DreamWorks Animation has unleashed the teaser trailer for the animated spin-off The Penguins of Madagascar [PMADG]. Kipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private have been enlisted by a super-secret animal organization called North Wind to fight a villainous octupus. Benedict Cumberbatch [BCUMB] and John Malkovich [JMALK] have joined the voice cast. Originally scheduled to open next year, The Penguins of Madagascar was moved up to November 26th.
Universal has premiered the first trailer for the comedy sequel Dumb and Dumber To [DUMB3] on The Tonight Show. Twenty years after Dumb and Dumber, Jim Carrey [JCARR] reunites with Jeff Daniels [JDANI] to star in his first sequel. Peter and Bobby Farrelly [FARRE] also return to direct as Lloyd and Harry take a road trip to track down the daughter Harry never knew he had. Dumb and Dumber To gets stupidon November 14th.
Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie were no match for a teen romance as The Fault in Our Stars [TFIOS] led the weekend box office with an estimated $48.2 million. The film dropped 52% on Saturday as Friday was frontloaded by the book's fans, who were 82% female and 79% under the age of 25.
Last week's top film Maleficent [MALEF] decayed 52% to $33.5 million. The fantasy has banked $127.4 million.
Edge of Tomorrow [AYNIK] opened in third place with $29.1 million. The sci-fi actioner brought...
Summit has dropped the full-length trailer for the all-star edition of Step Up: All In [STUP5]. The fifth film in the series brings back Ryan Guzman [RGUZM], Briana Evigan and other dancers from the previous installments, minus the original's Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, and put them together in Las Vegas where they will battle to make their dreams of a dancing career come true. Step Up: All In is served on August 8th.
Relativity Media has debuted the teaser trailer for the spy thriller The November Man [NOVMN] based on the Bill Granger novel. Pierce Brosnan [PBROS] stars as an ex-CIA operative who is brought back on a mission and finds himself going against his former pupil in a deadly international conspiracy involving a mysterious woman, played by Olga Kurylenko [OKURY]. The November Man comes into theaters on August 27th.
Two new films about dying targeted at different demographics square off this weekend and the teen romance The Fault in Our Stars [TFIOS] is likely to prevail over the sci-fi actioner Edge of Tomorrow [AYNIK]. Shailene Woodley [SWOOD] and Ansel Elgort [AELGO] star in The Fault in Our Stars as cancer-stricken patients who fall in love. The PG-13 rated tearjerker draws from a rabid, young female fanbase that has made the John Green novel a best-seller. The film has been trending off the chart...
Relativity has released the teaser trailer for the romance The Best of Me [BESME] based on the Nicholas Sparks novel. Michelle Monaghan [MMONA] and James Marsden [JMARS] star as the couple who first met years ago when they were played by Liana Liberato and Luke Bracey.
Dawson and Amanda, two former high school sweethearts, find themselves reunited after 20 years apart, when they return to their small town for the funeral of a beloved friend. Their bittersweet reunion reignites the love...
The Weinstein Co. has revealed the full-length trailer for the sci-fi adaptation of The Giver [GIVER] based on the 1993 Newberry Award-winning novel by Lois Lowry. Meryl Streep [MSTRE], Jeff Bridges [JBRID] and Brenton Thwaites [BTHWA] star in one of the first dystopian tale targeted at young adults.
Set in the future, a boy suspects that the emotionless, crime free, seemingly perfect world in which he lives may not be as utopian as it appears. In this perfect world where there is no...
Paramount has unveiled the full-length trailer for the fantasy adventure Hercules [HERCL]. Dwayne Johnson [TROCK] stars as the legendary demi-god who performed 12 labors. But after his family is murdered, Hercules turns his back on the Gods and his people to become a mercenary.
Along with five faithful companions, he travels ancient Greece selling his services for gold and using his legendary reputation to intimidate enemies. But when the benevolent ruler of Thrace and his daughter...
Appealing to moms and their daughters, Disney's live-action fantasy Maleficent [MALEF] topped the weekend box office with an estimated $70.0 million. The audience was 60% female and 30% under the age of 18. The retelling of Sleeping Beauty should have legs against its male-targeted competitors.
Last weekend's champ X-Men: Days of Future Past [XMEN5] finished second with $32.6 million, down 64% from its debut. The superhero sequel stands at $162.1 million.
