CHECK OUT THESE FILMS THIS SUMMER
COMPILED BY LINDSEY BAHR | AP FILM WRITER
Note: The complete listing can be found online at www. washtimesherald. com
May movie releases
MAY 1
The Devil Wears Prada 2( 20th Century Studios, theaters): A sequel to one of the most rewatchable movies of the century? Groundbreaking. But it’ s not just replaying the hits. Filmmaker David Frankel told the AP that“ one of the reasons we were motivated to even attempt a sequel was to explore how the world of journalism and media at large had changed so dramatically over the 20 years since we made the first movie.”
MAY 8
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour( Live in 3D)( Paramount, theaters): James Cameron shares co-directing credits with Eilish for this unique concert film, constructed from her Manchester performances last summer.“ It is totally spectacular,” Cameron told the AP.“ Seeing it in 3D is astonishing. You really feel an intimacy with her and yet you feel the scale of the spectacle.”
Mortal Kombat II( Warner Bros., theaters): Karl Urban reprises his role as Johnny Cage in this video game-inspired film.
MAY 20
Tom Clancy’ s Jack Ryan: Ghost War( Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video, streaming): John Krasinski’ s Jack Ryan finally gets a movie of his own.
MAY 22
The Mandalorian and Grogu( Walt Disney Studios, theaters): Pedro Pascal’ s bounty hunter makes his big-screen debut, alongside his adorable green counterpart.“ He’ s a bit different from when we first met him, but he’ s still, at his heart, a gunfighter and a warrior,” filmmaker Jon Favreau told the AP.
Pressure( Focus Features, theaters): Brendan Fraser plays Dwight D. Eisenhower in the tense 72 hours before D-Day in this historical drama, with Andrew Scott, Kerry Condon, Chris Messina and Damian Lewis.
June movie releases
JUNE 5
Scary Movie 6( Paramount, theaters): Everything from“ M3GAN” to“ Get Out” and“ Sinners” is on the table in the first Scary Movie movie since 2013.
JUNE 12
Disclosure Day( Universal Pictures, theaters): Fifty years after he made“ Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” Steven Spielberg returns with another film that will have audiences questioning whether we’ re alone in the universe. Starring
Emily Blunt, Josh O’ Connor and Colman Domingo, Spielberg has kept the plot quite secret.“ All I can say is it’ s an experience,” Spielberg said at CinemaCon.“ And all you need to get from the beginning to the end is a seat belt.”
JUNE 19
Toy Story 5( Walt Disney, theaters): Woody comes back to Bonnie’ s room to help Jessie and Buzz deal with the arrival of a new threat: screentime. Filmmaker Andrew Stanton said the trick is thinking about it from a toy’ s perspective, which he told the AP was“ juicy material.”
JUNE 26
Supergirl( Warner Bros., theaters): Kara Zor-El( Milly Alcock) has more of an antihero edge than her straightlaced cousin, Superman.“ It’ s kind of an interstellar odyssey,” DC Studios co-chair and co-CEO Peter Safran told the AP.“ It’ s just a great movie for audiences. It’ s not just for superhero fans.”
July movie releases
JULY 1
Minions & Monsters( Universal Pictures, theaters): This time, the yellow creatures are making a monster movie in 1920s Hollywood, as sound starts to enter the picture. Think Singin’ in the Rain, but with Minions.
JULY 3
Young Washington( Angel Studios, theaters): That’ s young George Washington, who is played by William Franklyn-Miller, in a cast that includes Ben Kingsley, Andy Serkis, Kelsey Grammer and Mary-Louise Parker.
JULY 10
Moana( Disney, theaters): Catherine Laga’ aia makes her film debut as Moana, alongside Dwayne Johnson as Maui, in this live-action adaptation of Disney Animation’ s 2016 hit.“ It isn’ t just watching the animated with real faces,” Laga’ aia told the AP.“ But I think all the stuff that people wanna see and people loved about the 2016 are all definitely still there.”
JULY 31
Spider-Man: Brand New Day( Sony, theaters): Four years after Tom Holland’ s Peter Parker erased himself from everyone’ s memory in“ No Way Home,” he continues the fight for good in New York City, completely alone.
August movie releases
AUG. 7
Super Troopers 3( Searchlight Pictures, theaters): Jay Chandrasekhar and the Vermont State Troopers are back in a new comedy.
AUG. 14
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie( Paramount, theaters): It’ s rumored that Chase is on the case.
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