There have been several trailers and/or teasers for Deadpool 2, but now in its second, full-length trailer, we finally get a taste of some action!
The film stars Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, Josh Brolin as Cable, Zazie Beet as Domino. Other cast members are Morena Baccarin, Terry Crews, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Leslie Uggams, Stefan Kapicic, and Karan Soni. It is still unknown what Crews’ role is.
While this trailer is action-packed, we still don’t know a lot of the plot, but we can gather from it that this film will show the formation of the X-Force. There was a faux synopsis of the film released with this trailer as well, but don’t take it to heart: “After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor – finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World’s Best Lover.”
The sequel, which has reportedly tested higher than the original, will be released May 18.
Source: Shadow & Act
The film was but on an extreme fast track. Director X and Jackson were first announced to be attached to the film last December, with Mitchell and other key casting announcements announced in January, along with the speedy June 2018 release date. Production just recently wrapped in Atlanta.
Jackson will lead the film as Youngblood Priest, with Mitchell set to co-star Eddie, Lex Scott Davis as Georgia, Michael K. Williams as Scatter, Andrea Londo as Cynthia, Allen Maldonado as Litty, Jacob Ming-Trent as Fat Freddy and Omar Chapparo as Adalberto.
Future has curated the soundtrack and is producing with Joel Silver and Steven R. Shore, the son of the original film’s producer Sig Shore, will be an executive producer with Matthew Hirsch, Hal Sadoff and Aaron Ausch. Alex Tse is writing the script.
The original film, which was directed by Gordon Parks, Jr. starred Ron O’Neal as Youngblood Priest, a cocaine dealer trying to get out of the business, and centers on him securing one last deal before getting out. It resulted in two sequels, Super Fly T.N.T. and The Return of Superfly.
Parks, Jr.’s father (Gordon Parks), directed Shaft, which is considered the staple film in blaxploitation genre that took that generation by storm. The original Super Fly’s soundtrack, written and produced by Curtis Mayfield, was even more successful than the film, outgrossing its movie counterpart.
The film itself, now a cult classic, did garner criticism because of its portrayal of black people and drugs.
Director X, whose real name is Julien Christian Lutz, is an accomplished music video director, doing work for the likes of Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. His feature directorial debut was the Canadian drama film, Across the Line, which starred Stephan James.
This Super Fly remake comes as there is a booming development market for blaxploitation remakes. Kylie Bunbury is starring in a Get Christie Love TV series for ABC, Meagan Good is starring in a Foxy Brown series for Hulu, Jessie T. Usher is starring in an Untitled Shaft reboot and Misha Green is writing a Cleopatra Jones film remake — just to name a few.
Disney Channel star Skai Jackson has been cast in a series regular role for the upcoming Fox comedy pilot, Our People, from Lee Daniels and Modern Family EP Vali Chandrasekaran.
She joins The Mayor‘s Bernard David Jones, who is the lead along with Beth Behrs. Charles Parnell and Saidah Arrika Ekulona are also series regulars.
Our People is a single-camera comedy based on the Israeli show, Nevsu: A Young Multicultural Couple. The show will center on “Abel (Jones), a man from a bombastic African family (Jones) who doesn’t have a word in their native language for ‘privacy’ and his fiancée (Behrs) from a mid-western family trying to build a normal life together.”
Jackson will play Abel’s younger sister, Aisha.
She is most known for her roles in the Disney Channel shows Jessie and Bunk’d, as well as the TV film adaptation of The Watsons Go To Birmingham.
Source: Shadow & Act
Seth Rogen has set an all-star lineup for his upcoming “Hilarity for Charity” Netflix special.
The guest lineup for the comedy special includes: Tiffany Haddish, Sarah Silverman, Michelle Wolf, John Mulaney, James Corden,The Muppets, Post Malone, Nick Kroll, Kumail Nanjiani, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Che, and Craig Robinson & The Nasty Delicious.
Rogen and his wife Lauren Miller Rogen founded Hilarity for Charity in 2012 to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s disease. This year’s show–which will feature a mix of stand-up, sketches and music–will be the sixth annual “Hilarity for Charity,” but will be the first time the event has streamed on Netflix. It will be taped in front of a live audience in Los Angeles on March 24 and then released on Netflix in April.
“We started the Los Angeles variety show six years ago in order to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s, a disease that has touched so many families including my own,” said Miller Rogen. “Our goal is to educate a younger audience and ultimately create the next generation of advocates for the cause. I am so thrilled to be able to share this year’s show with an even larger audience through our partnership with Netflix and are proud to have them as a partner.”
Source: Variety, Netflix
Thirty-four years have passed, but the rivalry between Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence remains in the trailer for YouTube Red series “Cobra Kai.”
The streaming platform released the trailer for the upcoming “Karate Kid” spinoff, where Ralph Macchio and William Zabka will reprise their roles as adversaries.
The clip opens with a scene from the final “Karate Kid” battle, when Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso defeats Zabka’s Johnny Lawrence before flashing forward to present day. While Daniel is thriving with his own car dealership, Johnny appears to be struggling until he witnesses a teenager being bullied by a group of students.
Johnny defends the helpless teenager and decides to reopen karate dojo Cobra Kai. He then becomes the teenager’s sensei, but Daniel isn’t on board. “He thinks he can bring Cobra Kai back to the valley. Not on my watch,” Daniel says.
The preview ends with Daniel seemingly preparing for a fight and telling Johnny they aren’t done.
The series is written and executively produced by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg. It is produced by Overbrook Entertainment in association with Sony Pictures Television.
The show debuts at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 24 before premiering on YouTube Red on May 2. Watch the trailer below.
Source: Variety
Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon are forced to join the spy game in the first trailer for the Lionsgate comedy “The Spy Who Dumped Me.”
The trailer, released Wednesday, intros the duo as masters of spycraft with the proclamation “In 2018, women are killing it,” followed by a James Bond-style montage with Michael Buble singing Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good.”
That tone is quickly eliminated as Kunis and McKinnon — who play best friends — fail at trying to abscond a car because Kunis cannot drive a stick shift and the car crashes into a newstand at 3 miles per hour.
It turns out that the pair has been unexpectedly thrust into an international conspiracy when Justin Theroux, portraying the ex-boyfriend of Kunis’ character and a former CIA agent, shows up at her apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.
They find themselves on the run in Europe from the assassins and a British agent, played by Sam Heughan. By the end of the trailer, they’re driving like pros and offing villains. “Oh my god, oh my god, I just killed someone,” Kunis shrieks while running through the street.
Susanna Fogel directed from a script she wrote with David Iserson. Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are the producers through Imagine Entertainment. The film was shot in Budapest, Hungary, last summer. “The Spy Who Dumped Me” lands in theaters on Aug. 3.
Source: Variety
Here’s our very first episode of Humor Mill @ The Movies, and first up is Warner Bros. remake of the smash video game hit of Tomb Raider! (Yeah, we know the review is a little bit late, but give us some time, they are about to start coming out much faster!)
The fate of humanity rests in her hands. Alicia Vikander is Lara Croft. #TombRaider
Check out our review below;
Actress-comedian Jessica “Jess Hilarious” Moore has been cast as the female lead opposite Lil Rel Howery in the Fox comedy pilot Rel, executive produced by Jerrod Carmichael and Mike Scully.
She replaces Angel Laketa Moore, who had been originally cast in the role. The recasting decision was made after the pilot’s table read.
Written/executive produced by Josh Rabinowitz & Kevin Barnett and Howery, and inspired by Howery’s real life, Rel, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers on Lil Rel (Howery), a prideful, self-made success who lives by the code to “always believe in yourself and great things will come.” Rel finds that attitude put to the test when he learns his wife is having an affair with his own barber. He tries to rebuild his life post-divorce as a long-distance single father on the West Side of Chicago who’s on a quest for love, respect and a new barber.
Moore will play Tiffany, Rel’s supportive, kind and driven best friend.
Moore has appeared on Wild ‘n Out and All Def Comedy. She found popularity with her comedic online videos and became an Instagram star with her comedy skits, including the hit “Jess with the Mess” segment.
Moore is repped by ICM Partners and Gary Abdo.
Source: Deadline
In Fox pilot castings news, The Mayor’s Bernard David Jones has been cast opposite Beth Behrs in Fox’s Our People, the single-camera comedy exec produced by Lee Daniels.
Based on Endemol’s Israeli format, the comedy revolves around a man (Jones) from a bombastic African family who doesn’t have a word in their native language for “privacy” and his fiancée (Behrs) from a Midwestern family try to build a normal life together. Though nobody can agree what that “normal” means.
Vali Chandrasekaran penned the 20th TV pilot.
Sinbad is returning to Fox.
The actor/stand-up comedian has been tapped to co-star in Fox comedy pilot Rel, marking his first series regular role in more than two decades.
Inspired by Lil Rel’s life, he stars as a prideful, self-made success who lives by the code to “always believe in yourself and great things will come,” finds that attitude put to the test when he learns his wife is having an affair with his own barber. He tries to rebuild his life post-divorce as a long-distance single father on the South Side of Chicago who is on a quest for love, respect and a new barber.
Sinbad will play Rel’s dad, and the father to Nat (Jordan L. Jones), who seems to care more about his reputation in the community than he does about the happiness of his sons.
Written by Kevin Barnett and Josh Rabinowitz, the duo exec produce alongside their The Carmichael Show collaborators Mike Scully and Jerrod Carmichael. Scully is set as showrunner. Gerry Cohen directs the multicamera comedy from 20th TV. Angel Laketa Moore co-stars.
Rel is Sinbad’s first series regular role since he starred on since The Sinbad Show, which aired on Fox for one season in the 1993-94 season. His live-action roles include A Different World and The Redd Foxx Show. He’s repped by CAA and Root Sacharow.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter