Expats

Expats is a 2024 drama streaming television series created by Lulu Wang based on the 2016 novel The Expatriates, by Janice Y. K. Lee.

Set against the complex tapestry of Hong Kong residents, Expats depicts a multifaceted group of women after a single encounter sets off a chain of life-altering events that leaves everyone navigating the intricate balance between blame and accountability.

The cast includes Nicole Kidman, Ji-young Yoo, Jack Huston, Sarayu Blue, Brian Tee, and Flora Chan.

Expats is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video January 26th, 2024. Watch the official trailer below.

Miller's Girl

Miller's Girl is a 2024 drama film written and directed by Jade Halley Bartlett. In December 2016, Bartlett's spec script for the film was acquired by Seth Rogen's company Point Grey Pictures and listed in the Hollywood Black List of unproduced screenplays. In Fall 2022 Lionsgate Films had picked up distribution rights for the film. Miller’s Girl is set to premiere at Palm Springs Film Festival on January 11, 2024.

A talented young writer (Jenna Ortega) embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher (Martin Freeman) assigns a project that entangles them both in an increasingly complex web. As lines blur and their lives intertwine, professor and protégé must confront their darkest selves while straining to preserve their individual sense of purpose and the things they hold most dear.

The cast includes Martin Freeman, Jenna Ortega, Dagmara Domińczyk, Bashir Salahuddin, and Gideon Adlon.

Miller's Girl is set to debut in theaters January 26th, courtesy of Lionsgate. Watch the official trailer below.

The Underdoggs

The Underdoggs is a 2024 sports comedy film directed by Charles Stone III (Drumline, Mr. 3000), and written by Danny Segal, Constance Schwartz-Morini, and Isaac Schamis.

When Jaycen "Two Js" Jennings, a washed-up former pro football star hits rock bottom, he is sentenced to community service coaching an unruly pee-wee football team in his hometown, he just may turn his life around and reclaim his love of the game.

The film stars Snoop Dogg, Mike Epps, Tika Sumpter, Andrew Schulz, George Lopez, Nancy De Mayo, Schelle Purcell, and Gavin Cole.

The Underdoggs is scheduled to be released by Amazon MGM Studios as a Prime Video exclusive on January 26th, 2024. Watch the official trailers below.

Origin

Origin is a 2023 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma, 13th). It is based on Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. It stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (The Help, King Richard) as Wilkerson, alongside Jon Bernthal (The Wolf of Wall Street, Baby Driver), Vera Farmiga (The Departed, the Conjuring Universe films), Audra McDonald (Beauty and the Beast, Respect), Niecy Nash-Betts (Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story), Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation, 21 Jump Street) and Blair Underwood (Gattaca, Deep Impact).

Grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, writer Isabel Wilkerson sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery as she writes Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents.

Origin was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it premiered on September 6, 2023. It opens for an exclusive one-week engagement on December 8 in NY and LA and in select cities on January 19, 2024. Watch the official trailers below.

Griselda

Griselda is an upcoming American crime drama streaming television miniseries directed by Andrés Baiz and produced by Eric Newman and Sofía Vergara. It is based on the life of Griselda Blanco, who is also played by Vergara, a notorious cocaine trafficker.

The miniseries will premiere on Netflix on January 25, 2024. Watch the official trailers below.

Founders Day

Founders Day is a 2024 horror slasher directed by Erik Bloomquist, from a screenplay by both Erik and Carson Bloomquist. The brothers have some experience in the horror genre as they previously collaborated on horror film She Came from the Woods (2022).

A series of ominous murders rocks a small town just days before a heated mayoral election. As accusations fly and the threat of a masked killer darkens every corner, residents must race against time to uncover the truth.

The cast includes Devin Druid (13 Reasons Why), Emilia McCarthy (SkyMed), Amy Hargreaves (13 Reasons Why), Catherine Curtin (Stranger Things), William Russ (Boy Meets World), Naomi Grace (NCIS), Olivia Nikkanen (The Society), Jayce Bartok (When They See Us), Andrew Stewart Jones (Gotham), Tyler James White (The Villains of Valley View), Erik Bloomquist (Weekenders), Adam Weppler (Long Lost), Kate Edmonds (The Third Saturday in October), Dylan Slade, and Arun Cameron Storrs.

Founders Day is set to debut in theaters January 19th, courtesy of Mainframe Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

I.S.S.

I.S.S. is a 2024 science fiction thriller film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and written by Nick Shafir. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 12, 2023.

Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling from this, the astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.

The cast includes Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, John Gallagher Jr., Maria Mashkova, Costa Ronin, and Pilou Asbæk.

I.S.S.is set to debut in theaters January 19th, courtesy of Bleecker Street. Watch the official trailer below.

Criminal Record

Criminal Record is a 2024 British crime drama series created by Paul Rutman.

In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives -- a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy -- into a fight to correct an old miscarriage of justice.

The cast includes Cush Jumbo, Peter Capaldi, Stephen Campbell Moore, Aysha Kala, Cathy Tyson, and Zoë Wanamaker.

Criminal Record is set to debut January 10th on Apple TV+. Watch the official trailer below.

The Kitchen

The Kitchen is a 2024 British science fiction drama film directed by Kibwe Tavares and actor Daniel Kaluuya in his directorial debut, from a story by Kaluuya and Joe Murtagh. The film had its world premiere at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on October 15, 2023.

A story of fatherhood and love for the community... Every city has a Kitchen. In a dystopian London, the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. From British filmmakers Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya, starring Kane Robinson and introducing Jedaiah Bannerman.

In a dystopian future London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi (Kane Robinson) and Benji (Jedaiah Bannerman) fight to navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen - a community that refuses to abandon their home.

The cast includes Kane Robinson, Jedaiah Bannerman, Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo, Cristale, BackRoad Gee, and Dani Moseley.

The Kitchen is set to debut January 19th, only on Netflix. Watch the official trailer below.

Death and Other Details

Death and Other Details is a 2024 crime drama television series on created by Mike Weiss and Heidi Cole McAdams.

Imogene Scott finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time and becomes the prime suspect in a locked-room murder mystery; to prove her innocence, she must partner with a man she despises, Rufus Cotesworth, the world's greatest detective.

The cast includes Mandy Patinkin, Violett Beane, Sophia Reid-Gantzert, Linda Emond, Jayne Atkinson, Lauren Patten, and David Marshall Grant.

Death and Other Details is set to debut on Hulu January 16th. Watch the official trailer below.

The Beekeeper

The Beekeeper is a 2024 action thriller film directed by David Ayer (Fury, Suicide Squad) and written by Kurt Wimmer. It stars Jason Statham (Snatch, The Meg), Emmy Raver-Lampman (The Umbrella Academy, Blacklight), Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games film series), Bobby Naderi (Argo, Bright), Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting), Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show, Creed films), and Jeremy Irons (The Lion King, House of Gucci).

"Mr. Clay" (Statham) is a former operative of a clandestine organization called "Beekeepers". After his friend and neighbor dies by suicide after falling for a phishing scam, Mr. Clay sets out to exact revenge against the company responsible.

The Beekeeper is set to be released theatrically by Amazon MGM Studios on January 12th, 2024. Watch the official restricted trailer below.

Mean Girls

Mean Girls is a 2024 musical comedy film directed by Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne from a screenplay by Tina Fey, adapted from the stage musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the 2004 film of the same name, itself partially based on Rosalind Wiseman's 2002 book Queen Bees and Wannabes. The film stars Angourie Rice (The Nice Guys, Spider-Man: No Way Home), Auliʻi Cravalho (Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet), Reneé Rapp (The Sex Lives of College Girls), Jaquel Spivey, Avantika Vandanapu (Moxie, Senior Year), Bebe Wood (A Merry Friggin’ Christmas, Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans), Christopher Briney (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Jenna Fischer (The Office), and Busy Philipps (Freaks and Geeks, Dawson’s Creek). Fey and Tim Meadows also reprise their roles from the 2004 film.

Cady Heron (Rice) is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels (Briney), the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George (Rapp).

Mean Girls is set to be theatrically released in the United States on January 12, 2024, by Paramount Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

The Book of Clarence

The Book of Clarence is a 2023 American epic biblical comedy-drama film written and directed by Jeymes Samuel (The Harder They Fall). The film stars LaKeith Stanfield, Omar Sy, Anna Diop, RJ Cyler, David Oyelowo, Micheal Ward, Alfre Woodard, Teyana Taylor, Caleb McLaughlin, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, James McAvoy, and Benedict Cumberbatch.

A struggling down-on-his-luck man named Clarence (Stanfield) living in 29 A.D. Jerusalem looks to capitalize on the rise of Jesus Christ by claiming to be a new Messiah sent by God, in an attempt to free himself of debt and start a life of glory for himself.

The Book of Clarence had its world premiere at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on October 11, 2023, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on January 12, 2024, by TriStar Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

Self Reliance

Self Reliance is a 2024 comedy thriller film written, directed by and starring Jake Johnson in his feature length directorial debut. The film premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on March 11, 2023.

In Los Angeles, a disillusioned man receives an invitation to win $1 million by taking part in a reality television game on the dark web. For 30 days, he must outwit hunters attempting to kill him. He realizes there's a loophole to the game – the hunters can only attack him when he's alone – so he attempts to convince friends, family and total strangers that the game is real, and that they must stay with him 24/7.

The cast includes Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Morale, Mary Holland, Emily Hampshire, Christopher Lloyd, and Wayne Brady.

Self Reliance is set to debut theatrically in the United States in a one-night special release on January 3rd, 2024, courtesy of Neon, followed by a streaming release on Hulu on January 12th. Watch the official trailer below.

True Detective: Night Country

The fourth season of True Detective, an American anthology crime drama television series, is the first season to carry a subtitle, Night Country. Issa López serves as showrunner, writer, and director. It is the first season without series creator Nic Pizzolatto as showrunner or writer, but he still serves as an executive producer.

The season is set in the fictional town of Ennis, Alaska, and follows the investigation behind the disappearance of eight men from a research station. The season stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as Detectives Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro.

After originally being intended to premiere in 2023, True Detective: Night Country is set to premiere on January 14, 2024 on HBO, and streaming on Max. Watch the official trailers below.

Echo

Echo is an upcoming American television miniseries created by Marion Dayre for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is intended to be the tenth television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) produced by Marvel Studios, sharing continuity with the films of the franchise, and is a spin-off from the series Hawkeye (2021). It sees Maya Lopez return to her hometown where she must come to terms with her past, reconnect with her Native American roots, and embrace her family and community. Dayre serves as head writer for the series with Sydney Freeland leading the directing team. The series is also produced by 20th Television.

Alaqua Cox reprises her role as Maya Lopez / Echo from Hawkeye, with Vincent D'Onofrio, Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Graham Greene, Cody Lightning, Charlie Cox, Devery Jacobs, and Zahn McClarnon also starring. Development of the spin-off began by March 2021, with Etan and Emily Cohen attached as head writers, and Alaqua Cox confirmed to be returning. The series was formally announced in November 2021, when Dayre was revealed to be serving as head writer, with Freeland set to direct by March 2022. Filming occurred from late April to late August 2022, taking place in the Atlanta metropolitan area including Atlanta, Peachtree City, Social Circle, and Grantville, Georgia. In May, Marvel revealed further cast members and that Catriona McKenzie would also direct for the series.

Echo will be released in its entirety on Disney+ on January 10, 2024 as part of Phase Five of the MCU. Watch the official trailer below.

Role Play

Role Play is a 2024 action thriller film directed by Thomas Vincent, from a screenplay by Seth Owen. Kaley Cuoco stars in the film and also serves as a producer.

Emma has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey – she also has a secret life as an assassin for hire – a secret that her husband David discovers when the couple decide to spice up their marriage with a little role play.

The cast includes Kaley Cuoco, David Oyelowo, Connie Nielsen, and Bill Nighy.

Role Play will debut exclusively on Prime Video January 12th, 2024. Watch the official trailer below.

Lift

Lift is a 2024 heist comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton, The Fate of the Furious) and written by Daniel Kunka. The film stars Kevin Hart (who also served as producer), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Cloverfield Paradox, Loki), Vincent D'Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket, Daredevil), Úrsula Corberó (Money Heist, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins), Billy Magnussen (Game Night, Aladdin), Jacob Batalon (Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: No Way Home), Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional, Mission: Impossible), and Sam Worthington (Hacksaw Ridge, Avatar: The Way of Water).

An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker (Hart), race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.

Lift is scheduled to be released by Netflix on January 12, 2024. Watch the official trailers below.

ted

ted is a 2024 comedy series from creator Seth McFarland, developed exclusively for the Peacock streaming platform.

In this comedic prequel event series to the Ted films, it's 1993, and Ted the bear’s (Seth MacFarlane) moment of fame has passed. He’s now living back home in Framingham, Massachusetts with his best friend, 16-year-old John Bennett (Max Burkholder), along with John’s parents, Matty and Susan (Scott Grimes and Alanna Ubach) and cousin Blaire (Giorgia Whigham). Ted may be a lousy influence on John, but at the end of the day, he’s a loyal pal who’s always willing to go out on a limb for friendship.

ted is set to debut January 11th only on Peacock. Watch the official trailer below.

Night Swim

Night Swim is a 2024 supernatural horror film written and directed by Bryce McGuire, and based on the 2014 short film of the same name by McGuire and Rod Blackhurst. The film stars Wyatt Russell (22 Jump Street, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Kerry Condon (Better Call Saul, The Banshees of Inisherin), Amélie Hoeferle (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), and Gavin Warren (First Man).

Ray Waller (Russell) is a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness. He moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve (Condon) and their two children (Hoeferle and Warren). Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash a malevolent force that will drag the family under, into the depths of inescapable terror.

James Wan and Jason Blum serve as producers under their Atomic Monster and Blumhouse Productions banners, respectively. Night Swim is scheduled to be released in the United States on January 5, 2024, by Universal Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.