Paramount Pictures Canada + Mr. Will want to take Readers to see FENCES, directed by and starring Denzel Washington. Screenings take place in Toronto and Montreal:

Toronto (Wednesday December 21st) – Scotiabank Theatre @ 7:30PM

Montreal (Monday December 19th) – Cinéma Cineplex Forum @ 7:30PM

Synopsis:

FENCES is directed by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by August Wilson, adapted from Wilson‘s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play. The film stars Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson and Saniyya Sydney.

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Paramount Pictures Canada release FENCES on Christmas Day.

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For a second straight week, MOANA tops the Box Office for Disney, with $29.6 million from 3,875 theatres. In two weeks it has made $121 million domestically, getting a break from competitors with no new wide releases slated.

Former champ FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM is in second with $16.8 million for Warner Bros., tallying $181.3 million over three weeks.

ALLIED lands in third with $7.3 million for Paramount Pictures in its second week, almost passing the $30-million mark.

ARRIVAL is in fourth with $7.1 million also for Paramount Pictures. In its four weeks out it has made $71 million.

BAD SANTA 2 is in eighth in its second week out with $3.1 million for eOne Films/Broad Green Pictures. It has made $15 million in its run so far.

Oscar contender MANCHESTER BY THE SEA rounds out the Top Ten with $2.2 million from only 156 theatres. It has made $4.3 million over three weeks for Mongrel Media/Roadside Attractions.

Premiering at the Comic Con Experience 2016 in Brazil earlier today, here comes a new Teaser Trailer for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2!

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 is in theatres May 2017!

(Photo/video credit: Marvel Entertainment)

Check out this new Trailer for  touching Canadian production, KISS AND CRY.

Synopsis:
A romantic drama based on the story of Carley Allison, a promising 18 year old figure skater and singer who finds love just as she is diagnosed with a rare 1 in 3.5 billion form of sarcoma.

KISS AND CRY stars Sarah Fisher, Luke Bilyk and Chantal Kreviazuk.

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KISS AND CRY premieres on World Cancer Day Friday, February 4, 2017. Get tickets here.

(Photo/video credit: Mythic Productions)

We absolutely are crazy about Riz Ahmed, the English Actor who in recent years has seen his star rise rather quickly stateside. In addition to starring in HBO Series The Night Of this year, Ahmed turned heads in a acclaimed 2014 Thriller Nightcrawler alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. While we have yet to see his performance in acclaimed TIFF ’16 Selection Una (which he had to cancel an appearance for) with another of our favourites Rooney Mara, we soon will see him on many screens in STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE, for which he was in town for today.

With a whirlwind Press Day schedule, Ahmed with little notice to viewers, appeared on Breakfast Television, CP24 Breakfast and Your Morning. In the afternoon he shared the spotlight with Ryan Reynolds on The Social, that Canuck in town doing good at Sick Kids’ Hospital. He celebrates his 34th birthday tomorrow!

We gave it a shot and found Ahmed, who was was a great sport about the Selfie. We cannot wait to see him come back hopefully soon with his Hip-Hop Duo SWET SHOP BOYS, which just concluded their tour in multiple cities in support of their Album, Cashmere.

See our Snap:

With one of my faves, the brilliant and handsome #RizAhmed aka #RizMC, in town promoting #StarWarsRogueOne earlier today. #StarWars #RogueOne #SwetShopBoys

A photo posted by Mr. Will Wong 📸 (@mrwillwong) on Nov 30, 2016 at 11:59am PST

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada release STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE Friday, December 16, 2016.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada)

Right in time for the Holidays, comes this Wes Anderson-directed short film titled COME TOGETHER for H&M. We didn’t realize how much we needed this!
Starring in this 4-minute clip is Anderson muse Adrien Brody.

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Discover the H&M Christmas Collection here, including decorations too!

(Photo/video credit: H&M)

As expected, Disney’s MOANA takes the top of the Box Office this U.S. Thanksgiving holiday with $54.7 million from 3,875 theatres across North America. Critically, the Animated Feature gets a stellar 98% on the Tomatometer and an A CinemaScore.

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM continues to bring-in strong numbers with $45 million in its second week out, a total $155.8 million domestically for Warner Bros.

DOCTOR STRANGE, a former Box Office topper, lands in third with $13.5 million for Marvel/Disney, surpassing $205 million in four weeks.

ALLIED debuts in fourth with $12.6 million for Paramount Pictures from 3160 theatres. Starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, it gets 62% on the Tomatometer and a B CinemaScore.

BAD SANTA 2 opens in seventh with $5.2 million from 2,900 theatres for Broad Green Pictures/eOne Films with a C+ from Audiences at CinemaScore and 25% on the Tomatometer.

THE EDGE OF SEVETEEN rounds-out the Thanksgiving Top Ten with $2.9 million from 1,945 theatres for STX Entertainment/VVS Films. It has earned $4.1 million over two weeks.

VVS Films x Mr. Will want to take Readers in Toronto to the Canadian Premiere of MISS SLOANE Monday, December 5, 2016 with Jessica Chastain! That’s right! She will be here right where it all began! We’ve seen it and we were floored.

Synopsis:
MISS SLOANE is the story a ruthless lobbyist (Jessica Chastain) who is notorious for her unparalleled talent and her desire to win at all costs, even when it puts her own career at risk. The thriller pulls back the curtain on how Capitol Hill games are played and won as Sloane faces off against the most influential powers in D.C.

Trailer:

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G’LUCK.

VVS FILMS release MISS SLOANE Friday, December 9, 2016.

(Photo/video credit: VVS Films)

Awards buzz for JACKIE is deafening after a rousing premiere here at TIFF ’16. Fox Searchlight x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto + Vancouver a chance to see it first.

The Toronto screening takes place Wednesday, December 7, 2016 and the Vancouver screening takes place Monday, December 12, 2016.

Synopsis:
JACKIE is a searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Natalie Portman).  JACKIE places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband’s assassination.  Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a psychological portrait of the First Lady as she struggles to maintain her husband’s legacy and the world of “Camelot” that they created and loved so well.

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Fox Searchlight release JACKIE Friday, December 9, 2016 in Toronto and Friday, December 16, 2016 in Vancouver.

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Right in time for her 16th birthday, Hawaiian-born singer/actress Auli’i Cravalho is in Toronto today to promote her debut Feature, Disney’s Moana.  The lovely burgeoning star was handpicked by the studio after a rigorous audition process which saw her last to audition and first to be chosen out of hundreds of young Polynesian women.

Her first name pronounced “Ow-Lee-Ee“, Cravalho endured the wind and cold to make stops around the morning circuit here including CITY‘s Breakfast Television and a taping of Entertainment CITY. In addition, she appeared on CP24 Breakfast and Global‘s The Morning Show after meeting with Press all day yesterday.

We met the star herself this morning, flower adorning her hair, and full of charm. She loved Billy!

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With the lovely star of Disney’s #MOANA, #AuliiCravalho, in Toronto today. Expect Box Office domination for this U.S. Thanksgiving animated adventure!

A photo posted by Mr. Will Wong 📸 (@mrwillwong) on Nov 22, 2016 at 5:41am PST

Industry numbers are projecting approximately $75 million for the title across North America, over the U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday. The Animated Feature is about a young girl (Cravalho) and her journey with Demigod Maui (recent PEOPLE Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive honouree Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) to becoming a master wayfinder. Along the way, she fulfills an ancient quest for her ancestors.  A true show of confidence from the “House of the Mouse” in its product is that it has topped its competitiors in spending on TV advertising up through this past Sunday according to Variety.

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada release MOANA Wednesday, November 23, 2016.

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)