Get ready for the next wave of Hollywood's brightest talents! From intense psychological thrillers to epic adaptations, we're spotlighting the most anticipated upcoming projects featuring actors who've recently captured audiences' attention. These rising stars are about to take their careers to new heights.
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00:00and they were screaming.
00:01And I've never been in a movie with that many people before.
00:04It was incredible.
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:07And today, we'll be looking at the most anticipated upcoming movies
00:10featuring actors who had their breakthrough in the early 2020s.
00:14You know what? I'm good.
00:16Because it's not going to happen for me.
00:18If it's not happening here, then it's definitely not happening at Emerson.
00:23The Long Walk.
00:24David Johnson.
00:25So I've got two films coming out this year.
00:27I've got one film, which is a Stephen King adaptation,
00:33myself and Cooper Hoffman, directed by the wonderful Francis Lawrence.
00:36The Long Walk remains one of only a few Stephen King books
00:40yet to receive a screen adaptation.
00:42The first novel King ever wrote, the story unfolds in a dystopian America
00:47where a totalitarian regime forces teenage boys
00:50into a grueling annual walking contest with only one survivor.
00:55After languishing in development hell since 1988,
00:58the film gained momentum in 2023
01:01when Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence was announced to helm the project.
01:05It's one of, if not my favorite, Stephen King novel.
01:11And it was something that actually, like, sort of crossed my desk years ago,
01:14not long after I finished Constantine.
01:16British actor David Johnson, known for his breakout roles in HBO's Industry
01:21and 2024's Alien Romulus, was cast in one of the two leading roles.
01:26It will be Johnson's first film since he won the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2025,
01:32edging out contenders like Mikey Madison and Jharrel Jerome.
01:36But this award is about the people,
01:40and as long as we keep telling stories about people,
01:43I think there'll be a space for me and for people like me.
01:47The Scurry.
01:48Ella Purnell.
01:49So I've decided I'm not gonna die a virgin.
01:53What? With who?
01:58When two pest controllers respond to a routine call about a vermin infestation,
02:02they unexpectedly find themselves in a battle against something far worse.
02:06A gang of killer squirrels.
02:08That is the delightfully absurd premise of the upcoming comedy horror film The Scurry.
02:14Once the squirrels have been corralled,
02:16and once their claws and teeth have been sharpened,
02:19and once they look real and frightening enough,
02:23then it'll be released, I mean.
02:25Written and directed by Welsh filmmaker Craig Roberts,
02:28The Scurry will star actress Ella Purnell in the lead,
02:32who is best known for her roles in TV shows Yellow Jackets and Fallout.
02:36While a release date hasn't been announced yet,
02:38principal photography on the film took place between April and May of 2024,
02:43so expect this bonkers horror flick to scurry into theaters sometime in 2025.
02:49I think we're all feeling some tension, yeah?
02:54A little stress?
02:57Shadow Force.
02:59Divine Joy Randolph.
03:00After years of delivering standout performances in acclaimed film and TV projects,
03:05Divine Joy Randolph finally received her due recognition
03:09when she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Holdovers.
03:12Are you out of your mind?
03:14I need a break from YouTube and all your damn bickering.
03:17Besides, I'm looking forward to visiting my little sister.
03:20She's pregnant.
03:21Randolph's return to the big screen following her Academy Award win
03:24will be in the 2025 action thriller Shadow Force.
03:28Led by Kerry Washington and Omar Sy,
03:31the film follows two former operatives of a special forces group
03:35who must protect their family while evading their former teammates.
03:38What do you got?
03:39Two rounds.
03:40I got one.
03:41Do you think maybe I should get the extra?
03:42It's not an extra.
03:44Yeah, but you know, I mean, usually I'm the better shot.
03:47Usually?
03:48Yeah.
03:48Not much is known about Randolph's role,
03:50but brief glimpses in the trailer suggest she plays a secondary character caught up in the chaos.
03:56Thankfully, we won't have to wait long to find out,
03:59as Shadow Force hits theaters in May 2025.
04:02Who's this sentient hunk?
04:04Can we play some music?
04:05You like Wu-Tang Clan, little man?
04:07Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothing to f*** with.
04:10Hurry Up Tomorrow
04:11Barry Keoghan
04:12In 2023, award-winning singer Abel, The Weeknd, Tess Faye,
04:17ventured into television by co-creating and starring in HBO's The Idol.
04:21Can I play you my new song?
04:23Are you desperate to put this specific song out?
04:25No, I'm not desperate to put anything out.
04:26My team is, because everyone in my life is like telling me that it's really great,
04:30but I don't believe that.
04:32Unlike his music, however, the series flopped spectacularly,
04:35but with his upcoming film, Hurry Up Tomorrow,
04:38the singer hopes to turn the tide.
04:40Co-written, produced, and also starring Tess Faye,
04:43this film doubles as a companion piece to his 2025 album of the same name.
04:47It features Oscar-nominated actor Barry Keoghan,
04:51best known for The Banshees of Ina Sheeran,
04:53and his star-making turn in 2023's Saltburn.
04:56Siblings.
04:57No.
04:59And, uh, my parents.
05:01What?
05:03Don't see them that much.
05:04Keoghan will play Lee, opposite Tess Faye and Jenna Ortega,
05:08who stars as Anima.
05:10Anticipation for the film is high,
05:12as Keoghan reportedly chose it as his first major project
05:15following his mainstream breakthrough.
05:18Call me by the old familiar name.
05:22Ivo!
05:25Wake Up Deadman.
05:26Kayleigh Spainey.
05:28Everyone's favorite detective, Benoit Blanc,
05:30returns for another sprawling mystery in Wake Up Deadman.
05:34The third installment in the Knives Out franchise.
05:36But I was obviously right.
05:39Richard is having an affair.
05:40His father-in-law found out and confronted him.
05:43You tell her, or I will.
05:44Like its predecessors, the film boasts an ensemble cast,
05:47featuring industry veterans such as Glenn Close,
05:50Josh Brolin, Jeremy Renner, and Kerry Washington,
05:53alongside fresh talent like Kayleigh Spainey.
05:56The young actress first made waves with her portrayal of Priscilla Presley
06:00in 2023's Priscilla,
06:02and kept the momentum going with acclaimed performances
06:05in Civil War and Alien Romulus.
06:08Wait.
06:11Do you see it?
06:17There.
06:18Spainey's role in the film has been kept under wraps,
06:20but if there's one thing we know for sure,
06:22it's that she's either going to be a victim in a murder or a suspect.
06:26This case confounds me.
06:28Just confounds me.
06:29We don't have a motive for Duke or Bertie.
06:33Do either of you two want to do a session or what?
06:36I'm on the clock.
06:37Frankenstein.
06:38Jacob Elordi.
06:39Acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has long dreamed of adapting
06:43the classic horror novel Frankenstein.
06:46In 2023, he finally got his wish when the project was greenlit by Netflix
06:50for a November 2025 release.
06:53I found Frankenstein and Pinocchio to be very moving in that way
06:57because they were journeys into discovering your place in the world.
07:03Del Toro's Frankenstein was initially set to star
07:06Andrew Garfield in the role of the monster,
07:08but scheduling conflicts forced the actor to bow out of the project.
07:12In January 2024, he was replaced by Australian actor Jacob Elordi,
07:16fresh off his buzz-worthy performances in the 2023 films Priscilla and Saltburn.
07:22Hey, that was so kind.
07:24Are you sure?
07:24I mean, it's a bit of a faff going back to college.
07:27Oh, you, you want me to take yours back?
07:29No, no, no, I just, I'm sorry.
07:31I just thought, I thought.
07:32If Bill Skarsgård sent audiences into a frenzy as the titular vampire in 2024's Nosferatu,
07:38we can only imagine the uproar when Elordi lumbers onto the screen as Frankenstein's monster.
07:44I want to show you in a clip.
07:45How's it smell?
07:46Does it smell anything like you?
07:48Smells like, like a, like a, like a washing room.
07:51Like detergent.
07:52That's not bad.
07:53Yeah, you have a good scent too.
07:54You smell very clean.
07:55The Housemaid, Sydney Sweeney.
07:58Does this suck?
08:02Are you worried we're gonna get bored?
08:06No.
08:06The 2022 psychological thriller novel The Housemaid became an instant breakout for author
08:11Freda McFadden, spending weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list.
08:15The story follows a young woman who takes a job as a housemaid for a wealthy couple,
08:20only to realize that things are not as they seem.
08:22Now the titular role will be brought to life by Sydney Sweeney,
08:26adding yet another high-profile project to her resume,
08:29which already boasts Euphoria, The White Lotus, and the 2023 rom-com Anyone But You.
08:35It's harder than you think.
08:36My parents don't even believe it yet.
08:38You told them five seconds ago.
08:39They know I would never go out with a guy like you.
08:42You've been with one guy your entire life.
08:44Jonathan's a better man than you'll ever be.
08:46She will also serve as an executive producer alongside co-star Amanda Seyfried,
08:51with Paul Feig directing.
08:52This highly anticipated adaptation promises to keep audiences on edge
08:56when it arrives in theaters on Christmas Day, 2025.
09:00She's actually clinically insane.
09:02It's the Jalilu for me.
09:04They are living in this big house and they put her in the attic with a cot and an itchy blanket.
09:10Like, red flag.
09:12After the Hunt.
09:13Ayo Edebri.
09:14Since her breakout role as sous chef Sydney Adamu on The Bear,
09:18Ayo Edebri seems unstoppable.
09:21Well, you have to do it again.
09:22What's gonna put us behind is if you keep on doing it for me.
09:24Carmi said that this is how we do it.
09:25I say send it back and cook it again, please and thank you.
09:31The actress has been everywhere, appearing in a wide range of projects,
09:34including Black Mirror, Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse, Inside Out 2, and Bottoms.
09:40For her next film, Edebri will star in Italian director Luca Guadagnino's latest project,
09:46After the Hunt, opposite Julia Roberts.
09:48Luca is such a visionary.
09:50I think his films speak to that, but he cares so deeply about human beings
09:57and their relationship to each other.
09:59In the film, Roberts plays a college professor who finds herself at a personal
10:03and professional crossroads when Edebri's character, one of her students,
10:07levels an accusation against another professor.
10:10Not much else has been released about the plot,
10:12but if Guadagnino's track record is anything to go by,
10:16expect a visually stunning and emotionally complex drama.
10:20So, how often does this happen?
10:25I don't know.
10:26Going after the same girl?
10:27Not as often as you think, actually.
10:28Really?
10:29Caught Stealing, Austin Butler.
10:31I heard that the director told you that it described your character
10:35as a psychopath sword master mixed with Mick Jagger.
10:39Right.
10:39Set in the gritty chaos of 1990s New York,
10:42Darren Aronofsky's 2025 crime thriller, Caught Stealing,
10:46marks his highly anticipated follow-up to 2022's The Whale.
10:50Based on Charlie Houston's book of the same name,
10:53the film follows Hank Thompson,
10:55a former baseball player who was thrown into a brutal fight
10:58for survival in the city's criminal underworld.
11:00Stepping up to the plate as Thompson is Oscar-nominated actor Austin Butler,
11:04fresh off the rave reviews for his turn as Faye Rotha Harkonnen in Dune Part 2.
11:13Who will sit on the throne?
11:17Faye Rotha Harkonnen.
11:20Known for his intense dedication to every role,
11:22Butler is sure to bring that same raw energy to this project.
11:26He will be joined by renowned performers like Regina King,
11:29Zoe Kravitz, Matt Smith, and Liev Schreiber.
11:33Well, the network wants me to do a ballad.
11:36I'm thinking about cutting it up with Hound Dog.
11:38Oh, Elvis Presley, Hound Dog.
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11:59The Odyssey
12:00Zendaya
12:01If you're a Hollywood actor and not part of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey,
12:05there's a chance you might be feeling left out.
12:07The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus' perilous 10-year journey home to Ithaca
12:12after the Trojan War.
12:13As he makes his way back, he's forced to contend with interruptions from the gods
12:17and other mythical creatures.
12:19Indeed, the upcoming 2026 epic has made headlines for its star-studded ensemble cast,
12:25including names like Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Lupita Nyong'o,
12:30Robert Pattinson, and Charlize Theron.
12:32Also on board is Zendaya, who is reportedly portraying Athena,
12:36the goddess protecting Telemachus, played by her real-life partner, Tom Holland.
12:41-"Hey. So where do you want to go?"
12:44-"Who cares?"
12:45-"Awesome. Let's go."
12:47Touted as Nolan's most ambitious project to date,
12:50The Odyssey will also be the most expensive entry in Zendaya's filmography,
12:55surpassing her blockbuster hits in the Dune and Spider-Man franchises.
12:59Shot across breathtaking locations in Morocco, Italy, and Greece,
13:04this cinematic spectacle has everyone counting down the days.
13:07It will also be the first time an adaptation of Homer's saga plays out on IMAX screens.
13:14The Odyssey hits theaters July 2026.
13:17Which of these upcoming films are you most excited to see?
13:20Let us know in the comments.
13:21-"I'm really sorry about this."
13:26-"I really am."
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