Filmsane

It’s almost time… Yes, I’m very well aware that there’s a whole month to go until the end of 2018, but what the heck… I can’t wait to tell you about the upcoming movies that I’ll be writing and drooling about.

Now, I’ll cover the December releases in an upcoming different post, but for now I want to focus on a handful of movies that will come out to theaters in 2019. For the sake of space and reasoning I’m going to focus on the first 3 months of 2019, and just what those movie might be?

Well, by all means… Let me present them.

State Like Sleep

Director: Meredith Danluck
Stars: Katherine Waterston, Michiel Huisman, Michael Shannon…
Release date: 4 January 2019
Fun fact about the movie: Michael Shannon & Katherine Waterson also starred in The Current War (2017)

Glass

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Bruce Willis, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sarah Paulson…
Release date: 18 January 2019
Fun fact about the movie: This is the third movie where James McAvoy had to shave his head, after X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Split (2016).

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Directors: Mike Mitchell, Trisha Gum
Stars: Margot Robbie, Alison Brie, Chris Pratt…
Release date: 8 February 2019
Fun fact about the movie: This is Margot Robbie’s first time voicing Harley Quinn, while also playing Harley in the DC universe. Robbie is the first actress to voice Harley Quinn in the Lego franchise since Jenny Slate in The Lego Batman Movie (2017).

Alita: Battle Angel

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Rosa Salazar, Michelle Rodriguez…
Release date: 14 February 2019
Fun fact about the movie: Christoph Waltz was recommended to Robert Rodriguez by their mutual friend, Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino directed Waltz to 2 Oscar wins in Inglorious Basterds (2009) & Django Unchained (2012), & has been a long time friend & collaborator of Rodriguez since the early 1990s.

Isn’t It Romantic

Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Stars: Priyanka Chopra, Tom Ellis, Rebel Wilson…
Release date: 14 February 2019
Fun fact about the movie: Rebel Wilson’s first film as the lead role.

Captain Marvel

Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Stars: Gemma Chan, Brie Larson, Jude Law…
Release date: 8 March 2019
Fun fact about the movie: Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson appeared in Farce of the Penguins (2006), Unicorn Store (2017), and Kong: Skull Island (2017).

Dumbo

Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Alan Arkin, Eva Green, Colin Farrell
Release date: 29 March 2019
Fun fact about the movie: This is Danny DeVito’s fourth collaboration with Tim Burton after Batman Returns (1992), Mars Attacks! (1996), and Big Fish (2003). In three of them, he has played a circus member.