We’re always trying to track what historical costume movies and TV shows are coming up. I always feel like we’ve Just Posted one of these, and then I go check and it’s been months. So, yay, we get some new stuff! As always, you can keep an eye on what’s forthcoming on our Upcoming Movies page! Note that all dates are for the U.S.
Spider-Noir (May 27 on Amazon)
Nicolas Cage as a private investigator in 1930s New York. Costumes by Trayce Gigi Field.
Pressure (May 29)
World War II movie set 72 hours before D-Day. Costumes by Liza Bracey.
The Death of Robin Hood (June 19)
Hugh Jackman stars as Robin Hood grappling with his past life of crime. Costumes by Lorna Marie Mugan.
Young Washington (July 3)
A George Washington biopic. Costumes by Nadine Powell.
Little House on the Prairie (July 9 on Netflix)
New TV series based on the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. Costumes by Mitchell Travers.
The Odyssey (July 17)
Director Christopher Nolan’s take on the Greek classic. Costumes by Ellen Mirojnick.
Jimmy (Nov. 6)
Biopic of actor Jimmy Stewart around World War II and It’s a Wonderful Life. Costumes by Emma O’Loughlin.
Hershey (Nov. 26)
Biopic of Milton & Kitty Hershey, who founded the chocolate company in the 19th century. Costumes by Katie Irish.
Madfabulous (no US release date)
Indie film about flamboyant & rebellious 19th-c. Lord Paget. Costumes by Francisco Rodriguez-Weil.
Pride and Prejudice (no US release date; on Netflix)
A new TV miniseries adaption of the Jane Austen story. Costumes by Charlotte Walter.
Savage House (no US release date)
A darkly satirical play on class and power set in 18th-c. England. Costumes by Alex Bovaird.
Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day (no US release date)
Based on the 1910s novel where an astronomer is determined to avoid love & marriage. Costumes by Esther Walz.
A Woman of Substance (no US release date; BritBox)
New miniseries adaption of the story of a maid who rises to run her own business. Costumes by Nadine Clifford-Davern.
Which of these upcoming frock flicks are you most excited about?
Madfabulous and Savage House really jump out for me, and I think I’ll probably like the Jimmy Stewart and George Washington biopics. Little House on the Prairie looks a bit too “Instagramy” for my tastes, and I’m ambivalent about another Pride and Prejudice.
Obviously outside of the period movie cutoff for review but would the in-post-production Queen of Fashion movie rank a summer trailer spot?
While fabulous & I’ll want to watch it, Isabella Blow is definitely out of our period!
Looks like P&P is mashing up Elizabeth and Darcy with Jane Here’s first meeting with Rochester. And riding in shirtsleeves, seriously?
Little House on the Prairie looks sickeningly sweet–yeah, Instagram fake. I live in a prairie state, and that isn’t one.