In 2023, massive blockbusters like SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, moving dramas like THE COLOR PURPLE, and movies set a millennia ago like THE BOOK OF CLARENCE will all showcase African American excellence on the big screen. These films, and others like them, will soon bring those stories to packed movie houses around the country, lifting audiences out of their seats and into worlds both imagined and real, and full of hope and empowerment.
AMC Theatres, which leads efforts to make Black voices heard through a showcase of great films, documentaries, and specials, also strives to strengthen its culture to embrace diversity with fairness and impartiality through initiatives like the Council on the AMC African American Experience. This group, which aims to create a more inclusive work environment, takes into consideration everyone who comes into one of its hundreds of locations nationwide to evolve and become a more modern, diverse, and accommodating movie destination.
Below are some of the upcoming films that we're excited for and showcase African American excellence on the big screen…
Haunted Mansion
Justin Simien, whose previous credits include DEAR WHITE PEOPLE and BAD HAIR, will give HAUNTED MANSION a fresh coat of paint this summer when the director’s adaptation of the classic Disney park ride comes to the big screen. This time around Rosario Dawson and Chase W. Dillon play a mother and son who discover their New Orleans mansion is housing some supernatural squatters who don’t plan on leaving.
Joining the pair will be LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish, among other talented actors when HAUNTED MANSION comes to theatres on July 28.
HAUNTED MANSION opens July 28th
Back On The Strip
After spending more than 30 years appearing in movies like BLANKMAN, DON’T BE A MENACE, and BLACK DYNAMITE, comedian Chris Spencer is sitting behind the camera for the upcoming comedy film BACK ON THE STRIP. Merlin (Spence Moore III) sets out for Las Vegas with dreams of becoming the next big magician in “Sin City.” However, after getting a job as the frontman of an all-male stripper group known as The Chocolate Chips, life takes a completely different path for the new arrival.
BACK ON THE STRIP, which also stars Wesley Snipes, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, and Bill Bellamy, will open in AMC Theatres locations nationwide starting August 18.
BACK ON THE STRIP opens August 18th
The Equalizer 3
Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua will team up for fifth time this Labor Day weekend with the release of THE EQUALIZER 3, the third and final installment of the action thriller franchise. This time around, Washington’s Robert McCall will try to escape his past in Southern Italy, only to be thrown back into a life of vigilante justice when the local mafia starts picking fights with his new friends.
The movie will also serve as a reunion for Washington and his Man on Fire co-star Dakota Fanning, marking the first time they have worked together since the release of Tony Scott’s 2004 high-stakes thriller. THE EQUALIZER 3 opens in theatres on September 1.
THE EQUALIZER 3 opens September 1st
The Book Of Clarence
Two years after making his feature film directorial debut, THE HARDER THEY FALL, Jeymes Samuel, aka The Bullitts, will team up with LaKeith Stanfield once again for the upcoming historical epic, THE BOOK OF CLARENCE. The movie, which is set around the time of Jesus Christ, will follow Clarence (Stanfield), a down-on-his-luck Jerusalite who attempts to capitalize on the Messiah’s popularity.
The movie has a remarkable cast that includes names like Benedict Cumberbatch, Omar Sy, RJ Cyler, David Oyelowo, Alfre Woodard, James McAvoy, Caleb McLaughlin, Teyana Taylor, and many others. THE BOOK OF CLARENCE will walk into theatres on September 22nd.
THE BOOK OF CLARENCE opens September 22nd
