Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Josh Brolin, Eva Green, Jessica Alba
Genre: Comic Crime Noir
Plot: Everyone still left alive at the end of Sin City (and a few that aren't) return for another mega-violent, super-stylised crime thriller. The impressive ensemble cast will be concerning/shooting/sexing themselves with stories based on an array of Frank Miller's original comics, including 'A Dame to Kill For', 'Just Another Saturday Night', 'The Long Bad Night' and another untitled story.
UK Release Date: 29 August 2014
US Release Date: 22 August 2014
Jane Got A Gun
Director: Gavin O’Connor
Cast: Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro
Genre: Western
Plot: When good girl Jane (Portman) discovers that her husband (Noah Emmerich) has been shot and almost killed after turning against his gang, she decides to go after them herself – which means taking on gang leader John Bishop (McGregor), who has a thing for Jane.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: 29 August 2014
Resident Evil 6
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Cast: Milla Jovovich
Genre: Action Thriller
Plot: Just like the hordes of the undead heroine Alice (Jovovich) is forever up against, the Resident Evil franchise is relentless. Nothing is known about the story yet, but you can bet your bottom undead dollar that it'll revolve around Alice shooting monsters in the face a lot.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: 12 September 2014
The Boxtrolls
Director: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
Cast: Elle Fanning, Simon Pegg, Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Richard Ayoade, Nick Frost, Isaac Hempstead Wright.
Genre: Animated comedy adventure
Plot: Taking hording to a whole new level, the adoptive family of orphan boy are trolls who take their name from their love of trash-collecting. Based on the children’s novel Here Be Monsters by Alan Snow, Boxtrolls is the new venture from Laika, creators of Coraline and ParaNorman . With a voice cast including Games Of Thrones ’ Isaac Hempstead Wright and comedy duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, it promises grubby thrills by the cave-load.
UK Release Date: 12 September 2014
US Release Date: 26 September 2014
Untitled Tupac Biopic
Director: John Singleton
Cast: TBC
Genre: Drama Biopic
Plot: Boyz N The Hood ’s John Singleton is at the helm of this as-yet-untitled biopic of late rapper/actor Tupac Shakur. Singleton previously worked with Tupac for his 1993 romantic drama Poetic Justice , so he should bring some interesting insight into the late musician.
UK Release Date: 12 September 2014
US Release Date: 26 September 2014
The Green Inferno
Director: Eli Roth
Cast: Ariel Levy, Lorenza Izzo, Sky Ferreira
Genre: Horror
Plot: Trust Eli Roth to take a culturally enlightening, life-enriching experience and turn it into something utterly, pant-soilingly terrifying. Yip, The Green Inferno is based on an altruistic bunch of student activists who fly out to the Amazon to save a dying tribe. Only when their plane crashes, it turns out the tribe are more interested in having them FOR dinner.
UK Release Date: 2014
US Release Date: 5 September 2014
The Skeleton Twins
Director: Craig Johnson
Cast: Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader
Genre: Drama
Plot: This sober drama surrounding suicidal estranged twins sees the SNL comic duo Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader showcasing their serious side. Maggie (Wiig) and Milo (Hader) have an unexpected reunion after cheating death on the same day, forcing the siblings to reevaluate their past and present relationships.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: 19 September 2014
Welcome To Yesterday
Director: Dean Israelite
Cast: Jonny Weston, Sophia Black-D’Elia, Gary Grubbs
Genre: Sci-fi
Plot: Once again humans realise that time-travel causes more trouble than it’s worth in this found-footage thriller, in which teens change their past (and, by default, the future) after they build a time machine and use it to win the lottery and change their school grades. Think The Butterfly Effect produced by Michael Bay.
UK Release Date: 3 October 2014
US Release Date: TBC
The Equalizer
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Melissa Leo
Genre: Crime thriller
Plot: Based on the 1980s TV series starring Edward Woodward, this no-holds-barred thriller sees Denzel Washington reteaming with his Training Day director, Antoine Fuqua. Washington plays retired intelligence officer Robert McCall, who ends up facing off against the Russian mafia when he attempts to help troubled hooker Teri (Moretz).
UK Release Date: 10 October 2014
US Release Date: 24 September 2014
Laggies
Director: Lynn Shelton
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Keira Knightley, Sam Rockwell
Genre: Comedy
Plot: A twenty-eight year old woman (Knightley) freaks out about responsibility and starts hanging out with (and buying booze for) a teenager (Moretz). Sam Rockwell is the voice of reason as the puzzled divorce lawyer dad.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: 26 September 2014
