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The best science fiction movies to look forward to in 2025

From M3gan 2 to 28 Years Later, this year is all about inventive sequels, series and remakes – plus some dazzling adaptations like Mikey 17, says Simon Ings

By Simon Ings

1 January 2025

TRON: Ares. Photo by Leah Gallo. ?? 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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When your goofy, low-budget, horror sci-fi about an AI doll that runs amok grosses $180 million, you would be foolish not to make another. Three years after M3gan cleaned up at the box office, M3gan 2 sets the tone for 2025. Yes, it is going to be a year of sequels, remakes and series continuations.

Economically, this makes sense, as studios recover from covid-19, the writers’ strike and bloated budgets. Artistically, the news is better than it might appear: there is enough creativity going…

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