The season is starting to heat up with some anticipated pre-summer releases, from the long-awaited The Devil Wears Prada 2 and The Mandalorian and Grogu, to some gripping horrors, including Hokum and Backrooms. Check out what else is coming to cinemas in the month of May!

Please note, all dates are UK release dates taken from IMDb along with the synopsis for each film. To see a further release schedule for each film, including other countries, click on its date to see more.

The Devil Wears Prada 2
Release date: 1st May
Director: David Frankel
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Kenneth Branagh, Sydney Sweeney, Lady Gaga, Simone Ashley, B.J. Novak
Synopsis: Follows Miranda Priestly’s (Streep) struggle against Emily Charlton (Blunt), her former assistant turned rival executive, as they compete for advertising revenue amidst declining print media while Miranda nears retirement.

Hokum
Release date: 1st May
Director: Damian McCarthy
Cast: Adam Scott, David Wilmot, Michael Patric
Synopsis: A horror writer visits an Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, unaware the property is said to be haunted by a witch.

The Sheep Detectives
Release date: 8th May
Director: Kyle Balda
Cast: Emma Thompson, Hugh Jackman, Regina Hall, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Nicholas Galitzine, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, Chris O’Dowd, Hong Chau
Synopsis: Every night a shepherd reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand. When he is found dead, the sheep realize at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it.

Mortal Kombat II
Release date: 15th May
Director: Simon McQuoid
Cast: Karl Urban, Ludi Lin, Jessica McNamee, Joe Taslim, Hiroyuki Sanada, Adeline Rudolph, Tati Gabrielle, Josh Lawson, Martyn Ford
Synopsis: The fan favorite champions — now joined by Johnny Cage (Urban) himself — are pitted against one another in the ultimate battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn (Ford) that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

Normal
Release date: 15th May
Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Ryan Allen, Billy MacLellan
Synopsis: Centers on a temporary small-town sheriff who uncovers dark mysteries after a local bank robbery.

Obsession
Release date: 15th May
Director: Curry Barker
Cast: Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson
Synopsis: After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

Finding Emily
Release date: 22nd May
Director: Alicia MacDonald
Cast: Angourie Rice, Spike Fearn, Julia Rogers, Minnie Rogers, Timothy Innes
Synopsis: When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way.

The Mandalorian and Grogu
Release date: 22nd May
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Allen White, Steve Blum
Synopsis: Once a lone bounty hunter, Mandalorian Din Djarin (Pascal) and his apprentice Grogu embark on an exciting new Star Wars adventure.

Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass
Release date: 22nd May
Director: Gang Zhang
Cast: Li Baixin, Mino Eek, Zhang Gang
Synopsis: During a chase inside a museum, Tom and Jerry find a magical object and end up being transported through time. Lost in a distant era, they will need to work together to find a way back home.

Backrooms
Release date: 29th May
Director: Kane Parsons
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass
Synopsis: A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

My Mother’s Wedding
Release date: 29th May
Director: Kristin Scott Thomas
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham, Kristin Scott Thomas
Synopsis: Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected wedding guests.

Power Ballad
Release date: 29th May
Director: John Carney
Cast: Paul Rudd, Naoimh Whelton, Nick Jonas, Havana Rose Liu
Synopsis: An uplifting music-driven story about a wedding singer, a rock star, and the song that comes between them.