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First trailer for Long Shot

Lionsgate has dropped the trailer for the comedy Long Shot [FLRSK] on Ellen. Seth Rogen [SROGE] stars as astruggling journalist who is reunited with his high school crush, played by Charlize Theron [CTHER], who is now the Secretary of State hoping to beome the next President. Long Shot opens on May 3rd.

 

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Whisper Numbers: Will Alita knock off The LEGO Movie 2

With Valentine’s Day falling on Thursday, three new wide releases open midweek ahead of the long Presidents’ Day holiday weekend. That’s likely to depress the weekend total and allow LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part [LEGO2] to stay in first place. Despite a less than expected debut, the family-friendly film should have legs over the holiday weekend. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part could build up $26 million over 4 days.

After years in development, James Cameron’s passion project Alita...

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New trailer for After

Aviron has released the full-length trailer for the teen romance After [AFTR1], based on the YA novel by Anne Todd.  After is set to open wide on April 12th.

AFTER follows Tessa (Josephine Langford), a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart, as she enters her first semester in college. Armed with grand ambitions for her future, her guarded world opens up when she meets the dark and mysterious Hardin Scott (Hero Fiennes Tiffin), a magnetic...

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New trailer for Five Feet Apart

CBS Films has uploaded the second trailer for the teen romance Five Feet Apart [5FTAP] starring Haley Lu Richardson [HLRIC] and Cole Sprouse [CSPRO]. Five Feet Apart opens wide on May 15th.

Stella Grant (Haley Lu Richardson) is every bit a seventeen-year-old: she’s attached to her laptop and loves her best friends. But unlike most teenagers, she spends much of her time living in a hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control -- all of...

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First trailer for Ma

Universal has revealed the official trailer for the thriller Ma [MA] starring Octavia Spencer [OSPEN].  Produced by Blumhouse, Ma arrives on May 31st.

Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town (Diana Silvers), to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own. She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking...

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First trailer for Frozen 2

Walt Disney has unveiled the teaser trailer for the animated sequl Frozen 2 [FROZ2].  The story of Elsa and Anna  continues as they travel to a distant land with Kristoff, Sven and fan-favorite Olaf.  Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck return to direct along with songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.  Frozen 2 opens in theaters on Nov. 22nd.

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First trailer for Tolkien

Fox Searchlight has released the teaser trailer for the biographical drama Tolkien [TLKIN]. Nicholas Hoult [NHOUL] stars as author J.R.R. Tolkien during his formative school years with a group of outcast classmates. The future creator of fantasy novels set in Middle Earth is further shaped by the onset of World War I. Tolkien journeys into theaters on May 10th.

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First trailer for Yesterday

Universal has revealed the first trailer for the musical romance Yesterday [AUNIL] based on the music of The Beatles, yet set in an alternative universe where The Beatles never existed. Danny Boyle [DBOYL] directed the film starring Himesh Patel and Lily James [LJAME]. Yesterday arrives on June 28th.

Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is a struggling singer-songwriter in a tiny English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood...

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First trailer for The Hustle

MGM dropped the official trailer for the comedy The Hustle [NSTYW], a gender-reversed remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Anne Hathaway [AHATH] and Rebel Wilson [RBWIL] star as con artists from opposite ends of the pay scale who team up to scam men who have wronged them. The Hustle begins on May 10th.

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New trailer for Teen Spirit

Bleecker Street has released the full-length trailer for the musical drama Teen Spirit [TSPRT].  Elle Fanning [EFANN] stars as a teenager in a small town who dreams of becoming a popstar through a televised singing competition. Directed by Max Minghella [MMING], Teen Spirit arrives in theaters April 5th.

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