Noel Fielding, which you’ll recognize from The Great British Baking Show, portrays Dick Turpin in the Apple TV series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.
Turpin is a legendary British motorway robber. He seeks fresh adventures with his gang of rogues, trying to escape the thief-taker.
The trailer looks hilarious, and the talented supporting cast includes Hugh Bonneville, Mark Heap, Tamsin Greig, and Marc Wootton.
Check out the cast for the next Guy Ritchie film, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusamokun, Henrique Zaga, Til Schweiger, Henry Golding and Cary Elwes.
The book “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops,” by Damien Lewis, the story follows the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Of course, the film has a flavorful Ritchie twist, making it an action comedy.
A small group of military officials that includes author Ian Fleming. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques. Ultimately, their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British SAS (Special Air Service) and modern Black Ops warfare.
Films directed by Guy Ritchie:
Sherlock Holmes
Chris Renaud directed Illumination’s Despicable Me 4, which continues seven years of Gru, the world’s favorite supervillain turned Anti-Villain League agent. Gru returns for an exciting, bold new era of Minions mayhem.
The animated franchise begins a new chapter as Gru, voiced by Steve Carrell; Lucy, voiced by Kristen Wiig, and their girls Margo, voiced by Miranda Cosgrove; Edith, voiced by Dana Gaier, and Agnes, voiced by Madison Polan—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad.
Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal, voiced by Will Ferrell and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, voiced by Sofia Vergara, and the family is forced to go on the run.
The film features fresh new characters voiced by Joey King, Stephen Colbert and Chloe Fineman. Pierre Coffin returns as the iconic voice of the Minions, and Steve Coogan returns as Silas Ramsbottom.
Films directed by Chris Renaud include:
Despicable Me
Despicable Me 2
The Lorax
The Secret Life of Pets
Directed by Peter Farrelly, Ricky Stanicky follows three childhood best friends who pull a prank gone wrong. They invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble!
Twenty years after creating this ‘friend,’ Dean, JT, and Wes, played by Zac Efron, Andrew Santino, and Jermaine Fowler, still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior.
When their spouses and partners get suspicious and demand to meet the fabled Mr. Stanicky, the guilty trio hires a washed-up actor and raunchy celebrity impersonator, “Rock Hard” Rod, played by John Cena. Together, they bring him to life.
But when Rod takes his role of a lifetime too far, they begin to wish they’d never invented Ricky. Additional cast members include William H. Macy, Lex Scott Davis and Anja Savcic.
Films directed by Peter Farrelly:
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
There’s Something About Mary
Dumb and Dumber
Coming to Prime Video, Carlson Young directed the rom-com Upgraded. The story follows Ana, played by Camila Mendes, an ambitious intern dreaming of a career as an art dealer.
She tries to impress her demanding boss, Claire, played by Marisa Tomei.
When Ana’s upgraded to first class on a work trip, she meets handsome Will, played by Archie Renaux. He mistakes Ana for her boss, a white lie that sets off a glamorous chain of events.
The story turns to romance and opportunity until her fib threatens to surface, delivering a similar storyline to The Devil Wears Prada.
Carlson Young is also an actress and writer, starring in Disney’s As the Belle Rings. She directed The Blazing World and Peel: Catch & Release music video.
You may consider Lisa Frankenstein the funniest, goriest undead romance seen all year.
Surviving high school is hard enough on its own—add in the trauma of your mom, an axe-murdered, in your living room, and it becomes virtually impossible to cope.
Just ask Lisa Swallows, played by Kathryn Newton, the awkward 17-year-old trying to adjust to a new school and life after her mother’s demise and her father’s hasty remarriage.
Despite the unwavering support offered by plucky cheerleader step-sister Taffy, played by Liza Soberano, Lisa only finds solace in the abandoned cemetery near her house. She finds her commonality with a young man who died in 1837, tending his grave.
But everything changes one dark and stormy night in the fall of 1989. After being humiliated, Lisa makes a desperate and heartfelt wish—to be with the young man in the world beyond. When a monstrous-looking corpse, played by Cole Sprouse, turns up the following evening, Lisa realizes a cosmic misunderstanding happened.
Still, she feels obligated to help the poor soul regain his humanity, and she embarks on a quest to breathe new life into her long-dead companion. All she needs to succeed are some freshly harvested body parts and Taffy’s broken tanning bed.
A genuinely electrifying new horror-comedy, coming-of-rage romance comes from Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody. The film also stars Carla Gugino, Joe Chrestnd, and Henry Eikenberry.
Director Zelda Williams makes her feature debut with the wildly inventive new film Cody and Mason Novick produce under his MXN Entertainment banner.
Written and directed by Leah McKendrick, Scrambled is about a quintessential eternal bridesmaid, Nellie Robinson, played by Leah McKendrick. She constantly finds herself between weddings, baby showers, and bad dates.
When she feels like the clock is ticking and faces bleak romantic prospects, Nellie freezes her eggs — setting her on an empowering journey to a brave new world where she ultimately discovers “the one” she’s looking for might be herself.
The supporting cast includes Ego Nwodim, André Santini, Adam Rodríguez, Laura Cerón, and Clancy Brown.
Singer, actress and filmmaker, McKendrick’s films include:
M.F.A.
Baby Steps
A Nice Girl Like You
Organize Chaos
Produced, written and directed by Kobi Libii, The American Society of Magical Negroes follows Aren, played by Justice Smith. He joins a magical group of negroes to help make white people’s lives easier.
Everything seems fine until Aren follows his heart instead of what the ASOMN tells him to do.
The satire premieres at The Sundance Film Festival in 2024.
The cast includes Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Michaela Watkins, Aisha Hinds, Tim Baltz, Rupert Friend and Nicole Byer.
Thomas Vincent directed Role Play, a comedy that features an all-star cast including Kaley Cuoco, David Oyelowo, Connie Nielsen and Bill Nighy.
The screenplay, co-written by Andrew Baldwin and Seth W. Owen, depicts a young couple, played by Cuoco and Oyelowo, whose lives take a dramatic turn when they uncover each other’s secrets from the past.
Kelsey Mann makes his feature directorial debut with Inside Out 2, an upcoming American animated film from Pixar and Disney.