The first half of 2018 has already over-delivered, gifting us epic box office-battering blockbusters, gorgeously animated triumphs, and heartfelt indie gems. Don’t believe us? Just check our list of the Best Movies of 2018. But with six months to go, there’s still plenty to be excited about on the big screen. Here are the films you should be keeping an eye on through the second half of the year – and there really is something for everyone.
July
Skyscraper - 12 July
Die Hard meets The Towering Inferno if the synopsis is anything to go by in this actioner which reunites the Central Intelligence team of director Rawson Marshall Thurber and star Dwayne Johnson. His Rockness plays a former FBI hostage rescue team commander (and war veteran, to add extra heroic cred) who has segued into advising on security for giant skyscrapers. While on assignment in China, he discovers that one of the towering buildings – seen as the tallest, yet safest building in the world – is suddenly an inferno and someone is framing him for the fire. Now on the run, he has to clear his name, track down the real culprit and rescue his family, who are trapped inside. All in a day's work. The rest of the cast includes Neve Campbell (as Will's wife), Pablo Schreiber, and Chin Han.
Incredibles 2 - 13 July
There was a time when Pixar didn't do sequels. Those days are long gone, however, which means that after 14 years we finally get to find out what the Parr family got up to next. Brad Bird writes, directs and voices Edna Mode once again; Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter and the rest of the original voice cast all return (with the exception of Spencer Fox, who's replaced as Dash by Huck Milner); and John Ratzenberger is new villain The Underminer, whom we first glimpsed at the end of the first movie. Incredibles 2 picks up minutes later.
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! - 20 July
It's taken a few years, but the success of 2008's Abba-fuelled musical means a follow-up was pretty much inevitable. Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski and practically everyone else return from last time. This one is reportedly a sequel and prequel to the original, featuring new cast members (like Lily James) playing younger versions of the originals. Classic Abba cuts and tracks that didn't find their way into the first film will feature on the soundtrack.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout - 25 July
Not much is yet known about this sixth mission, outside of reports about Tom Cruise's stunt injury and Henry Cavill's Justice League-ruining 'tache. But we do know that Christopher McQuarrie is once again masterminding the madness, and that regulars Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames are both returning to action. Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin and Sean Harris are also back, while new faces include Angela Bassett and Vanessa Kirby. Plot-wise, Hunt looks to be battling nuclear threats and the implosion of his personal life. Rather him than us.
August
Ant-Man and the Wasp - 3 Aug
Peyton Reed's Ant-Man sequel not only sees Evangeline Lilly's Hope van Dyne suit up as Wasp, but also introduces her mother Janet, played by Michelle Pfeiffer. Michael Pena, Judy Greer and Michael Douglas are back, and other new arrivals include Laurence Fishburne, Walton Goggins and Randall Park. Oh, and Paul Rudd is Scott Lang / Ant-Man again, obviously. Consider this a palate cleanser between massive Avengers instalments.
The Meg - 10 Aug
Jon Turteltaub's adaptation of Steve Alten's novel needs no description other than "It's Jason Statham versus a giant bloody shark!" That's it, right? Sold. But if you want some actual plot, the set-up is Chinese scientists on an international underwater observation platform under attack from a prehistoric Carcharodon Megalodon. Chief oceanographer Li Bingbing calls in former Navy captain and expert diver Statham for assistance. And for the Stath, who has encountered said Megalodon previously, it's a revenge mission he's pleased to accept. Oscars all round and a billion at the box office or there's no justice in the world.
The Darkest Minds - 10 Aug
Gwendoline Christie joins Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore and a collection of young up-and-comers in this adaptation of Alexandra Bracken’s YA trilogy. It's Jennifer Yuh Nelson's first live-action project as director following the first two _Kung Fu Panda_s, and takes place in a post-apocalyptic America where 98% of children have been wiped out by a vicious disease, and the remaining 2% develop superhuman powers. Those remaining super-kids are rounded up and put into government-run internment camps. Stenberg plays Ruby, the 16-year-old who manages to escape with a group of superpowered teens in tow. Christie is the government-hired bounty hunter tasked with tracking the young fugitives down at any cost.
The Happytime Murders - 17 Aug
Here's something we've never seen before: Muppet noir. Years in development, it was first cooked up back in 2008 by Brian Henson (son of Jim) as a strictly-for-adults take on puppet life, set in a world where humans and their felt friends live side by side, but the puppets are treated as second-class citizens. Murder strikes as the seedy former stars of once-popular kids’ show The Happytime Gang turn up dead one by one, and the only 'man' who can investigate is a washed-up private eye puppet, who ropes in his former partner at the LAPD. Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Elizabeth Banks and Joel McHale are among the human cast.
The Equalizer 2 - 17 Aug
Star Denzel Washington, director Antoine Fuqua and screenwriter Richard Wenk return to bust more heads in this vigilante sequel. Nothing has yet been revealed about the plot, but it will hang on the peg of Washington's Robert McCall, a former special ops agent who reluctantly trades a quiet life for helping the helpless (as per the Edward Woodward TV series these films are based on). Pedro Pascal is the villain on McCall's radar this time.
BlacKkKlansman - 24 Aug
A fresh Spike Lee joint is always something to look forward to – but his latest project is especially tantalising. The director has teamed up with Blumhouse for BlacKkKlansman, which also sees Get Out’s Jordan Peele producing, and Adam Driver and the soon-to-be-huge John David Washington leading the cast. It’s the story here that’s most intriguing through, following the remarkable true tale of an African-American police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. Lee’s take on the material looks to be shot through with satirical humour, visual flair, and righteous anger.
Yardie - 24 Aug
After years of becoming one of Britain’s best-loved actors, Idris Elba steps behind the camera for his directorial debut. Set between ‘70s Jamaica and ’80s London, Yardie follows D — a boy who witnesses his brother’s death at a young age, and later moves from Kingston to Great Britain where he goes on the trail of the killer. The trailer not only shows off Elba’s strong visuals, but also teases a top reggae and dancehall soundtrack.
Upgrade - 31 Aug
Hollywood continues to produce remakes, reboots and sequels of ‘80s violent sci-fi action classics — Robocop, The Terminator, The Predator — while cooking up few true spiritual successors, but Upgrade looks like exactly that. It’s written and directed by Leigh Whannell, best known for writing the Insidious films, and follows a man who becomes an unstoppable killing machine thanks to experimental spinal implant STEM — a handy side-effect to have when you’re on a revenge rampage against the people who murdered your wife. All signs point towards this being a total genre blast.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post - 31 Aug
Appropriate Behaviour director Desiree Akhavan is back with her second feature, this time boasting a top cast in Chloë Grace Moretz and American Honey’s Sasha Lane. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is already a festival favourite from its Sundance run, following the titular character who’s forced to attend gay conversion camp God’s Promise in the early ‘90s. Based on Emily Danforth’s acclaimed novel, early word on Cameron Post promises a bold and deeply human drama, laced with heart and humour.
September
The Nun – 7 Sept
The next spin-off to James Wan's The Conjuring (following the two Annabelle movies), once again features Bonnie Aarons as the terrifying wimpled apparition previously glimpsed in The Conjuring 2. Corin Hardy directs from a screenplay by It's Gary Dauberman. His story sees Demian Bichir's Father Burke and Taissa Farmiga's novice Sister Irene dispatched by the Vatican to investigate a mysterious death at a Romanian convent.
Slaughterhouse Rulez - 7 Sept
This is the first film to come out of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's new Stolen Pictures production company. The action-horror-comedy takes place in an elite boarding school where sadistic sixth formers enforce tough rules and arcane rituals, and status is strictly observed. Until, that is, a controversial fracking operation on school grounds unearths an unspeakable horror and the pecking order must be put aside as pupils, teachers and the school matron face a bloody battle to survive. Pegg and Frost star, and Crispian Mills is the writer-director.
American Animals - 7 Sept
Heists. They look glamorous, slick, fun, thrilling. But the real thing is no Ocean’s movie — a point driven home in American Animals. Director Bart Layton brings his documentarian credentials to the gripping real-life story of four college students — two of which are played by Evan Peters and Barry Keoghan — who planned and attempted an art heist on campus. Needless to say it didn’t go off with smooth precision.
The Predator - 12 Sept
After two disappointing sequels (four if you include the AvP movies), Shane Black has returned to the franchise he first graced in 1987, this time as writer-director rather than pussy-joke-making actor. This time around, our lead is Boyd Holbrook as a former marine who stumbles across dreadlocked alien activity. Unfortunately for him, the US government is none to pleased for anything about the Predators' presence to leak, and the aliens themselves are also on the hunt. Cue McKenna needing to team up with a rag-tag squad (including Thomas Jane, Keegan-Michael Key, Trevante Rhodes and Alfie Allen) to fight back.
King of Thieves - 14 Sept
There have already been two films about the Hatton Garden Heist — but none have yet starred Michael Caine. The biggest-budget telling of the audacious diamond burglary comes from The Theory of Everything director James Marsh, with Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon and Ray Winstone also among the cast. It’s a story prime for a (quality) adaptation, and any excuse to bring Caine back to crime caper territory is a welcome one.
Mile 22 - 19 Sept
Director Peter Berg teams up with Mark Wahlberg for the fourth time, following their collaborations on Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon and Patriot’s Day. This time they’re in fictional territory, whipping up a propulsive action thriller which sees Wahlberg’s US intelligence officer James Silva attempt to escort The Raid’s Iko Uwais across 22 miles of baddie-strewn terrain. Early word is that future Silva adventures are already being cooked up – a show of confidence from the ‘Bergs that this could be a winner.
The House With A Clock In Its Walls - 21 Sept
Eli Roth takes a break from hardcore horror for this more fantastical tale based on John Bellairs' 1973 gothic novel (originally illustrated by the great Edward Gorey). The story revolves around a recently orphaned boy who goes to live in a rackety old house with his uncle, who turns out to be a kindly but somewhat inept warlock. Previously owned by black magicians, the house has a secret within its walls in the form of a clock with the power to end the world. The hunt is, therefore, on. Jack Black is the uncle, with Cate Blanchett the white witch who lives next door.
October
Venom - 5 Oct
Marvel took Spider-Man back in house with last year’s Homecoming, but those plans at Sony for some sort of separate Spider-based extended universe are still scuttling on. Specifically that means Venom remains a going-concern, and the surprise news last May was that Tom Hardy had signed on for the film’s lead, Eddie Brock: his first comic-book property since Bane in The Dark Knight Rises. Hardy is, reportedly, a fan of the symbiotic alien that manifests as a black Spidey costume and requires a human host to wear it. He’s working on the voice as we speak. Probably. Ruben Fleischer is directing, with Woody Harrelson, Riz Ahmed, Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate aboard elsewhere.
Johnny English Strikes Again - 5 Oct
Currently on sombre form as ITV's detective Maigret, Rowan Atkinson hasn't abandoned his physical comedy roots. Here he's back again as the hapless MI7 agent who only wishes he were James Bond. The only official synopsis so far is "Johnny English returns to save the world again," but there's been some filming in the South of France, which may suggest a Mediterranean angle. A French Connection spoof this time, perhaps? Regular Inside No. 9 director David Kerr is behind the camera, and Atkinson's companions on this jaunt are Olga Kurylenko, Ben Miller and Jake Lacy.
A Star is Born - 5 Oct
Bradley Cooper makes his directorial debut with this re-telling of the classic musical rise-and-fall tale. He also stars alongside Lady Gaga as Jackson and Ally, respectively — lovers and rival singers who experience the highs and lows of life in the spotlight. Stepping into the shoes of Judy Garland (of the 1954 version) and Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson (of the 1976 version) is no mean feat, but with Cooper and Gaga providing their own vocals this should prove an intriguing new take on the story.
Bad Times at the El Royale - 12 Oct
Drew Goddard directs Chris Hemsworth, Jeff Bridges, Russell Crowe and Dakota Johnson in this '60s-set thriller. It takes place at a run-down hotel (the El Royale of the title) near California’s Lake Tahoe and gathers a cast of characters whose own shady agendas will violently collide. That's about all anyone will say at this point, but the film's pedigree is certainly strong.
Halloween - 19 Oct
Previously best known for their collaborations on stoner comedies like Pineapple Express and Your Highness, David Gordon Green and Danny McBride are somehow the new team behind the venerable stalk-and-slash franchise. But they’re not taking it lightly: "Halloween has always been one of my favorite movies of all time," says McBride. "There’s a simplicity and an efficiency to that first one. Our approach is to get back to that." The film will follow on from the original Halloween II, ignoring everything since. Jamie Lee Curtis is returning (since her character, Laurie, now didn’t die, because H20 and Resurrection didn’t happen), with Judy Greer playing her daughter. Original director John Carpenter has, unusually, given the project his full support and blessing – and he's even doing new music!
Mowgli - 19 Oct
First it was The Jungle Book. Then it was Jungle Book: Origins. But now [Andy Serkis](Andy Serkis' performance-captured Rudyard Kipling adaptation has finally settled on Mowgli as its title. Rohan Chand plays the boy raised by a wolf pack in the jungles of India, who learns the rules of the jungle under the tutelage of bear Baloo (Serkis) and panther Bagheera (Christian Bale), and faces down the threat of the fearsome tiger Shere Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch). Kaa, the snake is played by (Cate Blanchett); wolf-pack leader Akela by (Peter Mullan); scavenging hyena Tabaqui by (Tom Hollander); Nisha, the female wolf by (Naomie Harris); her mate, Vihaan, by (Eddie Marsan); and Mowgli’s Brother Wolf by (Jack Reynor). Much delayed, and beaten to screen's by Jon Favreau's Disney version, Serkis says his will be worth the wait for its "truly next generation" storytelling.
Bohemian Rhapsody – 24 Oct
Charting the birth and huge rise of Queen to rock superstardom, this follows the band's journey to the heights of their show-stopping appearance at Live Aid in 1985. Mr. Robot's Rami Malek plays front man Freddie Mercury, with Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello and Gwilym Lee as Roger Taylor, John Deacon and Brian May respectively. Dexter Fletcher was originally attached to direct. Then he walked away and Bryan Singer was doing it. But then Singer was fired in odd circumstances during production and Fletcher came back to finish the job. May and Taylor have endured the whole saga, overseeing the story and the classic tunes.
Overlord - 25 Oct
Closer in spirit to Dead Snow than Dunkirk, this WWII horror stars Wyatt Russell and Jovan Adepo. Set on the eve of D-Day, it follows a group of American paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines for a mission that they've been told is crucial to the invasion's success. But as they approach their target, a Nazi-occupied village, they discover that there is something much scarier and more dangerous going on, as the enemy's experimental tinkering with supernatural forces has unleashed something truly dangerous for the soldiers to fight. Julius Avery direct from a screenplay by Billy Ray and Mark L. Smith, and J.J. Abrams is among the producers via his Bad Robot shingle. Early word claimed that this is the fourth Cloverfield film – though Abrams has since suggested that it might be unconnected to the monster saga.
November
Crazy Rich Asians - 2 Nov
The rom-com is set to make a vibrant comeback in Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s hit novel. This is a classic boy-meets-girl, girl-meets-boy’s-overbearing-parents tale, but this time told against the backdrop of Singapore with a cast including Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina and Michelle Yeoh.
The Hate U Give - 2 Nov
Angie Thomas’ timely YA novel gets a speedy adaptation to the big screen with The Hunger Games’ Amandla Sternberg in the lead. She’s Starr, a young black girl living in America caught between her largely African-American neighborhood and the mostly white prep school she attends. When her best friend is shot by a police officer, she finds her own voice in protest. The Hate U Give should be a vital drama that goes beyond the usual YA audience.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web - 9 Nov
With David Fincher's mooted Millennium trilogy never getting beyond The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, we're now skipping past Stieg Larsson's other two novels, and rebooting with the book series' fourth instalment, written by David Lagercrantz some years after Larsson's death. Claire Foy is the latest incarnation of hacker-savant Lisbeth Salander (previously played by Noomi Rapace in the Swedish TV movies and Roony Mara in Fincher's film), with Sverrir Gudnason as the new journalist-detective Mikael Blomquist. The pair are reunited some time after their previous adventures, when Salander and a renowned Swedish scientist are both targeted by "ruthless cyber-gangsters and a violent criminal conspiracy that will bring terror to the snowbound streets of Stockholm." Fede Alvarez directs from a script he wrote with Jay Basu and Steven Knight.
Widows - 9 Nov
Based on a Lynda La Plant TV crime series from the '80s, this involves a wgroup of women whose husbands are all killed during a robbery. Not content with mourning, the widows decide to finish the job for themselves and get the loot. Director Steve McQueen has had hi eye on this for some time, and has worked on the adaptation with Gillian Flynn. Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Rodriguez and Carrie Coon head the cast, with support from Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell and Daniel Kaluuya.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - 16 Nov
After popping up at the very end of the first film, Johnny Depp’s Gellert Grindelwald is front and centre in the next tale from J.K. Rowling's Potterverse. For those who require a little refreshing, Grindelwald was the big, pre-Voldemort bad of Dumbledore’s generation, some of whose antics we glimpsed at the start of Fantastic Beasts. Having escaped custody, he's been gathering followers to his nefarious cause. Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) calls in Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to try and stop him. Katherine Waterston co-stars, and David Yates, as ever, directs.
Robin Hood - 21 Nov
It's already eight years since Russell Crowe wore the tights, so here comes another origin story for the Sherwood outlaw and his Merry Men. Taron Egerton takes the lead in this version, returning from the Crusades to battle the corrupt likes of the Sheriff of Nottingham (Ben Mendelsohn) while helping the locals peasantry subsist. The rest of the eclectic cast includes Jamie Foxx as Little John, Tim Minchin as Friar Tuck, Eve Hewson as Maid Marian and Jamie Dornan as Will Scarlet. Otto Bathurst is the director.
Creed II - 30 Nov
Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Johnson returns, this time for some sort of grudge match against Dolph Lundgren’s Russian Rocky IV nemesis Ivan Drago (who killed Creed Sr. in 1985, you’ll remember). With Creed’s original director Ryan Coogler busy with Marvel’s Black Panther (he remains part of the Creed family as an exec-producer), Sylvester Stallone initially opted to produce, write, play Rocky in and direct this. He was, however, eventually dissauded from the latter by Jordan and the suits at Warner Bros. The Land's Steven Caple Jr. took his place in the director's chair in December. Tessa Thompson is returning as Bianca.
Disobedience - 30 Nov
Director Sebastián Lelio's English-language debut adapts Naomi Alderman’s novel. Both follow Ronit, the estranged daughter of a rabbi, who heads home to the Orthodox Jewish London neighbourhood she grew up in when her father dies. Revisiting an old romance with her best friend Esti (who now happens to be married to Ronit's cousin), the young woman’s visit causes a rift in the tight-knit community. Rachel McAdams is Esti and Rachel Weisz is Ronit, with the latter also producing.
Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 - 30 Nov
This animated Disney sequel finds Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly), Vanellope (Sarah Silverman), Fix-It Felix (Jack McBrayer) and Sergeant Calhoun (Jane Lynch) exploring a wider digital world than before. Footage shown at D23 last summer confirmed it's even more mind-bogglingly meta than its predecessor, with new character Yesss (Taraji P. Henson crashing the Disney website to encounter Tinkerbell, Stormtroopers and even a Marvel-yourself booth, which turns visitors into MCU characters (complete with Stan lee cameo). The first slice of 8-bit adventure grossed $471m worldwide, a more than respectable return on its $150m+ budget. This one looks set to wow nostalgic gamers and their dazzled kids in much the same way.
December
White Boy Rick - 7 Dec
Newcomer Richie Merrett stars in this true-life saga as Richard Wershe, Jr., who at the tender age of 14 became an undercover informant for local and federal law agencies before himself going on to become a major drug dealer in the mid-1980s. At 17, Wershe was arrested with 17 pounds of cocaine in his possession and jailed for life, but there remain questions about how his early work as an informant contributed to his descent into crime. Matthew McConaughey plays his father in the film, which is written by Steve Kloves and directed by Yann Demange.
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - 14 Dec
When Sony announced that it was making an animated take on Spider-Man, there were concerns about the dilution of the character's impact given the resurgence of the live-action franchise. But the decision to focus on the Miles Morales version of Spidey instead of Peter Parker is a smart way to differentiate the discrete franchises. Shameik Moore voices Morales, with Liev Schreiber, Mahershala Ali and Brian Tyree Henry also lending their vocal tones to the movie. Phil Lord and Chris Miller wrote the screenplay, and Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey are the co-directors.
Mortal Engines - 14 Dec
Director Christian Rivers and producer Peter Jackson bring Philip Reeve's series of children's novels to the screen here in spectacular style. the story takes place in a steampunk post-apocalyptic future where cities are mobile and perambulate the planet devouring each other for fuel: a system amusingly called Municipal Darwinism. The St Paul's Cathedral-topped London is the strongest of these Traction Cities, in a world where "old tech" is extremely sought after. Jackson co-wrote with usual suspects Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boyens. Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Ronan Raftery, Stephen Lang and Hugo Weaving are all in the cast.
Aquaman - 21 Dec
First seen in action in last year's Justice League, Jason Momoa's Atlantean monarch spends his first solo outing dealing with problems from Orm (Patrick Wilson), his half-brother, who is a rival to the throne. Dolph Lundgren plays King Nereus, ruler of the aquatic kingdom of Xebel, who stakes a claim to Aquaman's queen, Mera (Amber Heard) and decides that his love life would be easier if Aquaman were dead.
Also in the cast are Willem Dafoe as science advisor Dr. Vulko, Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Aquaman's mother, Temuera Morrison as his father, Thomas Curry, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as the dastardly Black Manta. James Wan is the director.
Mary Poppins Returns - 21 Dec
Prepare to step in time and chim your chimerneys once again. 25 years after she first brightened the Banks family's lives, the magical nanny (Emily Blunt) returns to find that grown children Michael (Ben Whishaw) and Jane (Emily Mortimer) are having fresh issues involving tragedy and a serious lack of sparkle in depression-era London. Needing all the help she can get, she enlists cousin Topsy (Meryl Streep) and friendly lamplighter Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda.). Colin Firth, meanwhile, plays William Weatherall Wilkins, president of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank. Rob Marshall directs the film, working from a script by David Magee, which draws on material from Travers' later Poppins novels. And we're promised cameos from Angela Lansbury and and Dick Van Dyke.
Bumblebee - 26 Dec
The idea of the Transformers movie franchise now extending itself into spin-offs may be groan-inducing to some. But Bumblebee's solo adventure has some surprising things going for it. Chief among them is its director, Travis Knight, who made Kubo And The Two Strings and is the boss of animation studio Laika. "I wanted to approach this massive, expansive franchise and really focus in on a tiny corner of the canvas," Knight told Empire. "Everything I’ve tried to do at Laika, searching for an artful blend of darkness and light, intensity and warmth, humour and heart, I wanted to bring to the Transformers franchise." Bumblebee himself, meanwhile, is no longer the other movies' Chevy Camaro, but a VW Beetle, as he was in the original toys and cartoons. And the vocally challenged, heroic Autobot this time gets Hailee Steinfeld as his human sidekick.
Holmes & Watson - 26 Dec
The comedy pairing of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly has previously brought us Talladega Nights and Step Brothers. Now they've landed on a new comedy take on Arthur Conan Doyle's Baker Street sleuth and his steadfast companion. Etan Cohen, who last directed Ferrell in Get Hard, is the writer and director. Lauren Lapkus plays Millie: a young woman with a mind almost as sharp as the great detective himself, which he finds understandably worrying but also intriguing. Rebecca Hall is another new, non-Doyle character, Dr. Grace Hart. But the classic roster is represented too: Ralph Fiennes is Holmes' arch-enemy Moriarty, Kelly Macdonald is housekeeper Mrs Hudson, Hugh Laurie is Holmes' brother Mycroft, and Rob Brydon is Inspector Lestrade.
Alita: Battle Angel - 26 December
James Cameron remains involved here as a producer, but ceded the actual directing of his long-developing, much cherished live-action anime adaptation to Robert Rodriguez. Rosa Salazar takes the lead as the manga-eyed Alita, a cyborg found in pieces in a scrap heap by Dyson Ido (Christoph Waltz), who takes her home and restores her to cyber-health in the violent Iron City. Ed Skrein, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Michelle Rodriguez and Jackie Earle Haley round out the cast.