WE’RE only hours away from 2023 – and there’s plenty to be excited about on the big screen next year.

Here, Dulcie looks at some of the movie magic coming your way . . .

M3GAN

(Jan 13)

M3gan is a kooky horror movie about a toymaker played by Allison Williams and her dollCredit: Universal Pictures

A kooky horror about toymaker Gemma (Allison Williams) who creates a life-like doll named M3gan to protect her grieving eight-year-old niece from emotional and physical harm.

But it comes with dire consequences.

MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE

(Feb 10)

After drama on set — with Thandiwe Newton being replaced by Salma Hayek — expectations are high as Channing Tatum and his six-pack return for the third, and reportedly final, dance-off.

Original Magic Mike director Steven Soderbergh takes charge again.

ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET

(April 28)

Every woman of a certain age had a dog-eared copy of this Judy Blume coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl dealing with her religious identity.

Rachel McAdams, Benny Safdie and Kathy Bates star.

THE LITTLE MERMAID

(May 26)

With all the wonderful tunes of the original, such as Under The Sea and Part Of Your World, Disney has once again turned one of its beloved animations into a live-action film.

Halle Bailey plays Ariel, with Melissa McCarthy as Ursula.

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY

(June 30)

Harrison Ford teams up with Phoebe Waller-Bridge for a new Indiana Jones adventureCredit: Supplied by LMK

Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones is coming out of retirement for this new adventure.

The 80-year-old actor looks remarkable, thanks to some movie magic.

Director James Mangold is in charge of this fifth instalment, and the cast includes Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge along with Antonio Banderas and Mads Mikkelsen.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE

(July 14)

Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in the seventh instalment of the Mission Impossible seriesCredit: PR Handout image

One of the most highly anticipated summer blockbusters since Top Gun 2, this seventh instalment of the action series sees action man Tom Cruise, as Ethan Hunt, perform some of the most dangerous stunts ever permitted on the big screen.

OPPENHEIMER

(July 21)

This story of how J. Robert Oppenheimer became the “father of the atomic bomb” has a cast, including Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr and Rami Malek all signed up to the, most likely, complicated script from Christopher Nolan.

BARBIE

(July)

The brilliant casting of Margot Robbie as a Barbie Girl, and Ryan Gosling as her Ken, has got film fans super-pumped for this insight into the classic toy’s world.

Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Greta Gerwig and also starring Will Ferrell and Emma Mackey, it tells the story of when the world’s most famous doll is expelled from Barbieland and goes in search of love.

DUNE: PART TWO

(November)

After the incredible success of the first outing, sci-fi fans are champing at the bit to see Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) seek revenge on the conspirators who destroyed his family.

Again directed by Denis Villeneuve, there’s high hopes it will bring the same cinematic magic as the first part did.

WONKA

(December)

It will be a sweet Christmas treat in 2023 to see the always superb Timothee Chalamet starring in this eagerly awaited musical fantasy prequel to Roald Dahl’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Wonka tells the tale of the madcap, cane-wielding chocolatier in his early days.

There will be singing and dancing alongside a stellar cast, including Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Colman and Matt Lucas.

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