Some great films are on the horizon for 2013…the feature film debut by filmmaker Tina Gordon Chism. A documentary about the most dominant sisters ever in the history of women’s tennis. A young Latina entering the world of hip hop.

After Earth (Opens June 7)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Zoe Kravitz, Sophie Okonedo
Synopsis: A father and son crash land on Earth 1,000 years into the future.

Peeples (Opens May 10)
Director: Tina Gordon Chism
Cast: Craig Robinson, Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier, S. Epatha Merkerson
Synopsis: Sparks fly when Wade Walker (Craig Robinson) crashes the preppy Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace’s (Kerry Washington) hand in marriage.

Venus and Serena (Opens May 10)
Director: Maiken Baird, Michelle Major
Cast: Venus Williams, Serena Williams
Synopsis: Venus and Serena takes an unfiltered look into the remarkable lives of the greatest sister-act professional tennis has ever seen.

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42 (Now playing)
Director: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Christopher Meloni
Synopsis: 42 tells the story of two men—the great Jackie Robinson and legendary Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey—whose brave stand against prejudice forever changed the world by changing the game of baseball.

Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (Now playing)
Director: Tyler Perry
Cast: Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Williams, Lance Gross, Robbie Jones
Synopsis: An ambitious married woman’s temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life.

Filly Brown (Opens April 19)
Director: Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos
Cast: Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos
Synopsis: A promising hip-hop rhymer from Los Angeles finds herself in a gray area when a record producer offers her a compromising shot at stardom.

Any other films out there this spring/summer? Plug a film in the comments and we’ll update the list!

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