


Of course, there's also Chris Pratt as a guardian of the galaxy, Vin Diesel going fast and furious in his muscle car, Gal Gadot trading in her Wonder Woman costume to do wonders as a super CIA agent, and freshly minted Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as a warrior who transforms into a peregrine falcon.īut my betting money is on Harrison Ford, who, at 80, is taking his fifth and final run at cracking the whip as Indiana Jones.įor awards buffs, there's "Oppenheimer," a big-screen biopic from hitmaker Christopher Nolan on J. Last year at this time, Tom Cruise almost single-handedly saved in-person filmgoing with "Top Gun: Maverick," a flyboy sequel that not only grossed a zowie $1.4 billion but flew off with six Oscar nominations, including - wait for it - best picture.Ĭan any summer 2023 epic top that phenomenal first sequel to 1986's "Top Gun?" Maybe Cruise can step up again with "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One," though the MI franchise will already be seven movies old. Not since the pandemic hit pause on the box office has a movie summer been so full of potential blockbusters.
