After the one-two punch of Take Shelter and Mud, Jeff Nichols is among the top emerging directors that we’re excited for here at filmmixtape. He’s venturing into genre elements – skills he hinted at with Shelter – with possibility his most mainstream film yet: Midnight Special. The teaser suggests we’ll get to see a softer side of virtuoso Michael Shannon and a chance for St. Vincent‘s charmer Jaeden Lieberher to shine. After being pushed back from this fall to avoid the holiday multiplex logjam, Special opens March 18 and is one of filmmixtape’s most anticipated of 2016.