These Are The Movies We're Looking Forward To In 2025

Illustration: HuffPost; Photos: Warner Bros.Pictures, Kevin Mazur/Lionsgate, Glen Wilson/Disney Enterprises, Luka Cyprian/Bleecker Street, GettyThe year is just beginning, but we already have an entertainment calendar chock full of exciting releases.

There are a bunch of highly anticipated sequels — including “Den of Thieves,” “Freakier Friday” and “Megan 2.0,” a handful of original comedies such as “One of Them Days,” and the box-office return of some of our fave directors including Bong Joon-ho (“Mickey 17”) and Ryan Coogler (“Sinners”).Advertisement HuffPost’s Culture team marks a handful of movie releases that we’re excited to see in 2025.Take a look.“Den of Thieves 2” — Jan.

10, 2025Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr.return in this “Den of Thieves” sequel that picks up sometime after the 2018 film.

The action-heist continues with Los Angeles County Sheriff Nick (Butler) back on the hunt for Donnie (Jackson Jr.) after he escaped his clutches the first go-round.But this time, his investigation takes him overseas to Europe as Donnie plots a major robbery of the world’s largest diamond exchange.

I actually got a chance to screen this film already, and it’s loaded with plenty of action and unexpected twists that make for an entertaining follow-up.— Njera“Wolf Man” — Jan.

17, 2025After surviving an animal attack in the woods, a father (Christopher Abbott) begins terrorizing his wife (Julia Garner) and child as he transforms into something feral.— CandiceAdvertisement “One of Them Days” — Jan.

17, 2025Keke Palmer and SZA in "One of Them Days."Tristar PicturesComing off of an extremely precarious year, we’re going to need all the laughs we can get in 2025, and Issa Rae is starting us off right with a buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA.Directed by Lawrence Lamont and written by “Rap Sh!t” showrunner Syreeta Singleton, “One Of Them Days” gives serious “Friday” vibes as tw...