https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6QaLsw8EWY New Places. New Faces. Next Level. That marketing copy pretty much sums up Jumanji: The Next Level, the sequel to the highly successful Welcome to the Jungle franchise reboot. This final trailer showcases more of what the first one teased: an opportunity for Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black to have fun with broad character [...]
The holiday movie season is about to kick in, which means marketing campaigns are starting to ramp up. That includes Little Women, the latest adaptation of the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel, from writer/director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird). Following the recent release of the film's first trailer, distributor Columbia Pictures has now debuted a set [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8miCh30GcGU I hear the sleighbells echoing tonight...because it's Christmas in Africa! Holiday in the Wild will launch Netflix's seasonal offerings for 2019, and the trailer (above) plus the exclusive Entertainment Weekly images (below) sure lay down a marker on what Hallmark, Lifetime, and other networks have to compete with. Boasting a bigger budget and scale [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rBnkBIhoFE Fair and balanced? Not so much. But definitely unafraid. Gauging by this first trailer for Bombshell (a.k.a. the Fox News exposé about how anchors Gretchen Carlson and Megyn Kelly brought down Fox honcho Roger Ailes), subtle and thought-provoking it ain't. Sure, a movie need not be agnostic in its point of view, even when [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEf412bSPLs When it was first announced that Robert Downey, Jr. would be starring in a remake of Doctor Dolittle, it seemed like a cheap move by a studio looking to milk easy money out of recycling an old classic for the second time (the previous remake being Eddie Murphy's late-90s modern update). Suffice it to [...]
And that's a wrap. Filming for Steven Spielberg's highly-anticipated adaptation of West Side Story is now complete. To mark the occasion, the legendary director tweeted out new images along with a note of thank you's to the cast and crew. (See below) Spielberg is known for his effusive excitement, but even by that reputation his [...]
Meet Babu Frik - and possibly at the world premiere for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. With a new image of a new Star Wars creature, Lucasfilm is promoting a contest for fans to enter a chance to attend the world premiere of the last Star Wars movie in the Skywalker saga. (Click here [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGM4uYZzfu0 With Joker about to open, DC's branding synergy is in full swing with the release of the first trailer for Birds Of Prey, the Suicide Squad spinoff starring Margot Robbie's villainess-turned-anti-hero Harley Quinn. Released under the full title Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Miss Harley Quinn, HQ swaps out the guys [...]
Promoting an interview with writer/director J. J. Abrams, Empire Magazine has posted brand new images from the highly-anticipated saga finale Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Three of the pictures are simply new cover designs featuring Rey and Ren, the two core characters of the climactic trilogy. In addition, two more actual first-look screen shots reveal, [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwzLiQZDw2I&t= The first peak at Frozen II teased us with new and surprising possibilities. Now, the full official trailer begins to reveal more about them, involving a journey beyond the realm of Arendelle to discover the origins of Elsa's powers. Interestingly, however, we've still yet to hear any new songs or singing from this sequel-musical, [...]
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