The Hollywood Reporter - 30.10.2019

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 67 OCTOBER 30, 2019

A Beautiful Day
in the Neighborhood (Sony)

RELEASE DATE Nov. 22
Two-time Oscar winner Tom
Hanks portrays TV icon Fred
Rogers in Marielle Heller’s follow-
up to Can You Ever Forgive Me? The
2018 Mr. Rogers doc Won’t You Be
My Neighbor? proved there’s an
appetite for feel-good films about
the kind-hearted kids TV host.

Bombshell (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE Dec. 20
The first trailer for the Jay Roach-
helmed drama based on the Fox
News women who spoke out
against Roger Ailes created plenty
of buzz, mostly because of the
transformation of producer-star
Charlize Theron into a perfect
doppelganger for Megyn Kelly.

Booksmart (Annapurna)

RELEASE DATE March 10
BOX OFFICE $24.6 million

Olivia Wilde’s feature directo-

rial debut, a coming-of-age

comedy about high schoolers

(Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn

Dever) trying to let loose for

one night before they graduate,

charmed critics despite a soft box

office performance.

Cats (Universal)

RELEASE DATE Dec. 20

The first trailer with its

CG-created catsuits was swiftly

mocked all over the internet,

but with an original song by

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Taylor

Swift and a name cast including

Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, Idris

Elba and Ian McKellen, this Tom

Hooper-helmed musical could be

catnip for the Globes.

Clemency (Neon)

RELEASE DATE Dec. 27

Taking Sundance’s top prize,

the prison-set drama helmed by

Chinonye Chukwu earned praise

for powerful performances by

Alfre Woodard (playing a prison

warden) and Aldis Hodge (as a

death row inmate).

Dark Waters (Focus)

RELEASE DATE Nov. 22

Todd Haynes’ thriller stars

three-time Oscar nominee

Mark Ruffalo as an attorney

who takes on chemical company

DuPont and exposes a deadly

history of industrial pollution.

Roma, Green Book and Spotlight

production company Participant

backed the film.

Dolemite Is My Name

(Netflix)

RELEASE DATE Oct. 25

Awards season loves a comeback.

Eddie Murphy returns for his first

major film role since 2012 to star

as stand-up comedian and actor

Rudy Ray Moore in the ’70s-set

film from Hustle & Flow helmer

Craig Brewer.

Downton Abbey (Focus)

RELEASE DATE Sept. 20

BOX OFFICE $172.6 million

Four years after the popular

British series wrapped, the

Crawley family reunited for

this big-screen outing. It was a

smash at the box office, landing

Focus’ largest opening ever with

$31 million, and has gone on to

become the studio’s top domestic

earner of all time.

The Farewell (A24)

RELEASE DATE July 19

BOX OFFICE $19.6 mi l lion

The Sundance breakout is

based on writer-director Lulu

Wang’s real family, who chose

not to tell their grandmother

about her cancer diagnosis.

Starring breakout Awkwafina

in her first dramatic role, the

film had the best per-theater

average of the year in its

opening weekend.

Ford v Ferrari (Fox)

RELEASE DATE Nov. 15

Five-time Oscar nominee Matt

Damon and four-time nominee

Christian Bale (who won in 2011

for The Fighter) star in this sports

biopic as men enlisted by Ford

Motor Co. to create a race car

that can give Ferrari a run for

its money.

Harriet (Focus)

RELEASE DATE Nov. 1

The first major motion pic-

ture about Harriet Tubman’s

escape from slavery and lead-

ership in the Underground

Railroad stars Grammy/Tony/

Emmy winner and Broadway

star Cynthia Erivo and features

supporting turns from Janelle

Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr. and

Joe Alwyn.

A Hidden Life (Fox Searchlight)

RELEASE DATE Nov. 1

Terrence Malick’s films haven’t

made a dent on the awards circuit

since 2011’s The Tree of Life (it