Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a 2024 coming-of-age black comedy film and remake of the 1991 cult classic film. It is directed by Wade Allain-Marcus and written by Chuck Hayward.

Tanya finds her summer plans canceled when her mom jets off for a last-minute retreat and the elderly babysitting who arrives at her door unexpectedly passes away.

The cast includes Simone Joy Jones, Ms. Pat, Jermaine Fowler, June Squibb, Nicole Richie, Tyriq Withers, Iantha Richardson, Miles Fowler, Gus Kenworthy, Donielle T. Hansley Jr., and Patricia Williams.

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is set to debut in theaters on April 12, courtesy of Iconic Events Now. Watch the official trailer below.

Franklin

Franklin is a 2024 biographical drama miniseries about the United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, based on Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff’s book, “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America,” “Franklin” explores the thrilling story of the greatest gamble of Benjamin Franklin’s career. In December 1776, Franklin is world famous for his electrical experiments, but his passion and power are put to the test when — as the fate of American independence hangs in the balance — he embarks on a secret mission to France.

The full cast includes Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin, Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) as Temple Franklin, Thibault de Montalembert (Call My Agent!) as Comte de Vergennes, Daniel Mays (Line of Duty) as Edward Bancroft, Ludivine Sagnier (Lupin) as Madame Brillon, Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan) as John Adams, Assaad Bouab (Call My Agent!) as Beaumarchais, Jeanne Balibar (Irma Vep) as Madame Helvetius, and Theodore Pellerin (There’s Someone Inside Your House) as Marquis de Lafayette.

Franklin is set to debut April 12th only on Apple TV+. Watch the official trailer below.

Model House

Model House is a 2024 slasher thriller film written and directed by Derek Pike, who has directed several music videos for artists like Wiz Khalifa, Aloe Blacc, and XXXTentacion. Producers on the film include Randy Wayne and Talia Bella of Rebellium Films, as well as Collin Avery.

Held at gunpoint, five swimsuit models shooting a lucrative swimwear campaign at a waterfall one hundred miles north of Los Angeles are forced to post a fake donation link to their social media pages until $1 million is stolen from their followers. Soon realizing that their lives are at risk, the models take matters into their own hands and fight back.

The cast includes Scout Taylor-Compton, Chris Zylka, Cory Anne Roberts, Kyra Santoro, Hailee Lautenbach, Priscilla Huggins Ortiz, Natalie Nootenboom, and Phillip Andrew Botello..

Model House is set to debut in select theaters and Digital April 5th, courtesy of Shout! Studios. Watch the official trailer below.

LaRoy, Texas

LaRoy, Texas is a 2023 comedy crime thriller written and directed by Shane Atkinson in his feature-film directorial debut. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 8th, 2023.

A depressed man plans to kill himself, but his plans suddenly change when a stranger mistakes him for a low-rent hit man. Desperate to earn a little respect, he decides to play the part of a hired gun. However, when the supposedly simple plan begins to unravel, he recruits a private investigator to help him escape from the actual killer and make it out alive.

The cast includes John Magaro (Past Lives, First Cow), Steve Zahn, Dylan Baker, Galadriel Stineman, Matthew Del Negro, Bob Clendenin, Brad Leland, Megan Stevenson, and Emily Pendergast.

LaRoy is set to debut in select theaters and VOD April 12th, courtesy of Brainstorm Media. Watch the official trailer below.

Monkey Man

Monkey Man is a 2024 revenge thriller film directed by Oscar-winner Dev Patel in his directorial debut, from an original story by Patel and a screenplay he co-wrote with Paul Angunawela and John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World). The film was originally set to debut on Netflix, but has since been given a theatrical release as part of Jordan Peele’s production company Monkeypaw’s film deal with Universal.

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Dev Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash.

After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

The cast includes Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley (District 9), Sobhita Dhulipala (Made in Heaven), Pitobash (Million Dollar Arm), Vipin Sharma (Hotel Mumbai), Ashwini Kalsekar (Ek Tha Hero), Adithi Kalkunte (Hotel Mumbai), Sikandar Kher (Aarya), and Makarand Deshpande (RRR).

Monkey Man is set to debut in theaters April 5th, courtesy of Universal Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

The First Omen

The First Omen is a 2024 supernatural horror film directed by Arkasha Stevenson, and written by Stevenson, Tim Smith, and Keith Thomas, from a story by Ben Jacoby. The film serves as a prequel to The Omen (1976).

A young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, but encounters a darkness that causes her to question her faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.

The cast includes Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Sônia Braga, Ralph Ineson, and Bill Nighy.

The First Omen is set to debut in theaters April 5th, courtesy of 20th Century Studios. Watch the official trailers below.

The Beast

The Beast (French: La Bête) is a 2023 science fiction romantic drama film directed and written by Bertrand Bonello from a story he co-wrote with Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin Charbit, and loosely based on Henry James's 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle. The film had its world premiere on September 3rd, 2023, at the 80th Venice International Film Festival as part of the official competition.

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will plunge her into her past lives and rid her of all strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had always known him. The story unfolds over three distinct periods: 1910, 2014 and 2044.

The cast includes Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, and Dasha Nekrasova.

The Beast is set to debut in limited theaters April 5th. Watch the official trailer below.

DogMan

DogMan is a 2023 English-language French action thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson, the talented mind behind Léon: The Professional (1994) and The Fifth Element (1997). The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it premiered on August 31st, 2023.

The story of a man who, following a traumatic childhood, finds salvation and justice through his connection with dogs.

The cast includes Caleb Landry Jones, Jojo T. Gibbs, Christopher Denham, John Charles Aguilar, and Grace Palma.

DogMan is set to debut in theaters April 5th, courtesy of Braircliff Entertainment. Watch the official trailer below.

Epic Tails

Epic Tails is a 2022 animated family adventure comedy film directed by David Alaux, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Eric Tosti and Jean-François Tosti.

Pattie, an ambitious and daring mouse has big dreams to be an adventurer and a hero. When her homeland in Ancient Greece is threatened by Poseidon himself, Pattie is determined to save her city! Defying the odds, the gods, and the wishes of her feline father figure Sam, she embarks on an epic quest to save her city. When Pattie and her eccentric crew set sail they come face to face with a giant octopus with a runny nose, a crew of friendly mafiosos, and a swath of Greek mythology’s most bizarre creatures. Undeterred, Pattie's bravery, leadership, and masterful planning inspires her crew to realize that true heroism knows no size.

Epic Tails is set to debut in theaters April 5th, courtesy of Viva Kids. Watch the official trailer below.

Ripley

Ripley is a 2024 psychological thriller television series based on Patricia Highsmith's 1955 crime novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. Starring Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley, Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf and Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood. The eight-episode limited series was created, written and directed by Steven Zaillian. Ripley was originally set to air on Showtime, but in February 2023, the series moved to Netflix. 

In 1960s New York, Tom Ripley is hired by a wealthy man to convince his wayward son to return home from Italy. But Tom's introduction to Dickie Greenleaf's leisurely life abroad "is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder".

Ripley is set to debut on Netflix April 4th. Watch the official trailer below.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is a 2024 monster film directed by Adam Wingard. Produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), and the seventh installment and fifth film in the MonsterVerse. It is also the 38th film of the Godzilla franchise, the 13th film in the King Kong franchise, and the fifth Godzilla film to be completely produced by an American film studio. The film stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, and Fala Chen. Hall, Henry, and Hottle reprise their roles from the previous film.

This latest entry follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own. The epic new film will delve further into the histories of these Titans, their origins, and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.

Due to the box office and streaming success of Godzilla vs. Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic, Legendary announced a sequel in March 2022 and that filming would commence later in the year. In May 2022, it was announced that Wingard would return to direct and Stevens cast as the lead. Filming began in July 2022 in Gold Coast, Queensland, and finished in November 2022.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is set to debut in theaters March 29th, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

In the Land of Saints and Sinners

In the Land of Saints and Sinners is a 2023 Irish action thriller film directed by Robert Lorenz (Trouble with the Curve) and written by Mark Michael McNally and Terry Loane. The film stars Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List, Batman Begins) in the lead role, alongside other Irish actors including Kerry Condon (Better Call Saul, The Banshees of Inisherin), Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones), and Ciarán Hinds (There Will Be Blood, Belfast).

Other cast members include Desmond Eastwood, Conor MacNeill, Seamus O'Hara, Bernadette Carty, Manus Brennan, Niamh Cusack, Michelle Gleeson, Tim Landers, Mark O'Regan, Colm Meaney, Anne Brogan, Conor Hamill, Sarah Greene, Valentine Olukoga, Laura Hughes, Joe Gallagher, Mark Connolly, and James Sadat. This is Neeson's second collaboration with Lorenz after the 2021 film The Marksman (see our full review here). The film premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 6, 2023.

Ireland, 1970s. Eager to leave his dark past behind, Finbar Murphy (Liam Neeson) leads a quiet life in the remote coastal town of Glencolmcille, far from the political violence that grips the rest of the country. But when a menacing crew of terrorists arrive, led by a ruthless woman named Doirean (Kerry Condon), Finbar is drawn into an increasingly vicious game of cat and mouse, forcing him to choose between exposing his secret identity or defending his friends and neighbors.

In the Land of Saints and Sinners is set to debut in theaters March 29th, courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films. Watch the official trailer below.

Asphalt City

Asphalt City is a 2023 crime drama thriller Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, from a screenplay by Ben Mac Brown, Shannon Burke, and Ryan King. Vertical and Roadside Attractions co-acquired North American rights from Sculptor Media.

Young paramedic Ollie Cross (Tye Sheridan) is partnered with experienced medic Gene Rutkovsky (Sean Penn), who thrusts him into the harsh realities of New York’s inner-city streets. Amidst high crime rates, homelessness, and widespread drug use, Ollie finds his perspective on life and death beginning to shift.

The cast includes Tye Sheridan, Sean Penn, Gbenga Akkinagbe, Raquel Nave, Kali Reis, Michael C. Pitt, Katherine Waterston, and Mike Tyson.

Asphalt City is set to debut in theaters March 29th, courtesy of Vertical Entertainment. Watch the official trailer below.

Parish

Parish is a 2024 crime drama television series created by Sunu Gonera, based on the BBC One series The Driver.

Gracián 'Gray' Parish (Giancarlo Esposito), a good man with a troubled past, has given up his life of crime to be a family man. However, when his son is violently murdered, old habits return, sending Parish on a relentless quest with moral intentions and dangerous consequences.

The cast includes Giancarlo Esposito, Arica Himmel, Paula Malcomson, Ivan Mbakop, Bonnie Mbuli, Zackary Momo, Dax Rey, and Skeet Ulrich.

Parish is set to debut March 31st on AMC. Watch the official trailer below.

The Listener

The Listener is a 2022 drama film directed by Steve Buscemi and written by Alessandro Camon. It stars Tessa Thompson in the film's only on-screen role as a helpline volunteer. The film premiered as the closing film of the Giornate Degli Autori section of the 2022 Venice International Film Festival on September 9, 2022. It also screened as part of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival Industry Selects section.

Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Eventually, Beth’s own story comes to light, revealing why she does it. All along we remain with her: listening, comforting, connecting – patching the world back together, one stitch at a time. 

The Listener is scheduled to be released in limited theaters March 29th, courtesy of Vertical Entertainment. Watch the official trailer below.

A Cat's Life

A Cat’s Life is a 2023 French family adventure drama directed by Guillaume Maïdatchevsky, from a screenplay by Maïdatchevsky, Michaël Souhaité, and Maurice Genevoix. Serving as producers on the film are Jean-Pierre Bailly and Stéphane Millière. The film has been dubbed in English for a theatrical release in the United States.

Clémence rescues a kitten in her Parisian attic, and names him Lou. They form an unbreakable bond. They venture to the countryside for her family's vacation, where Lou's curiosity leads to thrilling adventures in the woods. Amidst new friendships and dangers, Lou's journey unfolds, marking a transformation from a curious kitten to a brave and adventurous cat.

The cast includes Capucine Sainson-Fabresse, Corinne Masiero, and Lucie Laurent.

A Cat’s Life is set to debut in theaters March 29th, courtesy of Blue Fox Entertainment. Watch the official trailer below.

The Beautiful Game

The Beautiful Game is a 2024 British sports drama film directed by Thea Sharrock and written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce.

The squad of English homeless footballers, including the talented but troubled striker Vinny, are led by their coach Mal, to compete in Rome at the global annual football tournament, the Homeless World Cup.

The film stars Bill Nighy, Micheal Ward, Daniel Attwel, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Callum Scott Howells, Kit Young, and Sheyi Cole.

The Beautiful Game is scheduled to be released by Netflix on March 29th. Watch the official trailer below.

Palm Royale

Palm Royale is a 2024 ten-part period comedy-drama television miniseries created by Abe Sylvia, based on the 2018 novel Mr. & Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel.

Set in 1969, outsider Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) strives to attain a place in Palm Beach high society through the town's most exclusive resort club, in the process learning what she will and won't do to achieve this.

The cast includes Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb, Amber Chardae Robinson, Kaia Gerber, Laura Dern, Allison Janney, Carol Burnett, and Bruce Dern.

3 Body Problem

3 Body Problem is an upcoming science fiction television series created by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo based on the novel of the same name by Liu Cixin.

Ye Wenjie is an astrophysicist who saw her father brutally murdered during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Later, she was conscripted by the military because of her scientific background and sent to a secret radar base in a remote region of China. Her fateful decision in the 1960s echoes across space and time to a group of scientists in the present day, forcing them to face humanity's greatest threat.

The series is expected to premiere on Netflix on March 21, 2024. Watch the official trailers below.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a 2024 supernatural comedy film directed by Gil Kenan (Monster House, Poltergeist) from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jason Reitman. It is the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and the fifth film in the Ghostbusters franchise.

Following the success of Afterlife, Sony announced the sequel in April 2022, with Reitman returning as director but was later replaced by Kenan. It is the first film in the Ghostbusters franchise made without the involvement of Ivan Reitman, who directed the first two films and produced subsequent films until his death in February 2022.

The cast includes Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Logan Kim, Celeste O'Connor, Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and William Atherton portraying their characters from the earlier films, while Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, James Acaster and Emily Alyn Lind join the cast.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is scheduled to be released by Sony Pictures Releasing on March 22, 2024. Watch the official trailers below.