Hopefully prodigy star Ryan Kiera Armstrong is still too young to feel the pressure. Release date: May 13 in theaters and on Peacock Here are our 25 most anticipated releases: 25. Moviegoers who bemoan the dominance of sequels and franchises should also be happy to hear there’s plenty of original fare, too, including the latest mind-bender from Jordan Peele ( Nope), Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic ( Elvis) and an actioner teaming Brad Pitt with a high-speed locomotive ( Bullet Train) - not to mention some super-buzzy indies. How belated is the release of Top Gun: Maverick? Initial filming on the three-plus-decades-later sequel was completed over three years ago.īut there’s still plenty of mega-films to get excited about, including two Marvel movies ( Thor 4 and Doctor Strange 2), another jaunt into Jurassic World, and the Toy Story-spinoff Lightyear. Hollywood is still digging out of a pandemic, after all, and there’s a clear indication we’re reaching the end of the backlog of high profile releases delayed over the past two years. To be candid, the summer of 2022 will likely not be confused with any of the greatest summer movie seasons ever. Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel), Jurassic World: Dominion (Universal), Nope (Universal), Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount), Lightyear (Pixar)