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A24 has quickly become one of the biggest names amongst cinephiles. Since releasing Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers back in 2013, the studio has grown year by year, and has released several Oscar-winning films including Barry Jenkins' Moonlight and the Daniels' Everything Everywhere All at Once. 2025 is fixing to be another big year for the indie giant, with some of their most star-studded features to date.
'Parthenope'
February 7, 2025
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Paul Sorrentino |
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Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Lanzetta and Isabella Ferrari |
Parthenope marks the latest film from acclaimed Italian auteur Paolo Sorrentino (The Hand of God). Set in Naples, the movie follows the titular character (played at different ages by Celeste Dalla Porta and Stefania Sandrelli) as she navigates love, youth, and family in her home city.
'The Legend of Ochi'
February 28, 2025
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Isaiah Saxon |
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Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, with Emily Watson and Willem Dafoe |
A24 may be one of the biggest names among cinephiles, but they have very rarely ventured into the realm of family-friendly entertainment. That will change with the fantastical adventure The Legend of Ochi, which follows a young girl (Helena Zengel) who befriends a young mythical creature known as an ochi, and sets off on an adventure away from her village to reunite the cute critter with its family. Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), Academy Award nominee Emily Watson (Dune: Prophecy), and Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) co-star.
'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl'
March 7, 2025
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Bird's Tale |
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Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, and Henry B.J. Phiri |
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl is the newest film from writer-director Runagno Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch) and follows Shua (Susan Chardy), a young woman who, while driving on an empty road one night, discovers the corpse of her uncle. As the funeral gets underway, Shua's relatives unearth some shocking secrets about her family.
'Opus'
March 14, 2025
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Mark Anthony Green |
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Ayo Edebiri, Amber Midthunder, with Juliette Lewis, and John Malkovich |
The Bear's Ayo Edebiri is about to become a scream queen as the lead in Mark Anthony Green's psychological horror film, Opus. Edebiri plays a young writer who receives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit the remote compound of a renowned pop star who disappeared without a trace 30 years before. Upon her arrival, the young woman begins to be unnerved by the cult-like lifestyle the pop star has constructed.
'Death of a Unicorn'
Spring 2025
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Alex Scharfman |
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Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, and Richard E. Grant |
Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) and Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) are starring in a different kind of fairy tale in the dark comedy Death of a Unicorn. The movie follows a father and daughter who accidentally hit and kill a unicorn with their car. They ultimately bring the mythical creature to the estate of a grossly wealthy family where they realize that it isn't dead, and it's not as gentle as they think it'd be.
'Warfare'
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Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland |
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D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, with Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton. |
Fresh off of the commercial and critical success of Civil War, Academy Award-nominated writer and director Alex Garland is teaming up with Iraq War Veteran Ray Mendoza for the real-time war thriller simply titled Warfare. D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Reservation Dogs) will play a young Mendoza alongside a vast ensemble cast of some of the hottest young actors in the business.
'Marty Supreme'
December 25, 2025
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Josh Safdie |
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Timothèe Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler the Creator, Odessa A'zion, Penn Jillette, Kevin O'Leary, Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher |
After garnering much acclaim for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, Timothèe Chalamet is set to play the title role in the raunchy sports dramedy Marty Supreme. Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems) directs the film, which is loosely based on the career of professional ping-pong player Marty Reisman.
'BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions'
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Kahlil Joseph |
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Shaunette Renée Wilson, Kaneza Schaal, Hope Giselle, Peter Jay Fernandez, Penny Johnson Jerald, Zora Casebere |
Based on Kahlil Joseph's acclaimed art installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is an experimental feature that combines animation, documentary filmmaking, and live-action filmmaking to tell the story of West African curator and scholar Funmilayo Akechukwu, and how her latest project leads her to cross paths with a journalist who radically changes her worldview.
'Bring Her Back'
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Danny and Michael Philippou |
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Sally Hawkins, Billy Barratt, Jonah Wren Phillips, Sally-Anne Upton, Stephen Phillips, Sora Wong, Liam Damons |
YouTubers turned filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou hit it big with Talk To Me, and now they are reuniting with A24 for their mysterious new horror movie Bring Her Back. Not much is known about the plot of the movie, but we do know that it will star Academy Award nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water).
'Eddington'
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Ari Aster |
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Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes, Deidre O'Connell, Micheal Ward, and Clifton Collins Jr. |
After their polarizing surrealist epic Beau Is Afraid, Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix is reuniting with writer-director Ari Aster for the modern western dark-comedy Eddington. Much of the plot is being kept under wraps, although the movie is said to have Phoenix play a sheriff in a small town who butts heads with the corrupt mayor (Pedro Pascal). Academy Award winner Emma Stone (Poor Things) will play the wife of Phoenix's character.
'Eternity'
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David Freyne |
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Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, Callum Turner, Da'Vine Joy Randolph |
Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision), Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick), and Callum Turner (Masters of the Air) star in the new romantic comedy Eternity, which follows three individuals who after death, must decide who they want to spend the rest of eternity with. Academy Award winner Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) also stars.
'Friendship'
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Andrew DeYoung |
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Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer, Josh Segarra, Billy Bryk |
I Think You Should Leave's Tim Robinson is teaming up with Paul Rudd for what Collider's Ross Bonaime calls "the next great cult comedy," Friendship. The movie follows Craig Waterman, a suburbanite dad who lives a boring life, who begins to gain an unhealthy obsession with his cool new neighbor Brian.
'Highest 2 Lowest'
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Spike Lee |
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Denzel Washington, ASAP Rocky, Jeffrey Wright, Ice Spice, Ilfenesh Hadera |
Academy Award winners Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are teaming up for the fifth time for Highest 2 Lowest, a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 classic High and Low. This new version will find Washington as a music mogul who has a dramatic fall from grace after paying the ransom for a kidnapping gone wrong.
'Huntington'
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John Patton Ford |
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Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Ed Harris, Jessica Henwick, Zach Woods, Topher Grace, Raff Law, Bill Camp |
With the successes of Top Gun: Maverick, Anyone but You, Hit Man, and Twisters, Glen Powell has become one of the biggest movie stars working today. Huntington marks one of Powell's three major films arriving next year and is said to be inspired by the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets. Powell plays Becket Redfellow, a young man who schemes to murder his family in order to inherit their wealth. Emily the Criminal's John Patton Ford directs the movie.
'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You'
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Mary Bronstein |
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Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald, Lark White, Ivy Wolk, Daniel Zolghadri, Delaney Quinn, and A$AP Rocky |
In Mary Bronstein's If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids) stars as a grieving mother who is forced to face her child's mysterious illness alone, as well as an absentee husband and a cruel therapist.
'Materialists'
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Celine Song |
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Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans |
Celine Song follows up her Oscar-nominated drama Past Lives with the starry romantic comedy Materialists. Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey) stars as a New York City matchmaker and her relationship with her ex-boyfriend and a wealthy businessman. Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans (Captain America: Civil War) co-star.
'Mother Mary'
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David Lowery |
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Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel, Hunter Schafer, Kaia Gerber, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sian Clifford, FKA Twigs |
David Lowery (The Green Knight) returns once again to the indie giant with another fascinating project, the musical melodrama Mother Mary. Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables) and Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You) star as a famous pop star and a fashion designer who begin an unlikely relationship. Pop icons Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff wrote original songs for the film.
'The Smashing Machine'
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Benny Safdie |
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Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt |
After leading big-budget studio movies such as Red One and Black Adam, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will be taking on his most challenging role to date as former wrestler and MMA-fighter Mark Kerr. The Smashing Machine will be directed by Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems) and will chronicle Kerr's struggles with his addiction to narcotics. Academy Award nominee Emily Blunt, who co-starred with Johnson in Jungle Cruise, will play Kerr's wife, Dawn Staples
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