The movies of 2025 will continue a few ongoing trends in the film industry.

InSonic the Hedgehog 3,Jim Carrey played both Dr. Robotnik and his grandfather Gerald.

This trendcan largely be attributed to the trend of multiversal storytelling in comic book movies.

Ochi with its mouth open in The Legend of Ochi

Benedict Cumberbatch played multiple variants of Stephen Strange inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Ezra Miller played a pair of mismatched Barry Allens inThe Flash.

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman played multiple variants of their titular mutants inDeadpool & Wolverine.

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Smoke and Stack from Sinners

Collage of Robert De Niro in The Alto Knights and Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17

Jim Carrey as Ivo and Gerald Robotnik walking next to each other in Sonic the Hedgehog 3

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