Film Friday (10/28): This Week"s New Movie Trailers

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Opening this weekend

View a guide to this weekend"s new theatrical releases including Inferno, Gimme Danger, and more.

New trailers and updates for upcoming films

Billy Lynn’s long slide from Oscar contention When it premiered at the New York Film Festival, Ang Lee’s 3D, 120fps, 4K adaptation of Ben Fountain’s novel Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk received a mixed reaction. Some critics faulted Lee’s decision to film a character study with new technology. Others faulted the narrative. Viewers will get to decide for themselves when the film begins its release on November 11th before expanding nationwide on the 18th, but only two theaters in the U.S. will be equipped to handle the special presentation, so general opinions on the boundary-pushing technology will have to wait. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk stars newcomer Joe Alwyn as a war hero whose story is told through flashbacks during the halftime show of a Thanksgiving Day football game. The supporting cast includes Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin, Chris Tucker, and Garrett Hedlund.

Rules Don’t Apply

Warren Beatty’s first film as writer-director since 1998’s Bulworth is a romantic comedy starring Lily Collins as contract actress Marla Mabrey and future Han Solo Alden Ehrenreich as Howard Hughes’ driver Frank Forbes. Coming between the pair is Hughes himself (Beatty) and a strong supporting cast that includes Haley Bennett, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Matthew Broderick, Martin Sheen, Annette Bening, Oliver Platt, Candice Bergen, and Steve Coogan. Rules Don’t Apply hits theaters November 23rd after a debut at AFI Fest on November 10th.

Split

Early reviews have been good for M. Night Shyamalan’s horror film follow-up to The Visit. Coming to theaters on January 20, 2017, Split stars James McAvoy as Kevin, a man with dissociative identity disorder. His 23 personalities have been kept in check, but a 24th is about to threaten the lives of three teenage girls—Anya Taylor-Joy of The Witch, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jessica Sula.

Neruda

Many expect Pablo Larrain’s Jackie to vie for Oscar gold in the Lead Actress category, but he has another unique biopic coming out this year— Neruda—and it has been submitted by Chile to compete to be nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Coming to select theaters December 16th, the film follows poet Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) in post-WWII Chile as he’s hounded by a persistent police inspector played by Gael García Bernal.

Man Down

Shia LaBeouf stars as Gabriel Drummer, an American soldier who returns home from war only to find that his wife (Kate Mara) and son (Charlie Shotwell) have disappeared. Joined by a fellow marine played by Jai Courtney, Gabriel searches for his estranged family. Directed by Dito Montiel (Boulevard, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) and with a supporting cast that includes Gary Oldman and Clifton Collins Jr., Man Down opens in select theaters on December 2nd.

Come and Find Me

In this dramatic thriller, the idyllic relationship between David (Aaron Paul) and Claire (Annabelle Wallis) comes to a mysterious end when Claire suddenly disappears. Unable to let her go, David searches for answers, discovering clues of Claire’s hidden past. Come and Find Me, writer Zack Whedon’s directorial debut, comes to theaters and On Demand November 11th.

Dreamland

Directed by Rooney frontman (and brother of Jason Schwartzman) Robert Schwartzman, Dreamland follows Monty Fagan, a naive piano teacher played by Johnny Simmons, as he struggles to get his life in order and falls for a wealthy married woman played by Amy Landecker. With a supporting cast that includes Beverly D’Angelo, Frankie Shaw, Nick Thune, and Shay Mitchel, this debut feature hits select theaters and On Demand November 11th.

Bitter Harvest

The February 24, 2017 release Bitter Harvest dramatizes Joseph Stalin’s genocidal policies against Ukraine in the 1930s. Max Irons plays a young artist who joins the fight in hopes of saving his childhood sweetheart Natalka (Samantha Barks) and many others from starvation. George Mendeluk directs a cast that includes Terrance Stamp, Barry Pepper, and Tamer Hassan.

Short takes

The Ivory Game, coming to Netflix on November 4th, chronicles the illegal ivory trade and exposes the dangerous network that supports the trafficking.

The December 16 release The Bad Kids takes viewers inside Black Rock Continuation High School, an alternative school in the Mojave Desert for at-risk kids.

In SiREN, Jonah’s bachelor party gets a little crazier than he probably wanted. Find it On Demand and in select theaters December 2nd.

News and notes

• As rumored in August, Donald Glover will play Lando Calrissian alongside Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s untitled Han Solo Star Wars film. - Star Wars


• Deadpool director Tim Miller has left the sequel over creative differences. John Wick co-director David Leitch is being considered to replace Miller. - Deadline, TheWrap & Mashable


• Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson both plan on playing Zelda Fitzgerald in different projects based on the life of the Jazz Age socialite, novelist and wife of author F. Scott Fitzgerald. - THR


• Jack O’Connell will play fashion designer Alexander McQueen in a biopic from director Andrew Haigh (45 Years, Weekend). - Variety


• Shawn Levy, who directed the Night at the Museum series and, more recently, episodes of Stranger Things, will helm Sony’s adaptation of the hit video game Uncharted. - Deadline


• Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to play Sam Phillips in a biopic based on the biography Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘N’ Roll. - Variety


• Chris Pine has joined Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling in Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time. - Variety


• Matteo Garrone will direct a new adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio with Toni Servillo as Geppetto. - Variety


• Ice Cube and Thomas Kail, the Tony-winning director of Hamilton, are working on a contemporary, musical version of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. - THR


• Justin Chadwick (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) will direct The Lady and the Panda, a biopic about Ruth Harkness, who was the first person to bring a panda from China to the U.S. - Variety


• Kevin Hart is in talks to play Santa Claus in Disney’s family comedy Dashing Through the Snow. - THR


• Charlie Hunnam and Lea Seydoux will star in Zoe for director Drake Doremus (Like Crazy, Equals). - THR


• Nat Wolff and Alexander Skarsgård will star in Dan Krauss’s feature film adaptation of his documentary The Kill Team. - Variety


• Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson, and Jenna Fischer have joined Ben Stiller and Austin Abrams in writer-director Mike White’s comedy Brad’s Status. - THR


• Gerard Butler will star in Angel Has Fallen, a sequel to Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen that involves Air Force One. - Deadline


• The February 24, 2017 release God Particle, starring David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ziyi Zhang, Elizabeth Debicki, Daniel Brühl and Chris O’Dowd, will be the third Cloverfield movie, but the first to take place in space. - TheWrap

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