Cast: Kelly Marie Tran
Why Open: Actress and activist, Kelly Marie Tran, returns(!) from her unforgettable performance in Star Wars, Episode VIII.
Cast: John Cho
Writer: Takashi Shimizu
Producer: Takashige Ichise
Synopsis: A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death.
Why Open: #StarringJohnCho in one of the most successful film franchises–need we say more? Based on the movie by Takashi Shimizu.
Director: Destin Cretton
Synopsis: Just Mercy shadows world-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson as he recounts his experiences and details the case of a condemned death row prisoner whom he fought to free.
Why Open: From Director Destin Cretton and starring one of inclusion’s greatest pioneers and stars, Michael B. Jordan. It’s the first major studio film to adopt the idea of an inclusion rider, a contractual provision that mandates women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community and other underrepresented groups be considered for key on-screen and behind-the-scenes jobs.
Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Charles Melton
Synopsis: The Miami PD and its elite AMMO team attempt to take down ARMANDO ARMAS, the dangerous head of a nascent drug cartel.
Director: Cathy Yan
Cast: Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong, François Chau
Writer: Christina Hodson
Synopsis: After splitting up with The Joker, Harley Quinn and three other female superheroes – Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya – come together to save the life of a little girl (Cassandra Cain) from an evil crime lord.
Why Open: Cathy Yan is the first Asian Woman to direct a superhero film in history, after having incredible indie film and cross-continental success. In addition, she’s gone the length to cast a superiorly Asian cast in Ella, Ali, and Francois. Moreover, hapa Taiwanese writer, Christina Hodson, who recently penned the incredible Bumblebee, is writing Birds of Prey.
Author: Jenny Han
Cast: Lana Condor, Ross Butler, Janel Parrish, Sarayu Blue
Synopsis: Lara Jean and Peter have just taken their relationship from pretend to officially official when another recipient of one of her old love letters enters the picture.
Cast: Hayden Szeto, Ravi Patel
Synopsis: A traveling nurse takes three disabled men on a road trip to Montreal so they can lose their virginity at a brothel.
Why Open: Starring two of the most impressionable and relatable actors, Hayden Szeto and Ravi Patel, Come As You Are has swept the Audience Jury prizes at several film festivals while meaningfully highlighting the differently-abled community. The film will debut in theatres and can be pre-ordered on Apple: https://apple.co/36I4Poo.
