With anticipation building for Scott Cooper's Black Mass and Denis Villeneuve's Sicario playing at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, we have new posters for each film to get you primed. In the first film, Johnny Depp stars as infamous Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, who collaborated with the FBI in order to take out the Italian mafia. Also starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgerton, Corey Stoll and Dakota JohnsonBlack Mass opens in theaters on September 18th.

Taking the action south of the border, Sicario stars Emily Blunt as an FBI agent who finds herself in over her head when an elite task force leader recruits her in the war on drugs, spiriting her away to Mexico under the command of a mysterious consultant. Also starring Josh BrolinBenicio Del Toro, and Jon BernthalSicario also opens September 18th. Check out the new posters and the films' synopses below.

Here's the new poster for Black Mass, along with the film's synopsis:

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Here’s the synopsis:

In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob.  The drama tells the true story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.


And here's the new poster from Sicario (via EW), followed by the official synopsis:

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Here’s the official synopsis for Sicario:

In Mexico, SICARIO means hitman.

 

In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent [Emily Blunt] is enlisted by an elite government task force official [Josh Brolin] to aid in the escalating war against drugs.

 

Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past [Benicio Del Toro], the team sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate to question everything that she believes in order to survive.

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