10 Big Fantasy Movies To Watch In 2023 From Dragon Action To Disney Remakes

The fantasy films 2023 are currently quite manageable when we look at the cinema and streaming starts. Still, there are a few magical proxies to keep an eye out for this year. We present you the 10 most exciting fantasy films of 2023. First those that already have a start date and then those that have yet to get a concrete start. Superheroes are deliberately left out here because they get their own preview.

1.) Fantasy 2023: Ariel, the mermaid as a Disney remake

with Arielle the mermaid Disney is reissuing the animated film of the same name in 2023 and has King Triton’s singing daughter make a deal with the sea witch Ursula: for the price of her voice, she will trade her fishtail for two legs and follow a prince ashore. Of course, the latest Disney remake allows for some changes compared to the template.

2.) Fantasy 2023: Dungeons & Dragons with Chris Pine

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves transforms the famous role-playing game into a fantasy actioner. Chris Pine gathers a band of magical crooks to steal a lost relic. Of course, nothing goes according to plan and dragons are a must.

3.) Fantasy 2023: Nicolas Cage as Dracula becomes a secondary character

It should be similarly humorous, but much bloodier in the fantasy horror comedy Renfield go to Nicholas Hoult plays the eponymous henchman recruited from a mental asylum by the famous Count Dracula (Nicolas Cage). Things start to go wrong in modern-day New Orleans, however, when the vampire’s footman falls in love with a traffic cop (Awkwafina). (With The Last Voyage of the Demeter, another Dracula movie in the horror milieu awaits us in 2023.)

4.) Fantasy 2023: Chocolate greetings from Timothée Chalamet

Even if you don’t know the children’s book * by Roald Dahl, if you’ve seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, millionaire Willy Wonka, who hides golden tickets in chocolate bars, will look familiar to you. The film starting at Christmas 2023 wonka is described as a fantasy musical and, starring Timothée Chalamet, tells the backstory of the wacky candy lover.

5.) Fantasy 2023: Disney’s Peter Pan doesn’t come alone

Arielle will not be the only Disney remake in 2023: the studio is also included as a second fantasy adventure Peter Pan & Wendy revisits the JM Barrie story * of the boy who doesn’t want to grow up. This time, the second main character, Wendy, is even allowed to appear in the title. Directed by David Lowery, who remade the Disney remake of Elliot the Dragon. In the Disney + preview 2023 there were even first pictures to see.

6.) Fantasy 2023: The Old Guard 2 returns to Netflix

The Old Guard, about a battle squad led by Charlize Theron, was a smash hit on Netflix in 2020. The streaming service is now scheduled for 2023 The Old Guard 2 and lets the immortals meet a new opponent. Nothing is known about the specific plot yet, but someone is sure to want to get their hands on the immortals again to prove that they can be killed after all.

7.) Fantasy 2023: German legends with a change of perspective

2023 proves that (rarely enough) German fantasy finds plenty of fodder in the German world of legends hagen. The Nibelungen saga with a new twist (based on the book Hagen von Tronje * by Wolfgang Hohlbein) puts Siegfried (Jannis Niewöhner), his antagonist (Gijs Naber) at the center of the story, instead of the dragon slayer. The epic story will be released both as a cinema film and as a 6-part series.

8.) Fantasy 2023: The series return of Teen Wolf as a film

Even after 6 seasons, Teen Wolf fans couldn’t get enough of the adventures of the supernatural students from Beacon Hills, so in 2023 we can look forward to the film continuation of the series as a fantasy wish-fulfillment: In Teen Wolf: The Movie Werewolf Scott (Tyler Posey), Banshee Lydia (Holland Roden) and Co. must band together against a nasty menace when Allison (Crystal Reed), who is actually deceased, unexpectedly appears on the scene.

9.) Fantasy 2023: Amy Adams as a werewolf mother?

In Hulu production night bitch an artist begins to worry that she is turning into a dog. Why else would she wake up at night somewhere else, disoriented? Star-studded by Amy Adams, Marielle Heller’s fantasy horror comedy is a bit reminiscent of Wolf Like Me, except this time the main character also has to juggle an absent husband and 2-year-old son.

10.) Fantasy 2023: Popular German youth book series Silver at Amazon

After the gemstone trilogy ruby ​​red, sapphire blue and emerald green, Amazon has secured the rights to another popular book series by Kerstin Gier and is making a film of the trilogy of dreams *. In the first part, Silver, teenage Liv discovers that the things she sees while she sleeps are more real than she initially thought. But every dream fulfillment of the “lucid dreamer” has its price.

Fantasy Movies Podcast: 10 Streaming Tips on Amazon, Netflix and Disney+

If you want to discover other extraordinary worlds, characters and stories in addition to Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, here are 10 strong streaming recommendations for fantasy films that are currently available on Netflix, Amazon and Disney+.

Whether it’s a classic, an animated film, a blockbuster or an insider’s tip: the streaming services are guaranteed to have something for every fantasy fan’s taste. Dragons, Polymorphs, Stardust, Epic Journeys and Sorcery included.

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Which fantasy film of 2023 are you most looking forward to?