Grindstone Entertainment Group has bought North American rights to Uppercut, a boxing thriller starring Ving Rhames, for Hello Moment Productions.
World sales are being handled by Sublimity Entertainment, which will be presenting the film to international distributors at the Cannes marketplace.
Set in New York City, Uppercut begins in 2014 as Toni (Luiii), a determined fighter, seeks out Elliott (Ving Rhames), a former boxer turned gym owner in gritty Bushwick. Though Elliott first dismisses the idea of training her, an unexpected bond blossoms between them, breaking through the boundaries of boxing and exploring the complexities of respect, love, family, and personal convictions. It culminates in a final showdown that alters Toni’s destiny profoundly.
Years later, Toni, now a pioneering female boxing manager, guides Payne (Jordan E. Cooper) to his first championship fight, drawing upon Elliott’s wisdom. On this very night, Toni might not only lose a fight, but also herself,...
World sales are being handled by Sublimity Entertainment, which will be presenting the film to international distributors at the Cannes marketplace.
Set in New York City, Uppercut begins in 2014 as Toni (Luiii), a determined fighter, seeks out Elliott (Ving Rhames), a former boxer turned gym owner in gritty Bushwick. Though Elliott first dismisses the idea of training her, an unexpected bond blossoms between them, breaking through the boundaries of boxing and exploring the complexities of respect, love, family, and personal convictions. It culminates in a final showdown that alters Toni’s destiny profoundly.
Years later, Toni, now a pioneering female boxing manager, guides Payne (Jordan E. Cooper) to his first championship fight, drawing upon Elliott’s wisdom. On this very night, Toni might not only lose a fight, but also herself,...
- 5/25/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “The Garfield Movie,” an animated film based on the popular comic strip by Jim Davis, and featuring the Monday-hating, lasagna-loving Orange Tabby cat (voice of Chris Pratt) and his friends. In theaters on May 24th.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Garfield is introduced to his new generation audience as the fat cat owned by Jon (Nicholas Hoult) and lives with his “intern dog” Odie. After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father Vic (Samuel L. Jackson), Garfield and Odie find themselves part of a dairy farm heist involving Otto the Bull (Ving Rhames), Jinx the Persian Cat (Hannah Waddingham) and a security guard name Marge (Cecily Strong).
“The Garfield Movie” is in theaters on May 24th. Featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicolas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Bowen Yang and Snoop Dogg. Screenplay adapted by Paul A. Kaplan,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Garfield is introduced to his new generation audience as the fat cat owned by Jon (Nicholas Hoult) and lives with his “intern dog” Odie. After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father Vic (Samuel L. Jackson), Garfield and Odie find themselves part of a dairy farm heist involving Otto the Bull (Ving Rhames), Jinx the Persian Cat (Hannah Waddingham) and a security guard name Marge (Cecily Strong).
“The Garfield Movie” is in theaters on May 24th. Featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicolas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Bowen Yang and Snoop Dogg. Screenplay adapted by Paul A. Kaplan,...
- 5/24/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga faces up against The Garfield Movie at the UK and Ireland box office this weekend.
Warner Bros’ Furiosa opens in 715 locations, one of the widest openings of the year so far behind that of Studiocanal’s Back To Black (719) and fellow Warner Bros title Dune: Part Two (717).
The fifth instalment in the Mad Max franchise is opening wider than its predecessor Fury Road which debuted in 546 sites back in 2015. That film opened on £4.5m and went on to make £17.4m.
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the titular Furiosa, an origin story surrounding the renegade warrior...
Warner Bros’ Furiosa opens in 715 locations, one of the widest openings of the year so far behind that of Studiocanal’s Back To Black (719) and fellow Warner Bros title Dune: Part Two (717).
The fifth instalment in the Mad Max franchise is opening wider than its predecessor Fury Road which debuted in 546 sites back in 2015. That film opened on £4.5m and went on to make £17.4m.
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the titular Furiosa, an origin story surrounding the renegade warrior...
- 5/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
"Let it roll!!" Sony Pictures has debuted a final official trailer for the funny Garfield movie, which is playing in theaters today. They're really hoping this will be a hit with a final marketing push! The Garfield Movie is directed by Mark Dindal, the animation filmmaker also behind The Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little. The amusing plot has Garfield reuniting with his long-lost father, a scruffy street cat, then ending up involved in a high-stakes heist with him. Starring Chris Pratt as the voice of the sarcastic, lasagna-loving tabby, alongside the voices of Samuel L. Jackson as his father Vic, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang, and Ving Rhames. This new trailer doesn't feature much footage - it's only a clip playing over and over of Garfield with Odie on a robot vacuum going back and forth. That's it. With the "Let It Roll...
- 5/24/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“The Garfield Movie” is an upcoming animated feature, directed by Mark Dindal, starring Chris Pratt as ‘Garfield the cat’, with Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein, and Bowen Yang, releasing May 24, 2024 in theaters:
“…’Garfield’, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat…
“…is about to have a wild outdoor adventure.
“After an unexpected reunion…
“…with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat ‘Vic’…
“…Garfield and his canine friend ‘Odie’ are forced from their perfectly pampered life…
“…into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist…”
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“…’Garfield’, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat…
“…is about to have a wild outdoor adventure.
“After an unexpected reunion…
“…with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat ‘Vic’…
“…Garfield and his canine friend ‘Odie’ are forced from their perfectly pampered life…
“…into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 5/23/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
When Ving Rhames goes from impossible missions to the squared circle for the upcoming boxing drama Uppercut, emotions will fly like so many shots to the breadbasket. Grindstone Entertainment is ringing the bell for the North American rights to Uppercut, which stars Rhames as a trainer who agrees to mold the mind and body of a new female fighter.
Uppercut marks German writer-director Torsten Ruether’s English-language debut for the adaptation of the filmmaker’s 2021 film Leberhaken. The original film’s star, Luiii, aka Luise Grossmann, a former professional pole vaulter-turned-actress, is Duking it out alongside Rhames in the upcoming sports drama. Joanna Cassidy and Jordan E. Cooper add more power to the project’s punch.
Uppercut takes place in New York City in 2014. The hard-hitting tale focuses on Toni (Luii) as she seeks wisdom from Elliott (Rhames), a former boxer turned gym owner in Bushwick. Reluctant to train her,...
Uppercut marks German writer-director Torsten Ruether’s English-language debut for the adaptation of the filmmaker’s 2021 film Leberhaken. The original film’s star, Luiii, aka Luise Grossmann, a former professional pole vaulter-turned-actress, is Duking it out alongside Rhames in the upcoming sports drama. Joanna Cassidy and Jordan E. Cooper add more power to the project’s punch.
Uppercut takes place in New York City in 2014. The hard-hitting tale focuses on Toni (Luii) as she seeks wisdom from Elliott (Rhames), a former boxer turned gym owner in Bushwick. Reluctant to train her,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Grindstone Entertainment is getting into the ring with Ving Rhames.
Grindstone has picked up all rights in North America for Uppercut, a boxing thriller starring the Mission Impossible and Pulp Fiction actor as a trainer who agrees to take on a new female fighter.
The English-language debut of German writer-director Torsten Ruether, Uppercut is an adaptation of Ruether’s 2021 feature Leberhaken. Both the German and English film’s star Luiii, aka Luise Grossmann, a former professional pole vaulter-turned-actress. Joanna Cassidy (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and Jordan E. Cooper (Ain’t No Mo) co-star in Uppercut.
Ving Rhames and Luiii in Uppercut.
Hello Moment Productions are the lead producer on Uppercut. Sublimity Entertainment are handling world sales on the film and pitching it to buyers at the Cannes film market this year.
Set in New York City in 2014, the film follows Toni (Luiii), as she seeks out Elliott (Rhames), a former...
Grindstone has picked up all rights in North America for Uppercut, a boxing thriller starring the Mission Impossible and Pulp Fiction actor as a trainer who agrees to take on a new female fighter.
The English-language debut of German writer-director Torsten Ruether, Uppercut is an adaptation of Ruether’s 2021 feature Leberhaken. Both the German and English film’s star Luiii, aka Luise Grossmann, a former professional pole vaulter-turned-actress. Joanna Cassidy (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and Jordan E. Cooper (Ain’t No Mo) co-star in Uppercut.
Ving Rhames and Luiii in Uppercut.
Hello Moment Productions are the lead producer on Uppercut. Sublimity Entertainment are handling world sales on the film and pitching it to buyers at the Cannes film market this year.
Set in New York City in 2014, the film follows Toni (Luiii), as she seeks out Elliott (Rhames), a former...
- 5/23/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For decades, Memorial Day weekend has traditionally been a hugely busy weekend at the box office, often offering the biggest of franchise sequels — or in this case, two potential franchise prequels? Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
The Memorial Day bump that has helped so many franchise installments before will certainly be in play for George Miller‘s return to the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max with “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” a prequel that tells the earlier story of Charlize Theron‘s character from “Mad Max: Fury Road.” This one stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the title character, joined by Chris Hemsworth as a new antagonist called Dementus, as well a mix of new characters and ones that appeared in “Fury Road.”
Miller’s career as a filmmaker pretty much began back in 1980 with “Mad Max,” a cult action movie that introduced Mel Gibson to the world,...
The Memorial Day bump that has helped so many franchise installments before will certainly be in play for George Miller‘s return to the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max with “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” a prequel that tells the earlier story of Charlize Theron‘s character from “Mad Max: Fury Road.” This one stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the title character, joined by Chris Hemsworth as a new antagonist called Dementus, as well a mix of new characters and ones that appeared in “Fury Road.”
Miller’s career as a filmmaker pretty much began back in 1980 with “Mad Max,” a cult action movie that introduced Mel Gibson to the world,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
There will be moviegoers at the Memorial Day weekend box office; the industry can be thankful for that. Just not as many as the previous two years when the entire 4-day frame exceeded $200M+.
With Warner Bros’ prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Alcon/Sony’s The Garfield Movie hitting marquees, the volume of event product increases, which is good thing. More big movies give people more reasons to attend. Unfortunately, both titles are not Top Gun: Maverick ($160.5M all-time Memorial Day opening record) nor is it last year’s The Little Mermaid stateside start ($118.8M) in their mass appeal.
Furiosa is both a reboot of the Mad Max franchise and a prequel as Anya Taylor-Joy steps into the one armed action of Charlize Theron, who fans of the George Miller franchise are still rabid about when its comes to the desert vigilante’s big screen portrayal. After a...
With Warner Bros’ prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Alcon/Sony’s The Garfield Movie hitting marquees, the volume of event product increases, which is good thing. More big movies give people more reasons to attend. Unfortunately, both titles are not Top Gun: Maverick ($160.5M all-time Memorial Day opening record) nor is it last year’s The Little Mermaid stateside start ($118.8M) in their mass appeal.
Furiosa is both a reboot of the Mad Max franchise and a prequel as Anya Taylor-Joy steps into the one armed action of Charlize Theron, who fans of the George Miller franchise are still rabid about when its comes to the desert vigilante’s big screen portrayal. After a...
- 5/21/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
It was a neck-and-neck battle atop the U.K. and Ireland box office between Paramount’s “If” and Disney’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.”
While Disney’s simian saga won the three-day weekend, Paramount’s Imaginary Friend tale was the winner including previews. “If” bowed with £2.4 million ($3 million), while in its second weekend, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” grossed £2.1 million ($2.7 million) for a total of £7.6 million ($9.7 million), per numbers from Comscore.
In third place, in its third weekend, Universal’s “The Fall Guy” earned £876,184 for a total of £8.2 million. Lionsgate’s “The Strangers: Chapter 1” debuted in fourth position with £452,507.
Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros.’ “Challengers” with £291,416 in its fourth weekend for a total of £5.3 million.
The other debut in the top 10 was Dg Tech’s “Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil,” starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, with £217,528 at No. 6, continuing the impressive showing of India’s Malayalam-language...
While Disney’s simian saga won the three-day weekend, Paramount’s Imaginary Friend tale was the winner including previews. “If” bowed with £2.4 million ($3 million), while in its second weekend, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” grossed £2.1 million ($2.7 million) for a total of £7.6 million ($9.7 million), per numbers from Comscore.
In third place, in its third weekend, Universal’s “The Fall Guy” earned £876,184 for a total of £8.2 million. Lionsgate’s “The Strangers: Chapter 1” debuted in fourth position with £452,507.
Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros.’ “Challengers” with £291,416 in its fourth weekend for a total of £5.3 million.
The other debut in the top 10 was Dg Tech’s “Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil,” starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, with £217,528 at No. 6, continuing the impressive showing of India’s Malayalam-language...
- 5/21/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Garfield MovieImage: Dneg Animation
In this increasingly cynical age of recycled intellectual property, it’s probably not surprising that we would get a new cinematic adaptation of Garfield, especially given the original comic’s perpetual status as meme fodder for every online generation to rediscover. However, what’s most...
In this increasingly cynical age of recycled intellectual property, it’s probably not surprising that we would get a new cinematic adaptation of Garfield, especially given the original comic’s perpetual status as meme fodder for every online generation to rediscover. However, what’s most...
- 5/21/2024
- by Leigh Monson
- avclub.com
Before becoming one of Hollywood’s most beloved leading men, Chris Pratt lived in an apartment behind the TLC Chinese Theater. Well into the early morning, he would wander on the Walk of Fame and stare at the stars beneath his feet, wondering if his time in the spotlight would ever come.
Pratt returned to the Hollywood landmark on Sunday, not to lament over broken dreams, but to help introduce Garfield creator Jim Davis as he cemented his signature outside the TLC Chinese Theater at “The Garfield Movie” premiere.
“[He] absolutely rocked the part,” said Davis about Pratt’s performance as the lasagna-loving cat. “You laugh just listening to [his] kind of timing. He also has the ability to go over to the softer side and to sound angry and stuff like that. So, it’s not just the humor, but his ability to bring out all sides of the character.”
Starring Pratt,...
Pratt returned to the Hollywood landmark on Sunday, not to lament over broken dreams, but to help introduce Garfield creator Jim Davis as he cemented his signature outside the TLC Chinese Theater at “The Garfield Movie” premiere.
“[He] absolutely rocked the part,” said Davis about Pratt’s performance as the lasagna-loving cat. “You laugh just listening to [his] kind of timing. He also has the ability to go over to the softer side and to sound angry and stuff like that. So, it’s not just the humor, but his ability to bring out all sides of the character.”
Starring Pratt,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Consider what we know about Garfield the cat: He’s orange, a little plump, he loves lasagna, he hates Mondays, and — ah, well, that’s about it. Enough information to fill about four comic strip panels, wouldn’t you say? And yet, somehow, this lazy kitty and his very mild exploits have inspired three television series (with one more on the way), a dozen prime-time specials, and three feature-length films.
While previous cinematic iterations of Garfield’s story have stretched his adventures to wacky ends — the 2004 “Garfield: The Movie” essentially acted as an origin story, while its 2006 sequel “Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties” put a “Prince and the Pauper”-ish twist on his life — the latest in a long, looooooong line of Garfield adaptations goes in the opposite direction. Mark Dindal’s garishly animated “The Garfield Movie” — not to be confused with “Garfield: The Movie” — inserts a beloved feline...
While previous cinematic iterations of Garfield’s story have stretched his adventures to wacky ends — the 2004 “Garfield: The Movie” essentially acted as an origin story, while its 2006 sequel “Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties” put a “Prince and the Pauper”-ish twist on his life — the latest in a long, looooooong line of Garfield adaptations goes in the opposite direction. Mark Dindal’s garishly animated “The Garfield Movie” — not to be confused with “Garfield: The Movie” — inserts a beloved feline...
- 5/20/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It says a lot about the human condition that we all love “Garfield.” Jim Davis’s nearly 50-year-old comic strip tells the ongoing story of Jon Arbuckle, a lovelorn sad-sack loser, and his snide, pompous, hedonistic cat Garfield. Neither of them are conventional heroes. They rarely even leave their house. Jon symbolizes the misery that stems from seeking external acceptance, while Garfield symbolizes the inner peace that stems from accepting yourself, vices and all. Or maybe it’s just about kicking helpless dogs and eating lasagna. Your mileage might vary.
The point is there’s something about “Garfield” that endures. So they keep cranking him out in every way imaginable and we keep buying it. That comic strip is somehow still running, even though the funny pages are harder and harder to find. The cat’s iconic face has been slapped on clothing, toys, video games, telephones, typing tutorials and...
The point is there’s something about “Garfield” that endures. So they keep cranking him out in every way imaginable and we keep buying it. That comic strip is somehow still running, even though the funny pages are harder and harder to find. The cat’s iconic face has been slapped on clothing, toys, video games, telephones, typing tutorials and...
- 5/20/2024
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
The lasagna-obsessed feline with a near-pathological aversion to Mondays, who first came into popular consciousness in the late ‘70s as a comic strip, is a diluted version of himself in “The Garfield Movie.” Not only is his suave apathy mostly replaced by an excessive excitedness with only sporadic glimpses of his endearingly negative qualities, but this Garfield jumps off trains, stages a heist, and is subjected to trite physical comedy by way of numerous predictable action sequences. The ordeal mimics a rehashed plot from the dull “The Secret Life of Pets” franchise with Garfield forcefully plugged in.
All of these choices amount to a production that fundamentally misunderstands Garfield’s appeal as a lovingly indifferent, self-centered glutton whose greatest aspiration is to do nothing and have all his needs catered to him. It’s a Garfield movie for audiences who have never heard of Garfield, which reads as an attempt...
All of these choices amount to a production that fundamentally misunderstands Garfield’s appeal as a lovingly indifferent, self-centered glutton whose greatest aspiration is to do nothing and have all his needs catered to him. It’s a Garfield movie for audiences who have never heard of Garfield, which reads as an attempt...
- 5/20/2024
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Variety Film + TV
The summer movie season could use some help, and Chris Pratt might just be here to save the day. The "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Jurassic World" actor returns to the silver screen next weekend in "The Garfield Movie," an animated take on Jim Davis' orange, Monday-hating cat. For Sony Pictures, there is one big question; can some of that Pratt magic that made "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" ($1.36 billion worldwide) such a major hit last year rub off on this one? Even a fraction of that magic would be most welcome here.
"The Garfield Movie" is opening directly against George Miller's "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga." While the animated, family-friendly film would typically have the edge, it looks like "Furiosa" is going to win the weekend in the early going, with an opening between $46.5 and $59 million. But that doesn't mean this cat is out of luck, as Sony...
"The Garfield Movie" is opening directly against George Miller's "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga." While the animated, family-friendly film would typically have the edge, it looks like "Furiosa" is going to win the weekend in the early going, with an opening between $46.5 and $59 million. But that doesn't mean this cat is out of luck, as Sony...
- 5/17/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
‘The Garfield Movie’ marks Garfield’s return to the big screen. It travels to the origins of an endearing character, of the classic cat loved by children and adults alike, with just the right dose of laughter and tears.
In ‘The Garfield Movie’, the origins and family of the famous cat are explored, but in a much more respectful way, with nuances that do justice to the original material. We see how the tiny Garfield finds Jon, his master, how he meets his real father again, and how this leads to an adventure trip. The topic is, in reality, sad – the reconciliation of a son with a father he does not know. At certain moments, this works well and is even moving; in others, the need for the gag dilutes the effect. The strangeness of the film consists of the desire to combine a good story with a certain density.
In ‘The Garfield Movie’, the origins and family of the famous cat are explored, but in a much more respectful way, with nuances that do justice to the original material. We see how the tiny Garfield finds Jon, his master, how he meets his real father again, and how this leads to an adventure trip. The topic is, in reality, sad – the reconciliation of a son with a father he does not know. At certain moments, this works well and is even moving; in others, the need for the gag dilutes the effect. The strangeness of the film consists of the desire to combine a good story with a certain density.
- 5/17/2024
- by Nitin Jain
- GlamSham
Chris Pratt had a great 2023 with the gargantuan successes of both Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The actor has particularly become very popular in voice acting as his previous animated performances in The Lego Movie, and Onward were also praised. With the Mario movie grossing more than a billion dollars, Pratt is as hot as ever in the industry.
Chris Pratt’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie was the second highest-grossing film of 2023
Pratt is back in another voice role, voicing the beloved Garfield in The Garfield Movie. While there is decent anticipation for the film, fans are unsure as to how the film will turn out. The first reactions of the film have started pouring out on social media and it looks like another winner for Pratt and the team.
First Reactions of The Garfield Movie Proves It’s an Unmissable Fun...
Chris Pratt’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie was the second highest-grossing film of 2023
Pratt is back in another voice role, voicing the beloved Garfield in The Garfield Movie. While there is decent anticipation for the film, fans are unsure as to how the film will turn out. The first reactions of the film have started pouring out on social media and it looks like another winner for Pratt and the team.
First Reactions of The Garfield Movie Proves It’s an Unmissable Fun...
- 5/13/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Apple TV+ has debuted a set of first-look images from filmmaker Doug Liman’s ‘The Instigators’.
Rory (Matt Damon) and Cobby (Casey Affleck) are reluctant partners: a desperate father and an ex-con thrown together to pull off a robbery of the ill-gained earnings of a corrupt politician. But when the heist goes wrong, the two find themselves engulfed in a whirlwind of chaos, pursued not only by police but also backwards bureaucrats and vengeful crime bosses. Completely out of their depth, they convince Rory’s therapist (Hong Chau) to join their riotous getaway through the city, where they must put aside their differences and work together to evade capture—or worse.
Directed by Doug Liman and written by Chuck MacLean and Casey Affleck, the movie also stars Michael Stuhlbarg, Paul Walter Hauser, Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina, and Toby Jones, with Jack Harlow and Ron Perlman.
Also in news – Hayley Atwell,...
Rory (Matt Damon) and Cobby (Casey Affleck) are reluctant partners: a desperate father and an ex-con thrown together to pull off a robbery of the ill-gained earnings of a corrupt politician. But when the heist goes wrong, the two find themselves engulfed in a whirlwind of chaos, pursued not only by police but also backwards bureaucrats and vengeful crime bosses. Completely out of their depth, they convince Rory’s therapist (Hong Chau) to join their riotous getaway through the city, where they must put aside their differences and work together to evade capture—or worse.
Directed by Doug Liman and written by Chuck MacLean and Casey Affleck, the movie also stars Michael Stuhlbarg, Paul Walter Hauser, Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina, and Toby Jones, with Jack Harlow and Ron Perlman.
Also in news – Hayley Atwell,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Matt Damon would somewhat reunite with his Good Will Hunting and Ocean’s series co-star Casey Affleck in Oppenheimer. However, they would not share a scene together in Christopher Nolan’s historical epic. The two are set to star in an action-comedy-heist movie that brings them back to their native Boston in The Instigators. The heist film is co-written by Affleck, but will be directed by the Road House remake‘s Doug Liman. Affleck says, “The inspiration for this was definitely Midnight Run and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” He also stated that he’s always “wanted to do a buddy action comedy.”
Entertainment Weekly has the first look at The Instigators, which features images with the co-leads and their co-star Hong Chau, who recently worked with Damon in the critically and audience-panned Downsizing. The plot, according to EW says, “Damon costars as Rory, a desperate father who reluctantly...
Entertainment Weekly has the first look at The Instigators, which features images with the co-leads and their co-star Hong Chau, who recently worked with Damon in the critically and audience-panned Downsizing. The plot, according to EW says, “Damon costars as Rory, a desperate father who reluctantly...
- 4/29/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the programme for its 2024 edition, including the Competition line-up and a programme of previews from the major studios.
The 12-strong Official Competition includes Adam Elliot’s Australian feature Memoir Of A Snail, in which Succession star Sarah Snook voices a lonely hoarder of ornamental snails; and stop-motion Savages!, director Claude Barras’ first feature since his Bafta- and Oscar-nominated My Life As A Courgette.
Scroll down for the full Competition line-up
The festival will open with Michel Hazanavicius’ Competition title The Most Precious Of Cargoes, heading to Annecy from its debut in Cannes Competition.
The 12-strong Official Competition includes Adam Elliot’s Australian feature Memoir Of A Snail, in which Succession star Sarah Snook voices a lonely hoarder of ornamental snails; and stop-motion Savages!, director Claude Barras’ first feature since his Bafta- and Oscar-nominated My Life As A Courgette.
Scroll down for the full Competition line-up
The festival will open with Michel Hazanavicius’ Competition title The Most Precious Of Cargoes, heading to Annecy from its debut in Cannes Competition.
- 4/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
DreamWorks Animation will showcase a sneak peek of “The Wild Robot” at the Annecy Animation Festival (June 9-15). The preview footage will take place June 11, hosted by writer/director Chris Sanders (co-director of “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Lilo & Stitch”).
“The Wild Robot”, adapted from Peter Brown’s illustrated book and produced by Jeff Hermann, explores the bridge between technology and nature. It’s about a robot called Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) washed ashore on an uninhabited island, who must embark on a journey of survival and discovery when she inadvertently becomes the protector of an orphaned gosling bird.
The all-star voice cast also includes Pedro Pascal as fox Fink, Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail, Bill Nighy as goose Longneck, Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill, and Stephanie Hsu as robot Vontra; plus Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, and Mark Hamill.
The preview will be followed later that evening by a...
“The Wild Robot”, adapted from Peter Brown’s illustrated book and produced by Jeff Hermann, explores the bridge between technology and nature. It’s about a robot called Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) washed ashore on an uninhabited island, who must embark on a journey of survival and discovery when she inadvertently becomes the protector of an orphaned gosling bird.
The all-star voice cast also includes Pedro Pascal as fox Fink, Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail, Bill Nighy as goose Longneck, Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill, and Stephanie Hsu as robot Vontra; plus Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, and Mark Hamill.
The preview will be followed later that evening by a...
- 4/24/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
DreamWorks Animation’s September event movie The Wild Robot is tweaking its release plans. The family film will now open in theaters on Sept. 27, 2024, instead of a week earlier on Sept. 20.
The move gives Wild Robot some distance from Paramount’s animated Transformers One, which moved to the Sept. 20 date earlier this week.
The DreamWorks Animation film, from director Chris Sanders and starring the voice of Lupita Nyong’o, follows the journey of a robot named Rozzum unit 7134 — “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings. She gradually, however, forms friendships with the animals on the island and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
The Wild Robot is based on Peter Brown’s book of the same name, an illustrated middle-grade novel first published in 2016 that became a literary phenomenon and rocketed to No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list.
The move gives Wild Robot some distance from Paramount’s animated Transformers One, which moved to the Sept. 20 date earlier this week.
The DreamWorks Animation film, from director Chris Sanders and starring the voice of Lupita Nyong’o, follows the journey of a robot named Rozzum unit 7134 — “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings. She gradually, however, forms friendships with the animals on the island and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
The Wild Robot is based on Peter Brown’s book of the same name, an illustrated middle-grade novel first published in 2016 that became a literary phenomenon and rocketed to No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list.
- 4/23/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot will now go on Sept. 27 instead of Sept. 20.
The move comes in the wake of Paramount’s animated Transformers One parking on Sept. 20 (instead of Sept. 13) as the studio needed to get a foothold on Imax auditoriums.
We heard that Transformers One was moved to get further away from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as that Warner Bros Tim Burton directed, Michael Keaton starring sequel is expected to scare up a ton of September cash; that movie opening on Sept. 6.
The Wild Robot will now square off against Lionsgate’s Alexandre Aja directed horror Halle Berry thriller, Never Let Go as well as the tenth anniversary Imax re-release of Paramount/Warner Bros’ Christopher Nolan sci-fi movie, Interstellar.
The Wild Robot is based on Peter Brown’s New York Times No. 1 bestseller. The movie follows robot—Rozzum unit 7134 aka “Roz”. Roz is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and...
The move comes in the wake of Paramount’s animated Transformers One parking on Sept. 20 (instead of Sept. 13) as the studio needed to get a foothold on Imax auditoriums.
We heard that Transformers One was moved to get further away from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as that Warner Bros Tim Burton directed, Michael Keaton starring sequel is expected to scare up a ton of September cash; that movie opening on Sept. 6.
The Wild Robot will now square off against Lionsgate’s Alexandre Aja directed horror Halle Berry thriller, Never Let Go as well as the tenth anniversary Imax re-release of Paramount/Warner Bros’ Christopher Nolan sci-fi movie, Interstellar.
The Wild Robot is based on Peter Brown’s New York Times No. 1 bestseller. The movie follows robot—Rozzum unit 7134 aka “Roz”. Roz is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and...
- 4/23/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Tramell Tillman — the actor who broke out in popular Apple series Severance — has landed a role in the eighth Mission: Impossible film.
Tillman will join fellow franchise newcomers like Katy O’Brian, Nick Offerman and Hannah Waddingham, along with Mission vets that include Henry Czerny, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff and Vanessa Kirby. Plot details (including what character Tillman will be playing) are being kept under wraps.
Star Tom Cruise is producing the Paramount and Skydance film with director Christopher McQuarrie. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger and Chris Brock are executive producing.
In Dead Reckoning Part One, the last Mission film to hit theaters, Cruise returned as Imf agent Ethan Hunt, a role he originated in the 1996 film based on the popular television series and he has carried over films that have collectively crossed some multiple billions at the global box office. The seventh film saw the...
Tillman will join fellow franchise newcomers like Katy O’Brian, Nick Offerman and Hannah Waddingham, along with Mission vets that include Henry Czerny, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff and Vanessa Kirby. Plot details (including what character Tillman will be playing) are being kept under wraps.
Star Tom Cruise is producing the Paramount and Skydance film with director Christopher McQuarrie. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger and Chris Brock are executive producing.
In Dead Reckoning Part One, the last Mission film to hit theaters, Cruise returned as Imf agent Ethan Hunt, a role he originated in the 1996 film based on the popular television series and he has carried over films that have collectively crossed some multiple billions at the global box office. The seventh film saw the...
- 4/22/2024
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"I let it roll, I let it ride, I let it go, I let it slide right by." Sony Pictures has debuted an amusing music video for The Garfield Movie, and since it kind of counts as another trailer (it's all footage from the movie) we're posting it below. The Garfield Movie is made by Sony Animation and Mark Dindal, the filmmaker who also directed The Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little. The plot features Garfield reuniting with his long-lost father, a scruffy street cat, then ending up involved in a high-stakes heist with him (and Odie). Chris Pratt stars as the voice of the sarcastic, lasagna-loving tabby, alongside the voices of Samuel L. Jackson as his father Vic, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang, and Ving Rhames. The cute teaser trailer debuted last year, and the official trailer arrived a month ago. This track features...
- 4/12/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Tom Cruise’s new movie, Mission: Impossible 8, is in the process of being filmed, and the sequel to last year’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One promises to deliver us yet another action-packed installment. And while the release date has been pushed back a whole year, updates are coming in quickly, and we have learned that Katy O’Brian has joined the movie cast in an unspecified role, as of the time of writing.
This piece of information is definitely welcome, as O’Brian has recently received praise for playing Jackie in the romantic thriller Love Lies Bleeding alongside Kristen Stewart, with Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, and Ed Harris also starring. Disney and MCU fans might know O’Brian from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, appearing as Jetorra, but also from The Mandalorian, where O’Brien played the treacherous Elia Kane. Earlier television appearances include The Walking Dead,...
This piece of information is definitely welcome, as O’Brian has recently received praise for playing Jackie in the romantic thriller Love Lies Bleeding alongside Kristen Stewart, with Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, and Ed Harris also starring. Disney and MCU fans might know O’Brian from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, appearing as Jetorra, but also from The Mandalorian, where O’Brien played the treacherous Elia Kane. Earlier television appearances include The Walking Dead,...
- 4/1/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
“The Garfield Movie” is an upcoming animated feature, directed by Mark Dindal, starring Chris Pratt as ‘Garfield the cat’, with Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein, and Bowen Yang, releasing May 24, 2024 in theaters:
“…’Garfield’, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat…
“…is about to have a wild outdoor adventure.
“After an unexpected reunion…
“…with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat ‘Vic’…
“…Garfield and his canine friend ‘Odie’ are forced from their perfectly pampered life…
“…into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist…”
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“…’Garfield’, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat…
“…is about to have a wild outdoor adventure.
“After an unexpected reunion…
“…with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat ‘Vic’…
“…Garfield and his canine friend ‘Odie’ are forced from their perfectly pampered life…
“…into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 3/28/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Katy O’Brian, who’s picking up acclaim for her role in Love Lies Bleeding, will line up alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 8, currently in production.
Katy O’Brian has joined the ranks of Paramount and Skydance’s upcoming Mission: Impossible 8 film according to Deadline. The project, which is currently untitled after shedding its previous moniker of Dead Reckoning Part Two, is currently deep in production and is due to release in May, 2025.
O’Brian has been picking up strong reviews for her role in Rose Glass’ soon to release neo-Western Love Lies Bleeding, in which she stars opposite Kristen Stewart. The actor has previously appeared in The Mandalorian, Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania and will soon be seen in one of this summer’s blockbuster releases, Twisters.
With her spot in the next Mission: Impossible now confirmed, O’Brian has a role in what is sure to be one of 2025’s biggest movies too.
Katy O’Brian has joined the ranks of Paramount and Skydance’s upcoming Mission: Impossible 8 film according to Deadline. The project, which is currently untitled after shedding its previous moniker of Dead Reckoning Part Two, is currently deep in production and is due to release in May, 2025.
O’Brian has been picking up strong reviews for her role in Rose Glass’ soon to release neo-Western Love Lies Bleeding, in which she stars opposite Kristen Stewart. The actor has previously appeared in The Mandalorian, Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania and will soon be seen in one of this summer’s blockbuster releases, Twisters.
With her spot in the next Mission: Impossible now confirmed, O’Brian has a role in what is sure to be one of 2025’s biggest movies too.
- 3/28/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Exclusive: After wowing with her muscular turn in A24’s Love Lies Bleeding, Katy O’Brian has joined the cast of the eighth Mission: Impossible for Paramount Pictures and Skydance, sources tell Deadline.
Details as to the plot of the latest spy actioner in the series remain under wraps, as does her role. But it follows up Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, which grossed over $567Mm worldwide last summer and landed a pair of Oscar nominations for Best Sound and Visual Effects.
The Mission: Impossible films center on Cruise’s Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt, who with his team, has embarked on assorted globe-trotting missions to avert global disaster. In addition to Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, and Pom Klementieff are expected to reprise. Other newcomers to the franchise aboard for the eighth film, as previously reported, include Holt McCallany,...
Details as to the plot of the latest spy actioner in the series remain under wraps, as does her role. But it follows up Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, which grossed over $567Mm worldwide last summer and landed a pair of Oscar nominations for Best Sound and Visual Effects.
The Mission: Impossible films center on Cruise’s Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt, who with his team, has embarked on assorted globe-trotting missions to avert global disaster. In addition to Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, and Pom Klementieff are expected to reprise. Other newcomers to the franchise aboard for the eighth film, as previously reported, include Holt McCallany,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood star Tom Cruise has become synonymous with some of the most daring and captivating stunts ever witnessed on the silver screen. The actor has brought numerous adrenaline-pumping adventures to life, particularly through the spy action franchise Mission Impossible. After climbing the Burj Khalifa and hanging onto a plane, the actor took on the task of executing a Halo jump for the sixth installment in the series, Mission: Impossible – Fallout.
Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill in Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Starring Henry Cavill alongside Cruise, the film required them to do a Halo jump over Paris. True to form, Cruise performed the entire sequence himself, which entailed a staggering total of 106 jumps to capture the whole sequence and significantly stressed out his co-star.
Tom Cruise Did 106 Takes For the Halo Jump Sequence For Fallout
Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout featured one of the most challenging and daring stunts in the franchise,...
Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill in Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Starring Henry Cavill alongside Cruise, the film required them to do a Halo jump over Paris. True to form, Cruise performed the entire sequence himself, which entailed a staggering total of 106 jumps to capture the whole sequence and significantly stressed out his co-star.
Tom Cruise Did 106 Takes For the Halo Jump Sequence For Fallout
Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout featured one of the most challenging and daring stunts in the franchise,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
As last year’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (which has dropped the “Part One” subtitle since it hit home video) wrapped up, we saw that Tom Cruise’s Imf agent lead character Ethan Hunt would live to run another day – and pictures from the set of Mission: Impossible 8 (which won’t be called Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two after all) show him doing just that! Cruise running is a big part of these movies and his overall career, so it’s nice to see that Mission: Impossible 8 will indeed have him moving across the screen as fast as his legs can carry him. There’s even some video from the set as well, if you want to see this run in action.
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Despite the title change(s), Mission: Impossible 8 will indeed...
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Despite the title change(s), Mission: Impossible 8 will indeed...
- 3/25/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Ever since Rocky took the world by storm in 1976, people have been enamored with the idea of an underdog fighting his way to victory. There is something about two people entering an arena and just seeing who is the best. Movies help us find the themes and metaphors we can use for this mentality in our everyday life. If you’re in a funk and then play the Rocky theme, you suddenly become more motivated than ever to get over that mountain called life. With Creed IV reportedly in the works, we figured this would be a great time to put together a list of the best fighting movies other than Rocky.
Warrior (2011)
Tommy returns home after a stint in the Marines to find his father has cleaned himself up. They begin training for an upcoming mixed martial arts tournament offering the sport’s biggest payday. Tommy’s estranged...
Warrior (2011)
Tommy returns home after a stint in the Marines to find his father has cleaned himself up. They begin training for an upcoming mixed martial arts tournament offering the sport’s biggest payday. Tommy’s estranged...
- 3/24/2024
- by Bryan Wolford
- JoBlo.com
DreamWorks Animation has debuted a new trailer for the adaptation of literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, ‘The Wild Robot.’
The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
The animation stars Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz; Pedro Pascal as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail; Bill Nighy as goose Longneck; Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill and Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island.
Written and directed by Chris Sanders, the film also features the voice talents of Emmy-winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames.
The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
The animation stars Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz; Pedro Pascal as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail; Bill Nighy as goose Longneck; Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill and Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island.
Written and directed by Chris Sanders, the film also features the voice talents of Emmy-winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames.
- 3/6/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“The Wild Robot” is a new animated science-fiction adventure film based on the book, written and directed by Chris Sanders, starring Lupito Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O'Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames. releasing September 20, 2024 in theaters:
“…’Rozzum 7134’ aka ‘Roz’, a futuristic robot, washes ashore on a deserted island. From there a tale of survival and discovery begins when Roz becomes the unexpected protector to an orphaned gosling, named ‘Brightbill’.
“Together they struggle to survive the harsh environment, but only succeed with the help of a close-knit group of misfit animals, who become first friends, then family.
“Ultimately Roz and company save the island from a robotic invasion by Roz's manufacturer, looking to bring her back to civilization by any means necessary…”
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“…’Rozzum 7134’ aka ‘Roz’, a futuristic robot, washes ashore on a deserted island. From there a tale of survival and discovery begins when Roz becomes the unexpected protector to an orphaned gosling, named ‘Brightbill’.
“Together they struggle to survive the harsh environment, but only succeed with the help of a close-knit group of misfit animals, who become first friends, then family.
“Ultimately Roz and company save the island from a robotic invasion by Roz's manufacturer, looking to bring her back to civilization by any means necessary…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 3/5/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Lupita Nyong’o and Mr. Fantastic himself Pedro Pascal are lending their voices to the big-screen adaptation of a beloved bestseller.
DreamWorks Animation film “The Wild Robot,” based on Peter Brown’s YA novels of the same name, has a primo September 20, 2024 release date. Oscar winner Nyong’o voices the title character, Rozzum unit 7134 — aka Roz.
In the film as in the novel trilogy, Roz the robot becomes shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling (Kit Connor). Among Roz’s friends are fox Fink (Pascal), opossum Pinktail (Catherine O’Hara), and goose Longneck (Bill Nighy). But when Roz crosses paths with another robot, Vontra (Stephanie Hsu), things go a bit haywire.
The film’s tagline reads: “Sometimes to survive, we must become more than we were programmed to be.
DreamWorks Animation film “The Wild Robot,” based on Peter Brown’s YA novels of the same name, has a primo September 20, 2024 release date. Oscar winner Nyong’o voices the title character, Rozzum unit 7134 — aka Roz.
In the film as in the novel trilogy, Roz the robot becomes shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling (Kit Connor). Among Roz’s friends are fox Fink (Pascal), opossum Pinktail (Catherine O’Hara), and goose Longneck (Bill Nighy). But when Roz crosses paths with another robot, Vontra (Stephanie Hsu), things go a bit haywire.
The film’s tagline reads: “Sometimes to survive, we must become more than we were programmed to be.
- 3/5/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Peter Brown’s 2016 bestseller The Wild Robot transforms into a beautifully animated film featuring the voice of Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o as the titular robot, Roz. The two-and-a-half-minute trailer features “What a Wonderful World,” performed by Nyong’o, and only one line of dialogue: “Sometimes, to survive, we must become more than we were programmed to be.”
The voice cast also includes Emmy nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) as fox Fink, Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) as opossum Pinktail, Oscar nominee Bill Nighy (Living) as goose Longneck, Kit Connor (Heartstopper) as gosling Brightbill, and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once) as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island. Emmy winner Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows), and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible) also lend their voices to the 2024 animated adaptation.
The voice cast also includes Emmy nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) as fox Fink, Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) as opossum Pinktail, Oscar nominee Bill Nighy (Living) as goose Longneck, Kit Connor (Heartstopper) as gosling Brightbill, and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once) as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island. Emmy winner Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows), and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible) also lend their voices to the 2024 animated adaptation.
- 3/5/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Man, humans are the worst. There's probably a good reason why we keep gravitating towards stories and myths that explore what life would be like with minimal involvement by us pesky people -- or even go so far as to remove us from the equation altogether. Animated classics like "The Iron Giant" and "Wall-e" took the basic ideas of robots attempting to understand the natural world and spun those respective concerns into two of the very best movies of the last 25 years. Now, "The Wild Robot" looks set to tackle very similar concerns in what sure looks like another win for the medium of animation.
Listed among /Film's most anticipated movies of 2024, the Dreamworks and Universal movie comes from Chris Sanders, the writer/director behind "How To Train Your Dragon," "The Croods," and "Lilo & Stitch." It doesn't seem like much of a coincidence that all of these lean heavily...
Listed among /Film's most anticipated movies of 2024, the Dreamworks and Universal movie comes from Chris Sanders, the writer/director behind "How To Train Your Dragon," "The Croods," and "Lilo & Stitch." It doesn't seem like much of a coincidence that all of these lean heavily...
- 3/5/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Dreamworks’ newest film is a heartwarming tale of a robot becoming one with nature. Watch the first The Wild Robot trailer here.
We have been feasting on amazing animated films of late. Just look at this year’s Oscar nominated animations and you’re faced with a thrilling variety of styles and stories.
Dreamworks have just released the first trailer for their latest animation. The Wild Robot is based on a novel of the same name by Peter Brown and the film finds a robot shipwrecked on an island.
Take a look at The Wild Robot trailer.
Well, that looks fantastic, doesn’t it? While most of the trailer is without dialogue, the film has a stacked voice cast. Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor and Stephanie Hsu, with Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames all lend their voices to characters in this heartwarming film.
We have been feasting on amazing animated films of late. Just look at this year’s Oscar nominated animations and you’re faced with a thrilling variety of styles and stories.
Dreamworks have just released the first trailer for their latest animation. The Wild Robot is based on a novel of the same name by Peter Brown and the film finds a robot shipwrecked on an island.
Take a look at The Wild Robot trailer.
Well, that looks fantastic, doesn’t it? While most of the trailer is without dialogue, the film has a stacked voice cast. Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor and Stephanie Hsu, with Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames all lend their voices to characters in this heartwarming film.
- 3/5/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
"Sometimes to survive we must become more than we were programmed to be." Universal + DreamWorks Animation have unveiled the first official trailer for The Wild Robot, their next big animated movie. It's arriving in theaters in September later this year, but with Kung Fu Panda 4 opening this week, the trailer is out to play in front of that. After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose. A powerful story (based on the books) about the discovery of self, a thrilling examination of the bridge between technology and nature and a moving exploration of what it means to be alive and connected to all living things, The Wild Robot is written & directed by three-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders—of How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Garfield Movie is ringing in Monday — Garfield’s least favorite day — with a new action-packed trailer.
While the first trailer shared the wholesome story of how Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt) entered Jon’s (voiced by Nicholas Hoult) life, the latest preview gets to Garfield’s unexpected reunion with his biological dad, Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson).
Garfield’s life at home with Jon and Odie is “pretty near perfect” — that is, until he’s kidnapped by a massive pitbull and sent to Vic’s whereabouts. Vic enlists the help of Garfield and Odie, never mind that he hasn’t been there for his son since he was a kitten.
“I haven’t seen you for years and when I do, you’re on the run from a deranged cat,” Garfield points out. But he eventually agrees to help Vic out, with an adventure unlike anything the lasagna-loving cat has experienced.
While the first trailer shared the wholesome story of how Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt) entered Jon’s (voiced by Nicholas Hoult) life, the latest preview gets to Garfield’s unexpected reunion with his biological dad, Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson).
Garfield’s life at home with Jon and Odie is “pretty near perfect” — that is, until he’s kidnapped by a massive pitbull and sent to Vic’s whereabouts. Vic enlists the help of Garfield and Odie, never mind that he hasn’t been there for his son since he was a kitten.
“I haven’t seen you for years and when I do, you’re on the run from a deranged cat,” Garfield points out. But he eventually agrees to help Vic out, with an adventure unlike anything the lasagna-loving cat has experienced.
- 3/4/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony Pictures has released a new trailer for the upcoming ‘The Garfield Movie.’
Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
Directed by Mark Dindal, the cast includes Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang.
Also on trailers – “Literally, scared to death…” Final trailer drops for ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’
The movie hits cinemas first on May 18th and 19th, before a full general release on May 24th.
The post “Wait here junior…” New trailer lands for ‘The Garfield Movie’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
Directed by Mark Dindal, the cast includes Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang.
Also on trailers – “Literally, scared to death…” Final trailer drops for ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’
The movie hits cinemas first on May 18th and 19th, before a full general release on May 24th.
The post “Wait here junior…” New trailer lands for ‘The Garfield Movie’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 3/4/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“The Garfield Movie” is an upcoming animated feature, directed by Mark Dindal, starring Chris Pratt as ‘Garfield the cat’, with Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein, and Bowen Yang, releasing May 24, 2024 in theaters:
“…’Garfield’, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure.
“After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat ‘Vic’,…
“…Garfield and his canine friend ‘Odie’ are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…’Garfield’, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure.
“After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat ‘Vic’,…
“…Garfield and his canine friend ‘Odie’ are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 3/4/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"If I don't make it back, tell my story..." Ha ha ha. Sony Pictures has revealed the second official trailer for the funny Garfield movie, currently set to arrive in theaters at the end of May this summer movie season. The Garfield Movie, as it is officially called, is directed by Mark Dindal, the animation filmmaker who also directed The Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little. The amusing plot features Garfield reuniting with his long-lost father, a scruffy street cat, then ending up involved in a high-stakes heist. The film stars Chris Pratt as the voice of the sarcastic, lasagna-loving tabby, alongside the voices of Samuel L. Jackson as his father Vic, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang, and Ving Rhames. The first teaser trailer debuted back in November last year, this one has much more footage showing where the plot is going - with Garfield,...
- 3/4/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Five years have gone by since Tom Cruise announced that Paramount Pictures had given the greenlight to two more Mission: Impossible movies, with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) and Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) writer/director Christopher McQuarrie returning to the helm. At one point, we thought these movies were going to carry the titles Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two… but Paramount is backtracking from that decision. After Dead Reckoning Part One underwhelmed at the box office when it was released last year, the studio has dropped Part One from the subtitle and has let it be known that the next film, which is still in production, will have a different title. A decision they really should have made before releasing the first half of the story. At least we’re still getting the second half of the story, with the...
- 3/2/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
For over forty years, the iconic orange tabby, Garfield, has dominated comic strips and pop culture. Created by Jim Davis, this maestro of mischief is famed for his love of napping, and his unwavering dedication to lasagna. Generations have chuckled at Garfield’s relatable antics, making him a household name synonymous with feline laziness and a bottomless stomach.
A still from the trailer of Garfield: The Movie
But Garfield is about to step out of the comic strip frame and into the unexpected. His upcoming movie, slated for release later this year is exciting fans for all good reasons. After already taking inspiration from “Kung Fu Panda 4”, the movie now shifts to the visually stunning sci-fi epic “Dune”.
SUGGESTEDFans Suspect James Gunn Has Already Cast Chris Pratt As This Dcu Superhero
A Dune-Inspired Poster Has Recently Been Released For The Garfield Movie
The Garfield Movie (2024) Poster
Recently, a new...
A still from the trailer of Garfield: The Movie
But Garfield is about to step out of the comic strip frame and into the unexpected. His upcoming movie, slated for release later this year is exciting fans for all good reasons. After already taking inspiration from “Kung Fu Panda 4”, the movie now shifts to the visually stunning sci-fi epic “Dune”.
SUGGESTEDFans Suspect James Gunn Has Already Cast Chris Pratt As This Dcu Superhero
A Dune-Inspired Poster Has Recently Been Released For The Garfield Movie
The Garfield Movie (2024) Poster
Recently, a new...
- 2/28/2024
- by Piyush Yadav
- FandomWire
If Artificial Intelligence took the place of humans, how would the world change? Would we begin pleading with AI to save our lives? These are a few of the questions that viewers still have after seeing Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One, the seventh installment in the spy action film series, which was released on July 12.
The Tom Cruise-starrer film was the first Mission: Impossible movie to receive an Academy Award nomination, and it also did pretty well at the box office. It also got points for portraying the possible risks of AI in a timely manner, which is causing serious concerns in the real world.
However, fans have not been shy about pointing out a fatal flaw that has left them baffled, maybe thinking twice. And yes, it is about Cruise’s battle against someone as ‘inevitable’ as AI.
Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible
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The Tom Cruise-starrer film was the first Mission: Impossible movie to receive an Academy Award nomination, and it also did pretty well at the box office. It also got points for portraying the possible risks of AI in a timely manner, which is causing serious concerns in the real world.
However, fans have not been shy about pointing out a fatal flaw that has left them baffled, maybe thinking twice. And yes, it is about Cruise’s battle against someone as ‘inevitable’ as AI.
Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible
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- 2/19/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will open the 15th annual TCM Classic Film Festival on Thursday, April 18 with a 35mm screening of the classic neo-noir Pulp Fiction (1994). Two-time Academy Award nominee John Travolta will attend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film.
Pulp Fiction kicks off a weekend of programming set within the theme “Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film,” as well as the 30th anniversary of the network.
“Pulp Fiction is one of the most important and influential movies of the 1990s. It was Quentin Tarantino’s magnum opus and the beginning of a well-deserved comeback for John Travolta,” said Ben Mankiewicz, TCM primetime anchor and official host of the TCM Classic Film Festival. “Like Bonnie and Clyde and The Godfather, it changed our thinking about the type of stories Hollywood could tell.”
Pulp Fiction gives an inside look at a community of criminals, starring Travolta, Uma Thurman,...
Pulp Fiction kicks off a weekend of programming set within the theme “Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film,” as well as the 30th anniversary of the network.
“Pulp Fiction is one of the most important and influential movies of the 1990s. It was Quentin Tarantino’s magnum opus and the beginning of a well-deserved comeback for John Travolta,” said Ben Mankiewicz, TCM primetime anchor and official host of the TCM Classic Film Festival. “Like Bonnie and Clyde and The Godfather, it changed our thinking about the type of stories Hollywood could tell.”
Pulp Fiction gives an inside look at a community of criminals, starring Travolta, Uma Thurman,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The talented English actress Vanessa Kirby has been making her way in Hollywood recently, and her rise is set to continue. Her most prominent roles include playing Alanna Mitsopoli, Aka White Widow, in 2018’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout and 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Hattie Shaw in 2019’s Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Empress Joséphine in 2023’s Napoleon, and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, in Netflix’s The Crown.
On Valentine’s Day 2024, Marvel Studios announced her as the new Sue Storm, Aka the Invisible Woman, and she will debut as the character in 2025’s The Fantastic Four.
However, that’s not the only big movie Vanessa Kirby is confirmed to be appearing in. These are all three of her upcoming films; you should be excited by how awesome they’ll be.
Untitled Eighth Mission: Impossible Film (2025) Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis, Aka White Widow, In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning...
On Valentine’s Day 2024, Marvel Studios announced her as the new Sue Storm, Aka the Invisible Woman, and she will debut as the character in 2025’s The Fantastic Four.
However, that’s not the only big movie Vanessa Kirby is confirmed to be appearing in. These are all three of her upcoming films; you should be excited by how awesome they’ll be.
Untitled Eighth Mission: Impossible Film (2025) Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis, Aka White Widow, In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning...
- 2/15/2024
- by Kevin Stewart
- FandomWire
Sublimity Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Uppercut, a boxing drama from Berlin- and Los Angeles-based Hello Moment Productions and will showcase the film to buyers at the EFM.
Ving Rhames, Joanna Cassidy, Jordan E Cooper and Luiii star in the story of a determined young woman who wants to make her mark in the ring and turns to a gym owner and former fighter for guidance.
Uppercut was written and directed by Torsten Ruether, who also wrote and directed Hello Moment’s 2021 German-language film Leberhaken (known in English as Uppercut). Leberhaken, which was sold to the Paramount+ streaming service,...
Ving Rhames, Joanna Cassidy, Jordan E Cooper and Luiii star in the story of a determined young woman who wants to make her mark in the ring and turns to a gym owner and former fighter for guidance.
Uppercut was written and directed by Torsten Ruether, who also wrote and directed Hello Moment’s 2021 German-language film Leberhaken (known in English as Uppercut). Leberhaken, which was sold to the Paramount+ streaming service,...
- 2/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
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