Sony Pictures Classics has dropped the greenband trailer for the comedy The Bronze [BRONZ], which was a hit at last year's Sundance Festival. Melissa Rauch plays a Bronze medal-winning gymnast who is still living in her past glory a decade ago. She sees a young local gymnast as her meal ticket back to the limelights. Thomas Middleditch [TMIDD] and Sebastian Stan [SSTAN] co-star in The Bronze, which opens limited on March 11th.
Focus Features has revealed the full-length trailer for the stop-motion animated Kubo and the Two Strings [KUBO] from LAIKA. The fantasy adventure arrives in theaters on August 19th.
Clever, kindhearted Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson) ekes out a humble living, telling stories to the people of his seaside town including Hosato (George Takei), Akihiro (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) and Kameyo (Brenda Vaccaro). But his relatively quiet existence is shattered when he accidentally summons a...
Sony has released the full-length trailer for the animated comedy The Angry Birds Movie [ANGRB]. Adapted from the hit mobile game, the story is set on an island populated by flightless birds. When green pigs arrive on a ship, it's up to an odd trio, voiced by Jason Sudekis, Josh Gad and Danny McBride, to figure out what they're up to and stop them.
The Angry Birds Movie hits theaters on May 20th.
Weathering the blizzard that blanketed the East Coast, The Revenant [REVEN] led the weekend box office for its first time with an estimated $16.0 million. The western has amassed $119.2 million. Star Wars: The Force Awakens [STAR7.BW] finished second with $14.3 million, bringing its total to $879.3 million.
Last weekend's champ, Ride Along 2 [RDLO2] declined to third with nealy $13.0 million. The comedy sequel has earned $59.1 million.
The Zac Efron-Robert De Niro team-up Dirty Grandpa...
Warner Bros. has revealed the first, redband trailer for the comedy Keanu [KEANU] starring Keegan-Michael Key [KMKEY] and Jordan Peele [JPEEL]. When their kitten named Keanu gets catnapped, the straight-laced cousins who are not particularly streetwise must impersonate ruthless gangsters in order to retrieve their cat. Keanu opens in theaters on April 22nd.
Warner Bros. has dropped the official trailer for the DC Comics supervillain team-up Suicide Squad [SUICD]. The all-star cast includes Will Smith [WSMIT], Margot Robbie [MROBB], Jared Leto [JLETO], Joel Kinnaman [JKINN], Scott Eastwood [SEAST] and Viola Davis [VDAVI]. Suicide Squad blasts into theaters August 5th.
Universal has unveiled the trailer for the comedy sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising [NEIB2]. Seth Rogen [SROGE] and Rose Byrne [RBYRN] return as parents who now have a second child on the way, when they learn their new neighbors next door is a sorority. Chloë Grace Moretz [CMORE] leads the sisters who parties even harder and more out of their control than the former fraternity neighbor. They soon enlist their ex-neighor from the first film, Zac Efron [ZEFRO], to infiltrate the sorority...
Warner Bros. has released the second, full-length trailer for the comedy sequel Barbershop: The Next Cut [BSHO3]. 10 years has past and the community surrounding the barbershop has taken a turn for the worst. The crew must come together to save the shop as well as their neighborhood. Barbershop 2: The Next Cut opens April 15th.
The Star Wars reign atop the weekend box office has come to an end as Ride Along 2 [RDLO2] lead the way with an estimated $41.5 million over the 4-day MLK Jr. holiday weekend. The action comedy sequel appealed to a more diverse crowd than the first film, but fell short of the original's opening. The audience was 52% female and 55% under the age of 25.
12-time Oscar nominated The Revenant [REVEN] held firm in second place with $39.0 million to bring its total to $97.2 million.
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HSX is issuing AwardOptions for the Oscar nominees in the top 8 categories. Chris Rock hosts the 88th Academy Awards which takes place on Sunday, February 28th. The AwardOption for the winner will cash out at H$25.00, while those failing to win will delist at H$0.00.
Best Director
Adam McKay - The Big Short, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - The Revenant, George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road, Lenny Abrahamson - Room, Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
