News Shotgun 5/9
Nicolas Cage is playing Joe Exotic, Robocop coming to Mortal Kombat 11, Cate Blanchett in talks to star in the Borderlands movie, National Treasure is getting a Disney+ series, Boba Fett is coming to The Mandalorian and more in this week’s return of the News Shotgun.
Admit One 8/16
Another jam-packed weekend at the box office as 5 wildly different movies open up; The Angry Birds Movie 2, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, Good Boys, Blinded by the Light and Where’d You Go, Bernadette.
Admit One 2/22
Both of this week’s new releases are incredibly well received by critics as the How to Train Your Dragon saga comes to a close with The Hidden World and the story of the WWE’s Paige is told in Fighting with My Family.
Action Hero of the Week: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
With his dragon best friend Toothless, Viking Hiccup fights to maintain the peace between humans and dragons on his island home of Berk and stop anyone who threatens that peace like ruthless hunters and warlords.
Hanna Goes On the Run in March on Amazon Prime (Trailer)
Based on the 2011 thriller from Joe Wright, Amazon is bringing Hanna to Prime Video in March with a new original series starring Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman.
Andy Serkis Puts His Spin on The Jungle Book in Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (Trailer)
Originally supposed to have already been out in theaters, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle is coming in December to Netflix (and select theaters) with Andy Serkis behind the camera bringing a different and darker take on The Jungle Book.
Battle at the Box Office 9/24
Eli Roth’s family-friendly spookfest The House With a Clock In Its Walls was the only bright spot in one of the worst performing weekends at the box office in 2018, taking #1 as the three other new releases failed spectacularly.
Admit One 9/21
Eli Roth goes family-friendly, Michael Moore tackles Trump and Dan Fogelman tries to replicate his This is Us success on the big screen this weekend at theaters.