Want to know what’s in theaters this week? Catch these exciting new releases on the big screen:
Ten years since the last live-action solo movie about the Dark Knight, The Batman arrives in cinemas this weekend exclusively and triumphantly. Matt Reeves’s gritty crime thriller take on the DC Comics superhero is Certified Fresh at Rotten Tomatoes and is sure to be a hit at the box office as well. See Robert Pattinson as a young, novice Caped Crusader (and his alter ego, Bruce Wayne) joined by Zoe Kravitz, Colin Farrell and Paul Dano as the iconic Batman villains Catwoman, The Penguin, and The Riddler.
That’s not the only new movie starring Colin Farrell, either. You can also see him in After Yang, which opens in limited release from A24 this Friday. The science fiction drama is the latest from the video essayist turned filmmaker known as Kogonada (Columbus) and stars Farrell and Jodi Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) as parents who own a robotic babysitter, called Yang. When the humanoid machine, which has become a part of their family, becomes unresponsive, they attempt to save its life.
Get your tickets for those and other new movies here.
Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
Ariana DeBose is Marvel’s Calypso: Yet another Spider-Man villain is joining Sony’s Kraven the Hunter movie. Deadline reports that Oscar-nominated actress Ariana DeBose, who just won an historic SAG Award for her breakout performance in West Side Story, has been cast in the Marvel Comics adaptation, likely as the character Calypso. She would co-star opposite Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the title role. In the comics, Calypso is a voodoo priestess and occasionally Kraven’s romantic partner.
Chris Hemsworth to play Mad Max villain: Speaking of Marvel movie actors, Chris Hemsworth is reportedly part of the cast of the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa. According to Slashfilm, quoting from the new book Blood, Sweat & Chrome, The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, the Thor and Avengers star will be playing the primary villain in the feature. New Mutants actress Anya Taylor-Joy has the part of the titular character, who was played by Charlize Theron in Fury Road.
Meg 2 casts Chinese movie star Wu Jing: Another action franchise with a casting update is The Meg, which pits lead Jason Statham versus a giant prehistoric shark. Variety reports that China’s highest-grossing actor of all time, Wu Jing (Wolf Warrior, The Battle at Lake Changjin), has joined the upcoming sequel, titled Meg 2: The Trench. Also a director and martial artist, Wu previously made his Hollywood blockbuster debut in the 2008 action-adventure sequel The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Jack Harlow Can’t Jump: The remake of White Men Can’t Jump has made its first leap into the casting circle with a fresh face. Deadline reports that rapper and musician Jack Harlow will make his film debut in the new version of the sports comedy, the original of which stars Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes. Harlow, who wowed producers with his first ever audition, will fill Harrelson’s part of Billy Hoyle. The redo will be helmed by the music video director turned filmmaker known as Calmatic.
Oppenheimer adds even more: Finally, we have our weekly update on the casting of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, David Dastmalchian, who stole the show as Polka-Dot Man in last year’s The Suicide Squad, has joined the biopic about the titular head of America’s atomic bomb project. This will mark a special reunion for Dastmalchian, who got his break in a small role in Nolan’s second Batman blockbuster, The Dark Knight, back in 2008. And this just in: Deadline reports that James D’Arcy (Nolan’s Dunkirk) and Michael Angarano (Sky High) have also joined the cast of Oppenheimer as well.
