Directed by Niki Caro, Mulan is the live-action feature film of the animated feature film the Disney Studios produced in 1998.
A young Chinese maiden, played by Yifei Liu, disguises herself as a male warrior so she can save her father.
Caro’s directing credits include The Zookeeper’s Wife, North Country, and Whale Rider. The screenplay has several co-writers, including Lauren Hynek, Rick Jaffa, Elizabeth Martin, and Amanda Silver.
Disney Studios is quiet about the storyline, but rumors are the dragon Mushu, voiced by Eddie Murphy in the original animated movie, will not be in this movie.
I was skeptical about the film, but after seeing the second trailer, I am utterly interested. I hope the story holds throughout and is not too slow.
The third trailer shows us more of the action and the story. It introduces the fact that the enemy has a witch fighting with him. I don’t think that was in the original animated version. So, there are some changes, which make this more unique and promising.
It is all about stunts, and Mulan has plenty of action sequences.
Directed by Joachim Rønning, story by Linda Woolverton, and the screenplay by Woolverton, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, and Noah Harpster, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil follows Maleficent. Played by Angelina Jolie and her goddaughter Aurora, played by Elle Fanny, begin to question the complex family ties that bind them. Being pulled in different directions, they face the impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.
A fantasy story begins several years after Maleficent. The story continues to discover the different relationships between the horned fairy and the soon to be Queen. They develop more alliances while facing new enemies in their agony and hardship to protect the moors and the magical creatures that live within the forest.
The movie is available on Amazon. and I recommend you get it because it is a strong story and entertaining.
Screenwriters Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster worked together on the episodic show Transparency and A Beautiful Place in the Neighborhood with Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers.
The movie also stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Ed Skrein.
The featurette is short and sweet and to the point. Jolie is fantastic as Maleficent.
The next featurette tells us more about the movie and why there is a sequel. It looks like so much fun.
The next three clips show the choices each character has to make to handle the changes that are occurring in the story.
Directed by Walt Dohrn, Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return in a massive cast of talented stars to the sequel Trolls World Tour. The movie is an adventure. We follow Poppy, played by Kendrick, and Branch, played by Timberlake, to a place where they discover they are but one of six different Troll tribes. Each scattered over six different lands and devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop, and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder.
A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb, played by Rachel Bloom, aided by her father King Thrash, played by Ozzy Osbourne, wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme.
Because the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Biggie, played by James Corden, Chenille, played by Caroline Hjelt, Satin, played by Aino Jawo, Cooper, played by Ron Funches, and Guy Diamond, played by Kunal Nayyar — set out to visit all the other lands. They visit the different territories to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage them all.
Cast as members of the different musical tribes is one the largest and most acclaimed groups of artistic talent ever assembled for an animated film. The cast list continues with the land of Funk are Mary J. Blige, George Clinton, and Anderson. Paak. Representing Country is Kelly Clarkson as Delta Dawn, with Sam Rockwell as Hickory and Flula Borg as Dickory. J Balvin brings Reggaeton, while Ester Dean adds to the Pop tribe. Anthony Ramos brings the beat in Techno, and Jamie Dornan covers smooth jazz. World-renowned conductor and violinist Gustavo Dudamel appears as Trollzart and Charlyne Yi as Pennywhistle from the land of Classical. And Kenan Thompson raps as a hip-hop new Troll named Tiny Diamond.
Dohrn served as co-director on Trolls and is co-directed by David P. Smith and co-produced by Kelly Cooney Cilella, both of whom worked on the first Trolls. Trolls World Tour will also feature original music by Justin Timberlake, who earned an Oscar nomination for his song for 2016’s Trolls, “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”
The second trailer is fun to watch, and I guarantee you will laugh because it is so silly.
The String by String featurette shows some behind the scenes clips with Justin Timberlake. Kids will enjoy the story and watch it over and over again.
Directed by Dan Scanlon, Onward is a Disney and Pixar movie with the substance leaning heavily toward Pixar. The story takes place in a suburban fantasy world where two teenage elf brothers, played by Tom Holland and Chris Pratt, drive off in their van on a journey to discover if there is still magic out there.
Scanlon works for Pixar as a miscellaneous crew, writer, and director. His credits include Monster University as a writer and director, and Brave and Inside Out as miscellaneous crew.
The other cast members currently listed are Octavia Spencer and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
The second trailer is almost a minute longer than the first trailer and tells us the story about the two boys using magic to bring back their father. It’s a road movie like Finding Nemo, an adventure where they run into all sorts of magical creatures. Watch the trailer until the very end because it is hilarious. Onward is going to be one of the best Pixar movies yet.
The third trailer tells us the story and the premise of the movie.
The featurette will get under your skin and drive you to see this movie.
The next three featurettes are kind of fun to watch and share a little information about the Pixar movie.
And, now, a publicity clip and another movie clip you might not be able to see because it could be blocked.
Written and co-directed by Jill Culton, Abominable is a DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s co-production. The story follows Yi, voiced by Chloe Bennet, as she encounters a young Yeti on her apartment building’s rooftop in Shanghai. Her impish friends Jin, voiced by Tenzing Norgay, and Peng, voiced by Albert Tsai, named the Yeti “Everest.”
They embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. The journey takes audiences on an epic 2,000-mile adventure from the streets of Shanghai to the breathtaking Himalayan snowscapes.
But the trio has to stay one step ahead of Burnish, voiced by Eddie Izzard. Eddie is a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti along with zoologist Dr. Zara, voiced by Sarah Paulson. If Yi and her friends can’t evade these two evildoers, they might not help Everest get home.
Culton’s directing credits include Open Season, Monsters, Inc., and Toy Story 2, and the movie is co-directed by Todd Wilderman, who directed Trolls and Crood.
The movie clip looks like a fun movie to see with the kids. It’s magical and spontaneous.
The movie clip explains more about the silliness and craziness that goes on with their newfound friend.
The featurette shows how the voice cast values the story, and it relates to their heritage.
Directed by Jeff Fowler, Sonic the Hedgehog is a live-action adventure comedy based on a popular videogame franchise from Sega. The story follows infamously brash bright blue hedgehog named Sonic, played by Ben Schwartz, and his misadventures.
He navigates the complexities of life on Earth with his newfound – human – best friend Tom Wachowski, played by James Marsden. Sonic and Tom join forces to try and stop the villainous Dr. Robotnik, played by Jim Carrey, from capturing Sonic and using his immense powers for world domination.
Patrick Casey and Josh Miller are the first two listed screenwriters attached to the movie. The movie shares a total of eight writers.
The film also stars Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Neal McDonough, and Adam Pally.
Here is the second trailer for the movie and a new look for Sonic. Do you see the difference?
The next three clips show how the movie is silly enough for kids to enjoy.
I like the Superbowl ad since it shows some funny stuff with Carrey and who Sonic fights. But for what purpose?
The next installment of The Addams Family is an animated family.
Co-directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, The Addams Family, like the television series, the animated movie is silly and dorky. The infamous family once again arrives in a different version – animated.
The television show went from featured film to Broadway and now back as an animated feature film. The family’s trademark of snapping their fingers is being played up in the trailer.
The studio is calling the movie the “first animated comedy about this creepy and kooky clan.” The conflict that keeps the story the movie interesting is not revealed yet. We know the family is still weird, outlandish, bizarre, and keeping to the original Addams Family behavior from the television show.
The all-star voice cast includes Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler, and Allison Janney.
Here is the Instagram version of the trailer. The difference is it’s shorter, and there are captions like a meme.
The next trailer tells us more about the story. Wednesday altering the class Science project by bringing the frogs back to life is hilarious.
The next movie clip shows what to expect from beginning to the end of the movie – intentional mishaps to and fro.
The next clip is for those diehard fans who watched the television series, Broadway show, and movies.
Directed by Peter Segal with the screenplay by Jon and Erich Hoeber, My Spy introduces us to JJ, a hardened CIA operative, played by Dave Bautista. Recently demoted, he finds himself at the mercy of an exceptionally smart 9-year-old girl, named Sophie played by Chloe Coleman.
Working undercover and assigned to surveil Sophie’s family undercover, he wishes he did not have to do this job. She discovers his hidden cameras in their apartment and uses her sharp technical skills to locate where the surveillance operation originates.
Caught in the act and in exchange for not blowing JJ’s cover, Sophie connives him to spend time with her and teach her to be a spy. Despite his reluctance, JJ finds he is no match for Sophie’s unforgiving charm and wit.
Here is the new poster. It is not that much different from the earlier except for the “Amazon Original” at the top.
I was skeptical about this movie but then saw the trailer. It looks funny, and kids will laugh and be entertained.
The movie has ended up at Amazon, where it streams for Prime members and non-members. The new trailer below adds the Amazon titling to make it official.
Directed by James Bobin, Dora and The Lost City of Gold is how I pictured Dora the Explore’s first movie. Though, I don’t see the map in the movie trailer.
Rightly so, Dora, played by Isabela Moner, spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, played by Eva Longoria and Michael Pena, nothing could prepare Dora for her most crazy adventure – High School.
While on a High School field trip Dora and her friends get kidnapped because her parents are looking for a lost city of gold, and the kidnappers think Dora is their way of finding her parents.
L-r, Eva Longoria, Isabela Moner and Michael Peña star in Paramount Pictures’ “DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD.”
Dora is self-sufficient with her backpack and always the explorer. She quickly finds herself leading Boots, her best friend in the cartoon series – a monkey, Diego, played by Jeff Wahlberg, a mysterious jungle inhabitant, played by Eugenio Derbez, and a ragtag group of teens on a live-action adventure to get away from the kidnappers, save her parents, and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost city of gold.
In this clip, we see her parents trying so hard to protect Dora from city life.
Moner is known for her singing career and her performance in the movie Instant Family, where she wrote and sang the movie’s theme song “I’ll Stay.”
The second trailer shows us plenty more of what to expect from Dora with a quick short cut to the Swiper. It looks like the movie is following some of Nickelodeon‘s series.
Directed by Gilles de Maistre, Mia and the White Lion follows ten-year-old Mia, played by Daniah De Villiers. Her life is turned upside down when her family decides to leave London to manage a lion farm in Africa. The movie is filmed in South Africa with gorgeous landscapes and expansive views.
When a beautiful white lion, Charlie, is born, Mia finds happiness again and develops a special bond with the growing cub. During this time the movie was shot throughout three years. The young stars De Villiers and Ryan Mac Lennan, who plays Mia’s brother, could bond and develop genuine relationships with the lions and other animals in the film.
When Charlie reaches three, Mia’s life is rocked once again as she uncovers an upsetting secret hidden by her father, played by Langley Kirkwood. Distraught that Charlie could be in danger, Mia decides to rescue him. The two friends set out on an incredible journey across the South African savanna, searching for a sanctuary where Charlie can live out his life in freedom.
The movie also stars Mélanie Laurent as Mia’s mother.
Prune de Maistre and William Davies co-write the screenplay. Davies is known for writing How To Train Your Dragon and Puss in Boots. The movie is based on Maistre’s original idea, and this is her first produced screenplay.
This is a heartfelt movie, and the trailer embarrassingly brought tears to my eyes. I am a pushover for sentimental films about animals.
