Sony Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto a chance to see SEARCHING. Screening takes place on Thursday, August 23, 7PM @ Cineplex Cinemas Yonge & Eglinton.
Synopsis:
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.
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Sony Pictures Canada release SEARCHING Friday, August 31, 2018.
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Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto a chance to see NIGHT SCHOOL. Screening takes place on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 – Cineplex Yonge & Dundas, 7 PM
Synopsis:
Star Kevin Hart and producer Will Packer, who partnered for the hit Ride Along and Think Like a Man series, bring their signature style to Night School. The Comedy from Director Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip) follows a group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they’ll pass the GED exam.
Co-stars Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle, Taran Killam and Romany Malco join Hart on-screen for the film that Hart produces for his Hartbeat Productions, and Packer via his Will Packer Productions.
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Universal Pictures Canada release NIGHT SCHOOL Friday, September 28, 2018.
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Success has happened quickly for lovelytheband. The Los Angeles Trio formed a couple years back meeting at a club and less than two years later, they find themselves atop the charts with their breakout hit in Broken. The catchy Pop tune simultaneously has found success on Alternative radio and to promote their debut Disc Finding It Hard to Smile, they just have embarked on a 30-city Tour beginning in Toronto last night at a sold-out Velvet Underground.
lovelytheband are: Mitchy Collins (lead vocals, guitar), Jordan Greenwald (guitar) and Sam Price (drums).
Check-out BROKEN!
The boys spent their time in Toronto wisely doing lots of Press including The Edge, KISS 92.5, Entertainment Tonight Canada and more. They even went to support their friends All Time Low at their show Tuesday night and Low member Jack Barakat returned the favour, coming out to enjoy their show.
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lovelytheband support 5 Seconds of Summer this fall on tour.
(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong/Sony Music Entertainment)
Taraji P. Henson knows what men want! Check-out this hot new Trailer for WHAT MEN WANT starring the Golden Globe winner!
Synopsis:
Ali Davis (Taraji P. Henson) is a successful sports agent who’s constantly boxed out by her male colleagues. When Ali is passed up for a well-deserved promotion, she questions what else she needs to do to succeed in a man’s world… until she gains the ability to hear men’s thoughts! With her newfound power, Ali looks to outsmart her colleagues as she races to sign the next basketball superstar, but the lengths she has to go to will put her relationship with her best friends and a potential new love interest (Aldis Hodge) to the test. WHAT MEN WANT is the latest comedy from director Adam Shankman (HAIRSPRAY) and producers Will Packer and James Lopez (GIRLS TRIP), co-starring Tracy Morgan, Richard Roundtree, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Josh Brener, Tamala Jones, Phoebe Robinson, Max Greenfield, Jason Jones, Brian Bosworth, Chris Witaske and Erykah Badu.
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Paramount Pictures Canada release WHAT MEN WANT Friday, January 11, 2019.
(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures)
Puppeteer Jim Henson and his creations have left an indelible mark on the world and continue to this day to speak to generations well beyond his all too short a time here. You’d be hard-pressed to find a child of Generation X, Y or Z, who hasn’t been touched deeply by The Muppets or Sesame Street, firm proof that his legacy still continues on to this day thanks to The Jim Henson Company and his surviving children.
Among them, eldest son Brian Henson is priming the release of his much-talk-about upcoming feature THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS. The Dark-Comedy/Mystery is set in a world where humans and puppets co-exist together, although the latter are made to feel inferior. Disgraced ex-cop-turned-investigator puppet Phil Phillips (Bill Barretta) loses his brother and is in hot pursuit of his murderer who next is out to get Cast of popular ’80s TV Series The Happytime Gang and also his ex-flame Jenny (Elizabeth Banks). We’ve got a puppet killer on the loose and we’re about to find out who did it.
The Film, directed by Henson and written by Todd Berger, stars Melissa McCarthy as Connie Edwards, Phil’s ex-partner and also Maya Rudolph as Bubbles, his secretary. Joel McHale stars too as Agent Campbell, a stern FBI agent.
In Toronto for a packed day of promotion which saw him do the rounds on television, radio, print and digital, Henson spoke to us at his hotel about The Happytime Murders and what he finds funny.
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The Happytime Murders is wacky, twisted and out there. What inspires your sense of humour?
Henson: “I like it when it’s unexpected and a little naughty. I like it when it’s naughty and innocent at the same time. For instance, like when we did the sex scene in the Trailer, the idea that we did a graphically-sexual sequence, but then we used Silly String. What makes it really funny is that the puppet ejaculates silly string. So right when you’ve taken the scene too far and the audience is gonna go, ‘No! Don’t get to there. That’s too far!’, you do it with an innocent kinda stupid choice which is what makes it really funny. The same goes with the pornography scene where we reveal an explicit pornographic sequence in this puppet world, but it turns out only to be an octopus milking a cow – which is the most innocent thing!”.
The Film arrives finally after being in the works for 10 years. It has an interesting mix of Hollywood A-List talent and also seasoned professional Puppeteers, tell us about the casting process.
Henson: “It took ten years, but to get it produced, six years. There were different approaches how to cast and write it. In the end we casted around Melissa for our human Cast. Half the core Cast is puppets, half is human. Once we had Melissa in, it was figuring out the rest of the Cast. Most of them are working opposite puppets.  Melissa is working mostly with Bill as are Mya and Elizabeth. Joel, none of us really knew him, but he really wanted to do an audition and he did really good.”.
Much has been said about the Film, including a lawsuit filed by the organization behind Sesame Street, citing their fear of it smearing their reputation. While the case was rejected ultimately, it is important to note that The Happytime Murders sees itself more as a separate entity which honours its Henson heritage. Can you talk to this?
Henson: “This is a new Franchise, it’s neither The Muppets nor Sesame Street. As a Company we’ve always been irreverent, a little bit naughty and this is in that tradition. This is exclusively for adults. I believe that this Film should have no repercussions on The Muppets or Sesame Street. This is exclusively for adults and the idea is that kids who wanna watch Sesame Street or Muppets, still can. I could’ve done it PG, but then it would’ve been a little uncomfortable if a younger audience was seeing it. Instead, it’s a hard R-rating.”.
Who do you identify with more, people or puppets?
Henson: “People I identify with more. Once I put them in a movie, sometimes I feel that a puppet can more sincerely be itself than a person because a person is usually an actor and they have begun making new choices and developing themselves a little different from their last movie. For me in real life, puppets was what my dad did at work. It wasn’t what happened at home, it was work. It was an art form I appreciated greatly and I’d go to the workshops and studios where it was happening. For me, puppets are less alive than they are for other people because I’ve always been behind the scenes.”.
Sugar is a drug-like vice for the puppets (namely unforgettable male prostitute puppet Goofer) in this Film, what is your vice?
Henson: “Nicotine. I find myself chewing Nicotine Gum all the time. I try to fight my vices.”.
The Film looks a remarkably technical feat. What was your greatest challenge?
Henson: “Definitely the technical process of mixing people and puppets together in one scene. Floors needed to be taken out underneath the puppets, although I’m pretty experienced at that. I have this Improv Puppetry Show called PUPPET UP! which largely is why I made this Movie. It’s a very R-rated live show which I’m loving, and I wanted to do the Movie in this vein. Normally with puppets, every line is worked out in advance and we don’t improvise – it’s planned carefully, whereas here, I wanted to take Melissa, Mya, Elizabeth and Joel and do some improvising. For me, the most challenging thing was incorporating Improvisational Comedy into this.”.
What’s next?
Henson:Â “I’m always developing lots of different things and not sure which is gonna be next. The Company is making a Prequel to The Dark Crystal, a ten-part Series with Netflix. It’s gorgeous and almost done after nine months of shooting.”.
VVS Films release THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS Friday, August 24, 2018.
(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong/STX Entertainment | Video credit: VVS Films)
Great news! Disney’s live-action MULAN, directed by Niki Caro, officially is in production now between China and New Zealand. Check-out the above new promo photo!
Synopsis:
“Mulan” is the epic adventure of a fearless young woman who masquerades as a man in order to fight Northern Invaders attacking China. The eldest daughter of an honored warrior, Hua Mulan is spirited, determined and quick on her feet. When the Emperor issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army, she steps in to take the place of her ailing father as Hua Jun, becoming one of China’s greatest warriors ever.
Liu Yifei (“The Forbidden Kingdom,” “Once Upon a Time”) was cast as Hua Mulan following a year-long global casting search. Joining her in the film are: Donnie Yen (“Star Wars: Rogue One”); Jason Scott Lee (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny”); Yoson An (“The Meg”); Utkarsh Ambudkar (“Pitch Perfect”); Ron Yuan (“Marco Polo”); Tzi Ma (“Arrival”); Rosalind Chao (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”); Cheng Pei-Pei (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”); Nelson Lee; Chum Ehelepola; with Gong Li (“Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Raise the Red Lantern”) and Jet Li (“Shaolin Temple,” “Lethal Weapon 4”).
Walt Disney Motion Studios Motion Pictures Canada release MULAN Friday, March 27, 2020.
(Photo/video credit: Walt Disney Motion Studios Motion Pictures Canada)
Right in time for Halloween comes Netflix’s CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA! Filmed right home in Vancouver, we present you some new stills from the exciting new Series!
Synopsis:
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina imagines the origin and adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age story that traffics in horror, the occult and, of course, witchcraft. Tonally in the vein of Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist, this adaptation finds Sabrina wrestling to reconcile her dual nature — half-witch, half-mortal — while standing against the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit.
Cast includes: Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto, Lucy Davis, Ross Lynch, Michelle Gomez, Chance Perdomo, Jaz Sinclair, Richard Coyle, Tati Gabrielle, Adeline Rudolph, Abigail Cowen, Lachlan Watson, Bronson Pinchot and Gavin Leatherwood.
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Netflix Canada release CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA Friday, October 26, 2018.
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Shark Action-Thriller THE MEG debuts atop the Box Office this weekend with $40 million from 4,118 theatres for Warner Bros. Starring Jason Statham, it gets 51% on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore.
In second with $18.9 million is MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT after two weeks on-top for Paramount Pictures, earning a three week total of $160.8 million domestically.
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN is in third this weekend with $12.3 million for Disney, a two week total of $49.9 million.
Debuting in fourth is the Horror SLENDER MAN with $11.8 million from 2,358 theatres for Sony Screen Gems/Sony Pictures. It gets 15% on the Tomatometer.
BLACKKKLANSMAN debuts in fifth with $9.4 million from 1,512 theatres for Focus Features/Universal Pictures. This latest effort from Spike Lee gets 97% on the Tomatometer and an A- CinemaScore.
Rounding-out the Top Ten is ANT-MAN AND THE WASP with $3.9 million for a total of $203 million grossed over six weeks in North America.
Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win Advance Passes to see THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS. Screenings take place:
Toronto WED Sept 19 Scotiabank Theatre Toronto 7:00 pm
Montreal WED Sept 19 Cineplex Forum 7:00 pm
Calgary WED Sept 19 Landmark Shawnessy 7:00 pm
Edmonton WED Sept 19 Cineplex South Edmonton Commons 7:00 pm
Vancouver WED Sept 19 Cineplex International Village 7:30 pm
Synopsis:
In the tradition of Amblin classics where fantastical events occur in the most unexpected places, Jack Black and two-time Academy Award® winner Cate Blanchett star in The House with a Clock in Its Walls, from Amblin Entertainment. The magical adventure tells the spine-tingling tale of 10-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) who goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. But his new town’s sleepy façade jolts to life with a secret world of warlocks and witches when Lewis accidentally awakens the dead.
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Universal Pictures Canada release THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS Friday, September 21, 2018.
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It’s been about four months since Princess’ (A Pic by Mrwill) retirement as a racehorse and she’s settling in nicely into her new surroundings. While her new owner Miss Emily is awaiting the completion of some renovations at her home, including an indoor and outdoor stall for Princess, she’s been recovering from her fractured Sesamoid nicely at a boarding facility out in Caledon.
Cathy, Princess’ former owner and I decided to surprise her this past weekend and before we made our way in, she started nickering as soon as she heard our voices within earshot. We were overjoyed to see her in good spirits, slipping her fave Fuji apple slices and carrots through the bars of her stall.
Miss Maggie who owns the facility, was nice enough to open her stall for us after she finished her breakfast and she almost burst right through, wanting to come out and greet us. We estimate Princess will be on stall rest for about another month, but she’s doing it in style at least in a cute pink cast bandage from Miss Emily.
Princess has been a hit at the farm, which boards among other several gorgeous Paint ponies, with kids coming in throughout the week to receive riding lessons. One sweet girl named Victoria was so kind to write Princess this lovely note:
Aww! We’re glad to see we’re not the only ones who realize how special Princess is!
Miss Emily also reports to us that Princess has taken a liking to these things called Likits, which are like candy and a toy in one, providing her hours of entertainment in flavours like Apple, Banana, Carrot, Cherry, Garlic, Honey & Camomile, Mint, Molasses, Salt and Sport (Electrolyte). What will they think of next?
Great care and love go into Princess’ diet and we can some spot some dapples, a sign of good health, forming on her coat. She certainly has put on a little weight, but she looks fantastic and still v. fit. Surely she can’t wait to go out and show that all off!
Miss Emily although busy with work and eventing, always makes time in her day for our girl, sometimes spending hours just watching her:
And it seems she’s already v. popular with the boys…
Some more Snaps of our morning with Princess, as we her old and new family come together to celebrate her!
Cathy x Princess
Miss Michelle (Miss Emily’s mother) x Princess
Miss Maggie x Princess
Macy Mae x Princess
She always saves a snuggle for me:
We hope to pop by to see her again soon after her new home is ready! In the meantime, Princess is so proud of her former stablemate Aheadbyacentury who has been killing it in the Canadian Triple Crown thus far with second-place finishes in both the Queen’s Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes!
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