflix December 16th. Watch the official trailer below.

The Whale

The Whale is a 2022 psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky, from a screenplay by Samuel D. Hunter, based on Hunter's 2012 play of the same name. The film had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2022.

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

The film stars Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, and Samantha Morton.

The Whale and is scheduled to be released in theaters on December 9th, courtesy of A24. Watch the official trailer below.

Nanny

Nanny is a 2022 horror film written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu in her feature-film debut. Nikyatu, who is making a name for herself in the film festival circuit, is a tenure track Assistant Professor in the Film & Video department at George Mason University. The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival winning the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, and was soon acquired by Blumhouse and Amazon in a deal rumored to be worth around $7 million.

Immigrant nanny Aisha, piecing together a new life in New York City while caring for the child of an Upper East Side family, is forced to confront a concealed truth that threatens to shatter her precarious American Dream.

The cast includes Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, and Rose Decker.

Nanny is scheduled for a limited theatrical release on November 23rd courtesy of Amazon Studios, prior to a streaming release December 16th on Prime Video. Watch the official trailer below.

Emancipation

Emancipation is a 2022 historical action drama directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by William N. Collage. It is based on the true story of Gordon (named "Peter" in the film), a former slave, and the photographs of his bare back, heavily scourged from an overseer's whippings, that were published worldwide in 1863, giving the abolitionist movement proof of the cruelty of American slavery.

Peter, a slave, flees a plantation in Louisiana after he was whipped within an inch of his life. He has to outwit cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on a torturous journey north.

The film stars Will Smith, Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa, Gilbert Owuor, Mustafa Shakir, and Steven Ogg.

Emancipation had its first screening in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in limited theaters on December 2nd, before its streaming release on December 9th on Apple TV+. Watch the official trailer below.

Spoiler Alert

Spoiler Alert is a 2022 biographical romantic drama from director Michael Showalter (The Big Sick), from a screenplay written by David Marshall Grant and Dan Savage, based on the memoir Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies by Michael Ausiello.

Writer Michael Ausiello embarks on a roller-coaster ride of emotions when his partner gets diagnosed with terminal cancer.

The cast includes Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), Ben Aldridge, Sally Field, Bill Irwin, Jeffery Self, and Nikki M. James.

Spoiler Alert is set to debut in theaters December 9th, courtesy of Focus Features. Watch the official trailer below.

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, or simply Pinocchio, is a 2022 stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water) and Mark Gustafson, based on Grim Grimly’s design from his 2002 edition of the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It marks the animated feature film directorial debut of del Toro. The film was written by del Toro and Patrick McHale (Adventure Time) and stars the voices of Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Trainspotting), David Bradley (Game of Thrones), Gregory Mann, Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), Cate Blanchett (Thor: Ragnarok), John Turturro (The Big Lebowski), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Tim Blake Nelson (O’Brother Where Art Thou?), Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim), Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton).

Produced by Netflix Animation, The Jim Henson Company, and ShadowMachine in co-production with El Taller del Chucho and Necropia Entertainment, Pinocchio was announced by del Toro in 2008 and originally scheduled to be released in 2013 or 2014, but the project went into development hell. In January 2017, McHale was announced to co-write the script, but in November 2017, the production was suspended as no studios were willing to provide financing. The production was revived the following year after being acquired by Netflix.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio will serve as a darker version of the classic children’s fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy and is scheduled to be released in select theaters in November 2022, followed by its streaming release on Netflix December 9th, 2022. Watch the official trailers below.

Close

Close is a 2022 French-language Belgian drama film directed by Lukas Dhont, from a screenplay by Dhont and Angelo Tijssens, reteaming after their first feature film Girl. The film stars Eden Dambrine, Gustav de Waele, Emilie Dequenne and Léa Drucker.

Two 13-year-old boys have always been incredibly close but they begin to drift apart after their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. When tragedy strikes, one is forced to confront why he distanced himself from his closest friend.

The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, on May 26, 2022, where it was later awarded the Grand Prix. The film will be released by Lumière in Benelux, by Diaphana Distribution in France, and by A24 in the United States. On September 16th, 2022, the film was announced as Belgium's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. Watch the official trailer below.

Violent Night

Violent Night is a 2022 action dark comedy directed by Norwegian native Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters), from a screenplay by Pat Casey and Josh Miller, who also co wrote Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022). The film is produced by 87North who previously produced Nobody, John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.

When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus (David Harbour, Black Widow, Stranger Things series) is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.

The film also stars Emmy winner John Leguizamo (John Wick), Cam Gigandet (Without Remorse), Alex Hassell (Cowboy Bebop), Alexis Louder (The Tomorrow War), Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones), and Beverly D’Angelo (National Lampoon’s Vacation franchise).

Violent Night is set to debut in theaters December 2nd, courtesy of Universal Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

The Inspection

The Inspection is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Elegance Bratton, in his feature-film debut. It will have its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022.

Ellis French enlists in the Marine Corps and ends up at boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina. He initially meets the physical requirements, but is not as successful in disguising his sexual orientation, making him the target of a near-lethal hazing from training instructor Leland Laws and a fellow recruit, Laurence Harvey.

The cast includes Jeremy Pope, Raúl Castillo, McCaul Lombardi, Aaron Dominguez, Eman Esfandi, Aubrey Joseph, Andrew Kai, with Bokeem Woodbine, and Gabrielle Union

The Inspection is set to debut in theaters November 18th, courtesy of A24. Watch the official trailer below.

Devotion

Devotion is an upcoming American action war drama film written by Jake Crane and Jonathan Stewart, and directed by J. D. Dillard (Sleight, Sweetheart). The film stars Jonathan Majors (The Harder They Fall, Loki), Glen Powell (Hidden Figures, Top Gun: Maverick), Christina Jackson, Joe Jonas (yes, the member of the Jonas Brothers), Nick Hargrove, Spencer Neville, and Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom, Life in Pieces).

The film is based on the book Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice by Adam Makos, and the film’s synopsis tells the true story of camaraderie and friendship between U.S. Navy aviators Jesse L. Brown and Thomas J. Hudner Jr. during the Korean War.

Devotion will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022 and is scheduled to be released on November 23, 2022. Watch the official trailer below.

Strange World

Strange World, formerly titled Searcher Clade, is a 2022 animated adventure film directed by Don Hall, and written/co-directed by Qui Nguyen. It is produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and will be their 61st animated feature. It is the first Walt Disney Animation Studios film to be composed by Alexandre Desplat.

The legendary Clades are a family of explorers whose differences threatened to topple their latest and most crucial mission.

The voice cast includes Jake Gyllenhaal and Alan Tudyk, with other cast members to be named later.

Strange World is scheduled to be released in theaters on November 23rd. Watch the official trailers below.

Bones and All

Bones & All is a 2022 coming-of-age romantic horror road film directed by Luca Guadagnino, from a screenplay by David Kajganich. Based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Camille DeAngelis, the film had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 2nd, 2022.

A story of first love between Maren (Taylor Russell), a young woman learning how to survive on the margins of society, and Lee (Timothée Chalamet), an intense and disenfranchised drifter, as they meet and join together for a thousand-mile odyssey which takes them through the back roads, hidden passages and trap doors of Ronald Reagan's America. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.

The cast includes Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, André Holland, Jessica Harper, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny, and David Gordon Green.

Bones and All is set to debut in theaters November 23rd, courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Watch the official trailer below.

Welcome to Chippendales

Welcome to Chippendales is a 2022 drama streaming television miniseries created by Robert Siegel, inspired by the book Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders by K. Scot Macdonald and Patrick MontesDeOca.

The origin story of Somen "Steve" Banerjee, an Indian American entrepreneur who started the stripper troupe, Chippendales.

The cast includes Kumail Nanjiani as Banerjee, Murray Bartlett as Nick De Noia, Annaleigh Ashford as Irene Banerjee, Dan Stevens as Paul Snider, and Juliette Lewis as Denise.

Welcome to Chippendales will premiere November 22nd on Hulu. Watch the official trailer below.