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This Week In Trailers: World Of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations Of David Prime, Apocalypse ‘45, Alone, John Was Trying To Contact Aliens, Space Sweepers Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Warner Bros. Buys ‘Dinosaurs Attack Los Angeles’ Pitch From Break Media “It’s likeBattle: Los Angeles, but with dinosaurs.” “Imagine the last act ofThe Lost World, but for an hour and a half.” These are just some of the sentences that might have been uttered in pitch meetings for Warner Bros. latest acquisition: a high concept film about “a rapidly evolving species of dinosaurs who attack modern Los Angeles.” Originally conceptualized as a web series, longtime James Cameron colleagueJohn Clishamwill direct from a script byMike Bayman....

You’ll Be Able To Listen To The Batman Theme Music Tonight Some of you reading this may not knowMichael Giacchinoby namejustyet, but you’ve definitely heard his music. The Oscar winner has become one of Hollywood’s most in-demand composers over the last two decades thanks to his work on everything from Pixar movies (yes, he’s the one who made you cry your eyes out with his “Married Life” theme from “Up”) to the MCU’s “Spider-Man” film trilogy, the “Jurassic World” movies, and such acclaimed non-franchise titles as “Bad Times at the El Royale” and “Jojo Rabbit....

‘Bates Motel’ Premiere Date Announced, Series Inspired By ‘Psycho’ Films But Not Directly Linked To Them The line between prequel/sequel and fan fiction blurs further. There have been severalPsychomovies following Alfred Hitchcock’s standard-setting 1960 original, and we’ve wondered just how the prequel TV seriesBates Motelwould exist in relation to them. Is this a prequel, a reboot, or something else? The movies don’t have the clearest story path with respect to what is “official” or canon story, and with the series charting the purchase of a motel by Norma Bates with her son Norman in tow, we’ve wondered just what to expect....

‘Beautiful Boy’ Director Felix Van Groeningen On Casting Timothée Chalamet Before He Was A Big Deal And More [Interview] Certainly a work that will be discussed come awards season isBeautiful Boy, the latest from Belgian-born directorFelix Van Groeningen, whose 2014 movieThe Broken Circle Breakdownwas nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.Beautiful Boywas adapted (by the filmmaker and co-writerLuke Davies) from the best-selling memoir of the same name by acclaimed writerDavid Sheff, as well as the companion book “Tweak,” by his sonNic Sheff, whose journey through drug addiction, recovery, relapse and survival serve as the basis for both works, each told from a unique perspective over many years....

‘Clarice’ Trailer: The ‘Silence Of The Lambs’ Story Continues On CBS The Silence of the Lambsnow has a direct sequel – in TV show form. The upcoming CBS seriesClaricehopes to be an immediate follow-up to Jonathan Demme’s Oscar-winning thriller, which means it will have absolutely nothing to do with Hannibal Lecter. As you’ll recall, Hannibal escapes at the end ofSilence, and goes into hiding for years. On top of that, the rights to Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter books are a bit of a mess, which means the folks behindClaricecan’t even mention Lecter....

‘Concrete Cowboy’ With Idris Elba Coming To Netflix In April Concrete Cowboy, theIdris Elbamovie about urban cowboys in North Philadelphia, sold to Netflix after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Now it finally has a release date:April 2. Inspired by a true story, the film follows a teenager (Stranger ThingsactorCaleb McLaughlin) who moves from Detroit to Philadelphia to live with his estranged father (Elba). There he discovers that his dad is part of a neighborhood community that cares for horses....

‘Girls Against Boys’ Trailer: The Battle Of The Sexes Gets Violent The so-called “battle of the sexes” has been a popular artistic theme since the dawn of time, but only occasionally does that “battle” turn genuinely bloody.Austin Chick’s SXSW thrillerGirls Against Boysis one of those cases. Danielle Panabakerstars as sweet Shae, who’s dumped by one man and then date-raped by another in short order. In her time of need, she turns to a co-worker (Nicole LaLiberte) whose idea of help involves tracking down and killing the bastard....

‘Legion’ Season 2 Trailer: FX’s Wacky And Amazing X-Men Series Is Back RememberX-Men: Apocalypse? No one does. That disaster has been wiped away by the triple whammy ofDeadpool,Logan, andLegion, all of which prove that the X-Men are alive and well on the big and small screen. In fact, they’ve never been better. Filmmakers have realized Marvel’s mutant characters offer a blank canvas for all kinds of wild and diverse storytelling. And they’re taking advantage of it....

‘Mad Max’ Spin-Off ‘Furiosa’ Tells A Story That Spans Years, Will Be Australia’s Biggest Production Yet Furiosa will return. Soon.Mad Max: Fury RoaddirectorGeorge MillerandThorfranchise starChris Hemsworthheld a press conference in New South Wales to announce production on the spin-offFuriosawill be taking place in Australia next year. UnlikeMad Max: Fury Road, which had a story that unfolded across a few days, Miller teased thatFuriosawould be a saga that unfolds over many years....

‘Nine Perfect Strangers’: Melissa McCarthy Joins Nicole Kidman In Hulu Adaptation Of ‘Big Little Lies’ Author’s Novel We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Welcome to Tranquillum House,Melissa McCarthy. That’s the name of the fictional health-and-wellness facility inNine Perfect Strangers, an upcoming Hulu series based on the latest novel fromBig Little LiesauthorLiane Moriarty.Big Little LiesveteranNicole Kidmanhas already been cast as the overseer of the facility, and McCarthy will play one of nine people who show up searching for a little R&R…only to discover that things may not be quite what they seem....

‘Search Party’ Season 4 Trailer Is All About Finding Dory What happens when the searcher becomes the searchee?Alia Shawkat’s Dory will soon find out in season 4 of the comedy thrillerSearch Party. The cult hit was picked up by HBO Max for its third season, and is now going strong with a fourth season on the way. Watch theSearch Partyseason 4 trailer below. Search Party Season 4 Trailer Cult hitSearch Partyhas found a comfy home at HBO Max, where it aired its third season after two seasons on TBS, and is soon set to air a fourth....

‘Side Effects’ International Trailer: Now With More Plot AsSteven Soderberghhurtles toward retirement, he’s dropping one last theatrical feature. (He also has the HBO movieBehind the Candelabra, but that’s not hitting cinemas.) InSide Effects,Rooney Maraplays a woman dealing with her husband’s (Channing Tatum) imminent release from prison. To help her cope with her anxiety, her psychiatrist (Jude Law) puts her on some new drugs. And then, somehow, everything goes terribly wrong....