2019 autumn films preview: from Joker to new Terminator, Frozen and Maleficent movies – 12 Hollywood must-sees

Autumn means awards season, with major studios jostling to make the biggest splash, while Halloween signals the start of horror season

Other blockbusters to look out for include Brad Pitt sci-fi Ad Astra and a Charlie’s Angels reboot

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(From left) Naomi Scott, Kristen Stewart, Ella Balinska and Elizabeth Banks in Charlie’s Angels, which will be released in November.

Published: 3:30pm, 27 Aug 2019Updated: 8:00pm, 28 Aug 2019

The summer may be over, but Hollywood shows no sign of letting up on the must-see movies. Autumn means awards season, as the studios jostle to make the biggest splash with their prestige pictures, in the hope of wooing voters at the Oscars, Golden Globes and elsewhere.

Halloween at the end of October also means it is officially horror season, and this year promises a bevy of spine-tingling chillers certain to give you many sleepless nights.

November ushers in a raft of top-flight crowd-fillers hoping to make a splash during North America’s Thanksgiving holidays, all in all delivering three months of top-quality cinema.

Below are a dozen of the biggest and most highly anticipated films opening between now and early December (opening dates are for Hong Kong).

It Chapter Two

Twenty-seven years after the events of the first hugely successful film, the Losers Club reunites in the small town of Derry for a final terrifying showdown with Pennywise the clown. Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and Bill Hader head up an all-star cast to tackle the tricky second half of Stephen King’s epic horror classic, in one of the year’s most hotly anticipated sequels. Director Andy Muschetti also returns, but will it float like its predecessor did? (Opens September 12)