The Hollywood Reporter - 30.10.2019

2019 PLAYBOOK

AWARDS

SEASON

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 69 OCTOBER 30, 2019

The Lighthouse (A24)

RELEASE DATE Oct. 18
BOX OFFICE $3.6 million
Robert Eggers’ unconventional
black-and-white psychological
thriller about two mostly drunk
lighthouse keepers may not be
for everyone but provides stand-
out performances by Robert
Pattinson and Willem Dafoe.

Little Women (Sony)

RELEASE DATE Dec. 25
Lady Bird helmer Greta Gerwig
takes on the Louisa May Alcott
classic, enlisting her muses
Saoirse Ronan and Timothée
Chalamet to play Jo and Laurie
and rounding out the cast with
Emma Watson, Florence Pugh
and Laura Dern.

Marriage Story (Netflix)

RELEASE DATE Dec. 6
Noah Baumbach’s devastating
look at a marriage falling apart
features strong performances
from leads Adam Driver and
Scarlett Johansson plus a memo-
rable score by Randy Newman.

Motherless Brooklyn
(Warner Bros.)

RELEASE DATE Nov. 1
Edward Norton wrote, directed
and stars as a private investiga-
tor struggling with Tourette’s
syndrome in the drama based on
the 1999 novel of the same name.
The supporting cast features
plenty of names, including Bruce
Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby
Cannavale and Willem Dafoe.

Once Upon a Time
in Hollywood (Sony)

RELEASE DATE July 26
BOX OFFICE $368.9 million
Quentin Tarantino’s revisionist
take on the Manson murders won’t
be welcomed in China anytime
soon (it was pulled a week before
its scheduled Oct. 25 release) but it
earned plenty of acclaim state-
side, especially for leads Leonardo
DiCaprio and Brad Pitt.

Pain and Glory

(Sony Pictures Classics)

RELEASE DATE Oct. 11

BOX OFFICE $31.4 million

Oscar winner Pedro Almodóvar

keeps it close to home with his

Spanish-language drama starring

Antonio Banderas (who won the

best actor award in Cannes) as

a film director reflecting on his

life choices.

Parasite (Neon)

RELEASE DATE Oct. 11

BOX OFFICE $97.3 million

South Korea has never even had

a movie nominated for Oscar’s

foreign film (now called interna-

tional feature) trophy, but Bong

Joon-ho’s twisted, genre-bending

take on the haves and have-nots

has been so lauded by critics and

audiences that it could pop up as a

nominee in several other catego-

ries as well. In its limited opening

release, the Palme d’Or winner

shattered records to earn the

biggest per-screen tally for any

foreign-language film released in

the U.S. — ever.

Queen & Slim (Universal)

RELEASE DATE Nov. 27

With its Nov. 14 world premiere

at the AFI Fest, this romantic

thriller about a couple (Daniel

Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith)

on the run after they kill a cop

has a script by Lena Waithe and is

helmed by music video director

Melina Matsoukas in her feature

directorial debut.

The Report (Amazon)

RELEASE DATE Nov. 15

Adam Driver is juggling three

promising projects this fall; here,

he plays a Senate staffer inves-

tigating the CIA’s use of torture

in this tense drama written and

directed by Scott Z. Burns.

Richard Jewell (Warner Bros.)

RELEASE DATE Dec. 13

With its world premiere at the

AFI Fest on Nov. 20 ahead of its

late-in-the-season release date,

Clint Eastwood’s film (about the

real-life security guard who was

vilified in the media after finding

a suspicious backpack during the

1996 Atlanta Olympics) is taking

the same path as Eastwood’s 2014

hit American Sniper, which earned

six nominations.

Rocketman (Paramount)

RELEASE DATE May 31

BOX OFFICE $195.2 million

A glitzy world premiere at Cannes

saw Elton John performing live

on the beach to promote the

biopic about his life. And Taron

Egerton really sings in the film

helmed by Dexter Fletcher (who

took over directing duties on the

best picture Oscar-nominated

Bohemian Rhapsody).

Toy Story 4 (Disney)

RELEASE DATE June 21

BOX OFFICE $1.1 billion

Toy Story 3 was nominated for

best picture (and won for ani-

mated film and original song).

The latest installment, which has

earned the second biggest box

office tally of any film on this list,

sees Woody and the gang joined

by a new friend, Forky.

The Two Popes (Netflix)

RELEASE DATE Nov. 27

The shining stars of Fernando

Meirelles’ tale, with a script

by three-time Oscar-nominee

Anthony McCarten, are the per-

formances by Anthony Hopkins

(as Pope Benedict XVI) and

Jonathan Pryce (as Pope Francis).

Uncut Gems (A24)

RELEASE DATE Dec. 13

The Safdie brothers chased Adam

Sandler for years to get him to

play the brash jewelry store owner

and gambler at the center of

this intense New York-set crime

drama. It was worth it — Sandler

is winning accolades for his work.

Us (Universal)

RELEASE DATE June 18

BOX OFFICE $255.1 million

Jordan Peele proved with Get Out

that there was a place for his

smart horror in the Oscar land-

scape, earning four noms and a

win. His follow-up stars Oscar

winner Lupita Nyong’o in dual

roles as a woman fighting off her

deadly underworld alter ego.

Waves (A24)

RELEASE DATE Nov. 15

Director Trey Edward Shults

traces the tumultuous life of a

black family in Florida. Starring

Sterling K. Brown, Kelvin

Harrison Jr. and Taylor Russell,

the emotional drama (with score

by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)

touts an unusual story struc-

ture as it explores how a family

dynamic shifts after a loss.