The Corona virus - which imposed itself on our lives throughout 2020 - negatively affected several industries, including cinema, which suffered on several levels, from the closure of theaters, through the postponement of the screening of the most important films that the audience had been waiting for, and ending with the suspension of production for some time.
Although we still do not know what it will be like in 2021, especially in light of the developments that we are witnessing recently, this does not negate the hope of filmmakers and the public alike.
On the one hand, everyone is excited to show the postponed 2020 movies, such as the 25th part of the "No Time to Die" series, the new part of the "Fast and Furious" (F9) series, and the movie "Black Widow" (Black Widow) is Marvel's first female championship, as well as a contemporary take on the classic West Side Story and horror film A Quiet Place2.
On the other hand, many are waiting for the films that were recently produced and will be released in 2021, the most important of which are:
The best-selling science fiction novel
"Dune" is one of the most awaited movies in the New Year, directed by Dennis Villeneuve and starring Oscar Isaacs, Jason Momoa, Timothy Chalamet and Josh Brolin.
The work is based on a novel of the same name that Frank Herbert issued in 1965 and won the "Hugo" award, while critics rated it as the best science fiction book ever, before it was crowned the best-selling science fiction novel in the world.
It is mentioned that the story of the film will only be shown in the first half of the novel, after which a second part will be issued to complete the story.
The events of this part take place in the future, and it tells about a crown prince who belongs to a family of nobles that controls the desert of the planet "Arakis", the only source of the most important medicine in the universe, which makes it always vulnerable to danger, which forces the hero to travel to one of the most dangerous worlds to save his planet from evil forces seeking To take over the entire galaxy.
Life outside the traditional world
"Nomadland" is an American drama film produced in 2020 and shown in important film festivals, such as the Venice Film Festival during which it won the Golden Lion Award, and it also won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, although it will be presented to the public next February.
The work is directed by Chloe Chow and dialogue. As for the story, it is based on a book written by Jessica Broder, while the starring was assigned to star Frances McDormand, who is expected by critics to nominate her for the Oscar for this role.
McDormand embodies a middle-aged widow who lost her husband to illness, which is followed by the loss of her savings as a result of an economic meltdown in her town.
In an attempt to cope with the sadness, loss and loneliness she suffers from, she decides to pack what is left for her and go on a road trip with her car, through which she wanders across the American plains, exploring the essence of modern life outside her traditional world.
Watch out for "halloween"
As for horror lovers, they are on a date with the movie "Halloween Kills", which is scheduled to be shown next October, coinciding with "Halloween", especially after the success of the movie "Halloween" in 2018, as its revenues reached $ 255.5 million, while its budget did not exceed 15 million.
This made it ranked fourth in the list of highest-grossing horror films with an (R) rating, which encouraged its creators to capitalize on its success and consider it the nucleus of a new 3-part horror series, whose protagonists are Jimmy Lee Cartis, Nick Castle, and James Judd Courtney - the series' heroes The same old ones - with the final part to be released in 2022.
A love letter from Anderson to reporters
If you are a fan of director and author Wes Anderson and his own artistic world of visually dazzling colors, picturesque paintings and stories that are unlike any other, you are on a date with his new dramatic film (The French Dispatch), which combines comedy and romance.
Many of its heroes are the permanent team, who used to work with Anderson such as Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Owen Wilson, Edward Norton, as well as Adrian Brody, Sircha Ronan, Willem Dafoe and Tilda Swinton, joined this time by Kate Winslet, Christophe Waltz and Timothy Chalamet.
The events of the film take place in the twentieth century, specifically in one of the headquarters of American newspapers located in a fictional French city, where a group of journalists who present through the newspaper work wonderful stories, 3 of which occupy the main axes that the film sheds light on.
Innocence despite Guantanamo's nose
Some might think that the movie "The Mauritanian" is a political act, but on the contrary it was a humanitarian par excellence. The only goal behind it is to show the truth of what happened to the detainee "Muhammadu Ould Salahi", who spent 16 years in Guantanamo without a clear charge or Be tried.
Before an American lawyer decides to adopt his case and help him to achieve justice, despite the near impossibility of the matter and the obstacles that officials put her in front of her, she eventually gets him released in October 2016.
The film, starring Jodi Foster, Taher Rahim, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch, is based on the diary of "Slahi" that he published in 2015 and topped the New York Times bestseller list, becoming the first journal published by a detainee during his captivity in Guantanamo.