In Richard Linklater’s successful action-comedy, Glen Powell performs a dweeby, jorts-wearing undercover Houston cop posing as a suave and horny hit man. Issues begin to go sideways when sparks fly with a girl he’s employed to kill (Adria Arjona). Much more inconceivable than Powell being a nerd? The entire story is certainly based mostly on actual occasions. It’s a lot enjoyable, you gained’t have the ability to cease your self smiling. One much-discussed scene has left audiences applauding mid movie—keep away from spoilers in any respect prices. —LWM

Beetlejuice 2 (September 6)

Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, and Michael Keaton are reprising their roles in Tim Burton’s 1988 traditional for the beloved auteur’s long-awaited sequel, which can see them joined by an all-star supporting solid together with Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, and Willem Dafoe. —RS

Joker: Folie à Deux (October 4)

Since Joker revamped $1 billion and earned its barnstorming lead a best-actor Oscar, anticipation has been sky-high for Todd Phillips’s follow-up to that disturbing psychological thriller, a—await it—musical that stars Girl Gaga because the eccentric Harley Quinn alongside Phoenix’s beleaguered Joker. Sure, actually. —RS

Gladiator 2 (November 22)

Scorching on the heels of Napoleon comes one other hovering historic blockbuster from Ridley Scott: the story of Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal)—the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus, who was seen as a baby in 2000’s Gladiator—as he reaches maturity. With a stellar ensemble that additionally options Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, and Stranger Issues’s Joseph Quinn, it ought to be a swords-and-sandals epic like no different. —RS

Depraved: Half 1 (November 27)