The Weinstein Co. has unveiled the full domestic trailer for the Chinese action biopic The Grandmaster [GMSTR] on Apple. Director Wong Kar-wai [WKARW] offers his visionary take on the life of Ip Man, the legendary Wing Chun master who trained Bruce Lee. The story chronicles period between the fall of the Ching Dynasty through tumultous rise of the Republic of China. The Grandmaster is set to open on August 23rd.
DreamWorks Animation has released the teaser trailer for the fantasy sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2 [HTYD2]. Hiccup and Toothless have grown older in the few years since the original 2010 film. Once again, they soar through the air and back into theaters on June 20, 2014.
Two new contenders will enter the box office arena, but the reigning champion is likely to prevail again. Despicable Me 2 [DESM2] proved to be a bigger blockbuster than anyone expected. The animated sequel may hold 55% of its opening weekend for another $46 million.
Giant robots battle giant monsters in the sci-fi actioner Pacific Rim [PACRM] with an original story that takes its inspiration from decades of Japanese monster and mecha films. Without a star in the cast, Warner Bros. has...
Relativity has released the first trailer for the family drama Out of the Furnace [FURNC] on Apple. Christian Bale [CBALE] and Casey Affleck [CAFFL] lead a cast that includes Woody Harrelson [WHARR], Forest Whitaker [FWHIT], Zoe Saldana [ZSALD], Sam Shepard [SSHEP]and Willem Dafoe [WDAFO]. Directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), Out of the Furnace opens in limited release on November 27th.
Russell Baze (Christian Bale) has a rough life: he works a dead-end blue collar job at the local...
Disney has unveiled the first trailer for the real-life based drama Saving Mr. Banks [SAVMB] about the making of the classic Mary Poppins. Tom Hanks [THANK] stars as Walt Disney while Emma Thompson [ETHOM] plays the author P.L. Travers. Saving Mr. Banks opens on December 13th.
In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the...
FilmDistrict has unleashed a redband trailer for the remake of Oldboy [OLDBO], the South Korean tale of vengeance directed by Chan-Wook Park. Spike Lee [SLEE] directs the Hollywood version starring Josh Brolin [JBROL], Samuel L. Jackson [SLJAC] and Elizabeth Olsen [EOLSE]. The remake introduces the search for his daughter into the storyline, while preserving the infamous hallway fight scene with the hammer that has already been imitated in many other films. Oldboy arrives in theaters...
Warner Bros. has unsheathed the teaser trailer for the fantasy Seventh Son [SPKAP] adapted from young adult series "The Spook's Apprentice".
In a time long past, an evil is about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the forces of the supernatural and humankind once more. Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges [JBRID]), the last of the Falcon Knights, had imprisoned the malevolently powerful witch, Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore [JMOOR]), many years ago. But now she has escaped and...
Universal has unwrapped the full trailer for the romantic comedy sequel The Best Man Holiday [BESM2] from writer-drector Malcolm D. Lee. Taye Diggs [TDIGG], Nia Long [NLONG], Morris Chestnut [MCHES], Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard [THOWA], Sanaa Lathan [SLATH] , Monica Calhoun, Melissa De Sousa and Regina Hall [RHALL] reprise their roles from 1999's The Best Man. The college friends finally reunite over the Christmas holidays and reignite old rivalries and romances.
Sony Pictures Classics has debuted the trailer for the romantic comedy Austenland [AUSTN] starring Keri Russell [KERUS].
30-something, single Jane Hayes is a seemingly normal young woman with a secret: her obsession with all things Jane Austen. But when she decides to spend her life savings on a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become more real than she ever could have imagined.
With an estimated $82.5 million weekend and $142.1 million since opening on Wednesday, Despicable Me 2 [DESM2] secured the biggest five-day opening ever for an animated film. The Universal sequel attracted an audience that was 60% female and 55% under the age of 25.
The Lone Ranger [LONER] flopped at a distant second with just $29.4 million for the weekend and $48.9 million in its first five days. The mega-budgeted western appealed to an older crowd that was 57% males, and 68% over the...
