After an agonizing wait of over a year, the Summer Movie Season returns with a vengeance. Here are the notable releases that will be in theatres during the month of July.
THE FOREVER PURGE – The fifth and “final” film in THE PURGE franchise, and a direct sequel to 2016’s THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR. Ana de la Reguera and Josh Lucas star.
THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS – The sequel to the 2017 animated hit, which oddly features none of the voice talent of the first film.
THE TOMORROW WAR – Chris McKay, director of THE LEGO MOVIE (2014), and the LEGO BATMAN spinoff (2017), directs this sci-fi action film where soldiers and civilians are sent into the future to fight a war against an alien species. Chris Pratt (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY), leads the way.
BLACK WIDOW – Marvel returns to the big screen with the famed Black Widow’s first solo film. Scarlett Johansson reprises her role in an adventure that takes place just after the events of CIVIL WAR (2016). She is joined by Florence Pugh, David Harbour, and Rachel Weisz.
ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS – A direct sequel to 2019’s ESCAPE ROOM, with the survivors of the first film caught in even more elaborate traps.
SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY – In this standalone sequel to the 1996 live action/animated hybrid, NBA superstar LeBron James gets whisked into a virtual space where he has to play a looney basketball game with Bugs Bunny & company in order to save his son.
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA – The fourth and “final” film in the HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA franchise that rose from the dead in 2012, with Dracula and his pals being transformed into humans. It stars the voice talents of Brian Hull, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Buscemi, and David Spade.
OLD – M. Night Shyamalan (THE SIXTH SENSE, SIGNS), returns to the big screen with this supernatural thriller about a group of people trapped on a beach which causes them to age rapidly. It stars Gael Garcia Bernal (THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES), and Vicky Krieps (THE PHANTOM THREAD).
SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS – The long-awaited origin story for the ever-popular G.I. Joe character. Henry Golding (LAST CHRISTMAS), dons the black mask.
JUNGLE CRUISE – A riverboat captain takes a scientist on a mission through the jungle to find the Tree of Life in this adventure based on the famed ride at Walt Disney theme parks. It stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.
STILLWATER – In what may be an early Oscar contender, Matt Damon plays an oil worker who travels to France to help his daughter, played by Abigail Breslin, who has been jailed. It is directed by Tom McCarthy, who brought us the Oscar-winning SPOTLIGHT in 2015.
THE GREEN KNIGHT – In one of the most highly anticipated films of the year, writer and director David Lowery (THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN, AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS), brings his version of the 14thcentury medieval poem to the big screen. Dev Patel (LION), plays Sir Gawain on his quest to find the Green Knight. He is joined by Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, and Sean Harris.
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Next month, Reel Speak previews the month of August.
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