A new year means a slew of new movies will be hitting theaters. From new comedies, animated films and more Warner Brothers have a long list of films that are coming out in 2019. Grab your popcorn and get ready to head into the theater to catch some of your absolute actors on the big screen for some highly anticipated films, as well as a few that may surprise you. We have the list of the 2019 movie slate for Warner Brother Pictures, and you’re not going to be disappointed!
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD – In limited release on January 11
in New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Director: Peter Jackson
Producers: Clare Olssen, Peter Jackson
Executive Producers: Ken Kamins, Tessa Ross, Di Lees, Jenny Waldman
Documentary. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson (“The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, “The Hobbit” Trilogy) comes the groundbreaking documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old.” Applying state-of-the-art restoration, colorization and 3D technologies to century-old footage—carefully chosen from hundreds of hours of original Great War film held in the archives of the Imperial War Museum (IWM)—Jackson has created an intensely gripping, immersive and authentic cinematic experience. The only narration comes from Great War veterans themselves, selected from more than 600 hours of BBC and IWM archive interviews, resulting in a gripping account of “The War to End All Wars,” told by the soldiers who experienced it. By restoring the original footage to a standard never seen before, the human face of WWI emerges with vivid clarity through the fog of time. Jackson captures the day-to-day experience of its soldiers and reveals the reality of war for those on the front line: their attitudes about the conflict; their camaraderie and their need for humor amidst the horror; the functions of daily life in the trenches; and what their lives were like during periods of rest. Using cutting-edge techniques to transform the images of a century ago into footage that could have been shot today, Jackson both remembers and honors a generation changed forever by a global war.
This film has been rated R for disturbing war images.
THE LEGO® MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART – In 3D and 2D in select theaters on February 8
(Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Animation Group / LEGO System A/S)
Director: Mike Mitchell Writers: Screenplay by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, story by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and Matthew Fogel, based on LEGO Construction Toys.
Producer: Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Roy Lee, Jinko Gotoh Executive Producers: Jill Wilfert, Keith Malone, Matthew Ashton, Chris McKay, Zareh Nalbandian, Ryan Halprin, Will Allegra, Chris Leahy
Cast: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Charlie Day, Maya Rudolph
Animated Adventure. The much-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, global box office phenomenon that started it all, “The LEGO® Movie 2: The Second Part,” reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are now facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than it can be rebuilt. The battle to defeat the invaders and restore harmony to the LEGO universe will take Emmet (Chris Pratt), Lucy (Elizabeth Banks), Batman (Will Arnett) and their friends to faraway, unexplored worlds, including a strange galaxy where everything is a musical. It will test their courage, creativity and Master Building skills, and reveal just how special they really are.
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC In theaters on February 13
(New Line Cinema /BRON Creative)
Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson Writers: Screenplay by Erin Cardillo and Dana Fox & Katie Silberman, story by Erin Cardillo
Producers: Gina Matthews, Grant Scharbo, Todd Garner Executive Producers: Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Andrea Johnston, Marty P. Ewing, Rebel Wilson, Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Cloth
Cast: Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, Adam Devine, Priyanka Chopra
Romantic Comedy. New York City architect Natalie (Rebel Wilson) works hard to get noticed at her job, but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the city’s next skyscraper. And if things weren’t bad enough, Natalie, a lifelong cynic when it comes to love, has an encounter with a mugger that renders her unconscious, waking to discover that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare—a romantic comedy—and she is the leading lady.
This film has been rated PG-13 for language, some sexual material, and a brief drug reference.
SHAZAM! In 3D and 2D in select theaters and IMAX on April 5
(New Line Cinema)
Director: David F. Sandberg Writers: Screenplay by Henry Gayden, Story by Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke, based on characters from DC. Shazam created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck.
Producer: Peter Safran Executive Producers: Jeffrey Chernov, Christopher Godsick, Geoff Johns, Walter Hamada, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter
Cast: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Djimon Hounsou, Faithe Herman, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Marta Milans, Cooper Andrews
Action Adventure. We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s (Asher Angel) case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Zachary Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard (Djimon Hounsou). Still a kid at heart—inside a ripped, godlike body—Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong).
THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA In theaters and IMAX on April 19 (New Line Cinema)
Director: Michael Chaves Writers: Written by Mikki Daughtry & Tobias Iaconis
Producers: James Wan, Gary Dauberman, Emile Gladstone
Executive Producers: Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Walter Hamada, Michelle Morrissey, Michael Clear
Cast: Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez, Marisol Ramirez, Sean Patrick Thomas, Roman Christou, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Tony Amendola
Horror. This timeless Hispanic legend comes to terrifying life in “The Curse of La Llorona.” La Llorona. The Weeping Woman. A horrifying apparition, caught between Heaven and Hell, trapped in a terrible fate sealed by her own hand. The mere mention of her name has struck terror around the world for generations. In life, she drowned her children in a jealous rage, throwing herself in the churning river after them as she wept in pain. Now her tears are eternal. They are lethal, and those who hear her death call in the night are doomed. La Llorona creeps in the shadows and preys on the children, desperate to replace her own. As the centuries have passed, her desire has grown more voracious…and her methods more terrifying. In 1970s Los Angeles, La Llorona is stalking the night—and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope to survive La Llorona’s deadly wrath may be a curandero, and the mysticism he practices to keep evil at bay, on the fringes where fear and faith collide. Beware of her chilling wail…she will stop at nothing to lure you into the gloom. Because there is no peace for her anguish. There is no mercy for her soul. And there is no escape from the curse of La Llorona.
This film has been rated R for violence and terror.
POKÉMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU In 3D and 2D in select theaters on May 10
(Legendary Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures/The Pokémon Company)
Director: Rob Letterman
Writers: TBD
Producers: Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Hidenaga Katakami, Don McGowan
Executive Producers: Joseph M. Caracciolo, Jr., Ali Mendes, Tsunekazu Ishihara, Kenji Okubo, Tohio Miyahara
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Ken Watanabe, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton
Comedy Adventure. Ryan Reynolds stars in the first-ever live-action Pokémon adventure as Pikachu, the iconic face of the global Pokémon phenomenon—one of the world’s most popular, multi-generation entertainment properties and the most successful media franchise of all time. The story begins when ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim (Justice Smith) to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry’s former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds): a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to work together, as Tim is the only human who can talk with Pikachu, they join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the tangled mystery. Chasing clues together through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City—a sprawling, modern metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side in a hyper-realistic live-action world—they encounter a diverse cast of Pokémon characters and uncover a shocking plot that could destroy this peaceful co-existence and threaten the whole Pokémon universe.
THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR In theaters on May 17
(Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures)
Director: Ry Russo-Young Writers: Screenplay by Tracy Oliver
Producers: Elysa Koplovitz Dutton, Leslie Morgenstein
Executive Producers: Tracy Oliver, Pam Hirsch Cast: Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton
Romantic Drama. “What if I told you I could get you to fall in love with me…?” College-bound romantic Daniel Bae (Melton) and Jamaica-born pragmatist Natasha Kingsley (Shahidi) meet—and fall for each other—over one magical day amidst the fervor and flurry of New York City. Sparks immediately fly between these two strangers, who might never have met had fate not given them a little push. But will fate be enough to take these teens from star-crossed to lucky in love? With just hours left on the clock in what looks to be her last day in the U.S., Natasha is fighting against her family’s deportation as fiercely as she’s fighting her budding feelings for Daniel, who is working just as hard to convince her they are destined to be together. A modern day story about finding love against all odds, “The Sun Is Also a Star” explores whether our lives are determined by fate or the random events of the universe.’
This film has been rated PG-13 for some suggestive content and language.
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS In 3D and 2D in select theaters and IMAX on May 31
(Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Toho Co. Ltd.)
Director: Michael Dougherty
Writers: Michael Dougherty & Zach Shields, story by Max Borenstein and Michael Dougherty & Zach Shields
Producers: Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Brian Rogers
Executive Producers: Zach Shields, Barry Waldman, Hiro Matsuoka, Keiji Ota, Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Yoshimitsu Banno, Kenji Okuhira
Cast: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Aisha Hinds, O’Shea Jackson Jr., David Strathairn, with Ken Watanabe and Ziyi Zhang
Action Adventure. The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient superspecies—thought to be mere myths—rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance.
This film has been rated PG-13 for sequences of monster action violence and destruction, and for some language.
SHAFT In theaters on June 14
(New Line Cinema)
Director: Tim Story
Writers: Kenya Barris & Alex Barnow
Producer: John Davis Executive Producers: Richard Brener, Josh Mack, Tim Story, Ira Napoliello, Kenya Barris, Marc S. Fischer
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, Alexandra Shipp, Matt Lauria, Titus Welliver, Cliff “Method Man” Smith and Richard Roundtree
Action Comedy. “Shaft” is the next chapter in the film franchise featuring the coolest private eye on any New York City block. JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather duster, there’s no denying family. Besides, Shaft’s got an agenda of his own, and a score to settle that’s professional and personal.
UNTITLED ANNABELLE FILM In theaters on July 3
(New Line Cinema)
Director: Gary Dauberman
Writers: Screenplay by Gary Dauberman. Story by Gary Dauberman & James Wan. Based on characters created by Gary Dauberman
Producers: Peter Safran, James Wan Executive Producers: Michael Clear, Michelle Morrissey
Cast: Mckenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, with Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga
Horror. Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target—the Warrens’ ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.
IT CHAPTER TWO In theaters and IMAX on September 6
(New Line Cinema)
Director: Andy Muschietti Writers: Screenplay by Gary Dauberman, based on the novel IT by Stephen King
Producers: Barbara Muschietti, Dan Lin, Roy Lee
Executive Producers: Marty Ewing, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg
Cast: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Teach Grant, and Bill Skarsgård, Andy Bean, Jaeden Martell Wyatt Oleff, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer
Horror. Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, “It Chapter Two” brings the characters—who’ve long since gone their separate ways—back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film.
THE KITCHEN In theaters on September 20
(New Line Cinema/BRON Creative)
Director: Andrea Berloff
Writers: Written by Andrea Berloff, based on the Vertigo comic book series created by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle for DC
Producers: Michael De Luca, Marcus Viscidi
Executive Producer: Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Michael Disco, Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Cloth, Elishia Holmes
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, James Badge Dale, Brian d’Arcy James, with Margo Martindale, Common, and Bill Camp, Jeremy Bobb, E.J. Bonilla, Wayne Duvall, Annabella Sciorra, Myk Watford
Mob Drama. Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the film stars Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss as three 1978 Hell’s Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia’s matters into their own hands—proving unexpectedly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition…literally.
JOKER In theaters on October 4
(Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / BRON Creative)
Director: Todd Phillips Writers: Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, based on characters from DC.
Producers: Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Executive Producers: Richard Baratta, Michael Uslan, Joseph Garner, Bruce Berman
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais, Shea Whigham
Drama. “Joker” centers around the iconic arch-nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. The exploration of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a man disregarded by society, is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale.
THE GOLDFINCH In theaters on October 11
(Warner Bros. Pictures / Amazon Studios)
Director: John Crowley
Writers: Screenplay by Peter Straughan, based on the book by Donna Tartt
Producers: Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson
Executive Producers: Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda, Sue Kroll, Courtenay Valenti, Kevin McCormick
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard, Finn Wolfhard, Ashleigh Cummings, Willa Fitzgerald, Aimee Laurence, with Sarah Paulson, with Luke Wilson, with Jeffrey Wright, and Nicole Kidman, Denis O’Hare, Boyd Gaines, Peter Jacobson, Luke Kleintank, Robert Joy
Drama. Theodore “Theo” Decker (Ansel Elgort) was 13 years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day…a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch. The Goldfinch.
THE GOOD LIAR In theaters on November 15
(New Line Cinema/BRON Creative)
Director: Bill Condon
Writer: Screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher, based on the book The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle
Producers: Bill Condon, Greg Yolen
Executive Producers: Jack Morrissey, Nick O’Hagan, Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Cloth
Cast: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, Jim Carter
Drama. Career con artist Roy Courtnay (McKellen) can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish (Mirren) online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
SUPERINTELLIGENCE In theaters on December 25
(New Line Cinema/BRON Creative)
Director: Ben Falcone
Writer: Steve Mallory
Producers: Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Rob Cowan
Executive Producers: Richard Brener, Michael Disco, Steve Mallory, Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Cloth
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Brian Tyree Henry, Jean Smart and James Corden
Romantic Comedy. Nothing extraordinary ever happens to Carol Peters (McCarthy), so when she starts getting snarky backtalk from her TV, phone and microwave, she thinks she’s being punked. Or losing her mind. In fact, the world’s first superintelligence has chosen to study and observe Carol’s attempt to romantically reconcile with her former boyfriend to better understand the human condition. Soon, the allpowerful entity takes over her life…with ominous plans to possibly take over the world. Now, Carol is potentially humanity’s last chance before this AI-with-an-attitude decides to pull the plug.