AmazonMGM studios, who recently got the rights to the James Bond, 007 series have announced that Dune~2020 director Denis Villeneuve will helm and produce the next movie in the long running series.

The Last movie, No Time To Die was released in 2021 after a year delay due to the COVID 19 cinema closures and it saw the end of the Broccoli era and the Daniel Craig series of movies.

Since then online retailer Amazon has bought MGM Studio who co-owned the rights to the series and have taken full controll of the movie rights.

Getting director Villeneuve in to direct and produce potentially means that Amazon are taking the series in much darker direction.

Its still early days yet and a script needs to be written, as well as a title announcement etc., and there has been no announcement yet of who will even play the title character after the departure of Craig in the last movie.

No idea of a release window as the director is in production of the third Dune movie Dune Messiah currently.

Via Variety

Another new trailer to check out for upcoming movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is due for release in the UK on 25th July 2025
• It is due for release in North America on 25th July 2025
• It stars among others Pedro Pascal (We Can Be Heroes) and Vanessa Kirby (About Time)
• It is directed by Matt Shakman (The Fantastic Four: First Steps)
• The movie also stars Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Ralph Ineson
• Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby appeared together in Avengers Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars

Synopsis for The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name. One of Marvel's most iconic families makes it back to the big screen, the Fantastic Four.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

Another new poster has been released for upcoming movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Pedro Pascal (Exposed) and Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
• It is directed by Matt Shakman (The Fantastic Four: First Steps)
• The movie also stars Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Ralph Ineson
• The UK release date is 25th July 2025
• And the release date in North America is 25th July 2025
• Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby appeared together in Avengers Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars

Synopsis for The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name. One of Marvel's most iconic families makes it back to the big screen, the Fantastic Four.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

Continuing the animation to movie trend Disney have been doing of late Lilo and Stitch~2025 has ben given a U age rating in the UK for very mild threat, violence, upsetting scenes, rude humour, language

The character of Stich is CGI but there are live action people in this version headed up by Maia Kealoha as Lilo who is making a feature film debut, it also stars Sydney Agudong who has starred in At Her Feet and West Michigan.

Directing the movie is Dean Fleischer Camp who previously directed Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.

Movie Synopsis

A lonely girl befriends a mischievous alien fugitive.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Lilo and Stitch
• BBFC age rating: U Certificate
• Reason: very mild threat, violence, upsetting scenes, rude humour, language
• Release date: 21st May 2025
• Runtime: 108 minutes (1 hours 48 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Dean Fleischer Camp
• Starring:
  • Maia Kealoha
  • Sydney Agudong
  • Hannah Waddingham

BBFC movie page

Check out the new trailer and poster for upcoming movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is directed by Matt Shakman
• It stars Pedro Pascal (Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe) and Vanessa Kirby (Napoleon) among others.
• The movie also stars Julia Garner, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn
• The release date in the UK is 25th July 2025
• While the North American release date is set for 25th July 2025
• Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby appeared together in Avengers Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars

Synopsis for The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name. One of Marvel's most iconic families makes it back to the big screen, the Fantastic Four.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.