16 best new films of October 2021, in cinemas, Netflix and HBO Max – No Time to Die and Dune, starring Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet, are finally here
- Daniel Craig’s last 007 film – with a theme song by Billie Eilish – finally releases after pandemic delays, also featuring Rami Malek
- Don’t miss Marvel’s Venom: Let There be Carnage with Tom Hardy, The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark and Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot in Red Notice
It may finally be time for No Time to Die.
The latest James Bond adventure has been in Hollywood’s on-deck circle for a year and a half, waiting out the pandemic that just doesn’t want to go away. Billie Eilish’s theme song for the film, released way back in February 2020, has already picked up a Grammy, and with any luck the film from which it comes will hold onto its planned October 8 release in the US and will finally hit screens.
Luck is what Hollywood needs as it rolls into another uncertain autumn season. A full slate of blockbusters and awards contenders are ready to go, so long as the light remains green, but it’s still volatile out there: as this list was going to print, Top Gun: Maverick and Jackass Forever were both pulled from the autumn release schedule, shuffled to dates in 2022, and there are rumours other big titles could follow.
For now, here are the biggest and brightest films planned to open in October.
No Time to Die
His name is Bond, James Bond, and Daniel Craig has said this will be his final outing as 007, although it was never his intent to stretch out his farewell this long. How can we say goodbye if we never actually part ways? With Rami Malek, Ana de Armas and Naomie Harris. (October 8 in theatres.)
Dune
