Upcoming Hollywood Movies in March 2025

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“Wicked,” the blockbuster movie musical that earned 10 Academy Award nominations and $727 million at the worldwide box office, will begin streaming March 21 on Peacock alongside a singalong version of the movie. Directed by Jon M. Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “In the Heights,”), the musical is an adaptation of the beloved Broadway hit that tells the story of what happened before “The Wizard of Oz.” The film stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda, and both of them picked up Oscar nominations for their performances. The two characters form an unlikely friendship that is soon threatened after they encounter the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum). Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater and Peter Dinklage also star.

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Expect family audiences to flock to Disney+ this month as “Moana 2” makes its streaming debut after earning $1.05 billion at the worldwide box office. The first “Moana” movie is the streamer’s most-watched title in history, so there’s no reason to expect the sequel won’t be a streaming blockbuster. The movie reunites Moana (voiced by Auli’i Cravalho) and Maui (Dwayne Johnson) three years after the end of the original as they journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters. Variety‘s chief film critic Owen Gleiberman wrote in his review that “Moana 2” has “vibrant monsters and a flow of movement that keeps your eyeballs dancing.”

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Sean Baker’s “Anora” won the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year and became an awards season powerhouse with six Oscar nominations, including best picture, best director and best actress. Mikey Madison plays the title character, a sex worker in New York City whose life spirals out of control after she spontaneously marries the son of a Russian oligarch. From Variety’s review: “Taken alone, ‘Anora’ is a profane kick. But seen in the context of Baker’s recurring fixations — from ‘Starlet’ to ‘Red Rocket’ — it stresses his belief that sex work is real work, that it’s more central to society than society wants to admit, and that by identifying with those we typically objectify, we can’t help but love them.”

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“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” started streaming Feb. 18 on Paramount+, but it’s bound to be one of the most popular family offerings to watch at home during its first full month of availability in March. The third “Sonic” feature picks up with the title hero, Tails the Fox and Knuckles the Echidna teaming up with their nemesis Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) to take on the Shadow the Hedgehog (voiced by Keanu Reeves). The threequel grossed $483 million at the worldwide box office to become the top earner in the “Sonic” franchise so far. A fourth film is already in the works for Paramount, set to be released in 2027.

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The Russo Brothers are back on Netflix after “The Grey Man” with a sci-fi action movie titled “The Electric State,” starring Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown. The streamer is surely hoping the movie is the blockbuster of the month. Set in an alternative America in the mid-1990s, “The Electric State” stars Brown as Michelle, a young girl traveling across the country in search of her missing brother amid a civil war between humanity and the robots that once served them. Pratt plays Keats, a smuggler she meets along the way.

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“Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim” floundered in theaters last year but may get a second life on streaming now that it’s available to watch from home on Max. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, “The War of the Rohirrim” takes place 261 years before the epic events of “The Fellowship of the Ring.” Featuring Helm Hammerhand as the protagonist, the film is based on a story by J.R.R. Tolkien included in the appendices of “The Lord of the Rings.” Brian Cox voices the King of Rohan, while Miranda Otto, who starred in Peter Jackson’s film trilogy, returns as Eowyn. In the animated film, the king must defend his land against an army of Dunlendings, in an origin story revealing how the stronghold Helm’s Deep got its name.

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“September 5” earned an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows the ABC Sports broadcasting team as they are forced to quickly shift from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. John Magaro plays a young producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard).

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“Fresh” director Mimi Cave returns with the suburban thriller “Holland,” which streams on Prime Video after making its premiere at SXSW this month. Nicole Kidman plays a domesticated teacher and homemaker whose picture-perfect life with her husband (“Succession” Emmy winner Matthew Macfadyen) and son (“Belfast” breakout Jude Hill) is upended when she discovers a dark secret about her partner. Gael Garcia Bernal co-stars as a friendly colleague to Kidman’s spiraling matriarch.

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It’s no Guillermo del Toro or Ron Perlman, but the latest “Hellboy” movie, “The Crooked Man,” arrives on streaming this month via Hulu. The new film is based off the beloved “Crooked Man” comic storyline and stars Jack Kesy in the title role. Series creator Mike Mignola co-wrote the script and told Variety: “It’s the first Hellboy script that I read and I went, ‘Oh, it’s a horror movie,’ which is what I wanted. [Director] Brian Taylor does not have a reputation as a horror movie director. But, so far, we’ve had two horror movie directors make Hellboy movies and we’ve never gotten a horror movie.”

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Saoirse Ronan landed a BAFTA nomination for best actress thanks to “The Outrun.” She gives a riveting performance as Rona, a woman rediscovering herself after wrestling with alcoholism. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt, the film employs an innovative narrative structure that weaves three timelines together as Rona circles the drain during her decade in London, then claws her way toward recovery after returning home to the Orkney Islands in Scotland.