{"id":19413,"date":"2019-05-29T16:23:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T00:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-month-in-movies-whats-in-theaters-this-june\/"},"modified":"2019-05-29T16:23:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T00:23:28","slug":"the-month-in-movies-whats-in-theaters-this-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-month-in-movies-whats-in-theaters-this-june\/","title":{"rendered":"The Month in Movies: What’s in Theaters This June"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n\tAs we venture forth into the heart of the summer movie season, the month of June brings us more superheroes, more action, some highly anticipated animated features and a plethora of sequels, spin-offs and reboots (some of them a combination of those things). Interestingly, we’re also getting a number of releases involving evil dolls, as well as a couple of musical hits from across the pond. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tBelow is our guide to all the major titles coming to theaters in June and how to get your tickets now. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJune 7:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tDark Phoenix<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThe latest installment of the X-Men <\/em>movie franchise (and final sequel in Fox’s main series before the characters enter Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe). Dark Phoenix <\/em>reprises the comic book storyline in which Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) becomes too powerful for her own good, and so she turns bad. Jessica Chastain joins the cast for this follow-up to X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em> in a mysterious role, while that movie’s X-Men team returns for this 1990s-set blockbuster. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tLate Night<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tOne of the biggest hits of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Late Night <\/em>is about a legendary talk show host (Thompson) whose long-running show is about to replace her. Kaling (The Office<\/em>), who plays a last-minute hire for the program’s otherwise all-male writing team, also penned the screenplay for the comedy, which Fandango’s Erik Davis called<\/a> “very timely” and “whip-smart.” Lithgow is the late night show host’s husband, and Ike Barinholtz plays her potential successor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Secret Life of Pets 2<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring (voices): Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Harrison Ford<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWelcome back to New York, this animated sequel is waiting for you. And so are the many lovable domestic animals from the original The Secret Life of Pets<\/em>, which was a huge hit in the summer of 2016. Oswalt takes over the role of Max the dog, whose home life has experienced another major change, while Hart returns as the voice of the cute but tough bunny Snowball and Ford makes his animated feature debut as a farm-dwelling sheepdog named Rooster.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tJune 14:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tMen in Black International <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, Liam Neeson<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tEmma Thompson also appears in this Men in Black <\/em>spin-off reboot, reprising her character from the 2012 sequel Men in Black 3<\/em>. The new movie takes the franchise across the pond to the UK HQ of the MIB as Tessa Thompson plays a new recruit to the alien-monitoring, Earth-protecting organization. She teams up with a hot shot agent (Hemsworth), and their mission is to save the planet from one of their own. Kumail Nanjiani co-stars as the voice of an extra-terrestrial sidekick. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tShaft <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Jessie T. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtreee <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWhat’s the movie franchise where two of the sequels have the same title as the original? (Shaft<\/em>) Right on. Roundtree is back as the iconic private detective John Shaft from the 1971 Shaft<\/em>, while Jackson reprises his role as his nephew, John Shaft II, from the 2000 movie also called Shaft<\/em>. This time the focus is on that man’s son, John Shaft Jr. (Usher), an FBI agent who must team up with his two elder heroes for a murder investigation that takes them into the Harlem underworld.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tJune 21:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

\n\tAnna <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Cillian Murphy<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tFrom Luc Besson, writer and director of The Fifth Element<\/em>, La Femme Nikita<\/em> and Lucy<\/em>, comes another action movie involving a kick-ass heroine. Newcomer Luss, a Russian supermodel turned actress, is the titular Anna, a Russian supermodel turned secret government assassin, one of the world’s deadliest. Mirren plays her handler, while Murphy and Luke Evans also co-star in what’s being sold as “an electrifying thrill ride” with “startling twists.” <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tChild’s Play<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman, Mark Hamill (voice)<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tChucky gets a fresh start with this reboot featuring Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill, as the voice of the deadly doll. Plaza stars in the new version, which takes the franchise back to its horror roots, as a single mother who mistakenly buys her son (Bateman) an evil toy with artificial intelligence. The cast of the remake also includes Brian Tyree Henry (If Beale Street Could Talk<\/em>), who plays the detective investigating Chucky’s murders, and Tim Matheson as a toy company CEO.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tToy Story 4<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring (voices): Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Tony Hale <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWhile the grown-ups are watching the Child’s Play<\/em> redo, the kids get their own movie about sentient toys. The fourth installment of Pixar’s flagship franchise follows Woody (Hanks), Buzz (Allen) and the rest of the gang of playthings on an existential adventure, during which they meet a new character called Forky (Hale) made out of a spork and googly eyes. Other additions include Keanu Reeves as a daredevil action figure and Christina Hendricks as a villainous doll. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tWild Rose <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Jessie Buckley, Matt Costello, Jane Patterson<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tIrish singer Jessie Buckley, who broke out on the BBC talent show I’d Do Anything<\/em>, leads this award-winning drama about a Scottish mother of two who, after being released from prison, travels to America to find fame as a country music star. Harry Potter<\/em> actress Julie Walters and Game of Thrones <\/em>actor Jamie Sives also feature in the movie, which has been receiving rave reviews on the film festival circuit since its Toronto premiere last fall. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tJune 26:<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tAnnabelle Comes Home<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mckenna Grace <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tFor those who haven’t had their fill of evil dolls with Child’s Play <\/em>and Toy Story 4<\/em>, this Annabelle <\/em>sequel rounds out the trio just days later. Farmiga and Wilson reprise their roles as real-life paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren from other installments of the Conjuring Universe<\/em> horror franchise, while Captain Marvel<\/em>‘s Mckenna Grace co-stars as their young daughter, who becomes the target of the Annabelle doll’s terror. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tJune 28:<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tYesterday<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tSlumdog Millionare<\/em> and Trainspotting<\/em> director Danny Boyle teamed up with Love Actually<\/em> and Notting Hill<\/em> writer Richard Curtis for this fantasy comedy about a musician (Patel) who wakes up in an alternate timeline in which The Beatles never existed. But he still remembers their songs and so becomes famous performing such hits as the eponymous “Yesterday.” James co-stars as his best friend, McKinnon plays his agent, and singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran appears as himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAs we venture forth into the heart of the summer movie season, the month of June brings us more superheroes, more action, some highly anticipated animated features and a plethora of sequels, spin-offs and reboots (some of them a combination of those things). Interestingly, we’re also getting a number of releases involving evil dolls, as well as a couple of musical hits from across the pond. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tBelow is our guide to all the major titles coming to theaters in June and how to get your tickets now. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJune 7:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tDark Phoenix<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThe latest installment of the X-Men <\/em>movie franchise (and final sequel in Fox’s main series before the characters enter Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe). Dark Phoenix <\/em>reprises the comic book storyline in which Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) becomes too powerful for her own good, and so she turns bad. Jessica Chastain joins the cast for this follow-up to X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em> in a mysterious role, while that movie’s X-Men team returns for this 1990s-set blockbuster. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tLate Night<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tOne of the biggest hits of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Late Night <\/em>is about a legendary talk show host (Thompson) whose long-running show is about to replace her. Kaling (The Office<\/em>), who plays a last-minute hire for the program’s otherwise all-male writing team, also penned the screenplay for the comedy, which Fandango’s Erik Davis called<\/a> “very timely” and “whip-smart.” Lithgow is the late night show host’s husband, and Ike Barinholtz plays her potential successor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Secret Life of Pets 2<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring (voices): Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Harrison Ford<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWelcome back to New York, this animated sequel is waiting for you. And so are the many lovable domestic animals from the original The Secret Life of Pets<\/em>, which was a huge hit in the summer of 2016. Oswalt takes over the role of Max the dog, whose home life has experienced another major change, while Hart returns as the voice of the cute but tough bunny Snowball and Ford makes his animated feature debut as a farm-dwelling sheepdog named Rooster.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tJune 14:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tMen in Black International <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, Liam Neeson<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tEmma Thompson also appears in this Men in Black <\/em>spin-off reboot, reprising her character from the 2012 sequel Men in Black 3<\/em>. The new movie takes the franchise across the pond to the UK HQ of the MIB as Tessa Thompson plays a new recruit to the alien-monitoring, Earth-protecting organization. She teams up with a hot shot agent (Hemsworth), and their mission is to save the planet from one of their own. Kumail Nanjiani co-stars as the voice of an extra-terrestrial sidekick. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tGet Tickets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tShaft <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Jessie T. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtreee <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWhat’s the movie franchise where two of the sequels have the same title as the original? (Shaft<\/em>) Right on. Roundtree is back as the iconic private detective John Shaft from the 1971 Shaft<\/em>, while Jackson reprises his role as his nephew, John Shaft II, from the 2000 movie also called Shaft<\/em>. This time the focus is on that man’s son, John Shaft Jr. (Usher), an FBI agent who must team up with his two elder heroes for a murder investigation that takes them into the Harlem underworld.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tJune 21:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

\n\tAnna <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Cillian Murphy<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tFrom Luc Besson, writer and director of The Fifth Element<\/em>, La Femme Nikita<\/em> and Lucy<\/em>, comes another action movie involving a kick-ass heroine. Newcomer Luss, a Russian supermodel turned actress, is the titular Anna, a Russian supermodel turned secret government assassin, one of the world’s deadliest. Mirren plays her handler, while Murphy and Luke Evans also co-star in what’s being sold as “an electrifying thrill ride” with “startling twists.” <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tChild’s Play<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman, Mark Hamill (voice)<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tChucky gets a fresh start with this reboot featuring Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill, as the voice of the deadly doll. Plaza stars in the new version, which takes the franchise back to its horror roots, as a single mother who mistakenly buys her son (Bateman) an evil toy with artificial intelligence. The cast of the remake also includes Brian Tyree Henry (If Beale Street Could Talk<\/em>), who plays the detective investigating Chucky’s murders, and Tim Matheson as a toy company CEO.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tToy Story 4<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring (voices): Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Tony Hale <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWhile the grown-ups are watching the Child’s Play<\/em> redo, the kids get their own movie about sentient toys. The fourth installment of Pixar’s flagship franchise follows Woody (Hanks), Buzz (Allen) and the rest of the gang of playthings on an existential adventure, during which they meet a new character called Forky (Hale) made out of a spork and googly eyes. Other additions include Keanu Reeves as a daredevil action figure and Christina Hendricks as a villainous doll. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tWild Rose <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Jessie Buckley, Matt Costello, Jane Patterson<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tIrish singer Jessie Buckley, who broke out on the BBC talent show I’d Do Anything<\/em>, leads this award-winning drama about a Scottish mother of two who, after being released from prison, travels to America to find fame as a country music star. Harry Potter<\/em> actress Julie Walters and Game of Thrones <\/em>actor Jamie Sives also feature in the movie, which has been receiving rave reviews on the film festival circuit since its Toronto premiere last fall. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tJune 26:<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tAnnabelle Comes Home<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mckenna Grace <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tFor those who haven’t had their fill of evil dolls with Child’s Play <\/em>and Toy Story 4<\/em>, this Annabelle <\/em>sequel rounds out the trio just days later. Farmiga and Wilson reprise their roles as real-life paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren from other installments of the Conjuring Universe<\/em> horror franchise, while Captain Marvel<\/em>‘s Mckenna Grace co-stars as their young daughter, who becomes the target of the Annabelle doll’s terror. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tJune 28:<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tYesterday<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tStarring: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tSlumdog Millionare<\/em> and Trainspotting<\/em> director Danny Boyle teamed up with Love Actually<\/em> and Notting Hill<\/em> writer Richard Curtis for this fantasy comedy about a musician (Patel) who wakes up in an alternate timeline in which The Beatles never existed. But he still remembers their songs and so becomes famous performing such hits as the eponymous “Yesterday.” James co-stars as his best friend, McKinnon plays his agent, and singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran appears as himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

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