Time.com feature article Summer is here! The college entrance examination is over!
Last weekend's North American box office grossed $70 million (about 440 million yuan), nearly twice as high as Chinese mainland the same period. After more than a year of silence, the North American box office looks like it has recovered? The resumption rate of theaters in the United States has reached 73%, and after North America entered the summer program, it has surpassed China in weekend box office for two consecutive weeks, and the enthusiasm of local audiences to enter the theater is quite high.
In this summer program that has not yet begun to heat up, what films are about to be released in North American theaters?
"In the Highlands", which is about to meet the audience on Friday, has a rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 97%; although Pixar's new animation "Summer Friendship Day" will only be launched on streaming platforms in North America, Chinese mainland will be confirmed to be in theaters; "Black Widow", which fans have been waiting for for a long time, will finally be released in North America on July 9, which means that it is not far from meeting Chinese audiences;
Director Shyamalan's new horror film "Getting Old" will bring you a little coolness on this hot summer day; and the rolling version of "X Task Force: All Assembled", Chinese the title of the film has been changed to make people almost unable to recognize that it is actually "Suicide Squad 2", will this time have better luck than last time?
Take a look at the 2021 annual, 18 New North American Summer Works summarized by Time.com (in order of release time)
01 "In the Highlands"
6.11 Release
Director: Zhu Haowei
Writers: Chiara Elegria Huedes, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Starring: Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Corey Hawkins
Warner Bros. song and dance movie "In the Heights", Rotten Tomatoes freshness has reached 97%! The film brings the award-winning musical of the same name to the big screen, focusing on the life story of a Latin immigrant district in New York over a three-day period, directed by Zhu Haowei, a Chinese-American director of "Picking Gold". Film critics praised the extreme success of the adaptation and the word of mouth exploded! The original play was Hamilton's Broadway musical debut for Lin-Manuel Miranda, in which Lin-Manuer was a producer and also a supporting role.
02 "Summer Friendship Day"
6.11 launched Disney+, Chinese mainland to determine the introduction
Director: Ericon Casa Rosa Starring Jacob Trebrey, Jack Dylan Glazer, Maya Rudolph
"Sunny Summer" tells the story of two boys in a small town on the Mediterranean coast of Italy, who experience an unforgettable journey of growing up in the summer full of ice cream, pasta aromas, and motorcycle riding. They appear to be human boys, jumping into the sea will become sea monsters, but they still want to make friends with humans. This film is a new animation produced by Pixar, which at first glance looks a bit like an animated version of "Call Me By Your Name", and in the summer, you have to watch such a fresh fantasy story with sunshine, beaches, and ice cream.
03 "Bid Rabbit 2: Escape Plan"
6.11 US + Chinese mainland released simultaneously
Director: Will Goole starring Rose Byrne, Domnell Gleason, James Corden
Sony's sequel movie "Bid Rabbit 2: Escape Plan" has been screened in Chinese mainland, and the freshness on Rotten Tomatoes is currently 73%, and the Chinese version has also invited Guo Qilin to voice it. Putting aside the confusing marketing of "Spicy Rabbit Head", in the second part, Bid Rabbit gathered a group of good partners with different personalities, such as "Treasure Warrior" Benjamin, "Self-Hi Crazy Demon" Cotton Tail, "Cruel Sister Flower" Mopsy and Flopsy, "Exquisite Pig Pig" Brand, etc., to make a big fuss at the farmers' market and start a sea, land and air adventure.
04 "The Killer's Wife's Bodyguard"
6.16 Release The first episode was introduced in the mainland
Director: Patrick Hughes Starring Samuel Jackson, Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek
With the little, it's at least certain that The Killer Wife's Bodyguard will be a very talkative sequel (like his other films) that will capture 32% Rotten Tomatoes freshness in one fell swoop. In addition to the return of all three protagonists in this part, there is also the villain played by Antonio Banderas and the mysterious character played by Morgan Freeman. The sequel tells that the bodyguard Xiao Beibei was injured by the last mission, he had to see a psychiatrist and decided to wash his hands of the golden basin, but the killer's wife asked him for help, and he still had to go out of the mountain again to fight and kill.
05 Human Eradication Project 5
7.2 Release
Directors: Evrador Valerio Gut starring: Anna della Regula, Josh Lucas, Will Parton
The essence of audiences who love low-budget, large-scale horror movies is that as long as you dare to shoot them, we dare to watch them. The sequel film Project Human Purge 5 takes place after an election year in which Adra (Anna della Regula) and Juan (Tenoche Bertha) escape from a Mexican drug cartel and find comfort at a ranch in Texas. And when a group of outsiders decide to proceed with the purges outside the allotted time, things go wrong, and that's when people can break any law.
06 "Black Widow"
7.9 release + online Disney + Premier Access (additionally charged $29.9), Chinese mainland is expected to be introduced
Director: Kate Sauterland Starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Poer, Rachel Weiss
This MCU movie we really waited too long and too long, from the widow debut of "Iron Man 2" in 2010, has been alive and waiting until now, "Black Widow" is also the first "mixed release" of the marvel cinematic universe's big screen work. This film will fully reveal the mysterious and complex legendary past of the widow sister. It is worth mentioning that the actor who plays the young version of Natasha, Al Anderson, is the daughter of Mira Jovovich and Paul Anderson, director of the Resident Evil series (and of course also made a cameo appearance in the Resident Evil series).
07 Slam Dunk in the Air: A New Legend
7.16 release, Chinese mainland is expected to be introduced
Directed by: Malcolm M. D. Lee starred: LeBron James, Zandaya, Don Chandel
The sequel movie "Slam Dunk in the Air: A New Legend" created by LeBron James is here! "Black Panther" directors Ryan Coogler and Lin Yibin and others served as the producers of the film, and NBA stars such as Klay Thompson and Anthony Davis also joined. The cartoon characters who played together this time have a 3D+CG style, and the story tells that Zhan Huang mistakenly entered the Warner Bros. server universe and launched an exciting basketball adventure with a number of cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny and Duffy Duck.
08 "Grow old"
7.23 Release
Director: M. Knight Shyamalan Starring Gayle García Bernal, Vicky Klips, Tomasin Mackenzie
Shyamalan's new film "Old" has a very eerie atmosphere, the summer beach is full of horror, and you don't have to turn on the air conditioner. Inspired by French comics, the film is a desert island escape-style paranormal thriller about a family who, while on a tropical vacation, find a corpse on a beach that somehow causes them to age rapidly, shortening their lives to a day. They slowly began to realize that something unusual was happening on the beach...
09 Special Forces: Snake's Eye Origins
7.23 Release Chinese mainland is expected to be introduced
Director: Robert Svenk starring Henry Goldin, Andrew Koggy, Samara Viven
After many years, the prequel movie "Special Forces: Snake's Eye Origins" is finally going to meet the audience. As the most lethal legend in the special forces, Henry Golding's Snakeeye was once a soldier active in the Vietnam War. Introduced by his comrade-in-arms, the White Ghost, Snake Eye came to the mysterious and ancient Lanying Ninja Group and became its next outstanding disciple, from which most of the amazing martial arts of Snake Eye were learned. The film will fully explore the mysterious background of "Snake's Eye", which is also the first time that an Asian actor has played the role.
10 Elf Hostel 4: Adventures on Earth
7.23 release, Chinese mainland is expected to be introduced
Directors: Derek Delaimon, Jennifer Kruska starring: Andy Samberg, Catherine Hahn, Selena Gomez
The animated film sequel produced by Sony Pictures, Elf Hostel 4: Adventures on Earth, announces that the decade-long series of films is about to usher in its final chapter. Count Dracula reunites with the Elven family, and an accident transforms them all. Count Dracula, who is "adult" for the first time, embarks on a crazy adventure in order to avoid permanent transformation and travel to the human world to seek healing. The "crazy woman" Catherine Hahn who dared to kill the puppy in "Wanda Vision" also returned to the dubbing this time, as the saying goes, if you don't go crazy, you can't live.
11 The Green Knight
7.30 Release
Director/Writer: David Lowe starring: Dave Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton
The Green Knight is based on the story of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", the most graceful knight of the Round Table in King Arthur's legend and the nephew of King Arthur. Legend has it that when King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were celebrating the New Year, a Green Knight broke into the hall and threatened to behead the knights. Gao Wen picked up his axe and slashed, and the Green Knight split up, and his head rolled down in the middle of the hall. Unexpectedly, the Green Knight did not die, bent down and picked up his head and threw himself on the horse, and pointed his head at Gao Wen, asking him to go to the Green Church a year later to accept the Green Knight's slash...
12 Jungle Quest
7.30 release + Disney + Premier Access (additionally charged $29.9), Chinese mainland is expected to be introduced
Director: Zomi Sherla Starring: Dawn Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jesse Plemont
Jungle Quest is a film based on the classic Disneyland game project, following the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean series and the street-pumping Tomorrowland. Set during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the protagonist is similar to Pirates of the Caribbean, where a self-made captain and a stubborn British rose form a joyful family to tell the story of their treasure hunting in the Amazon rainforest. Johnson has a skill to make all the films in the film look similar in temperament, I don't know how this time.
13 "Stop The Water"
Director: Tom McCarthy starring Matt Damon, Abigill Breslin, Camille Cortan
"Stop Water" is expected to hit next year's awards season, with Matt Damon playing an oil driller from Stillwater, Oklahoma. While studying abroad in Marseille, France, his daughter was suspected of murdering a girl named Lina. But the daughter insisted that she was innocent, and the father flew to Marseille and tried everything to wash his daughter away. This film should be influenced by the real event "Exchange Student Amanda", and there have been various debates in society about whether she really committed a crime.
14 Task Force X: Full Assemble
8.6 Release
Director: James Gunn Starring Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Senna
Have you ever seen a rebooted version of the movie made after only 5 years, and the title just added a "The" operation? This is the rolling version of Task Force X: Full Assemble. Viola Davis still plays Amanda Waller, who finds a bunch of geeks from prison to go on a new mission, and this time the villain monster they have to deal with is Starro, who looks like "Pi Star". Last time, in order to be released in Chinese mainland, the title of the Chinese film was changed to "Suicide Squad" to "X Task Force", this time I don't know if the film will have better luck?
15 "Out of Control Player"
8.13 Release Chinese mainland is expected to be introduced
Director: Sean Levy Starring Ryan Reynolds, Judy Comer, Taiga Vidity
Get ready for your eyes to keep an eye on the subtitles, because the little have a new film. This video game-themed action comedy Runaway Player tells the story of Guy, a bank clerk played by a little, who discovers that he is originally a background character in an adventurous video game. But he is not willing to be mediocre, and he actually becomes a good person who does justice in the game, which leads the developer to order the game to be shut down, and the female player played by "Little Pervert" Judy Comer wants to help him fight back against the Jedi. How to fight back? Talk more to annoy your opponents?
16 "Respect"
8.13 Release
Director: Lisa Tommy Starring Jennifer Hudson, Forrest Whitaker, Tate Donovan
"Respect" is a biopic by American legendary Alyssa Franklin (the title "Respect" is her classic track), and Oscar-winning and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson plays the soul song queen who is a household name in the United States. In her more than 60-year career, Alyssa has contributed numerous hits and earned more than 40 Grammy nominations; she was also the first female singer to be inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to singing, Aretha also worked on the civil rights movement and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005.
17 "Remembrance of the Puzzle"
Released on August 20, Chinese mainland is expected to be introduced
Director/Writer: Lisa Joy Starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Wu Yanzu
"Remembrance Puzzle" is a science fiction film that reunites Westworld Caste, directed by Lisa Joy, one of the series creators (who is also the sister-in-law of Christopher Nolan), the female protagonist is Sandy Newton, the wolf uncle and Rebecca Ferguson in "The King of the Circus", and the male god Wu Yanzu that we are familiar with. Nick Bannister (Hugh Jackman) is a private investigator who struggles to find the truth about the disappearance of his new client, May (Rebecca Ferguson). At the same time, Nick must also face the ultimate dilemma: What are you willing to pay for in order to keep the people you love the most?
18 "The Disciple"
8.20 Release
Director: Martin Campbell Starring Samuel Jackson, Michael Keaton, Maggie Q
In the previous part, there was an old acquaintance Wu Yanzu, and this one had his old acquaintance Maggie Q. This time she starred in the action movie "The Disciple", and the beautiful and sassy female killer made people dream back to "Nikita". Samuel Jackson plays Maggie Q's mentor in the film, and when he is murdered, the female killer is bound to ally with Rembrandt (Michael Keaton), another of the world's top killers, to uncover a mysterious past that happened in Vietnam, find the truth and take revenge.
Dear netizens, which one are you most looking forward to?