From Black Adam to The Lost King: What’s coming out in cinemas in October 2022?

Virgin Radio

29 Sep 2022, 13:41

We’re creeping slowly into half term season already, and with the Oscar race heating up, there are some seriously big names heading to a big screen near you. 

We’ve got big budget comic book movies, true stories, horror and family fun, with the likes of Dwayne Johnson, Christian Bale and Steve Coogan starring in some of this month’s new flicks. 

Here are the movies hitting the cinema in October 2022: 

The Woman King - 4th October

Oscar winner Viola Davis stars in The Woman King - the real-life story behind the Agojie, the all-women band of warriors of Dahomey in West Africa in the 1800s.

Davis plays General Nanisca, who trains the next generation of fighters to prepare them against an incoming enemy, who is determined to overthrow their regime and destroy their way of life. 

The Woman King also stars Bond actress Lashana Lynch and Star Wars’ John Boyega.

Amsterdam - 7th October

Margot Robbie, Christian Bale and John David Washington star in crime drama Amsterdam, and there is a plethora of famous faces acting alongside the trio. 

The likes of Taylor Swift, Robert Deniro and Chris Rock are just a handful of the names hitting the big screen, in which Bale, Robbie and Washington play a ragtag team of friends who accidentally find themselves at the heart of one of the most secret plots in American history.

Bale spoke to virginradio.co.uk at the UK premiere of Amsterdam about singing alongside Swift in the movie, to which he replied: “There was another scene and I ended up singing next to Taylor Swift. So that was awful for her, but wonderful for me!”

The Lost King - 7th October

From one true story to another, Sally Hawkins joins forces with Steve Coogan in The Lost King. 

The comedy-drama focuses on the discovery of King Richard III’s remains in 2012 and the monumental role of Philippa Langley, played by Hawkins, in the Looking For Richard project.

It was because of Philippa’s determination and use of maps and fixed points methods that the remains were found under a car park in Leicester ten years ago.

Steve recently told virginradio.co.uk all about why he wanted to put the “irresistible” story onto the big screen, and why Sally was always the first choice to play the courageous Philippa. 

Nothing Compares - 7th October

The life and career of Sinéad O'Connor is hitting the big screen in Nothing Compares. 

The upcoming documentary on the prolific singer chronicles her rise to fame in the early ‘90s, with a focus on his meteoric rise, controversial performances and determination to rebel against fame. 

The official synopsis reads: "Directed by Kathryn Ferguson (Taking the Waters, Space to Be), Nothing Compares charts Sinéad OʼConnorʼs phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and examines how she used her voice at the height of her stardom, before her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.”

The Banshees of Inisherin - 13th October

Colin Farrell is reuniting with Brendan Gleeson in their upcoming drama, The Banshees of Inisherin. 

The film is a reunion for its two lead stars and director Martin McDonagh, with Farrell and Gleeson starring 2008 crime comedy In Bruges, which McDonagh also helmed.

Marking McDonagh’s first feature in Ireland, Banshees is set in 1923 on the fictional island of Inisherin, where life-long friends Padraic (Farrell) and Colm (Gleeson) end up on different sides of the Civil War ravaging the country.

Colm decides they cannot be friends anymore, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Halloween Ends - 14th October 

Screen icon Jamie Lee Curtis is back with a scary bang for one last chilling scare-venture as Laurie Strode in Halloween Ends.

Also returning is Will Patton as Officer Frank Hawkins, Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace, and James Jude Courtney as The Shape.

The synopsis for the final franchise instalment reads: “Four years after the events of last year’s Halloween Kills, Laurie is living with her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) and is finishing writing her memoir. Michael Myers hasn’t been seen since. Laurie, after allowing the specter of Michael to determine and drive her reality for decades, has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life.

"But when a young man, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell), is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.”

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile - 14th October

One for the family now, and if you ever wanted to know what a singing animated crocodile might sound like, look no further than Lyle, Lyle Crocodile. 

The live-action/animated musical movie is the prequel adaptation of children’s book, The House on East 88th Street, and stars Javier Bardem, Constance Wu and Stranger Things star Brett Gelman. 

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile sees the Primm family move into a new home in New York, where a saltwater crocodile, called Lyle,  has been living in the attic. 

Son Josh and the croc become great friends, but their time together is threatened by evil neighbour Mr Grumps. The family band together with Lyle’s owner, Hector P. Valenti, to show that family can be found in the most unlikely places.

Emily - 14th October

The life of literary icon Emily Bronte is the focus on biological drama - Emily. 

The Wuthering Heights author is played by Sex Education star Emma Mackey, in a role that captures the years leading up to her first and only novel. 

Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar also stars in the historical flick, alongside Fionn Whitehead, Olive Jackson-Cohen and Alexandra Dowling. 

She Said - 14th October 

The real story of how the New York Times exposed disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein is out in She Said. 

The film is based on the 2019 book of the same name by NYT investigative journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, played by Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan, who helped Weinstien’s victims come forward following years of abuse and sexual misconduct. The Weinstein allegations sparked the historic #MeToo movement.

She Said is produced by Brad Pitt and also stars Patricia Clarkson and Andre Braugher. 

Black Adam - 21st October

It’s finally here - the release of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s take on DC Comics anti-hero Black Adam. 

The high octane adventure follows the story of a man who has lived as a slave his whole life and is suddenly bestowed with the almighty powers of the ancient gods. However, soon after receiving his gift, he is imprisoned.

Now, nearly 5,000 years later, Black Adam (Johnson) is free from his tomb and ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

This will be the first feature film to explore the story of the DC character with Jaume Collet-Serra taking charge as director, and is also the first time Johnson will be appearing on our screens as a superhero.