First, look at what’s coming to HBO Max this week. As a reminder, you can read about what’s new on HBO Max every week with our weekly roundups. The latest Movies scheduled to hit HBO Max this Week are below.
The Batman
Creators: Robert Alonzo, Matt Reeves, Bradley Parker
Genres:Action,Crime,Drama,Mystery
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis
Synopsis: When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city’s hidden corruption and question his family’s involvement.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Creators: David Yates
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Johnny Depp
Synopsis: In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, though he’s unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Creators: David Yates
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Samantha Morton
Synopsis: In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
Dune
Creators: Denis Villeneuve
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
Synopsis: A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
King Richard
Creators: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
Cast: Will Smith, Demi Singleton, Saniyya Sidney, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Tony Goldwyn, Susie Abromeit
Synopsis: Richard Williams serves as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
The Matrix Resurrections
Creators: Lana Wachowski
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Christina Ricci, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris
Synopsis: Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more.
The Way Back
Creators: Gavin O’Connor
Genres: Drama, Sport
Cast: Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Janina Gavankar, Jeniffer Behrens, Michaela Watkins, Brandon Wilson, Sal Velez Jr.
Synopsis: A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Separation
Creators: William Brent Bell
Genres: Drama, Horror
Cast: Brian Cox, Rupert Friend, Madeline Brewer, Violet McGraw, Mamie Gummer, Troy James, Simon Quarterman
Synopsis: A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.
Kimi
Creators: Steven Soderbergh
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund
Synopsis: A tech worker with agoraphobia discovers recorded evidence of a violent crime, but is met with resistance when she tries to report it. Seeking justice, she must do the thing she fears the most: she must leave her apartment.
Live by Night
Creators: Ben Affleck
Genres: Action, Thriller
Cast: Ben Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning, Sienna Miller, Scott Eastwood, Brendan Gleeson, Anthony Michael Hall
Synopsis: A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crimeh