[MUSIC PLAYING]
NARRATOR: On this IMDbrief, we introduce
5 compelling and original voices we
can't wait to hear more from.
These are our Ones to Watch in 2022.
[WHOOSH]
Since the comic book film boom isn't slowing down
any time soon, let's begin there,
with a pair of marvelous Marvel mavens who are new to the MCU.
Yes! Yes!
What's the worst that can happen?
NARRATOR: In 2021, Jonathan Majors
crashed the season 1 finale of Loki
as the reality-tripping Kang the Conqueror as well
as broke boundaries and blew a few minds
in the all-Black remix of the spaghetti
western The Harder They Fall.
The only thing that mean anything to me in this world
now is you.
NARRATOR: Next, he'll get in the ring
with Michael B. Jordan for Creed III and team
with Nightcrawler's Dan Gilroy and Jennifer Fox
to produce his first feature in which he'll also star,
the bodybuilding drama Magazine Dreams.
Before, he returns for more Kang the Conqueror
in the Ant-Man and the Wasp threequel Quantumania.
This seems right.
NARRATOR: Our second one to watch
is a fellow Marvel maven from Loki, writer Bisha K. Ali.
Serving as creator and head writer of Ms. Marvel,
a Disney+ series starring Iman Vellani as the MCU's first
Muslim superhero, Ali strives for authentic representation
both on screen and off, uniting with Riz Ahmed, Mahershala Ali,
Ramy Youssef, and other Muslim artists to help connect
up-and-coming Muslim filmmakers with cash
grants and creative support.
We need new heroes, ones suited for the times we're in.
NARRATOR: Our third one to watch may not wear a cape,
but he's been a hero to us since he first hit the street
to scream confounding pop culture
questions into the faces of befuddled New Yorkers.
She's still here! No.
Goodbye!
Your moment's over!
NARRATOR: Billy Eichner parlayed Billy on the Street shenanigans
to a fun and fruitful acting career.
But the upcoming BROS, a film he wrote, produced,
and stars in, makes Hollywood history as the first
gay rom-com that casts all out LGBTQ+
actors in every major role.
Are you guys gay?
Yes.
Do you care about John Oliver?
No.
OK, all right. Thank you.
All right.
NARRATOR: Our fourth one to watch
is Ana Lily Amirpour, a writer-director
who broke out with 2014's Iranian vampire story
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and 2016's
underappreciated desert dystopia tale of cannibals
and cult leaders The Bad Batch.
This here is the bad batch.
[CROWD YELLING]
NARRATOR: On her upcoming docket is fantasy film Mona Lisa
and the Blood Moon starring Kate Hudson
and Burning's Jeon Jong-seo.
Plus, she'll contribute to Guillermo
del Toro's horror anthology series, 10 After Midnight.
And if that's not enough, she'll direct a Cliffhanger
reboot that is rumored to feature her Bad Batch star
Jason Momoa.
Keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times, OK?
[YELLING]
NARRATOR: Our fifth and final one to watch
surprised and delighted us--
again-- in 2021 with his lockdown-inspired solo comedy
special on Netflix, Inside.
[MUSIC - BO BURNHAM, CONTENT]
(SINGING) But look, I made you some content.
Daddy made you your favorite.
Open wide.
NARRATOR: Bo Burnham has been making the internet laugh
since the mid-aughts.
He won AFI's Movie of the Year for 2018's
heartwarmingly hilarious Eighth Grade,
which he plans to follow up with another undisclosed feature
in the not too distant future.
And next, he'll join Anne Hathaway
and Chance the Rapper to pen songs for an upcoming Sesame
Street movie.
(SINGING) Can you tell me how to get,
how to get to Sesame Street?
NARRATOR: Maybe Bo knows the way.
For more to look forward to in 2022 and beyond, stay
glued to imdb.com/imdbrief.