Get ready for a cynical journey through the most overhyped yet underwhelming movies coming in 2025 and beyond! We're diving into sequels, remakes, and franchise entries that nobody asked for but Hollywood is determined to produce.
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at some upcoming movies that no one seems
00:08to care about, despite the heavy marketing and name brand recognition.
00:17Now You See Me 3
00:32Despite the return of its all-star cast, we don't have high hopes for Now You See Me
00:353.
00:36It's been almost ten years since the second movie, which is an astounding wait for a follow-up,
00:40and we just don't know if the momentum is there for a third entry.
00:43And besides, it's not like the second movie was even very good, earning a pretty middling
00:47reception from both critics and general audiences.
01:00Not to mention that Ruben Fleischer is taking over directorial duties, and he does not have
01:06a particularly strong track record, minus Zombieland all the way back in 2009.
01:10It'll probably make for a passable night out, but we don't think anyone was really clamoring
01:14for a third Now You See Me.
01:24Tron Ares
01:25Disney, stop trying to make Tron happen.
01:32It's not going to happen.
01:33The other two movies have been moderate successes at best, despite their groundbreaking visual
01:37effects.
01:38Well, minus the ghastly de-aging effects on Jeff Bridges.
01:42That still haunts our nightmares.
01:51The franchise returns for a third movie, and a whopping fifteen years after Legacy.
01:56Strike while the iron is hot, people!
01:58But it doesn't really matter, because this movie A. has questionable casting choices,
02:02B. has no Daft Punk, C. has faced numerous production delays, D. takes place in the real
02:07world, and E. is directed by the guy who did Dead Men Tell No Tales.
02:12Let's chalk this one up to a glitch in the system.
02:20I know what you did last summer sequel.
02:32We know what you did here.
02:34You saw that the new Scream movies have been doing gangbusters, and you wanted to get in
02:38on the action.
02:39Just as I Know What You Did Last Summer was born following the success of Scream, so too
02:44is this unwanted movie following the success of its sequels.
02:53This is a direct follow-up to a film that is now 27 summers old, and will see the return
02:58of both Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr.
03:01Try as they might to drum up interest.
03:03Dead interest is just not there.
03:05Who knows?
03:06Maybe it'll be a successful reincarnation of the Dead franchise.
03:08But as it is, this one is floating face-down in the water.
03:18Lilo & Stitch
03:19Oh, yay, another Disney live-action remake.
03:28How wonderfully exciting.
03:30Let's be honest here.
03:31As much as we love the OG Lilo & Stitch, it was never one of Disney's home runs.
03:35But the company has burned through all their classics, so now we're moving into the B-tier
03:40because we can't NOT make live-action remakes.
03:42Yeah, Stitch looks great, but come on.
03:46Who is asking for this?
03:48And what we've seen doesn't exactly spark confidence, with the casting of Sidney Agudong
03:52igniting controversy and drawing accusations of whitewashing.
03:55It was also produced as a direct-to-streaming Disney Plus release, only to be given a last-minute
04:00theatrical run.
04:01Gotta get that cash!
04:02Ugh, we're just so tired.
04:08The Naked Gun
04:09Okay, quick poll.
04:21By show of hands, who wants a new Naked Gun movie?
04:24And who wants a new Naked Gun without Leslie Nielsen?
04:27The icon tragically passed away in 2010, and rather than letting one of his most famous
04:32characters rest in peace, we're bringing in Frank Drebin's son, played by Liam Neeson.
04:36Why Liam Neeson?
04:38Maybe because their names sound similar and they're hoping it'll confuse some people into
04:42buying a ticket?
04:43I'm a funny guy, aren't I?
04:46I'm funny, right?
04:49Yeah.
04:50Definitely.
04:51Plus, as much as we love the original films, that style of Zucker-esque humor isn't really
04:55in anymore, so we're not sure if the new movie will even find an audience.
04:59And speaking of David Zucker, he's not even involved in the project, worsening what little
05:03hope we already had.
05:04It's the same old story.
05:06Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy.
05:10Boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl.
05:13Girl dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.
05:19Good year?
05:20No, the worst.
05:22Toy Story 5
05:23But the thing that makes Woody special is he'll never give up on you.
05:29Ever.
05:31He'll be there for you, no matter what.
05:33Sooner or later, you just have to grow up and let those toys go.
05:37That's the lesson that Toy Story 3 taught us, 15 years ago.
05:40Yet, the franchise just couldn't help but betray its own themes, and that gravy train
05:44kept a-rolling into the wildly unnecessary, albeit pretty good, Toy Story 4.
05:49Trash?
05:50No.
05:51No.
05:53These aren't toys.
05:54They're all toys.
05:55T-T-T-T-T-T-Trash.
05:56No no, that's the trash.
06:00These are your friends.
06:04The third entry finished the series in a captivating, gorgeous, enormously emotional
06:08manner, and if it ended there, it would be considered one of the greatest trilogies
06:12of all time.
06:13But now, we're getting a fifth movie in the summer of 2026, and while we're sure
06:17it'll be fine, it can't help but feel woefully inessential, if not cynically profit-driven.
06:21The Conjuring Last Rites
06:33This is supposedly the final installment of The Conjuring, which, frankly, is about time.
06:37While the first movie was an exceptional little haunted house flick, the franchise has seen
06:41diminishing returns, complete with some truly awful spinoffs, and by now, we think everyone
06:47is kind of dumb with The Conjuring.
06:58The Devil Made Me Do It wasn't very good, and it performed poorly at the box office.
07:01Granted, that was in the middle of COVID, but it still speaks to a general apathy towards
07:05the franchise.
07:06And with Michael Schaub's Of the Curse of La Llorona, The Devil Made Me Do It, and The
07:10Nun 2 fame, Last Rites seems dead on arrival.
07:14Give them to it already, and let it die.
07:21Jurassic World Rebirth
07:22It's no secret that Hollywood loves them some easy money, and with Jurassic World Dominion
07:39printing $1 billion, another movie in the franchise was a no-brainer.
07:53This one is a standalone sequel to Dominion, taking place five years later and starring
07:57Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali in the lead roles.
08:00They certainly have an abundance of talent between them.
08:03It's also being directed by Gareth Edwards, who did an admirable job with the 2014 Godzilla.
08:08But with David Cope writing the screenplay and the poor critical track record of the
08:11Jurassic World franchise, we can't help but be a little cynical.
08:17A Minecraft Movie
08:21We knew a Minecraft movie was only a matter of time, but did it have to be whatever this
08:26is?
08:27We received the first teaser trailer in September of 2024, and the internet immediately clowned
08:32it.
08:33Deemed a massive cringe-fest by many, it was harshly criticized for its CGI, nightmarish
08:37creature designs, and that infamous line delivered by Jack Black, who once again seems
08:42to be playing Jack Black.
08:46We can't say it gave us the greatest expectations going forward, even if the second trailer
08:50was much better.
08:52Videogame movies have been on a tear recently, but we're afraid that Minecraft might be
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09:16Snow White
09:17Is it too late to cancel Snow White?
09:38Because nothing good can come of this.
09:40The movie has been viciously slandered and criticized from day one, and it seems like
09:44absolutely no one wants it.
09:47Never mind that it's yet another live-action remake, and a remake of Disney's most historic
09:51movie at that.
09:56It's those heinous Polar Express dwarves.
09:59It's Rachel Zegler, her awful Lord Farquaad haircut, and her horrendous marketing campaign.
10:04It's the constant behind-the-scenes drama.
10:06It's the horrific reception that the trailer received.
10:08Basically, it's a whole lot of problems that have permanently soured the public's perception
10:12of the film.
10:13It's all cynical, but this is a historic bomb in the making.
10:21Are you looking forward to any of these movies?
10:23Let us know in the comments below.
10:43And as always, thanks for watching.
10:44See you next time.
10:45Bye!