{"id":136821,"date":"2019-08-28T13:47:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T17:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=136821"},"modified":"2019-08-29T19:12:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T23:12:53","slug":"netflix-announces-theatrical-release-dates-for-films-dolemite-is-my-name-out-oct-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/netflix-announces-theatrical-release-dates-for-films-dolemite-is-my-name-out-oct-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Announces Theatrical Release Dates For Films, Dolemite Is My Name Out Oct. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Netflix has announced its theater plans for ten of their films, including Eddie Murphy’s Dolemite Is My Name<\/strong>, Martin Scorsese’s Irishman<\/strong> and Mati Diop’s Atlantics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Laundromat\u201d<\/strong>
\nUS Theatrical: September 27th. Streaming Worldwide: October 18th.
\nSteven Soderbergh\u2019s ensemble drama stars Gary Oldman, Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, and Jeffrey Wright and deals with the infamous Panama Papers scandal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDolemite Is My Name\u201d<\/strong>
\nUS Theatrical: October 4th. Streaming Worldwide: October 25th.
\nEddie 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 (\u201cHustle and Flow\u201d) directs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe King\u201d<\/strong>
\nUS Theatrical: October 11th. Streaming Worldwide: November 1st.
\nDavid Michod\u2019s Shakespearean drama adapts parts of The Henriad and stars Timothee Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris, Lily-Rose Depp, and Ben Mendelsohn.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEarthquake Bird\u201d<\/strong>
\nUS Theatrical: November 1st. Streaming Worldwide: November 15th.
\nWash 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Irishman\u201d<\/strong>
\nUS Theatrical: November 1st. Streaming Worldwide: November 27th.
\nMartin Scorsese\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMarriage Story\u201d<\/strong>
\nUS Theatrical: November 6th. Streaming Worldwide: December 6th.
\nAdam Driver and Scarlett Johansson lead Noah Baumbach\u2019s latest film about a bitter divorce which aims to view the story from both sides.<\/p>\n

\u201cKlaus\u201d<\/strong>
\nUS Theatrical: November 8th. Streaming Worldwide: November 15th.
\nSergio Pablos\u2019 2D animated feature follows a postman who is posted to a frozen town in the North \u2013 where he discovers Santa Claus is hiding out. Rashida Jones, J.K. Simmons, Joan Cusack, Jason Schwartzman lend their voices.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI Lost My Body\u201d<\/strong>
\nUS Theatrical: November 15th. Streaming Mostly Worldwide: November 29th.
\nJeremy Clapin\u2019s darkly comedic French animated film follows a severed hand that escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.<\/p>\n

\u201cAtlantics\u201d<\/strong>
\nUS Theatrical: November 15th. Streaming Mostly Worldwide: November 29th.
\nSelected to compete at Cannes this year, Mati Diop\u2019s supernatural romantic drama about a group of Senegal construction workers who head out to sea in search of opportunity \u2013 amongst them lovers who must deal with the fact one is betrothed to another man.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Two Popes\u201d<\/strong>
\nUS Theatrical: November 27th. Streaming Worldwide: December 20th.
\nFernando Meirelles\u2019 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.<\/p>\n

The upcoming biopic Dolemite Is My Name, <\/strong>starring\u00a0Eddie Murphy <\/strong>and directed by Craig Brewer <\/strong>(Hustle & Flow), will have its World Premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (Goosebumps), Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, Da\u2019Vine Joy Randolph, Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Snoop Dogg, Ron Cephas Jones, Barry Shabaka Henley, Tip \u2018TI\u2019 Harris, Luenell, Tasha Smith, and Wesley Snipes <\/strong>co-star in the film.<\/p>\n

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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\u2019Vine Joy Randolph), an ex-backup singer who becomes his unexpected comedic foil. Despite clashing with his pretentious director, D\u2019Urville Martin (Wesley Snipes), and countless production hurdles at their studio in the dilapidated Dunbar Hotel, Moore\u2019s Dolemite becomes a runaway box office smash and a defining movie of the Blaxploitation era.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n