Cape Town – Animation, horror, thriller and true-life – here’s just a small taste of what’s coming to the big screen soon.
1. SUSPIRIA
Amazon has released the first teaser for Luca Guadagnino’s remake of the bloody thriller Suspiria. A darkness swirls at the centre of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe's artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
A SA release date has yet to be announced.
2. OPERATION FINALE
This thrilling true story follows the 1960 covert mission of legendary Mossad agent Peter Malkin as he infiltrates Argentina and captures Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who masterminded the transportation logistics that brought millions of innocent Jews to their deaths in concentration camps.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
The film releases in SA on Friday, 28 September.
3. WIDOWS
Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Viola Davis), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
The film releases in SA on Friday, 16 November.
4. THE OLD MAN & THE GUN
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck), who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman (Sissy Spacek), who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
The film releases in SA on Friday, 11 January 2019.
5. WHITE BOY RICK
Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, White Boy Rick is based on the moving true story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe, who became an undercover police informant and later a drug dealer, before he was abandoned by his handlers and sentenced to life in prison.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
(Click here to watch in on Facebook)
The film releases in SA on Friday, 22 February 2019.
6. THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART
The sequel reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
The film releases in SA on Friday, 1 March 2019.
SNEAK PEEK: 4 new movies coming to cinemas soon