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Disney has released a trailer for its forthcoming live-action remake of Mulan, giving us our first look at the of sweeping war action adventure.

Liu Yifei, previously seen in The Forbidden Kingdom and Once Upon a Time, plays the eponymous lead in the film.

The trailer starts in a poignant tone. “We have excellent news, the matchmaker has found you an auspicious match,” Mulan’s mother Hua Li (played by Rosalind Chao) tells her at the dinner table that a match for her arranged marriage has been found. “It is decided. It is what is best for our family,” her father adds.

“Yes, I will bring honor to us all,” Mulan assures the family.

From there, the trailer kicks into high gear, showing a collage of stunning action shots, with Mulan being reminded that being “quiet, composed, graceful, disciplined” are qualities of being a good wife.

But Mulan sees them as a qualities of a soldier. “It is my duty to fight,” she said.

The original animated film was released in 1998, which was a big hit both with critics and audiences, eventually earning a best musical score nominations at the academy awards. Just like the original, the remake follows a young woman named Mulan who disguises herself as a man to take the place of her ailing father in the military.

Directed by Niki Caro, Mulan is set to hit theaters on March 27th, 2020.

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The trailer for Rian Johnson’s upcoming classic whodunit story has been released, and it feature plenty of familiar faces.

The stellar ensemble includes Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Lakeith Stanfield, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Katherine Langford, Michael Shannon, and Christopher Plummer.

It looks like the film has all the elements of an intriguing murder mystery: someone is dead in the family, in this case renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer), and everyone’s a suspect.

So far, everything about the film looks promising: the story is intriguing, the editing is snappy and like most of Johnson’s filmography, the cinematography looks slick.

Lionsgate is set to release Knives Out on November 27, 2019.

Here’s what we have about the Knives Out so far:

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan’s untimely death.

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The Rock and the gang are back in the upcoming fantasy adventure comedy, and it comes with plenty of surprises.

The official trailer for “Jumanji: The Next Level,” dropped this week, and it brings back Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and Jack Black, with Awkwafina, Danny Glover, and Danny DeVito joining in all the fun.

The trailer sees Fridge (Ser’Darius Blain) and Martha (Morgan Turner) returning into the game to rescue Spencer (Alex Wolff) who seem to have disappeared into the game, only to find Spencer’s grandfather, Eddie (DeVito) and his friend Milo (Glover) also sucked into the game but in Johnson and Hart’s avatars respectively. But Spencer is nowhere to be found.

Confused yet? Watch the trailer below and see all the fun body-swapping for yourself. The trailer looks hilarious and still have all the fun adventures that made the original a surprise blockbuster.

“Jumanji: The Next Level” is a sequel to the hugely successful 2017 film “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” which grossed $962.1 million worldwide. And from the looks of it, the next film will be another massive hit.

Director Jake Kasdan also returns to helm. “Jumanji: The Next Level” is set to hit theaters Dec. 13, 2019.

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Roland Emmerich is back in familiar territory in “Midway”, the director’s upcoming war drama set for release later this year. Lionsgate released the film’s teaser trailer today and it looks very promising.

Midway tells the story of US Navy sailors and aviators who fought during World War II’s Battle of Midway, focusing on June 1942’s naval battle in the Pacific theater months after the the assault on US forces at the Pearl Harbor.

The trailer ticks all of Emmerich’s formula boxes that made Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow such boxoffice hits; its looks grand-scale with plenty of action and explosions and sweeping cinematography.

The film is also stacked with big names, including Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Mandy Moore, Patrick Wilson, Aaron Eckhart, Alexander Ludwig, Nick Jonas, Dennis Quaid, and many more.

“Midway” is set for release on November 8, 2019.

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Blue Fox Entertainment has debuted the first trailer for its gritty crime thriller “Killerman,” which premiered on Wednesday.

The initial look at the thriller film sees “The Hunger Games” alum Liam Hemsworth as Moe Diamond, a man who got involved a drug deal awry and a car accident that leaves him without any memory of who he is.

“The past is gone. The future is unforgiving,” it says on the trailer.

Directed by writer-director Malik Bader, the film co-stars Emory Cohen, Diane Guerrero, Nikola Shreli and Suraj Sharma.

The film is set to premiere at the 2019 Fantasia Film Festival before it is released to select theaters on August 30, 2019.

Here’s the logline for “Killerman”:
A New York City money launderer desperately searches for answers after waking up with no memory, millions in stolen cash and drugs and an insane crew of dirty cops hunting him down.

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The full-length trailer for the highly-anticipated sequel from Walt Disney Animation has been released, and it looks like another blockbuster winner.

The sequel, a follow-up to the highly successful, billion dollar grossing animated film from 2013, brings back the voices of Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel. The original of course was a global blockbuster, grossing $1.27 billion worldwide.

“Elsa, the past is not what it seems,” a troll says in the trailer. “You must find the truth. Go north, across the enchanted land and into the unknown.” The trailer also shows Elsa’s sister, who is similarly in an uncertain situation, and she is in a boat with no less than Olaf.

The original directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee are also back and based on this new footage, they have not lost their magical touch one bit. Songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez also return. In the original film, the two took the song “Let It Go” from the film’s soundtrack all the way to academy awards, winning Best Original Song.

“Frozen 2” is set for release later this year on Nov. 22, which by the way is the exact day the original film was released six years ago.

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The upcoming crime drama film sees the women as wives of Irish mobsters in jail. Written and directed by Andrea Berloff, the film is based on the Vertigo comic book miniseries.

Warner Bros. dropped the very first official trailer for the film, and it looks like the wives are about to take some serious business.

Those who may be expecting a comedy are in for a surprise, as the film is in fact more of a crime drama which that reminds us of last year’s excellent Steve McQueen directed film “Widows.”

Set 1978 New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, the women are who are forced to take matters into their own hands while their husbands serve their sentences.

Also in the film are Domhnall Gleeson, Margo Martindale, Common, Bill Camp, and James Badge Dale, and many others.

“The Kitchen” set for release on August 9, 2019.

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Angelina Jolie returns to the titular role of the horned villainess and she’s back to her ways. Elle Fanning’s Aurora is also back, while Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Skrein and Chiwetel Ejiofor are new to the cast.

Appropriately set to “Season of the Witch,” the trailer features of beautiful visuals and seem to indicate a conflict between her and Pfeiffer’s Queen Ingrith.

“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” picks up several years after the original 2014 film “Maleficent,” a character loosely based on the Wicked fairy godmother and re-imagined the classic story of Sleeping Beauty.

Joachim Rønning directs the upcoming fantasy adventure film from Walt Disney Pictures. Rønning previously co-helmed “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”.

“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” is set for release on October 18, 2019.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

A fantasy adventure that picks up several years after Maleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora, Maleficent II continues to explore the complex relationship between the horned fairy (Angelina Jolie) and the soon to be Queen (Elle Fanning), as they form new alliances and face new adversaries in their struggle to protect the moors and the magical creatures that reside within.