Baltasar Komakur directs Touch, based on the International bestselling book by Olafur Johann Olafsson.
The film follows a widower, played by Egil Olafsson, who embarks on a journey to find his first love, played by Yoko Narahashi before time runs out.
In flashbacks, we see their younger versions, played by Koki and Palmi Kormakur Baltasarsson.
M. Night Shyamalan wrote and directed Trap, which follows a father, played by Josh Hartnett, and his teen daughter as they attend his daughter’s dream concert. Thanks for the information, IMDB.
Soon, it’s discovered that they are at the center of a sinister and dark occurrence. Is the father a serial killer? Well, the trailer tells you. Is it a big spoiler?
Joachim Ronning directs Young Woman and the Sea about the first woman, Trudy Ederle, played by Daisy Ridley, to swim across the English Channel in 1926.
Disney describes it as an American biographical drama about Ederle, a competitive swimmer who won Olympic gold in 1924.
The supporting cast includes Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia and Janette Hain.
Other films directed by Ronning:
Doomsday
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Kon-Tiki
Todd Phillips directs Joker: Folie à Deux with Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as the Joker. Lady Gaga, as Harley Quinn, brings magic to the movie. Together, the film is supposedly a jukebox musical, according to Variety.
Phillips told Variety that this assumption is accurate, but the film features a wealth of song and dance numbers. Still, very little information is known about the sequel’s storyline.
Other films directed by Todd Phillips:
Joker
The Hangover franchise
Road Trip
Due Date
Yorgos Lanthimos directed Kinds of Kindness, which he calls a triptych fable. It begins with the story of a man without a choice who tries to take control of his own life.
A police officer becomes alarmed that his wife, who was missing at sea, has returned and seems like a different person. A determined woman wants to find someone with special abilities who will become a prodigious spiritual leader.
I am sure there is more to the story, but Lanthimos films appear skewed with abbreviated characters. As the reviews appear, the storyline becomes hashed out.
The cast includes Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer.
Other movies by Lanthimos:
The Lobster
Dogtooth
The Killing of a Scared Deer
Bill Skarsgard plays the iconic role in The Crow, directed by Rupert Sanders. It’s a modern reimagining of James O’Barr’s original graphic novel.
Brutally murdered soulmates Eric Draven, played by Skarsgard, and Shelly Webster, played by FKA Twigs. The demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers. He traverses the worlds of the living and dead, putting the wrong things right.
Skarsgard shared his thoughts about portraying the iconic character: “I was a huge fan of the original film growing up as a kid and was so honored to take on the role of Eric Draven.” Skarsgard commented that working with Twigs was magical. “I can’t wait for the world to see the film.” He hopes the film “resonates with audiences as strongly as it did with those of us involved.”
Twig agrees, “I am so thrilled to be in The Crow alongside the talented Bill Skarsgard. The love Bill and I share on screen is effortless and indicative of the authenticity and ease that I dreamed of bringing to the role of Shelley.”
She said Sanders is an extraordinary director. “I am so excited that the trailer is being unveiled and even more excited to have the world see the film this summer.”
Sanders adds that Draven’s “story is about tragic loss, about dealing with the pain of everything that comes with losing someone you love. It is about the dark shadow of grief.”
Starring and executive produced by Colin Farrell, Sugar seems a contemporary, unique take on one of the most popular and significant genres in literary, motion picture, and television history.
It’s a private detective story that follows John Sugar, played by Farrell, an American private investigator on the heels of the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Siegel.
Olivia is the beloved granddaughter of legendary Hollywood producer Jonathan Siegel. As Sugar tries to determine what happened to Olivia, he will also unearth the Siegel family secrets, some very recent and others long-buried.
Michael Zaiko Hall wrote and directed Peter Five Eight. The story follows a charismatic man in black, played by Kevin Spacey, an assassin with no conscience.
At the behest of his shadowy boss, played by Jake Weber, Peter uncovers the truth about the seemingly glamorous real estate agent, played by Jet Jandreau.
Taking place in a small mountain community, Peter focuses on Brenda, played by Rebecca de Mornay, for information that reveals the real estate agent is an unhinged alcoholic with a dark secret.
Based on The New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning nonfiction book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer by author James L. Swanson, Manhunt is a conspiracy thriller about one of the best-known but least-understood crimes in history.
The series tells the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, alongside Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone, Will Harrison, Brandon Flynn, Damian O’Hare, Glenn Morshower, Patton Oswalt, Matt Walsh, and Hamish Linklater star.
We know the end of this story, which is sad, but the film Back to Black is a pseudo-celebration of a talented artist, Amy Winehouse, played by Marisa Abela.
Directed by Sam-Taylor Johnson, the movie portrays her turbulent relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, played by Jack O’Connell, which motivates her to write and record the groundbreaking album Back to Black.
Sam-Taylor Johnson films include:
Fifty Shades of Grey
Nowhere Boy
A Million Little Pieces