The 2024 holiday season has come and gone, but it hasn’t been completely devoid of entertainment-related news. Indeed, the holidays did not prevent the world’s biggest studios from releasing trailers for new movies and television shows, or make other notable announcements before New Year’s Day.
We covered a few of these revelations over the break, with Creature Commandos confirmed my return for a second season And Apple TV Plus will be free to watch this weekend (January 4 and 5) the principal of them. However, there were plenty more we didn’t cover, so here are six other big entertainment news stories you may have missed during the so-called most wonderful time of the year.
Marvel comes out with a bang with the first trailer for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
After a largely successful year 2024, Wonder is hoping for another stellar year in 2025. The comic book giant has been going through a torrid time throughout 2023, so the Disney subsidiary will have been delighted with last year’s various successes, like the multi-billion dollar film Deadpool and Wolverine.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) will do everything possible to replicate these victories this year as well, starting with Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man (YFNSM). An animated Marvel Phase 5 series which will debut on Disney+ on January 29, he reimagines the iconic webslinger’s origin story, subsequent superhero adventures, and how he marries the latter with his high school education. With its modern take on Peter Parker and his wallcrawling alias, as well as its cel-shaded comic book animation, YFNSM will aim to get 2025 off to a spectacular *ahem* start for Marvel.
The Batman Part 2 has been delayed – again
The first of the two great CC New comic book stories that broke during the holiday season, Batman fans were disappointed by the revelation that The Batman Part 2The launch date had been pushed back once again.
By Deadlinethe highly anticipated sequel, which was initially postponed from October 2025 to October 2026 just 10 months ago, saw its release pushed back a year. It will now hit theaters on October 1, 2027. Defending the delay, DC Studios co-head James Gunn said (via Topics) that co-writer and director Matt Reeves was not satisfied with the film’s script, hence the decision to postpone its release again.
Jason Momoa joins the cast of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow as Lobo
If this news about Batman was a source of disappointment, this one Supergirl: the woman of tomorrow the announcement was not. Before the end of 2024, Deadline claimed that Jason Momoa had been cast as Lobo in the upcoming DC Cinematic Universe (DCU), Gunn and Momoa later confirming Deadline’s report was true on social media.
An immortal mercenary who is also the sole survivor of an alien race known as the Czarnian, Lobo will be the second DC character played by Momoa. He previously played Aquaman in the defunct DC Extended Universe (DCEU), portraying the Atlantean superhero in two solo films and one in the DCEU. Justice League browse. He will play opposite Dragon House alumna Millie Alcock, who will play the titular Kryptonian in the DCU Chapter One project and SupergirlThe first big screen adventure in over 40 years.
The Night Agent Season 2 Gets Explosive First Trailer Ahead of January 23 Premiere
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 launch of its exciting first trailer during the 2024 holiday season has only added to our excitement ahead of its January 23 release.
Publicly released during Netflix‘s NFL on the occasion of Christmas, one of best Netflix showsThe latest teasers place Gabriel Basso’s Peter Sutherland at the heart of another conspiracy plot. With The Night AgentWith the first season of having garnered millions of views, we’d be surprised if its second chapter didn’t do the same.
Netflix Confirms Cobra Kai Season 6, Part 3 Will Arrive in Mid-February
It’s almost time for the dojo doors to close for the last time. The third and final part of Cobra Kai season 6which is the final installment of the hit series, will arrive on Netflix on February 13. Part three will include the final five episodes of not only this season, but also the action comedy-drama as a whole.
However, although this will mark the end of The Karate KidThe pseudo-television sequel to , this isn’t the end for everyone involved in the series. Ralph Macchio is set to reprise his role as Danny LaRusso in the Karate Kid: Legends film, which arrives in theaters in May. Cobra KaiThe showrunners also have ideas for potential spinoffs of the popular series. Hey, the saying “Cobra Kai never dies!” » it’s not just for show, you know.
First Zero Day Trailer Places Ex-U.S. President Robert De Niro at the Center of a Political Conspiracy Thriller
Netflix went all out on marketing during the Christmas period. Indeed, as evidenced by the first trailer for the upcoming TV original Day Zeroits pre-2025 announcements weren’t reserved for hit shows that we can’t wait to return to our screens.
So what is it Day Zero about? For one, it will feature legendary actor Robert de Niro, who makes the jump to the small screen for the very first time. He will play a former US president tasked with unraveling a mass conspiracy following a devastating cyberattack that threatens the heart of American democracy and sociopolitics. With a behind-the-scenes team made up of veterans of hit series, including Country And Narcos among others, Day Zero could be another success in early 2025 for the whole world best streaming service when it releases on February 20.