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Fox has uploaded the teaser trailer for their mutant superhero sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past [XMEN5], which brings together the original characters from the X-Men trilogy with the prequel counterparts from 2011's reboot X-Men: First Class. In a future where mutants have been hunted down by the Sentinels created by Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage [PDINK]),  the older Professor X and Magneto, played Patrick Stewart [PSTEW] and Ian McKellen [IMCKE] respectively, decide to send a graying...

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Lionsgate and Pantelion have unveiled the teaser trailer for the biopic Cesar Chavez [CHAVZ] and set a release date for April 4th.  Michael Pena [MPENA] stars as Mexican-American who organized farm laborers during the 1960-70s and became a civil rights leader for Hispanic-Americans.  Rosario Dawson [RDAWS] and John Malkovich [JMALK] co-star in the film directed by Diego Luna [DLUNA].

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Disney has revealed the teaser for the animated sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue [PLNE2].  Dane Cook [DCOOK] returns as the voice of Dusty Crophopper who leaves the racing world to join the aerial fire-fighters.  Planes: Fire & Rescue is scheduled to hit theaters next year on July 18th.

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Universal has released the second, full domestic trailer for the fantasy adventure 47 Ronin [47RON].  Keanu Reeves [KREEV] stars as a  half-Japanese outcast who is recruited by a band of free-roaming samurais to seek revenge on those who killed their master.  The new trailer focuses on the CG beasts such as dragons and griffins that populate this mythical Asian land.  47 Ronin opens on Decebmer 25th.

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Showing there is still plenty of mileage left in the franchise, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa [JCKA4] grossed an estimated $32.0 millionin to win the weekend box office.   The audience has grown up along with the series as the attendance was 63% over the age of 25 as oppsed to 33% for the previous installment Jackass 3D.

After three weeks at the top, Gravity finally came down to second at $20.3 million.  The 3D space thriller advance is total to $199.8 million.

Captain Phillips [CDUTY]...

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Fox has released the teaser trailer for the feature adaptation of Mr. Peabody and Sherman [MRPBS] by DreamWorks Animation.  Ty Burrell [TBURR] voices the genius canine and Max Charles as his boy, both first appeared in the cartoon 'The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'.  Directed by Rob Minkoff [RMINK] Mr. Peabody and Sherman opens wide on March 7th.

Mr. Peabody, the most accomplished dog in the world, and his mischievous boy Sherman, use their time machine—the Wabac—to go on the most outrageous...

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After a month of mostly serious dramas at the box office, moviegoers will finally have a comedy for some serious laughs. Johnny Knoxville [JKNOX] is back with Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa [JCKA4], but he’s going solo without his usual gang of misfits. 11 years ago, Jackass opened at $22.8 million and then Jackass: Number Two debuted with $29 million in 2006. The R-rated raunchy franchise reached its pinnacle in 2010 when Jackass 3D hit $50.4 million.  Downsizing a bit, the fourth...

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Paramount has unleashed the teaser trailer for the Marvel superhero sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier [CAPA2].  Chris Evans [CEVAN] reprises his role as Steve Rogers, joined by Scarlett Johansson [SJOHA] and Samuel L. Jackson [SLJAC] from The Avengers,while Sebastian Stan [SSTAN] returns from Captain America: The First Avenger.  Anthony Mackie [AMACK] joins the cast as Falcon and Robert Redford [RREDF] as a senior leader of S.H.I.E.L.D. Captain America: The Winter Soldier reaches...

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Paramount has uploaded two full-length trailer for the highly-anticipated comedy sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues [ANCH2].  Will Ferrell [WFERR] finally returns as newscaster Ron Burgundy. After losing his job in San Diego to his wife, Christina Applegate [CAPPL] reprising her role, Ron lands a gig with a new 24 hours Global News Network cable channel where his new boxx is an African-American woman, played by Meagan Good [MGOOD].   Finally, moviegoers will have a whole new set of...

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Focus Features has revealed the theatrical, green band trailer for the bromance comedy That Awkward Moment [AWODT].  This version focuses more on the bromance between single best friends, played by Zac Efron [ZEFRO], Miles Teller [MTELL] and Michael B. Jordan [MBJOR].  The green band trailer also ends with an awkward moment about someone's "penis", but with Jordan rather than Efron in the red band trailer.    That Awkward Moment arrives in theaters on January 31st. 

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