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Universal Pictures has released a brand new trailer for “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” the second and final sequel to the hugely successful DreamWorks film franchise based on Cressida Cowell’s books.

Written and directed by Dean DeBlois, “The Hidden World” features the voices of actors Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Kit Harington, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T. J. Miller, Kristen Wiig and F. Murray Abraham.

The series characters have come a long way. The once awkward teenager Hiccup is now the chief of the Viking island of Berk, while his dragon Toothless has found love of his own. But there is also trouble in the horizon in the form of the film’s villain Grimmel.

Based on the director’s recent interview, the series will wrap up in an emotional note. “We thought about it for a long time and came up with what we think is a bittersweet way to say goodbye to these characters, but the right way,” DeBlois recently told EW.

“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World arrives in theaters on February 22, 2019.

Here is what the film’s synopsis says:

What began as an unlikely friendship between an adolescent Viking and a fearsome Night Fury dragon has become an epic trilogy spanning their lives. In this next chapter, Hiccup and Toothless will finally discover their true destinies: the village chief as ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, and the dragon as leader of his own kind. As both ascend, the darkest threat they’ve yet faced—as well as the appearance of a female Night Fury—will test the bonds of their relationship like never before.

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Sony Pictures has released the poster and trailer horror thriller film “Escape Room” which recently moved up its released date from early February to January 4, 2019.

The trailer sees a group of strangers who received an invitation from a mysterious organization called MINOS. The invite sends them to an escape room to play a game: be the first to escape the “most immersive room yet” and they will win a million dollars.

But that won’t be easy because they have to solve riddles to win. Or else they will die.

The film looks both fun and creepy, with some elements from horror films Jigsaw and Cabin in the Woods thrown in the mix, though less gruesome than both, at least from what we’ve seen so far.

Directed by Adam Robitel (Insidious: The Last Key, The Taking of Deborah Logan), from the script by Bragi F. Schut and Maria Melnik, the film star Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Taylor Russell, Tyler Labine, Jay Ellis, and Nik Dodani.

Here’s the film’s official plot synopsis:
“Escape Room is a psychological thriller about six strangers who find themselves in circumstances beyond their control and must use their wits to find the clues or die.”

Escape Room is set to hit theaters on January 4th, 2019.

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The first official trailer for upcoming fantasy adventure film has been released by 20th Century Fox on Wednesday, providing a first look at the latest adaptation of the Arthurian legend.

Starring Louis Ashbourne Serkis (Andy Serkis’ son), Sir Patrick Stewart (X-Men series) and Rebecca Ferguson (who was recently seen in the latest Mission Impossible hit), the film is director Joe Cornish’s follow up to 2011’s science fiction comedy horror “Attack the Block”.

Here we see a down-on-his-luck 12-year-old Alex (Serkis) who, after discovering the mythical sword Excalibur, bands with his friends and enemies to thwart a medieval villain named Morgana and an army of evil creatures. The film looks like a fun and unique take on the story.

The film is produced by Nira Park (Shaun of the Dead, Baby Driver), Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner and also features Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor, and Rhianna Dorris.

“The Kid Who Would Be King” is set for release on 25 January 2019.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

Old school magic meets the modern world in the epic adventure THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING. Alex (Ashbourne Serkis) thinks he’s just another nobody, until he stumbles upon the mythical Sword in the Stone, Excalibur. Now, he must unite his friends and enemies into a band of knights and, together with the legendary wizard Merlin (Stewart), take on the wicked enchantress Morgana (Ferguson). With the future at stake, Alex must become the great leader he never dreamed he could be.

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We finally get a sneek peek at Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of “Aladdin” as the film’s first teaser trailer was released during Thursday Night Football.

The film is set to star Mena Massoud as the title character, a penniless teen smitten with the Sultan’s daughter Princess Jasmine played by Naomi Scott.

Massoud recently who appeared in “Jack Ryan” series from Amazon Video as Ryan’s colleague Tarek Kassar. He was cast in the role on July 2017.

Directed by Guy Ritchie, who also wrote the screenplay with John August, the film also features Will Smith playing the role of Genie, and Marwan Kenzari as Jafar.

This week, Will Smith also revealed its first poster in a post on Facebook featuring the story’s iconic lamp. “Choose wisely,” the tagline says. Smith posted: “LEMME OUT! 🙂 Can’t wait for y’all to see Me BLUE!.”

New characters such as Prince Anders and Dalia are set to be played by Billy Magnussen and Nasim Pedrad respectively.

Similar to recent Disney remake Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin is set to feature songs from the animated 1992 original. That film’s soundtrack was created by composer Alan Menken and songwriters Tim Rice and the late Howard Ashman.

“Aladdin” is set to be released on Nov. 24, 2019.

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Paramount has released a brand new poster and the first trailer for its “Pet Sematary” remake. The film of course is the latest Stephen King adaptation set to hit the big screen after the massive success of “It” from last year. The original novel was published in 1983, and was adapted by King himself into a 1989 film.

The terrifying trailer shows the Creed family moving into a rural farmhouse. “It’s definitely not Boston,” says the father Louis, played by Jason Clarke. Throughout the trailer pervades the disturbing drumming sound, initially from a group of marching kids wearing animal masks.

“Sometimes dead is better,” the film’s tagline says on the creepy poster. Its an iconic quote, also spoken by the character Jud Crandall in the 1989 film, is prominently featured in the trailer’s intro. Jud is played in this remake by John Lithgow.

Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer co-directs the film. “Pet Sematary is set to be released on April 5, 2019.

Here is the film’s synopsis:

Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family’s new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis turns to his unusual neighbor, Jud Crandall (John Lithgow), setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unfathomable evil with horrific consequences.