By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 2019 12:30 pm EST
First up, Disney’s Cruella starring Emma Stone as a younger version of the terrifying villain who wants to skin dalmatians to make a coat, will now arrive on May 28, 2021, pushed back five months from the previously set December 23, 2020 date. As of now, that’s the only movie that has staked out that weekend, but that likely won’t be the case as time goes on. Emma Thompson, Walter Hauser, and Joel Fry all star in the movie from I, Tonya director Craig Gillespie, and we’re still in the dark about how the film aims to tell us more about this wretched Disney villain.
Finally, we have Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, a musical which tells the the true story of Jamie Campbell (Max Hardwood), a 16-year-old who doesn’t quite fit in, is terrified about the future, but nonetheless is on the path to stardom as a drag queen. Thanks to the support of his friends and family, Jamie is able to triumph over the prejudice of bullies all the way into the spotlight. Based on the Broadway production of the same name and directed by Jonathan Butterell, the same man behind the stage production, this sounds like a feel-good musical that could be a surprise hit. The rest of the cast includes Richard E. Grant, Sharon Horgan and Shobna Gulati, and the movie has been set for release on October 23, 2020.
