It’s with a hefty “what the actual fuck” that we begin this edition of The Year Ahead in Film. Thanks to a little global pandemic, the entire planet went tits up and films got pushed back, so we now take a look at the new slate of films — some postponed, some always waiting — and what it might mean for this year in cinema. As always, these are subject to change, and knowing this new decade they almost certainly will, but at the time of writing and publishing at least, this is what to look out for and when.
JANUARY
Milla Jovovich stars in Monster Hunter.
PIECES OF A WOMAN
Drama
Dir. Kornel Mundruczo
Starring: Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Ellen Burstyn, Benny Safdie, Iliza Schlesinger, Sarah Snook, Molly Parker
Plot: When a young mother’s home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones.
Expect: Vanessa Kirby, Best Actress Nominee 2021.
MORTAL KOMBAT
Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Dir. Simon McQuoid
Starring: Jessica McNamee, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Ásanos, Ludi Lin, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim, Chin Han, Mehcad Brooks, Lewis Tan, Sisi Stringer, Daniel Nelson
Plot: Adaptation of the video game series.
Expect: FINISH HIM.
STARDUST
Drama / Music
Dir. Gabriel Range
Starring: Johnny Flynn, Marc Maron, Jena Malone, Derek Moran, Anthony Flanagan, Julian Richings, Aaron Poole, Monica Parker, Ryan Blakely, Gord Rand
Plot: Follows David Bowie‘s first visit to the US in 1971, a trip that inspired his alter-ego Ziggy Stardust.
Expect: All oddity, no space.
SOUND OF METAL
Drama / Music
Dir. Darius Marder
Starring: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci. Mathieu Amalric, Lauren Ridloff
Plot: A heavy metal drummer’s life is thrown into freewill when he begins to lose his hearing.
Expect: Not so tone deaf.. wheeeee!
MONSTER HUNTER
Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Dir. Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Milla Jovivich, Tony Jaa, T.I., Meagan Good, Diego Boneta, Josh Helman, Jin Au-Yeung, Ron Perlman
Plot: When Lt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported to a new world, they engage in a desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with incredible powers.
Expect: Resident really evil.
FEBRUARY
CINDERELLA
Comedy / Fantasy / Musical
Dir. Kay Cannon
Starring: Camila Cabello, Billy Porter, Nicholas Galitzine, Minnie Driver, John Mulaney, Charlotte Spencer, Maddie Baillio, James Corden, Romesh Ranganathan, Fra Fee, Luke Latchman
Plot: A modern musical take on the fairytale.
Expect: well.. James Corden will probably bring the whole thing down.
PEOPLE JUST DO NOTHING: BIG IN JAPAN
Comedy
Dir. Jack Clough
Starring: Asim Chaudhry, Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp, Hugo Chegwin, Lily Brazier, Ayumi Ito, Ken Yamamura, Qyoko Kudo
Plot: The crew of pirate radio station Kurupt FM head to Japan where their song has been used in a popular game show.
Expect: Chabuddy G goes large.
THE KING’S MAN
Action / Adventure / Comedy
Dir. Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Daniel Bruhl, Stanley Tucci, Rhys Ifans, Tom Hollander, Djimon Hounsou, Harris Dickinson
Plot: In the early years of the 20th Century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a group plotting a war to wipe out millions
Expect: Bloody good manners, and some jolly decent fisticuffs.
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Crime / Drama
Dir. Emerald Fennell
Starring:Carey Mulligan, Adam Brody, Ray Nicholson, Bo Burnham, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Larverne Cox, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Molly Shannon, Max Greenfield
Plot: A young woman, traumatised by a tragic event in her path seeks out revenge against anyone who crosses her path.
Expect: Promising New Movie.
MINAMATA
Drama
Dir. Andrew Levitas
Starring: Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Ásanos, Katherine Jenkins, Jun Kunimura, Minami, Lily Robinson, Akiko Iwase
Plot: War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
Expect: The return of Johnny Depp.
ANTLERS
Horror
Dir. Scott Cooper
Starring: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan, Sawyer Jones, Arlo Hajdu, Cody Davis
Plot: In an isolated Oregon town, middle school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with a legendary creature who came before them.
Expect: A horn-y movie (geddit?)
NOMADLAND
Drama
Dir. Chloe Zhao
Starring: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Swankie
Plot: After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Expect: Frances McDormand is coming for that third Oscar like a mf.
WITHOUT REMORSE
Action / Crime
Dir. Stefano Sollima
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Colman Domingo, Cam Gigandet, Jodie Turner-Smith, Luke Mitchell, Lauren London, Brett Gelman, Jack Kesy, Adrian Rawlins, Lucy Russell
Plot: John Clark, a Navy SEAL, goes on a path to avenge his wife’s murder only to find himself part of a larger conspiracy.
Expect: No remorse, probably very little mercy also.
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
Musical
Dir. Jonathan Butterell
Starring: Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Richard E. Grant, Sharon Horgan, Shobna Gulati, Samuel Bottomley, Ralph Ineson
Plot: A teenager from Sheffield seeks to become a drag queen.
Expect: A glorious ode to being your best fabulous self.
MARCH
NOBODY
Action / Crime / Drama
Dir. Ilya Naishuller
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd, Colin Salmon, RZA, Gan Munroe, Paisley Cadorath, J.P. Manoux, Humberley Gonzalez
Plot: A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed bu a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord.
Expect: Better kill Saul.
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
Animation / Action / Adventure
Dir. Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada
Starring: (voice) Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina
Plot: In a realm known as Lumandra, a re-imagined Earth, inhabited by an ancient civilisation, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.
Expect: How to claim your dragon.
THE FATHER
Drama
Dir. Florian Zeller
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell, Ayesha Dharker
Plot: A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he tries to make sense of changing circumstances and growing doubt.
Expect: Many Oscar nominations.
THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
Biography / Drama
Dir. Lee Daniels
Starring: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Natasha Lyonne, Tyler James Williams, Rob Morgan, Evan Ross, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Tone Bell, Melvin Gregg, Dana Gourrier, Erik LaRay Harvey
Plot: Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Departed of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.
Expect: Love is the drug?
MORBIUS
Action / Drama
Dir. Daniel Espinosa
Starring: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Michael Keaton, Tyrese Gibson, Charlie Shotwell, Al Madrigal
Plot: Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but instead infects himself with a form of vampirism.
Expect: Blood. Blood. Blood. Lots of sticky blood… and bits of sick.
THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT
Comedy
Dir. Tom Gormican
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish, Sharon Horgan, Lily Mo Sheen, Jacob Scipio, Alesandra Mastronardi
Plot: A cash-strapped Nicolas Cage agrees to make a paid appearance at a billionaire super fan’s birthday but is really an informant for the CIA.
Expect: Less of of the Cage Rage and more of the Cage range.
ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE
Action / Fantasy
Dir. Zack Snyder
Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, Kiersey Clemons, Jesse Eisenberg, Peter Guinness, Amber Heard, Ciaran Hinds, Diane Lane, Joe Manganiello, Joe Morton, Connie Nielsen, Ray Porter, J.K. Simmons, Robin Wright
Plot: The definitive cut of Justice League as imagined by it’s original director.
Expect: The issue being that no criticism is going to be allowed due to the cultists, so this film is sort of not a proper film.
APRIL
Daniel Craig has his last outing as James Bond in No Time to Die.
NO TIME TO DIE
Action / Thriller
Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Ana de Armas, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Billy Magnussen, Jeffrey Wright, Lashana Lynch, Rory Kinnear, David Dencik
Plot: Having left active service, Bond’s peace is short lived when old friend Felix Leiter turns up asking for help. His mission will bring him in contact of a new foe with dangerous new tech.
Expect: To be shaken and stirred.
MINARI
Drama
Dir. Lee Isaac Chung
Starring: Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Yuh-jung Youn, Alan S. Kim, Noel Cho, Will patton, Scott Haze, Eric Starkey, Esther Moon, Ben Hall, Darryl Cox, James Carroll
Plot: A Korean family moves to Arkansas to start a farm in the 1980s.
Expect: A beautifully moving story
REMINISCENCE
Romance / Science Fiction / Thriller
Dir. Lisa Joy
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandie Newton, Natalie Martinez, Angela Sarafyan, Cliff Curtis, Brett Cullen, Daniel Wu
Plot: A scientist discovers a way to relive your past and uses the technology to search for his long lost love.
Expect: Sci-fi of the year?
A QUIET PLACE: PART II
Horror
Dir. John Krasinski
Starring: Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou, John Krasinski
Plot: The Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world, forced to venture into the unknown, and that there is something worse than the creatures beyond the sand path.
Expect: *insert quiet cinemas joke here*
Read our review of A Quiet Place
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
Horror / Thriller
Dir. Edgar Wright
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Thomasin McKenzie, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Lisa McGrillis, Margaret Nolan
Plot: A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s.
Expect: Easily the best editing and music of the year.
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Biography / Drama
Dir. Michael Showalter
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Vincent D’Onofrio, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Sam Jaeger, Fredric Lehne, Gabriel Olds
Plot: An intimate look at the rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker
Expect: In Chastain we trust
MAY
Florence Pugh and Scarlett Johansson in Black Widow.
BLACK WIDOW
Action / Thriller
Dir. Cate Shortland
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, David Harbour, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, O-T Fagbenle, Violet McGraw, Ever Anderson
Plot: Before Infinity War, Natasha Romanoff must face a sinister force from her past.
Expect: The MCU’s answer to Mission: Impossible.
GODZILLA VS KONG
Action / Science Fiction
Dir. Adam Wingard
Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown, Julian Dennison, Eiza Gonzalez, Jessica Henwick, Rebecca Hall, Kyle Chandler, Ziyi Zhang, Danai Gurira, Lance Reddick, Brian Tyree Henry, Demian Bichir
Plot: When the mighty Kong and the legendary Godzilla show down mankind must face the consequences.
Expect: A headache
INFINITE
Action / Science Fiction
Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Jason Mantzoukas, Dylan O’Brien, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rupert Friend, Sophie Cookson, Toby Jones, Tom Hughes, Kae Alexander, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Wallis Day, Liz Carr
Plot: A man discovers his hallucinations are actually visions from past lives.
Expect: Every past life to be a Boston street thug.
SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW
Horror / Thriller
Dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
Starring: Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Samuel L. Jackson, Ali Johnson, Dan Petronijevic, Genelle Williams, Marisol Nichols, K.C Collins
Plot: A sadistic mastermind unleashes a new form of justice.
Expect: New decade, new game.
CRUELLA
Comedy / Crime
Dir. Craig Gillespie
Starring: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Mark Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Jamie Demetriou, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Joel Fry
Plot: The origin of the dog-napping fashionista.
Expect: Well, if she doesn’t scare you no evil thing will.
FAST & FURIOUS 9
Action
Dir. Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron, John Cena, Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Helen Mirren, Nathalie Emmanuel, Finn Cole, Jordana Brewster, Michael Rooker, Lucas Black, Ludacris
Plot: Cipher enlists the help of Jakob, Dom’s younger brother, to exact revenge.
Expect: Endless walking on about family.
JUNE
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is set for release in June 2021.
SAMARITAN
Action / Fantasy
Dir. Julius Avery
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Pilou Asbaek, Martin Starr, Javon Walton, Michael Aaron Milligan, Dascha Polanco, Moises Arias, John Rymer
Plot: A young boy learns that a superhero who was thought to have gone missing twenty years ago may still be around.
Expect: Potentially something really special.
THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT
Horror
Dir. Michael Chaves
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Julian Hilliard, Sterling Jerins, Shannon Kook, Sarah Catherine Hook, Charliene Amora, Ruairi O’Connor, Ingrid Bisou, Steve Coulter
Plot: A court case is brought up when a murder is blamed on the Devil himself.
Expect: Things to go very bump in the night.
GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE
Comedy / Fantasy
Dir. Jason Reitman
Starring; Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace, Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Oliver Cooper, Bokeem Woodbine
Plot: When a single mother and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover a connection to the original Ghostbusters and their grandfather’s legacy.
Expect: Who you gonna call?
LUCA
Animation / Family
Dir. Enrico Casarosa
Starring: (voice) Drake Bell
Plot: On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human.
Expect: The usual Pixar magic, and a John Ratzenberger cameo.
VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE
Action / Horror / Science Fiction
Dir. Andy Serkis
Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Woody Harrelson, Stephen Graham, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Peggy Lu
Plot: Eddie Brock and the symbiote Venom must face a new foe called Carnage.
Expect: A gloopy movie
JULY
A film based on the hugely successful Uncharted games is coming this year.
SHANG CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
Action / Fantasy
dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
starring: Simulacra Liu, Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Ronny Chieng
plot: Based on the Marvel comics character “the master of Kung-fu”
expect: Everybody to be a Kung-fu fighting, obviously.
THE FOREVER PURGE
Horror
dir. Everardo Gout
starring: Josh Lucas, Cassidy Freeman, Leven Rambin, Ana de la Reguera, Will Patton, Veronica Falcon, Susie Abromeit, Anthony Molinari
plot: Final instalment in the horror franchise.
expect: Some cheap shots at Trump for sure.
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Action / Drama
dir. Joseph Kosinski
starring: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller, Ed Harris, Jean Louisa Kelly, Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro, Lewis Paulson
plot: After more than thirty years of service as on elf the Navy’s top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.
expect: The need, the need for speed.
MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU
Animation / Comedy
dir. Kyle Baldi, Brad Ableson
starring: (voice) Steve Carell, Michelle Yeoh, Julie Andrews, Lucy Lawless, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Danny Trejo, Dolph Lundgren, Taraji P. Henson, Russell Brand, RZA, Pierre Coffin
plot: The origin of Gru as a child and the minions he raises as his family.
expect: More middle aged women using Minions memes that make no sense
SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY
Adventure / Comedy / Sport
dir. Malcolm D. Lee
starring: LeBron James, Sonequa Martin-Green, Don Cheadle, Xosha Roquemore (voice): Eric Bauza, Jeff Bergman
plot: NBA superstar LeBron James teams up with Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Toons.
expect: A slam dunk of a movie.
UNCHARTED
Action / Adventure
dir. Ruben Fleischer
starring: Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Antonio Banderas, Tati Gabrielle
plot: The origin of Nathan Drake and how he came to be the adventurer we know from the games.
expect: A woefully miscast Mark Wahlberg.
OLD
Thriller
dir. M. Night Shyamalan
starring: Rufus Sewell, Abbey Lee, Thamasin McKenzie, Embeth Davidtz, Eliza Scanlen, Ken Leung, Alex Wolff, Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Emun Elliott
plot: Unknown
expect: It’ll be singular that’s for sure.
IN THE HEIGHTS
Drama / Musical
dir. Jon M. Chu
starring: Anthony Ramos, Jimmy Smits, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, Corey Hawkins, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Marx Anthony, Susan Pourfar, Lin-Manuel Miranda
plot: A bodega owner has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother’s fortune.
expect: I am not throwing my shop.
JUNGLE CRUISE
Action / Adventure
dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
starring: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramirez, Jesse Plemons, Paul Giamatti, Jack Whitehall, Andy Nyman, Veronica Falcon
plot: A group travel down a jungle river where supernatural creatures await them.
expect: The boat that rock’d.
AUGUST
THE SUICIDE SQUAD
Action / Comedy
Dir. James Gunn
Starring: Margot Robbie, Taika Waititi, Viola Davis, Sylvester Stallone, Joel Kinnaman, Idris Elba, Nathan Fillion, Jai Courtney, Alice Braga, Pete Davidson, John Cena, Michael Rooker, David Dastmalchian, Mikaela Hoover, Sean Gunn, Peter Capaldi, Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Jennifer Holland, Mayling Ng, Joaquin Cosio, Steve Agee, Juan Diego Botto, Marisol Correa, Daniela Melchoir
Plot: Soft reboot of the franchise
Expect: Carnage of the highest order.
DEEP WATER
Thriller
Dir. Adrian Lyne
Starring: Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Rachel Blanchard, Tracy Letts, Lil Rel Howery, Dash Mihok, Jacob Elordi, Kristen Connolly, Jade Fernandez, Michael Braun
Plot: A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes the prime suspect in one of her lovers’ disappearance.
Expect: a welcome return from one of cinema’s raciest directors.
DON’T BREATHE 2
Horror
Dir. Rodo Sayagues
Starring: Stephen Lang, Bobby Schofield, Rocci Williams, Adam Young, Christian Zagia
Plot: The Blind Man returns to menace more unsuspecting types
Expect: A shot in the dark.
RESPECT
Biography / Drama / Music
Dir. Liesl Tommy
Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Audra McDonald, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Brenda Nicole Moorer, Marlon Wayans, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, Kimberly Scott Tate Donovan, LeRoy McCaine, Albert jones
Plot: The life and career of Aretha Franklin
Expect: R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
CANDYMAN
Horror
Dir. Nia DaCosta
Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colam Domingo, Kyle Kaminsky, Vanessa Williams, Rebecca Spence
Plot: A man returns to the now gentrified Chicago neighbourhood where the legend of Candyman began.
Expect: Lots of stupid white people saying his name too many times.
SEPTEMBER
The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark recently wrapped filming.
THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK
Crime / Drama
Dir. Alan Taylor
Starring: Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Ray Liotta, Billy Magnussen, Leslie Odom Jr, Corey Stoll, John Magaro, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Gandolfini, Nick Vallelonga, Lesli Margherita
Plot: A look at the formative years of New Jersey Gangster Tony Sorpano
Expect: FUGGEDDABOUTIT.
THE MAN FROM TORONTO
Action / Comedy
Dir. Patrick Hughes
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Kevin Hart, Kaley Cuoco, Legnaie Liburd, Ellen Barkin, Lela Loren, Tomohisa Tamashita, Jencarlos Canela, Jason MacDonald, Pierson Fode
Plot: The world’s deadliest assassin and New York’s biggest screw-up are mistaken for each other at an Airbnb rental.
Expect: A fair amount of shrieking from Kevin Hart.
OCTOBER
Michael Myers returns later this year.
DUNE
Science Fiction
Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Timothee Chalet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgard, Javier Bardem, Charlotte Rampling
Plot: The son of a noble family is entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.
Expect: Either an epic success or a galactic failure.
HALLOWEEN KILLS
Horror
Dir. David Gordon Green
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Anthony Michael Hall, Kyle Richards, Dylan Arnold, Nick Castle, Robert Longstreet, Charles Cyphers, Nancy Stephens, James Jude Courtney
Plot: Michael Myers returns to menace Laurie and her family once more.
Expect: Curtis on ass kicking form and that catchy Carpenter tune.
THE BAD GUYS
Animation / Comedy
Dir. Pierre Perifel
Starring: (voice) Sam Rockwell, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Marc Maron
Plot: Mr Wolf, Mr Snake, Mr Piranha, Mr Shark and Ms Tarantula hatch a plot to pull off the ultimate heist.
Expect: It could be the family film of the year if done right.
THE LAST DUEL
Drama
Dir. Ridley Scott
Starring: Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck, Harriet Walter, Nathaniel Parker, Sam Hazeldine, Michael McElhatton
Plot: King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Expect: A historical epic that only Scott can deliver.
SNAKE EYES
Action
Dir. Robert Schwentke
Starring: Henry Golding, Samara Weaving, Ursula Corbero, Iko Uwais, Andrew Koji, Peter Mensah, Takehiro Hira, Haruka Abe
Plot: The origins of the G.I. Joe character
Expect: Does anyone actually watch these things?
NOVEMBER
Tom Hanks looks set to play the King of Rock and Roll.
ETERNALS
Science Fiction
Dir. Chloe Zhao
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Salma Hayek, Kit Harrington, Kumail Nanjiani, Barry Keoghan, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree Henry, Lia McHugh, Ma Dong-seok
Plot: The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shape it’s culture.
Expect: A marvel epic like none before.
UNTITLED ELVIS PRESLEY PROJECT
Biography / Drama / Music
Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Like Bracey, Dacre Montgomery, Richard Roxburgh, Olivia DeJonge, David Wenham, Xavier Samuel, Helen Thomson, Natasha Bassett, Kate Mulvany, Leon Ford, David Gannon
Plot: The life of Elvis Presley
Expect: The craziest editing of the year, and flamboyant costumes.
KING RICHARD
Drama / Sport
Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green
Starring: Will Smith, Jon Bernthal, Dylan McDermott, Tony Goldwyn, Katrina Begin, Aunjanue Ellis, Susie Abromeit, Noah Bean, Judith Chapman
Plot: The story of how Venus and Serena Williams became who they were thanks to coaching by their father.
Expect: The fresh prince of Wimbledon.
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7
Action / Thriller
Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Pom Klementieff, Simon Pegg, Angela Bassett, Shea Whigham, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny
Plot: The seventh entry into the long running series.
Expect: Tom Cruise to do more insane shit.
GUCCI
Drama
Dir. Ridley Scott
Starring: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jeremy Irons, Al Pacino, Jared Leto, Jack Huston
Plot: Patrizia Reggiani plots to kill her husband, the grandson of renown fashion designer Guccio Gucci
Expect: Murder to be the new fashion.
DECEMBER
WEST SIDE STORY
Drama / Musical
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Rita Moreno, Mike Fait, Brian d’Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Ezra Menas, Ben Cook, Massif Ziegler
Plot: A love blossoms between two members of warring gangs the Jets and the Sharks.
Expect: All the catchy tunes you vaguely remember.
UNTITLED SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME SEQUEL
Action / Adventure
Dir. Jon Watts
Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire
Plot: ???????
Expect: Who even knows with this one.
