From outer space threats to dangerous dino drama — from super-powered action to robotic horror — and from mega-budget blockbusters to direct-to-video cheapies, 2025's sci-fi movie lineup is shaping up to be out of this world.
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00:00From outer space threats to dangerous dino-drama, from super-powered action to robotic horror,
00:07and from mega-budget blockbusters to direct-to-video cheapies, 2025's sci-fi movie lineup is shaping
00:12up to be out of this world.
00:15If you're trying to predict the biggest box office hit of 2025, never bet against James
00:19Cameron.
00:20The filmmaker's third Avatar film, titled Avatar, Fire & Ash, arrives just three years
00:24after Avatar The Way of Water, a much shorter wait than the 13 years between Way of Water
00:29and the first Avatar, thanks to both sequels being filmed simultaneously.
00:33After two multi-billion dollar hits in a row, nobody should be arguing that audiences just
00:37don't care about Cameron's blue cat aliens this time around.
00:40It goes without saying that Fire & Ash will feature some of the most mind-blowing special
00:44effects of the year, but if that's not enough reason to get excited, actor Jack Champion
00:48has told The Hollywood Reporter that the script takes a hard left turn from the formula established
00:53in the previous movies.
00:54The introduction of a new fire-based Na'vi tribe known as the Ash People promises to
00:58complicate the morality of the story and send it in a darker direction.
01:02Avatar Fire & Ash opens in theaters on December 19th, 2025.
01:06Oh, shoot!
01:07Dude, let's get out of here!
01:10Yeah!
01:11Of the three Marvel Cinematic Universe films currently scheduled for release in 2025, Captain
01:17America Brave New World is the one official sequel.
01:20Thunderbolt's give-or-take The Asterix will continue plot threads from multiple previous
01:23Marvel movies, but isn't exactly a sequel.
01:26While the Fantastic Four First Steps is something new for the franchise altogether, as the fourth
01:31Captain America film, Brave New World looks to continue the story of not the third Captain
01:35America film, but the Disney Plus miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
01:39Classified as a science-fiction action-adventure film on the Disney Plus website, the film
01:43sees Anthony Mackie-Sam Wilson, aka the new Captain America, face off against the newly
01:48elected President Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford, who is also the Red Hulk.
01:54Since when were they red?
01:57The Julius O'Neill-directed political thriller has gone through tons of reshoots, but hopefully
02:01all that work pays off as the MCU continues to course-correct after several years of inconsistent
02:07projects.
02:08Captain America Brave New World opens in theaters on February 14th, 2025.
02:12Megan 2.0
02:13At the end of her first movie, she might have met a grisly end, at least for her robot.
02:17But Megan is back, baby, and she's better than ever.
02:20Megan 2.0 is a follow-up to the fan-favorite Megan.
02:23The evil robot doll Megan became the first Gen Z horror icon in 2023, and moving the
02:28release date from the January doldrums to the peak of summer movie season implies confidence
02:32this follow-up could be an even bigger hit than the first.
02:35The returning team of director Gerald Johnstone and writer Akayla Cooper have many opportunities
02:39to play with growing anxieties about the use of artificial intelligence in this sequel.
02:44If one Megan sequel isn't enough for you, an R-rated erotic thriller spinoff titled
02:48Soulmate is scheduled for release in 2026.
02:51Megan 2.0, on the other hand, opens in theaters on June 27th, 2025.
02:57To some fans of the original 1993 Jurassic Park, the Jurassic World movies were sort
03:01of hit or miss.
03:02But despite fans' complaints, each one of them has made over a billion dollars worldwide.
03:07So of course Universal will continue pumping out sequels.
03:10The new one, Jurassic World Rebirth, might just offer something of a reset for those
03:13who have grown cynical about the franchise.
03:15David Koepp, screenwriter of the first two Jurassic Park films, is returning, while director
03:20Gareth Edwards has brought epic visual splendor to films like Rogue One, A Star Wars Story,
03:25and 2014's Godzilla.
03:27Rebirth stars Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and Jonathan Bailey as a team on an undercover
03:31mission to retrieve genetic materials from dinosaurs living in the tropics for the sake
03:35of developing a life-saving drug.
03:37The official synopsis says this team will, quote, come face-to-face with a sinister,
03:41shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.
03:45"...whatever that means."
03:47Jurassic World Rebirth opens in theaters on July 2nd, 2025.
03:52The Tron franchise has never quite reached widespread popularity, but its cult fandom
03:56keeps Disney going back to the digital well over the long term.
03:59The upcoming Tron Ares, directed by Joakim Roening, has been described as more of a standalone
04:04sequel rather than a direct follow-up to 2010's Tron Legacy.
04:08Another film dealing with the topical issue of AI, Tron Ares follows a powerful computer
04:12program played by Jared Leto, who escapes from the world of Tron into the real world
04:16on a special mission.
04:17Given how much of the appeal of Tron is based on the stunning art direction and visual effects
04:22for its video game universe, it remains to be seen how much appeal a real-world-based
04:25Tron movie will have compared to its predecessors.
04:28One thing that's guaranteed to be great, however, is the soundtrack.
04:31Nine Inch Nails will be following in the footsteps of Wendy Carlos and Daft Punk, for what's
04:35sure to be another incredible score for the series.
04:38Tron Ares opens in theaters on October 10th, 2025.
04:43In retrospect, the decision to send Prey straight to Hulu seems like a major mistake on Disney
04:47and 20th Century Studios' behalf.
04:49The studio is correcting bad blunder by giving Predator Badlands a new standalone sequel
04:54with Prey director Dan Trachtenberg and screenwriter Patrick Aysen both returning, a proper theatrical
05:00release.
05:01A few details about the plot of Badlands are known at this time.
05:03How the franchise's killer alien antagonists enter the story is still a mystery, but casting
05:07notices have revealed that the film follows the divergent paths of two twin sisters, both
05:12of whom will be played by Elle Fanning.
05:14Even more of a mystery!
05:15A second, untitled Predator film from Trachtenberg is on its way, about which nothing is known
05:20except that it will be released sometime before Badlands.
05:23Predator Badlands opens in theaters on November 7th, 2025.
05:28Writing about every sci-fi sequel scheduled for 2025 includes looking at some series you
05:32might not even know exist.
05:34For example, who knew that the critically maligned 2010 alien invasion film Skyline
05:38is now an ongoing direct-to-video-on-demand franchise coming in on its fourth installment?
05:43And who knew that these widely ignored sequels are apparently much better than the first
05:47movie?
05:48Though, to be fair, that's not saying much.
05:49The original has a 14% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
05:52What we do know about the next entry in this under-the-radar franchise?
05:55Well, Iko Uwais, who previously starred in and did action choreography for 2017's Beyond
06:00Skyline, returns as Sua, the leader of the underground human resistance.
06:04In addition to fighting aliens, Sua will also trade blows with the human villain Erik,
06:08played by martial arts action favorite Scott Adkins.
06:11Writer-director Liam O'Donnell has been hyping the film up big time, telling Deadline,
06:15"...as crazy as it sounds, we see this as our own niche version of a Fast Five Avengers
06:20type of sequel, where we are bringing together the characters from previous installments
06:24into a bigger, crowd-pleasing sci-fi martial arts adventure."