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This week, new trailers were released for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Mummy, Passengers, Assassin’s Creed, 20th Century Women, A Monster Calls, Eyes of My Mother, and more.
See what you missed below:
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Synopsis: From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, with Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur and Simon Emanuel are producing, with John Knoll and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opens in U.S. theaters on December 16, 2016.
Release Date: December 16th
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Gareth Edwards
Writer: Chris Weitz
Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Alan Tudyk, Mads Mikkelsen, and Riz Ahmed
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Synopsis: Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” is directed by James Gunn and stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Tommy Flanagan, Laura Haddock and Kurt Russell. Kevin Feige is producing, and Louis D’Esposito, Jonathan Schwartz, Victoria Alonso, Nik Korda and Stan Lee are the executive producers. The screenplay is by James Gunn. Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” blasts into US theaters on May 5, 2017.
Release date: May 5, 2017
Genre: Action
Director: James Gunn
Writer: James Gunn
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Zaldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Kurt Russell, Karen Gillian, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Rooker, Pom Klementieff, and Glenn Close
The Mummy
Synopsis: Tom Cruise headlines a spectacular, all-new cinematic version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy.
Thought safely entombed in a tomb deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess (Sofia Boutella of Kingsman: The Secret Service and Star Trek Beyond) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.
From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters.
Cruise is joined by a cast including Annabelle Wallis (upcoming King Arthur, television’s Peaky Blinders), Jake Johnson (Jurassic World), Courtney B. Vance (TV’s American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson) and Oscar® winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator).
The creative team on this action-adventure event is led by director/producer Alex Kurtzman and producer Chris Morgan, who have been instrumental in growing some of the most successful franchises of the past several years—with Kurtzman writing or producing entries in the Transformers, Star Trek and Mission: Impossible series, and Morgan being the narrative engineer of the Fast & Furious saga as it has experienced explosive growth from its third chapter on. Sean Daniel, who produced the most recent Mummy trilogy, produces alongside Kurtzman and Morgan. www.themummy.com
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Genre: Action, Adventure
Director: Alex Kurtzman
Writers: Jon Spaihts, and Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance and Russell Crowe
Passengers
Synopsis: Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are two passengers onboard a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction… only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind why they woke up.
Release Date: December 21st
Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance
Director: Morten Tyldum
Writer: Jon Spaihts
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Andy Garcia, and Laurence Fishburne
Assassin’s Creed
Synopsis: Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day. ASSASSIN’S CREED stars Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past, 12 Years a Slave) and Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard (The Dark Knight Rises, La Vie en Rose). The film is directed by Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth); produced by New Regency, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, DMC Films and Kennedy/Marshall; co-financed by RatPac Entertainment and Alpha Pictures; and distributed by 20th Century Fox . ASSASSIN’S CREED opens in theaters worldwide on December 21st, 2016.
Release Date: December 21st
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Justin Kurzel
Writers: Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, and Michael Lesslie
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, and Michael K. Williams
20th Century Women
Synopsis: With 20th Century Women, acclaimed filmmaker Mike Mills (the Academy Award®-winning Beginners) brings us a multilayered, funny, heart-stirring celebration of the complexities of women, family, time, and the connections we search for our whole lives.
Set in Santa Barbara, the film follows Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening), a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie (newcomer Lucas Jade Zumann, in a breakout performance) at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women in Jamie’s upbringing – via Abbie (Greta Gerwig), a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields’ home, and Julie (Elle Fanning), a savvy and provocative teenage neighbor.
20th Century Women is a poignant love letter to the people who raise us—and the times that form us—as this makeshift family forges fragile connections that will mystify and inspire them through their lives.
Release Date: December 25th
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Mike Mills
Writer: Mike Mills
Starring: Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning, Billy Crudup, Alia Shawkat, and Lucas Jade Zumann
A Monster Calls
Synopsis: A visually spectacular drama from acclaimed director Juan Antonio Bayona (“The Impossible”), based on the award-winning children’s fantasy novel. 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) attempts to deal with his mother’s (Felicity Jones) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage, loss, and faith.
Release Date: December 23rd (Limited Release), January 6th (Wide Release)
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Director: J.A. Bayona
Writer: Patrick Ness
Starring: Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver, and Toby Kebbell
The Eyes of My Mother
Synopsis: In their secluded farmhouse, a mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters the idyll of Francisca’s family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening unique curiosities. Though she clings to her increasingly reticent father, Francisca’s loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a dark form.
Shot in crisp black and white, the haunting visual compositions evoke its protagonist’s isolation and illuminate her deeply unbalanced worldview. Genre-inflected, but so strikingly unique as to defy categorization, writer/director Nicolas Pesce’s feature debut allows only an elliptical presence in Francisca’s world, guiding our imaginations to follow her into peculiar, secret places.
Release Date: December 2nd (Theaters and VOD)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Director: Nicolas Pesce
Writer: Nicolas Pesce
Starring: Diana Agostini, Olivia Bond, Kika Magalhaes, Will Brill, Joey Curtis-Green, Flora Diaz, Paul Nazak, and Clara Wong
The Belko Experiment
Synopsis: The Belko Experiment explores a twisted social experiment, in which a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogata and ordered by an unknown voice on an intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed. It stars 10 Cloverfield Lane‘s John Gallagher Jr., Scandal‘s Tony Goldwyn, True Detective‘s Adria Arjona, John C. McGinley, Silicon Valley‘s Josh Brener, Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Michael Rooker and Sean Gunn and Melonie Diaz, who co-starred in Fruitvale Station.
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Genre: Action, Thriller
Director: Greg McLean
Writer: James Gunn
Starring: John Gallagher Jr, Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona, John C. McGinley, Josh Brener, Michael Rooker, Sean Gunn, and Melonie Diaz
Sherlock (Season 4)
Synopsis: Season four begins with the mercurial Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), back once more on British soil as Doctor Watson (Martin Freeman) and his wife Mary (Amanda Abbington) prepare for their biggest challenge yet: becoming parents.
Release Date: January 1, 2017 (BBC)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama (TV Series)
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Writers: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffatt
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman
Taboo
Synopsis: Set in 1814, Taboo follows James Keziah Delaney, a man who has been to the ends of the earth and comes back irrevocably changed. Believed to be long dead, he returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself. But his father’s legacy is a poisoned chalice, and with enemies lurking in every dark corner, James must navigate increasingly complex territories to avoid his own death sentence. Encircled by conspiracy, murder, and betrayal, a dark family mystery unfolds in a combustible tale of love and treachery.
Taboo is based on an original story by Tom Hardy and his father Chips Hardy who is also the show’s consulting producer.
Ridley Scott’s Scott Free London and Tom Hardy’s Hardy Son & Baker are producing for FX and BBC One with Sonar Entertainment distributing worldwide outside the UK. Executive producers are Ridley Scott and Kate Crowe for Scott Free, Tom Hardy and Dean Baker for Hardy Son & Baker, and Steven Knight, with Timothy Bricknell producing. Taboo is directed by Kristoffer Nyholm and reunites Hardy and Knight for their third collaboration following Locke and Peaky Blinders.
In addition to his work in The Revenant, Tom Hardy most recently played the lead role in the Oscar-nominated Mad Max: Fury Road. Ridley Scott’s The Martian is currently nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Motion Picture of the Year.
Release Date: January 10, 2017 (FX)
Genre: Drama (TV Mini-Series)
Director: Kristoffer Nyholm
Writers: Chips Hardy, Tom Hardy, Steven Knight
Starring: Tom Hardy, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Kelly, and Oona Chaplin
Office Christmas Party
Synopsis: In OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY, when the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother’s branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.
Release Date: December 9th
Genre: Comedy
Directors: Josh Gordon, and Will Speck
Writers: Justin Malen, and Laura Solon
Starring: Kate McKinnon, T.J. Miller, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney B. Vance, Sam Richardson, Randall Park, and Jillian Bell
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Synopsis: In André Øvredal’s follow-up to his acclaimed 2010 found-footage monster mockumentary Trollhunter, he moves from the wide expanses of the Norwegian woods to the enclosed space of a small-town morgue. It’s a slow night for father-son coroner team Tommy and Austin Tilden (Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch) when a hauntingly pristine female is brought in. And, as their regular forensics routine gradually reveals, this Jane Doe, who was discovered in the basement of a massacred family’s house, is not your usual corpse—and her presence turns their evening into a terrifying fight for survival. A fresh, unusually character-driven tale beautifully and jarringly told, Øvredal’s English-language debut keeps you squirming in your seat, in large part because Tommy and Austin’s relationship is so endearing that you can’t bear for anything bad to happen to them. An IFC Midnight release.
Release Date: December 20th (Theaters and VOD)
Genre: Horror
Director: André Øvredal
Writers: Ian B. Goldberg, and Richard Naing
Starring: Brian Cox, and Emile Hirsch
Riverdale
Synopsis: As a new school year begins, the town of Riverdale is reeling from the recent, tragic death of high school golden boy Jason Blossom — and nothing feels the same… Archie Andrews (KJ Apa) is still the all-American teen, but the summer’s events made him realize that he wants to pursue a career in music — not follow in his dad’s footsteps—despite the sudden end of his forbidden relationship with Riverdale’s young music teacher, Ms. Grundy (Sarah Habel). Which means Archie doesn’t have anyone who will mentor him — certainly not singer Josie McCoy (Ashleigh Murray), who is only focused on her band, the soon-to-be-world-famous Pussycats. It’s all weighing heavily on Archie’s mind — as is his fractured friendship with budding writer and fellow classmate Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse). Meanwhile, girl-next-door Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) is anxious to see her crush Archie after being away all summer, but she’s not quite ready to reveal her true feelings to him. And Betty’s nerves – which are hardly soothed by her overbearing mother Alice (Mädchen Amick) aren’t the only thing holding her back. When a new student, Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes), arrives in town from New York with her mother Hermione (Marisol Nichols), there’s an undeniable spark between her and Archie, even though Veronica doesn’t want to risk her new friendship with Betty by making a play for Archie. And then there’s Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch)… Riverdale’s Queen Bee is happy to stir up trouble amongst Archie, Betty, and Veronica, but Cheryl is keeping secrets of her own. What, exactly, is she hiding about the mysterious death of her twin brother, Jason? Riverdale may look like a quiet, sleepy town, but there are dangers in the shadows…
Release Date: January 26, 2017 (The CW)
Genre: Drama (TV Series)
Creator: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Starring: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Sarah Habel, Ashleigh Murray, Cole Sprouse, Mädchen Amick, Marisol Nichols, and Madelaine Putsch
White Rabbit Project
Synopsis: The coolest tech. The weirdest weapons. The craziest escapes. Three science-loving sleuths put them under the microscope.
Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara rank history’s greatest inventions, heists and more in this series from the producers of “MythBusters.”
Release Date: December 9th (Netflix)
Genre: Reality-TV (TV Series)
Creators: Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara.
Starring: Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara
Emerald City
Synopsis: Vincent D'Onofrio, Adria Arjona, Joely Richardson and more star in director Tarsem Singh's Emerald City, premiering January 6 at 9/8c on NBC.
Release Date: January 6, 2017 (NBC)
Genre: Fantasy (TV Series)
Creator: Matthew Arnold
Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Adria Arjona, and Joely Richardson
The Shack
Synopsis: Based on the New York Times best-selling novel, The Shack takes us on a father’s uplifting spiritual journey. After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips [Sam Worthington] spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa [Octavia Spencer]. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.
Release Date: March 3, 2017
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Hazeldine
Writer: John Fusco
Starring: Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw, Sumire Matsubara, Radha Mitchell, and Graham Greene
Spectral
Synopsis: When an otherworldly force wreaks havoc on a war-torn European city, an engineer teams up with an elite Special Ops unit to stop it.
Release Date: December 9th (Netflix)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Nic Mathieu
Writer: Ian Fried, John Gatins, and George Nolfi
Starring: James Badge Dale, Max Martini, Emily Mortimer, Bruce Greenwood, Clayne Crawford, Cory Hardict, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Jimmy Akingbola, Dylan Smith, Philip Bulcock, Royce Pierreson, Ursula Parker, and Mark O’Neal
Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
Synopsis: It’s official! Revealed LIVE on stage at The Game Awards, ‘Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series’ premieres 2017.
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Action, Adventure (Video Game)
Developer: Telltale Games
Death Stranding
Synopsis: Hideo Kojima brings a gift to The Game Awards 2016 in the form of a brand new clip form his new game, Death Stranding.
Release Date: Unknown
Genre: Action, Adventure (Video Game)
Developer: Kojima Productions