Disney Channel has begun production on the animated series Tangled based on the blockbuster animated film. Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi will be reprising their roles, providing the voices of Rapunzel and Eugene/Flynn Rider, and composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater are also returning to work on the series’ music. Chris Sonnenburg (Enchanted) and Shane Prigmore (The LEGO Movie) developed the series and are executive producing. In addition, Sonnenburg will be handling supervising director duties while Prigmore is the show’s creative director.
“The genius of the original movie was its seamless blending of cinematic adventure, character-driven comedy and touching emotion,” stated Gary Marsh, President and Chief Creative Officer, Disney Channels Worldwide. “And we are fortunate to have several of the creative talent from that movie on board with this new production. With the addition of Chris and Shane as Executive Producers, we have the perfect team in place to create a series worthy of the original film.”
Disney Channel is targeting a 2017 premiere of the new family-friendly series.
The Plot: Set between the events of the feature film and the start of the 2012 short film, Tangled Ever After, the animated series unfolds as Rapunzel acquaints herself with her parents, her kingdom and the people of Corona. Her irrepressible spirit and natural curiosity about the world drives her to the realization that there is so much more she needs to learn before she can truly accept her royal destiny. She boldly puts her crown and impending marriage on hold to seek out epic adventures, much to the dismay of the King who, after missing out on Rapunzel’s youth, must accept that his daughter is now an independent young woman. Accompanying Rapunzel on her journey will be Eugene; the plucky chameleon sidekick, Pascal; the no-nonsense horse, Maximus; the Snuggly Duckling Pub Thugs; and newcomer Cassandra, a tough-as-nails handmaiden, who becomes Rapunzel’s confidant.
Universal’s latest red band/restricted trailer for Ted 2 shows John (Mark Wahlberg), his BFF Ted (voiced by writer/director Seth MacFarlane), and Ted’s attorney Samantha Jackson (Amanda Seyfried) getting high and trying to figure out how to get John home. It also finds the threesome on a wild car ride, accidentally picking on a blind man, and learning Ted shouldn’t be trusted with a shotgun. Opening in theaters on June 26, 2015, Ted 2 also stars Giovanni Ribisi, John Slattery, and Morgan Freeman.
The original Ted opened in theaters on June 29, 2012 and made $54 million domestically over its first weekend. The R-rated comedy went on to earn almost $550 million worldwide before exiting theaters.
Focus Features has released the first trailer for the dramatic film Suffragette starring Carey Mulligan and directed by Sarah Gavron. Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady) wrote the script and Alison Owen and Faye Ward produce what could be one of Focus Features’ potential 2016 Oscar contenders. Focus is aiming for a limited release on October 23, 2015 followed by a wide release on Thanksgiving, prime dates for garnering awards consideration attention.
In addition to Mulligan, Suffragette stars Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw, Romola Garai, Natalie Press, and Meryl Streep.
The Plot:
Suffragette is a powerful drama about the women who were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality in early-20th-century Britain. The stirring story centers on Maud (Mulligan), a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.’s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst (Streep), Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all walks of life. Inspired by true events, Suffragette is a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of those who risked all they had for women’s right to vote – their jobs, their homes, their children, and even their lives.
The FBI estimates that serial murder comprises less than one percent of all murders committed in any given year yet it acknowledges that the topic tends to consume the media and public, and has fueled many books and movies about serial killers. Serial killers are not a modern phenomena but the term was not coined until the 1970s by FBI investigator Robert Ressler (playing off the British term series or serial murder).
Fittingly, the case that probably launched our broad-based obsession is the infamous Whitechapel murders that took place in London in the late 1880s and that were attributed to a person who named himself Jack the Ripper. He claimed responsibility for multiple murders in letters sent to the police. The murders (at least five and possibly eleven) provided a perfect storm for public fascination. The killer was never caught, the crimes were horrific, there was a sexual component (since the victims were prostitutes and it was in the era of Freud), and there was a media outlet in newspapers (that had only recently implemented the printing press allowing them to more quickly and widely reach a large audience) to fan the flames of interest and even a little hysteria. Jack the Ripper has provided many elements that have become tropes defining the serial killer: smart and elusive, engages and taunts the police, female victims with sexual overtones to his crimes, and kills in a particular style.
A serial killer differs from a mass murderer (one who kills more than four people at a single time in a single location as in the 2007 Virginia Tech murders) or a spree killer (one who kills more than three people in a short period of time at more than two locations as the teenaged Charles Starkweather did in the 1950s, inspiring the film Badlands). In contrast, a serial killer will murder more than three people over extended periods of time with distinct breaks or “cooling off” periods between the murders. But the term serial killer is not usually used to describe mobsters or hit men, who could be said to commit murder in the course of doing (illegal) business.
Here’s a list of the ten best movies about real-life serial killers, and the films serve up a kind of subgenre of horror biopics. You will not find Psycho (which could be seen as the first portrait of a serial killer, inspired by Ed Gein, and the precursor to the slasher film), Silence of the Lambs or Texas Chainsaw Massacre here. Just Jack the Ripper, Ted Bundy, and other real-life serial killers.
1. The Honeymoon Killers (1969)
Serial killers: Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez
Crimes: Suspected of killing 20 women between 1947 and 1949
Tagline: One of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of American Crime.
Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were dubbed The Lonely Hearts Killers for a series of murders they committed in the late 1940s. The couple’s relationship began inauspiciously through a Lonelyhearts column. After meeting for a date, Beck discovers that Fernandez is a gigolo who had intended to win her over and then take her money. This inspires the obese Beck to quit her job as a nurse, dump her mom in a rest home, and take off with Fernandez. They come up with a scam: they pretend to be brother and sister as Fernandez meets women through the Lonelyhearts column, marries them, and Beck steals their valuables. Jealousy drives Beck to start killing the women as well.
Shirley Stoler and Tony LoBianco play the loving and lethal couple in this gritty crime thriller and perverse black comedy. It is the only film directed by Leonard Kastle, and a number of people have commented that this would have been perfect material for John Waters and Divine. But as it stands, this low-budget, claustrophobic, black-and-white film remains one of the very best films about serial killers. It’s pretty much a tie between this and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer for the top slot. Both films redefine horror by showing us that the most terrifying things are all too real. This is a too oft-overlooked gem.
2. Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Serial killer: Henry Lee Lucas
Crimes: Convicted of 11 murders but at one point had been linked to hundreds of unsolved murders in Texas
Tagline: He’s not Freddy. He’s not Jason. He’s real. [Best tagline of all the serial killer films.]
First-time filmmaker John McNaughton was given $100,000 to make a low-budget horror film but what he delivered took MPI by surprise. It wasn’t a slasher film with a lot of gore and teen sex; and instead of looking to Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street as models, McNaughton turned to a 60 Minutes segment on real-life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas for inspiration. MPI didn’t know how to market the film so it sat on the shelf and when it was finally released it received an MPAA X rating.
Michael Rooker delivers a low-key but terrifying performance as Henry Lee Lucas, an emotionally flatlined sociopath who kills randomly and without motive. The extreme low budget makes it seem all the more realistic and disturbing. This is a brilliant, twisted take on the horror genre, serving up a monster scarier than any movie boogeyman.
3. Zodiac (2007)
Serial killer: Zodiac (identity still unknown)
Crimes: Claimed 37 murders in letters to the newspapers, but investigators have only agreed on seven confirmed victims, two of whom survived
Tagline: There’s more than one way to lose your life to a killer.
The film Dirty Harry was inspired by the Zodiac Killer, and this film even references that with Mark Ruffalo playing the cop on which Clint Eastwood’s Harry Callahan is based. The Zodiac Killer – whose identity has never been proven – was a serial killer operating in northern California between 1968 and 1969. The killer took on the name “Zodiac” in an August letter to the local Bay Area press. The film follows three men who become obsessed with the case. Although the film fictionalizes events, it is based on Robert Graysmith’s autobiographical book. The film benefits from David Fincher’s atmospheric direction which ratchets up the tension.
4. 10 Rillington Place (1971)
Serial killer: John Christie
Crimes: Murdered at least eight women during the 1940s and early 1950s, including his wife Ethel, by strangling them in his apartment at 10 Rillington Place
Tagline: What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place?
A grim and gritty drama highlighted by stellar performances from John Hurt and Richard Attenborough. Attenborough plays the mousy John Christie who would lure women back to his flat at 10 Rillington Place to kill them. He eluded police by throwing suspicion on his neighbor Timothy Evans (Hurt), who was not only convicted of murder but also hung for murder, of which he was innocent. The case was pivotal in eliminating the death penalty in the United Kingdom, and the film serves as a keen reminder of why. And just a bit of trivia, some of the scenes were filmed at the actual locations.
5. Monster (2003)
Serial killer: Aileen Wuornos
Crimes: Accused of murdering seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990, she claimed they had either raped or attempted to rape her while she was working as a prostitute and that all of the homicides were committed in self-defense. She was convicted and sentenced to death for six of the murders, and was executed by lethal injection in 2002.
Tagline: The first female serial killer of America.
Men tend to dominate the serial killer film as murderers and detectives, while women tend to be relegated to the role of victim. So here’s a film that turns the tables. Charlize Theron got ugly for her role as Aileen Wuornos, one of those rare creatures, a female serial killer. Wuornos had a troubled childhood and turned to prostitution as a teen. The film focuses on the nine-month period in Florida when she struck up a lesbian relationship and began murdering her Johns for their money.
6. The Boston Strangler (1968)
Serial killer: Albert DeSalvo
Crimes: Convicted of the rape and murder of 13 women from 1962 through 1964
Tagline: Why did 13 women willingly open their doors to the Boston Strangler?
Tony Curtis is Albert DeSalvo, the man convicted of the murders of 13 women in Boston. He had confessed to the crimes although later there were some doubts about his credibility. The casting of the likable Curtis as the killer was an interesting choice because he created a certain level of sympathy for the character. According to IMDb, attractive movie stars Robert Redford and Warren Beatty we also considered for the role, which implies that director Richard Fleischer and writer Edward Anhalt wanted someone attractive and likable to play against type for the role, perhaps suggesting that serial killers don’t have to look scary.
The female victims supposedly and willingly let their killer in before being raped and then strangled with a piece of their own clothing. The film came only four years after the last murder took place and served up an early example of a police procedural.
7. Citizen X (1995 TV movie)
Serial killer: Andrei Chikatilo
Crimes: Convicted of murdering 53 women and children between 1978 and 1990
Tagline: You don’t want to know what he does… You just want to know when he’s caught.
Just to prove that serial killing goes on around the globe, here’s a tale of a Soviet serial killer and the eight-year investigation and battle against governmental bureaucracy by forensic specialist Viktor Burakov to catch the murderer. A highlight is Stephen Rea’s dogged persistence as Burakov. Television has a knack for tapping into the public interest of these sensational cases by coming out with movies relatively soon after the cases closed.
8. The Deliberate Stranger (1986, two-part TV movie)
Serial killer: Ted Bundy
Crimes: Serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, and necrophile who confessed to 30 homicides in seven states between 1974 and 1978, but the real number may be higher
Tagline: He was easy to like. Deadly to know. Tough to catch.
As with the casting of The Boston Strangler, The Deliberate Stranger goes for a likable leading man – in this case Mark Harmon – to play a horrific serial killer. Bundy is one of America’s most notorious serial killers and he maintained his innocence until shortly before being executed. Harmon played against type to deliver a creepy performance, but his nice guy exterior helps to explain how a serial killer like Bundy could go undetected for years and commit so many crimes.
9. Helter Skelter (1976 TV movie)
Serial killer: Charles Manson
Crimes: Convicted of conspiracy to commit the murders of seven people including actress Sharon Tate in 1969, and later convicted of two additional murders
If you want to be technical, Charles Manson is not a serial killer. First, he appears to never have actually committed a murder himself, but he was such a charismatic cult leader that his followers simply carried out his bidding and were legally seen as an extension of himself. And second, the Tate-LaBianca murders were only a day apart classifying it more as a spree killing since there was no “cooling off” period between murders. Yet Manson is somewhat fixed in the public psyche as a serial killer and his crimes created such a media frenzy and hysteria that this film needs inclusion or else it might seem an omission.
The TV movie is based on District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi’s book Helter Skelter. The book’s title refers to what Manson believed to be an impending apocalyptic race war, which he termed Helter Skelter after the Beatles’ song. Manson then orchestrated a series of shocking murders to create panic and to help precipitate the race war he said was coming. Steven Railsback nails the crazy eyes that Manson became known for and the film chronicles the D.A.’s grueling task of prosecuting Manson and finding a way to convict him of crimes that he had convinced others to do. A bit of trivia, according to Wikipedia and IMDb, Martin Scorsese was offered the role of Manson. He kind of does look the part!
10. Jack the Ripper (1976)
Serial killer: Jack the Ripper
Crimes: Suspected of the murder of five and possibly eleven
Tagline: Close your eyes and whisper his name…
Since Jack the Ripper represents the birth of the modern serial killer as we know him (and occasionally her), I need to include at least one film focusing on him. A number of films, however, are only inspired by his true crimes and even the ones that claim to be depicting his life tend to stray significantly from the facts of this case. But at least this film boasts an amazing, Jekyll-and-Hyde-style performance by Klaus Kinski as the Ripper.
Honorable mentions:The Secret Killer (1965, German serial killer known as the Vampire of Düsseldorf), The Stoneman Murders (2009, Indian serial killer), Young Poisoner’s Handbook (1995, may not qualify as a serial killer because sometimes only credited with three deaths but suspected of many others), See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006, serial child murderers), Out of the Darkness (1985 TV movie about tracking Son of Sam, David Berkowitz), Summer of Sam (1999, also about Berkowitz), To Catch A Killer (1992, TV movie about John Wayne Gacy), and Dahmer (2002, noteworthy for Jeremy “Hawkeye” Renner playing serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer).
Writer/director Paul Feig’s new comedy Spy stars Melissa McCarthy as an under-utilized CIA agent stuck in a desk job. Jude Law co-stars as a very Bond-ish hotshot agent who’s one of the best in his field, and Rose Byrne plays a Bulgarian arms dealer named Rayna Boyanov who’s the target of the agency’s investigation. Spy is a hilarious send-up of espionage thrillers, and at the 2015 CinemaCon in Vegas Byrne and Law teamed up to talk about working with Feig and McCarthy and how they tackled their characters in this spy comedy that’s one of the funniest films of 2015 thus far.
Rose Byrne and Jude Law Interview:
Is your approach to comedy different than your approach to dramatic films?
Rose Byrne: “I think it’s the same as preparing for a drama except on top of that you’ve got to get a laugh. I think it’s the same amount of work except for me it’s more challenging. You really know when it’s working and when it’s not.”
Jude Law: “I was amazed at how not scientific because that makes it sound a bit antiseptic, but how there was a real technique to it. Watching people who had done a lot more than me before, and obviously, Paul [Feig] who’s a real master at it, I was impressed. And like Rose says, you’ve got to approach it straight. You don’t come in thinking I’m going to be really funny now. You have to start it straight and rely much more on the technique. It’s got a real technique to it and I was learning it while I was doing it on this.”
Rose, can you talk about your character’s hair? It was fabulous.
Rose Byrne: “Thank you! Yeah, that took a long time in the chair. That was like three hours. But, it was fun. I really pushed for it. They initially had a different idea of what her look would be, but I was very specific about going to push it a bit and creating a specific presentation of Rayna. She’s that way. She’s royalty, virtually, so it was very important to establish that with her look. And Paul is so obsessed with style. He just loves it. He wears three-piece suits every day. He has a cane. He gets it. He really gets it.”
Jude Law: “I love her look. I love that line where she’s changed clothes on the plane because she can’t land in the same outfit she took off in. That’s fantastic.”
What’s writer/director Paul Feig like on set?
Rose Byrne: “He’s lovely. He’s an eccentric for sure, but he’s a very hard worker. He’s great with actors. He loves actors; he respects actors. He just loves to collaborate.”
Jude Law: “And he’s very easy-going. The director’s always carrying probably the most pressure and he approaches it with great flair. But also it’s not just a case with him of capturing what’s on the page because it’s constantly evolving. He’s watching and he knows when he’s got one that works, and he’ll say, ‘Let’s try it like this,’ and there will be an alternative. He’s growing all the time. It’s quite spontaneous and collaborative.”
Jude, your character’s a lot like Bond. Would you ever do a straight action spy movie?
Jude Law: “Sure, I’d give it a go. Never say never, which I think is a Bond film. I think we need a female Bond.”
Rose Byrne: “I’d love to play Bond.”
Jude Law: “Jennifer Bond.”
Was it ever a fantasy of yours to play Bond?
Jude Law: “Not specifically, no. But I was definitely one of the kids running around the yard taking people out. I was a fan of those films. I was a fan of the Harry Palmer films, The Ipcress File and all of those that Michael Caine did.”
Rose, can you talk about reuniting with Melissa McCarthy and what it was like to be on the set with her again?
Rose Byrne: “It was all sort of fun. She’s brilliant. She’s a hard worker and there’s no one funnier or smarter. She’s just so great to collaborate with. We had such a bizarre chemistry, these two characters, so we had a really good time. She just works so hard. I admire her. She has such a great attitude every day at work. It’s a pleasure. It really always comes from the top and she just sets the tone, really, of a good time.”
Jude, how do you approach a character who’s handsome and charming, can kick butt, and needs to be taken seriously in a movie that’s overall a comedy?
Jude Law: “First of all, Paul didn’t want it to be a spoof. He approached it like this is a spy movie, but it’s just going to be funny. So what I meant was you therefore can’t be too arch. You’ve got to play it for real. And in the end, the joke’s sort of on him because he’s a little bit too full of himself. He thinks he’s unbeatable and he is in a way keeping Coop [played by McCarthy] where he wants her. So, the joke’s almost on him in the end. That’s what I meant by sort of playing it straight on.”
Four-time Oscar winner Clint Eastwood’s next project will be helming a biopic about Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger based on the book Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters by Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow. The untitled film is set up at Warner Bros Pictures with Todd Komarnicki (Perfect Stranger) adapting Sullenberger’s heroic story for the screen.
Captain Sullenberger was piloting US Airways Flight 1549 when it was struck by birds and forced into an emergency landing. Sully saved everyone on board by landing the jet in the Hudson River after the engines failed. Commenting on the film version of his story, Sullenberger said, “I am very glad my story is in the hands of gifted storyteller and filmmaker Clint Eastwood, and veteran producers Allyn Stewart and Frank Marshall. The project could not have found a better home than Warner Bros. Pictures. This is truly a dream team.”
Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, Warner Bros. Pictures said, “Simply put, Clint Eastwood is at the top of his game, not to mention a global treasure. On the heels of his extraordinary work in American Sniper, it is tremendously exciting to see him explore the life of another captivating true-life hero. It is also great to be collaborating with Frank Marshall and Allyn Stewart to produce this compelling script by Todd Komarnicki.”
Per Warner Bros: “The film will go beyond Sullenberger’s almost impossible and much-heralded achievement of safely landing a jumbo jet on the water, which was captured on video and viewed around the world. But behind the scenes, a drama was unfolding that could have cost him his reputation and his wings.”
Angus Sampson returns for his third Insidious film while Hayley Kiyoko is a newcomer to the franchise with Insidious: Chapter 3, opening in theaters on June 5, 2015. Teaming up at WonderCon to discuss this prequel to the franchise, Sampson and Kiyoko promised Insidious and horror movie fans that this latest entry in the series will be the scariest one yet.
The Plot:
Insidious: Chapter 3 is set years before the haunting of the Lambert family, and Elise’s battles with spirits from The Further, in Insidious and Insidious: Chapter 2. In the prequel, teenaged aspiring actress Quinn Brenner (Stefanie Scott) senses that her late mother is trying to contact her, and seeks out a gifted psychic – Elise (Lin Shaye).
Elise feels protective of sensitive Quinn, but tragedy in Elise’s past has left her reluctant to use her abilities. Soon a shocking accident leaves Quinn recuperating at home, as her widowed father Sean (Dermot Mulroney) struggles to hold his family together. Then Quinn is attacked in her bedroom by a malevolent supernatural entity, and Sean pleads with Elise to help. Wrestling with her faith and sense of purpose, Elise summons her powers to contact the dead – with support from two new acquaintances, unlicensed parapsychologists Tucker (Angus Sampson) and Specs (Leigh Whannell).
Forced to venture deep into The Further to protect Quinn, Elise soon finds herself facing off against the most ruthless enemy she has ever encountered: a demon with an insatiable craving for human souls.
Angus Sampson and Hayley Kiyoko Interview:
What can you say about your character and what Leigh Whannell put you through on the set?
Hayley Kiyoko: “I play Maggie who is Quinn’s best friend. I got to really experience first-hand some of the stunts that Stefanie [Scott] had to go through and just like them just putting her on harnesses. There’s like…I don’t even know. Is there any CGI in these films? Everything they do is so organic and real. It was my first horror film and Stefanie and I had shot Jem and the Holograms last year together which is also a Blumhouse film so it was cool to do that and do a horror movie together and also play best friends.
It was just really amazing to watch Leigh Whannell work and I think people who love the Insidious franchise, this is the scariest one yet. I don’t watch horror films so I’m not a good judge because I’m scared of everything, but I am now a big fan because of the talent and the skill that goes behind scaring people is so difficult. I mean it really is and so it’s really cool to be a part of it.”
Did you get scared while you were filming?
Hayley Kiyoko: “Oh yeah. My first day on set there was this real-looking dummy of Stefanie in a chair and I thought it was a real person. And they’re like, ‘No, no, no. It’s fake.’ I go to touch the face and, granted, the face feels like flesh and then the makeup artist jumps up from behind it and [screams] and just scares the crap out of me. Everyone was just having a blast on the set and just scaring everyone, so that’s not fun for me.
But the sets were very cold and dark and always had an atmosphere. It was really an experience. You have to really have that type of set to create a scary film like the one that they’ve created.”
Angus, what would you say the tone is of this third film of the franchise?
Angus Sampson: “I think this one’s a lot more…I don’t know how you would say it. There’s a lot more in-camera stuff here. I feel like this one is much more domestic than anyone else. Watching the first one, the great thing about the first one is you spend so long going, ‘What the hell is going on here?’ that when there is a payoff at the end, when you actually see the red-faced demon’s lair you’re like, ‘Oh, what was I worried about? That’s not too scary.’
The second one was like so surreal as to, ‘Hold on, what’s happening?’ It’s time travel and confusing. This one I feel is a lot more brutal in its scares. I know Insidious has always been endorsed for not having trickery in their scares, this one just seeing the actor who plays the man who can’t breathe – I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the film Se7en, but it’s the same actor who’s strapped to the bed who’s still alive. It’s the same performer. So, Leigh was like, ‘We want someone like that guy,’ and so they got Michael [Reid McKay] who is perfect.
You’d see him on set in makeup but the thing is, with all due respect to his physique, he’s so malnourished to being with. He’d be walking around and there’s no light anywhere in the studio, he’d be going to craft services to get some Hershey bars or something and he’d be terrifying.
I will say this one’s the scariest of the three. I will safely say that having been in all of them.”
Can you talk about Leigh Whannell, your partner in onscreen hijinx, being behind the camera this time?
Angus Sampson: “We scheduled it so that most of the Tucker and Specs stuff is at the end of the shoot, just because Leigh wrote the film and he’s a writer, producer, director, actor. There’s a lot of pressure on him and it’s his first feature film. I know he spoke to another Australian filmmaker, David Michod who directed Animal Kingdom, and asked him some advise. He said, ‘All you have to do is know more about the script than anyone else.’ And as the writer, Leigh has always known more than anybody else in this series. There’s not a question that he can’t answer.
As far as that’s concerned, it gives you great confidence when you’re coming into something that’s as low budget, doesn’t have huge amounts of rehearsal time, has minimum takes – two or three. When we Mad Max, we shot that for 21 weeks. This is a five week shoot.”
Disney/Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur teaser trailer does exactly what all good promotional teases should do: it sets up the story without giving everything away. Peter Sohn makes his feature film directorial debut with the animated comedy/adventure about dinosaurs featuring a voice cast that includes Bill Hader, Judy Greer, Neil Patrick Harris, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow, and Lucas Neff.
The Good Dinosaur opens in theaters on November 25, 2015.
The Plot:
The Good Dinosaur asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.
The Cast of ‘Childrens Hospital’ (Photo Courtesy of Adult Swim)
Childrens Hospital will return for a seventh season as just announced by Adult Swim. The comedy series created, written by and starring Rob Corddry is currently airing season six on Friday nights at midnight.
“I’m happy,” stated Corddry, commenting on the renewal. “After our season six cliff hanger, people will be dying for us to turn our backs on the notion of series continuity even more.”
The cast also includes Megan Mulalley, Rob Huebel, Ken Marino, Michael Cera, Erinn Hayes, Lake Bell, Malin Akerman, and Henry Winkler.
The Plot:
Childrens Hospital explores the emotional struggles and sexual politics of a group of doctors charged with healthy libidos. Their dedication to their personal lives is relentless, interrupted only by the occasional need to treat sick children.
Outlander fans who have been anxious to obtain copies of the gorgeous costumes designed by Terry Dresbach in the riveting Starz series will soon be able to do so, courtesy of the family-owned and operated Celtic Croft. The Celtic Croft and Knockout Licensing have entered into a deal to produce Outlander kilts and other apparel including tartans, shawls, and tams from the same 100% wool tartan and mill that produces the material for the costumes featured in the series.
“Knockout Licensing has been seeking licensees that offer the kind of high-end, high-quality, beautifully-crafted Outlander products that fans have been asking for since the series began airing,” said Knockout Licensing Co-President Tamra Knepfer. “We know how passionate Outlander fans are, so we are partnering with select Outlander licensees that can do the property justice. The Celtic Croft is one such partner.”
“Fans who want an authentic Outlander kilt can rest assured that our kilts are the real deal, made from the same fabric and sourced from the same weaver as those seen on the show,” said The Celtic Croft Owner, Joseph Croft. “The Celtic Croft has been in the kilt business for almost 20 years, making custom-tailored kilts to each customer’s exact measurements. The Celtic Croft is one of the largest U.S. importers of authentic Tartan fabric woven in Scotland.”
Outlander is based on the bestselling book series by Diana Gabaldon, with Ronald D Moore adapting Gabaldon’s books and executive producing the Starz series. The cast is led by Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe, and Tobias Menzies and features Duncan Lacroix, Graham McTavish, Lotte Verbeek, Laura Donnelly, and Steven Cree.
Disney/Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur teaser trailer does exactly what all good promotional teases should do: it sets up the story without giving everything away. Peter Sohn makes his feature film directorial debut with the animated comedy/adventure about dinosaurs featuring a voice cast that includes Bill Hader, Judy Greer, Neil Patrick Harris, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow, and Lucas Neff.
