10 Most Anticipated Movies Coming in Fall 2021

Over a year passed with not much exciting hitting theaters in 2020 and early 2021, but by the time summer came, major releases started premiering again. And the best is yet to come, as the fall months in 2021 feature some of the biggest releases to hit theaters since 2019. These include franchise hits and a few long-awaited revivals as well.

While some of the upcoming movies will get side-by-side streaming releases on HBO Max or similar services, others will be theatrical exclusives as Hollywood tries to rebuild the theater experience once again. The fall movie season typically starts in September and lasts until the pre-Christmas releases, and its more stacked than ever in 2021.

10 No Time To Die (October 8)

No Time To Die is the 25th James Bond movie, and this movie has been a long-time coming. Bond fans have been highly anticipating this movie since 2016 when it went into development. Additionally, this is reportedly Daniel Craig’s final time to take on the James Bond role. True Detective creator Cary Joji Fukunaga directs the movie.

The anticipation is high for No Time To Die because the filming was completed in 2019, with the title released in August of that year. The original release was November 2019, but the Bond sequel was delayed multiple times before finally moving to October, where No Time To Die will finally arrive, only in theaters.

9 Venom: Let There Be Carnage (October 15)

The sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage will hit theaters on October 15. There were rumors of another delay for the Spider-Man spinoff movie, but those rumors were squashed by Sony, and it will still hit in fall 2021. The movie sees Tom Hardy return as the antihero Venom as he will battle Woody Harrelson’s Carnage.

This is a movie that was supposed to come out in fall 2020 but was delayed along with almost every other major release to 2021 and 2022. The movie will be a theatrical exclusive, as Sony is not connected with a streaming service for a day-and-date co-release.

8 Halloween Kills (October 15)

Halloween has more sequels than almost any other horror movie, and another one is coming out in fall 2021. Halloween Kills follows the 2018 movie Halloween, which ignored all previous sequels and was a direct follow-up to the 1976 original. This new movie is the second of a planned trilogy.

What makes this an anticipated release is that the 2018 movie was a surprise success, one of the highest-grossing slasher movies of all time and a critical success, certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie was supposed to come out in 2020 and will not hit streaming services day-and-date.

7 Dune (October 22)

Dune hits both theaters and HBO Max on October 22, 2021. This was a controversial move for director Denis Villeneuve, who compared watching this movie on a TV to “driving a speed boat in a bathtub.” The director faced a backlash for this comment, but the movie is still one of the most anticipated this fall.

The HBO Max co-release ensures it won’t get pushed back again. The movie was supposed to hit in 2020 but was pushed to 2021, and Warner Bros. has now chose to release most of their movies on HBO Max and in theaters simultaneously. It is the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s award-winning sci-fi novel.

6 Last Night In Soho (October 29)

Last Night In Soho is not a franchise movie, and it is not based on another work from the past. Instead, this is a wholly original work and remains one of the most anticipated movies in fall 2021m because its director is Edgar Wright.

The movie was initially scheduled to hit theaters in 2020, and it’s generated so much excitement since it’s Edgar Wright’s first movie since Baby Driver in 2017, and his first horror movie since the iconic Shaun of the Dead. It will end up as his second movie of the year, following the documentary The Sparks Brothers, and this is a theater-only release.

5 Eternals (November 5)

Eternals is the third Marvel Cinematic Universe release of 2021, following Black Widow and Shang Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings. There is a lot of reason for MCU movie fans to anticipate this specific movie.

While the first two MCU releases of Phase 4 seemed like standalone movies that introduced some new characters, this one seems like it might change things in the Marvel movie world. There are rumors this could be how mutants end up introduced, and if the cast is any indication, this could be a huge success. At the moment, it is a theater-only release.

4 Ghostbusters: Afterlife (November 11)

When Ghostbusters returned in 2016 with women in the main roles, and it was a box office bomb. Sony went back to the well and brought in Jason Reitman, the son of the original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, and he will bring in some original cast members reprising their old roles.

That alone makes Ghostbusters: Afterlife a hugely anticipated movie, especially since it has been repeatedly delayed since its original release date in July 2020. With Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, and Finn Wolfhard in the lead roles, fans of the original franchise have high hopes for this one.

3 Top Gun: Maverick (November 19)

It has been 35 years since Tom Cruise appeared in Top Gun. The movie was a huge success and remains an iconic big-budget blockbuster that is finally getting a sequel. The fact that three decades have passed since the original movie, fans are highly anticipating Top Gun: Maverick and seeing how a 59-year-old Cruise fits into this universe.

The movie was supposed to be out in 2019, and it kept getting delayed long before the movies of 2020 were moved. Top Gun: Maverick will be a theatrical exclusive, but it will also move onto Paramount+ after 45 days in theaters.

2 Spider-Man: No Way Home (December 17)

The first trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home hit, and it instantly became the most-anticipated movie coming in fall 2021. The movie debuts toward the end of fall, just in time for Christmas, and it ties in both the original franchise trilogy and the Amazing Spider-Man movies with the new MCU run thanks to the multiverse.

The anticipation grew out of control when the pumpkin bomb teased Willem Defoe’s Green Goblin, the burst of electricity hinted at Jamie Foxx’s Electro, and then when Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus showed up at the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer’s end. This movie could change the entire MCU forever.

1 The Matrix: Resurrections (December 22)

While December 22 is the day after fall 2021 ends, The Matrix: Resurrections remains one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year, and movies this big usually hits the night before, making this possibly the last movie to see in the fall time frame.

The anticipation grew at CinemaCon when Warner Bros showed scenes from the movie, including the return of Keanu Reeves Neo and Carrie-Anne Moss’ Trinity. It also revealed the movie’s tantalizing title. The film will hit both theaters and HBO Max on the same day.

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