We have a bombshell for zombie lovers out of San Diego Comic-Con: The Walking Dead is officially coming to the big screen. AMC, Skybound and Universal Pictures have revealed an ominous, brief teaser for the untitled Rick Grimes Walking Dead movie movie, which will bring back the character of Rick Grimes, as portrayed by Andrew Lincoln. Not much has been revealed at this time, but we now know this is going to be a theatrically-released event.
The teaser truly is just meant to give a sense of atmosphere. We see a helicopter flying toward a city skyline. Dark and eerie score is playing in the background. Everything is cloaked in heavy shadow. We don't actually see any characters appear on screen. Then The Walking Dead title card is revealed, before the classic theme from the show kicks in. We then get the big reveal in the form of the massive tag at the end, which reads as follows.
Blumhouse has released the trailer for The Hunt and it looks pretty chilling. Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse are behind the new movie, which has been described as a political and subversive thriller. As for the storyline, it is similar to The Most Dangerous Game, Battle Royale, and The Belko Experiment, but with a twist. It's unclear what the specific twist is, but it sure looks intriguing from the trailer.
The trailer for The Hunt plays like commercial inviting us to go join the Manor, an elite hunting facility that makes everything look nice and relaxing. However, as the narrator continues to hype the place up, one begins to notice that this isn't a normal hunting experience in the slightest. Instead of animals, the hunt is for humans, who have no idea where they are, or how they arrived there. You can read the logline below.
"Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen... for a very specific purpose... The Hunt"
The Hunt takes place in the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, when a group of globalist elites gathers for the very first time at a remote Manor House to hunt humans for sport. But the elites' master plan is about to be derailed because one of the hunted, Crystal (Betty Gilpin), knows The Hunters' game better than they do. She turns the tables on the killers, picking them off, one by one, as she makes her way toward the mysterious woman (Hilary Swank) at the center of it all.
From Jason Blum, the producer of Get Out and The Purge series, and Damon Lindelof, co-creator of the TV series The Leftovers and Lost, comes a new mysterious social thriller. The Hunt is written by Lindelof and his fellow The Leftovers' collaborator Nick Cuse and is directed by Craig Zobel (Z for Zachariah, The Leftovers). Blum produces for his Blumhouse Productions alongside Lindelof. The movie is executive produced by Zobel, Cuse and Steven R. Molen.
Ike Barinholtz, Betty Gilpin, Emma Roberts, and Hilary Swank star in The Hunt. Craig Zobel is in the director's chair for the thriller and it looks like this is going to be a much different take on a pretty well-known story. Blumhouse originally announced the release date of September 27th, but then switched it to October, and then back again to the original September date. Blumhouse does not shy away from tackling politics and social issues in their movies and they are often able to work with a small budget to deliver big hits. The Hunt looks like it will be a pretty big hit for the studio with the right promotional push behind it. You can watch the trailer for The Hunt below, thanks to the Universal Pictures YouTube channel.
Rian Johnson has confirmed the trailer for Knives Out will be released tomorrow. The director released a short teaser today to raise excitement for tomorrow's big event. The murder-mystery is one of the most anticipated movies of the year and boasts an incredible cast, which Johnson sarcastically thinks we may have heard of. The first footage was shown earlier this year at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, which is when the hype for the "modern day American whodunnit" really started to blossom.
Work on Knives Out started production in October 2018, which was a little over a year from when the project was first announced with Rian Johnson at the helm. Production wrapped in late December 2018. In addition to directing the mystery, Johnson also wrote the movie and many believe this won't be a traditional take on the murder mystery genre since the director likes twists and unexpected turns. He had this to say when announcing the trailer release for tomorrow, July 2nd.
"Knives Out trailer TOMORROW! It's an original modern day American whodunnit, coming out this Thanksgiving. It has a few actors you might recognize. I am very very excited about it. Watch this space..."
As for that cast Rian Johnson thinks we all may have heard of, it includes Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Lakeith Stanfield, Michael Shannon, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer. Frank Oz has also revealed he has a part in the upcoming movie, though he couldn't say much about the project. Oz and Johnson previously worked on 2017's The Last Jedi together, which turned into quite possibly the most divisive Star Wars movie in the franchise's long history.
Rian Johnson cited many different influences for Knives Out. The director considers Evil Under the Sun, Murder by Death, Death on the Nile, The Last of Sheila, Deathtrap, Clue, Gosford Park, The Mirror Crack'd, Something's Afoot, Murder on the Orient Express, and The Private Eyes all to be influences on his upcoming movie. It looks like his influences are a little all over the place. However, Michael Shannon thinks Knives Out is comparable to the works of mystery legend Agatha Christie, which sounds very promising.
The short Knives Out teaser doesn't really offer much since there is no footage, but it does look like Christopher Plummer will have the patriarch role in the murder mystery. Will he be killed off right from the start, or will Rian Johnson be throwing in a clever twist? For now, it's much too early to tell, but we should at least get a better look at the movie tomorrow when the trailer officially drops. Knives Out hits theaters on November 27th and while we wait for that and the trailer release, you can check out the teaser below, thanks to Rian Johnson's Twitter account.
KNIVES OUT TRAILER TOMORROW! It’s an original modern day American whodunnit, coming out this Thanksgiving. It has a few actors you might recognize. I am very very excited about it. Watch this space... #KNIVESOUTpic.twitter.com/yC2yQLEWqh
We have our first little taste of the upcoming Charlie's Angels reboot. And we do mean little. Sony Pictures has released a very brief teaser for this continuation of the franchise, which doesn't give us a whole lot, in itself. It does, however, promise that a trailer is coming down the pipeline in the very near future, which will give us our first proper look at the new Angels in action. For now though, we're still left to wonder what this is going to look like.
The teaser is just a symbol for the Townsend agency with a catchy little tune playing in the background. The word "uploading" appears below the symbol, which seems to be alluding to the forthcoming trailer. Beyond that, we've got very little to go on when it comes to what to expect from the trailer, as this doesn't provide us with even a shred of actual footage from Elizabeth Banks' take on the classic and iconic 70s series.
While it's promised that the trailer is coming tomorrow, we will be getting something a bit sooner. It was revealed that a "first look" will be showcased on Entertainment Tonight this evening. They didn't specifically say what that first look will consist of though.
Elizabeth Banks, who previously helmed Pitch Perfect 2, is in the director's chair for the reboot. The new cast includes Kristen Stewart (Twilight, Personal Shopper), Naomi Scott (Power Rangers, Aladdin) and newcomer Ella Balinska. A photo of the trio together was released online a while back, but we've still yet to actually see them in action. Previously, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore portrayed the trio in a pair of movies directed by McG in the early 2000s. Though, it sounds very much like this is going to be a pretty big departure from what we were provided with the better part of two decades ago.
Charlie's Angels centers on a trio of agents who are working for the mysterious Charles Townsend. In this new take on the classic, his security and investigative agency has expanded its reach internationally. With the world's smartest, bravest, and most highly trained women placed all over the world, there are now teams of Angels who are partnered up with multiple Bosleys taking on the toughest jobs in any location necessary. Elizabeth Banks will be playing one of the new versions of Bosley, with Djimon Hounsou (Shazam) and Patrick Stewart (Logan) portraying two others.
Elizabeth Banks, in addition to starring in and directing the movie, also penned the screenplay. Needless to say, she's been busy. Banks was working from a story cooked up by Evan Spiliotopoulos and David Auburn. Noah Centineo (To All the Boys I've Loved Before) and Sam Claflin (Me Before You) also star. Charlie's Angels, after having its release date shuffled around several times, is set to arrive in theaters on November 15. We'll be sure to bring the trailer your way tomorrow. In the meantime, be sure to check out the teaser video from the Charlie's Angels Twitter account below.
