The 2024 holiday season has come and gone, but it wasn’t completely devoid of entertainment-related news. In fact, the holidays didn’t stop the world’s biggest studios from releasing trailers for new movies and TV shows, or making other notable announcements before New Year’s Day.
We covered a couple of those revelations over the break, with Creature commands confirmed that he will return for a second The season and Apple TV Plus can be watched for free this weekend (January 4 and 5), the main one being them. However, there was a lot more news that we didn’t get to, so here are six more big entertainment news stories that you may have missed during the so-called most wonderful time of the year.
Marvel comes out swinging with first trailer for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
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After a hugely successful 2024, Marvel is looking forward to another stellar year in 2025. The comics giant had a torrid time throughout 2023, so the Disney subsidiary will be delighted with last year’s various success stories, such as multi-millionaire- doing Deadpool and Wolverine.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) will do everything it can to replicate those victories this year as well, starting with Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man (YFNSM). A Marvel Phase 5 animated series debuting on Disney Plus on January 29, it reimagines the story of the iconic webslinger’s origins, subsequent superhero adventures, and how he marries the latter through high school. With its modern take on Peter Parker and his wall-crawling alias, plus its comic-book style cel-shaded animation, YFNSM will aim for 2025 to get off to an *ahem* spectacular start for Marvel.
Batman Part 2 has been delayed – again
The first of two big new DC Comics stories to emerge over the holiday season, Batman fans were left disappointed by the revelation that the batman The release date of Part 2 had been delayed once again.
According to Deadline, the long-awaited sequel, which was originally delayed from October 2025 to October 2026 just 10 months ago, has seen its release postponed for another year. It will now hit theaters on October 1, 2027. Defending the delay, DC Studios co-head James Gunn said (via Threads) that co-writer and director Matt Reeves was unhappy with the film’s script, hence the decision to move its launch again.
Jason Momoa Joins Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Cast as Lobo
If that Batman news was a source of disappointment, this Supergirl: the woman of tomorrow The announcement was not. Before 2024 ended, Deadline claimed that Jason Momoa had been cast as Lobo in the upcoming DC Cinematic Universe (DCU) film, and Gunn and Momoa later confirmed Deadline’s report was true on social media.
Lobo, an immortal mercenary who is also the sole survivor of an alien race known as the Czarnian, will be the second DC character Momoa will play. He previously played Aquaman in the now-defunct DC Extended Universe (DCEU), playing the Atlantean superhero in two solo films and one in the DCEU. justice league movie. He will be the opposite protagonist. Dragon House alum Millie Alcock, who will play the titular Kryptonian in the DCU project Chapter One and Supergirl’s first big-screen adventure in over 40 years.
The Night Agent Season 2 Gets an Explosive First Trailer Ahead of Its January 23 Premiere
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The night agent Season 2 is not only one of the first big Netflix releases of the year, but also one of our most anticipated TV shows of 2025. So the debut of its exciting first trailer during the 2024 holiday season has only added to our excitement. for its launch on January 23.
Released publicly during Netflix’s NFL Christmas event, one of the latest trailers for Netflix’s top shows places Gabriel Basso’s Peter Sutherland at the heart of another conspiracy-driven plot. With The night agentThe first season accumulates millions of views, we would be surprised if its second episode did not do the same.
Netflix confirms that Cobra Kai season 6, part 3 will arrive in mid-February
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It’s almost time for the dojo doors to close for the last time. The third and final part of Cobra Kai Season 6, which is the latest installment of the hit series, will arrive on Netflix on February 13. Part 3 will comprise the final five episodes of not only this season, but also the action comedy-drama as a whole.
Still, while this will mark the end of The karate kidThe television pseudo-sequel is not the end for everyone involved in the program. Ralph Macchio will reprise his role as Danny LaRusso in the Karate Kid: Legends film, which hits theaters in May. Cobra KaiThe showrunners also have ideas for possible spin-offs of the popular show. Hey, the saying ‘Cobra Kai never dies!’ It’s not just for show, you know?
The first trailer for Zero Day places Robert De Niro’s former US president at the center of a political conspiracy thriller
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Netflix pulled out all the stops when it came to marketing over the Christmas period. Indeed, as evidenced by the first trailer for the upcoming TV original. Day Zeroits pre-2025 announcements weren’t reserved for blockbuster shows we can’t wait to get back to our screens.
So what is Day Zero about? On the one hand, it will star the legendary actor Robert de Niro, who makes the leap to the small screen for the first time. He will play a former president of the United States who has been tasked with unraveling a massive conspiracy following a devastating cyberattack that threatens the heart of American democracy and sociopolitics. With a behind-the-scenes team comprised of veterans of hit series including Homeland and narcos inter alia, Day Zero It could be another early 2025 hit for the world’s best streaming service when it launches on February 20.
