Im not sure who created the now-pervasive practice of releasing six or eight or 40 character posters for every Hollywood movie. (Someoneshould figure that out andwrite a lengthy magazine profile onthat person.) All I know is you cant go to a multiplex these days without being inundated with countless posters for movies, many of them featuring actors you barely recognize playing characters youve never heard of before.There must be extensive studies or focus-group reports out there that prove this is a good way to market a movie, or at least to get a boatload of extra coverage on film blogs. And in 2024, even with fewer big blockbusters as a result of 2023s dual labor strikes in Hollywood, the practice showed so sign of slowing down. Even mid-level movies now sometimes get whole fleets of character posters. (You wouldnt believe how manyNosferatu posters there were if I told you.)All year, any timeI visited movie theaters around New York City, Ive kept a running list of the strangest examples; the oneswith incredibly minor characters, oramusing photographs,or Zendaya Is Meechee-esque phrases. With 2025 almost upon us, it is time to unveil my list of the 20 strangest character posters of the year. I cant wait to see what surprises the new movie year has in store for us. And please, whatever else you do, always remember: Dwayne Johnson is Callum Drift.The Weirdest Character Posters of 2024Hollywood studios inundate us with posters for every character in their big movies. Let us take a minute to honor the strangest ones we got in 2024.READ MORE: Ridiculous Character Posters From Previous YearsGet our free mobile appThe Dad Movie Canon: 25 Films All Dads LoveNo dad can resist these 25 movie classics.Filed Under: Best of 2024, IF, Madame Web, Red One, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, The Fall GuyCategories: Galleries, Lists, Movie News, Original Features