The Weinstein Co. has debuted the teaser trailer for the sci-fi film The Giver [GIVER] based on the 1993 Lois Lowry novel. Set in a seemingly perfect, utopian society, Brenton Thwaites plays a young boy who is chosen to be the "Receiver of Memory" to learn from an elderly man, "The Giver" played by Jeff Bridges [JBRID], about the past and thus the true meaning of the life in the real world. Meryl Streep [MSTRE] and Katie Holmes [KHOLM] co-star in The Giver, set to open on August 15th.
Relativity has released the full, theatrical trailer for the family, sci-fi film Earth to Echo [ECHO]. Basically, it's Super 8 updated for the digital, found footage era.
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the...
Sony has dropped yet another trailer, the final one for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 [SPID5]. The sequel looks to be filled with all-out action as the friendly neighborhood webcrawler takes on at least three super-villains in Electro, Rhino, and the Green Golbin. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 swings into theaters on May 2nd.
Disney has unfurled the full-length trailer for the fantasy Maleficient [MALEF], a live-action prequel to the 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty. Told from the point of view of the title villainess played Angelina Jolie [AJOLI], the story delves into the origin of her "evilness" and why she cast her sleeping curse on the young Princess Aurora, played by Ellen Fanning [EFANN]. Maleficient lands in theaters on May 30th.
Fox and Blue Sky have unveiled the teaser trailer for the CG-animated Peanuts [PENUT] based on the comic strip by the late Charles Schulz. Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang will make their feature debut in theaters on November 6. 2015.
Fox has unleashed the teaser trailer for the latest sci-fi film set in a dystopian future, The Maze Runner [MAZER], based on a best-selling young adult novel. A group of boys are sent to a massive maze set amongst the ruins of an old city. Each day, they try to find an escape route. Dylan O'Brien stars as the new kid who may hold the key to unraveling the mystery, if he can only unravel memories of his past. The Maze Runner reaches theaters on September 19th.
The two new wide releases underperformed at the weekend box office allowing for Mr. Peabody & Sherman [MRPBS] to rise to the top spot with an estimated $21.2 million. The animated film declined just 34% in its second weekend to bring its total to $63.2 million.
300: Rise of An Empire [XERXE] was dethroned to second place at $19.1 million. The sequel dropped 58% from its debut and sits at $78.3 million after 10 days.
Crossing the finish line at the third spot, Need for Speed [NFSPD]...
Universal has unveiled the debut trailer for the James Brown biopic Get On Up [GSOUL] on Apple. Chadwick Boseman [CBOSE] stars as the Godfather of Soul in his life story that starts with a poor childhood and goes through a stint in prison before Brown found his calling as a singer who popularized funk music and influenced countless generations of musical artists. Viola Davis [VDAVI] and Octavia Spencer [OSPEN] reunite with The Help director Tate Taylor. Get On Up gets down on August 1st.
...Hoping for a Fast & Furious franchise of its own, Disney launches the actioner Need for Speed [NFSPD] based on the long-running videogame series. The PG-13 rated film stars Aaron Paul [APAUL] in a role not too different from his signature "Breaking Bad" character. However, the exotic cars are the main attractions for the film, which the marketing has emphasized with real stunts and spectacular crashes. Some moviegoers will see the film as a pale imitation of Fast & Furious, but others will...
Rather than debut with a traditional trailer, Fox has introduced a short for DreamWorks Animation's Home [SMEKD] based on the Adam Rex book "The True Meaning Of Smekday". The aliens of Home will invade theaters on November 26th.
The intergalactic adventure revolves around an overly optimistic (yet inept) alien race called the Boov, who invade Earth in an attempt to escape their mortal enemy, hoping to make this hiding spot their new home. But one resourceful girl named Tip (Rihanna...
