Godzilla (2014)
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elisabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, Ken Watanabe
Genre: Giant Monster Adventure
Plot: You know the story by now - giant monster terrorises/stomps around Japan. Humans squee in terror. But what really perks our interest is the director and cast. As Edwards' first movie since Monsters we'd be interested regardless - but it's the size and scale of the project that surprises. Equally, the thesp/proper actorly type cast - could this be the Godzilla needed to topple Cloverfiel d?
UK Release Date: 16 May 2014
US Release Date: 16 May 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Peter Dinklage, Jennifer Lawrence
Genre: Time-travelling Superhero Adventure
Plot: Considering the cast is as long as this gallery, we're still a bit baffled as to how returning X-Men auteur Bryan Singer is going to marry both timelines (from First Class , and the previous trilogy) into one coherent story. Still, if anyone can do it, he can - and with a movie title that ties into one of the X-Men's most classic and calamitous of comic stories (the X-Men go into the future only to find a bleak dystopian nightmare), we really can't wait to see the finished result.
UK Release Date: 22 May 2014
US Release Date: 22 May 2014
A Million Ways To Die In The West
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Cast: Charlize Theron, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, Liam Neeson
Genre: Western
Plot: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane follows up Ted with a complete change of pace as he heads to Arizona circa 1882 for a raucous-looking western romp. MacFarlane stars as sheep farmer Albert, who rediscovers his mettle when he meets Charlize Theron’s Anna. Then Liam Neeson’s dastardly criminal comes calling…
UK Release Date: TBC
US Release Date: 30 May 2014
Postman Pat: The Movie - You Know You're The One
Director: Mike Disa
Cast: David Tennant, Rupert Grint, Stephen Mangan, Jim Broadbent
Genre: CGI Animation
Plot: One of the Beeb's longest running children's animations heads to the big screen, following everyone's beloved Postman Pat and his cat Jess as they enter a TV talent contest.
UK Release Date: 23 May 2014
US Release Date: TBC
Maleficent
Director: Robert Stromberg
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Juno Temple, Sharlto Copley
Genre: Fairytale Adventure
Plot: Yep, it's another fairytale story, but at least this one has a unique angle, as the classic 'Sleeping Beauty' tale is told from the perspective of the Princess' evil nemesis, Maleficient (Jolie).
UK Release Date: 30 May 2014
US Release Date: 30 May 2014
22 Jump Street
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Cast: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube
Genre: Comedy
Plot: Aside from that address change (this sequel to 21 Jump Street is so-called because the base of operations is moving location… to the other side of the street), little is known about this follow-up to the unexpectedly-awesome first Jump Street. Teases co-director Phil Lord: “If the first movie is about two people getting together for the first time, this is about what happens if you try to really make the relationship work.”
UK Release Date: 6 June 2014
US Release Date: 13 June 2014
The Edge of Tomorrow
Director: Doug Liman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton
Genre: Sci-Fi Action
Plot: Jumpe r director Doug Liman helms this intriguing twist on the atypical sci-fi adventure, as Cruise plays Lt. Col. Bill Cage, a soldier trapped in a Groundhog Day style loop of his last day in an epic battle with an alien race.
UK Release Date: 6 June 2014
US Release Date: 6 June 2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Nicola Peltz
Genre: Action Adventure
Plot: It's all change for Michael Bay's fourth punt at Transformers box office success (he's been doing pretty well so far), with Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz and Stanley Tucci rejuvenating the cast for an adventure that's sure to be as loud, bombastic and explosiony as Bay's best.
UK Release Date: 27 June 2014
US Release Date: 27 June 2014
Oculus
Director: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Karen Gillan, Katee Sackhoff, Brenton Thwaites, James Lafferty
Genre: Horror
Plot: Trying to exonerate family members convicted of murder is difficult at the best of times, but the lead in Oculus ( Doctor Who ’s Karen Gillan) is attempting prove the true perpetrator of her mother’s death is a supernatural phenomenon. With initial reviews (perhaps surprisingly) positive, this complex horror may be a genre high-point for 2014.
UK Release Date: 13 June 2014
US Release Date: 11 April 2014
Grace Of Monaco
Director: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank Langella
Genre: Biography Drama
Plot: An all-star cast leads a possible awards contender, telling the story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's complex and fascinating personal life, which takes in a political dispute with Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and the impending French invasion of Monaco during the 1960s.
UK Release Date: 6 June 2014
US Release Date: TBC
