Clockwise from top left: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (AMC Theaters), The Killer (Netflix), The Exorcist: Believer (Warner Bros.), Five Nights At Freddy’s (Universal), Killers Of The Flower Moon (Apple TV+)
The fall film season kicks off in earnest during October as horror titles and awards hopefuls hit the multiplex (or your big-screen TV, laptop, etc.). The month’s new offerings include highly anticipated films from greats like David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, and Alexander Payne. Elsewhere, director David Gordon Green attempts to relaunch the Exorcist franchise, and the streamers are coming in hot with new films starring Jamie Foxx, Jodie Foster, and Emily Blunt.
But look for the back half of October to be swallowed whole by Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, an OMG surprise release that’s expected to overwhelm theaters and easily become the biggest concert film of all time, surpassing Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. After owning stadiums throughout spring and summer, Taylor Swift figures to own movie theaters in October, even in a month that features films from stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Annette Bening, Chris Evans, and Michael Fassbender.
Killers Of The Flower Moon (in theaters, October 6, Apple TV+, October 20)
Killers of the Flower Moon — Official Trailer
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan FraserDirector: Martin ScorseseDavid Grann’s meticulously researched 2017 nonfiction book Killers Of The Flower Moon shed long-overdue light on one of the darkest and most troubling chapters in American history. Now the story is about to get an even harsher spotlight in director Martin Scorsese’s epic film adaptation, also titled . In the book and the film, members of the Osage Indian Nation are murdered after oil is found underneath their Oklahoma land, which makes them some of the richest people on the planet. Coincidence? We think not. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, the husband of an Osage woman (played by Lily Gladstone), and Robert De Niro plays William Hale, a local cattleman with designs on the Osage’s oil-rich land. Jesse Plemons is a lawman with the BOI (the precursor to the FBI) entrusted with discovering who’s doing the killing. The film was well received when it premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, which should get the ball rolling for an awards season run. [Mark Keizer]
Also, is anyone really “curious” to see if DGG and co can pull it off? Because based on the Halloween requels and the paint by numbers trailer, I’m fairly confident already the answer is “no, they can’t.”
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wow, some crazy revisionist history going on in the Exorcist: Believer write up.
“Cluttered multiplexes” The prequels barely had a theatrical release and if III is lame to you you can GTFOH
Also, is anyone really “curious” to see if DGG and co can pull it off? Because based on the Halloween requels and the paint by numbers trailer, I’m fairly confident already the answer is “no, they can’t.”