I know that the summer film season is only just getting underway, but there are a whole host of autumn movies that we are already super excited for.
Legend
It is going to be a right mixed bag this summer as there will be blockbusters, biopics, gothic horrors, and comedy for us to enjoy - there really is going to be something for everyone.
Which movies are you looking forward to the most? We take a look at some that you CANNOT miss and some that we cannot wait to see - will any of them be in the 2016 Oscar race?
- Legend - released 11th September
We love Tom Hardy here at FemaleFirst and Legend is set to be another terrific performance from the actor - not to mention one of the most challenging. The film tells the story of Reg and Ronnie Kray and sees Hardy play both roles in this new film.
I can't wait to see Hardy get under the skin of these two men and explore the differences between them as the film is set during the 1950s and 1960s when the Krays were terrorizing London.
Legend will see Hardy team up with filmmaker and writer Brian Helgeland for the first time as he returns to the director's chair 42 for the first time since sporting biopic 42 back in 2013.
A terrific cast has been assembled for the film, as Hardy is joined by Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Christopher Eccleston, Paul Anderson, Colin Morgan, and David Thewlis.
The recent teaser trailer gave us just a little sniff as to what we can expect from the film and from Hardy's central performance - I really cannot wait to see this great actor in action once again. Legend is one of the British movies that I have been looking forward to all year and it promises to be a movie that will not disappoint.
- Black Mass - released 25th September
Sticking with the crime genre, Black Mass is another film that is not to be missed as Johnny Depp returns to the big screen and a gritty central role. It's fair to say that Depp has not had the biggest success at the box office of late - but this looks set to be a film that could get him back on track.
Black Mass is based on the true story of Whitey Bulger and sees Depp take on that role as he teams up with Scott Cooper for the first time. Cooper has already brought us Crazy Heart and Out of the Furnace and I am looking forward to seeing his return to the director's chair.
Depp is no stranger to the crime biopic, having starred in Public Enemies and Donnie Brasco during his career, and it is going to be great to see him get his teeth into another interesting and complex real life character.
However, it is not all about Depp as he is joined by a terrific supporting cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgerton, Kevin Bacon, Juno Temples, and Corey Stoll.
1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James 'Whitey' Bulger (Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. Black Mass tells the true story of this unholy alliance, which spiralled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.
- The Walk - released 2nd October
Robert Zemeckis has brought us some terrific movies over the years, including Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, and The Polar Express - now he is back with his new film The Walk: which is his first film since the success of Flight at the beginning of 2013.
The movie follows French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre back in 1974 - a story that was told in documentary form back in 2008 with Man on Wire.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is one of the most exciting actors around and he is set to take on central role of Petit. This is the first time that the actor has had the chance to team up with Zemeckis.
Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale, Charlotte Le Bon, and Ben Schwartz complete the cast list as they line up alongside Gordon-Levitt.
The Walk is one of a series of biopic tales that will be hitting the big screen in the autumn - we all know how much the Academy loves this kind of film so any of them could find themselves in the mix come awards season.
- Crimson Peak - released 16th October
I have been looking forward to Crimson Peak since the film was announced as it sees director Guillermo del Toro return to his gothic roots and it looks like it could be one of the horror movies that is not to be missed this autumn.
Guillermo del Toro has brought us movies such as Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, and The Devil's Backbone over his career, but this is his first film since Pacific Rim back in 2013. I don't know about you, but I think it always excited when a del Toro movie is on the horizon.
Crimson Peak sees Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska team up with Del Toro for the first time. The movie sees him reunite with Jessica Chastain - who starred in the Del Toro produced Mama - and Charlie Hunnam - who starred in Pacific Rim. Burn Gorman and Doug Jones are also on the cast list.
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds... and remembers.
We have been short on good horror movies so far this year, but I think Crimson Peak could buck that trend. I have my fingers tightly crossed that this movie lives up to all of my expectations.
- Spectre - released 23rd October
There is one movie that looks set to be a box office smash this autumn... and that is the tiny, little-known film Spectre. Yes, Bond is back and I can't wait to see Daniel Craig back in action as 007.
This will be the fourth Bond film for Craig and comes three years after the billion dollar success of Skyfall back in 2012. Sam Mendes is also back in the director's chair for his second consecutive Bond film at the helm. John Logan is also back to pen the screenplay.
Craig is not the only familiar face on board as Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, and Naomie Harris are back as M, Q, and Eve Moneypenny. However, there are plenty of new names on board as Christoph Waltz, Monica Bellucci, Dave Bautista, Léa Seydoux, and Andrew Scott are also on board.
A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind Spectre.
Skyfall is the most successful Bond movie of all time and Spectre has a tough job to follow up what is widely regarded as the 'best Bond movie of all time.' However, I am excited that Mendes is back in the director's chair and Spectre really does look like it is going to be an action packed ride.
- Suffragette - released 30th October
Another movie that is already whipping up a storm is Suffragette as Carey Mulligan will team up with Oscar winner Meryl Streep for the first time.
Directed by Sarah Gavron, Suffragette will follow the foot soldiers in the early days of the feminist movement. This is Gavron's first live action film since Brick Lane back in 2007 and her first movie since documentary Village at the End of the World in 2013.
Streep is set to take on the role of Emmeline Pankhurst in the film, and she and Mulligan are joined by Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Romola Garai, and Anne-Marie Duff are all also on board.
Of all of the movies that are coming out way this autumn, Suffragette is the film that is perhaps surrounded in Oscar whispers the most - don't be surprised to see this in the mix come the beginning of next year.
Gavron grabbed everyone's attention when she made her debut with Brick Lane and it is exciting to see her back tackling a live action film. Abi Morgan - who penned the screenplay for Shame and The Iron Lady - is also aboard the project writing the script.
- The Lady In The Van - released 13th November
Another British movie that I am looking forward to this autumn, and it comes in the form of The Lady in the Van. The movie sees Nicholas Hytner back in the director's chair, while Alan Bennett has penned the screenplay.
The movie is based on a true story from Bennett's life and will see Alex Jennings on board as the writer, while Maggie Smith will also star. The pair is joined on the cast list by Dominic Cooper, James Corden, Jim Broadbent, Frances de la Tour, and Roger Allam - a terrific line-up of some wonderful British acting talent.
The Lady in the Van follows the relationship between Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
This is a movie that looks like it is going to be a lot of fun and I can't wait to see Hytner and Bennett reunite - the pair joined forces to bring The History Boys to the big screen back in 2006. This is the first film for the director since he helmed The History Boys.
- Life - 25th September
Life is another biopic picture that looks set not to be missed in September as Anton Corbijn returns to the director's chair with Life.
Corbijn has already brought us Control and The American and it has been a long wait to see him back in the director's chair. Life sees him team up with Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson to explore the friendship between James Dean and Dennis Stock.
Stock met Dean when photographing him for Life magazine and a friendship between the two men blossomed - I can't wait to see DeHaan and Pattinson in action as the actors team up for the first time.
The duo is joined on the cast list by Ben Kingsley, Joel Edgerton, and Alessandra Mastronardi. This is a movie that I have been looking forward to for some time and I cannot wait to see the first trailers for the film.
Other movies that are not to be missed this autumn include Aloha, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, The Last Witch Hunter, and Victor Frankenstein.
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