In one month, Marvel’s first family flies into theaters around the globe. Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and The Thing are joined by H.E.R.B.I.E., the Silver Surfer and planet-eating cosmic being Galactus in a retro-futuristic thrill-ride.
Opening in theaters on July 25, check out the final trailer for THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS.
Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios’ “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” introduces Marvel’s First Family – Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) as they face their most daunting challenge yet. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.
The action adventure also stars Paul Walter Hauser, Natasha Lyonne and Sarah Niles. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” is directed by Matt Shakman, produced by Kevin Feige and executive produced by Louis D’Esposito, Grant Curtis and Tim Lewis.
Marvel Studios’ THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS – in theaters July 25, 2025 – invited a live audience and key cast members to U.S. Space & Rocket Center, HOME of Space Camp®, in Huntsville, Alabama, to officially launch the film’s inaugural trailer. Fans from around the world tuned in via a Marvel livestream to catch the big debut in real time with the Saturn 5 rocket serving as the backdrop.
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA – FEBRUARY 04: (L-R) Pedro Pascal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn and Vanessa Kirby attend the Fantastic Four Trailer Launch at U.S. Space & Rocket Center on February 04, 2025 in Huntsville, Alabama. (Photo by David A. Smith/Getty Images for Disney)
Cast members starring as Marvel’s First Family – Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn & Ebon Moss-Bachrach – commandeered the countdown and launch surrounded by fans outside the National Geographic Theater. Angélique Roché hosted the event that included a Q&A with the stars.
Watch the countdown here.
Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios’ “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” introduces Marvel’s First Family—Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.
The action adventure also stars Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne and Sarah Niles. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” is directed by Matt Shakman, produced by Kevin Feige and executive produced by Louis D’Esposito, Grant Curtis and Tim Lewis.
Here’s your first look at the brand new trailer for Charlie Day’s FOOL’S PARADISE.
The movie stars Charlie Day, Ken Jeong, Kate Beckinsale, Adrien Brody, Ray Liotta, Jason Sudeikis, Edie Falco, John Malkovich, Common, and Jillian Bell.
A satirical comedy about a down on his luck publicist, who gets his lucky break when he discovers a man recently released from a mental health facility looks just like a method actor who refuses to leave his trailer. With the help of a powerful producer, the publicist helps the man become a huge star, even marrying his beautiful leading lady. Their adventures lead them to cross paths with drunken costars, irreverent unhoused action heroes, unpredictable directors, super-agent, and power-mad moguls. Fame and fortune are not all they’re cracked up to be, and the two men must fight their way back to the things that matter the most.
Written and directed by Charlie Day in his directorial debut, the “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” actor stars alongside an all-star comedy cast. Featuring one of the final screen performances of Ray Liotta, the cast includes Ken Jeong, Kate Beckinsale, Oscar® winner Adrien Brody, Jason Sudeikis, Edie Falco, Jason Bateman, Common, Jillian Bell, Dean Norris, Jimmi Simpson, and John Malkovich. The film is produced by John Rickard (“Peacemaker” Rampage), along with Tim Zajaros and Christopher Lemole (The Peanut Butter Falcon, Mudbound), Alex Saks (Red Rocket, The Florida Project), and Rick Dugdale (Zero Contact). The executive producers are Kirk Michael Fellows, Rob Gough, Manu Gargi, and Bob Shapiro.
Roadside Attractions will release FOOL’S PARADISE only in theaters May 12, 2023.
Charlie Day and Adrien Brody in FOOL’S PARADISE / Courtesy of Roadside Attractions
CHARIOT Starring Thomas Mann, Rosa Salazar, Shane West and John Malkovich will be in Theaters, VOD, and Digital April 15th
Check out this crazy trailer:
In this dark and twisted thriller, John Malkovich stars as Dr. Karn, an odd, eccentric specialist who guides unknowing patients through the reincarnation transition. When Harrison (Thomas Mann) experiences mysterious recurring dreams, he turns to Dr. Karn for help and reveals his encounter with a woman (Rosa Salazar) he loved in a previous life. Noticing a glitch in the system, the doctor must fix the issue before permanently derailing his patient’s future.
SHATTERED starring John Malkovich, and Frank Grillo will beAvailable in Select Theaters and On Demand January 14th! Available on Blu-ray and DVD on February 22.
Here’s the trailer:
In the tradition of Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct comes this dazzling action-thriller starring Academy Award® nominee John Malkovich (RED) and Frank Grillo (Avengers: Endgame). After lonely tech millionaire Chris (Cameron Monaghan, “Shameless”) encounters charming, sexy Sky (Lilly Krug), passion grows between them – and when he’s injured, she quickly steps in as his nurse. But Sky’s odd behavior makes Chris suspect that she has more sinister intentions, especially when Sky’s roommate is found dead from mysterious causes.
SHATTERED stars Cameron Monaghan, Frank Grillo, Lilly Krug, Sasha Luss, and John Malkovich
Vertical Entertainment presents AVA, Tate Taylor’s thrilling tale of espionage. Jessica Chastain, John Malkovich, Common, Geena Davis and Colin Farrell star in this suspenseful drama. Here’s a clip from the film:
With an all star cast, AVA brings us into the world of a deadly mercenary with a sordid history. Ava (Jessica Chastain) is a trained assassin with a moral quandary who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe executing high-profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong, she is forced to fight for her own survival.
Vertical Entertainment will be releasing AVA in select physical cinemas, drive-ins, virtual cinemas and on digital and VOD platforms on Friday, September 25, following its exclusive release on DIRECTV on Thursday, August 27.
Ava (Jessica Chastain) is a deadly mercenary who works for a black ops organization and specializes in high profile hits. When a conspicuous job goes haywire, Ava’s career and life are put into jeopardy. Ava is ordered to take a hiatus until the heat blows over and returns to her hometown of Boston in the attempts to mend relationships with her mother and sister; but years of estrangement have created resentment. As she unpacks the questionable morality of her life choices, Ava finds herself rushing to save her family and herself from inner demons and very real threats.
Here’s the newest effort from another prolific actor/director film making duo. While some directors (Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Charles O. Russell) have a group of actors they repeatedly work with (on stage I guess they’d be the “rep” company), other directors like to cast the same actor in several of their projects. From the “golden age of Hollywood’ there were duos like John Huston with Humphrey Bogart, and John Ford and John Wayne. In the late seventies Martin Scorsese’s lead of choice was Robert DeNiro, while in recent years Leonardo DiCaprio has been a frequent lead. With Steven Spielberg it’s Tom Hanks (after many flicks with Richard Dreyfuss and Harrison Ford). Now in theatres is the fourth collaboration of actor/director Peter Berg and lead actor Mark Wahlberg. Their previous team-ups were all based on true events: LONE SURVIVOR, DEEPWATER HORIZON, and PATRIOT’S DAY. Now they’ve made a go-for-broke, fictional, high-octane spy thriller, since Wahlberg usually stars in a big Summer action flick. But why so late in the season? For that, we’ve got to go the extra mile. Well several more really, all the way to MILE 22.
As the flick begins, we’ve got go back a few miles, years actually, to an operation conducted by an undercover (very deep undercover) branch of the CIA (like the IMF of Mission:Impossible, it’s “disavowed by the director”). James Silva (Wahlberg) is part of the team commanded by Bishop (John Malkovich), who’s viewing the whole thing from a secret locale along with a crew of agents monitoring live streams from hidden cameras and drones. Despite a few casualties, Silva and his squad get the job done, eliminating some undercover Russian agents working out of a suburban US. home. Cut to the opening titles, run over a montage/ bio of Silva (orphaned, personality issues, quick to violence, and a tactical savant). Jump to the modern day, to the US Embassy in Indocarr (?), where Silva and two of his teammates Alice (Lauren Cohen) and Sam (Ronda Rousey) are stationed. Everyone’s on edge because several containers of a radioactive powder AKA “fear dust” have been stolen. The tip from one of Alice’s informants proved to be a dud. Everyone is then shocked when said informant, local cop Li Noor (Iko Uwais) crashes his car through one of the barriers. He flashes a small cell phone-like pad at the gate cameras. When he’s brought in, he tells Alice and her co-workers that the device has a hard drive with all the location info on the toxins. But only he has the access code to stop the timed erasing of that info. And he’ll only give that code when he’s put on a plane headed out of his homeland. Shortly after some local officials arrive demanding that Noor be given to him, followed by an assassination attempt in the embassy infirmary. With time running out, Bishop’s team is called in to co-ordinate the 22 mile exodus from the embassy to a hidden runway. Is Noor legit? And can they get him (“the package”) to the plane despite a near-endless gauntlet of killers?
Yes there are lots of battles, but few compare to the fight these talented actors had to wage against a clunky script loaded with one-note abrasive characters. The most aggressively obnoxious may be Silva, who proves to be a poor role for the charismatic talented Wahlberg. It’s as though they took everything charming about his macho motor-mouth in THE DEPARTED (which nabbed him an Oscar nom) and twisted it into an arrogant,in your face” bully. You’d want Silva to have your back in a firefight, but you’d dread having any sort of calm conversation with him. Dismissive and cruel aren’t the usual qualities of a thriller hero (and there’s talk of a trilogy). Cohen doesn’t fare much better as the always on edge Alice, who is screaming at her ex-husband (oddly played by Berg) as they play an emotional “tug of war’ over their pre-teen daughter. This leads to her flinging the phone against a wall (wonder how many she goes through in a week). So terrific for so long as Maggie on TV’s “The Walking Dead”, Cohen can’t bring much humanity to another of the script’s screeching “spooks”. The most engaging of the crew may be MMA champ Rousey as the affable Sam, who doesn’t tolerate the tantrums of Silva and Alice. Naturally, this seals her doom. Speaking of champs, martial arts master Uwais is a compelling physical presence, moving like lightning at the center of the film’s best sequences. It’s a shame that his character of Noor seems so aloof and enigmatic with an unchanging sneer, never connecting with any other characters. And then there’s the usually strange Malkovich regulated to be the guy at the screen (he’s in a suit with Converse sneakers…how quirky), barking commands and counting down the minutes. At east he’s sporting a severe buzz-cut hairpiece.
Berg assembles the film in a blender, never letting a shot last more than a few seconds, and making sure the camera is always in motion. This may be an attempt to “amp’ up the tension, but this rapid-fire, staccato style merely wears us down and quickly becomes tedious, as does the near-constant barrage of “f-bombs” (ooo, so edgy). When the screen’s not full of smoke from one of the many explosions (they loves their grenades), the photography is murky and muddy, obscuring much of the picture. The opening attack on the two story house on Christmas Lane (really) feels somewhat realistic with the disorientation of the team, but the endless trek through the city streets becomes repetitive despite the different venues, going from a crowded bakery to a low-rent apartment complex (the Paradise, uh uh), which just reminds us of the superior quality of the RAID films that Uwais headlined. And in the final moments we get a ridiculous triple-cross denouncement that kicks the audience in the…pants…as they flee the theatre. MILE 22 literally screeches to a dead end, and makes us appreciate Cruise, Damon, and Craig even more. Still, that fight in the medical examination room is pretty good, so it gets…
In a visceral modern thriller from the director of Lone Survivor, Mark Wahlberg stars as James Silva, an operative of the CIA’s most highly-prized and little-known unit. Aided by a top-secret tactical command team, Silva must transport an asset (Iko Uwais) who has vital information to a Southeast Asian airfield for extraction before the enemy closes in. MILE 22 also stars Lauren Cohan, Ronda Rousey, and John Malkovich.
Directed by PETER BERG, the film marks the fourth collaboration between Berg and Wahlberg, a pairing that has resulted in the films Patriots Day, Deepwater Horizon, and Oscar®-nominated Lone Survivor. The score is by Jeff Russo (Netflix’s “Altered Carbon” and the upcoming film “Lizzie,” starring Chloe Sevigny and Kristen Stewart).
MILE 22 opens in theaters August 17, 2018.
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The hyper-stylized edge-of-your-seat crime thriller, Bullet Head, arrives on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD January 9 from Lionsgate. This film is currently available on Digital and On Demand. Oscar® winner Adrien Brody (Best Actor, The Pianist, 2002), Golden Globe® nominee Antonio Banderas (Best Actor: “And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself,” 2004, TV Movie; The Mask of Zorro, 1998, and Evita, 1996, Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical), and Oscar® nominee John Malkovich (Best Supporting Actor, In the Line of Fire, 1993; Places in the Heart, 1984) star as three career criminals in jeopardy after pulling off the heist of a lifetime. Written and directed by award-winning visionary Paul Solet (Grace), the Bullet Head Blu-ray and DVD include never-before-seen special features and will be available for the suggested retail price of $21.99 and $19.98, respectively.
Oscar winner Adrien Brody, Antonio Banderas, and John Malkovich deliver the action in this riveting crime story filled with pulse-pounding twists and turns. After a heist gone tragically wrong, three career criminals find themselves trapped in a warehouse with the law closing in. But, inside the warehouse, a more dangerous threat awaits—as the fugitives are plunged into a furious battle for their lives.
CAST
Adrien Brody American Heist, King Kong, The Pianist
with Antonio Banderas Black Butterfly, Machete Kills, The Expendables 3
and John Malkovich Unlocked, Deepwater Horizon, Being John Malkovich
BLU-RAY/DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
“A Canine Point of View: Writing and Directing Bullet Head” Featurette
“Career Criminals and Fighting Dogs: The Iconic Cast of Bullet Head” Featurette
“Preparation and Performance: The Animal Actors of Bullet Head” Featurette
“Hymns and Fanfare: The Score of Bullet Head” Featurette
With the big end of the year holidays still a couple of weeks away, what kind of big event can gather a big family (or a diverse acting ensemble)? It’s gotta’ be a comedy so a funeral is probably out of the question, although both the British and US versions of DEATH AT A FUNERAL are pretty darned hilarious. No, there’s got to be a romantic angle, so the setting should probably be a wedding. Film makers have used them for lots of comedies that are ripe with conflict from all the versions of FATHER OF THE BRIDE to those big cast showcases like Robert Altman’s A WEDDING and the big, big superstar-studded , appropriately named THE BIG WEDDING just three years ago. And like that flick, some of the exes are involved, upping the tension and making for THE WILDE WEDDING that lives up to its name (spelling explained shortly).
Laying out the clustered family tree is teenage film maker Mackenzie (Grace Van Patten), who, conveniently for the audience, is making a documentary of the event for her grandmother (don’t call her that), celebrated film actress Eve Wilde (Glenn Close). Mackenzie is the daughter of one of three sons that Eve had with her first husband, stage icon Lawrence Darling (John Malkovich). Eve is about to tie the knot with her fourth husband, renown British author Harold (Patrick Stewart). He’s not big on show biz, so his two twenty-something daughters quiz him on Eve’s career during the trip to the swanky wooded estate where the ceremony will take place. Mackenzie’s uncles are the bumbling single dad Jimmy (Noah Emmerich) and actor/ladies man Ethan (Peter Facinelli). She lives her father Rory (Jack Davenport), a semi-retired songwriter/musician who was part of a rock band headlined by ex-wife (and Mack’s mum) Priscilla (Minnie Driver), who kept the band. She’s remarried and has a pre-teen son named Sam. Oh, and did I mention that Mackenzie pines for her cousin, Eve’s nephew, Dylan (Tim Boardman). But with an ex-wife and an ex-husband in attendance, that’s the least of the scandals and forbidden hook-ups that will occur during the wedding eve. But if everything went smoothly…well. where’s the fun in that?
For classic film fans, this isn’t quite the DANGEROUS LIAISONS reunion they may have been waiting for over the past (nearly) thirty years. Close is radiant as the former screen queen (certainly more content and, er, stable than her former stage role of Norma Desmond), but she has little to do other than gaze longingly at her former and future mates. We hear of her other adored movie roles, but other than a soliloquy to the bathroom mirror, there’s just talk. Malkovich gets a nice reprieve from the usual oddballs (the RED flicks) as a guy who’s more grounded, but will go into a theatrical gesture with little prompting (usually as he recounts another stage award). Stewart, sporting a ridiculous permed wig, is amusing as a stuffy, pompous jerk, maybe a refined version of the rom-com “Baxter” cliché’, but he’s mostly baffled and befuddled. As for the grown sibs and spouses, Driver gets to indulge in some campy diva behavior as the preening rocker that over-indulges in every excess. Of the three grown sons, Davenport projects an easy-going everyman vibe, as a fella’ who doesn’t need the spotlight any longer. The other actors don’t fare as well. Emmerich is a clumsy boob who moons over a bus driver (their eyes meet for a split-second, so he’s on the phone with her transit company), while squawking “get a ‘pre-nup'” to his mum. Facinelli is the “player” whose “bad boy” persona (oooo, he’s got a motorcycle, oh with a sidecar for his pooch…awww) is catnip to several of the ladies.
It’s still an impressive cast, but writer/director Damian Harris has shackled them with a story that’s calculated to hit every “sitcom-like” beat. While he’s aiming for charm, the result is more “smarm” with scenes teetering on edge of cloying and precious (let’s dance on the dining table, everyone). The opulent mansion and the surrounding woods and beach look lovely as gallons of wine are guzzled and a tin of naughty naughty chocolates are passed around (what’s that special spice). The film lurches along until the big reveal prompts an ending that would have seemed implausible and trite fifty years ago (really,everybody should have known better). And of course, two of the young lovers must leap, fully clothed, in the swimming pool near the finale’. It’s rather symbolic because despite this impeccable ensemble, THE WILDE WEDDING is all wet.
