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Judy And Nick Are Back — And They Brought A Snake Who's Somehow Already Iconic

Nine years after the original became a $1 billion Oscar winner, Zootopia 2 reunites Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman as Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde for a case that finally answers the question the first movie dodged: where are all the reptiles? Ke Huy Quan joins the cast as Gary De'Snake, the mystery-solving pit viper causing chaos across the city, with original directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard back in charge.

James Cameron Is Setting Pandora On Fire — Literally

Avatar: Fire and Ash is the third chapter of Cameron's saga, bringing Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña's Sully family face-to-face with a terrifying new tribe called the Ash People. The trailer already has fans buzzing over Oona Chaplin's villainous Ash Queen Varang, and with the last two Avatar films sitting at #1 and #3 all-time at the box office, expectations couldn't be higher.

The Grid Is Back Online After 15 Years — With Jared Leto Now Running It

Tron: Ares marks the franchise's first new film since 2010's Tron: Legacy, sending Jared Leto's AI program Ares out of the digital world and into ours for humanity's first real encounter with artificial intelligence. Jeff Bridges returns as Kevin Flynn to pass the torch, and director Joachim Rønning has leaned into a Nine Inch Nails score to give the long-dormant series a fresh jolt.

Grab The Tissues — Elphaba And Glinda's Story Is Finally Ending

Wicked: For Good adapts Act Two of the Broadway phenomenon, picking up with Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba exiled and branded the Wicked Witch while Ariana Grande's Glinda embraces her new fame. The film brings two brand-new Stephen Schwartz songs to the screen and reunites Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, and Michelle Yeoh, following a first installment that scored 10 Oscar nominations.

The Animatronics Are Coming Back For Round Two — And They're Apparently Scarier

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 reunites Josh Hutcherson and Elizabeth Lail as the surprise 2023 horror hit becomes Blumhouse's highest-grossing movie ever gets a follow-up. Hutcherson has teased the sequel is going even bigger, saying "there's more animatronics being brought in, different animatronics being brought in," with Matthew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich also back in the fold.