Watch The Croods: A New Age Wildest Wildlife Croodimals Documentary

Peacock Kids has released a new “documentary” for Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age, providing an inside look at the upcoming animated sequel. You can check out the video now in the player below!

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The Croods have survived their fair share of dangers and disasters, from fanged prehistoric beasts to surviving the end of the world, but now they will face their biggest challenge of all: another family

The Croods need a new place to live. So, the first prehistoric family sets off into the world in search of a safer place to call home. When they discover an idyllic walled-in paradise that meets all their needs, they think their problems are solved … except for one thing. Another family already lives there: the Bettermans.

The Bettermans (emphasis on the “better”)—with their elaborate tree house, amazing inventions and irrigated acres of fresh produce—are a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. When they take the Croods in as the world’s first houseguests, it isn’t long before tensions escalate between the cave family and the modern family.

Just when all seems lost, a new threat will propel both families on an epic adventure outside the safety of the wall, one that will force them to embrace their differences, draw strength from each other and forge a future together.

The Croods: A New Age features the voice talent of returning stars Nicolas Cage as Grug Crood, Catherine Keener as Ugga Crood, Emma Stone as their daughter, Eep; Ryan Reynolds as Eep’s boyfriend, Guy; Clark Duke (Hot Tub Time Machine) as Thunk and Cloris Leachman as Gran. They’re joined by new stars Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) as Phil Betterman, Leslie Mann (Blockers) as Hope Betterman, and Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: Episode VIII-The Last Jedi) as their daughter, Dawn.

The film is directed by Joel Crawford, who has worked on multiple DreamWorks Animation films, including Trolls and the Kung Fu Panda franchise, and is produced by Mark Swift (Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted).

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The movie will be released on November 25, 2020.

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Max Cloud Trailer: Scott Adkins Stars in New Sci-Fi Comedy Film

Well Go USA Entertainment has released the official trailer for their forthcoming sci-fi action comedy film titled Max Cloud, featuring English actor Scott Adkins as a video game avatar. The film is scheduled for a VOD release on December 18. Check out the video in the player below!

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When teen gamer Sarah finds an “easter egg” and accidentally opens a portal into her favorite side-scroller, she becomes trapped in a notorious intergalactic prison, home to the galaxy’s most dangerous villains. To escape, she must finish the game with a little help from her not-so-savvy friend on the outside…or remain a 16-bit character forever.

Max Cloud stars Scott Adkins (The Debt Collector, The Expendables 2, Doctor Strange), Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy), Lashana Lynch (Captain Marvel, No Time to Die), Elliot Langridge (Twist), Sally Collett (Killers Anonymous), Franz Drameh (Edge of Tomorrow) and John Hannah (The Mummy films).

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Max Cloud is directed by Martin Owen from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sally Collett. The film is executive produced by Kirsty Bell, Loni Farhi, and Philippe Martinez with Alan Latham, Thomas Mattinson, Phil McKenzie, and Matt Williams serving as producers.

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The Water Dancer: Oprah & Brad Pitt to Adapt Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Debut Novel into Film

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oscar nominee Oprah Winfrey has officially partnered up with Oscar-winning actor-producer Brad Pitt to develop the film adaptation of author Ta-Nehisi Coates’ fantasy drama novel titled The Water Dancer. MGM will also produce and will handle the theatrical distribution of the film.

“Ta-Nehisi’s debut fiction novel has at its heart, a beautiful character in Hiram Walker, whose personal odyssey weaves the supernatural and spiritual, with the terrible reality of the forced separations endured by enslaved people and their families for centuries,” MGM’s film group chairman Michael De Luca and MGM’s film group president Pamela Abdy said in a statement. “Hiram’s story is one of devotion to those he loves, and the journey he takes to bring them together. All of us at MGM are incredibly honored to join Ta-Nehisi, Kamilah, Plan B and Harpo Films in bringing this film to the screen.”

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Set in the pre-Civil War South, The Water Dancer centers around Hiram Walker, who was born into slavery and has an amazing photographic memory despite having no memory of his mother, who have abandoned him when he was young. After almost drowning from a carriage accident, he discovers his superhuman ability which was suddenly triggered by his powerful memories of his mother. As he struggles to gain an understanding of this power, he becomes involved with the Underground Railroad and meets historical figures.

Pick up a copy of the novel here!

The film adaptation was also penned by Coates. Published in 2019, the novel became an instant hit and was featured on The New York Times fiction best-seller list. It was also featured on Oprah Winfrey’s Apple TV+’s series Oprah’s Book Club where the billionaire talk show host described it as one of the best books she has ever read in her entire life.

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The Water Dancer will also be produced by Kamilah Forbes, who worked with Coates on the theatrical event of Between the World and Me. Winfrey and Pitt are set to produce through their Harpo Films and Plan B banners, respectively. This marks the second collaboration between Harpo and Plan B, who have first worked on 2014’s Selma.

(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Michael Kovac/Getty Images for J/P HRO Gala & Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Gordon Parks Foundation)

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Exclusive Last Three Days Featurette Goes Behind-the-Scenes With Robert Palmer Watkins

ComingSoon.net has an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette for the action mystery movie Last Three Days, featuring star Robert Palmer Watkins (The Walking Dead: World Beyond). You can check out the exclusive featurette now in the player below!

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Jack (Watkins) is a police officer with a marriage on the rocks working undercover to take down a Japanese crime syndicate. One night things go south and he wakes up to discover he’s missing his partner, his wife, and the last three days of his life.

The movie, written and directed by Brian Ulrich (Fishers of Men), also stars Thomas Wilson Brown (Silverado), Deborah Lee Smith (The Shasta Triangle), Roy Huang (Joyful Noise), and Gina Hiraizumi (Black-ish).

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Last Three Days was produced by Julianna Ulrich and Brian Ulrich, and executive produced by Todd Slater and Grant Slater. The movie is a Brotherhood Studios and Slater Brothers Entertainment Production.

The film will release in theaters and on VOD on November 13, 2020, from Gravitas Ventures.

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Warner Bros. eyeing Mads Mikkelsen for Fantastic Beasts 3 over Depp

It’s been a whirlwind of a week for Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts 3 as it was announced the studio asked star Johnny Depp to resign from his role as villain Gellert Grindelwald and its release was pushed back to July 2022 and now it’s been revealed that the studio is in early negotiations with Hannibal alum Mads Mikkelsen to take over the role, according to Deadline.

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Sources are reporting that David Yates, currently at work shooting the next installment in the Harry Potter prequel franchise, came up with a list of potential actors to replace Depp in the villainous role and that Mikkelsen was his first choice and now the studio is in early talks with the 54-year-old Danish star to take over the part. Depp was asked to depart due to his losing his lawsuit against a British tabloid for libel, but is reportedly still being paid his full salary for the film despite only having shot one day of film.

Fantastic Beasts 3 will again feature the return of Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein, Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski, Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein, Ezra Miller as Credence, Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore, and Jessica Williams as Professor Eulalie Hicks. Warner Bros. is currently recasting the role of Gellert Grindelwald following Depp’s exit.

The third installment will again be directed by David Yates from a screenplay written by J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves. The third movie in the franchise is currently filming in the UK.

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The previous film in the Harry Potter prequel franchise, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, earned $653 million at the worldwide box office. The first two Fantastic Beasts movies were directed by David Yates, from a screenplay by J.K. Rowling, and produced by David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves, and Lionel Wigram.

Fantastic Beasts 3 is set to hit theaters on July 15, 2022.

(Photo Credit: Stefania M. D’Alessandro/Getty Images for RFF)

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Exclusive: Angela Bassett confirms return for more Mission: Impossible

As details have slowly trickled in regarding who we can expect to see return for the highly-anticipated seventh and eighth installments of the Mission: Impossible franchise, ComingSoon.net has learned exclusively that Fallout star Angela Bassett will indeed be returning for more Tom Cruise-starring thrills.

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While chatting with the Oscar and Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winner for her role in Pixar’s forthcoming fantasy adventure Soul, Bassett revealed that there is indeed plans in the works to have her reprise her role of CIA Director Erika Sloane, and though not mentioning which sequel she would be appearing in, she expressed excitement over getting to return to the franchise.

“The real conversation is when, I think they’ve begun filming, or that was the plan, but you know in these trying times, the best laid plans of mice and men sometimes go awry,” Bassett explained. “But I do have the pages, we’ll just see when I get the ticket to fly and go do my part, but that’s coming up and I’m really excited about it.”

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Joining Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell are returning Mission: Impossible alums Rebecca Ferguson (Doctor Sleep), Simon Pegg (Ready Player One), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction), Vanessa Kirby (Hobbs & Shaw) and Henry Czerny (Ready or Not) along with newcomers Shea Whigham (Joker), Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Avengers: Infinity War) and Esai Morales (La Bamba, Titans) who will replace Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road) for the villain role.

Following the large critical and commercial success of the past two installments, writer/director Christopher McQuarrie signed a new deal with Paramount to return to write and direct the next two installments, turning down other studio offers to continue his long-running partnership with franchise star Tom Cruise. Skydance Media, who joined the franchise with the fourth installment, Ghost Protocol, will be returning to produce the next two entries.

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The Mission: Impossible franchise spans almost 25 years and six films, starting off with modest critical and major box office success in the first two films before launching its lead protagonist into grittier and more explosive stories, each film getting progressively better reviews than its predecessor, with the most recent installment, Fallout, earning the highest reviews for both the franchise and the action genre, currently maintaining a 97% approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes while also acquiring the highest box office gross of the franchise at over $790 million worldwide.

Mission: Impossible 7 is set to premiere on November 19, 2021 followed by Mission: Impossible 8 on November 4, 2022, with Pixar’s Soul set to hit Disney+ this Christmas Day!

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Cast:

Jamie Foxx as Joe Gardner

Tina Fey as 22

Questlove as Curly

Phylicia Rashad as Libba Gardner

Daveed Diggs as Paul

Angela Bassett as Dorothea Williams

Graham Norton as Moonwind

Rachel House as Terry

Richard Ayoade as Jerry

Alice Braga as Jerry

Wes Studi as Jerry

Fortune Feimster as Jerry

Co-Written and Directed by Pete Docter; Co-Written & Co-Directed by Kemp Powers; Co-Written by Mike Jones

Soul Review:

Pixar for years has explored the concept of loss and the very nature of life and existence in their films, but the studio has rarely full-on touched up on the themes of death and what comes next and with their latest effort, Soul, the Oscar-winning animation house has delivered another beautifully animated and emotionally powerful tale full of unique and compelling thoughts on the afterlife, even if a fairly familiar formula and rushed pacing occasionally hamper the experience.

Joe Gardner, a middle school music teacher, has long dreamed of performing jazz music onstage, and finally gets a chance after impressing other jazz musicians during an opening act at the Half Note Club. However, an untimely accident causes Gardner’s soul to be separated from his body and begin to proceed to the Great Beyond, and Gardner escapes to the Great Before, a world where souls develop personalities, quirks, and traits before being sent off to Earth. There, Gardner must work with souls in training at the Great Before, such as 22, a soul with a dim view on the concept of life, in order to return to Earth before his body dies.

It’s not often films in general, especially animated films, have been willing to examine existentialism and what happens in life after death, with Pixar’s Coco being one of the most notable and recent, but unlike the Mexican culture-inspired adventure through the Land of the Dead, the world of the afterlife established in Soul may be one of the most fascinating and original to date, even if it feels as though the filmmakers are unwilling to go one step further and establish what the “end” may entail. The Great Beyond feels a little underwhelming as not only are we offered any kind of explanation of what comes from going there, but its design also feels a little too simple, appearing as one giant light for souls to head towards akin to what everyone supposedly sees whilst dying.

The land of The Great Before and the job of the mentors is such a captivating and spellbinding idea with beautiful areas to look at, including the enthralling Hall of You, in which mentors can share their past experiences with their new souls, the magical Hall of Everything, in which new souls can find what their creative spark is to head down to Earth, and the colorful and vibrant Personality Pavilions, where new souls are given their various character traits. The problem with them, however, is that despite the amount of thought and creativity clearly poured into these areas and the potential hijinks to be had here, as well as the mesmerizing Astral Plane where souls when they’re “in the zone,” we race through these worlds to get back to Earth for a fairly predictable fish-out-of-water-meets-Freaky-Friday adventure.

Granted, this formula is a necessity for the film’s themes and offers a lot of great gags and powerful moments, from Joe learning he doesn’t know the closest people in his life as well as he thinks to finally being able to have an honest conversation with his dream-critiquing mother. The problem with this, though, is that it’s a story that we’ve seen time and again in countless body swap films and feels like a waste of originality that the film established in its opening act.

Some story problems aside, however, the film is an absolute thrill and full of emotional gut punches that Pixar knows how to do best, but it also offers one of its most refreshing and entertaining protagonist in Joe and the world of jazz he’s so attracted to in New York City, as well as everything from his local barber to his mom’s tailor shop. Every moment on Earth feels like a fully-realized and thoroughly-authentic depiction of many of its cultural touchstones, cementing Pixar’s first African-American protagonist as a very real and grounded portrayal rather than a failed attempt at offering a diverse story and character that some blockbuster studios still have problems depicting (cough, cough, Star Wars).

In addition to the beautiful animation, compelling story concepts and powerful voice cast, the film thoroughly shines thanks to its hypnotic soundtrack from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and exciting jazz compositions from John Batiste. The Nine Inch Nails founder and frontmen bring their distinctive ethereal sounds to the soul worlds while Batiste brings appropriately dazzling jazz notes to the mix, all of which helps add to the excitement of the story without ever distracting from the character moments or voice acting throughout.

Pixar rarely delivers a miss and Soul certainly keeps their winning streak alive thanks to its compelling themes and story, stellar animation, brilliant voice cast and captivating music, delivering one of its most mature and emotional films to date from the studio that mostly overcomes its rushed ending and poor pacing.

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Monster: Netflix Acquires Drama Starring Jennifer Hudson, Kelvin Harrison Jr. & John David Washington

Netflix has acquired the rights to director Anthony Mandler’s drama Monster (formerly titled All Rise) starring Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Kelvin Harrison Jr. (The Trial of the Chicago 7), according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018.

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The movie follows a 17-year-old honor student (Harrison) from Harlem whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.

Monster also stars Golden Globe nominee John David Washington (Tenet, BlacKkKlansman), Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Wright (Angels in America, Westworld), Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us, Moonlight), Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty), Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen), Nasier “Nas” Jones, and Rakim Mayers aka rapper A$AP Rocky.

Written by Colen C. Wiley, Janece Shaffer, and Radha Blank, the movie is based on the bestselling novel by Walter Dean Myers.

Pick up your copy of the novel here!

“Netflix has time and time again stood behind films with a strong social message. Helping to curate an audience and create content that is both entertaining as well as thought-provoking. I’ve always seen my film as a medium of and for change. I couldn’t think of a better platform for Monster,” said Mandler.

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BRON Studios, ToniK Productions and Get Lifted Film Co. are behind the movie, in association with Charlevoix, Red Crown, and Creative Wealth Media. Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver, Aaron L. Gilbert, Mike Jackson, and Edward Tyler Nahem produced. John Legend, Ty Stiklorius, Dan Crown, Yoni Liebling, Wright and Jones, executive produced, along with Brenda Gilbert, Steven Thibault, Brad Feinstein, Joseph F. Ingrassia, Ali Jazayeri, David Gendron, Linnea Roberts, Jason Cloth, and Richard McConnell.

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The Burial: Jamie Foxx to Star in and Produce Amazon Studios’ Legal Drama

Variety brings word that Oscar winner Jamie Foxx (Ray, Collateral, Just Mercy) is now attached to star in and produce Amazon Studios’ The Burial. The movie is centered on a legal battle over a funeral home chain set in the 1990s.

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The Burial is based on the 1992 article written by Jonathan Harr for the New Yorker “about the contractual dispute case brought against funeral home executive Ray Loewen by Mississippi businessman Jeremiah O’Keefe, who hired the flamboyant attorney Willie Gary. The jury awarded O’Keefe a total of $500 million, an amount which would bankrupt Loewen’s company.”

Maggie Betts (Novitiate, The Carrier) will direct from the script written by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife, Grey Gardens, Quills).

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The movie’s production companies include Amazon Studios, Bobby Shriver Inc., and Double Nickel Entertainment. Bobby Shriver, Double Nickel’s Adam Richman, Jenette Kahn, and Datari Turner will produce.

(Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

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Marry Me: Universal Delays Jennifer Lopez & Owen Wilson Rom-Com to May 2021

Universal Pictures has pushed back the release date for the upcoming romance comedy Marry Me, starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The feature, originally scheduled for February 12, 2021, will now release on May 14, 2021, and will open against Paramount Pictures’ Rumble. Marry Me is taking DreamWorks Animation’s Spirit Untamed slot, which will now release on June 4, 2021.

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Kat Valdez (Lopez) is half of the sexiest celebrity power couple on Earth with hot new music supernova Bastian (Maluma, making his feature-film debut). As Kat and Bastian’s inescapable hit single, “Marry Me,” climbs the charts, they are about to be wed before an audience of their fans in a ceremony that will stream across multiple platforms.

Divorced high-school math teacher Charlie Gilbert (Owen Wilson) has been dragged to the concert by his daughter Lou (Chloe Coleman, HBO’s Big Little Lies) and his best friend (Sarah Silverman, Ralph Breaks the Internet). When Kat learns, seconds before the ceremony, that Bastian has cheated on her with her assistant, her life turns left as she has a meltdown on stage, questioning love, truth, and loyalty. As her gossamer world falls away, she locks eyes with a stranger—a face in the crowd.

If what you know lets you down, then perhaps what you don’t know is the answer, and so, in a moment of inspired insanity, Kat chooses to marry Charlie. What begins as an impulsive reaction evolves into an unexpected romance. But as forces conspire to separate them, the universal question arises: Can two people from such different worlds bridge the gulf between them and build a place where they both belong?

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Marry Me is directed by Kat Coiro (FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Netflix’s Dead to Me) from a screenplay by John Rogers (TNT’s The Librarians) and Tami Sagher (NBC’s 30 Rock) and Harper Dill (Fox’s The Mick) based on the graphic novel by Bobby Crosby. The film is produced by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas (Hustlers, Maid in Manhattan), Jennifer Lopez, Benny Medina (Hustlers, NBC’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), and John Rogers. The film’s executive producers are Alex Brown, Willie Mercer, Pamela Thur, and J.B. Roberts.

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