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October 2024 movies: Joker: Folie à Deux, Super/Man, Venom 3, more

October 2024 movies quick guide

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October 2024 brings a loaded lineup of movies, from franchise sequels to animated adaptations, as well as originals and documentary films.

Here’s a quick guide to help you plan your cinema trips.

(Editor’s note: The October 2024 movies release dates indicated below are for cinemas in the Philippines)

October 2: Joker: Folie à Deux

Start the month with Warner Bros. Pictures’ musical sequel to the 2019 Joker. Joaquin Phoenix returns as the titular alter ego to Arthur Fleck.

This time, he joined by the Grammy Award-winning Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, whom Joker meets while incarcerated at the Arkham City Asylum.

October 9: The Wild Robot

DreamWorks Animation is also bringing a new adaptation of the New York Times bestselling “The Wild Robot.”

For this film, the studio behind franchises like Kung Fu Panda and How To Train Your Dragon has brought together a cast composed of familiar names, like Mark Hamill and Lupita Nyong’o.

The epic adventure follows the journey of robot ROZZUM unit 7134, a.k.a. Roz, who is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings. Eventually, Roz becomes an adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.

October 16: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Real-life superhero Christopher Reeve finally has a fitting tribute through this documentary film — 20 years after his passing.

The Warner Bros. Pictures movie chronicles his astonishing rise from unknown actor to iconic big screen star, who portrayed the “Man of Steel” in four films.

After he was injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995, Reeve dedicated his life to find a cure for spinal cord injuries, as well as advocating for disability rights and care.

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story features never-before-seen intimate home movies, a trove of personal archive material, as well as extended interviews with Reeve’s family and his Hollywood colleagues and friends.

October 16: Smile 2

For those into thrillers, Paramount Pictures’ psychological horror sequel to Smile hits theaters mid-October.

This time, global sensation Skye Riley, played by Naomi Scott, begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events, just as she is about to embark on a new world tour.

She is forced to face her dark past and regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

October 23: Venom: The Last Dance

Speaking of latest installments, the much-awaited finale to Columbia Pictures’ Venom trilogy is coming in late October.

In Venom: The Last Dance, Eddie and Venom are on the run — Eddie from the military and Venom from his “own.”

The previous trailers also showed a preview of which antagonists might be in the film, so buckle up for an end-of-the-line ride.

October 23: The Colors Within

Lastly, Encore Films Philippines brings a Naoko Yamada film which was originally shown in Japan last year.

The Colors Within is about a high school student, Totsuko, who can see others’ “colors.” She forms a band with fellow student Kimi, who gives off the most beautiful color the protagonist has ever seen.

Rounding out the band members is Rui, a music enthusiast they meet in a far corner of town. Even though Totsuko does not play any instrument, music brings them together.

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UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony gets two more shows

Both shows will be held on the next day.

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The Philippines has an unquenchable love for game-based concerts (so *wink wink* please bring more of them). Though these concerts do generate a lot of hype, the drawback is that they often sell out way before most fans can grab tickets. If you’re an UNDERTALE fan, that experience might be rocking you right now, as both shows have already sold out. But fear not: UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony has just opened two more shows.

Late last month, Film Concerts PH, in partnership with SOHO Live, announced UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony happening on October 17. As expected, both shows, at 3pm and at 7pm, sold out very quickly after sales opened.

Today, the concert experience is opening two more shows on the next day, October 18. Like the original date, the two shows will happen at 3pm and at 7pm, allowing more fans to experience the concert.

The concert will be performed by the Filharmonika Orchestra and conducted by Thanapol Setabrahmana. Personally curated by creator Toby Fox and developed by Lambert Jackson with Materia Music, the concert experience showcases the game’s most recognizable tunes laid over gameplay footage playing simultaneously. Plus, for the world tour, the experience will have expanded scoring.

Tickets are available through Ticketmelon. Both dates will be held at The Proscenium Theater in Makati.

SEE ALSO: UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony hits Makati in October

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Here’s what you should watch before Avengers: Doomsday

The road to Doom begins here.

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As of today, the entirety of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will take around 650 hours to watch. So, if you wanted to catch up with everything before this December’s Avengers: Doomsday, you would need to allot around 5 hours per day to watch content from Marvel. For a lot of us, that sort of commitment is completely untenable. Thankfully, Marvel has released an official watchlist, paring the list down to something much more manageable.

Before the MCU got as big as it is today, it was fun to do a movie marathon heading into a major Marvel release. For example, when Avengers: Endgame came out, some theaters held continuous marathons lasting a few days. Take note that this was before Marvel officially included every TV show and legacy movie (like the X-Men universe).

Now, heading into Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel will not ask you to devote the rest of your year just for homework. Instead, here’s an official list you can use to catch up:

  • X-Men
  • X2
  • Captain America: The First Avenger
  • The Avengers
  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • Avengers: Endgame
  • Loki
  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Captain America: Brave New World
  • Deadpool & Wolverine
  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
  • Thunderbolts
  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Compared to the extensive list of everything Marvel, this official list is much more manageable, especially since there’s only one show (Loki). It’s also a veritable who’s who of the MCU, so it’s hard to get bored.

The official list as seen on Disney+

There are, however, a few surprises and spoilers. For one, if you’ve been avoiding the teasers and trailers, the X-Men films might be a shock to you. Likewise, the inclusion of the critically panned Brave New World is interesting.

The exclusions are just as noteworthy, too. Though the two earliest X-Men films are included, the list doesn’t add Days of Future Past, one of the first Marvel films to use time travel. Thor: Love and Thunder isn’t on here, despite Love, Thor’s adopted daughter, appearing in the trailers. Brand New Day is also missing, but that’s likely because the movie isn’t on Disney+ yet.

Avengers: Doomsday premieres in cinemas on December 18. Four months should be enough time to catch up on these titles.

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Marvel Studios unveils new X-Men cast

Adam Driver, Inde Navarette, more join Sadie Sink for film set for May 2028

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At the D23 Disney fan event, Marvel Studios has officially unveiled the cast of the new X-Men movie, which has been announced for a May 5, 2028 premiere.

Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige and director Jake Schreier were joined onstage by Sadie Sink, who made her debut as Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, for the showcase.

The trio then welcomed Sink’s new co-stars: Kit Connor as Scott Summers/Cyclops, Christopher Abbott as Professor Charles Xavier, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, and Maya Boyd as Storm.

Finally, Adam Driver crashed the panel with one final video surprise, where he revealed that he will be playing a very sinister figure named Nathaniel Milbury, a.k.a. Mister Sinister.

Mister Sinister has been a recurring antagonist throughout various X-Men media, including in Season 2 of the 1992 animated series and in the first season of X-Men ’97.

Now, he will serve as the main villain in the new X-Men film that jumpstarts the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Mutant Saga.

Given the initial cast, this X-Men reboot will be set in the earlier stages of the team’s lifecycle, taking audiences back to how the school built its foundation for a faithful setup based in the comics. Although within the MCU chronology, it will be set in the present day.

The rebooted X-Men film is now the third confirmed feature film in the post-Multiverse Saga MCU, after Black Panther 3 and Ghost Rider.

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