Paramount has uploaded the debut trailer for the mockumentary Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa [JCKA4]. Johnny Knoxville [JKNOX] stars as Irving Zisman, an eighty-six year-old grandfather of a young boy. Together, they pull outrageous pranks on unsuspecting bystanders Borat-style. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa opens on October 25th.
Sony has premiered the trailer for the 1970s set real-life drama American Hustle [AMBUL] on ABC's Good Morning America. Director David O. Russell [DORUS] reunites with Bradley Cooper [BCOOP], Christian Bale [CBALE] and Jennifer Lawrence [JLAWR] for the fictional adaptation of the Abscam scandal when the FBI took down several lawmakers for corruption. The trailer ignores the history while playing up the "Good Times, Bad Times" excesses of the main characters in the disco era. American...
Fox has revealed the teaser trailer for the remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [SLOWM] on Apple. Ben Stiller [BSTIL] directs and stars as a day-dreamer who escapes his dead-end job at LIFE magazine (That's still around?!) by disappearing into his own fantasies. Kristen Wiig [KWIIG] and Adam Scott [ASCOT] co-star as his co-workers. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty arrives in theaters on Christmas Day.
Although easily topping the weekend box office with an estimated $55.0 million debut, The Wolverine [WOLV2] underperformed industry expectations. The opening matched that of the 2011 franchise reboot X-Men: First Class, but fell far short of the $85 million earned by the first stand-alone X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The sequel attracted only the die-hard fans as the audience was 58% males and 58% over the age of 25.
The Conjuring [CNJUR] declined a respectable 47% to $22.1 million and second...
Relativity has unveiled the domestic trailer for the tragic romance Romeo & Juliet [ROMJU]. Billed as the from the creator as the popular TV series "Downton Abbey", this latest adaptation of William Shakespeare's play stars Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld [HSTEI] as the young star-crossed lovers from rival families. The cast also includes Damian Lewis as Lord Capulet, Paul Giamatti as Friar Laurence, Ed Westwick as Tybalt and Stellan Skarsgard as the Prince of Verona. Romeo & Juliet...
The summer’s third and final superhero film arrives this weekend as Hugh Jackman [HJACK] reprises his iconic role as The Wolverine [WOLV2]. The fan-favorite mutant appeared in The X-Men trilogy before getting his own stand-alone X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Although it opened with $85.1 million in May of 2009, the prequel fell off 69% in its second weekend signaling mass dissatisfaction. The sequel The Wolverine is set after 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand as Logan struggles with the death of...
Warner Bros. has uploaded two back-to-back scenes from the space-bound thriller Gravity [GRVTY] that show off director Alfonso Cuaron's [ACUAR] love for extended single shot takes. Gravity lands in theaters on October 4th.
UPDATE (7/25): A third clip has now been added to complete the sequence.
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Universal has unleashed the debut trailer for the fantasy action-adventure 47 Ronin [47RON] on Apple. Although based on a true historical event of the early 18th century Japan, this modern reimagining isn't your typical samurai film, but a CG-filled mythical fantasy ala The Lord fo the Rings. Keanu Reeves [KREEV], Hiroyuki Sanada [HSANA] and Rinko Kikuchi [RKIKU] star in the $225+ million production which has been beset with delays, reshoots and cost-overruns. 47 Ronin finally arrives...
Picturehouse has unveiled the full trailer for the concert film Metallica Through the Never [MET3D], opening in IMAX 3D on September 27th before expanding into regular theaters on October 4th.
As Metallica performs a roaring live set for fans in a sold-out arena, a young roadie named Trip (Dane DeHaan [DDEHA]) is sent on a mission to meet a disabled truck and retrieve a particular item. However, the routine task turns into a surreal odyssey when Trip's van is hit by another vehicle and...
In a summer of expensive tentpole failures, the low-budget The Conjuring [CNJUR] topped the weekend box office with an estimated $41.4 million, the best ever for a R-rated horror film. The audience, which was 59% over the age of 25, gave the film a CinemaScore of A-.
After two weeks at the top, Despicable Me 2 [DESM2] dropped to second with $25.1 million. The animated sequel has accumulated $276.2 million.
Turbo [TURB1] finished in third place with $21.5 million. The animated film has...
