Summer is almost over and fall is just around the corner. However, there’s no need to be sad. Grab your popcorn and put all the negative thoughts away, because there are a bunch of movies coming out in the next three months. And what can be better than a good movie on a cold, rainy day?
1. “Sully ”
STARS: Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, Aaron Eckhart
DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood
RELEASE DATE: September 9, 2016
PLOT: The story of Chesley Sullenberger, who became a hero after gliding his plane along the water in the Hudson River, saving all of the airplane flights 155 crew and passengers.
2. “Bridget Jones Baby ”
STARS: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey
DIRECTOR: Sharon Maguire
RELEASE DATE: 16 September, 2016
PLOT: Now in her 40s and entrenched as a news producer, Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) finds out she’s pregnant but doesn’t know if the father is her ex Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) or new American beau Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey)
3. “Blair Witch”
STARS: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid
DIRECTOR: Adam Wingard
RELEASE DATE: September 16, 2016
PLOT: A group of college students venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of James’ sister Heather in 1994 who many believe is connected to the legend of the Blair Witch. Slowly, they begin to realize the legend is all too real and more sinister than they could have imagined.
4. “The Magnificent seven”
STARS: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke
DIRECTOR: Antoine Fuqua
RELEASE DATE: September 23, 2016
PLOT: A diverse bunch comes together to protect a widow (Haley Bennett) and her town from a sociopathic land-grubbing villain (Peter Sarsgaard).
5. “Queen of Katwe”
STARS: Lupita Nyong’o, Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo
DIRECTOR: Mira Nair
RELEASE DATE: September 23, 2016
PLOT: With the help of her coach (David Oyelowo), chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga) becomes famous in her Ugandan hometown and has ambitions of becoming a world champion.
6. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”
STARS: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson
DIRECTOR: Tim Burton
RELEASE DATE: September 30, 2016
PLOT: After a death in the family, troubled teenager Jacob (Asa Butterfield) happens upon an orphanage run by a strict governess (Eva Green) that houses a bevy of youngsters with extraordinary abilities.
7. “The Birth of A Nation”
STARS: Nate Parker, Aja Naomi King, Armie Hammer
DIRECTOR: Nate Parker
RELEASE DATE: October 7, 2016
PLOT: After feeling the overwhelming oppression around him, Nat Turner (Nate Parker) leads a violent revolt of fellow slaves against their white owners in pre-Civil War Virginia.
8. “The Girl on the Train”
STARS: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux
DIRECTOR: Tate Taylor
RELEASE DATE: October 17, 2016
PLOT: Rachel Wilson (Emily Blunt) becomes obsessed with a couple (Bennett and Luke Evans) she sees on her commute to work but becomes embroiled in a mystery when the woman vanishes and she thinks she saw what happened.
9. “Rings”
STARS: Matilda Lutz, Laura Wiggins, Aimee Teegarden, Johnny Galecki
DIRECTOR: F. Javier Gutiérrez
RELEASE DATE: October 28, 2016
PLOT: A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after they have viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a “movie within the movie” that no one has ever seen before…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOH3ORdVmk8
10. “Inferno”
STARS: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster
DIRECTOR: Ron Howard
RELEASE DATE: October 28, 2016
PLOT: Struggling with amnesia, globetrotting symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) teams with physician Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones) to stop a world-threatening bioweapon before it’s released in the wild.
11. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
STARS: Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston
DIRECTOR: David Yates
RELEASE DATE: November 18, 2016
PLOT: Eccentric magizoologist Newt Scamander (Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne) comes to New York (for a reason we won’t disclose) with his trusty weathered case. This case is one of those way-way-way-bigger-on-the-inside magical devices, and within are expansive habitats for a collection of rare and endangered magical creatures from Newt’s travels around globe. He discovers the American wizarding community is fearfully hiding from Muggles (who are called “No-Maj” in the States, more on that here) and the threat of public exposure is an even graver concern than in the UK (remember the Salem witch trials?). Fantastic Beasts is the story of what happens when this uniquely skilled English wizard travels to wiz-phobic America and a variety of his creatures, some quite dangerous … get out of their case.
12. “The Edge Of Seventeen”
STARS: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Woody Harrelson
DIRECTOR: Kelly Fremon Craig
RELEASE DATE: November 18, 2016
PLOT: Hailee Steinfeld plays Nadine, a high school misfit whose life crumbles further when her best friend starts hooking up with Nadine’s brother.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB6Gecy6IP8
13. “Moana”
STARS: Dwayne Johnson, Auli’i Cravalho
DIRECTOR: Ron Clements, John Musker
RELEASE DATE: November 23, 2016
PLOT: In ancient Oceania in the South Pacific, the young Moana is a born navigator who sets sail in search of a fabled island. During her journey, she teams up with her hero and legendary demi-god Maui. Also, it’s Disney’s first animated feature about a Polynesian princess.
What movies are you planning to see this fall? Are they on our list? Let us know @CelebMix