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Summer Guide 2024 Summer Movies Preview
Theatrical and streaming releases calendar, plus local outdoor film series
By Scott Renshaw
The 2023 strikes by the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America might yet be having ripple effects on the release slate, but there are still plenty of high-profile titles on the way for the summer movie season. Here's a roundup of what you'll find in theaters (plus a few streaming titles). All release dates are subject to change.
May 17
Headliner: IF. A young girl develops the ability to see all the imaginary friends left behind by kids who have grown up. And some of them are so adorable! Also: Marisa Abela plays Amy Winehouse in the musical biopic Back to Black; the creepy home invaders from the 2008 thriller The Strangers get an origin story in The Strangers: Chapter 1; two troubled teenagers get caught up in the world of a fantasy television series in I Saw the TV Glow.
May 24
Headliner: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Director George Miller returns to his post-apocalyptic franchise, with Anya Taylor-Joy in the origin of the Charlize Theron character from Fury Road. Also: The lasagna-loving comic-strip cat returns in The Garfield Movie; Jennifer Lopez goes on a mission to stop an AI soldier (Simu Liu) determined to destroy humanity in the Netflix sci-fi epic Atlas.
May 31
Headliner: Robot Dreams. The 2023 Oscar-nominated animated feature—and one of last year's best films—about a dog and his robot companion finally gets a theatrical release. Also: A divorced stand-up comedian (Bobby Canavale) takes a road trip with his autistic son in Ezra; childhood BFFs Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard take a comedic reunion trip in Summer Camp; Daisy Ridley plays pioneering distance swimmer Trudy Ederle in the biopic Young Woman and the Sea.
June 7
Headliner: Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back in action; remember how the previous one was the last big movie before the pandemic? Also: Dakota Fanning is among several strangers trapped in a room by a mysterious entity in The Watchers; Glen Powell stars in the sort-of-true story of a college professor who becomes an undercover cop posing as a hired assassin in Netflix's Hit Man.
June 14
Headliner: Inside Out 2. Amy Poehler and Phyllis Smith are joined by new emotions in the sequel to the Pixar animated hit. Also: A grieving father joins a community theater production of Romeo & Juliet in the Sundance favorite Ghostlight.
June 21
Headliner: The Bikeriders. Austin Butler and Tom Hardy are among the members of a 1960s motorcycle club that turns to crime. Also: June Squibb plays a grandmother on a mission to recover money stolen from her in a phone fraud in Thelma; Jessica Alba plays a Special Forces veteran taking on organized crime in Trigger Warning.
June 28
Headliner: A Quiet Place: Day One. Just in case you wondered what things were like when the blind aliens of A Quiet Place first came to earth ... now you'll know. Also: Kevin Costner explores the settling of the 19th-century American West in Horizon: An American Saga – Part 1 (with Part 2 coming Aug. 16)
July 3-5
Headliner: Despicable Me 4. More Gru! More Minions! More silly voices! Also: Ti West (X, Pearl) continues his horror partnership with actor Mia Goth in the 1980s porn industry-set MaXXXine. Eddie Murphy once again dons a Detroit Lions jacket in Los Angeles in Netflix's Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
July 12
Headliner: Fly Me to the Moon. Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum are part of a team staging a back-up fake moon landing in 1969 in case Apollo 11 fails. Also: Maika Monroe is an FBI agent on the trail of serial killer Nicolas Cage in Longlegs.
July 19
Headliner: Twisters. Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones are among the tornado-chasing scientists in this kinda-remake of the 1996 adventure.
July 26
Headliner: Deadpool and Wolverine. Hugh Jackman returns to play the claw-wielding mutant, teamed up with real-life pal Ryan Reynolds.
Also: A Chinese-American boy's coming-of-age is at the center of the Sundance award-winning drama Dìdi.
Aug. 2
Headliner: Harold and the Purple Crayon. The beloved children's book becomes a fantasy with Zachary Levi starring as the now-grown Harold entering the real world. Also: A teenager facing difficult life choices gets a warning from her grown-up self (Aubrey Plaza) in My Old Ass.; a SpongeBob SquarePants character gets a spinoff movie in Netflix's Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.
Aug. 9
Headliner: Trap. M. Night Shyamalan's latest casts Josh Hartnett as a dad who takes his teen daughter to a pop concert that turns out to have a secret purpose. Also: Blake Lively deals with the repercussions of a traumatic childhood in It Ends With Us; Eli Roth directs the video-game adaptation Borderlands.
Aug. 16
Headliner: Alien: Romulus. A group of young space colonizers encounter—you guessed it—the deadliest double-jawed creature in the universe. Also: Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry team up for a European spy mission in Netflix's The Union.
Aug. 23
Headliner: The Crow. Bill Sarsgård takes on the role of vengeance-seeking murder victim Eric Draven in the new adaptation of the James O'Barr comic book.
Aug. 30
Headliner: Kraven the Hunter. Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the Marvel Comics character who survives a lion mauling, only to develop unique powers.
Sept. 6
Headliner: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. After nearly 40 years, Michael Keaton returns to play the mischievous spirit for director Tim Burton.
Local Outdoor Movie Series
Utah Film Center Summer Outdoor Movie Series
(Liberty Park, utahfilmcenter.org)
July 12: Searching for Sugar Man
July 19: Nine Days
July 26: Robot Dreams
Aug. 2: Utah Filmmaker Showcase short films
Aug. 9: Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Spanish Fork Movies in the Park
(City Park, spanishfork.org)
June 7: Top Gun: Maverick
July 5: Coco
Kaysville
(Heritage Park, kaysville.gov)
June 15: Wonka
July 3: National Treasure and Moana
Aug. 17: Cars
Davis County Free Friday Movies
(Kenley Amphitheater, discoverdavis.com)
June 7: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
June 14: Vivo
June 21: Shrek
June 28: Miracle
July 5: Mary Poppins Returns
July 12: The Goonies
July 19: Top Gun: Maverick
July 26: Zootopia
Aug. 2: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Aug. 9: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Aug. 16: The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Aug. 23: The Bad Guys
Aug. 30: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
SCERA Shell,
Orem (scera.org)
June 12: Labyrinth
June 19: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
July 10: An American Tail
July 17: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Aug. 7: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Aug. 14: Field of Dreams
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