Summer Movie Calendar 2021

Director Guy Ritchie reunites with Jason Statham for a fourth collaboration, centering on an armored truck company employee who joins a daring heist but may have ulterior motives.

Starring: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Hartnett

Directed By: Guy Ritchie

This stark drama centers on a separated couple dealing with their newfound freedom to see other people; the husband has a much more difficult time adjusting as he tries to keep his family of six together.

Starring: Clayne Crawford, Sepideh Moafi, Chris Coy, Avery Pizzuto

Directed By: Robert Machoian

Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson headline this revival of the Saw franchise as two cops investigating a series of gruesome — and eerily familiar — murders.

Starring: Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Samuel L. Jackson, Marisol Nichols

Directed By: Darren Bousman

Angelina Jolie plays a forest fire warden who takes it upon herself to protect a young boy who has witnessed the murder of his father in this thriller from writer-director Taylor Sheridan (Wind River).

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Finn Little, Jon Bernthal, Aidan Gillen

Directed By: Taylor Sheridan

This book adaptation stars Amy Adams as an agoraphobic woman who believes she has witnessed the murder of a neighbor… or has she?

Starring: Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Fred Hechinger

Directed By: Joe Wright

Dave Bautista leads a group of mercenaries on a dangerous mission to rob a Las Vegas casino during a zombie outbreak.

Starring: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera

Directed By: Zack Snyder

Disney reimagines the 101 Dalmations villain with the help of Emma Stone, who plays the titular aspiring fashion designer whose life takes a criminal turn.

Starring: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser

Directed By: Craig Gillespie

This sequel to the 2018 horror hit follows up with Abbott family as they seek shelter from the film’s sound-sensitive monsters and encounter fellow survivors.

Starring: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe

Directed By: John Krasinski

The third chapter in the original Conjuring franchise finds paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) looking into a criminal who claims he was possessed by the devil.

Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook

Directed By: Michael Chaves

Speaking of Lin-Manuel Miranda, his hit Broadway musical about the people who live in the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights also gets the big-screen treatment, thanks to Crazy Rich Asians director John M. Chu.

Starring: Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins

Directed By: Jon M. Chu

This follow-up to the 2017 action comedy stars Ryan Reynolds as bodyguard Michael Bryce, who is enlisted by Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek) to rescue her husband — and Michael’s rival — Darius (Samuel L. Jackson).

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas

Directed By: Patrick Hughes

Pixar’s latest offering is a coming-of-age tale about a boy who lives on the Italian Riviera and strikes up a friendship with another boy, only to discover they are both secretly sea monsters disguised as humans.

Starring: Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Maya Rudolph

Directed By: Enrico Casarosa

Beatrix Potter’s mischief-prone rabbit embarks on a second adventure as Peter (James Corden) wanders away from home and makes new friends as his family comes looking for him.

Starring: James Corden, Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, David Oyelowo

Directed By: Will Gluck

Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) helms this decades-spanning documentary about brothers Ron and Russell Mael, otherwise known as the influential rock duo Sparks.

Starring: Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Edgar Wright, Flea

Directed By: Edgar Wright

Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his “family” are back in another action-packed blockbuster, as Dom faces off against the brother (John Cena) he tried to leave in the past.

Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson

Directed By: Justin Lin

Based on a notoriously stranger-than-fiction series of viral tweets, Zola follows a Detroit waitress who road-trips to Florida with a stripper acquaintance and ends up spending the craziest two days of her life with her.

Starring: Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, Colman Domingo

Directed By: Janicza Bravo

In this follow-up to the 2017 animated comedy, the original boss baby (Alec Baldwin) and his brother have grown up, and they must now contend with children of their own and an evil school headmaster.

Starring: Alec Baldwin, James Marsden, Eva Longoria, Jeff Goldblum

Directed By: Tom McGrath

Set after 2016’s Purge: Election Year, in which the Purge was officially abolished, this next chapter in the franchise follows a Mexican couple who become stranded on a ranch and besieged by strangers who miss the good ol’ days.

Starring: Ana de la Reguera, Josh Lucas, Tenoch Huerta, Leven Rambin

Directed By: Everardo Gout

Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as the Avengers super-spy in this prequel film that takes place directly after the events of Captain America: Civil War and finds Natasha grappling with her past as a double agent.

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz

Directed By: Cate Shortland

Taylor Russell and Logan Miller return to reprise their roles in this continuation of the 2019 horror-thriller, which finds another six people trapped in deadly escape rooms and trying to understand whey they’ve been chosen.

Starring: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Indya Moore, Holland Roden

Directed By: Adam Robitel

Oscar-winning documentarian Morgan Neville (Won’t You Be My Neighbor) sets his sights on another beloved pop culture icon, Anthony Bourdain, in this profile of the late celebrity chef’s incredible life.

Starring: Anthony Bourdain

Directed By: Morgan Neville

A full 25 years after the original Space Jam, LeBron James puts a new spin on the story. This time, Bron is transported to a digital world and must team up with the Looney Toons to defeat an evil AI’s Goon Squad in a game of hoops. 

Starring: LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Cedric Joe, Khris Davis

Directed By: Malcolm D. Lee

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest follows a family on vacation who discover the secluded beach where they’re relaxing is mysteriously causing them to age rapidly. It seems straightforward, but you know Shyamalan loves his twists.

Starring: Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Ken Leung

Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan

This spin-off of the G.I. Joe universe is an origin story for the mute ninja/commando known as Snake Eyes, with Crazy Rich Asians’ breakout star Henry Golding in the title role.

Starring: Henry Golding, Andrew Koji, Haruka Abe, Úrsula Corberó

Directed By: Robert Schwentke

Writer-director David Lowery (The Old Man and the Gun) brings us a haunting vision of the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with Dev Patel in a medieval fantasy adventure splashed with a touch of horror.

Starring: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury

Directed By: David Lowery

Disney unleashes its next theme park ride-inspired movie, starring Emily Blunt as a scientist who hires Dwayne Johnson’s riverboat captain to take her down the Amazon in search of the mythical Tree of Life.

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall

Directed By: Jaume Collet-Serra

Matt Damon stars in director Tom McCarthy’s (Spotlight) thriller about an Oklahoma oil-rig worker who travels to Marseille, France to clear his daughter’s name when when she is imprisoned for a crime she says she didn’t commit.

Starring: Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin, Lilou Siauvaud

Directed By: Tom McCarthy

Adam Sandler won’t be returning to voice Dracula, but everyone else is back in the final chapter of this series, which will see the focus shift more to Dracula’s daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) and her human husband Johnny (Andy Samberg).

Starring: Brian Hull, Jim Gaffigan, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez

Directed By: Derek Drymon, Jennifer Kluska

Director James Gunn helms this soft reboot of the famously panned 2016 DC movie, with folks like John Cena and Idris Elba joining the group of criminals who are sent to take out a Nazi-era prison in South America.

Starring: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Viola Davis

Directed By: James Gunn

What if a non-player character (NPC) in a video game suddenly became self-aware? That’s the idea behind Free Guy, an action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as Guy, the NPC in question who decides to take his destiny into his own hands.

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery

Directed By: Shawn Levy

Aretha Franklin gets the biopic treatment courtesy of Jennifer Hudson, who stars as the legendary singer in her youth, alongside Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, and Marc Maron.

Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald

Directed By: Liesl Tommy

This psychological thriller follows a recent widow (Rebecca Hall) who, now alone in the house he built for her, begins to uncover the dark secrets of his past.

Starring: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Evan Jonigkeit

Directed By: David Bruckner

This sequel to the 1992 horror classic takes place in the same neighborhood, now gentrified, where an artist explores the legend of Candyman in his work and unknowingly opens a door he may not be able to close.

Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo

Directed By: Nia DaCosta