Paramount has release the trailer for the historical drama Selma [SELMA] directed by Ava DuVernay. David Oyelowo [DOYEL] stars as Martin Luther King Jr. in the film chronicling the 1965 Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Carmen Ejogo co-stars as his wife Coretta Scott King while Tom Wilkinson [TWILK] plays President Lyndon Johnson. Selma opens in limited release on Christmas Day before expanding wide on January 9th.
The holiday movie season blasts off with two Hollywood heavyweights going head to head. Big Hero 6 [BHERO] and Interstellar [NTSTL] could both open above $55 million on the same weekend, which would be the second time that's been accomplishd since Monsters University and World War Z reached the milestone June of 2013.
Walt Disney launches Big Hero 6 from their Animation Studio in Burbank, which produced a little film you may have heard of last year called Frozen. The PG-rated Big Hero 6...
Warner Bros. has uploaded the full-length trailer for the fantasy epic sequel The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [HOBT3]. Director Peter Jackson's [PJACK] three-part adaptation of the beloved J.R.R. Tolkien novel will finally come to a merciful end on December 17th.
The Weinstein Co. has unwrapped the domestic, full-length trailer for the family film Paddington [PADTN]. Ben Whishaw [BWHIS] voices the animated bear from Peru who arrives in London and is taken in by family. Nicole Kidman [NKIDM] plays a villain who wants to stuff the bear. Originally set to open on Christmas, Paddington will now arrive in theaters on January 16th.
Walt Disney has unleashed the full-length trailer for the musical Into the Woods [INTWD]. The second trailer no longer hides the fact that the adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim stage musical features singing numbers. The story follows a baker and his wife as they interact with Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, the Big Bad Wolf and other characters based on various Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Directed by Rob Marshall [RMARS], Into the Woods opens in theaters on December...
Paramount has revealed the greenband trailer for the drama The Gambler [GMBLR] starring a slimmed-down Mark Wahlberg [MWAHL]. Director Rupert Wyatt explains to Grantland how William Monahan's script differs from the 1974 original:
He was setting out this agenda that this is not about a man whose life is out of control; this is a man who’s in a prison. He exists within a gilded cage. He has all of these opportunities, he has looks, he has wealth, he has education — all of these things...
Sony has unveiled the teaser trailer for the sci-fi film Chappie [CHAPI] at EW. Directed by Neill Blomkamp [NBLOM], the film stars Dev Patel [DPATE] as an inventor who created an Artificial Intelligent robot. South African musicians Die Antwoord play a couple of criminals who steal the robot, while Hugh Jackman [HJACK] plays an anti-A.I.crusader. Chappie is set to open on March 6th.
Sony has dropped a third trailer for the musical Annie [ANNIE] on Ellen. Quvenzhané Wallis [QWALL] stars as the little orphan in the modern update of the stage musical. Jamie Foxx [JFOXX] co-stars as the tycoon and New York City mayoral candidate who takes her in. Annie sings and dances into theaters on December 19th.
Universal has released the first trailer for Illumination's animated Minions [MNION], a spin-off prequel of the Despicable Me series.
Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. After accidentally killing off so many of them—from T. rex to Napoleon—the Minions find themselves without a master to serve and fall into a deep depression. But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he—alongside teenage...
A24 has revealed the full-length trailer for the drama A Most Violent Year [AMVYR] set in New York City of 1981. Oscar Isaac [OISAA] and Jessica Chastain [JCHAS] star as a married couple building their American Dream even as violent crimes and institutionalized corruption threaten to tear their business and family life apart. Directed by JC Chandor, the film will world premiere at the AFI on November 6th. A Most Violent Year opens in limited release on December 31st.
