The Passenger

The Passenger is a 2023 crime drama directed by Carter Smith, from a screenplay by Jack Stanley. The film is executive produced by Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, and Lauren Downey.

Randy (Johnny Berchtold) is perfectly content fading into the background. But when his coworker Benson (Kyle Gallner) goes on a sudden and violent rampage leaving a trail of destruction in his wake, Randy is forced to face his fears and confront his troubled past to survive.

The cast includes Kyle Gallner, Johnny Berchtold, Liza Weil, and Billy Slaughter.

The Passenger is set to debut for rental or purchase VOD on August 4th, courtesy of Paramount Movies. Watch the official trailer below.

Talk to Me

Talk to Me is a 2023 supernatural horror thriller directed by twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou in their feature film debut, from a screenplay by Bill Hinzman, Daley Pearson, and Danny Philippou. The brothers are known for their widely popular RackaRacka YouTube channel where they have 6.72 million subscribers. The Australian film was acquired by famed production company A24 at the Sundance Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on January 22nd, 2023.

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

The cast includes Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Miranda Otto, Joe Bird, and Otis Dhanji.

Talk to Me is scheduled to debut in select theaters on July 28th, courtesy of A24. Watch the official trailers below.

Haunted Mansion

Haunted Mansion is a 2023 supernatural horror comedy film directed by award-winning filmmaker Justin Simien, from a screenplay by Katie Dippold. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback, it is the second theatrical film adaptation of Walt Disney's theme park attraction The Haunted Mansion, following the 2003 film of the same name.

A priest, a professor and a paranormal investigator try to help a woman and her family after they unwittingly move into a haunted mansion in New Orleans.

The cast includes LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Chase W. Dillon, Dan Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jared Leto

Haunted Mansion is set to debut in theaters July 28th, courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

The Beanie Bubble

The Beanie Bubble is an upcoming American comedy-drama film directed by Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash and written by Gore, based on the 2015 book The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette. It stars Zach Galifianakis (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), The Hangover), Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect, The Hunger Games franchise), Sarah Snook (Succession, Steve Jobs), and Geraldine Viswanathan (Blockers, Bad Education).

Ty (Galifianakis) was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women turned his stuffed animals into a defining ‘90s trend. This behind-the-scenes look at history’s biggest toy craze is a wild story about what—and who—is valued in this world.

It is scheduled to release in select theatres on July 21, 2023, with it premiering on Apple TV+ a week later on July 28. Watch the official trailer below.

Twisted Metal

Twisted Metal is a 2023 half-hour live-action comedy series based on the classic PlayStation game franchise, based on an original take by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and written by Michael Jonathan Smith.

A motor-mouthed outsider is offered a chance at a better life but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.

The cast includes Anthony Mackie, Tahj Vaughans, Stephanie Beatriz, Chelle Ramos, Michael Carollo, and Jared Bankins.

Twisted Metal is set to debut on Peacock July 27th. Watch the official trailer below.

Sympathy for the Devil

Sympathy for the Devil is a 2023 psychological thriller film directed by Yuval Adler (The Secrets We Keep), from a screenplay by Luke Paradise. The film had its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 22nd, 2023.

After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger (Nicolas Cage) at gunpoint, a man (Joel Kinnaman) finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.

Sympathy for the Devil is set to debut in select theaters and VOD July 28th, courtesy of RLJE Films. Watch the official trailer below.

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer is a 2023 biographical film written and directed by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception, Dunkirk), based on American Prometheus, a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. The film is a co-production between Syncopy Inc. and Atlas Entertainment, with Nolan producing the film alongside Emma Thomas and Charles Roven.

Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, Peaky Blinders) stars as Oppenheimer and the film follows the theoretical physicist and director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project and his contributions that led to the creation of the atomic bomb, and ultimately the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place, Mary Poppins Returns), Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, The Bourne Identity), Robert Downey Jr. (Zodiac, Iron Man), and Florence Pugh (Midsommar, Black Widow) also lead the ensemble cast.

Oppenheimer is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 21, 2023, by Universal Pictures. It is Nolan's first film not to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures since Memento (2000), due to disagreements arising from the studio's simultaneous theatrical and HBO Max release strategy for their 2021 slate.

Barbie

Barbie is a 2023 film directed by Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach. The film is based on the eponymous fashion doll line by Mattel, as the franchise's first live-action film adaptation after several computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films.

After being expelled from Barbieland for being a less than perfect-looking doll, Barbie sets off for the human world to find true happiness.

The film stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, with a supporting ensemble cast that includes Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Cera, Issa Rae, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, and Kate McKinnon.

Barbie is set to debut in theaters July 21st, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

Cobweb

Cobweb is a 2023 horror thriller directed by Samuel Bodin, from a screenplay by Chris Thomas Devlin, who wrote the script for the 2022 version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall -- a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter's fear intensifies, he believes that his parents could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trust. And for a child, what could be more frightening than that?

The cast includes Lizzy Caplan (True Blood), Anthony Starr (The Boys), Woody Norman, and Cleopatra Coleman (Infinity Pool).

Cobweb is set to debut in theaters July 21st, courtesy of Lionsgate. Watch the official trailer below.

Justified: City Primeval

Justified: City Primeval is a 2023 crime drama series developed by showrunners Dave Andron and Michael Dinner. The series continues the story from the hit FX series Justified, with the continuation of the story inspired by the Elmore Leonard novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit. The primary change from the novel is Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant), the star of the original Justified series, is made to be the lead character in the story.

Raylan Givens left the hollers of Kentucky and is balancing life as a U.S. Marshal with being a part-time father. A chance encounter sends him to Detroit and on a collision course with a violent sociopath and a formidable defense attorney.

The cast includes Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis, Boyd Holbrook, Vivian Olyphant, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, Victor Williams, and Vondie Curtis-Hall.

Justified: City Primeval premieres July 18th on FX, streaming the next day on Hulu. Watch the official trailer below.

Stephen Curry: Underrated

Stephen Curry: Underrated is a 2023 American sports documentary film about Golden State Warriors basketball player Stephen Curry. The film was directed by Peter Nicks and produced by Ryan Coogler (Creed, Black Panther). The documentary features interviews with Stephen Curry himself, his parents, his wife, Ayesha, his former teammate, Kevin Durant, and many more.

The remarkable coming-of-age story of Stephen Curry—one of the most influential, dynamic, and unexpected players in basketball history—and his rise from an undersized college player to a four-time NBA champion.

Stephen Curry: Underrated premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and it is scheduled to be released in theaters and on Apple TV+ on July 21, 2023. Watch the official trailer below.

Special Ops: Lioness

Special Ops: Lioness is a 2023 military drama series from creator Taylor Sheridan, the genius mind behind Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown, and Tulsa King, as well as several hit films.

Inspired by an actual US Military program, the series follows the life of Joe (Zoe Saldaña) while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA's spear in the war on terror. The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade (Nicole Kidman) and Donald Westfield (Michael Kelly), enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz (Laysla De Oliveira) to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism in the CIA's efforts to thwart the next 9/11.

The full cast includes Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Michael Kelly, Morgan Freeman, and Nicole Kidman.

Special Ops: Lioness is set to debut July 23rd, only on Paramount+. Watch the official trailers below.

They Cloned Tyrone

They Cloned Tyrone is a 2023 American science fiction comedy mystery film directed by Juel Taylor in his feature film directorial debut, from a screenplay by Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier. The film stars John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Woman King), Teyonah Parris (WandaVision, Candyman), and Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained, Baby Driver), who also serves as producer, as an unlikely trio uncovering a government cloning conspiracy. David Alan Grier (In Living Color) and Kiefer Sutherland (24, The Lost Boys) also appear in supporting roles.

Development on the film began in February 2019 when the screenplay was optioned from The Black List by MACRO Media. It was conceived as a genre-busting homage to the Blaxploitation films of the 1970s, featuring elements of satire, horror, and absurdist humor. Brian Tyree Henry was initially attached to star as a lead but was eventually replaced by Boyega in October 2019. Parris and Foxx joined the cast in September 2020. Filming took place in Atlanta, Georgia from November 2020 to April 2021.

They Cloned Tyrone premiered at the American Black Film Festival on June 14, 2023. It is scheduled to be released on July 21, 2023, by Netflix. Watch the official trailer below.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is a 2023 action spy film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. It will be the seventh installment of the Mission: Impossible film series, and the third in the series directed by McQuarrie, following Rogue Nation and Fallout. The film franchise is based on the original ABC “Mission: Impossible” television series from 1966. Part Two is slated for release in 2024, which is expected to be the final appearance for Cruise as Ethan Hunt.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.

The cast includes Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, and Frederick Schmidt, all of whom will reprise their roles from the previous films. Newcomers include Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Shea Whigham, Esai Morales, Rob Delaney, Charles Parnell, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, and Cary Elwes.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One will be released in theaters on July 12th, 2023, courtesy of Paramount Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

Theater Camp

Theater Camp is a 2023 American comedy film directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman in their directorial debuts, from a screenplay by Gordon, Lieberman, Ben Platt, and Noah Galvin. A feature-length adaptation of the 2020 short film of the same name, the film features an ensemble cast, led by Galvin (Assassination Nation, Booksmart), Gordon (Good Boys, Shiva Baby), Platt (Pitch Perfect, Dear Evan Hansen), Jimmy Tatro (22 Jump Street, The King of Staten Island), Patti Harrison (Search Party, Together Together), Nathan Lee Graham (Zoolander), Ayo Edebiri (The Bear, Bottoms), Owen Thiele, Caroline Aaron (Edward Scissorhands, 21 Jump Street), and Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy, Elf). Will Ferrell serves as a producer under his Gloria Sanchez Productions banner.

After the indomitable and beloved founder (Sedaris) of a scrappy theater camp in upstate New York falls into a coma, the eccentric staff must band together with her clueless “crypto-bro” son (Tatro) to keep the thespian paradise afloat.

Theater Camp had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2023, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 14, 2023, by Searchlight Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

The Afterparty: Season 2

The Afterparty is a Apple TV+ Original whodunnit comedy series created by Academy Award winners Chris Miller and Phil Lord. Each episode explores a different character’s account of one fateful evening, all told through the lens of popular film genres and unique visuals to match the storyteller’s perspective. The first season made its debut on January 28th, 2022.

In season two, a wedding is ruined when the groom is murdered and every guest is a suspect. Detective Danner (Tiffany Haddish) returns to help Aniq (Sam Richardson) and Zoë (Zoe Chao) solve whodunnit by questioning family members, star-crossed lovers and business partners, and hearing each suspect’s retelling of the weekend, each with their own unique perspective and visual style.

The other additions to the cast for season 2 is Ken Jeong, John Cho, Poppy Liu, Zach Woods, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Konkle, Jack Whitehall, Paul Walter Hauser, and Vivian Wu.

The Afterparty: Season 2 is set to debut on July 12th, only on Apple TV+. Watch the official trailer below.

Full Circle

Full Circle is an upcoming American television miniseries created and written by Ed Solomon (Men in Black, Now You See Me) and directed by Steven Soderbergh (Magic Mike, Logan Lucky). The miniseries stars Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Claire Danes (Homeland), Timothy Olyphant (Justified), Dennis Quaid (The Right Stuff, Any Given Sunday), and Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight).

The miniseries follows an investigation into a botched kidnapping that uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present-day New York City.

Full Circle is set to debut on July 13, 2023, only on Max. Watch the official trailer below.

Bird Box Barcelona

Bird Box Barcelona is an upcoming Spain post-apocalyptic horror thriller film. It is a spin-off sequel of the 2018 film Bird Box which was adapted from the 2014 novel of the same name by Josh Malerman.

The film follows a father (Casas) and daughter (Schuberth) and those they join up with to try and survive a dystopian future in which no one survives looking at entities that have invaded and roam the earth.

Bird Box Barcelona will premiere on the streaming service Netflix on July 14, 2023. Watch the official trailer below.

Insidious: The Red Door

Insidious: The Red Door is a 2023 horror thriller directed by Patrick Wilson from a screenplay by Scott Teems, from a story and based on characters from Leigh Whannell.

To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh (Patrick Wilson) and a college-aged Dalton (Ty Simpkins) must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family’s dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the red door.

The cast includes Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson, Hiam Abbass, Sinclair Daniel, Andrew Astor, and Rose Byrne.

Insidious: The Red Door is set to debut in theaters July 7th, courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Watch the official trailer below.

Joy Ride

Joy Ride is a 2023 comedy film directed by Adele Lim, in her feature directorial debut, and written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, from a story by Lim, Chevapravatdumrong and Hsiao. From the producers of Neighbors and the co-screenwriter of Crazy Rich Asians, the film had its world premiere at SXSW on March 17th, 2023.

When Audrey’s (Ashley Park) business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo (Sherry Cola), her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat (Stephanie Hsu), her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye (Sabrina Wu), Lolo’s eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.

Starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu, Ronny Chieng (Crazy Rich Asians), Lori Tan Chinn (Awkwafina is Nora From Queens), David Denman (Greenland), Annie Mumolo (Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar), Desmond Chiam (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Alexander Hodge (Insecure), and Chris Pang (Crazy Rich Asians).

Joy Ride will debut only in theaters July 7th, courtesy of Lionsgate. Watch the official trailers below.