Walt Disney Studios Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win Advance Passes to see AD ASTRA. Screenings take place as follows:

Montreal (French Screening), Montreal (English Screening), Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.
 

Synopsis:
Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.

See the Trailer:

Artwork:

To enter to win, click “like” on this Post at MR. WILL ON FACEBOOK and indicate your City/language preference for Montreal. Re-Tweet this Contest Tweet from @mrwillw for an extra chance.

Rules and regulations here.

AD ASTRA arrives in theaters everywhere on September 20, 2019 from The Walt Disney Studios.

(Photo/video credit: Walt Disney Studios Canada)

Labour Day means not only back-to-school. It means back-to-work and some stars already are in town for TIFF ’19!

Joel McHale stars in independent Thriller BECKY, which is up for sale during the Festival. The Film centers upon a girl and her dad whose weekend at a lakehouse is ruined when convicts show up to terrorize them. Toronto’s Amanda Brugel and Kevin James also star. McHale was spotted arriving and as always is a class act. The Community star has been here before for the Festival and also for the Global Upfront!

British-born Toronto star Keir Gilchrist (United States of Tara, Atypical) is back at TIFF with opioid crisis Drama CASTLE IN THE GROUND. The Film starring Neve Campbell and Alex Wolff premieres this Thursday at the Festival.

We loved seeing Gina Rodriguez again, as she gets ready to go back to work on Netflix‘s AWAKE after a weekend home in L.A.!

We don’t know about you, but we’re so ready for TIFF this week! Stay tuned, we’ve got lots of great stuff in store!

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

For a second straight week, ANGEL HAS FALLEN claims top spot at the Box Office. Its take of $13 million from 3,336 theatres this weekend is enough to claim the throne based on few new releases to surface. By end of Labour Day weekend, it will have made $45.9 million for VVS Films/Lionsgate Films.

In second spot is GOOD BOYS with $8.8 million in its third week out for Universal Pictures, a total $58 million grossed.

In third is Disney’s THE LION KING in third with $6.4 million, a total $522.7 million in North America over seven weeks.

READY OR NOT is in sixth with $5.8 million for Fox Searchlight, a total $21.7 million made over two weeks.

Rounding things out is THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2 with $4 million for Sony Pictures, a total $35 million over three week.

eOne Films x Mr. Will Wong want to give Readers a chance to win Advance Passes to see TIFF ’19 selection JUDY on Monday, September 23, 2019 in Vancouver, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Victoria.

Synopsis:
In London in the winter of 1968, legendary performer Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) arrives to perform a series of sold-out concerts at the Talk of the Town. As she prepares for the show, she battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans.

She also embarks on a courtship with Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock), her soon-to-be fifth husband.

Trailer:

Artwork:

To enter to win, click “like” on this Post at MR. WILL ON FACEBOOK and indicate your City. Re-Tweet this Contest Tweet from @mrwillw for an extra chance.

Rules and Regulations here.

eOne Films release JUDY Friday, September 27, 2019.

(Photo/video credit: eOne Films)

Following the record-breaking success as the highest R-rated opening ever, the celebrations came home to where IT all began last night in Toronto. In addition to a special Cast & Crew screening at Scotiabank Theatre, fans also got a chance to see follow-up IT: CHAPTER TWO first!

Director/Writer Andy Muschietti and his sister, Producer Barbara Muschietti made a visit to the City to promote the highly-anticipated Stephen King adaptation. Cineplex’s Tanner Zipchen chat with the two in a Q&A preceding the Screening and talk about navigating the Film especially filming flashbacks with the child cast who have grown since the first installment. They also are asked about what it is like to work with your sibling!

Some clips from the Chat:

Some of our Snaps:

Fans can expect the same emotion that the first film landed on as well as the message of facing your fears head-on, as well as some fantastic performances especially by funnyman Bill Hader who is the heart and soul of the Film. And of course, the scares! Review coming soon.

Warner Bros. Canada release IT: CHAPTER TWO Wednesday, September 6, 2019.

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)

By Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong

As soon as you walk into the Amazon Prime‘s Carnival Row pop-up at Yonge-Dundas Square, filled with the sounds of Classical and Opera, you are handed a card that tells you if you are human or creature. As the actors walk around they notice what card you are holding and talk to you accordingly. Which gives the feeling like you are really in this fictional world.

As you walk around the event, there are different shopping stations from the show and actors that interact with guests. Asking what they would like to buy at their shop. There is also a station at its center that has a stage and mic stand and a creature goes off and on singing to the crowd. There is more fun to be had with a station to put on your own creature wings!

After screening Carnival Row, I can say the Fantasy genre is used interestingly to touch upon themes of refugee scenarios and immigration. Delevingne and Bloom deliver solid performances and while we only get to see them in one scene together, but their chemistry is great. Steam Punk fans will be delighted.

Synopsis:
Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Cara Delevingne (Suicide Squad) star in Carnival Row, a series set in a Victorian fantasy world filled with mythological immigrant creatures whose exotic homelands were invaded by the empires of man. This growing population struggles to coexist with humans — forbidden to live, love, or fly with freedom. But even in darkness, hope lives, as a human detective, Rycroft Philostrate (Bloom), and a refugee faerie named Vignette Stonemoss (Delevingne) rekindle a dangerous affair despite an increasingly intolerant society. Vignette harbors a secret that endangers Philo’s world during his most important case yet: a string of gruesome murders threatening the uneasy peace of the Row.

See some Snaps from the Pop-Up:

See the Trailer:

CARNIVAL ROW streams on Amazon Prime beginning Labour Day weekend.

(Photo/video credit:  Amazon Prime/Amanda Gilmore)

Attention, MEN IN BLACK fans! In celebration of MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL‘s release on Home Entertainment, be ready to grab a delicious treat!

On Tuesday, September 3, 2019, visit Toronto’s famous Black Charcoal Ice Cream purveyor, iHalo Krunch’s Queen Street West location at 1:00pm and will go until supplies last. All are welcome to participate, but only the first 100 fans to arrive at iHalo Krunch are eligible to receive a free cone. After the first 100 cones are distributed, iHalo Krunch will continue to distribute free ice cream throughout the day, in the form of cups, to Men in Black fans who arrive.

More details:

So get your best Men in Black look on!

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment release MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL Tuesday, September 3, 2019.

(Photo credit: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

We can’t get enough Timothée! Check-out this new Teaser for THE KING!

Synopsis:
Hal (Timothée Chalamet), wayward prince and reluctant heir to the English throne, has turned his back on royal life and is living among the people. But when his tyrannical father dies, Hal is crowned King Henry V and is forced to embrace the life he had previously tried to escape. Now the young king must navigate the palace politics, chaos and war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life — including his relationship with his closest friend and mentor, the ageing alcoholic knight, John Falstaff (Joel Edgerton). Directed by David Michôd and co-written by Michôd and Edgerton, THE KING co-stars Sean Harris, Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Pattinson, and Lily-Rose Depp.

See the Trailer:

THE KING streams on Netflix this Fall.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

Oh boy, it’s a big year indeed. After much waiting and speculations, TIFF didn’t disappoint and released their list of who’s coming to TIFF ’19. Keep in mind this is subject to change at any time!

For more on the titles coming to the Festival and what’s been announced to date, click here.

Happy stargazing!

(Photo credit: TIFF)

Hot off Disney‘s D23 Expo, here’s a fresh look at STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER for you to enjoy!

Synopsis:
Lucasfilm and director J.J. Abrams join forces once again to take viewers on an epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the riveting conclusion of the seminal Skywalker saga, where new legends will be born and the final battle for freedom is yet to come. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens in theatres on December 19.

The film stars Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, and Billy Dee Williams.

See the Sneak Peek:

Walt Disney Studios Canada release STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Friday, December 19, 2019.

(Photo/video credit: Walt Disney Studios Canada)