Universal has released a new, redband trailer for the comedy The Five-Year Engagement [5YENG] starring Jason Segel [JSEGE] and Emily Blunt [EBLUN] as a couple taking their sweet old time before getting married. Chris Pratt [CPRAT] and Kevin Hart [KHART] are featured in the trailer where the laughs are more typical of a Judd Apatow production.
After reigning for four straight weeks, The Hunger Games is due to relinquish its position atop the box office standings. Two new wide releases based on best-selling books both have a shot at taking the top spot from the sci-fi phenomenon. Zac Efron [ZEFRO] stars in the latest Nicholas Sparks novel adaptation The Lucky One [LUCON]. The PG-13 rated romance is targeted at both of their female fanbase. Efron’s last effort Charlie St. Cloud opened to $12.4 million in 2010, a year that also...
Fox Searchlight has debuted the first trailer for the romantic comedy Ruby Sparks [RUBYS] on Apple. Paul Dano [PDANO] plays a young novelist suffering from writer's block who is obsessed with a female fictional character he's created. He is stunned one day when she becomes a real, breathing person in the form of Zoe Kazan [ZKAZA]. Even more surprising, his ideal woman manifests the actions of his written words. The Charlie Kaufman-esque film is scripted by Kazan and directed by the...
Warner Bros. has dropped the first trailer for the Steven Soderbergh [SSODE] directed dramedy Magic Mike [MGCMK] on Apple. inspired by his real life, Channing Tatum [CTATU] stars as the title character who is a male stripper. He mentors a young dancer, played by Alex Pettyfer [APETT] in the art of prying money from women, while partying it up with his protege's sister, newcomer Cody Horn who also happens to be the daughter of the President of Warner Bros.. Set to the catchy Rihanna/Calvin...
Lionsgate has unleashed the teaser trailer for Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection [MADWP], which is being rushed into theaters this summer. Yikes. Or if you prefer the official synopsis:
For years, George Needleman, the gentle CFO of a Wall Street investment bank, has been living with his head in the clouds. His frustrated second wife, Kate, has reached her limit taking care of his senile mother, Barbara. His teenage daughter, Cindy, is spoiled beyond hope and his seven-year-old...
Sony Pictures Classics has revealed the domestic trailer for the Victorian era comedy Hysteria [HYSTR] about the invention of the vibrator starring Hugh Dancy [HDANC] and Maggie Gyllenhaal [MGYLL]. Here's the official synopsis that beats around the bush and skirts the topic:
London, 1880. Mortimer Granville, a dedicated and forward-thinking young doctor, is struggling to establish his career. While Granville preaches sanitation and germ theory, the old guard of doctors clinging to...
For the fourth weekend in a row, Lionsgate's The Hunger Games [HGAME] outlasted all contenders to top the box office with an estimated $21.5 million. The sci-fi smash hit has banked $337.1 million.
The Three Stooges [3STOG] debuted in second place with a strong $17.1 million. Moe, Larry and Curly appealed to an audience that was 59% male.
Cabin in the Woods [CBNWD] opened at the third spot with $14.9 million. The meta-horror film attracted a crowd that was 58% male and 65% over the age...
Fox has debuted the first trailer for the third entry in their family films series Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days [WIMP3]. Skipping the third book The Last Straw for the fourth book, Dog Days follows Greg during his summer vacation as he pretends to have a job at the country club to escape an embarrassing mishaps at a public pool. With the onset of puberty for the actors, there may not be many sequels left, if any. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days arrives August 3rd.
After teasing the trailer with three vignettes in three days, Sony has finally unveiled the first trailer for Looper [LOOPR] on Apple. Set in a future where time travel is possible but illegal, the sci-fi thriller stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt [JGORD] as an assassin that kills whoever the mob sends back from 30 years in the future. One day, the victim turns out to be his future self, played by Bruce Willis [BWILL], who promptly escapes from his grasp. As one of the character says, "This...
Hollywood offers three new tributes to battle reigning box office champion The Hunger Games [HGAME]. However, none appears to have the buzz to prevent the Lionsgate release from being the first film to stay atop the weekend box office for a fourth time since Avatar. Even if The Hunger Games declines 45% to $18 million, it should be enough to extend its win streak to a fourth consecutive weekend.
After sitting on the shelf for a couple of years due to MGM’s bankruptcy, Cabin in the Woods...
