City of Lies is an upcoming American biographical crime thriller film directed by Brad Furman and written by Christian Contreras. It is based on the book LAbyrinth by Randall Sullivan , about the murder investigations of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. The film stars Johnny Depp , Forest Whitaker , Rockmond Dunbar , and Neil Brown Jr. The film is set to be released on September 7, 2018 by Global Road Entertainment . A trailer for City of Lies was released by Global Road Entertainment on May 21, 2018, which would have been The Notorious B.I.G.'s 46th birthday.
What They Had is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Elizabeth Chomko, and starring Hilary Swank , Michael Shannon , Robert Forster , Blythe Danner , Taissa Farmiga , and Josh Lucas .
Papillon is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed by Michael Noer. It tells the story of French convict Henri Charrière ( Charlie Hunnam ), nicknamed "Papillon", who was imprisoned in 1933 and escaped in 1941 with the help of another convict, counterfeiter Louis Dega ( Rami Malek ). The film's screenplay is based on Charrière's autobiographies Papillon and Banco , as well as the former's 1973 film adaptation , which was written by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. and starred Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman .
Unbroken: Path to Redemption is an upcoming American drama film directed by Harold Cronk , serving as a spiritual sequel to Unbroken (2014). The film chronicles Louis Zamperini following his return from World War II and his conversion to Christianity after attending one of Billy Graham 's church revivals. It stars Samuel Hunt as Zamperini, with * Vanessa Bell Calloway , Bobby Campo , David DeLuise , Bob Gunton , David Sakurai and Gary Cole also starting while Will Graham portrays his grandfather. It is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 14, 2018.
Mortal Engines is an upcoming post-apocalyptic adventure film directed by Christian Rivers and with the screenplay written by Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson . It is based on the novel of the same name by Philip Reeve . An American-New Zealand co-production, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic steampunk world where entire cities have been mounted on wheels and motorised, and prey on one another. It stars Hugo Weaving , Hera Hilmar , Robert Sheehan , Jihae , Ronan Raftery , Leila George, Patrick Malahide and Stephen Lang .
Creed II is an upcoming American sports drama film directed by Steven Caple Jr. , and written by Sylvester Stallone and Cheo Hodari Coker . A sequel to Creed (2015) and the eighth installment in the Rocky film series , it stars Michael B. Jordan , Stallone, Tessa Thompson , Dolph Lundgren , Florian Munteanu, Phylicia Rashad , Andre Ward , Wood Harris , and Brigitte Nielsen . Creed writer-director Ryan Coogler serves as an executive producer on the film.
Den of Thieves (released in some countries as Criminal Squad ) is a 2018 American heist film written, directed, and produced by Christian Gudegast and starring Gerard Butler , Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson , Pablo Schreiber , O'Shea Jackson Jr. , Evan Jones , Dawn Olivieri , Mo McRae , and Max Holloway . In the film, an elite group of County Sheriff Deputies look to stop a gang of thieves planning to rob the Federal Reserve in Los Angeles .