With the new year already started the movie industry is kicking off a busy year with a lot of new releases coming out. Almost every genre is getting something new, along with old classics getting retellings. 

• Inside Out 2 

• Coming out June 14.
• Directed by Kelsey Mann and produced by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy 

• Rated PG 

Now a teenager instead of a kid like the last time we saw her, Riley is facing new emotions and challenges. The Emotions meet Anxiety and they don’t know how to handle it. 

• Twisters 

• Coming out July 19.

• Directed by Lee Isaac Chung and produced by Universal Pictures

• Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller 

• Rated PG-13

Based on the 1996 movie “Twister”,two storm chasers put their lives on the line, trying to test “an experimental weather alert system.”  

• Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice 

• Coming out September 6.
• Directed by Tim Burton and produced by Warner Bros. 
• Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror 

• Rated PG-13

Little has been released about the plot except for it’s a story of family in the most odd ways. 

• Kung Fu Panda 4 

• Coming out March 8. 
• Directed by Mike Mitchell and produced by Universal Pictures
• Genre: Comedy, Adventure

• Rated PG

After following Po throughout his journey, he now has to train someone new to be a warrior. However, a new villain sets her eyes on the “Staff of Wisdom” and realizes that Po is going to need assistance.  

• The Garfield Movie 

• Coming out May 24.
• Directed by Mark Dindal and produced by Sony Pictures 
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family

• Rated PG

After an unpredicted meeting with his biological father, Garfield is sucked into a risky heist. 

• Back to Black 

• Coming out May 17.
• Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and produced by Focus Features 
• Genre: Biography, Drama, Music

• Rated PG-13

About how singer Amy Winehouse was inspired to write her song “Back to Black” based on her relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil. 

• Moana 2 

• Coming out November 27. 
• Directed by David G. Derrick Jr. and produced by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 
• Genre: Family, Comedy, Adventure

• Rated PG

After getting a curious call from her ancestors, Moana starts her journey out into the ocean.

• Imaginary 

• Coming out March 8. 
• Directed by Jeff Wadlow and produced by Blumhouse Productions
• Genre: Horror

• Rated PG-13 

Returning to her childhood home, a young woman comes back to find out her old imaginary friend isn’t so fake. Not only that, but he is upset that she left him behind.

• Deadpool & Wolverine 

• Coming out July 26.
• Directed by Shawn Levy and produced by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 
• Genre: Action, Comedy, SciFi

• Rated R

With a common threat on the rise again, Deadpool and a recovering Wolverine work together.