December releases
Last updated: 16 December 2020
Film: Wild Mountain Thyme
Cast: Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan and Christopher Walken
Release Date: 11 December (US)
Irish love story “Wild Mountain Thyme” starring Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place) and Jamie Dornan (50 Shades of Grey) is set to release on 11 December in about 500 screens across the US. The film will also be available to purchase online from Apple iTunes and Amazon from Friday.
Written and directed by American playwright John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck), the romantic drama is an adaptation of Shanley’s own play Outside Mullingar which ran on Broadway in 2014.
The trailer was criticised for its stereotypical representation of Irish countryside and inaccurate Irish accents, however that only created more buzz for the film ahead of its release.
Watch the trailer below:
Film: The Midnight Sky
Cast: George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo and Caoilinn Springall
Release Date: 11 December (US and UK)
Directed by George Clooney and starring himself along with Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Caoilinn Springall, Tiffany Boone, Demián Bichir and Kyle Chandler – “The Midnight Sky” is a science-fiction thriller that follows a lonely scientist in the Arctic (played by Clooney) who races to stop a group of astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
The film is an adaptation of a 2016 novel titled “Good Morning, Midnight” by Lily Brooks-Dalton.
“The Midnight Sky” is scheduled to release in select cinemas in the UK and US on 11 December and will be released digitally on Netflix on 23 December.
Watch the trailer below:
Film: Wander Darkly
Cast: Sienna Miller and Diego Luna
Release Date: 11 December (US)
Sienna Miller (The Edge of Love) and Diego Luna (A Rainy Day in New York) star in this romantic drama, directed by Tara Miele (The Lake Effect), that follows a couple who are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future.
“Wander Darkly” is available in select theatres and on demand from 11 December in the US.
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Film: Harami
Language: Hindi (with English subtitles)
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Rizwan Shaikh and Dhanshree Patil
Release Date: 11 December (US/India) TBC
Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi’s international film “Harami” is directed by Shyam Madiraju (Eden), who has also co-written the screenplay with Shahin Khosravan.
Set in the backdrop of Mumbai, the plot follows a teenage pickpocket (debutant Rizwan Shaikh) who develops a conscience after one of his targets commits suicide. Newcomer Dhanshree Patil plays the female lead and Emraan Hashmi enacts the role of a crime boss in the drama set to release in select US cinemas on 11 December.
Watch the trailer of Harami below:
Film: The Stand In
Cast: Drew Barrymore
Release Date: 11 December (US)
Drew Barrymore plays a disaffected comedy actress who trades places with her ambitious stand-in in this comedy-drama directed by Jamie Babbit (Breaking the Girls) based on a screenplay by Sam Bain (Peep Show).
Barrymore also co-produces the film under her company Flower Films (Charlie’s Angels).
The film is releasing in select theatres, and also on VOD and streamers on 11 December.
Watch “The Stand In” trailer below:
Film: Archenemy
Cast: Joe Manganiello, Skylan Brooks and Zolee Griggs
Release Date: 11 December (US)
Superhero film Archenemy, written and directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer (Daniel Isn’t Real) and co-produced by Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings), stars Joe Manganiello (True Blood), Skylan Brooks (The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete) and Zolee Griggs (Wu-Tang: An American Saga).
The plot revolves around a teenager (Skylan Brooks) who meets a mysterious man named Max Fist (Joe Manganiello), who claims he lost his superpowers after arriving from another dimension. Together, they take to the streets to wipe out a vicious crime boss and his local drug syndicate.
The film will release in select US cinemas and on VOD on 11 December.
Watch “Archenemy” trailer below:
Film: Wonder Woman 1984
Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Kristin Wigg
Release Date: 16 December (UK), 25 December (US)
Directed by Patty Jenkins who also helmed 2017’s Wonder Woman, this superhero sequel features Gal Gadot reprising her role as the titular character and facing a much tougher opponent in the form of Cheetah played by Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids).
The action-thriller has music by Hans Zimmer, replacing Rupert Gregson-Williams who scored the first film.
The film’s release was delayed several times by its distributer Warner Bros. from an original release date of December 2019 to June 2020 to August to October as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, before being confirmed for release on Christmas Day in both cinemas and HBO Max at the same time in the US.
Wonder Woman 1984 is scheduled to hit UK cinemas on 16 December, nine days ahead of its US release.
Watch the trailer below: