Netflix has announced its theater plans for ten of their films, including Eddie Murphy’s Dolemite Is My Name, Martin Scorsese’s Irishman and Mati Diop’s Atlantics.
“The Laundromat”
US Theatrical: September 27th. Streaming Worldwide: October 18th.
Steven Soderbergh’s ensemble drama stars Gary Oldman, Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, and Jeffrey Wright and deals with the infamous Panama Papers scandal.
“Dolemite Is My Name”
US Theatrical: October 4th. Streaming Worldwide: October 25th.
Eddie Murphy takes on a more challenging role than usual with the R-rated comedy film about the rise of blaxploitation legend Rudy Ray More and his onscreen persona Dolemite. Craig Brewer (“Hustle and Flow”) directs.
“The King”
US Theatrical: October 11th. Streaming Worldwide: November 1st.
David Michod’s Shakespearean drama adapts parts of The Henriad and stars Timothee Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris, Lily-Rose Depp, and Ben Mendelsohn.
“Earthquake Bird”
US Theatrical: November 1st. Streaming Worldwide: November 15th.
Wash Westmoreland returns with his latest film that he wrote and directed, titled Earthquake Bird. The film stars Alicia Vikander and tells the story of a woman involved in an intense relationship with a photographer in 1989 Tokyo. Earthquake Bird arrives on Netflix on November 15.
“The Irishman”
US Theatrical: November 1st. Streaming Worldwide: November 27th.
Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated $159 million crime drama about Frank Sheeran, the hitman who maintains ties with the Bufalino crime family and claims to have killed fellow Teamster Jimmy Hoffa. Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci star.
“Marriage Story”
US Theatrical: November 6th. Streaming Worldwide: December 6th.
Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson lead Noah Baumbach’s latest film about a bitter divorce which aims to view the story from both sides.
“Klaus”
US Theatrical: November 8th. Streaming Worldwide: November 15th.
Sergio Pablos’ 2D animated feature follows a postman who is posted to a frozen town in the North – where he discovers Santa Claus is hiding out. Rashida Jones, J.K. Simmons, Joan Cusack, Jason Schwartzman lend their voices.
“I Lost My Body”
US Theatrical: November 15th. Streaming Mostly Worldwide: November 29th.
Jeremy Clapin’s darkly comedic French animated film follows a severed hand that escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.
“Atlantics”
US Theatrical: November 15th. Streaming Mostly Worldwide: November 29th.
Selected to compete at Cannes this year, Mati Diop’s supernatural romantic drama about a group of Senegal construction workers who head out to sea in search of opportunity – amongst them lovers who must deal with the fact one is betrothed to another man.
“The Two Popes”
US Theatrical: November 27th. Streaming Worldwide: December 20th.
Fernando Meirelles’ new film is an amusing chamber piece in which Pope Benedict XVI (Anthony Hopkins) debates with his progressive incoming successor Pope Francis (Jonathan Pryce) as to the best path forward for the Catholic Church.
The upcoming biopic Dolemite Is My Name, starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow), will have its World Premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (Goosebumps), Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Snoop Dogg, Ron Cephas Jones, Barry Shabaka Henley, Tip ‘TI’ Harris, Luenell, Tasha Smith, and Wesley Snipes co-star in the film.
Stung by a string of showbiz failures, floundering comedian Rudy Ray Moore (Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy) has an epiphany that turns him into a word-of-mouth sensation: step onstage as someone else. Borrowing from the street mythology of 1970s Los Angeles, Moore assumes the persona of Dolemite, a pimp with a cane and an arsenal of obscene fables. However, his ambitions exceed selling bootleg records deemed too racy for mainstream radio stations to play. Moore convinces a social justice-minded dramatist (Keegan-Michael Key) to write his alter ego a film, incorporating kung fu, car chases, and Lady Reed (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), an ex-backup singer who becomes his unexpected comedic foil. Despite clashing with his pretentious director, D’Urville Martin (Wesley Snipes), and countless production hurdles at their studio in the dilapidated Dunbar Hotel, Moore’s Dolemite becomes a runaway box office smash and a defining movie of the Blaxploitation era.
Dolemite was such a hit it spawned two official sequels, as well as one unofficial sequel and an appearance in short film Murder Was the Case starring Snoop Dogg, and is credited as one of the most influential characters in the blaxploitation genre.
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