Highly-Anticipated Films to Watch This Second Half of 2021

BECAUSE of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a tough year for the film industry, especially with all the film releases getting postponed to a later date. 

Here’s a rundown of some of the highly-anticipated films we’re all looking forward to catching in cinemas this second half of 2021!

Check it out below:

JULY

Minions: The Rise of Gru (July 2)
Directed by: Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson
Starring: Steve Carell, Julia Andrews, Michelle Yeoh, Lucy Lawless

Top Gun: Maverick (July 2)
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Val Kilmer

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (July 9)
Directed by: Destin Daniel Cretton
Starring: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Michelle Yeoh, Florian Monteanu

AUGUST

The Suicide Squad (August 6)
Directed by: James Gunn
Starring: Alice Braga, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Idris Elba

Candyman (August 27)
Directed by: Nia Dacosta
Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo

SEPTEMBER

The Boss Baby: Family Business
(September 17)
Directed by: Tom McGrath
Starring: Amy Sedaris, James Marsden, Lisa Kudrow, Jeff Goldblum

Death on the Nile (September 17)
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Gal Gadot, Kenneth Branagh, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie

OCTOBER

Dune (October 10)
Directed by: Denis Villenueve
Starring: Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac

NOVEMBER

Eternals (November 5)
Directed by: Chloe Zhao
Starring: Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan

Mission Impossible 7 (November 19)
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Vanessa Kirby, Tom Cruise, Rebecca Fergusson

DECEMBER

West Side Story (December 10) Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana Debose

Untitled Spider-Man Sequel (December 17)

Directed by: Jon Watts
Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jamie Foxx, Benedict Cumberbatch

The Matrix 4 (December 22)

Directed by: Lana Wachowski
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lambert Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
(Note: Release dates and movie lineup are subject to change without prior notice.)

(ROHN ROMULO)