Kids Movies to Look Forward to in 2024
Kids Movies to look forward to in 2024 – well it seems to be the year of the sequel! Many of our favourite characters are returning to the big screen. Jack Black returns as everyone’s favourite panda in KUNG FU PANDA 4 and MOANA 2 takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers.
There are so many family-friendly films already on the schedule, which will only get more and more packed as new movies are announced and released. So no matter when the kids utter “we’re bored,” there’s a family friendly movie just waiting to capture their imagination. Plus, we all know there’s nothing a Star Theatre choc top and a great story can’t resolve.
KUNG FU PANDA 4 Kids Movies to Look Forward to in 2024
March 22 Kids Movies to Look Forward to in 2024
Genre: Action, adventure, family, animation, comedy
Cast: Viola Davis, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Jack Black, Angelina Jolie
Director: Mike Mitchell
For the first time in almost a decade, comedy icon Jack Black is back as Po the unlikely dragon warrior with a hilarious, butt-kicking new chapter in Kung Fu Panda 4. Po must train a new warrior when he’s chosen to become the spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace. However, when a powerful shape-shifting sorceress sets her eyes on his Staff of Wisdom, he suddenly realizes he’s going to need some help. Teaming up with a quick-witted corsac fox, who really gets under Po’s fur but whose skills will prove invaluable, Po soon discovers that heroes can be found in the most unexpected places.
We can expect the same laughs, heartfelt moments, and awesome fighting scenes for a knockout action comedy the whole family will love!
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THE GARFIELD MOVIE
June 13 Movies to Look Forward to in 2024
Genre: Action, comedy, sci-fi
Cast: Chris Pratt, Ving Rhames, Brett Goldstein, Cecily Strong, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: Mark Dindal
Your favorite Monday-hating, lasagna-loving orange kitty is back for his first feature film in almost 20 years in The Garfield Movie. When Garfield, voiced by Chris Pratt, is unexpectedly reunited with his long-last father, a fast-talking street cat named Vic, voiced by Samuel L. Jackson, Garfield and Odie are coaxed into joining the alley-cat for the ultimate heist.
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INSIDE OUT 2
June 13 Kids Movies to Look Forward to in 2024
Genre: Animation, comedy, family
Cast: Amy Poehler, Tony Hale, Diane Lane, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith
Director: Kelsey Mann
Pixar will return to the world of Inside Out 2 with a sequel to the Oscar-winning animation. The original 2015 film was set inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl, Riley, with her five main emotions personified as characters. It was a huge box office hit and won critical acclaim, so it’s little surprise that a sequel is heading our way.
Riley is now officially a teenager, but Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust are confident they can guide her through. After all, they got her through her big move to San Francisco a few years ago! But when headquarters undergoes a sudden, unexpected demolition, new emotions show up on the scene, including the jittery Anxiety. This might just be harder than they thought..
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DESPICALBLE ME 4
June 20 Kids Movies to Look Forward to in 2024
Genre: Action, adventure, comedy
Cast: Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Sofia Vergara, Kristen Wiig, Joey King, Pierre Coffin, Steve Coogan
Director: Chris Renaud
In the first Despicable Me movie in seven years, Gru, the world’s favorite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns for an exciting, bold new era of Minions mayhem in Despicable Me 4. Following the 2022 blockbuster Minions: The Rise of Gru, which earned almost $1 billion worldwide, the biggest global animated franchise in history now begins a new chapter as Gru and Lucy and their girls -Margo, Edith and Agnes -welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal, played by Will Farrell, and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina played by Sofia Vergara, and the family is forced to go on the run.
Packed with non-stop action and filled with Illumination’s signature subversive humor, Despicable Me 4 is sure to be a hit with the kids.
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MOANA
November 28
Genre: Fantasy, musical, romance
Cast: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Nicole Scherzinger, Temuera Morrison
Director: Dave Derrick Jr.
Sail back into the heart of the ocean as Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, and the captivating Nicole Scherzinger join forces for Moana 2, where a new voyage awaits with music, courage, and the spirit of adventure.
Since hitting the big screen in 2016, Moana has become one of Disney’s most iconic animated films.
The official plot says, Moana 2 takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers.
“After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.
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Apart from these awesome kids movies to look forward to in 2024, we also have IF, a story about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends — and what she does with that superpower — as she embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids, Harold and the Purple Crayon, where adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it and eveyone’s favourite The Lion King returns with the story of Mufasa: The Lion King.
See you at the movies!
