Movies

 10 Best upcoming  in summer 2021 :

1 - Mortal combat : 

                                                                                        

Release date: April 16, 2021 (HBO Max + theaters)

Shout it: Mortal Kombat! The video-game series is once again getting the movie treatment. The first attempt has not exactly aged well, so hopefully producer James Wan has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to bringing the fighting saga back to the big screen. Tadanobu Asano – who appeared in the MCU as Hogun in Thor – leads the cast as Raiden, while other fighters set to appear include Jax, Nitara, Shang Tsung, Kano, and many more. 

2 - Spiral : from the book of saw 

                                                                

Release date: May 14, 2021

Spiral: From the Book of Saw looks set to give the Saw series a new spin. If you were going to make a list of the actors you’d imagine starring in the *counts on bloodied fingers* ninth movie in the series, Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson wouldn’t exactly spring to mind. And yet here we are. It turns out that the multi-talented Rock loves the gory punish 'em up and he has been the driving force behind this now 2021 reboot. Let's hope it's worth the wait.

3 - A Quiet Place Part II :

                                                         

Release date: May 28, 2021

A Quiet Place Part II is one of the most anticipated upcoming horror movies of 2021. Like another notable Part II (The Godfather), it picks up straight after the events of the first film, but also flashes back to fill in some prequel gaps. Where A Quiet Place started in the aftermath of a sound-seeking alien invasion, Part II will show us what happened on Day One (as seen in the trailer). 

Emily Blunt, as you would expect, is returning, with John Krasinski primarily behind the camera due to his character's fate in Part I. Will a post-apocalyptic horror seem scarier this time around? Almost certainly.  

4 - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

                                                             

Release date: June 4, 2021 (HBO Max + theaters)

The third entry in the James Wan-created universe The Conjuring series, The Devil Made Me Do It, sees Ed and Lorraine Warren return for a case revolving around a man on trial for murder who says he is innocent as he was possessed by a demon at the time. The previous two Conjuring movies have been based on actual cases from the notes of the paranormal hunting couple, but it’s not clear if any of this has any grounding in actual fact. 

Whether it’s as realistic as The Nun or not, though, it’s still exciting to see Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return for the official third entry in the series. Michael Chaves is taking the helm this time around. Chaves is no stranger to horror. He was responsible for The Curse of La Llorona about a folklore monster who wants to steal your children. Given that movie's tepid horror, let’s hope Chaves is just getting warmed up. 

5 - Cruella :

                                                                                

Release date: May 28, 2021 (Disney Plus via Premiere Access + theatrical)

One of Emma Stone’s earliest roles was voicing a dog for Disney Channel’s The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody (2005), and now, here she is playing mutt-menace Cruella de Vil in Disney’s live-action prequel film.

Of course, in 1996 we saw Glenn Close own the role, but as the casting of Emma Stone suggests, this will be an origin story designed to show us what turned Estella de Vil into Cruella, the fur-flaying fashionista we all love to hate. Stone calls the character “larger than life” and says, “It’s been a great experience to play around with her backstory and discover what makes her the woman she becomes in the story we’ve seen.” 

6 - Luca :

                                                                                     

Release date: June 18, 2021 (Disney Plus)

Pixar's next big original production is a coming of age story about two friends, one a shy kid and the other an older troublemaker. While that sounds simple enough, there's a Pixar twist: the two pals are actually sea monsters from below the sea's surface who transform into fish when they hit the water. This looks set to be a perfect cinematic escape.

7 - Fast & Furious 9 :

                                                                               

Release date: June 25, 2021

Who’d have believed back in 2001 that a fun, relatively unspectacular Vin Diesel movie about street racing and heists would spawn a multi-billion-dollar franchise that’s still here nearly two decades later? With spin-off Hobbs & Shaw having played during the summer of 2019, the main series revs up its engines for the ninth time with regular director Justin Lin back behind the steering wheel (he called the shots the third, fourth, fifth and sixth movies in the series). 

Alongside Fast stalwarts Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez, Jordanna Brewster is back for the first time since her character, Mia, walked into the sunset with the late Paul Walker’s Brian in Fast & Furious 7. John Cena will also appear in the movie, as Dom's brother, and Han is back. As the trailer promises: Justice. Is. Coming.

8 - Top Gun Maverick : 

                                                                               

Release date: July 2, 2021

Thirty-five years after the original Top Gun, Tom Cruise feels the need to go back to the role that made him the biggest movie star on the planet. This time around, his Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is an instructor at the eponymous San Diego flight school, and he’s set to come into contact with trainee pilot Bradley Bradshaw (played by Whiplash star Miles Teller) – who just happens to be the son of Maverick’s late co-pilot Goose…

The first Top Gun was a glorious example of ’80s excess and style over substance, so don’t expect the sequel to be a deep examination of a pilot’s psyche. But with director Joseph Kosinski having Tron: Legacy and Oblivion under his belt, the upcoming movie is bound to look spectacular. Meanwhile, the return of Val Kilmer as Iceman is a nice link to the original – he can be our wingman anytime...

 

9 - Black Widow :  

                                                                                 

Release date: July 7, 2021 (Disney Plus via Premiere Access + theatrical)

Once due to kick off Marvel Phase 4 (that's now WandaVision's honor), Black Widow may have been delayed, but it's certainly undefeated. Directed by Cate Shortland, the movie stars Scarlett Johansson returning as Natasha Romanoff; Stranger Things’ David Harbour as Alexi; Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova; O-T Fagbenle as Mason; and Rachel Weisz as another Black Widow. The Taskmaster will also appear, though his/her identity remains unknown. Prepare for some awesome action and some "important" messaging, according to Pugh.

10 Free Guy :

                                                                                   

Release date: August 13, 2021

Prepare for a video-game movie unlike any other. Ryan Reynolds stars as the eponymous non-playable character (NPC) Guy, who finds himself suddenly gaining autonomy and realising that he's actually a video game character. The game itself – which, itself, is a deadly GTA knock off – is being closed down, and it's up to Guy and one of the game's developers (played by Killing Eve's Jodie Comer) to save the day. Expect laughs aplenty when this one finally arrives