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Warner Bros. unveils new poster and trailer for supernatural horror film Annabelle: Creation. Directed by David F. Sandberg, who’s directorial debut ‘Lights Out’ was one of last year’s boxoffice surprises, ‘Creation’ is an origin story of the seemingly innocent yet possessed Annabelle doll.

The story will center on a dollmaker (Anthony LaPaglia) and his wife (Miranda Otto), who’s daughter Annabelle died in a tragic accident. Later the couple welcome a nun (Stephanie Sigman) and several girls from an orphanage into their farmhouse, until Annabelle began her reign of terror.

‘Creation’ is the latest chapter in the rapidly expanding cinematic universe which began with The Conjuring’s surprise success back in 2013 and continued with Annabelle a year later, and last year’s The Conjuring 2. Another installment, The Nun, which a spin-off to the character featured in The Conjuring 2, is set for release next summer.

Audiences have embraced the franchise so far: from modest budgets, they collectively grossed almost a billion dollars worldwide, making it one of the most successful horror franchise ever, a feat it achieved in a short period of time.

That successful tradition will most likely continue. ‘Annabelle: Creation’ recently screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival, two months earlier to its release, and early reviews so far have been positive.

Written by Gary Dauberman and to be distributed by Warner Bros., ‘Annabelle: Creation’ comes out on August 11, 2017.

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“You haven’t lived until you’ve died.” That’s that the tagline of the new movie “Flatliner”, a follow-up to Joel Schumacher’s 1990 film of the same name. Today, Sony’s dropped the new trailer which features Ellen Page and Diego Luna pushing the envelope of life and death.

Also featured in the film are Nina Dobrev, James Norton, Kiersey Clemons, and Kiefer Sutherland, the only returning cast member from the original cult psychological horror, which also starred Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt and Kevin Bacon. That film was nominated for Best Sound Editing at the Oscars in 1990, so this new film has big shoes to fill.

There’s a lot of elements in the trailer that shares similar plot points to the original. In this new trailer, we see Page’s character encouraging other students in a dangerous experiment of stopping their heart and crossing the afterlife for a short period of time. In the original, the ringleader was Sutherland’s character, who flatlines before his classmates resuscitate him. During their short period of “death” in both films, they experience various sequences of the afterlife which later haunted them.

“Flatliners” is directed by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev, from a screenplay by Ben Ripley and story by Peter Filardi, and is scheduled for release in the U.S. on September 29.

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There is plenty of action in the trailer debut of “Black Panther”, giving us a more extensive look at Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa / Black Panther, the ruler of the fictional, technologically-advanced African nation of Wakanda since his debut in Captain America: Civil War.

The highly-anticipated upcoming film from Marvel Studios is directed by Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station). The trailer debuted during the Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Disney’s ABC.

“Black Panther” follows the events of “Captain America: Civil War”. The story was set in motion after his father’s death, wherein T’Challa returns to Wakanda as king but is challenge by internal strife that threatens to bring down the kingdom.

Lupita Nyong’o appears in the film as one of Wakanda’s bodyguards Nakia, while Andy Serkis is back as Ulysses Klaue which appeared in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Also in the movie are Forest Whitaker, Daniel Kaluuya, and Angela Bassett.

“Black Panther” is scheduled for release on February 15, 2018. See the trailer below.

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Tom Cruise has an exciting new movie trailer this week and it shows the actor in flight gone awry. No, we’re not talking about The Mummy, which happens to land in cinemas this week.

Universal/Comcast Corp. just released a new trailer for ‘American Made’, Cruise’s latest film which reunites Cruise with director Doug Liman following their 2014 collaboration in the action sci-fi ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’.

Based on the trailer, “American Made” sits somewhere in the middle of what we might come to expect from a Cruise film, somewhat a break from his franchise driven, action-hero roles the past few years. Described as a crime thriller, the film is hinged on a more serious true to life subject matter, that of Barry Seal (Tom Cruise). Seal was a TWA pilot hired by the Medellin Cartel as a pilot and drug smuggler later imprisoned for a decade. Both a smuggler and informant, he run covert operations for the CIA against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.

Shot on location in Colombia, the film had a few setbacks during filming after a plane crash killed two people and injured a crew member. “American Made” hits theaters on September 29, and also stars Sarah Wright, Domhnall Gleeson, and Jayma Mays.

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20th Century Fox has released the trailer for the Kenneth Branagh’s new film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 classic novel, and it’s packed full of stars stranded on a snowbound train. And they’re all suspects for the murder.

This is the third time that Hollywood is taking on the story of well-groomed detective Hercule Poirot (Branagh) investigating the murder of business tycoon Ratchett (Johnny Depp) while aboard the Orient Express train.

The first look on the film in a recent EW article mentions some intriguing updates to the story, possibly more sinister and darker take than the whodunit mystery of the past versions. “I think we’re making a scarier film than people might imagine,” said Branagh.

Though similarly in his version of the story in 1974, director Sidney Lumet recruited some of the biggest star of that time including Sean Connery, Albert Finney, and Lauren Bacall. This time around, joining Depp and Branagh are Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Olivia Colman, Josh Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., Lucy Boynton and Derek Jacobi.

‘Express’ is scheduled for release later this year, Nov. 10.

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Everyone’s favorite marmalade-sandwich eating bear Paddington will be back next year, and the film’s first trailer shows plenty of the character’s slapstick and fun adventures, plus a couple of newcomers Grant and Brendan Gleeson joining the fun.

Ben Whishaw (Skyfall, The Lobster) who voiced Paddington in the 2014 original is back for the sequel. “Paddington 2” also stars Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi.

“Paddington” was a surprise critical and commercial hit, grossing $268 million worldwide, with director Paul King getting nominations in BAFTA Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Best British Film with producer David Heyman.

Paddington 2 is scheduled for a Jan. 12, 2018 release by The Weinstein Company. See trailer below.

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Luc Besson’s CGI spectacle this summer “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” has its final trailer released by STXfilms. This is somewhat a darker and more grim version of what we have seen of the movie so far. It is nonetheless dazzling display of sci-fi adventure that we come to expect from the French auteur.

The previous two trailers were more focused on fun camp aspects of the movie. As different in tone this new trailer is from previous trailers, it remains to be seen whether this new pitch of the film encompass the actual film’s look and feel.

‘Valerian’ is a futuristic adventure set in the 28th century, and involves Valerian and Laureline as a pair of special operative agents for the government keeping the order of human territories in space.

Scheduled for release in theaters July 21, 2017, the Luc Besson film stars Dane DeHaan in the title role of ‘Valerian’ and Cara Delevingne as “Laureline” and includes an eclectic group of actors such as Dane DeHaan, Clive Owen, Ethan Hawke, Rihanna, John Goodman, Rutger Hauer, Herbie Hancock and Kris Wu.

Check out the amazing trailer below:

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It looks like director Matt Reeves has another winner. The final trailer for his’ “War For The Planet Of The Apes” has been released by 20th Century Fox, and it is bold and thrilling. So far, this is the most action-packed trailer of the movie as the studio gears up for it’s release.

The trailer shows humans and apes prepare for a direct confrontation as the ruthless colonel (Woody Harrelson) plots to exterminate the apes. “Years from now, your children will ask what you did in the greatest war and you can tell them I fought to protect this world.”

This is Reeves’ second film in the series after “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” which was a critical and commercial hit, grossing more than $700 million globally. Last October, it was reported that the fourth film in the ‘Apes’ series is already in the works.

“War for the Planet of the Apes” arrives in theaters on July 14.

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Todd Haynes is not exactly known for making films for all ages, having recently directed provocative R-rated films ‘Carol’, and ‘I’m Not There’. But it’s always great to see inspired artists work outside of their comfort zone.

‘Wonderstruck’ is Haynes’ new movie that is set to debut a week from now at the Cannes Film Festival, which is celebrating it’s 70th anniversary edition, competing for the Palme d’Or in the main competition section.

The movie is set in two time periods, 1927 and 1977. The trailer started in the modern day, in full color, with Ben (Oakes Fegley of ‘Pete’s Dragon’) playing around the American Museum of Natural History, followed by scenes of Rose (Millicent Simmonds) from the past and in black and white.

Scheduled for limited release on October 20, and to be distributed by Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions, the film also stars Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams,

Here’s the official synopsis from the studio’s youtube page:

Based on Brian Selznick’s critically acclaimed novel Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his home and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out on quests to find what they are missing that unfold with mesmerizing symmetry.

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Paramount Pictures dropped the latest trailer for “Baywatch” and looks more like a spoof than a reboot of the classic TV series. Extremely good-looking people are still there running in slow motion, except this time with an extra surface of rude and super lewd R-rated comedy.

It is also more action-packed than previous trailers of the move we have seen previously, which suggests the studio is finally rolling out is promo blitz two weeks before the film’s release. If luck is on Paramount’s side, this could be this year’s surprise hit “21 jump street” or the start of a franchise ala “Hangover”, both of which attracted frat guys and sorority girls into the summer’s multiplexes.

It helps that the film is directed by Seth Gordon, the man who turned modestly budgeted Horrible Bosses and Identity Thief into certified $100 million hits, and stars Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron, who both attract sizable following.

Also starring, Priyanka Chopra, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Jon Bass, Hannibal Buress, and Rob Huebel, Baywatch is scheduled for release on May 25.