{"id":17539,"date":"2021-04-30T22:15:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T05:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=17539"},"modified":"2021-05-25T23:39:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T06:39:19","slug":"may-2021-movie-releases-in-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/may-2021-movie-releases-in-theaters\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2021 Movie Releases: Everything Coming To Theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>May is here, and while this year&#8217;s summer blockbuster movie season won&#8217;t quite kick off with the bang we&#8217;re used to, more and more movie theaters are opening up around the country as Covid vaccines continue to roll out. Disney&#8217;s latest live-action movie about one of its iconic villains leads the way, along with two highly-anticipated horror franchises offering up their latest installments. Guy Ritchie is back with his latest action flick, as is Taylor Sheridan with his latest gritty thriller. Rounding it out, there are enough comedies and romances coming to theaters this month to offer something to entice any moviegoer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are all the movies coming to theaters in May 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrath of Man \u2013 Release Date: Friday, May 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast:\u00a0Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonso, Ra\u00fal Castillo, Deobia Oparei, Eddie Marsan, Scott Eastwood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Guy Ritchie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wrath of Man - Official Trailer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wTimfsgH54k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jason Statham stars as H, a cash truck security guard with a mysterious past in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/wrath-of-man\/312651\">Wrath of Man<\/a><\/em>. During an attempted heist of their armored truck, H surprises his coworkers by unleashing highly precise sharpshooter and combat skills. After that, speculation starts to swirl about who he is and where he comes from &#8211; and eventually, it becomes clear that working as a cash truck security guard is only a single step in a grander plan of revenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mainstream \u2013 Release Date: Friday, May 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast:\u00a0Andrew Garfield, Maya Hawke, Nat Wolff, Jason Schwartzman, Johnny Knoxville, Alexa Demie, Colleen Camp, Marshall Bell, Pascale Coppola<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Gia Coppola<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mainstream - Official Trailer ft. Andrew Garfield &amp; Maya Hawke | HD | IFC Films\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rlpm36Vi-3U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/mainstream\/311812\">Mainstream<\/a><\/em> tells the story of an unconventional love triangle in the digital age. When Frankie (Maya Hawke), Link (Andrew Garfield) and Jake (Nat Wolff), become intertwined in a three-way romance, they struggle to preserve their individual identities and hold onto their sense of self in a cautionary tale by Gia Coppola of the Coppola film dynasty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here Today \u2013 Release Date: Friday, May 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish, Penn Badgley, Laura Benanti, Louisa Krause, Anna Deavere Smith, Nyambi Nyambi<\/strong>, <strong>Sharon Stone, Kevin Kline, Barry Levinson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Billy Crystal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HERE TODAY - Official Trailer (HD)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U3v8n_8-QqA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz (Billy Crystal) meets New York street singer Emma Payge (Tiffany Haddish), they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the generation gap aside and redefines the meaning of love and trust in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/here-today\/317899\">Here Today<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spiral \u2013 Release Date: Friday, May 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Nazneed Contractor, Zoie Palmer, Josh Stolberg, Dan Petronijevic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Darren Lynn Bousman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spiral - Teaser Trailer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gqLl4ZAJh8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Rock stars as Detective Zeke Banks in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/spiral\/307447\">Spiral<\/a><\/em>, the latest installment in the <em>Saw<\/em> franchise. Less a gory horror as much as a thriller, it finds Banks&#8217;s detective up against a sadistic mastermind who has unleashed their own brand of twisted justice upon the city Banks loves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Djinn \u2013 Release Date: Friday, May 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe, Donald Pitts, John Erickson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: David Charbonier, Justin Powell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Djinn - Official Trailer | HD | IFC Midnight\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vi3hyzmo7iU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Horror movie <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/the-djinn\/316418\">The Djinn<\/a><\/em> finds a mute boy being trapped in his apartment with a sinister monster when he makes a wish to fulfill his heart&#8217;s greatest desire and opens a Pandora&#8217;s box of unintended and malevolent consequences. Horror fans, you&#8217;ll want to mark this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding You \u2013 Release Date: Friday, May 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: Rose Reid, Jedidiah Goodacre, Katherine McNamara, Patrick Bergin, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Judith Hoag, Fiona Bell, Ciaran McMahon, Tom Everett Scott, Vanessa Redgrave<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Brian Baugh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Finding You Official Trailer | In Theaters May 14\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jdv_PMffxyE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/finding-you\/312396\">Finding You<\/a><\/em> follows the story of violinist Finley Sinclair, who travels to an Irish coastal village to begin her semester studying abroad after an ill-fated audition at a prestigious New York music conservatory. There, she encounters heartthrob movie star Beckett Rush, who is there to film a movie. As romance sparks between the unlikely pair, they&#8217;re both emboldened to break out of the boxes they&#8217;ve been put in. But when forces surrounding Beckett&#8217;s stardom threaten to crush their dreams, Finley must decide what she is willing to risk for love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Those Who Wish Me Dead \u2013 Release Date: Friday, May 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little, Aidan Gillen, Medina Senghore, Tyler Perry, Jake Weber, Jon Bernthal, Tory Kittles, Lora Martinez-Cunningham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Taylor Sheridan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Those Who Wish Me Dead - Official Trailer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HsYKswR1Djo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the book by Michael Koryta, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/those-who-wish-me-dead\/309783\">Those Who Wish Me Dead<\/a><\/em> stars Angelina Jolie as smoke jumper Hannah Faber. When a 12-year-old murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness, Hannah finds herself unexpectedly in the position of his protector. Hannah and the boy must escape their pursuers \u2013 if the sudden forest fire threatening to consume them all doesn&#8217;t get them first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Killing Of Two Lovers \u2013 Release Date: Friday, May 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: Clayne Crawford, Sepideh Moafi, Chris Coy, Avery Pizzuto, Arri Graham, Ezra Graham, Barbara Whinnery, Noah Kershisnik<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Robert Machoian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Killing Of Two Lovers | Trailer | ND\/NF 2020\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_DhvyO9My1o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/the-killing-of-two-lovers\/305549\">The Killing of Two Lovers<\/a><\/em> is Neon&#8217;s newest slow-burn family drama. Husband David desperately tries to keep his family together and save his troubled marriage during a trial separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people, but when his wife meets someone new, David struggles to grapple with her new relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Dry \u2013 Release Date: Friday, May 21<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: Eric Bana, Genevieve O&#8217;Reilly, Keir O&#8217;Donnell, Bruce Spence, Matt Nable, James Frecheville, BeBe Bettencourt, Sam Corlett, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, John Polson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Robert Connolly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Dry | Official Trailer 2 | 2021 [HD]\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HwJhS4O_IdM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Bana stars in thriller <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/the-dry\/306912\">The Dry<\/a><\/em> as federal agent Aaron Falk returns to his hardscrabble hometown to attend the funeral of his childhood friend, Luke, who allegedly killed his wife and child before taking his own life. When Falk reluctantly agrees to stay and investigate the crime, it inadvertently opens up old wounds regarding the death of 17- year-old Ellie Deacon years ago. The deeper it goes, the more it seems the two crimes, separated by decades, are connected. As he struggles to solve both cases, Falk finds himself pitted against the pent-up rage of a terrified and exhausted community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Quiet Place Part II \u2013 Release Date: Friday, May 28<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou, John Krasinski, Wayne Duvall, Lauren-Ashley Cristiano, Okieriete Onaodowan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: John Krasinski<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Quiet Place Part II - Official Trailer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ff09Ywq1WWs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the deadly events at home in the first hit film, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/a-quiet-place-part-ii\/295508\">A Quiet Place Part II<\/a><\/em> finds the Abbott family facing the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path as Evelyn (Blunt) struggles to keep her family together in the wake of losing her husband, Lee (Krasinski).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cruella \u2013 Release Date: Friday, May 28<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mark Strong, Jamie Demetriou, John Mccrea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: Craig Gillespie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cruella - Sneak Peek Trailer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iRJiTFpiaq4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Emma Stone stars as a young Cruella de Vil in a live-action prequel showing the iconic Disney villain&#8217;s rise to infamy. 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