Legend
Director: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Tom Hardy
Genre: Thriller
Plot: Tom Hardy is lined up to play both of the gangster Kray twins in L.A. Confidential director Brian Helgeland’s latest crime caper. The film will visit the siblings’ true story of organised crime and celebrity confidants in 1950s and 60s London East End.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: TBC
Hector And The Search For Happiness
Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Stellan Starsgard, Toni Collette
Genre: Drama
Plot: Pegg plays a psychiatrist, disillusioned with his patients and profession, who ups sticks and moves to China to ‘find himself’. Less fantasy than The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty , Hector A nd T he Search For Happiness should give a British makeover to the formulaic 'westerner experiences other cultures' model.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: TBC
The Breach
Director: David S. Goyer
Cast: TBC
Genre: Sci-Fi thriller
Plot: Lionsgate has fast-tracked this adaptation of Patrick Lee’s 2009 novel, which sees ex-con Travis Chase discovering a crashed 747 full of murdered passengers, including the President’s wife. They also uncover a secret war as the apocalypse draws ever closer.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: TBC
The Borderlands
Director: Elliot Goldner
Cast: Sarah Annis, Lee Arnold, Drew Casson
Genre: Horror
Plot: British horror The Borderlands uses found footage to show a Vatican investigation into paranormal activity in the West Country. We loved it at FrightFest.
UK Release Date: 28 March 2014
US Release Date: TBC
Birdman
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Keaton.
Genre: Comedy
Plot: Michael Keaton is pretty perfect casting as washed-up actor Riggan Thompson, once famous for playing an iconic superhero, ‘Birdman’. Preparing to take the helm of a new Broadway play, Riggin must overcome family drama and perform. Any and all references to Burton’s Batman will be greatly appreciated.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: TBC
The Babadook
Director: Jennifer Kent
Cast: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney
Genre: Horror
Plot: Reading to kids at bedtime has never caused so much commotion. Oz horror flick The Babadook follows a single mum who realises that the nightmares of her out-of-control six year old might be true. Cue spiky storybook monsters that go bump in the night.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: TBC
Ex Machina
Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander
Genre: Technological Thriller
Plot: Dredd writer Alex Garland makes his directorial debut and tackles artificial intelligence and romance in low-budget thriller Ex-Machina . A 24 year old coder participates in an experiment with a beautiful robot (Vikander) at his internet boss’ mountain retreat. Not to be confused with the DC comic book series of the same name.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: TBC
I Origins
Director: Mike Cahill
Cast: Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, Astrid Bergés-Frisbey
Genre: Drama Sci-Fi
Plot: Sci-fi I Origins sees unconvincing molecular biologist Ian (Pitt) and his lab partner Karen (Marling) researching eyes and asking existential questions. Astrid Bergés-Frisbey stars as a model love-interest – with pretty peepers.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: TBC
Rudderless
Director: William H. Macy
Cast: Selena Gomez, Jamie Chung, Anton Yelchin, William H. Macy, Billy Crudup
Genre: Drama
Plot: William H. Macy’s directorial debut follows a grieving father (Crudup) who discovers musical demos of his recently deceased son and begins a new career in a rock band.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: TBC
Happy Christmas
Director: Joe Swanberg
Cast: Lena Dunham, Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Joe Swanberg
Genre: Comedy drama
Plot: Swanberg’s festive follow-up to Drinking Buddies stars Anna Kendrick as a disaster sibling moving to Chicago to live with older bro Jeff (played by Swanberg himself). Girls' Lena Dunham plays Jenny’s high-school friend and the director’s son makes his acting debut as Jeff’s toddler.
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: TBC
