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November is always a great mix of the best upmarket, potential award winners and the biggest blockbusters, and this year is no different. One of the UK’s very best filmmakers returns with what looks like an absolute stunner. A big literary series returns to the big screen, there’s two huge animated films timed for Christmas, and we once again return to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world.
Widows
Steve McQueen’s last film was the Oscar Best Picture winning 12 Years A Slave, which was a huge hit in the UK. His follow up is set in contemporary Chicago amidst a time of turmoil. Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. It looks absolutely sensational and has already bagged the coveted opening night slot at the BFI London Film Festival.
Target audience: ABC1 Adults
Release date: 9 November
Est. DCM admissions: 713k
Available premium spots: Silver and Bronze
The Girl In The Spider’s Web
Lisbeth Salander is back and the super-talented Claire Foy (The Crown) is taking over the role from Rooney Mara. This time around Lisbeth and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials. Director, Fede Alvarez has proved himself a terrific stylist with Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe, so this should be a twisting, tense treat.
Target audience: ABC1 Adults
Release date: 9 November
Est. DCM admissions: 713k
Available premium spots: Silver and Bronze
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald
One of the biggest films of this, or any year, this second instalment of the Fantastic Beasts series continues the adventures of magizoologist Newt Scamander. Eddie Redmayne returns as Scamander and the big news is that Jude Law takes on the role of Albus Dumbledore. Expect immensely charming and beautifully designed big screen spectacle, just like the first one.
Target audience: All Adults
Release date: 16 November
Est. DCM admissions: 4.8m
Available premium spots: Silver and Bronze
The Grinch
This Christmas there are two huge animated films vying for the family audience. The first is the latest from Illumination (Despicable Me, The Secret Life Of Pets, Sing). Benedict Cumberbatch takes on the role of the grumpy Grinch plotting to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.
Target audience: Family
Release date: 9 November
Est. DCM admissions: 2.7m
Available premium spots: Gold, Silver and Bronze
Wreck-It Ralph: Ralph Breaks The Internet
John C. Reilly returns as Wreck-It Ralph in a set-up that is ripe with comic potential – Ralph discovers a wi-fi router in their arcade. The early trailers suggest this will be one of the funniest films of the year.
Target audience: Family
Release date: 30 November
Est. DCM admissions: 2.7m
Available premium spots: Gold, Silver and Bronze
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