Ryan Reynolds is Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero in the new red-band and green-band trailers for director Tim Miller’s DEADPOOL.
DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool.
Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Gina Carano and Brianna Hildebrand.
From 20th Century Fox, DEADPOOL opens in theaters on February 12, 2016.
Zachary Quinto stars as the mysterious and deadly John Smith in the latest featurette for HITMAN: AGENT 47.
HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck.
He is the culmination of decades of research – and forty-six earlier Agent clones — endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47’s past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own.
Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.
The film, from director Aleksander Bach, stars Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds and Thomas Kretschmann.
Lionsgate has released the first trailer for the upcoming animated film, NORM OF THE NORTH.
A polar bear of many words, Norm’s greatest gripe is simple: there is no room for tourists in the Arctic. But when a maniacal developer threatens to build luxury condos in his own backyard, Norm does what all normal polar bears would do…he heads to New York City to stop it.
With a cast of ragtag lemmings at his side, Norm takes on the big apple, big business and a big identity crisis to save the day.
Directed by Trevor Wall, the movie features the voices of Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Gabriel Iglesias, Loretta Devine, Michael McElhatton, Colm Meaney, and Bill Nighy.
Wall won a Daytime Emmy for “Individual Achievement in Animation” for his storyboard work in Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, in 2007.
Find out how the adventure ends when NORM OF THE NORTH hits the big screen January 15, 2016.
COP CAR star Kevin Bacon has a bone to pick with you, Hollywood. Male actors are rarely given the opportunity to be gratuitously naked, and it’s not fair.
But that’s all going to change now with the #FreeTheBacon movement.
Find out how you can help in this funny video and join the movement.
Kevin Bacon (The Following, HBO’s Taking Chance, Mystic River) stars in director Jon Watts’ delightful throwback thriller COP CAR.
When two good-natured but rebellious young boys (James Freedson-Jackson and Hays Wellford) stumble across an abandoned cop car hidden in a secluded glade they decide to take it for a quick joyride. Their bad decision unleashes the ire of the county sheriff (Bacon) and leads to brutal consequences.
The film also stars Shea Whigham, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Welford and Camryn Manheim.
COP CAR opens in theatres August 7, 2015 and On Demand and Digital HD August 14, 2015.
Directed by Rice and co-written by Rice and John Nodilo, UNSULLIED is a suspense thriller that follows Reagan, a track star, who is kidnapped by a pair of sociopaths after her car breaks down on a deserted road.
Trapped and afraid, Reagan soon realizes her captors love the thrill of “the hunt,” and she is the hunted. Reagan must use her wits and physical prowess to escape her tormentors and find her way to freedom, while putting together the pieces of a horrifying puzzle.
“UNSULLIED is a modern suspense thriller. I based it on the films I like – hoping to evoke some of the cult classics of times gone by,” said Rice. “UNSULLIED looks at life off the grid in a world controlled by money and greed and an insatiable thirst to catch the ultimate prey –human beings. Its story is a very dangerous game of kill or be killed, and I hope this action packed drama, with its cast of exciting new talents, captures the audience and leaves them wanting more.”
From Lambert Releasing, the film will open theatrically nationwide on August 28, 2015.
Gramercy Pictures announces “Sinister Weekends,” a midnight screenings program across the country to connect “Sinister” fans with the franchise’s haunting inspirations including The Ring, Let The Right One In and Night of The Living Dead – all leading up to this month’s release of the highly anticipated SINISTER 2.
The program is set to terrorize fans in Los Angeles, New York, and over a dozen additional markets with weekends of horror celebrating fright inspirations for “Sinister” co-creators and SINISTER 2screenwriters and Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill as well as SINISTER 2 director Ciarán Foy.
The “Sinister Weekends” culminate in special midnight screenings of the original SINISTER. The screenings will feature recorded introductions from Ciarán Foy and producer Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions.
Find out where the nearest “Sinister Weekends” are happening in your market www.sinisterscreenings.com .
The Complete “Sinister Weekends” Screening Program
August 8 and 9, 2015 – THE RING – On August 8 and 9, “Sinister Weekends” showcases “The Ring.” Gore Verbinksi’s visual masterpiece unnerved “Sinister” co-creator and writer C. Robert Cargill, who credits this movie with causing a nightmare which would serve as the inspiration for the “Sinister” franchise.
August 15 and 16, 2015 – THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD – SINISTER 2director Ciarán Foy presents three of his personal favorites (“The Devil’s Backbone,” “Let the Right One In,” “Night of the Living Dead”) for “Sinister Weekends” dates August 15 and 16. The trio of diverse and iconic titles speaks to the robust cinematic vocabulary which Foy brings to the franchise.
August 22 and 23, 2015 – SINISTER – On opening weekend for SINISTER 2, “Sinister Weekends” will stoke fans’ anticipation with special midnight screenings of the original “Sinister.”
SINISTER 2 is the chilling sequel to the 2012 sleeper hit horror movie. In the aftermath of the shocking events in “Sinister,” the evil spirit of Bughuul continues to spread with frightening intensity. The new story is a scary, suspenseful race against time to save a family from falling prey to the madness, movies, and murder conjured by Bughuul and his foot soldiers, the ghost kids.
9-year-old twins Dylan and Zach Collins (portrayed by real-life brothers Robert and Dartanian Sloan) have been spirited away by their mother Courtney (Shannyn Sossamon of “Wayward Pines”) to a rural house in Illinois.
The home and property are just isolated enough to evade Courtney’s estranged husband Clint (Lea Coco), who has abused her and Dylan. This protective mother is unaware that the house itself is marked for death…
…but Ex-Deputy So & So (James Ransone, reprising his “Sinister” role), now a private investigator, has deduced that the family’s hideout is the next manifestation spot for Bughuul. Determined to avenge the tragedy he was privy to while on the police force, So & So journeys to the rural residence, intending to burn it to the ground and thereby end Bughuul’s chain of death.
Finding Courtney and the twins there, he realizes that they are in danger from Clint and that he must step in to help them before he can implement a plan of attack against Bughuul.
What neither Courtney nor So & So are aware of is how the ghost kids have already been unsettling Dylan with their disturbing “home movies,” each more sinister than the last…
SINISTER 2opens nationally from Gramercy Pictureson Friday, August 21, 2015.
Check out the new trailer for Roland Emmerich’s powerful new film, STONEWALL.
STONEWALL is a drama about a fictional young man caught up during the 1969 Stonewall riots. Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine) is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent’s home and flees to New York. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole The Stonewall Inn; however, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven. As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build. This emotion runs through Danny and the entire community of young gays, lesbians and drag queens who populate the Stonewall Inn and erupts in a storm of anger. With the toss of a single brick, a riot ensues and a crusade for equality is born.
Written by Jon Robin Baitz (“Brothers & Sisters” creator/writer), STONEWALL is produced by Roland Emmerich (currently filming Independence Day: Resurgence), Michael Fossat, Marc Frydman, and Carsten Lorenz; and executive producers are Kirstin Winkler, Adam Press and Michael Roban.
The film stars Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Jonny Beauchamp (“Penny Dreadful”), Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men: First Class), Joey King (White House Down) up-and-comers Karl Glusman, Vlademir Alexis, and Alexandre Nachi as well as veteran actor Matt Craven, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Match Point, “The Tudors”) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy.)
Roadside Attractions will release STONEWALL on September 25, 2015.
The most haunting film from Courtney Solomon’s After Dark Films ‘8 Films to Die For’ lineup has been unveiled. THE WICKED WITHINis set to snag the 3rd spot in the horror festival.
Directed by Jay Alaimo and produced by Gianni Capaldi and Enzo Cilenti, THE WICKED WITHIN joins a collection of 8 frightening films to be featured by the esteemed horror company.
“Each of our 8 films has a certain trait that makes it stand apart from the others,” says Stephanie Caleb, EVP, Creative Affairs & Acquisitions, “The Wicked Within is a classic horror possession story with relatable characters, and nightmares that linger.”
When a little girl dies, her family gathers to mourn the loss. Yet the pain is not forgotten and a vengeful demon spirit takes possession of a vulnerable family member tearing at the ties that bind them all together. One by one, it forces each family member to confess to his or her buried lies and face the morbid consequences of their sins.
The film stars Karen Austin (“Summer Rental”), Gianni Capaldi (“Blood of Redemption”), Enzo Cilenti (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), Sienna Guillory (“Resident Evil”), Michele Hicks (“Mulholland Drive”), and Eric Roberts (“The Dark Knight”).
‘8 Films to Die For’ will be released in theaters on October 16, 2015, with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
The most entertaining animal story since BABE, SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE is this summer’s sleeper for kids and their parents, a terrific and hilarious movie that takes a lot of risks and makes them all pay off. The modelmakers and stop-motion animators at Aardman studios have created a witty, high-spirited adventure literally out of clay with lovingly rendered detail and the same type of visual hijinks that made their Wallace & Gromitshorts such classics.
Shaun the sheep and his farmyard pals at Mossy Bottom Farm have settled into a dull routine. One day, Shaun decides things need to liven up, so he distracts sheepdog Bitzer (clearly from the same litter as Grommit) and traps the farmer in a trailer with the intent of allowing his entire flock to take a day off from their mundane lives. But disaster on a steep hill leads to the farmer being hospitalized with amnesia. It’s soon up to Shaun, his sheep friends, Blitzer, and snaggle-toothed stray pooch Slip, to venture to the big city and find their owner. Through a wacky series of incidents, the farmer uses his intuitive sheep-shearing experience to find accidental fame as ‘Mr. X’, a trendsetting hairdresser while Shaun and his pals are thrown in animal jail by power-crazed Trumper, a fearsome Animal Control Warden.
Did you notice I didn’t identify any of these character’s celebrity voices? That’s because there are none. There is no dialog, a choice that forces its producers to push the story in inventive directions. Also refreshing is the film’s lack of nods to pop culture. Aside from one gutbusting gag involving a feline Hannibal Lecter, SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE could have been made many decades ago. In fact, it often feels like a tribute to the great silent comedies with squealingly funny, exquisitely timed, sight gags. These include bits of business that incorporate sheep disguised in charity shop clothes, a horse costume in which Trumper gets his head gets stuck in its butt, and a running gag involving characters falling asleep while counting sheep.
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE’s style and tone will be endearingly familiar to those who have seen the level of invention on display in Aardman’s other stop-motion features THE CURSE OF THE WERERABBIT, CHICKEN RUN and PIRATES BAND OF MISFITS, but I think this is their best effort yet. Based on a series of shorts (there’s been over 150 episodes!) everything about SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE, from the vividly detailed models and figurines to the gallery of memorable supporting characters is astonishing and it’s a wonder to know that each frame of this film was handmade, not orchestrated by a computer. Many of the laughs stem from the intrinsically peculiar appeal of claymation — something about a raised eyebrow or other subtle bit of expression just seems funnier at the stop-motion speed of claymation. INSIDE OUT may have some competition for this year’s animation Oscar after all – SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE is highly recommended.
One of the most exciting movies of 2015 hits theaters in two months on October 2.
20th Century Fox has released the next video from the Ares 3 crew for the upcoming film, THE MARTIAN.
Based on Andy Weir’s thrilling, best-selling novel, and helmed by master director Ridley Scott, THE MARTIAN features a star-studded cast that includes Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Donald Glover, Mackenzie Davis, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Check out the clever video below and see NASA’s declassified look at the psychological testing involved to see if they have the “right stuff” and to prepare the ARES 3 crew for their journey to Mars.
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet.
With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring “the Martian” home, while his crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible, rescue mission. As these stories of incredible bravery unfold, the world comes together to root for Watney’s safe return.
Produced by Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Aditya Sood, Mark Huffam, the screenplay is by Drew Goddard. Check out the later trailer HERE.
Plus, Apollo astronaut and hero Buzz Aldrin has a fascinating book Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet. Coming out on Sept. 8., this book challenges curious kids to think about Mars as not just a faraway red planet but as a possible future home for Earthlings. Get your copy here: http://amzn.com/1426322062
