This year's fall movie season offers up sheep, dogs, Godzilla, Jane Austen, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp doing Dickens, a husband made of wicker, and Jessica Chastain being extremely scary. Something for everyone!

(Note: Premiere dates are subject to change.)

'The Weight'

More historical drama, with Ethan Hawke as a Depression-era incarcerated veteran hired by a warden (Russell Crowe) to smuggle a treasure trove of gold through 100 miles of wilderness. (Sept. 18)

'Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom'

Surely we all deserve not one but two delightful sheep movies this year? Following this spring’s enchanting “The Sheep Detectives” is the return of the ever-enterprising Shaun, a classic Claymation creation who this time must cope with a messed-up pumpkin patch and a mysterious wild beast. (Sept. 18)

'Primetime'

Robert Pattinson plays Chris Hansen, host of the TV reality series “To Catch a Predator,” in Lance Oppenheim’s debut drama, adapted from an Esquire magazine story titled “Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die.” (Sept. 25)

'Heart of the Beast'

Brad Pitt co-stars with a German shepherd named Uber in this survival thriller about a Special Forces officer and his dog stranded after a plane crash in remote Alaska. (Sept. 25)

'Digger'

Tom Cruise, complete with a beer belly and comb-over, plays an eccentric billionaire in the latest from Oscar-winning filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu (“The Revenant,” “Birdman”). The dark comedy also stars Riz Ahmed, John Goodman and Sandra Hüller (“Anatomy of a Fall”). (Oct. 2)

'Verity'

Apparently Anne Hathaway is contractually obligated to be in virtually every film this year, so she’s following up “Mother Mary,” “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” “The Odyssey” and “The End of Oak Street” with this thriller based on a Colleen Hoover bestseller. Hathaway plays the title role, an author who hires a ghostwriter (Dakota Johnson) to finish her book after a mysterious injury. (Oct. 2)

'Other Mommy'

OK, just the trailer of this horror movie, in which a little girl must face a sinister entity who poses as her mother (Jessica Chastain, in a dual role), has me freaked the hell out, and I may never be able to watch a Jessica Chastain movie again. Brr. (Oct. 9)

'Misty Green'

Chris Rock wrote and directed this Hollywood story of a talented actress (Rosalind Eleazar) struggling to find her second act. Daniel Kaluuya, Adam Driver, Topher Grace and Anna Kendrick co-star. (Oct. 9)

'The Social Reckoning'

Sort of a sequel? Sort of not? Aaron Sorkin, who wrote “The Social Network,” wrote and directed this drama in which a young Facebook engineer (Mikey Madison, of “Anora”) teams up with a journalist (Jeremy Allen White, of “The Bear”) for some serious whistleblowing. Jeremy Strong (“Succession”) plays Mark Zuckerberg. OK, I’m intrigued. (Oct. 9)

'Sense and Sensibility'

Swoon alert! For many of us, the 1995 Ang Lee/Emma Thompson version of this Jane Austen tale of two sisters is definitive — but that’s not to say we won’t watch another one. The director this time is Georgia Oakley (“Blue Jean), and the cast features Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor, Esmé Creed-Miles as Marianne, George MacKay as Edward Ferrars, and Caitríona Balfe (“Outlander”) as Mrs. Dashwood. (Oct. 16)

'Klara and the Sun'

Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel about a humanoid robot purchased to comfort a sick child comes to the screen, directed by Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit,” “Thor: Ragnarok,” “What We Do in the Shadows”) and starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams. (Oct. 23)

'Wicker'

Olivia Colman plays a medieval fisherwoman who commissions herself a husband made of wicker, and may I say that the preceding phrase was not one I ever expected to type. But it sounds potentially fascinating. It's based on a short story called “The Wicker Husband” (by Ursula Wills) and co-stars Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage and Elizabeth Debicki. (Oct. 23)

'Jimmy'

KJ Apa plays actor James Stewart in a biopic that focuses on Stewart’s experiences during World War II. (Nov. 6)

'Wild Horse Nine'

Martin McDonagh, writer/director of “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” and “In Bruges,” returns with an Oscar-buzzed drama set in 1973, in which two CIA agents (Sam Rockwell, John Malkovich) are dispatched to Easter Island just before the 1973 Chilean coup. Steve Buscemi, Parker Posey and Tom Waits co-star. (Nov. 6)

'Being Heumann'

Based on true events, this is the story of disability rights activist Judy Heumann (Ruth Madeley) who in 1977 led an occupation of San Francisco’s federal building. Directed by Sian Heder, whose previous film was the Oscar-winning “CODA.” (Nov. 6 in select theaters, Nov. 13 on Apple TV)

'Godzilla Minus Zero'

Set in 1949, two years after the events of “Godzilla Minus One,” this is the 39th film in the Japanese “Godzilla” franchise. (Nov. 6)

'La Bola Negra'

Sprawling across nearly a century of Spanish history, this Cannes Film Festival hit tells the story of three gay men whose lives are intricately connected. Directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, who won the best director award at Cannes for the film. (In theaters Nov. 6; on Netflix beginning Dec. 4)

'Ebenezer'

An unrecognizable Johnny Depp plays the parsimonious Mr. Scrooge from Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol,” in a holiday ghost story featuring Ian McKellen as Jacob Marley and Rupert Grint as Bob Cratchit. (Nov. 13)

'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping'

Based on Suzanne Collins’ 2025 novel, this “Hunger Games” prequel takes place 24 years before the first film, during the 50th Hunger Games. Newcomer Joseph Zada stars alongside Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin and Glenn Close. (Nov. 20)

'Elsinore'

This biopic of actor Ian Charleson, known for his work on both stage and screen (he starred in “Chariots of Fire”), focuses on Charleson’s final performances of “Hamlet” as he was dying of AIDS in 1989. Andrew Scott stars, alongside Olivia Colman. (Nov. 20)

'Focker-in-Law'

The seemingly endless tales of the Focker family continue, this time with Ariana Grande joining the clan as the potential daughter-in-law of Greg Focker (Ben Stiller). Robert De Niro stars as patriarch Jack Byrnes. (Nov. 25)

'Hexed'

Disney’s latest animated comedy is the tale of an awkward teenage girl (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) who learns that she has magical powers. (Nov. 25)

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