A pair of new films steps up to the plate looking to finish on top of the box office standings. The Jackie Robinson biopic 42 [42] chronicles the adversity faced by the legendary Brooklyn Dodgers as he became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947. Newcomer Chadwick Boseman stars as Robinson, while Harrison Ford [HFORD] lends his starpower as the Dodgers manager. Warner Bros. timed the release of the PG-13 rated drama with the start of the baseball season...
Universal has unveiled the domestic trailer for the true-life racing drama Rush [RUSH], which is slightly longer than the international version. Directed by Ron Howard [RHOWA], the film chronicles the fierce rivalry between the English playboy James Hunt and the precise Austrian driver Niki Lauda on the Formula 1 racing circuit of the late 1970s. The new trailer also focuses more on Hunt's relationship with his ex-wife, played by Olivia Wilde [OWILD]. Rush is scheduled to open September...
Warner Bros. has uploaded the full, theatrical trailer for The Hangover Part III [HNOV3]. The concluding chapter to the comedy trilogy finds Zach Galifianakis' [ZGALI] Alan getting an intervention from his friends, Bradley Cooper's [BCOOP] Phil, Ed Helm's [EHELM] Stu and Justin Bartha's [JBART] Doug. But before Alan could be institutionalized, the Wolfpack are kidnapped by a gangster (John Goodman [JGOOD]), who wants them to locate Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong [KJEON]). The journey takes them to...
Fox Searchlight has released the debut trailer for the coming-of-age story The Way Way Back [WAYBK] on Apple. Liam James plays a shy 14-year-old who is on summer vacation with his mother (Toni Collette [TCOLL]), her boyfriend (Steve Carell [SCARE]) and their friends. He finds solace in a water park where the manager (Sam Rockwelll [SROCK]) takes him under his wings, and opens him up to his first crush (AnnaSophia Robb [AROBB]). The Oscar-winning screenwriters of The Descendants, Nat Faxon...
Summit has revealed the full, theatrical trailer for the heist thriller Now You See Me [NYSME] On Apple. The film "pits an elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against "The Four Horsemen," a super-team of the world's greatest illusionists. "The Four Horsemen" pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances, showering the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of the law." Now You See Me opens on May 31st.
Sony has launched the debut trailer for the sci-fi film Elysium [ELYSM] from District 9 writer-director Neill Blomkamp [NBLOM]. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the wealthy 0.1% resides on a safe and pristine space station orbiting Earth, while the poor 99.9% lives below on the overpopulated and ruined planet. Matt Damon [MDAMO] plays a resident of the slums who tries to fight his way to the top of the socioeconomic ladder with the help of the latest exoskeleton technology. Elysium...
Sony has released the greenband, theatrical trailer for the action sequel Kick-Ass 2 [KCKA2], which is similar to the two week old redband trailer minus the offensive language. The high school students turned costumed heroes join forces with new masked citizen-vigilantes to take on the former Red Mist who has turned villainous to avenge the death of his father. Kick-Ass 2 hits theaters on August 16th.
An international teaser has appeared for the real events based drama Rush [RUSH] directed by Ron Howard. Set in the world of Formula 1 racing, Chris Hemsworth [CHEMS] stars as the Englishman James Hunt and Daniel Brühl [DBRUH] as the Austrian Niki Lauda whose rivalry on the Grand Prix racetracks during the late 1970s epitomized the contrast between two distinction styles that's also reflected in their personalities and private lives. Rush opens stateside on September 20th, just a week...
Earning more in its opening weekend than the entire original trilogy in their entire theatrical run, the rebooted Evil Dead [EVILD] led the box office with an estimated $26.0 million. The bloody horror film attracted an audience that was 56% male and 56% over the age of 25.
The Croods [CROOD] finished tied for second with G.I. JOE: Retaliation [GIJO2] at $21.1 million. The animated film has reached $125.8 million after 3 weekends. The action sequel dropped 48% in its second weekend to...
Sony has unleashed the full, theatrical trailer for the horror remake Carrie [CARIE] based on the Stephen King novel. Chloe Grace Moretz [CMORE] stars as the outcast student who uses her telekinetic powers against her high school classmate tormentors. Julianne Moore [JMOOR] co-stars as her religious mother. Carrie hits theaters right before Halloween on October 18th.
