First teaser poster for MGM and Warner Bros Pictures’ ‘Creed II.’
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures dropped the first teaser poster for Creed II and announced fans of the Rocky film franchise will be able to check out the first official trailer on June 20, 2018. The first-look poster features the film’s star Michael B Jordan who’s reprising his role as Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed.
Creed, a spinoff of the Rocky franchise, hit theaters on November 25, 2015. Writer/director Ryan Coogler reunited with his Fruitvale Station star Michael B Jordan for the film which focused on Apollo Creed’s son. Coogler, director of Black Panther, remained involved with the Creed sequel as an executive producer. Steven Caple Jr. took over directing duties working from a screenplay by Sylvester Stallone.
In addition to Michael B Jordan (who also starred in Coogler’s Black Panther), the cast of Creed II includes Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Russell Hornsby, Florian “Big Nasty” Munteanu, Andre Ward, Phylicia Rashad, and Dolph Lundgren.
Creed II will be released in theaters on November 21, 2018.
The Plot: “Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family’s past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what’s worth fighting for, and discover that nothing’s more important than family. Creed II is about going back to basics to rediscover what made you a champion in the first place, and remembering that, no matter where you go, you can’t escape your history.”
A Look Back at the Plot of Creed: “Adonis Johnson (Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed’s legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa. Once in the City of Brotherly Love, Adonis tracks Rocky (Stallone) down and asks him to be his trainer. Despite his insistence that he is out of the fight game for good, Rocky sees in Adonis the strength and determination he had known in Apollo—the fierce rival who became his closest friend.
Agreeing to take him on, Rocky trains the young fighter, even as the former champ is battling an opponent more deadly than any he faced in the ring. With Rocky in his corner, it isn’t long before Adonis gets his own shot at the title…but can he develop not only the drive but also the heart of a true fighter, in time to get into the ring?”
Chadwick Boseman in Marvel Studios’ ‘Black Panther’
Tiffany Haddish hosted the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards, which aired on Monday, June 18th on MTV, and proved to a fantastic choice for the job. Haddish joked about hosting the show and all the firsts taking place at this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards. “It’s been a year of firsts for black people. I’m the first black woman to host the MTV Movie & TV Awards. Black Panther is the first African-American movie to make a billion dollars, and The Quiet Place is the first film to scare black people outta talking in movie theaters, for real.”
Going into this year’s awards show, Black Panther and Stranger Things topped the list of movie and television nominees. They also wound up at the top of the winners list, with Black Panther and Stranger Things earning four awards each. When Best Villain winner Black Panther‘s Michael B. Jordan took the stage to accept his award, he launched a well-placed jab at Roseanne Barr. “I’m shocked that I won this award for best villain,” he said. “I thought for sure Roseanne had that in the bag.”
Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman earned two awards – Best Hero and Best Performance in a Movie – and during his acceptance speech for Best Hero, he honored a real life hero. Boseman gave his award to James Shaw Jr, the hero who saved lives during the Waffle House shooting in Tennessee.
Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown wasn’t on hand to accept her award for Best Performance in a Show, however she did film her acceptance speech. In it, she struck out against bullying. “If you don’t have anything nice to say, just don’t say it,” stated Brown. “There should be no space in this world for bullying, and I’m not going to tolerate it, and neither should any of you.”
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2018 Winners:
BEST MOVIE WINNER: Black Panther (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Avengers: Infinity War (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Girls Trip (Universal Pictures)
IT (New Line Cinema)
Wonder Woman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST SHOW WINNER: Stranger Things (Netflix)
13 Reasons Why (Netflix)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Grown-ish (Freeform)
Riverdale (The CW)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE WINNER: Chadwick Boseman – Black Panther
Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
Ansel Elgort – Baby Driver
Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW WINNER: Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things
Darren Criss – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Katherine Langford – 13 Reasons Why
Issa Rae – Insecure
Maisie Williams – Game of Thrones
BEST HERO WINNER: Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/Black Panther) – Black Panther
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) – Game of Thrones
Gal Gadot (Diana Prince/Wonder Woman) – Wonder Woman
Grant Gustin (Barry Allen/The Flash) – The Flash
Daisy Ridley (Rey) – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
BEST VILLAIN WINNER: Michael B. Jordan (N’Jadaka/Erik Killmonger) – Black Panther
Josh Brolin (Thanos) – Avengers: Infinity War
Adam Driver (Kylo Ren) – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Aubrey Plaza (Lenny Busker) – Legion
Bill Skarsgard (Pennywise) – IT
BEST KISS WINNER: Love, Simon – Nick Robinson (Simon) and Keiynan Lonsdale (Bram)
Jane the Virgin – Gina Rodriguez (Jane) and Justin Baldoni (Rafael)
Ready Player One – Olivia Cooke (Sam) and Tye Sheridan (Wade)
Riverdale – KJ Apa (Archie) and Camila Mendes (Veronica)
Stranger Things – Finn Wolfhard (Mike) and Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven)
MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE WINNER: Noah Schnapp (Will Byers) – Stranger Things
Talitha Bateman (Janice) – Annabelle: Creation
Emily Blunt (Evelyn Abbott) – A Quiet Place
Sophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh) – IT
Cristin Milioti (Nanette Cole) – Black Mirror
BEST ON-SCREEN TEAM WINNER: IT – Finn Wolfhard (Richie), Sophia Lillis (Beverly), Jaeden Lieberher (Bill), Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie), Wyatt Oleff (Stanley), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben), Chosen Jacobs (Mike)
Black Panther – Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/ Black Panther), Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Letitia Wright (Shuri)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – Dwayne Johnson (Smolder), Kevin Hart (Mouse), Jack Black (Shelly), Karen Gillan (Ruby), Nick Jonas (Seaplane)
Ready Player One – Tye Sheridan (Wade), Olivia Cooke (Samantha), Philip Zhao (Sho), Win Morisaki (Daito), Lena Waithe (Aech)
Stranger Things – Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), Noah Schnapp (Will), Sadie Sink (Max)
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE WINNER: Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
Jack Black – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Dan Levy – Schitt’s Creek
Kate McKinnon – SNL
Amy Schumer – I Feel Pretty
BEST FIGHT WINNER: Wonder Woman – Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) vs. German Soldiers
Atomic Blonde – Charlize Theron (Lorraine) vs. Daniel Hargrave (Sniper), Greg Rementer (Spotter)
Avengers: Infinity War – Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch) vs. Carrie Coon (ProximaMidnight)
Black Panther – Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) vs. Winston Duke (M’Baku)
Thor: Ragnarok – Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) vs. Chris Hemsworth (Thor)
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY WINNER: Gaga: Five Foot Two
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story
Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated
Jay-Z’s “Footnotes for 4:44”
The Defiant Ones
BEST REALITY SERIES/FRANCHISE WINNER: Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Love & Hip Hop
The Real Housewives
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Vanderpump Rules
BEST MUSICAL MOMENT WINNER: Stranger Things (Mike and Eleven dance to “Every Breath You Take”)
Black-ish (Cast performs “Freedom”)
Call Me by Your Name (Elio crying through the end credits)
Girls Trip (Girls Trip dance battle)
Love, Simon (“I Wanna Dance With Somebody” dream sequence)
Riverdale (Cast performs “A Night We’ll Never Forget”)
The Greatest Showman (Phillip and Anne sing “Rewrite the Stars”)
This Is Us (Kate sings “Landslide”)
Charles Melton and Yara Shahidi on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ ‘The Sun is Also a Star,’ a Warner Bros. pictures release. (Photo by Atsushi Nishijima)
Warner Bros Pictures and MGM announced filming is now underway on The Sun is Also a Star based on the bestselling novel by Nicola Yoon. Black-ish‘s Yara Shahidi and Riverdale‘s Charles Melton star in the adaptation which is targeting a May 17, 2019 theatrical premiere date.
Before I Fall‘s Ry Russo-Young is directing the film from a script by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip). Elysa Koplovitz Dutton and Leslie Morgenstein are producing, with Tracy Oliver and Pamela Hirsch executive producing.
“I’m delighted to be working with Yara and Charles on this heartfelt love story, which is both timeless and timely,” explained Ry Russo-Young. “Nicola Yoon has given us a beautiful story to tell and we all couldn’t be more excited to make the streets of New York City, where I grew up not that long ago, our stage for the next few weeks. I fell in love with these characters and I know Yara and Charles will bring them alive and make this movie their own. I can’t wait to see what they do.”
Yoon’s novel was named Amazon’s Best Book of 2016 in YA and was a 2016 National Book Award finalist.
As production gets underway, author Nicola Yoon commented on the film adaptation of her award-winning novel. “I’m beyond thrilled this movie is being made! This book is deeply personal to me and Yara and Charles are the perfect choice to bring Natasha and Daniel’s story to life on the big screen.”
The Plot: “What if I told you I could get you to fall in love with me…?”
College-bound romantic Daniel Bae and Jamaica-born pragmatist Natasha Kingsley meet—and fall for each other—over one magical day amidst the fervor and flurry of New York City. Sparks immediately fly between these two strangers, who might never have met had fate not given them a little push. But will fate be enough to take these teens from star-crossed to lucky in love?
With just hours left on the clock in what looks to be her last day in the U.S., Natasha is fighting against her family’s deportation as fiercely as she’s fighting her budding feelings for Daniel, who is working just as hard to convince her they are destined to be together.
A modern-day story about finding love against all odds, The Sun Is Also a Star explores whether our lives are determined by fate or the random events of the universe.
Screen Gems just released the second trailer for the thriller, Searching. The new trailer’s just over a minute long and features John Cho as a dad searching for his missing daughter and coming to realize he knew nothing about her life.
The cast is led by Cho (The Exorcist, the Star Trek film franchise) and includes Debra Messing (Will & Grace, The Mysteries of Laura), Joseph Lee (Lion), and Michelle LA. First-time feature film director Aneesh Chaganty helmed the drama and co-wrote the script with Sev Ohanian.
Timur Bekmambetov, Sev Ohanian, Adam Sidman, and Natalie Qasabian served as producers. The behind the scenes team includes director of photography Juan Sebastian Baron, editors Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick, and production designer Angel Herrera.
Screen Gems is planning an August 3, 2018 theatrical release.
The Plot: After David Kim (John Cho)’s 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop. In a hyper-modern thriller told via the technology devices we use every day to communicate, David must trace his daughter’s digital footprints before she disappears forever.
The new 30-second teaser trailer for Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp offers a new explanation for what Ant-Man/Scott Lang (played by Paul Rudd) was doing while the rest of his Avengers buddies were attempting to save the world. The new video for the Ant-Man sequel also finds Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne teasing Scott about his size, taunting him, “If only Cap could see you now.”
The cast of the sequel to the 2015 Ant-Man action film also features Michael Pena as Luis, Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer as Maggie Lang, Tip “T.I.” Harris as Dave, David Dastmalchian as Kurt, Hannah John-Kamen as ghost, Abby Ryder-Fortson as Cassie Lang, Randall Park as Jimmy Woo, Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet van Dyne, Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath, and Michael Douglas as Dr. Hank Pym.
Peyton Reed returned to direct the sequel from a script by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer, and Gabriel Ferrari. Kevin Feige and Stephen Broussard produced the second Ant-Man movie, with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Charles Newirth and Stan Lee serving as executive producers.
Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp is set to open in theaters on July 6, 2018. Tickets are now on sale.
The Plot: From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes Ant-Man and The Wasp, a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink. In the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he’s confronted by Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from the past.
Tiffany Haddish wreaks havoc on Tika Sumpter’s personal and professional life after getting out of jail in the new trailer for Nobody’s Fool. The two and a half minute trailer finds Haddish’s character disrupting her sister’s life before finally turning her attention to the mysterious man her sister thinks she’s involved with.
In addition to Tiffany Haddish (The Carmichael Show, Night School) and Tika Sumpter (The Haves and the Have Nots), the Nobody’s Fool cast includes Omari Hardwick (Power, Being Mary Jane), Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl, True Blood), Amber Riley (Glee, The Wiz Live!), and Whoopi Goldberg (Instinct, The View). Tyler Perry wrote, produced and directed the comedy film which is being released by Paramount Pictures.
Nobody’s Fool is set to open in theaters on November 2, 2018.
The Plot: Trying to get back on her feet, wild child Tanya (Tiffany Haddish) looks to her buttoned-up, by the book sister Danica (Tika Sumpter) to help her get back on track. As these polar opposites collide — with hilarious and sometimes disastrous results — Tanya discovers that Danica’s picture-perfect life — including her mysterious boyfriend — may not be what it seems.
Tika Sumpter, Whoopi Goldberg and Tiffany Haddish in star in ‘Nobody’s Fool’ from Paramount Pictures, Paramount Players, Tyler Perry Studio and BET Films)
Lauren Miller Rogen makes her feature film directorial debut with Like Father which just debuted its first full official trailer. The 2018 comedy film features Kristen Bell (The Good Place) as a woman left at the altar and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kelsey Grammer (Frasier, The Simpsons) as her estranged father who shows up out of nowhere to witness the worst day of her life.
The cast also includes Seth Rogen (writer/director/producer Lauren Miller Rogen’s spouse), Brittany Ross (The Middle), Zach Appelman (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Danielle Davenport (Sneaky Pete), Lenny Jacobson (Frequency, Halt and Catch Fire), and Brian McCarthy (The Deuce). Vincent Morano and Erika Hampson executive produced and Anders Bard, Amanda Bowers, and Molly Conners served as producers.
Lauren Miller Rogen’s behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Seamus Tierney, editor Mollie Goldstein, production designer Charisse Cardenas, and costume designer Brenda Abbandandolo.
Like Father will arrive on Netflix on Friday, August 3, 2018.
The Plot: When a workaholic young executive (Kristen Bell), is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father (Kelsey Grammer). The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few hilarious adventures, a couple of umbrella-clad cocktails and a whole lot of soul-searching, they return with a renewed appreciation for family and life.
Kelsey Grammer and Kristen Bell star in ‘Like Father’ (Photo Credit: Emily Aragones / Netflix)
CBS has unveiled the list of the new season of Big Brother’s houseguests. Season 20, which will premiere on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, includes a Vegas performer, an ex-undercover cop, a stay-at-home mom, and a professional dancer among the 16 just-announced houseguests.
Julie Chen returns as host of the reality series which has a $500,000 prize waiting for the last person to leave the Big Brother house. Video interviews with the 16 new houseguests are currently streaming on CBS All Access for those who can’t wait until June 27th to get to know the season 20 group.
In addition to releasing the list of 16 season 20 houseguests, CBS confirmed the air dates for this upcoming season:
“Following the two-night premiere, Big Brother will air Sundays (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) beginning July 1; Wednesdays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) beginning July 4; and Thursdays (9:00-10:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) beginning July 5, featuring the live eviction show hosted by Julie Chen. The first live eviction show on July 5 falls on the series premiere date, July 5, 2000, 18 years ago.”
Big Brother Season 20 Houseguests:
Steve Arienta (pronounced Ar-ee-in-tah) (40)
Hometown: Parsippany, N.J.
Current City: Wanaque, N.J.
Occupation: Former undercover cop
Sam Bledsoe (27)
Hometown: Stuarts Draft, Va.
Current City: Stuarts Draft, Va.
Occupation: Welder
Haleigh Broucher (pronounced Hay-Lee) (21)
Hometown: Village Mills, Texas
Current City: College Station, Texas
Occupation: College student
Kaycee Clark (30)
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Current City: Tempe, Ariz.
Occupation: Pro football player
Dave Annable, Wes Bentley, Luke Grimes, and Kevin Costner star in ‘Yellowstone’ (Photo Credit: Paramount Network)
Paramount Network’s set to premiere Yellowstone starring Kevin Costner on June 20, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT. The network’s latest entry into scripted series has a Dallas vibe to it and features characters just as dysfunctional and conflicted as J.R. and his brood.
Two-time Oscar winner Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) plays the patriarch of the wealthy Dutton ranching family, owners of the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. The Duttons are embroiled in land disputes with the government, Native Americans, and outside interlopers looking to develop rural Montana into a high-end tourist destination. These disputes drive the first few episodes’ storylines, providing a backdrop to introduce the family at the heart of the one-hour drama.
Widower John Dutton (Costner) rules the massive ranch with an iron fist. Two of his three sons – Jamie (Wes Bentley) and Lee (Dave Annable) – are actively involved in either the actual running of the ranch or in defending it from political and legal attacks. His other son, Kayce (Luke Grimes), has freed himself from his father’s grasp, marrying a Native American and living on the reservation that borders the Dutton ranch.
Beth (Kelly Reilly) is the sole female in this male-dominated ranching world. Beth is a ruthless straight-talker, unbound by the constraints that tamper the actions of either lawyer Jamie or the more kindhearted Lee. She’s casually cruel and unapologetic.
Power, greed, entitlement…in so many ways Yellowstone resembles previous primetime series set in the world of influential wealthy families. However, the tone is different as is the approach to creating the protagonists and antagonists. There’s much more grey area in Yellowstone, and the characters are not confined to any particular box.
Yellowstone was created by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Taylor Sheridan who writes and directs the show’s first season. The very beat-specific style of Yellowstone is also evident in Sheridan’s scripts for Hell or High Water and Wind River. Sheridan is able to create multi-layered characters without resorting to intrusive exposition to reveal what makes the central players tick.
Yellowstone’s visually impressive and features a first-rate cast led by Oscar-winner Kevin Costner. Bentley, Grimes, Annable, and Reilly are terrific as the Dutton siblings, and Danny Huston and Gil Birmingham deliver standout performances as the senior Dutton’s primary foes. Birmingham worked with Sheridan on both Hell or High Water and Wind River, and with Yellowstone Sheridan provides Birmingham another complex character to sink his teeth into. Cole Hauser also plays a major supporting role as Rip Wheeler, one of John Dutton’s right-hand men who’s unfailingly loyal and merciless when enforcing John’s instructions.
Taylor Sheridan has created a compelling primetime drama filled with intriguing characters. After screening three episodes, I find the interactions between Dutton family members far more interesting than the multiple battles the family wage against outside forces attempting to erode their stronghold on the Montana landscape. That could change moving forward as the supporting characters and their motivations become better defined.
Pixar’s Incredibles 2 performed incredibly well at the box office, shattering multiple records during its first weekend in theaters. Among the titles the much-anticipated, long-awaited sequel now holds are the top domestic opening weekend for a PG film and the best opening of any animated film./p>
Incredibles 2‘s $180 million dollar weekend easily earned the top spot on the all-time PG-rated film opening weekend, pushing 2017’s Beauty and the Beast‘s $174 million into second. It also smashed Finding Dory‘s $135 million record as the biggest grossing opening weekend for an animated movie.
Positive word-of-mouth from moviegoers should keep Incredibles 2‘s box office going strong for the summer. Cinemascore’s poll of ticketbuyers gave the film a rare A+ rating, while on Rotten Tomatoes critics have awarded it a 94% fresh rating.
Incredibles 2 trounced the weekend’s other new releases, with Warner Bros Pictures’ Tag taking third place with $14 million. The R-rated comedy and the weekend’s other new release, Superfly, were better received by audiences than critics. Cinemascore reports Tag and Superfly earned B+ ratings from ticket buyers while both films earned the dreaded rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Up next: The weekend of June 22-24 will find audiences turning out in droves to watch dinosaurs chase people in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The PG-13 sequel to Jurassic World was directed by J.A. Bayona and stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Jeff Goldblum.
The Incredibles 2 Plot: In Incredibles 2, Helen (Holly Hunter) is called on to lead a campaign to bring Supers back, while Bob (Craig T. Nelson) navigates the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life at home with Violet (Sarah Vowell), Dash (Huck Milner) and baby Jack-Jack—whose superpowers are about to be discovered. Their mission is derailed, however, when a new villain emerges with a brilliant and dangerous plot that threatens everything. But the Parrs don’t shy away from a challenge, especially with Frozone (Samuel L Jackson) by their side. That’s what makes this family so Incredible.
