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New Poltergeist Trailer – The evil forces still don’t like suburban families

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It’s just a couple of months until we get to see what the reimagining of Poltergeist hits cinemas, with many people still unsure whether taking on the 1982 classic was worth it. The first trailer helped many get over an innate dislike of the entire idea of the movie, but there’s still a lot of fence sitting.

Now a new trailer has arrived.

The movie follow Eric and Amy Bowen (Sam Rockwell and Rosemarie DeWitt), who move into a suburban home with their 8-year-old daughter Madison (Kennedi Clements). As you’d expect, there are some supernatural entities that don’t want them there and end up abducting Madison. Jared Harris plays the supernatural researcher brought in to help.

The film is described as a contemporary update of the original, with producer Sam Raimi commenting, “The original film commented on how we’ve let television get out of control, babysitting our kids. It’s only gotten worse with the handheld portable devices. Screens are everywhere.” Gil Kenan directs.

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Live-Action Winnie The Pooh Coming From Disney – Another of their property is getting a fresh adaptation

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Disney really is determined to turn every animated property they have into a live-action movie, as just a couple of days after it was announced they’re making a live-action Mulan comes news that Winnie The Pooh is heading to the real world (well, kind of, as presumably he’ll be CG).

Alex Ross Perry as been set to oversee and shape the movie. While he is a writer and director (including the praised indie movie Listen Up Philip), it’s not clear if he’ll be filling both those job on the Winnie The Pooh film, or just one of them.

It will be slightly different to the Pooh animated tales and books though, as in this film Christopher Robin is all grown up and has left the 100 Acre Wood behind, and is now dealing with adult problems. However he finds himself journeying to the land of his youth and rediscovering all his old friends.

Winnie joins Disney increasingly long list of live action adaptations, with Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent and Cinderella already released and the likes of The Jungle Book, Through The Looking Glass, Pete’s Dragon, Dumbo, Mulan and Beauty and the Beast in the works.

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Kristen Stewart Up For Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk – Ang Lee’s films gets a new actor

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Kristen Stewart’s career hasn’t exactly taken off outside the Twilight Saga, but joining up with a director with Ang Lee’s pedigree she’ll be hoping Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk will be a success.

TheWrap reports she’ll join Steve Martin, Garrett Hedlund, and Joe Alwyn in the adaptation of Ben Fountain’s novel, about 19-year-old soldier Billy Lynn and his squad, who survive an Iraq battle that is captured by embedded news cameras, causing them to become celebrated as heroes.

They are brought home by the US administration for a promotional tour that culminates at the halftime show of a Thanksgiving Day football game in Texas, before they are returned to the war. Almost the entire movie takes place during the game, with flashes away to other events.

Stewart will be Billy’s beloved older sister, Kathryn.

Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) wrote the script, which is due to start shooting later this month. It’s not clear yet when it will be in cinemas.

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Anna Kendrick Up For Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates – She joins Zac Efron and Adam DeVine

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It looks like there’s going to be a mini Pitch Perfect reunion on the set of Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, as Kendrick will reteam with Adam Devine on the movie, which also has Zac Efron set to star.

THR reports on Kedrick signing up, saying “wild child with a romantic heart”, who answers Devine and Efron’s hard-partying and immature brothers’ ad asking for dates to a wedding (as if Efron couldn’t ask just about anyone with a pulse to accompany him). Kendrick answers the advert and gets paired up with Efron.

However while the brothers hoped their dates would keep them on the straight and narrow, it turns out the women like to party even harder than the men.

Jake Szymanski is directing from a screenplay by Brendan O’Brien and Andrew J. Cohen (Neighbors), with a July 2016 release set.

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Masterminds Trailer – Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson & Jason Sudeikis go on a heist

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Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson & Jason Sudeikis get together for an unusual true story tale with Masterminds, where they’re planning a big robbery.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Zach Galifianakis (THE HANGOVER) leads a sterling comedy cast along with Kristen Wiig (BRIDESMAIDS), Owen Wilson (ZOOLANDER) and Jason Sudeikis (HORRIBLE BOSSES) in this hilarious true story in which a half-brained night guard at an armoured car company manages to pull off one of the biggest bank heists in US history.’

‘Masterminds is released in cinemas on 7th August 2015

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Straight Outta Compton Trailer – Plus posters for the NWA biopic

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We will all be able to find out more about the history of that hippity hop the kids are into these days, as Straight Outta Compton, a biopic of genre pioneers NWA is on its way and now we’ve got a set of posters and a trailer.

And can I say that O’Shea Jackson Jr. looks impressively like the person he plays, Ice Cube.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.

‘Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E, Straight Outta Compton is directed by F. Gary Gray (Friday, Set It Off, The Italian Job). The drama is produced by original N.W.A. members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, who are joined by fellow producers Matt Alvarez and Tomica Woods-Wright. Will Packer serves as executive producer of the film alongside Gray.’

It’ll be out in the UK on August 14th.

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