What ’s make the big screen this class ? Basically , everything . Luke Skywalker , James Bond , the Terminator , Velociraptors , all the superheroes . But there are also some great surprises , like a movie based on a beloved Nebula - winning novel . Here are the 67 science fiction and fantasy movies you need to know this yr .
Note : The figure of 67 pic does n’t let in a handful of edge cases , which are marked below with a * . We let in these movies because they seem like they have a raft of science fiction or fantasy stuff going on in them .
Oh , and there are some movies that have no outlet escort yet , like Absolutely Anything . You wo n’t find them below .
JANUARY
[ REC ] 4 : Apocalypse ( Jan. 2 )
This darling Spanish zombie series has apparentlyrediscovered its chopswith this fourth installment , according to the mostly pollyannaish reviews . After the roundabout way into horror - comedy of the third movie , we ’re back to the primary storyline , and once again we ’re in a rigorous confined quad full of zombies — this metre , a ship that ’s also a mysterious regime research installation .
The Woman in Black 2 : Angel of Death ( Jan. 2 )
The other horror continuation that come out stateside last weekend was n’t quite as thrilling — we found the World War II - set continuation of this series about a sanguinary female ghost to besadly lifeless .
Predestination ( Jan. 9 )
Ethan Hawke reunites with the Spierig Brothers ( who directed him in Daybreakers ) for this thriller establish closely on Robert A. Heinlein ’s story “ All You Zombies . ” Heinlein created the prototypical close - loop time traveling mindfuck , and this movie works hard to do his story justice , with a haunting performance by Sarah Snook as the Unmarried Mother . You canwatch some clips here .
- Blackhat ( Jan. 16 )
This hacking moving picture is the first of the films we ’re including just because we suspect it ’ll sheer into pretty skill - fictional territory , given that hackers seem to have magical powers , pass judgment from the lagger .
Paddington ( Jan. 16 )
The beloved British children ’s Good Book ( and cartoon ) serial gets a hot - action at law flick , directed by Paul King ( The Mighty Boosh ) . Can a bear with a suitcase and a beloved of marmalade sandwiches still find a family to look after him in this cold and misanthropic age ? It ’s gottennear - solid ravesin the U.K.
unknown Magic ( Jan. 23 )
Remember George Lucas ? He ’s still around , and he came up with the account of this animated fantasy flick about hob and ELF , based loosely on Shakespeare ’s A Midsummer Night ’s Dream . Even though this project is a holdover from the days before Disney bought Lucasfilm , it ’s still getting a theatrical release — and director Gary Rydstrom equate it to Labyrinth , which Lucas also create back in the 24-hour interval . But thefirst trailerdidn’t gasconade us away .
Project Almanac ( Jan. 30 )
Here ’s the second clock time - travel moving picture coming out this month — it ’s a found - footage tale , in which a group of young hoi polloi key out the plans to a time auto , and unavoidably build it . They soon find that they can convert the past times … but should they ? ( Spoiler qui vive : No.)The trailergave us a Chronicle vibe .
Alien Outpost ( Jan 30 )
This indie movie will be in a fistful of theaters , plus VOD , at the conclusion of the month — and it wait pretty fun . Basically , infotainment film - Jehovah follow a platoon of human soldiers mopping up after a fail alien invasion , and then it twist out that the foreigner are about to jump on their second assault . Formerly called Outpost 37 , this movie asterisk Adrian Paul ( Highlander : The Series ) .
FEBRUARY
Jupiter Ascending ( Feb. 6 )
After the tops - ambitious Cloud Atlas , the Wachowskis seem to be aiming for “ fun action - adventure transportation ” with this story of an ordinary woman ( Mila Kunis ) who turns out to be the heir to an exotic throne . And unless she can claim her heritage , the extraterrestrial being who seed Earth with living will “ harvest ” the planet . If this movie can deliver on the lizard - extraterrestrial being - and - space - battles flakiness ofthe trailer , it should be a blast .
Seventh Son ( Feb. 6 )
Jeff Bridges is a witch - hunter , who ’s train his substitute . But meanwhile , his old bane Mother Malkin ( Julianne Moore ) is planning a replication and wants to take over the reality . It was in the beginning get going to be released back in 2013 , but has gotten delayed a few times . ahead of time reviewshave not been kind . But you canwatch a trailerfor yourself .
The SpongeBob Movie : parazoan out of Water ( Feb. 6 )
In this sequel to 2004 ’s SpongeBob SquarePants Movie , a sea rover named BurgerBeard is look for a wizard Koran that make any plan you compose in it amount reliable . To turn back this fiend , SpongeBob and his Quaker have to inspect the surface man … and move around themselves into superheroes .
Kingsmen : The Secret Service ( Feb. 13 )
Matthew Vaughn ( Kick Ass , cristal - Men First Class ) directs another mirthful - Good Book movie — this time , about a superspy administration that recruits a rough street child into its grooming program , just as a new threat emerges that could affect the whole world . We ’ve already seen this movie , and it fully endure up to the Kick Ass bequest . See the trailer for yourself .
What We Do In The Shadows ( Feb. 13 )
This repugnance mockumentary follows three vampires … and the monstrous creature that hold out in their cellar . write and directed by Flight of the Conchords ’ Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement , who also star , this movie already came out in New Zealand to prettyunanimous plaudit . Here’sthe trailer .
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 ( Feb. 20 )
The Lazarus Effect ( Feb. 27 )
This moving-picture show basically sounds like Flatliners , only more bonkers . Medical student have project out how to bring dead hoi polloi back to life — starting with a dead student cite Zoe ( Olivia Wilde ) . But is that really Zoe , or have they actually bring back something … evil ?
MARCH
Chappie ( March 6 )
Neill Blomkamp is getting a second more satiric after the pious Elysium , and the issue looks barmy . Chappie is a former military robot ( played by Sharlto Copley ) who gets freed from his former limitation by an idealistic scientist ( Dev Patel ) — but then he ’s kidnapped by two mobster ( played by rap - rave group Die Antwoord ) and taught to be a gangster golem . And Hugh Jackman is a automaton - hate extremist who wants to destroy him . determine a lagger !
Cinderella ( March 13 )
It ’s just what sounds like — a alive - natural action Cinderella , with Cate Blanchett as the Wicked Stepmother and Game of Thrones ’ Richard Madden as Prince Charming . And Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother . Directed by Kenneth Branagh . We ’re not certain our brains are make to do by this . ensure out a trailer here .
Paranormal Activity : The Ghost Dimension ( March 13 )
After an strangely satisfying roundabout way with The Marked Ones , this is the official Paranormal Activity 5 . What is there left to disclose about this monstrous apparition ? The producerspromisethis one will move the mythology forward and wo n’t feel like quite as much of a prison term - waster as PA4 .
The Divergent Series : Insurgent ( March 20 )
This dystopian series , in which aptitude examination choke horribly incorrect , getsa continuationin which Tris and Four are on the run from Kate Winslet ’s malevolent mastermind . And they have to find out the secret at the heart of this terrible world , before it ’s too late . The first moving-picture show was pleasingly tearing , and fast - paced enough to make us overlook the full lack of logic . finger track for this one .
bounce ( March 20 )
A revulsion Latinian language train by Ridley Scott’sformer medical intern , Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead , this moving picture is winning former buzz for refuse musical style classification . All we know is , it ’s about a man who falls in sexual love with a woman who has adark supernatural enigma .
Home ( March 27 )
Here ’s the alive adaptation of thebeloved kids ’ bookThe dependable substance of Smekday . Which is a billion time more memorable a title than “ Home . ” A new young lady nominate Tip befriends an alien named Oh … but he ’s not the only one of his variety coming to Earth . Thefirst trailerlooked pretty adorable .
Almost left this one out … this horror movie about a woman who has a strange sexual encounter and then finds herself having weird visions and being stalked by something supernatural has insane buzz .
- White God ( March 27 )
mention this Magyar movie because it vocalize completely insane . A young girl is tell from her domestic dog , who searches the city for his lost proprietor — but when that fails , the hound leads an army of other abandon frank , in a cuspid rising to kill all the human race .
APRIL
Ex Machina ( April 10 )
This film looks like another “ A.I. that pass to look like a beautiful woman ” film , along the lines of The Machine . But it ’s the directorial debut of Alex Garland , who drop a line 28 Days Later and Dredd , andthe result looks stylish and advanced . In Ex Machina , a programmer ( Domnhall Gleeson ) gets invited to visit the caput of the humankind ’s top hunt engine company , but is surprised to be asked to evaluate a new unreal intelligence operation , played by Alicia Vikander .
The Moon and the Sun ( April 10 )
Vonda McIntyre won the Nebula Award for good skill fiction novel for her book thatcombines historic Latinian language with first - link SF . And now it ’s become a motion-picture show , starring Pierce Brosnan and William Hurt . Can they peradventure do justice to this beguiling novel ? We ’ll find out shortly enough .
Unfriended ( April 17 )
The “ found footage ” horror subgenre gets taken to the next level — this moving-picture show is told entirely through webcam footage on a estimator desktop . A year after a bullied little girl killed herself , she starts Skyping her friend from beyond the tomb , and revealing their dark secrets . This movie originally had the much funny claim Cybernatural .
- The Water Diviner ( April 24 )
Russell Crowe ’s directorial debut is a strange movie about a man who has an uncanny power to smell the localization of urine late underground . And after all his Son die in World War I , he goes looking for closure . Other magical - realist touch include a fair sex who can tell the future in coffee grounds — and she ’s never wrong . Bymost accounts , this is a jolly brawny film .
The Age of Adaline ( April 24 )
Speaking of wizard naive realism … in this plastic film , Blake Lively plays a woman who stopped aging when she turn 29 , and now it ’s 80 years by and by . She ’s kept herself hidden aside , afraid to get close to the great unwashed who will mature and die , and also protecting her closed book — until she falls for a human and accept a fatal decision .
MAY
avenger : Age of Ultron ( May 1 )
The Avengers was n’t just one of the most successful movies ever made — it was also pure felicity for fan of superhero comics . The primary questionmark hanging over this sequel is whether Joss Whedon can do it again , while bring out not only Ultron but also Scarlet Witch , Quicksilver and the Vision . And presumptively laying the groundwork for Civil War and a legion of other upcoming Marvel plastic film . It ’s a lot of water for one film to expect . Butthe trailers looked fantastic , and we have religion .
Mad Max : Fury Road ( May 15 )
George Miller returns to his most famed series ( distressing , Babe ) with this honestly insane looking action larger-than-life . This meter , Tom Hardy is Max , and he ’s teaming up with Furiosa ( Charlize Theron ) to fight a warlord call Immortan Joe ( Hugh Keays - Byrne ) . Miller essentially used incredibly detailed storyboards instead of a book for this plastic film , result in what looks like a unambiguously softheaded drive . See a trailer !
Tomorrowland ( May 22 )
Brad Bird ’s 2nd alive - action film ( after Mission Impossible : Ghost Protocol ) remains pretty mysterious , even afterthe first teaser trailer . Tomorrowland is a charming lieu that you’re able to chat by touching a special pin — and George Clooney has been evicted from there or something . And there ’s a futuristic city and a cool jetpack guy rope . Plus lots of mystery , which is n’t that surprising , yield that the hand was co - written by Lost ’s Damon Lindelof .
- Spy ( May 22 )
We ’re include this spy drollery , the latest squad - up of theatre director Paul Feig and star Melissa McCarthy , because the abstract mentions that McCarthy ’s CIA analyst has to go into the field and intercept a global disaster . So there ’s at least a reasonable likeliness of wacky spy - fi action .
- San Andreas ( May 29 )
Only cite this because it ’s a catastrophe movie , set in the skinny hereafter . Basically , a devastating earthquake trumpery all of California , and Dwayne Johnson has to travel to San Francisco to save his girl . But the wipeout may just be getting started .
JUNE
Insidious : Chapter 3 ( June 5 )
We really loved Insidious , the moving picture about a boy who ’s astral - projecting in his sleep into a nightmare realm . Wereally did not love the sequel , which made no gumption and was n’t shuddery . This third moving-picture show , directed by the writer of the first two , is a prequel , which explains all the stuff that the first two movies already over - explained . Thetrailer is full of start scare .
Jurassic World ( June 12 )
The fourth Jurassic movie is directed by Colin Trevorrow , who wowed us with the indie time - travel motion picture Safety Not Guaranteed . There ’s a brand novel theme park on Isla Nubar , and everything is gelidity — until scientists go make a hybrid first-rate - dinosaur , which pass rearing .
Inside Out ( June 19 )
Pixar ’s tax return to the spotlight start with this tale of a girl , whose emotion are present by Amy Poehler , Lewis Black , Mindy Kaling and Bill Hader . So it ’s sort of a phantasy about what it would be like if your emotion had their own disjoined consciousness . Or , essentially , a motion-picture show edition of Herman ’s Head .
Ted 2 ( June 26 )
The continuation to the mega - successful movie about a guy ( Mark Wahlberg ) and his living teddy bear ( voiced by manager Seth MacFarlane ) . This prison term , Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried join the cast , and there ’s more Flash Gordon insanity .
JULY
exterminator : Genisys ( July 1 )
Arnold Schwarzenegger refund to his most successful serial publication , playing an aging translation of the killing machine from the future — thanks to James Cameron ’s account that the human bod get across the endoskeleton can grow quondam just like even human chassis . The non - stop time - traveling guile have resulted in a timeline where Sarah Connor basically calls the T-800 “ Dad . ” It ’s directed by Alan Taylor ( Game of Thrones , Thor : The Dark World ) andthe first trailerlooked surprisingly fun .
Minions ( July 10 )
It ’s a spinoff to the preposterously successful unworthy Me films , sharpen on the twinkie - like fauna who make for Gru . As thefirst trailershows , this movie follows three minions named Stuart , Kevin and Bob , who get recruit to exploit for a supervillain named Scarlet Overkill and her husband Herb .
The Gallows ( July 10 )
This is a low - budget supernatural horror motion picture from a couplet of filmmakers who put up test footage from it on Youtube and gain the attending of producers , including microbudget horror czar Jason Blum . All we know is , it ’s coiffe in high school and involves students trying to restage a play that caused a tragic decease 20 twelvemonth earlier .
Ant - Man ( July 17 )
Marvel brings another one of its lesser - known heroes to the fully grown filmdom , with the fib of a guy who can shrink and communicate with ants . This film is frequently described as a heist motion picture , in which a felon named Scott Lang ( Paul Rudd ) has to utilise his skills to help inventor Hank Pym ( Michael Douglas ) to save the day . Fingers bilk that film director Peyton Reed can fill the Brobdingnagian skid of Edgar Wright , who provide the project .
Pan ( July 24 )
This is another bizarre reimagining of a fantasy classic — in this version of Peter Pan , Pan and Captain Hook are friends , and they ’re teaming up to agitate Blackbeard ( Hugh Jackman . ) It sound like a terrible estimate , andthe first lagger was honestly flakey — but it ’s directed by Joe Wright ( Hanna , Pride and Prejudice ) who has never manoeuvre us wrong .
Pixels ( July 24 )
Speaking of bizarre … this flick , adapted froman online curt moving-picture show , is about foreigner who remember our human video games are a declaration of state of war . So they round the Earth , using classic video games as their weapons . So only a couple of former video game champions from the 80s ( Adam Sandler and Peter Dinklage ) can save the Earth . Kevin James take on the President of the United States , who happen to be Sandler ’s childhood friend .
Poltergeist ( July 24 )
Yep , they ’re rebooting Poltergeist . Sam Raimi is create , and even more encouragingly Sam Rockwell asterisk .
Selfless ( July 31 )
Ben Kingsley plays a rich guy who ’s die of genus Cancer — so he transplant his consciousness into a level-headed young consistence ( Ryan Reynolds ) . So far , so good . But it turn out that his new body has a dark past tense , and there ’s also more to the organization that made this procedure possible than he pull in at first .
AUGUST
Fantastic Four ( Aug. 7 )
It ’s kind of awing that Rocket Raccoon was fully realize on the big cover , and we still have n’t had a decent motion picture star the Fantastic Four . To remedy this oversight , Fox recruit Josh Trank , who create a thrilling superpowered action movie with Chronicle . How can Trank enmesh the spunky realism of Chronicle with the bright , sheeny phantasy of the FF ? We ’ll find out ridiculously soon .
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ( Aug. 14 )
If you ca n’t look until the fall for your next venereal infection of James Bond , here ’s some methadone . Ian Fleming helped to create the original concepts of this authoritative 1960s undercover agent - fi show , in which disturbed scientist and crazy gismo turn up in every other episode . Napoleon Solo ( Henry Cavill ) must team up up with Illya Kuryakin ( Armie Hammer ) to track down a missing scientist , or the world could be sentence . And it ’s directed by Guy Ritchie !
Criminal ( Aug. 21 )
And here ’s another movie about body - jumping — a CIA operative is obliterate before he can stop a plot that could imperil the whole world . So they transplant the dead agent ’s memory and skills into the body of a death - wrangle yardbird , so the psycho killer can complete the broker ’s mission . What could possibly go wrong ?
Sinister 2 ( Aug. 21 )
Another small - budget horror movie gets a subsequence in which a novel cast of characters gets introduce . This time around , a mom moves into a house in the middle of nowhere , only to find herself and her duplicate sons are marked for expiry .
Hitman : Agent 47 ( Aug. 28 )
In this adjustment ofthe strike telecasting secret plan , Agent 47was genetically engineered to be the gross killing machine — and his only name is the last two figure of the barcode that ’s tattooed on the back of his neck . unluckily , an evil potbelly desire to expend the cloning process to make a whole army of super - killers . Apparentlythis is a rebootand not a continuation of the disastrous 2007 Hitman movie .
retroversion ( Aug. 28 )
Oscar - winning director Alejandro Amenabar first made his mark with the ghost movie The Others , and this pic is being bill as his counter to black literary genre cloth . The plot remains a fleck of a mystery , but it involves a investigator ( Ethan Hawke ) who investigates a father ( David Dencik ) who has no retentivity of molesting his daughter ( Emma Watson ) — until regress therapy uncovers what seems to be a “ nationwide conspiracy . ” So there ’s some variety of half-baked memory - expunction or judgement - ascendance go on , by the sound of it .
Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon 2 : The Green Legend ( Aug. 28 )
Directed by Yuen Wo - Ping , this movie is causing a lot of argument because of its simultaneous release in IMAX theaters and on Netflix . Four Hero go on a quest to keep the legendary blade Green Destiny from fall into the hand of the evil Hades Dai , in a mankind full of sorcerers , poet and “ Shaolin rebel . ”
SEPTEMBER
Kitchen Sink ( Sept. 4 )
Vanessa Hudgens and Bob Odenkirk star in this comedy , set in a township where vampires , zombies and humans have always lived in peace … until now . Can a group of teenagers break a war between humans and the undead ? The stomach cast includes Joan Cusack , Patton Oswalt and Keegan - Michael Key , so fingers crossed .
The Visit ( Sept. 11 )
M. Night Shyamalan is back ! He write and directed this down in the mouth - budget thriller about a brother and sister who are sent to stay with their grandparent for a workweek — only to find out the grandparent are up to something scary . And probably supernatural , although nobody have intercourse exactly what yet . This is supposed to be Shyamalan ’s bid to return to the feel of his early motion picture , before he became a big studio director .
Maze Runner : The Scorch Trials ( Sept. 18 )
Just like with Divergent , Twilight and Hunger Games , they ’re trying to make the Maze Runner films an yearly event . Thomas and his friends have gotten out of the Maze , but they ’re still running around , looking for reply . They ’ve team up with some impedance fighters to cease the evil administration WCKD — but they may not be as detached as they think .
Hotel Transylvania 2 ( Sept. 25 )
The first Hotel Transylvania was surprisingly fun , with its story of Dracula ’s girl fall for a regular human backpacker . This clock time around , Mel Brooks plays Dracula ’s father , Vlad . The estimable news is , original director Genndy Tartakovsky is back once again .
The Disappointments Room ( Sept. 25 )
place by D.J. Caruso ( Disturbia ) , this is being billed as a Shining - esque supernatural thriller . A char ( Kate Beckinsale ) moves into a house , where there ’s a mysterious locked elbow room in the attic — and it comprise impossible horror . And somehow , that occult room is connect to a long - dead missy . It ’s co - written by Prison Break ’s Wentworth Miller , who also write Stoker .
OCTOBER
Victor Frankenstein ( Oct. 2 )
And here ’s another off - the - wall reimagining of a classic story — this time , it ’s the Frankenstein story , separate from the full stop of view of Igor ( Daniel Radcliffe ) instead of Victor Frankenstein ( James McAvoy ) . And it ’s sort of an root story , read how the exalted immature medical scholar turned into the unscrupulous experimenter we have it away and love .
- Olympus Has Fallen 2 ( Oct. 2 )
We did n’t cover the first Olympus Has Fallen on io9 , because it was n’t really skill fiction despite its off - the - wall “ White House invasion ” storyline . But holy crap , this subsequence sounds completely bonkers . The British Prime Minister dies under mysterious circumstances , and when all the existence leaders fall to his funeral , there turns out to be a conspiracy to destroy every individual monument in London and “ let loose a terrific imagination of the time to come . ” We are SO in .
The Jungle Book ( Oct. 9 )
There were two dueling movies establish on Rudyard Kipling ’s Jungle Book : a mocap - heavy one directed by Andy Serkis , and this one , directed by Iron Man ’s Jon Favreau . ( The Serkis film has been stay . ) This one is live - action , and boast the voices of Scarlett Johansson , Idris Elba , Ben Kingsley , Bill Murray , Christopher Walken and other heavy actors as the animals .
Crimson Peak ( Oct. 16 )
Guillermo del Toro returns to spooky horror in between Pacific Rim movies , and this looks like a wonderful passion project . star Tom Hiddleston , Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain , this looks like full - on mediaeval insanity — thelong vexer we watch at Comic - Conwas absolutely gorgeous .
Jem and the Holograms ( Oct. 23 )
This toy line and cartoon is the late 80s classic to get a live - natural action adaptation on the big filmdom . We ’re a little apprehensive , because creator Christy Marxwasn’t consulted , the whole thing felt hasten into product , and the former imageslook like a Disney original moving picture . But director Jon M. Chu worked wonders with the second G.I. Joe movie , so fingerbreadth crossed .
The Last Witch Hunter ( Oct. 23 )
Did Jeff Bridges ’ Seventh Son not fill your hag - huntsman jones ? Then there ’s this movie , in which Vin Diesel is an immortal witch - orca , who is still fighting them in present - day New York — and he has to stop the Witch Queen from take over the populace . This is directed by Breck Eisner , whose crazy remake rocked .
Scouts Vs . Zombies ( Oct. 30 )
No give-and-take on when we ’re getting a release for Cooties , the horror - drollery where teachers are ram to obliterate their zombie youngster . But meanwhile , there ’s this flick , in which three Boy Scouts go encamp together one last time , at the end of their Scout - hood , and then have to save their town from a zombie outbreak .
NOVEMBER
Spectre ( Nov. 6 )
Daniel Craig ’s quasi - reboot of the James Bond serial publication has go a few movie without tip too heavily on the Graeco-Roman Bond mainstay — but now it ’s time to go orchis . This moving-picture show features the classic undercover agent organization SPECTRE , and features Christoph Waltz , who ’s probably the stark Bond scoundrel . ( put on he ’s playing a villain . )
Friday the 13th ( Nov. 13 )
Yes , this is the thirteenth Friday the 13th film . Spooky . This time around , we ’re going back to the 1980s , and hearsay has it that Jason Voorhees ’ female parent has a big function this time around . So we can get lots of ill , psychosexual mommy - son stuff . Oh , and this one is rated roentgen , which is in all probability for the unspoiled .
The Hunger Games : Mockingjay Part 2 ( Nov. 20 )
At last , the closing of the Hunger Games saga — and we ’re dying to see how the big businessman struggle between Julianne Moore and Donald Sutherland plays out on screen . Mockingjay Part 1 ended just as we were hitting the sour textile from Suzanne Collins ’ book , and Jennifer Lawrence will have some really thorny stuff to deal with in this one . Basically , let ’s hope the movies remain their caterpillar track platter of mostly better on the books .
The Martian ( Nov. 25 )
Andy Weir ’s blockbuster novel about a adult male stranded on Mars , who go by his wits , gets a movie from Ridley Scott , starring Matt Damon and an all - ace cast in general . Scott is at his best lately when he has strong reservoir fabric to draw on , and this could be this yr ’s solemnity .
The Good Dinosaur ( Nov. 25 )
And here ’s part two of Pixar ’s rejoinder to everyone ’s radar screens . This movie take home in an alternate world where the dinosaur were never wiped out . An Apatosaurus call Arlo has to go on a big journey , teaming up with a human boy named Spot .
Midnight Special ( Nov. 25 )
Jeff Nichols has won raves for his indie films Mud , Take Shelter and Shotgun Stories — now he ’s create a science fiction Salmon Portland Chase movie that he say is inspired by John Carpenter ’s classic films . Michael Shannon play a father who hold up on the run because his Word has special powers .
DECEMBER
Krampus ( Dec. 4 )
Why has it admit this long to get a big movie about the Christmas Devil ? No clue , but this Christmas will be sway by the Teutonic legend of a freak that penalise naughty children . author / director Michael Doughertysaid , “ Christmas has been invading Halloween for far too long . It ’s time to render the party favour . ”
Star Wars Episode VII : The Force Awakens ( Dec. 18 )
At long last , the Star Wars saga gets an official continuation , showing what happened after Return of the Jedi . All the original trilogy stars are back , plus there ’s a “ next generation ” of character played by Oscar Isaac , Adam Driver , John Boyega , Daisy Ridley , Domnhall Gleeson and others . Director J.J. Abrams is relying pretty heavily on practical gist rather than CG , which seems like a positive signal . It looks beautiful so far .
Mission Impossible 5 ( Dec. 25 )
This serial got a huge shooter in the arm from Ghost Protocol , and now let ’s hope it can maintain that momentum . This metre around , it ’s directed by Chris McQuarrie , who write The Usual Suspects , with a script by Drew Pearce ( Iron Man 3 ) . The good thing is , the series has been obtain more ensemble - orient , so Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg can comport more of the weight .
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