If you’re here you probably look at trailers to help you make the tough decisions of what movie or TV series to watch next, after all they are often a best gauge to measure if we’ll be interested in viewing soothing or not. It’s tough to keep track and watch all of the trailers that are released every day, so they are compiled right here to make it simple for you. Rounding up the trailers of the week are X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Snowden, Southside with You, Vice Principals, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, and more. Check them out below.
Snowden
Synopsis: Academy Award®-winning director Oliver Stone, who brought Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street and JFK to the big screen, tackles the most important and fascinating true story of the 21st century. Snowden, the politically-charged, pulse-pounding thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, reveals the incredible untold personal story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others. No matter which you believe, the epic story of why he did it, who he left behind, and how he pulled it off makes for one of the most compelling films of the year.
Release Date: September 16th
Genre: Drama, Biography
Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: Kieran Fitzgerald, and Oliver Stone
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans, and Nicolas Cage.
The Nice Guys
Synopsis: Set in 1970s Los Angeles, down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and hired enforcer Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) must work together to solve the case of a missing girl and the seemingly unrelated death of a porn star. During their investigation, they uncover a shocking conspiracy that reaches up to the highest circles of power.
Release Date: May 20th
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Director: Shane Black
Writers: Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, and Ty Simpkins.
Captain America: Civil War
Synopsis: Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps—one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity without government interference, and the other following Tony Stark’s surprising decision to support government oversight and accountability. Get ready to pick a side and join the nonstop action playing out on two fronts when Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” opens in U.S. theaters on May 6, 2016.
Release Date: May 6th
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Chadwick Boseman, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Frank Grillo, William Hurt, Daniel Brühl, and Tom Holland.
Southside With You
Synopsis: Inspired by Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a young law firm associate named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) tried to woo lawyer Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) during a daylong date that took them from the Art Institute of Chicago to a screening of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing to the site of their first kiss outside of an ice cream parlor.
Release Date: August 26th
Genre: Drama, Romance, Biography
Director: Richard Tanne
Writer: Richard Tanne
Starring: Tika Sumpter, and Parker Sawyers.
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Synopsis: Make it your beeswax to be there!
Finally, fans can see what happens to their favorite campers and counselors ten years after the original film in a new Netflix original series "Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later." The series will include eight all-new 30-minute episodes and is set to premiere in 2017.
The series will be written by Michael Showalter and David Wain and Wain will direct. Executive Producers for "Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later" are Michael Showalter, David Wain, Peter Principato, Jonathan Stern and Howard Bernstein.
Release Date: 2017 (Netflix)
Genre: Comedy (TV Series)
Director: David Wain
Writers: Michael Showalter, and David Waine
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, and Michael Ian Black.
Batman: The Killing Joke
Synopsis: As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.
Release Date: Summer 2016
Genre: Animation
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Alan Moore (Graphic Novel)
Starring: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, and Ray Wise.
Vice Principles
Synopsis: Created by Danny McBride and Jody Hill, who also created HBO’s EASTBOUND & DOWN, VICE PRINCIPALS is a dark comedy series that tells the story of a high school and the two people who almost run it, the vice principals. McBride and Goggins star as the rival administrators, who are in an epic power struggle, vying for the top spot: to be school principal. The half-hour show is slated for 18 episodes over two seasons. Premieres July 2016.
Release Date: July 17th (HBO)
Genre: Comedy (TV Series)
Creators: Danny McBride and Jody Hill
Starring: Danny McBride, Walton Goggins, Kimberly Hebert Gregory, Georgia King, Busy Philipps, Shea Whigham, and Sheaun McKinney.
Kubo and the Two Strings
Synopsis: An epic action-adventure from acclaimed animation studio LAIKA. Clever, kindhearted Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson of “Game of Thrones”) ekes out a humble living, telling fantastical stories to the people of his seaside town. But his relatively quiet existence is shattered when he accidentally summons a mythical spirit from his past which storms down from the heavens to enforce an age-old vendetta. Now on the run, Kubo joins forces with Monkey (Academy Award winner Charlize Theron) and Beetle (Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey), and sets out on a thrilling quest to save his family and solve the mystery of his fallen father, the greatest samurai warrior the world has ever known. With the help of his shamisen – a magical musical instrument – Kubo must battle gods and monsters, including the vengeful Moon King (Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes) and the evil twin Sisters (Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara), to unlock the secret of his legacy, reunite his family and his heroic destiny. The all-star cast also includes George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Brenda Vaccaro.
Release Date: August 19th
Genre: Animation
Director: Travis Knight
Writers: Marc Haimes, and Chris Butler
Starring: Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Brenda Vaccaro.
Cell
Synopsis: When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (Cusack) is joined by a group of survivors hoping to fend off the bloodthirsty and hyper-connected “phoners.”
Release Date: June 10th (VOD), July 8th (Theaters)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Director: Tod Williams
Writer: Stephen King, and Adam Alleca
Starring: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, and Isabel Fuhrman.
Preacher
Synopsis: Preacher is a supernatural, twisted and darkly comedic drama that follows a West Texas preacher named Jesse Custer, who is inhabited by a mysterious entity that causes him to develop a highly unusual power. Jesse, his badass ex-girlfriend Tulip and an Irish vagabond named Cassidy come together and when they do, they are thrust into a crazy world populated by a cast of characters from Heaven, Hell and everywhere in between. The series stars Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy, Ruth Negga as Tulip, Lucy Griffiths as Emily, W. Earl Brown as Sherriff Root, Anatol Yusef as DeBlanc, Tom Brooke as Fiore, Derek Wilsonas Donnie Schenck and Ian Colletti as Eugene/Arseface.
Release Date: May 29th (AMC)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy (TV Series)
Creators: Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Ian Colletti, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Jamie Anne Allman, Lucy Griffiths, Euphrates “Tee” Arthur,W. Earl Brown, and Thomas Barbusca.
Captain Fantastic
Synopsis: Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father (Viggo Mortensen) dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. But when a tragedy strikes the family, they are forced to leave this self-created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything he’s taught them.
Release Date: July 8th
Genre: Drama
Director: Matt Ross
Writer: Mat Ross
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Frank Langella, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn, Erin Moriarty and Missi Pyle.
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Synopsis: Appropriate for their big screen debut, Edina and Patsy (Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley) are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hotspots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!
Release Date: July 22nd
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mandie Fletcher
Writer: Jennifer Saunders
Starring: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Lily Cole, Jourdan Dunn, Suki Waterhouse, Alexa Chung, Dame Edna, Joan Collins, Jon Hamm, Rebel Wilson, Gwendoline Christie, Kim Kardashian, Care Delevingne, Chris Colfer, and Emma “Baby Spice” Bunton.
BrainDead
Synopsis: BrainDead is a comic-thriller set in the world of Washington, D.C. politics that follows Laurel, a young, fresh-faced Hill staffer who discovers two things: the government has stopped working, and bugs are eating the brains of congress members and Hill staffers. The daughter of a Democratic political dynasty who left Washington, D.C. to become a documentary filmmaker, Laurel is pulled back into the family business when her brother, Luke, the Democratic Whip Senator from Maryland, needs her help running his senate office. On the Hill, Laurel becomes unlikely friends with Gareth, the smart, hardworking Legislative Director to a top Republican, Senator Red Wheatus. Her other allies include Gustav, an eccentric genius who is the first in D.C. to recognize that something sinister is attacking the Capitol, and Rochelle, a medical student who teams up with Laurel and Gustav to protect and defend the citizens of D.C. from an untimely fate. As the tiny bugs continue to multiply, Laurel and her allies must work quickly to identify the otherworldly creatures, stop their infiltration and ultimately save the world.
Release Date: June 13th (CBS)
Genre: Drama, Horror (TV Series)
Creators: Robert King, and Michelle King
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Tony Shalhoub, Aaron Tveit, Nikki M. James, Johnny Ray Gill, and Danny Pino.
Tulip Fever
Synopsis: Set in 17th century Amsterdam, TULIP FEVER follows a married woman (Alicia Vikander) who begins a passionate affair with an artist (Dane DeHaan) hired to paint her portrait. The lovers gamble on the booming market for tulip bulbs as a way to raise money to run away together.
Release Date: July 15th
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Justin Chadwick
Writer: Tom Stoppard
Starring: Alicia Vikander, Christoph Waltz, Dane DeHaan, Jack O’Connell, Judi Dench, Holliday Grainger, Matthew Morrison, Tom Hollander, Cara Delevingne, and..um, Zach Galifianakis.
Me Before You
Synopsis: Based on the critically acclaimed, bestselling novel by Jojo Moyes, New Line Cinema’s and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ Me Before You stars Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games series), under the direction of Thea Sharrock, making her feature film directorial debut.
Oftentimes you find love where you least expect it. Sometimes it takes you where you never expected to go…
Louisa Lou Clark (Clarke) lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year-old goes from one job to the next in order to help her tight-knit family make ends meet. Her normally cheery outlook is put to the test, however, when she faces her newest career challenge. Taking a job at the local castle, she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor (Claflin), a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident two years prior, and whose whole world changed dramatically in the blink of an eye. No longer the adventurous soul he once was, the now cynical Will has all but given up. That is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for, and find their lives—and hearts—changing in ways neither one could have imagined.
Release Date: June 3rd (UK)
Genre: Drama
Director: Thea Sharrock
Writers: Jojo Moyes, Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber.
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Jenna Coleman, Janet McTeer, Charles Dance, and Brendan Coyle.
X-Men: Apocalypse
Synopsis: Following the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer returns with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.
Release Date: May 27th
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Bryan Singer
Writer: Simon Kinberg
Starring: James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Rose Byrne, Lucas Till, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Munn, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Ben Hardy, Lana Condor, and Oscar Isaac.