Pass the popcorn, the summer movie season is here and all the spectacle and air-conditioned respite it offers audiences. Summer at the movies has long been synonymous with blockbusters and franchises that are easy to spend a few hours with. For the most part, 2019 is no different.
You want superheroes? You91裸聊视频檝e got 91裸聊视频淪pider-Man: Far From Home91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淒ark Phoenix91裸聊视频� on the horizon. Or sequels? There91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭oy Story 4,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淛ohn Wick: Chapter 3 91裸聊视频� Parabellum,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频滸odzilla: King of the Monsters,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频漈he Secret Life of Pets 2,91裸聊视频� and even a 91裸聊视频淔ast & Furious91裸聊视频� spin-off, 91裸聊视频淗obbs & Shaw.91裸聊视频� How about a reboot with a casting twist? Look no further than the 91裸聊视频淒irty Rotten Scoundrels91裸聊视频� update 91裸聊视频淭he Hustle,91裸聊视频� with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, or 91裸聊视频淢en In Black: International,91裸聊视频� with Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth. Biopics? 91裸聊视频淩ocketman91裸聊视频� is coming and 91裸聊视频淏rian Banks91裸聊视频� too. A literary adaptation? There91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Sun Is Also a Star91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淲here91裸聊视频檇 You Go Bernadette?91裸聊视频� Or a remake of an animated classic? Disney has you covered with two: 91裸聊视频淎laddin91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淭he Lion King.91裸聊视频�
But there is also a world of original films that will add fresh stories, unique perspectives, depth and diversity to the mix. And they91裸聊视频檙e not all indies either. Some studios are making big gestures, with original horrors, comedies and major releases from auteurs: Quentin Tarantino has his 1969 Manson-era Los Angeles film 91裸聊视频淥nce Upon a Time in Hollywood,91裸聊视频� which Sony will release; and Danny Boyle has 91裸聊视频淵esterday,91裸聊视频� coming from Universal.
91裸聊视频淵esterday,91裸聊视频� while a fresh conceit, does have a big recognizable selling point: It91裸聊视频檚 about the music of The Beatles and what happens when everyone in the world forgets that they ever existed 91裸聊视频� except one struggling musician.
Boyle laughed that the songs are 91裸聊视频渂oth the enabler and the destroyer. Because if you get them wrong, it91裸聊视频檚 terrible, there91裸聊视频檚 nothing worse. If you get them right, it gives you an advantage.91裸聊视频�
He even made the bold choice to cast a relatively unknown actor in the lead role.
91裸聊视频淎ny studio is going to prefer one of the leading men if you can get it,91裸聊视频� Boyle said. 91裸聊视频淏ut there91裸聊视频檚 a natural inhibitor here: They91裸聊视频檝e got to be able to play Beatles songs.91裸聊视频�
The one who stood out in a sea of 91裸聊视频淵esterday91裸聊视频� auditions was Himesh Patel, who Boyle said made them sound new.
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91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 not cheap making a Beatles movie. The Beatles songs cost money. But (the studio) saw the audition and they bought into him,91裸聊视频� Boyle said. 91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 a lovely discovery. He has a modern sense of humour.91裸聊视频�
It91裸聊视频檚 not the only big original movie coming out this summer featuring a South Asian lead, either. There91裸聊视频檚 the Bruce Springsteen-soundtracked film 91裸聊视频淏linded by the Light,91裸聊视频� from 91裸聊视频淏end It Like Beckham91裸聊视频� director Gurinder Chadha , the Uber driver who gets in over his head comedy 91裸聊视频淪tuber,91裸聊视频� with Kumail Nanjiani, and Mindy Kaling91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淟ate Night,91裸聊视频� in which she plays a diversity hire on a late night talk show writing staff.
There91裸聊视频檚 also diversity in the independent realm with two notable and highly personal visions manifested in Lulu Wang91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Farewell,91裸聊视频� with Awkwafina, and 91裸聊视频淭he Last Black Man in San Francisco,91裸聊视频� both A24 releases.
Wang91裸聊视频檚 semi-autobiographical film about a Chinese-American family who decides to keep their Chinese grandmother91裸聊视频檚 terminal illness from her, was a breakout at the Sundance Film Festival.
91裸聊视频淭o have an entire film of Asian faces and then have it predominantly be not English language, but to still have it be American financed and distributed and marketed as a US production is not the usual,91裸聊视频� Wang said.
91裸聊视频淭he Last Black Man in San Francisco91裸聊视频� is another exciting discovery from newcomer Jimmie Fails who wrote and stars in this story about gentrification and loving a home that91裸聊视频檚 no longer yours.
91裸聊视频淚 love that company,91裸聊视频� Fails said of A24. 91裸聊视频淭hey give young, new voices a platform.91裸聊视频�
Another outfit taking gambles on new stories is Annapurna, which backed Olivia Wilde91裸聊视频檚 directorial debut 91裸聊视频淏ooksmart,91裸聊视频� a sure-to-be breakout about two high school overachievers and devoted good girls who decide to go to a party one night.
Focus Features is releasing Jim Jarmusch91裸聊视频檚 star-studded zombie-comedy, 91裸聊视频淭he Dead Don91裸聊视频檛 Die,91裸聊视频� with Bill Murray and Adam Driver, and Neon has 91裸聊视频淲ild Rose,91裸聊视频� about an Irish mother of two youngsters, recently released from prison, who dreams of being a country music star.
Some found luck with Netflix, like Amy Poehler with 91裸聊视频淲ine Country,91裸聊视频� which is based on a real trip she took with Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch and others. In the film, the group of friends gets together in Napa to celebrate a 50th birthday.
91裸聊视频淭here are just not enough representations of long female relationships,91裸聊视频� Poehler said. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e obsessed with the beginnings and endings of things and there91裸聊视频檚 so much to tell in the middle.91裸聊视频�
The film will be getting a limited theatrical run, too, but she likes that audiences will have the option to watch it with wine and then just roll into bed if they want.
91裸聊视频淭he summer can be a land of opportunity for films that offer an antidote to the overwhelming onslaught of blockbusters that are the stock in trade of the industry91裸聊视频檚 biggest season,91裸聊视频� said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore.
Of course it91裸聊视频檚 usually the franchises that earn the most. Last summer the top five films were all sequels and accounted for over 40 per cent of the overall summer box office. The last time a non-animated original topped the summer box office was in 1998 with 91裸聊视频淪aving Private Ryan.91裸聊视频� And this year needs all the help it can get, even with the 91裸聊视频淎vengers: Endgame91裸聊视频� boost, the year is still down 13.3% .
But the originals have a chance to provide upside. There91裸聊视频檚 rarely the kind of grassroots-level buzz as when something truly fresh comes along.
91裸聊视频淟ast summer was a great example of how original and fresh concepts were big drivers during the summer months with 91裸聊视频楾he Meg,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频楥razy Rich Asians,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频楤ook Club,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频楾ag91裸聊视频� as well as the documentary 91裸聊视频榃on91裸聊视频檛 You Be My Neighbour?91裸聊视频� all performing better than expected at the box office,91裸聊视频� noted Dergarabedian.
And it91裸聊视频檚 something that creators and studios are fighting to preserve.
91裸聊视频淧eople like original content and are excited when there are good original movies. I think they also like big franchises but I think there91裸聊视频檚 room for both,91裸聊视频� said Seth Rogen, who produced two original films this summer with 91裸聊视频淟ong Shot91裸聊视频� and the sixth graders go wild film 91裸聊视频淕ood Boys.91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频漇tudios have an appetite for both.91裸聊视频�
Plus, Boyle hopes that even with all the possibilities on television and streaming that there91裸聊视频檚 still specialness to going to the theatres to see something new.
91裸聊视频淭elevision is endless time, in a way,91裸聊视频� Boyle said. 91裸聊视频淏ut movies, you go and you give two hours of your time to one thing, and you91裸聊视频檙e not going to be distracted. You sit there and you go, take me somewhere and transform me. It91裸聊视频檚 wonderful to be able to do that. The spotlight is so much more precious.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频� AP Entertainment Reporter Ryan Pearson contributed from Las Vegas.
Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
