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Fall film preview: What's coming to theaters and to streaming in the next 3 months

Fall is coming, and so are the movies.

OK, not all the movies. Some of them, like “Dune: Part Two,” have been postponed until next year due to the ongoing actors and writers strikes. But most of the film calendar has stayed intact - for now.

Here's a look at some of the highlights of the next three months.

“Cassandro” (in theaters Sept. 15, streams on Prime Video Sept. 22)

Gael García Bernal gives one of his best performances in Roger Ross Williams' biopic about lucha libre wrestler Saúl Armendáriz.

Williams, the veteran documentary filmmaker, makes his narrative debut with this drama about the openly gay wrestler who became a fan favorite. Bad Bunny co-stars.

“Dumb Money” (in theaters Sept. 22, wide Oct. 6)

Paul Dano stars as Keith Gill, the small-time investor who helped rally a historic short squeeze on hedge funds that had bet that GameStop's future was dismal.

Craig Gillespie's film features a freewheeling ensemble including Pete Davidson, Anthony Ramos, Seth Rogen, Shailene Woodley, America Ferrera and Nick Offerman.

“Fair Play” (in theaters Sept. 29, on Netflix Oct. 13)

Hedge funds also play a role in writer-director Chloe Domont's drama about sexual politics and gender dynamics in the high-charged, male-dominated world of finance. Phoebe Dynevor (“Bridgerton) and Alden Ehrenreich (“Solo”) star as two analysts for the same firm whose secret romance spills into the corporate backstabbing.

Friday: “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” (in theaters); “The Nun II” (in theaters); “Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” (in theaters); “El Conde” (in theaters; on Netflix Sept. 15)

Sept. 15: “A Haunting in Venice” (in theaters); “Love at First Sight” (Netflix); “The Inventor” (in theaters); “Camp Hideout” (in theaters); “Canary” (in theaters); “A Million Miles Away” (in theaters); “Invisible Beauty” (in theaters)

Sept. 18: “Superpower” (Paramount+)

Sept. 19: “The Saint of Second Chances (Netflix)

Sept. 22: “Expend4bles” (in theaters); “Flora and Son” (in theaters; streaming Sept. 29 on Apple TV+); “It Lives Inside” (in theaters); “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” (in theaters); “Spy Kids: Armageddon” (Netflix)

Sept 17: “The Wonderful Story on Henry Sugar” (Netflix)

Sept. 29: “The Creator” (in theaters); “The Kill Room” (in theaters); “Carlos” (in theaters); “She Came to Me” (in theaters); “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (in theaters); “Saw X” (in theaters); “Dicks: The Musical” (in theaters)

“Anatomy of a Fall” (in theaters Oct. 13)

Justine Triet's courtroom drama, the Palme d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival, puts a marriage on trial. Sandra Hüller stars as a writer charged with killing her husband after he plunges to his death from the second story of their French Alps home.

“Killers of the Flower Moon” (in theaters Oct. 20)

Martin Scorsese's adaptation of David Grann's acclaimed 2017 nonfiction book centers on the rampant murders of members of the Osage tribe in the 1920s.

Lily Gladstone gives a standout performance, while Scorsese regulars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro also excel. With a score by the late Robbie Robertson.

“Priscilla” (in theaters Oct. 27)

A year after Baz Luhrmann's razzle-dazzle big-screen biopic of Elvis Presley, Sofia Coppola captures the life of Priscilla Presley in a far more restrained and subtle dramatization. Cailee Spaeny stars as Presley's wife in a film drawn partly from Priscilla Presley herself (she serves as executive producer) and her 1985 memoir, “Elvis and Me.” Jacob Elordi co-stars as Elvis.

Oct. 6: “Foe” (in theaters); “Burial” (in theaters, streams on Prime Video Oct. 13); “Plan C” (in theaters); “Joan Baez: I Am Noise” (in theaters); “Reptile” (Netflix); The Exorcist: Believer” (in theaters)

Oct. 13: “Taylor Swift - The Eras Tour” (in theaters); “The Persian Version” (in theaters)

Oct. 18: “The Delinquents” (in theaters)

Oct. 20: “Radical” (in theaters); “Old Dads” (Netflix); “Nyad” (in theaters; on Netflix Nov. 3); “Pain Hustlers” (in theaters; on Netflix Oct. 27)

Oct. 23: “Beyond Utopia” (in theaters)

Dominic Sessa stars as Angus Tully, Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham and Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb in a scene from "The Holdovers." Seacia Pavao/Focus Features

Oct. 27: “Five Nights at Freddy's” (in theaters); “Fingernails” (in theaters; on Apple TV+ Nov. 3); “The Holdovers” (in theaters, expands Nov. 10); “The Killer” (in theaters; on Netflix Nov. 10)

“Rustin” (in theaters Nov. 3; on Netflix Nov. 17)

Colman Domingo stars as the civil rights activist and 1963 March on Washington architect Bayard Rustin. Director George C. Wolfe's film, set in the buildup to that protest is a portrait of a less widely known '60s figure and gay Black man who played an enormous role in the civil rights movement.

Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird and Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow in a scene from "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes." Murray Close/Lionsgate

“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” (in theaters Nov. 17)

Eight years after the last “Hunger Games” movie, a prequel is returning to the science fiction dystopia of Panem.

Francis Lawrence's film, set 64 years before the events of the first “Hunger Games” film, introduces a host of new characters in the lead-up to the 10th Hunger Games. Its cast includes Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage and Viola Davis.

A scene from "Napoleon." Kevin Baker/Sony Pictures

“Napoleon” (in theaters Nov. 22)

More than two decades after making the 2000 historical epic “Gladiator,” Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix are again plunging into the pages of history. Phoenix stars as the French emperor, with Vanessa Kirby as his Joséphine.

Nov. 3: “Quiz Lady” (Hulu); “Sly” (Netflix); “What Happens Later” (in theaters)

Teyonah Parris as Captain Monica Rambeau in a scene from "The Marvels." ( Marvel Studios

Nov. 10: “The Marvels” (in theaters); “Dream Scenario” (in theaters); “Orlando, My Political Biography” (in theaters)

Nov. 15: “Stamped From the Beginning” (Netflix);

Nov. 17: “Next Goal Wins”; “Trolls Band Together” (in theaters); “Thanksgiving” (in theaters); “Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain” (Peacock); “May December” (in theaters; on Netflix Dec. 1)

Nov. 22: “Wish” (in theaters); “Maestro” (in theaters; on Netflix Dec. 20); “Leo” (Netflix)

Nov. 24: “Saltburn” (in theaters)

Nov. 30: “Family Switch” (Netflix)

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