Coming soon to a cinema near you

Coming soon to a cinema near you…

There are a plethora of awards season contenders.  ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’, directed by Lasse Hallström (Chocolat) and Joe Johnston (October Sky), is a Disney dramatic fantasy with an equally fantastic ensemble cast that includes Keira Knightley (Atonement), Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice), Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby).

Another dramatic fantasy is ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’, the second instalment of the Fantastic Beasts film series whose screenplays have been written solely by J. K. Rowling herself.  Another ensemble cast includes Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant), Jude Law (Cold Mountain) and Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland).

‘The Girl in The Spider’s Web’ features Claire Foy (First Man) in the leading role of iconic character Lisbeth Salander.  Following acclaimed performances by Noomi Rapace (from the 2009 Swedish trilogy) and Rooney Mara (from the 2011 American remake), Foy is the third actor to perform the role on film in the first adaptation of the Millenium book series not to be written by Stieg Larsson, the author of the first three crime novels.

Animated film ‘The Grinch’ with a voice cast including Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) and Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation television series) as well as, surprisingly, Angela Lansbury (The Manchurian Candidate) and Pharrell Williams (Despicable Me animated film series composer) is on its way.  Another animated feature ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’, a sequel to ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ in 2012, with John C. Reilly (Chicago), Sarah Silverman (School of Rock), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock television series) and Jane Lynch (Glee television series) reprising their roles is also upcoming.