Havoc and The Platform 2 – Pictures: Netflix / Instagram
We’re just over midway through July 2024, and it’s time to look at what new Netflix Original movies you, the viewers, are most excited about in the months and years to come. Taking advantage of IMDb’s MovieMETER metric, we’ve compiled the ten most anticipated Netflix movies.
Want to see the list of the most anticipated upcoming series? We maintain that monthly like we do with our movies list.
Keep checking back to What’s on Netflix for everything still to come to Netflix throughout 2024 and even into 2025.
Note: MOVIEmeter scores are correct as of July 19th, 2024. This list contains additional contributions from Jacob Robinson.
10
The Platform 2
Director: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Genre: Horror, Sci-fi
Cast: Natalia Tena, Hovik Keuchkerian, Óscar Jaenada, Milena Smit
EL HOYO (L to R) MILENA SMIT as PEREMPAUN in EL HOYO. Cr. NICOLAS DASSAS/NETFLIX © 2023
One of the biggest international movie hits Netflix has ever released was The Platform, a sci-fi horror that took place in a vertical prison that had a platform that lowered with food for the prisoners. After its wild success, the movie was greenlit for a sequel, which is finally hitting our screens this October.
9
The Deliverance
Director: Lee Daniels
Genre: Horror
Cast: Andra Day, Glenn Close, Anthony B. Jenkins and Caleb McLaughlin
Netflix Release Date: August 30th, 2024
The Deliverance. (L to R) Caleb McGlaughlin as Nate, Anthony B. Jenkins as Andre and Mo’Nique as Cynthia Henry in The Deliverance. Cr. Aaron Ricketts/Netflix © 2024
First optioned ten years ago before landing on Netflix in 2022, this horror movie will finally hit our screens at the end of August 2024. It also has a two-week theatrical window in case you want to see it on the big screen. The movie’s plot revolves around a family occupying a home, seemingly a portal to hell.
8
The Old Guard 2
Director: Victoria Mahoney, Dan Bradley
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Cast: Charlize Theron, Uma Thurman, KiKi Layne, Marwen Kenzari, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Production Status: Post-Production
Picture. The Old Guard 2 – Denever and Delilah Productions
The Old Guard arrived in the Summer of 2020 when the world was still in lockdown. After a fantastic performance that saw millions of subscribers stream worldwide, Netflix deemed it fit to greenlight a sequel, although it’s been an incredibly long wait for it.
Here’s what you can expect from the upcoming sequel, “Andromache of Scythia and her band of soldiers are back in this second story chronicling the battles and burdens of their dubious immortality. Nile’s addition to the team has given them new purpose and new direction, but when you’ve got 6,000 years of history at your back, the past is always ready to return with a vengeance.”
7
Havoc
Director: Gareth Evans
Genre: Action, Thriller
Cast: Tom Hardy, Timothy Olyphant, Forest Whitaker, Narges Rashidi, Luis Guzmán
Production Status: Post-Production
Netflix Release Date: TBD
Picture: Instagram
Known for such movies as The Raid and Netflix’s The Apostle, Gareth Evans is an incredibly talented director and will be returning to Netflix with this new crime thriller. Havoc will be Tom Hardy’s Netflix film debut, who, along with Evans, is listed as one of the producers.
The story is set after a drug deal gone wrong when a bruised detective must fight through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son while unraveling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy ensnares his entire city.
There is still no word on a release date for this movie – some say it’s the end of 2024, but it remains to be determined.
6
Back in Action
Director: Seth Gordon
Genre: Action, Comedy
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Kyle Chandler, Glenn Close, Andrew Scott
Coming to Netflix: November 15th, 2024
Back In Action. (L to R) Jamie Foxx as Matt and Cameron Diaz as Emily in Back In Action. Cr. John Wilson/Netflix © 2024.
Cameron Diaz is coming out of retirement after several years away from acting for her first Netflix Original. Set to be an action comedy, a genre that Jamie Foxx is exceptionally familiar with, the plot revolves around retired CIA spies Emily and Matt, who are pulled back into espionage after their secret identities are exposed.
5
The Electric State
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast: Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate, Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Stanley Tucci
Production Status: Post-Production
Netflix Release Date: 2024/2025
Picture: The Electric State – AGBO / Netflix
The Electric State is one of the most significant projects for the Russo brothers since their time ended at Marvel. Millie Bobby Brown headlines and is back for yet another Netflix project as the streamer continues to put her at the forefront of some of their most exciting projects.
“An orphaned teenager traverses the American West with a sweet but mysterious robot and an eccentric drifter in search of her younger brother.”
The movie could be released in 2024 but was notably missed out on Netflix’s 2024 release schedule. Watch this space.
4
Wake Up Dead Man (Knives Out 3
Director: Rian Johnson
Genre: Crime
Cast: Cailee Spaeny, Josh Brolin, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Renner, Daniel Craig, Mila Kunis, Josh O’Connor
Production Status: Filming
Picture: Netflix
The third entry in the Knives Out universe (and the second exclusive to Netflix) entered production this Summer. The sequel to Glass Onion is expected to be released in 2025. An all-star cast has again been assembled for the film, with Daniel Craig reprising his role as the astute Benoit Blanc.
3
The Union
Director: Julian Farino
Genre: Action, Thriller
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, J.K. Simmons, Halle Berry, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jackie Earle Haley
Production Status: Post-Production
Netflix Release Date: August 16th, 2024
The Union. (L to R) J.K. Simmons as Tom Brennan and Halle Berry as Roxanne Hall in The Union. Cr. Laura Radford/Netflix © 2024.
Originally named Our Man From Jersey, this new action thriller from writers Joe Barton and David Guggenheim, The Union, will be released on Netflix in mid-August 2024. The story revolves around a construction worker from Jersey who is thrust into the world of superspies when an ex-girlfriend recruits him.
2
Frankenstein
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Cast: Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, Christoph Waltz
Production Status: Production
Netflix Release Date: 2025
There have been many adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; however, you could argue there is currently no better director than Guillermo del Toro to tackle the classic tale.
“Dr. Pretorious, who needs to track down Frankenstein’s monster who is believed to have died in a fire forty years before in order to continue the experiments of Dr. Frankenstein.”
Undoubtedly, the huge ensemble cast coming together for this new horror is propelling it up the charts. Jacob Elordi leads with Mia Goth, and Oscar Isaac is also due to star.
1
The Thursday Murder Club
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Production Status: Production
Picture: Netflix
Announced earlier this year, Amblin Entertainment is producing this new adaptation of the Richard Osman book with Netflix reteaming with Chris Columbus, who they’ve worked with before on The Christmas Chronicles.
Featuring an absolutely stacked cast, here’s what you can expect from the movie:
“Four septuagenarian friends live in a retirement community and solve cold cases for fun. But when a shady property developer is found dead, the four find themselves in the middle of their first live crime.”
What are you looking forward to watching on Netflix soon? Let us know down below.