From outer space: The Predator introduces an even scarier version of the infamous human hunter to the celebrated film franchise.

The adventures of robotic warrior Alita, the biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury and Steve McQueen’s next film after 12 Years a Slave are among seven new films set to hit Indonesian theaters.

Seven new 20th Century Fox movies are set to be released in theaters across Indonesia. “Except for The Predator, these films will be based on original stories,” Oscar Prajnaphalla, marketing manager for 21st Century Fox Indonesia, said. The seven films are:

 

THE PREDATOR

(Director: Shane Black; writers: Fred Dekker, Black; September 2018)

The Predator film series gave birth to the extra-terrestrial creature known to hunt humans for sport. The series’ fourth entry boasts a lighter and more comedic tone. Anchored by the performances of Keegan Michael-Key, Olivia Munn and Jacob Tremblay Boyd Holbrook, to name a few, the new installment, by the looks of it, still retains the same cat-and-mouse tension that has seared the franchise into our minds for over 30 years.

 

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

(Director: Bryan Singer; writer: Anthony McCarten; November 2018)

With Queen, Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek) brought audiences to their knees and, if need be, got them to stomp their feet. Bohemian Rhapsody offers a look into the inimitable singer’s inner life — his struggles with his sexuality, his rise to stardom and later his illness. The film looks set to be a hit, as it’s always a good thing when the fire that Queen once lit is rekindled.

WIDOWS

Heist: Liam Neeson and Viola Davis embrace in Steve McQueen's Widows.

 

(Director: Steve McQueen; writer: Gillian Flynn, McQueen; December 2018)

This upcoming heist flick boasts a lineup of Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Rodriguez and more, with the women playing the wives of burglar husbands who die during a score. And there’s also Steve McQueen, one of the most daring directors out there. Heist films tend to overstuff themselves with strategy, but going by the preview, Widows seems to introduce newer, more personal stakes to this formula.

THE HATE U GIVE

(Director: George Tillman, Jr.; writers: Audrey Wells, Tina Mabry; end of 2018)

The Black Lives Matter movement is an important call to action — a searing reminder of the lives made cheap by discrimination. The Hate U Give, based on a young- adult novel of the same name by Angie Thomas, tells the story of African-American teenager Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) who witnesses his friend’s death at the hands of a nervous cop. Such discrimination, as the movie will attest to, has always been part of the American consciousness — it has not come out of nowhere.

BAD TIMES AT EL ROYALE

(Director: Drew Goddard; writer: Drew Goddard; October 2018)

The preview for Bad Times at El Royale is strange. It sees Jon Hamm’s character, Laramie Seymour Sullivan, find a bunch of identical wires in several appliances in his motel room and then peer through the one-way windows of his neighbors’ rooms. Then there’s a criminal, played by Dakota Johnson, who ties someone to a chair. Odd stuff, but it looks promising.

ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL

The battle angle: Alita, a cyborg with a human body, braces for a fight.

(Director: Robert Rodriguez; writers: James Cameron, Laeta Kalogridis; December 2018)

At Comic Con this year, the preview for Alita: Battle Angel was shown, displaying an intriguing mix of James Cameron’s fascination with the 1990 manga series Battle Angel Alita and his science-fiction bent. The eponymous character is a broken cyborg to whom a scientist, Dr. Dyson Ido (Christoph Waltz), gives an entirely new human look and complexion. Alita: Battle Angel tells the story of Alita’s process of self-discovery.

THE DARKEST MINDS

(Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson; writer: Chad Hodge; August 2018)

The Darkest Minds is an adaptation of a series of young-adult novels of the same name by Alexandra Bracken. Set in a post-apocalyptic America where an overwhelmingly large number of children under 20 have died because of a disease, The Darkest Minds tells the story of the kids who survive. Because of their uncommon abilities, the government tries to lock them away. It’s a premise that, though familiar, will be an interesting addition to the subject.

The survivors: In The Darkest Minds, a group of teenagers survive an epidemic but must run from the government after obtaining superpowers.

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