Hollywood Suite is pleased to announce it is the exclusive Canadian broadcast home for the four HBO Max Original documentary specials 100 Years of Warner Bros., premiering Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 8pm ET. The specials explore the impact of Warner Bros. on art, commerce and culture, telling the story of the fabled entertainment studio on its 100th anniversary.

Narrated by Morgan Freeman and directed by Academy Award® and Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Leslie Iwerks (The Imagineering Story, Recycled Life), 100 Years of Warner Bros. provides a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the history of the iconic Hollywood studio, from the underdog origins of the company to its transformation into a global entertainment powerhouse. All four specials will be available on Hollywood Suite On Demand on August 1.

“We are thrilled to present the Canadian Premiere of 100 Years of Warner Bros.,” said Sharon Stevens, Vice-President, Programming, Hollywood Suite. “It is the perfect fit for us at Hollywood Suite to share the story of one of the most prolific entertainment studios in history and celebrate the films that have left their mark on audiences around the world for generations.”

The four documentary specials feature over 60 interviews with legendary filmmakers, actors and executives including: Kim Basinger, Candice Bergen, Linda Blair, Orlando Bloom, Quinta Brunson, LeVar Burton, Tim Burton, Lynda Carter, Jon M. Chu, George Clooney, Chris Columbus, Kevin Costner, Alfonso Cuarón, Ellen DeGeneres, Robert De Niro Ernest Dickerson, Clint Eastwood, Toby Emmerich, Morgan Freeman, William Friedkin, Gal Gadot, Andy Garcia, Tony Gilroy, Ron Howard, Ke Huy Quan, Patty Jenkins, Harvey Keitel, Linda Lavin, Chuck Lorre, Baz Luhrmann, Leonard Maltin, Ben Mankiewicz, Matthew Modine, Gregory Nava, Christopher Nolan, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Orr, Jesse Palmer, Todd Phillips, Daniel Radcliffe, Keanu Reeves, Charles Roven, Martin Scorsese, Jacqueline Stewart, Oliver Stone, Emma Thomas, Cass Warner, John Wells, Oprah Winfrey and Constance Wu.

100 Years of Warner Bros.Specials List:

100 Years of Warner Bros.: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
Premieres Sunday, August 6 at 8pm ET

Four brothers set out to build a movie studio from the ground up–while making a giant leap
from silent films to “talkies.” As the Warners stand up to WWII Nazism, personal ambitions lead to family betrayal.

Followed by: Rebel Without A Cause (1955) and Cool Hand Luke (1967)

100 Years of Warner Bros.: Clint, Kubrick and Kryptonite
Premieres Sunday, August 13 at 8pm ET

After a historic sale, Warner Bros. navigates the upheavals of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Under a new
strategist CEO, the company enters an era of unmatched storytelling with groundbreaking projects.

Followed by: Mean Streets (1973) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

100 Years of Warner Bros.: Heroes, Villains and Friends
Premieres Sunday, August 20 at 8pm ET

In the ‘80s, a new generation helps crown Warner Bros. as a forerunner in Hollywood’s
blockbuster age. After a historic merger, the company becomes one of the biggest entertainment giants in the world.

Followed by: The Exorcist (1973), Batman (1989), Goodfellas (1990), Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and Ocean’s Twelve (2004).

100 Years of Warner Bros.: Wizarding World and The Big Bang
Premieres Sunday, August 27 at 8pm ET

As the millennium brings a new era of business partnerships bookended by mergers, Warner
Bros. continues to champion authentic voices while harnessing the latest technologies of the
digital age.

Followed by: Inception (2010).

The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) today announced its first-ever free outdoor film festival taking place August 10 and 17 , 2023 at the CFC campus on Windfields Estate in North York. Aptly called “Summer of Love,” the festival will showcase both nostalgic favourites and new voices from Canadian filmmakers. For more information on the CFC and its work in the Canadian film landscape visit cfccreates.com.

“As Torontonians, we await these lovely summer nights with bated breath, and how better to celebrate than by gathering to watch great films under the stars,” said maxine bailey, CFC Executive Director. “We are delighted to offer local cinephiles access to these free films at our inaugural CFC Outdoor Film Festival, and to shine the spotlight on the wealth of talent we have in our country.”

The inaugural CFC Outdoor Film Festival invites film-lovers to experience a Summer of Love, with two features and a selection of short films showcasing Canadian storytellers for two nights in August. The beloved romantic comedy Moonstruck, from director and CFC founder Norman Jewison will screen on August 10 at 7:30 p.m. and CFC alum and director V.T. Nayani’s film This Place, which premiered at TIFF 2022, will screen on August 17 at 7:30 p.m. Each feature will be preceded by a selection of short films from recent CFC alumni, which will be announced at a later date.

The event is free to the public and surrounding neighbourhood.

Moonstruck (1987)
Date: Thursday, August 10, 2023
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: CFC Campus (Centre Lawn at Windfields Estate)
2489 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M2L 1A8

Directed by CFC founder Norman Jewison, Moonstruck stars the iconic Cher and Nicholas Cage about a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, who finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.

This Place (2022)
Date: Thursday, August 17, 2023
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: CFC Campus (Centre Lawn at Windfields Estate)
2489 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M2L 1A8

Directed by CFC alum V.T. Nayani and starring Devery Jacobs and Priya Guns, The Place is a coming-of-adulthood story about two women falling in love for the first time. As they grow closer, each is forced to confront their family histories in unexpected ways, while navigating multiple legacies of grief and love.

CFC’s outdoor film screenings are generously supported by the City of Toronto through the Cultural Festivals Program.

Today Disney+ released a brand-new trailer for Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion.” Don’t miss the last two episodes of this exciting espionage thriller that has Nick Fury trusting no one as he rushes to avert chaos.

In Marvel Studios’ new series “Secret Invasion,” set in the present day MCU, Nick Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity.

Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion” stars Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Martin Freeman, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Charlayne Woodard, Killian Scott, Samuel Adewunmi, Dermot Mulroney, Christopher McDonald, Katie Finneran, with Emilia Clarke and Olivia Colman, and Don Cheadle.

Ali Selim directs the series and executive produces along with fellow executive producers Kevin Feige, Jonathan Schwartz, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Samuel L. Jackson, Ali Selim, Kyle Bradstreet and Brian Tucker. Kyle Bradstreet is also the head writer, and Jennifer L. Booth, Allana Williams and Brant Englestein serve as co-executive producers.

Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion” is streaming now exclusively on Disney+. The series finale will stream on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Alexander Payne (The Descendants, Sideways) is back with THE HOLDOVERS and teams-up once again with Paul Giamatti! Today we get a brand-new Trailer.

Story:

From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).

Director: Alexander Payne
Writer: David Hemingson
Producers: Mark Johnson p.g.a, Bill Block, David Hemingson
Executive Producers: Andrew Golov, Thom Zadra, Chris Stinson
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, introducing Dominic Sessa

Focus Features and Universal Pictures Canada
will release THE HOLDOVERS
In Select NY & LA theatres on October 27, 2023
In Limited Release on November 3, 2023
& In Theatres Nationwide on November 10, 2023

(Photo/video credit: Focus Features)

Paramount Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win passes to an Advance Screening of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM! One winner will get a Prize Pack which includes a Playmates Toy, a mini-poster, a sticky hand toy, a vinyl sticker, a journal with sticker sheet, a tie-dye t-shirt, a Ninja Turtle felt eye mask and a backpack! Will it be you?

All screenings will be taking place on July 29, 2023 as follows:

TORONTO – Saturday, July 29th at 11:15 AM, Cineplex Cinemas Yorkdale
MONTREAL (ENG) – Saturday, July 29th at 11:00 AM, Cinéma Cineplex Forum et VIP
MONTREAL (FRE) – Saturday, July 29th at 11:00 AM, Cinéma Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin
EDMONTON – Saturday, July 29th at 11:00 AM, Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton
VANCOUVER – Saturday, July 29th at 10:30 AM, Cineplex Cinemas Metropolis

Synopsis:

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

To enter for a chance to win, click “like” on this Post at MR. WILL ON FACEBOOK. In the comments there, please indicate your City of choice. Re-Tweet the below for an extra chance. We’re now on Threads, so you can enter there too!

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM IS ONLY IN THEATRES AUGUST 2, 2023.

(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures Canada)

A new Featurette from TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM has arrived, chatting with star and Producer, Seth Rogen. Also for the first time ever, these turtles are voiced by actual teenagers! LOL This is in theatures August 2, 2023.

SYNOPSIS

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Present

A Point Grey Production

Directed by

Jeff Rowe

Co-Directed by

Kyler Spears

Screenplay by

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg & Jeff Rowe

and

Dan Hernandez & Benji Samit

Story by

Brendan O’Brien

and

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg & Jeff Rowe

Based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Characters Created by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman

Produced by

Seth Rogen, p.g.a., Evan Goldberg, p.g.a., James Weaver, p.g.a.

Executive Producers

Ramsay McBean, Josh Fagen

Starring:

Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Hannibal Buress, Rose Byrne, Nicolas Cantu, John Cena, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, Natasia Demetriou, Ayo Edebiri, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Brady Noon, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph.

(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures Canada)

Who’s got Tennis fever? A multi-episode doc-series following the US Women’s National Team’s World Cup journey will premiere globally on Netflix this Fall, 2023. The series is a co-production with TIME Studios, Words + Pictures, and Togethxr.

Synopsis:

The all-access sports series will allow audiences to intimately follow the US Women’s National Team’s players and coaches and reveal an inside look at the most decorated team in soccer history. Viewers will get a first-hand look at the pressure, the euphoria, the joy, and the hardships that these world-class athletes experience as they strive to capture their third World Cup title in a row. Issues ranging from racial diversity, LGBTQ+ rights, equal pay, family, and motherhood are all brought to light as the narrative unfolds.

The series will capture all of the personal and team preparation on the road to their biggest FIFA World Cup. Throughout their tournament run, audiences will learn how this team stands on the shoulders of those who played before them, and how they continue to break the glass ceiling for equality in sports for women of the future.

The series will include veteran champions like Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, who recently announced this was her last World Cup, 18-year-old rising star Alyssa Thompson as well as US Women’s World Cup Team first timers Sofia Huerta, Lynn Williams and Kristie Mewis. Additional names will be announced at a later date.

The series is currently in production in New Zealand and Australia following the team as they compete for the 2023 World Cup.

On July 13, 2023, at the ESPY Awards, the US Women’s National Team was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for their strength and determination, fighting for pay parity in soccer.

Directed by two-time Emmy award winner and TIME Studios Executive Producer Rebecca Gitlitz (30 for 30 Shorts, 2012 Summer Olympics).

Executive Produced by Emmy award winner Connor Schell (The Last Dance, OJ: Made in America, 30 for 30) with Mike Beck, Alexa Conway, Libby Geist, Rebecca Gitlitz, Ian Orefice, Jamie Patricof and Jessica Sherif.

Produced by Marie Margolius and Nick Eisenberg.

This series joins Netflix’s lineup of sports programming, including Drive To Survive, Full Swing, Break Point, the brand-new NFL series Quarterback, and the anthology series Untold which returns with Volume 3 this August.

(Photo credit: Netflix)

20th Century Studios, New Regency and Entertainment One have released a new trailer for the epic sci-fi action thriller “The Creator,” which opens in theatres September 29, 2023. Directed by Gareth Edwards (“Rogue One,” “Godzilla”), the film stars John David Washington (“Tenet”), Gemma Chan (“Eternals”), Ken Watanabe (“Inception”), Sturgill Simpson (“Dog”), newcomer Madeleine Yuna Voyles and Academy Award® winner Allison Janney (“I, Tonya”). The film’s screenplay is by Gareth Edwards and Chris Weitz, from a story by Edwards. The producers are Gareth Edwards, p.g.a., Kiri Hart, Jim Spencer, p.g.a. and Arnon Milchan. The executive producers are Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer, Natalie Lehmann, Nick Meyer and Zev Foreman.

Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory… only to discover the world-ending weapon he’s been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child.

(Photo/video credit: 20th Century Studios Canada)

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE demolishes the competition this weekend, debuting in top spot with $54.2 million from 4,327 theatres for Paramount Pictures. Its five-day running total is $78 million since its Wednesday opening, across North America. Franchise best still goes to MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT with $61 million in 2018.

SOUND OF FREEDOM lands in second spot, still going strong with $23.6 million from 3,265 theatres for Angel Studios, a two-week total of $82 million.

INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR is in third with $12.6 million from 3,188 theatres for Sony Pictures, a two week run of $57 million.

Fourth is INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY with $11.4 million for 20th Century Studios, a total $144 million over three weeks.

Disney & Pixar’s ELEMENTAL is fifth with $8.5 million, a total $125 million over five weekends.

Based on the beloved franchise, MIRACULOUS: LADYBUG & CAT NOIR, THE MOVIE is hitting theatres July 21, 2023 via Netflix and here’s a list of theatres where it’s playing.

Participating theatres:

BRITISH COLUMBIA:
Vancouver: Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas

ONTARIO:
Toronto: Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas and VIP

QUEBEC:
Montreal: Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin and Cinéma Guzzo Méga-Plex Sphèretech 14

Logline:

The first feature film based on the globally beloved Miraculous franchise, Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie follows ordinary teenager Marinette, whose life in Paris goes superhuman when she becomes Ladybug. Bestowed with magical powers of creation, Ladybug must unite with her opposite, Cat Noir, to save Paris as a new villain unleashes chaos unto the city.

Directed by: Jeremy Zag
Story by: Jeremy Zag
Screenplay by: Jeremy Zag, Bettina López Mendoza
Produced by: Aton Soumache
Produced by: Jeremy Zag
Produced by: Daisy Shang
Executive Producers: Emmanuel Jacomet, Michael Gracey, Tyler Thompson, Alexis Vonarb, Jean-Bernard Marinot, Cynthia Zouari, Thierry Pasquet, Ben Li
Associate Producers: Elisabeth Guery, Brice Garnier, Cameron Sonerson, Marlin Prager
Original Score Composed by: Jeremy Zag
Executive Music Producers: Harvey Mason Jr, 22D Music – Emmanuel Deletang
Original Score Arranged by: Maxime Boutboul
Philharmonic Orchestra by: Dream Town Orchestra
Original Songs composed by: Jeremy Zag
Lyrics by: Jeremy Zag, Chris Read, Michael Gracey, Britt Burton
Creative Studio: Zag Animation Studios
CG Studio: ON Animation Studios Montréal Inc
Based on the Miraculous Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir series created by: Thomas Astruc & Nathanaël Bronn
Produced by: Zagtoon & Method Animation
Cast: Cristina Vee Valenzuela (Marinette / Ladybug), Bryce Papenbrook (Adrien / Cat Noir), Keith Silverstein (Gabriel Agreste / Hawk Moth), Carrie Keranen (Alya), Selah Victor (Chloé Bourgeois), Zeno Robinson (Nino), Chris Smith (Tom), Anne Yatco (Sabine), Paul St Peter (Wang Fu), Mela Lee (Tikki), Max Mittelman (Plagg), Cassandra Lee Morris (Sabrina), Sabrina Weisz (Nathalie)

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)