Trailers & New Movies: Coming Soon to a Cinema Near You!

[Miss Dee]

Could you update it with a trans man or woman, I wonder? Like, the landlord would accept a straight man living with two women but not a trans woman, so she passes as a man to keep living there? (If that is offensive, please be frank and tell me; I'm trying to learn more but I'm by no means enlightened as yet.)

Of course they'd never consider casting a trans woman for the part, so it's just as well its not a likely storyline.

[JBC344]

Three's Company is going to be rebooted as a movie.  Are we supposed to believe that a straight guy has to pretend to be gay in order to be able to rent a room?

 

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/threes-company-movie-adaptation-in-the-works-20160420

When I first saw this headline, I thought.  Oh cool they are going to do a serious adaptation of the behind the scenes of Three's Company.  The making of, Suzanne Somers leaving, being replaced, etc.  I thought that could be interesting and a great way to show the power dynamics of women in the industry back in the late 70's early 80's. 

 

Then I realized that no it is just a reboot of the actual storyline of Three's Company, which updated will be what?  A friendship comedy between two women and a man?  Why bother calling it Three's Company?  

 

Attention writers, if the premise of said original show is not applicable in today's society (man pretending to be gay to live with two women) then please stop trying to cash in on the name when the new movie will bear no resemblance to the plot of the original show.

[Slade347]

The movie will take place in the 70's, so I guess the pretending to be gay concept might make some sense. However, the people watching the film will be seeing it through a 2016 prism and it's hard to imagine the casual homophobic jokes that were a staple of that show landing with anything but a thud. Oh and let's face it, what made that show work when it did was John Ritter, and sadly, he's not walking through the door anytime soon.

 

Regarding The Girl on the Train, as someone who just finished the novel I gotta say that I'm disappointed they switched the locale from London to New York.The setting was probably my favorite part of the book.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

The movie will take place in the 70's, so I guess the pretending to be gay concept might make some sense. However, the people watching the film will be seeing it through a 2016 prism and it's hard to imagine the casual homophobic jokes that were a staple of that show landing with anything but a thud. Oh and let's face it, what made that show work when it did was John Ritter, and sadly, he's not walking through the door anytime soon.

 

Yeah, I'm calling it now, this is gonna go over like a fart in an elevator. The premise was fairly dated even back in the seventies, but modern sensibilities won't know how to react except to hate it.

[methodwriter85]

Yeah, I'm calling it now, this is gonna go over like a fart in an elevator. The premise was fairly dated even back in the seventies, but modern sensibilities won't know how to react except to hate it.

Read: The "All is All" joke that would have worked when Zoolander came out in 2001, but was soundly rejected by 2016 audiences in the sequel.

 

The premise only really works for people who grew up in a time when co-habituating was considered a bad thing. Nowadays, more people are choosing to have actual families without marrying their spouses.

 

Of course they'd never consider casting a trans woman for the part, so it's just as well its not a likely storyline.

 

Knowing Hollywood, they'd cast Jennifer Lawrence or Emma Stone to play the transwoman who dresses up like a man because they have deep voices and then call it a day.

Edited April 25, 2016 by methodwriter85

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Knowing Hollywood, they'd cast Jennifer Lawrence or Emma Stone to play the transwoman who dresses up like a man because they have deep voices and then call it a day.

 

They could get Eddie Redmayne, I guess. But then it'd be The Danish Girl all over again.

[methodwriter85]

They could rip off Bosom Buddies and have Jack dress up as a woman named "Jackie" so he can stay in the all-female apartment complex.

[Joe]

In completely inexplicable news, there is a writer for a Borderlands movie, based on the Gearbox game. I've played all three games, many hours, but not for the plots. It's all about shooting things and getting better guns so you can shoot more things and get better guns. Though sometimes you kill them with grenades, punching, or some crazy power. And the writer is Aaron Berg. He's written GI Joe 3 and Section 6. Neither have been produced yet.

 

So an unproven writer, a source material with minimal plot. A strange move.

[VCRTracking]

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The movie will take place in the 70's, so I guess the pretending to be gay concept might make some sense. However, the people watching the film will be seeing it through a 2016 prism and it's hard to imagine the casual homophobic jokes that were a staple of that show landing with anything but a thud. Oh and let's face it, what made that show work when it did was John Ritter, and sadly, he's not walking through the door anytime soon.

What made John Ritter perfect as Jack Tripper was he could act as "randy" to use the British slang as any straight guy could be living with two attractive women but you knew he wouldn't really do anything inappropriate.

[BetterButter]

[VCRTracking]

JGL's voice as Snowdon is hilarious.

I first read an excerpt from "The Cell" in Entertainment Weekly years ago. Interesting take on the zombie story.

Whoa, Jon Hamm and Gwendoline Christie are going to be in the AbFab movie!

[Rick Kitchen]

Good God, this looks awful.

 

[Popples]

11 hours ago, Rick Kitchen said:

Good God, this looks awful.

 

 

Gambling debts Yachts don't pay for themselves.

[xaxat]

Hasn't Adam Sandler made this movie already. . .twice. . .with Christopher Walken even?

[methodwriter85]

I cannot believe that he's willing to throw away all the respect he's gotten for House of Cards after a decade mired in mediocrity to make yet another horrible movie choice.

[BetterButter]

[Shannon L.]

I don't usually go for movies like Bad Moms, but I may just check that one out (matinee only, though).  I can so relate....and I've run across many perfect moms in the past 17 years that had me fighting to not roll my eyes.  This might just be the ultimate fantasy movie for me right now. 

[Athena]

Me Before You Official Trailer #2:

 

Nice Guys Retro Trailer:

 

Tulip Fever with Alicia Vikander, Christoph Waltz, Judi Dench, and more. It's Shakespeare in Love mixed in with Girl with the Pearl Earring:

 

[VCRTracking]

[Cobalt Stargazer]

4 hours ago, Athena said:

Nice Guys Retro Trailer:

 

 

I'm looking forward to The Nice Guys if only to see Russell Crowe punch Ryan Gosling right in the pornstache. Also, "Introducing Kim Basinger"? Hee!

[AimingforYoko]

The Nice Guys looks like Shane Black at his Blackest.

[galax-arena]

Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden (based on Sarah Waters' Fingersmith):

ETA: Someone mentioned that they edited out the f/f kissing for the South Korean trailer. LOL, I can imagine people going to see the movie because ~~Park Chan-wook~~ and then being taken aback by all the gay. Like when people went to see Carol for Cate Blanchett and had no idea that the movie was about lesbians. 

Edited May 5, 2016 by galax-arena

[raezen]

Am I the only one who sees the trailer for Tulip Fever and thinks this just looks like Shakespeare in Love? 

[Spartan Girl]

Nope, that's what I thought too.

[Athena]

45 minutes ago, raezen said:

Am I the only one who sees the trailer for Tulip Fever and thinks this just looks like Shakespeare in Love? 

Nope because they even mention it in the trailer. Tom Stoppard adapted both screenplays and the Weinsteins produced them both. 

[Sara2009]

" Tulip Fever" is also a novel, though I'm not sure how similar it is to " Shakespeare in Love."

[BetterButter]

[Chrissytd]

Edited May 12, 2016 by Chrissytd

[dusang]

Is it just me or does the new forum always not show the video title on the embedded video anymore?

[Rick Kitchen]

Unfortunately, that's true.  Ugh, I hate this new format.

[Athena]

19 minutes ago, dusang said:

Is it just me or does the new forum always not show the video title on the embedded video anymore?

It does not, but even the past, it is better to write the title or a description of the video because it can found through search later.

On the up side, the video script is not actually loaded until a user clicks on it; this new format actually helps with loading thread pages faster with lots of video.

[Crs97]

Love & Friendship looks delightful!

[Rick Kitchen]

The Lobster.  Colin Farrell plays a man who has 45 days to find a new relationship or he gets turned into an animal of his choice.  He chooses to become a lobster.

 

[BetterButter]

 Into the Forest.

 Hell or High Water

The Accountant 

The Woods

[Shannon L.]

Am I misunderstanding the preview of The Accountant or does it seem like a movie about the government taking advantage of someone's autism to do their dirty work?

[AimingforYoko]

I think the Gov't is actually after him because he does the books for criminal organizations.

[dusang]

No, I think the government is getting him to untangle the criminal organizations' books.  But then he gets otherwise entangled??  Basically it's Ben Affleck pulling a Good Will Hunting crossed with Bourne.  Poor boy, always living in Matt's shadow.

Edited May 16, 2016 by dusang

[Rick Kitchen]

Er. There is going to be a Tetris movie trilogy.

[dusang]

Birth of a Nation (2016):

[Spartan Girl]

We are getting the first trailer for Disney's live action Beauty and the Beast tomorrow!

[Chrissytd]

Beauty and the Beast

[ruby24]

The push for Beauty and the Beast is going to be entirely, "hey millennials, remember this movie? Of course you do! It was only one of the greatest animated films ever made! Remember how incredible the score and the songs were? Now see it all in love action and every inch of it will make you recall how great the cartoon was!"

And everyone will fall for it, because of COURSE we love the cartoon. I think if they're going to do this, they should just do a different version of the fairytale itself, like they pretty much did with Cinderella. There's no way this movie lives up to the original (which as you can see, I'm very protective of), and I hate the idea of a movie existing purely for reasons of milking someone's nostalgia for something that's beloved, and that they can go home and watch instead of a pale imitation of it.

The same thing will happen when do an all CG version of The Lion King, and when they finally figure out how to do The Little Mermaid.

Edited May 23, 2016 by ruby24

[Jazzy24]

30 minutes ago, Chrissytd said:

Beauty and the Beast

 

Tale as old as time :-) I'm beyond excited for this one. I loved their Cinderella remake and I love Emma Watson as a actress so I'm patiently waiting for this. Now they need to do an Aladdin one. 

[Spartan Girl]

As soon as the Prologue music started playing, I think I peed a little.

The castle certainly looks gorgeous and I can already tell I'm gonna love Ewan McGregor and Ian McKellan as Lumiere and Cogsworth. My only gripe is that it was too short. Also was hoping we'd get a peek of Emma in the gold dress.

3 hours ago, Jazzy24 said:

Tale as old as time :-) I'm beyond excited for this one. I loved their Cinderella remake and I love Emma Watson as a actress so I'm patiently waiting for this. Now they need to do an Aladdin one. 

I love Aladdin, but I don't want a live action one without a Robin Williams.

[raezen]

There's a lot of talk about this film out of Cannes, apparently a few people booed at the end but it also got some glowing reviews as well.

[methodwriter85]

6 hours ago, ruby24 said:

The same thing will happen when do an all CG version of The Lion King, and when they finally figure out how to do The Little Mermaid.

Exciting teen actress Chloe Grace Moretz (she's just so hot right now) is already lined up to play Ariel.

[ruby24]

Yeah, but that's not Disney's, right?

[Spartan Girl]

No, it isn't. It's supposed to be the original HCA version. Which should still be interesting.

[BetterButter]

Marauders 

Monster Trucks

 Wiener-Dog

[Rick Kitchen]

Lucas Till in Monster Trucks, playing a teenager even though he's really 26.  He's going to be the next MacGyver in the upcoming reboot of that series.  He's also in the new X-Men movie.