SIZZLING SUMMER OF MOVIES
The French Dispatch, Black Widow, F9 +
Summer is coming up and we’re all excited to see the big summer blockbusters. Yes, this past year has been strange for all of us, but now that there actually appears to be an end in sight to this pandemic, movies that have moved around from month to month may finally hit the big screens soon. Here are several upcoming summer films we are excited for.
Candyman
This sequel of the 1992 horror movie directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele follows a couple who move into the newly gentrified Cabrini Towers. Tony Todd reprises his role as the titular Candyman. It is slated for release August 27, 2021.
Cruella
Emma Stone stars in this Disney crime comedy about the origins of the terrifying, iconic, dalmatian obsessed Cruella de Vil. Cruella is scheduled to be theatrically released on May 28, 2021.
Black Widow
Another movie that had its release date pushed back several times. The stand-alone Black Widow film, the beginning of Marvel’s Phase Four, was supposed to come out in May, 2020. It will now be released May 7, 2021.
F9
The next installment in the Fast & Furious franchise, which as you may have guessed is the 9th in the series, was supposed to come out in April of 2019, before being delayed multiple times. It is now scheduled for a release on June 25, 2021.
The French Dispatch
Wes Anderson’s entirely black-and-white new movie set in the French offices of a fictional newspaper, and based on Anderson’s love of The New Yorker, is scheduled for a release sometime summer, 2021. It could reportedly premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
In the Heights
This movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash-hit musical about the Washington Heights neighborhood of NYC, directed by Jon M. Chu, is scheduled to be released theatrically and on HBO Max on June 18, 2021.
Top Gun: Maverick
Almost 3 decades after the original Top Gun, Tom Cruise is back with a sequel to the action classic. It is scheduled for a theatrical release on July 2, 2021, 45 days before it will be made available to stream on Paramount+.
