Focus Features has released the greenband, theatrical trailer for the comedy For a Good Time, Call [FAGTC]. Ari Graynor [AGRAY] and Lauren Ann Miller star as former high school enemies who become new apartment roommates in New York City with the help of a mutual friend, played by Justin Long [JLONG]. The two women have nothing in common until they become business partners and find their calling as phone-sex operators. For a Good Time, Call opens in select cities on August 31st before...
Two R-rated, raunchy films outperformed expectations as Ted [TED] stuffed an estimated $54.1 million to top the weekend box office. The debut is the biggest ever for an original R-rated film, topping The Hangover's $45 million in 2009. The comedy about a foul-mouthed teddy bear attracted an audience that was 56% male.
The other R-rated breakout Magic Mike [MGCMK] pocketed $39.2 million to open in second place. The male strippers brought out an audience that was 73% female. Half of the...
Paramount has revealed the teaser trailer for Cirque du Soliel: Worlds Away 3D [CDS3D] on Apple. After decades of live performances in various stage productions, the famed human acrobatic circus finally hit the big screen in a film produced by James Cameron and directed by Andrew Adamson [ANADA]. Cirque du Soliel: Worlds Away 3D opens on December 21st.
Universal has unveiled a red band trailer for the martial arts actioner The Man with the Iron Fists [TMWIF]. RZA [RZA] directs and stars as title character, a blacksmith in 19th century China who forges a powerful new weapon. Russell Crowe [RCROW] and Lucy Liu [LLIU] lead an international cast as warriors who converge to fight over a village in the stylish action film set to hit theaters this fall.
Four new films open in wide release this weekend as the summer movie season heats up ahead of the fourth of July. Targeting different demographics, each film will get a healthy slice of the box office pie, but the biggest cut is likely to still belong to Brave [BRAVE]. The Pixar animated film enjoys good word of mouth and should trail off a little over 40% to around $38 million, which should be enough to hold off the newcomers.
Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane makes his directorial...
Sony has unleashed the second domestic trailer for the sci-fi actioner Looper [LOOPR]. Joseph Gordon-Levitt [JGORD] stars as a hitman who kills people sent back in time from the future by a criminal organization. One day, his latest contracted hit turns out to be his older self, played by Bruce Willis [BWILL]. Since he did not appear with a pillowcase over his head like all the previous victims, the old man may have willingly traveled back in time to help his younger self. Looper is...
Paramount has debuted the first trailer for the teen comedy Fun Size [FUNSZ]. Victoria Justice plays a high school senior who's looking forward to the Halloween party of the year until she is forced to babysit her younger brother while her mother goes to her own Halloween party. She brings her little brother along only to have him promptly disappear into the night. She enlists the help of her best friend and two unlikely classmates to track down her brother over the course of Halloween...
The Weinstein Co. has released the first trailer for the comedy Silver Linings Playbook [SLINB] directed by David O. Russell [DORUS]. Bradley Cooper [BCOOP] stars as a former teacher who lost everything and has moved back in with his parent after spending time in a mental institution for severe depression. Jennifer Lawarence [JLAWR] plays a young, fetching neighbor who is equally messed up in the head. Together they form an unlikely bond that help each other overcome their issues. The...
Sony has planted the full, theatrical trailer for the sci-fi action adventure Total Recall [RECAL]. Colin Farrell [CFARR] stars in the remake which retains many of the same beats as the 1990 original starring Arnold Schwazenegger, including apparently the three-breasted woman. The new trailer reveals a first look at Bryan Cranston [BCRAN] as Cohaagen andmore woman-on-woman action between Kate Beckinsale [KBECK] and Jessica Biel [JBIEL]. With The Bourne Legacy pushed back a week,...
Sony has debuted the first trailer for the sports comedy Here Comes the Boom [HCTBM]. Kevin James [KJAME] stars as a high school biology teacher who moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in order to raise money to save the school's music program. How many times have we seen this movie before? Salma Hayek [SHAYE] and former MMA champ Bas Rutten co-star in film which hits theaters on October 12th.
