The moment we’ve all been waiting for. As part of DC Week on The CW Network this week, we got that two-and-a-half minutes of gloriousness promised to us at 10:00 PM.

Without further a do, the brand new Trailer for SUICIDE SQUAD!

It’s colourful. It’s chaotic. It’s crazy. It’s violent. It’s everything!

See it here:

Warner Bros. Pictures Canada release SUICIDE SQUAD Friday, August 5, 2016.

(Photo/video credit: Warner Bros. Pictures Canada)

So we were just minding out business over lunch today working on our recap of the Canadian Screen Award nominations and standing right before us was HIM. The English Actor, best known as Meriadoc Brandybuck in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Charlie Pace in beloved series LOST, is in Toronto today promoting Season 3 of WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN on OLN.

The Series which just premiered earlier this month sees Monaghan venturing in dangerous situations thus far taking him to Belize and Florida this season.  New episodes air Tuesdays at 9 PM EST. Learn more here.

We last met Monaghan when he came for TIFF about five years back and just like then, he remains amazingly-nice, happy to stop after his lunch at TIFF Bell Lightbox‘s Canteen for a quick Snap.  He also hit-up various outlets today including eTalk, The Marilyn Denis Show and The Social.

See our Snap:

A photo posted by Mr. Will Wong ⛄ (@mrwillwong) on Jan 19, 2016 at 12:31pm PST

(Photo credit: OLN/Mr. Will Wong)

Umm, we only LOVED Neighbors, so it brings us great relief that this Trailer for NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING looks hilarious!

Synopsis:
Now that Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne) have a second baby on the way, they are ready to make the final move into adulthood: the suburbs. But just as they thought they’d reclaimed the neighborhood and were safe to sell, they learn that the new occupants next door are a sorority even more out of control than Teddy (Zac Efron) and his brothers ever dreamed of being.

Tired of their school’s sexist, restrictive system, the unorthodox ladies of Kappa Nu have decided to start a house where they can do whatever the hell they want. When Shelby (Chloe Moretz) and her sisters, Beth (Kiersey Clemons) and Nora (Beanie Feldstein), find the perfect place just off campus, they won’t let the fact that it’s located on a quiet street stand in their way of parties as epic as the guys throw.

Forced to turn to the one ex-neighbor with the skills to bring down the new Greeks next door, the Radners—alongside best friends Jimmy (Ike Barinholtz) and Paula (Carla Gallo)—bring in charismatic Teddy as their secret weapon. If he can infiltrate the sorority and charm his way through it, the thirtysomethings will shutter the Kappas’ home. But if they think that their neighbors are going down without a fight, they have severely underestimated the power of youthful ingenuity and straight-up crazy.

See the Trailer:

Universal Pictures Canada release NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING Friday, May 20, 2016.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)

Elevation Pictures + Mr. Will want to give you the chills. Ontario-filmed THE WITCH won audiences over at TIFF ’15 and we admit four months later we still are terrified. We want to give you a chance to attend an advanced screening of THE WITCH on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 in Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Ottawa, Calgary, Victoria and Halifax.

Synopsis:
New England, 1630: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. In his debut feature, writer/director Robert Eggers painstakingly designs an authentic re-creation of New England — generations before the 1692 trials in Salem — evoking the alluring and terrifying power of the timeless witch myth. Told through the eyes of Thomasin, the teenage daughter (in a star-making performance by Anya Taylor-Joy), and supported by haunting camera work and an ominous score, THE WITCH is a chilling portrait of a family unraveling within their own fears and anxieties, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil.

See the Trailer:

Artwork:

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http://www.mrwillwong.com/thewitch @MRWILLW wants us to see an Advance Screening of terrifying #THEWITCH. Out 2/19.

Those that enter must be 18 years of age or older. THE WITCH is subject to classification.

G’luck (if you dare).

Anya Taylor-Joy + Mr. Will:

Robert Eggers + Mr. Will:

Elevation Pictures release THE WITCH Friday, February 19, 2016. Subject to classification.

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It’s that time of the year again! Awards Season wouldn’t be complete without the Canadian Screen Awards, set to take place Sunday, March 13, 2016 at Sony Centre for the Performing Arts for a fourth year. The Gala to be hosted by comedian Norm MacDonald, recognizes  the finest accomplishments in Canadian Film, Digital Media and Television, revealing its nominees this morning at TIFF Bell Lightbox with the help of Actors Aislinn Paul (Degrassi, Heroes Reborn) and Lyriq Bent (The Book of Negroes).  The Duo were revealed as nominees too.

Leading the Film nominees this year is Academy Award Best Picture-nominated ROOM with eleven nods including Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Art Direction, Cinematography, Direction, Editing, Makeup, Music, Original Score, Adapted Screenplay, Actor in a Leading Role (Jacob Tremblay), Actress in a Leading Role (Brie Larson) and Actress in a Supporting Role (Joan Allen). Both Larson and nine-year-old Tremblay are fresh off Critics’ Choice Awards this past weekend for their work in the Toronto-made Film.

Following closely behind were HYENA ROAD, which despite a whopping eight nominations didn’t receive a Best Motion Picture nomination, and French-language Film OUR LOVED ONES with seven nominations.

SCHITT’S CREEK leads Television category nominees with 14 nominations, plus one in the Digital Media division, including Best Comedy Series, Best Direction in a Comedy Series (twice), Best Photography in a Comedy Series, Best Editing in a Comedy Series, Best Writing in a Comedy Series (twice), Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy), Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Chris Elliott) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Annie Murphy, Catherine O’Hara). Interestingly, father-son duo Eugene and Daniel Levy are going head-to-head in this category.

CSAs favourite Orphan Black follows closely behind in second with 13 nominations.  Tied with 12 nominations apiece were Mr. D and 19-2.

A star-studded list of nominees were announced with the likes of Rossif Sutherland, Christopher Plummer, Jared Keeso, Tatiana Maslany, Missy Peregrym, Megan Follows and several more. We wait to see the list of talent to grace the Red Carpet in March!

Earlier at the Press Conference, the new Discovery Award was presented to Director Yosef Baraki and Producers Andrew Korogyi and Asef Baraki for their Afghanistan-filmed Feature, MINA WALKING.  The Award is for emerging Filmmakers working with a budget of under $250k.

Once again this year, Fans will get a chance to connect with their favourite Canadian stars  Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Eaton Centre in the Canadian Screen Awards Fanzone.  Fans also will be given a chance to win a spot in the Red Carpet section at the Sony Centre on the day of the Awards and even have a chance to vote for their favourite Canadian star in the Fan’s Choice Award voting.  Details can be found here.

The 2016 Canadian Screen Awards air 8 PM on CBC Sunday, March 13, 2016.  See the full list of Nominees here.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

Some exciting updates from your favourite streaming service Netflix today out of Beverly Hills as a junket was held announcing some important 2016 dates for the slate.   Here are the details below:

Black Mirror: British star Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Beyond the Lights, Concussion and Doctor Who) and Canada’s Mackenzie Davis (The F Word, Halt and Catch Fire and The Martian) have been cast in lead roles in one of the episodes of the Netflix original series Black Mirror. Owen Harris (Kill Your Friends) will direct the episode. Created and written by Charlie Brooker, the series is produced by House of Tomorrow, and Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones serve as executive producers.

Marvel’s Jessica Jones – Will Return for Second Installment
Currently streaming its first season on Netflix, Marvel’s Jessica Jones is a suspenseful, edgy look into the life of Jessica Jones, one of the most popular new Marvel characters of the last decade. After a tragic ending to her short-lived Super Hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a private investigator in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. Critics’ Choice award nominee Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones) is joined by an amazing cast including David Tennant (Kilgrave), Mike Colter (Luke Cage), Rachael Taylor (Trish Walker), Carrie-Anne Moss, Eka Darville, Erin Moriarty, and Wil Traval, among others. The series is executive produced by series showrunner Melissa Rosenberg (Twilight, Dexter) and Liz Friedman (Elementary), along with Jeph Loeb (Marvel’s Daredevil, Lost, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.).

Flaked – Premieres globally Friday, March 11, 2016 at 12:01am PT
Flaked is the serio-comic story of Chip, a celebrated long-time resident of the insular world of Venice, California who falls for the object of his best friend’s fascination. Soon the tangled web of half-truths and semi-bullshit that underpins his all-important image and sobriety begins to unravel. Five-time Emmy Award nominee Will Arnett plays Chip, a man doing his honest best to stay one step ahead of his own lies. The series also stars David Sullivan, Ruth Kearney and George Basil. Executive producers Will Arnett and Mark Chappell (The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret) co-created and co-wrote the 8-episode series. Ben Silverman (Founder and Chairman of Electus), Peter Principato and Mitch Hurwitz (Arrested Development) also serve as executive producers on the show. Electus and Principato-Young are providing production services. Flaked is a Netflix production. Link to first look photos here.

The Ranch – First 10-episodes premiere globally Friday, April 1, 2016 at 12:01am PT
Set in present day on a Colorado ranch, this multi-camera comedy series stars Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Sam Elliott and Debra Winger. The show follows Colt’s (Kutcher) return home after a brief and failed semi- pro football career to run the family ranching business with his older brother Jameson “Rooster” (Masterson) and father Beau (Elliott), whom he hasn’t seen in 15 years. Winger stars as Colt’s and Rooster’s mother, Maggie, who runs the local town bar. The Ranch is executive produced by Don Reo (Two and Half Men,My Wife and Kids) and Jim Patterson (Two and a Half Men, Mike and Molly). Kutcher and Masterson serve as executive producers and co-executive producer respectively.

Lost & Found Music Studios – Premieres globally on Friday, April 1 at 12:01am PT
As part of the expanding slate for tweens and teens, Lost & Found Music Studios is a live action series about a group of talented teenage musicians who struggle to find their authentic sound and place in the world as they hone their craft at a prestigious music studio. In each episode, young artists navigate the ups and downs of the music industry, as they find their way to love, inspiration, and redemption. After all, the next hit song could be just one heartbreak away.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Second installment premieres globallyFriday, April 15, 2016 at 12:01am PT
After living in a cult for fifteen years, Kimmy (Ellie Kemper – The Office) decides to reclaim her life and start over in New York City. Armed with just a backpack, light-up sneakers, and a couple of way-past-due library books, she’s ready to take on a world she didn’t even think existed anymore. Wide-eyed but resilient, nothing is going to stand in her way. She quickly finds a new job (working for 30 Rock’s Jane Krakowski), a new roommate (Tituss Burgess – 30 Rock), and a new beginning. The cast also includes Lauren Adams, Sara Chase, Sol Miranda and Emmy winner Carol Kane (Taxi, The Princess Bride). The first season of this acclaimed comedy was nominated for an Emmy® award.

Kong: King of the Apes – Premieres globally on Friday, April 15, 2016 at 12:01am PT
This animated TV series for kids from Executive Producer Avi Arad, this is a fresh and modern take on the classic King Kong story. Set in 2050, KONG is still the strongest creature ever born with many human traits that make him the ultimate iconic hero. In KONG, the future looks bright for San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island since its transformation into the most impressive Natural History and Marine Preserve on the planet. But when the star attraction suddenly goes ape and KONG becomes public enemy number one, the villain that framed him is free to unleash an army of gigantic robotic dinosaurs on the unsuspecting world. Ironically, KONG is the only force formidable enough to stop these super-powered dinosaurs and the evil genius manipulating them. But KONG is now the world’s most hunted fugitive. Fortunately, there are three young humans who know the truth and are willing to risk their lives to help KONG evade capture, while he battles to save humankind.

Marseille – Premieres globally Friday, May 5, 2016 at 12:01am CET
As the municipal elections approach in Marseille, Robert Taro, the city’s Mayor for the last twenty years, prepares his last coup: push through the vote for the construction of a casino in the historic center of the Marina. Nothing has been left to chance, and his successor, Lucas Barrès, is already designated. But the latter’s all-consuming ambition and the secret interests of the city’s leaders, whether they come from its opulent villas or from the cities of the northern suburbs, impede the Mayor’s plans. The race for Mayor becomes a power struggle where no holds are barred. Only one question arises: how far will they go? The cast includes Gérard Depardieu (Robert Taro), Benoît Magimel (Lucas Barrès), Géraldine Pailhas (Rachel Taro), Nadia Farès (Vanessa d’Abrantès), Stéphane Caillard (Julia), Jean-René Privat (Cosini), Guillaume Arnault (Eric), Hedi Bouchenafa (Farid), Carolina Jurczak (Barbara), and Nassim Si Ahmed (Selim). Marseille is written by Dan Franck who serves as Executive Producer. Florent Siri (‘Cloclo’), director of episodes 1-4, also serves as Executive Producer. Thomas Gilou is the director of episodes 5-8. Marseille is produced by Paris-based Federation Entertainment, led by Pascal Breton, producer of the hit French series Dolmen and Sous le Soleil. Link to Marseille date announcement here.

Grace and Frankie – Second installment premieres globally Friday, May 6, 2016 at 12:01am PT
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin star as Grace and Frankie, two women whose lives are suddenly turned upside down when their husbands, played by Martin Sheen (“Robert”) and Sam Waterston (“Sol”), reveal they are gay and leave them for each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, they form an unlikely bond to face an uncertain future together and discover a new definition of “family,” with laughter, tears and plenty of mood enhancers along the way. From executive producers Marta Kauffman (Friends) and Howard J. Morris (Home Improvement), the hilarious and heartbreaking comedy takes on aging with gusto – from joint pain to joint rolling and blind dates to night blindness – and offers a poignant look at how life’s turning points show us who we really are. The series also stars Brooklyn Decker, Ethan Embry, Baron Vaughn and June Diane Raphael. In addition to Kauffman and Morris, the series is also executive-produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross from Skydance Productions, along with Paula Weinstein and Fonda and Tomlin.

Word Party – Premieres globally on Friday, June 3 at 12:01am PT
A vocabulary building show for preschoolers from The Jim Henson Company, Word Party follows four adorable baby animals as they sing, dance and play. The show invites our youngest viewers to help teach the baby animals new words, learn these new words themselves, and even celebrate these achievements with a “Word Party!” Word Party is produced using the groundbreaking Henson Digital Puppetry Studio, a proprietary technology from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop that allows puppeteers to perform digitally animated characters in real time – enabling the animation to be more lifelike and spontaneous.

Orange is the New Black – Fourth installment premieres Friday, June 17, 2016 at 12:01am PT
Ready to do a little more time with the ladies of Litchfield? The outrageous, award-winning and critically-acclaimed series from EmmyⓇ Award winner Jenji Kohan stars Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Laura Prepon, Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Laverne Cox, Dascha Polanco, Michael Harney, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Selenis Leyva, Yael Stone, Nick Sandow, Samira Wiley, Lea DeLaria, Jackie Cruz, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Adrienne Moore. Lionsgate Television produces the series. Link to Orange is the New Black date announcement here.

Stranger Things – Premieres globally Friday, July 15, 2016 at 12:01am PT
The new drama series written and directed by Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer (Wayward Pines, Hidden) consists of eight, one-hour long episodes. In the series, a young boy vanishes into thin air. As friends, family, and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one very strange little girl. The series, set in Indiana, is a love letter to the ‘80s classics that captivated a generation. Stranger Things stars Winona Ryder (Show Me a Hero), David Harbour (Suicide Squad), Finn Wolfhard (The 100, Aftermath, The Resurrection), Millie Brown (BBC’s Intruders, Once Upon A Time, NCIS), Gaten Matarazzo (The Blacklist), Caleb McLaughlin (The Lion King on Broadway), Noah Schnapp (Bridge of Spies, The Peanuts Movie), Natalia Dyer (After Darkness, Hannah Montana: The Movie), Charlie Heaton (Shut In, Urban and the Shed Crew), and Matthew Modine (Weeds, Proof). The Duffer Brothers are writing, directing and showrunning the series, and will serve as executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen via their 21 Laps entertainment banner (The Spectacular Now, Night At The Museum, Real Steel, Date Night). Stranger Things is a Netflix production.

The Get Down – Part-one premieres globally Friday, August 12, 2016 at 12:01am PT
The first six episodes of Baz Luhrmann’s all-new music-driven drama, from Sony Pictures Television, will focus on 1970s New York City – broken down and beaten up, violent, cash strapped — dying. Consigned to rubble, a rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers are nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them – except each other, armed only with verbal games, improvised dance steps, some magic markers and spray cans. From Bronx tenements, to the SoHo art scene; from CBGBs to Studio 54 and even the glass towers of the just-built World Trade Center, The Get Down is a mythic saga of how New York at the brink of bankruptcy gave birth to hip-hop, punk and disco — told through the lives and music of the South Bronx kids who changed the city, and the world…forever. Luhrmann, director of Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet, and The Great Gatsby, will direct the first episode and serve as executive producer, overseeing all creative aspects of the show. Joining him on the creative team are four-time Academy-Award winner Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby,Moulin Rouge!), along with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Stephen Adly Guirgis (The Motherf***er With The Hat) and hip-hop historian and writer Nelson George, and a trio of the pioneers of hip-hop: Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool Herc, and Afrika Bambaataa, each of whom will also be portrayed on the series. The cast includes Shameik Moore, Justice Smith, Herizen Guardiola, Skylan Brooks, Tremaine Brown Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jimmy Smits, Giancarlo Esposito and Jaden Smith.

Love – Premieres Friday, February 19, 2016 Created, written and executive produced by Judd Apatow, Paul Rust and Lesley Arfin, Love follows nice guy Gus (Paul Rust) and brazen wild-child Mickey (Gillian Jacobs) as they navigate the exhilarations and humiliations of intimacy, commitment, love and other things they were hoping to avoid. Love is an unflinching, hilarious and excruciatingly honest take on modern relationships. Brent Forrester and Dean Holland also serve as executive producers. The first installment – 10-half-hour episodes – premieres globally Friday, February 19, 2016.

House of Cards – Fourth installment premieres Friday, March 4, 2016, as announced previously.

(Photo credit: Netflix Canada)

In advance of its new Trailer debuting Tuesday, come these new character posters for Warner Bros.’ Toronto-made SUICIDE SQUAD!  These animated depictions of our “WORST. HEROES. EVER.” might not feature the actual Actors, but they give us a sense of the Film’s aesthetic.  We were waiting on the Harley Quinn Poster most, to be honest.

See the just-release Posters!

Diablo:

Slipknot:

Rick Flag:

Killer Croc:

Katana:

Enchantress:

Harley Quinn:

Deadshot:

Cast:

Warner Bros. Pictures Canada release SUICIDE SQUAD Friday, August 5, 2016.

(Photo credit: Warner Bros.)

Pacific Northwest Pictures, Search Engine Films + Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win a copy of LEARNING TO DRIVE on DVD! Some of us missed it in its theatrical run. Don’t miss this chance to see the Movie which was runner-up in the voting at TIFF ’14 for People’s Choice Award.

Synopsis:

In Learning To Drive, Patricia Clarkson plays a Manhattan writer who takes driving lessons after her husband of 20 years suddenly leaves her. Her Sikh instructor (Ben Kingsley) has marriage troubles of his own, and the two form an unlikely but charming friendship behind the wheel. This witty and feel-good comedy charts the steps the pair must take as they gradually reconfigure their emotional language – and move forward into new lives.

Clarkson and Kingsley are surrounded by an impressive supporting cast in the Film, including Jake Weber, Sarita Choudhury, Grace Gummer, Samantha Bee and John Hodgman. Isabel Coixet directs.

See the Trailer:

To enter to win, simply click “like” on this Post at MR. WILL ON FACEBOOK! Canadian Readers only, please.

Pacific Northwest Pictures (PNP) + Search Engine Films release on DVD and VOD, LEARNING TO DRIVE on Tuesday, January 19, 2016.

Order a copy here.

(Photo/video credit: Pacific Northwest Pictures (PNP)/Search Engine Films)

Following the #1-debuting success of its predecessor, RIDE ALONG 2 opens on-top this weekend.  Playing at 3,175 theatres for Universal Pictures, the Kevin Hart and Ice Cube-starring Comedy earns $34.1 million.  By comparison, Ride Along opened with $41 million in 2014. Critics gave it 15% on the Tomatometer, but Audiences enjoyed it with a B+ CinemaScore.

THE REVENANT after giving STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS a run for its money last weekend, settles for second spot with $31.4 million for 20th Century Fox, benefiting from a boost as it led both the Golden Globes last Sunday and Oscar nominations announced Thursday. It should cross the $100-million-mark by early this week domestically.

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS lands in third this weekend with $24 million for Disney. It has made $860 million over five weeks in North America.

13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI, the latest from Michael Bay, opens in fourth with $16 million for Paramount Pictures. It pays at 2,839 theatres and gets a A CinemaScore, which undoubtedly will help in terms of word of mouth. Critics also gave it a passing 60% on the Tomatometer.

Animated Feature NORM OF THE NORTH opens in sixth for eOne Films/Lionsgate Films with$6.4 million.  Critics gave it a rare 0% on the Tomatometer and Audiences gave it a  far more forgiving B- CinemaScore.

SISTERS continues to perform consistently well in ninth spot with $4.4 million for Universal Pictures.  In five weeks it has just surpassed the $80 million-mark.

THE HATEFUL EIGHT rounds-out the Top Ten with $3.4 million for eOne Films/The Weinstein Co. In four weeks it is about to cross the $50 million-mark.

21-year-old Toronto talent Connor Jessup quickly is seeing his star rise. The Actor may be a bit “who is that again?” to you but he certainly is making all the right choices. After starring in TNT Series Falling Skies a few years back in the City, he has gone on to star in acclaimed Films like Blackbird and a major role in season two of Golden Globe-nominated American Crime.

So cool #ConnorJessup showed up for a #CanadasTopTen screening of #ClosetMonster. Got major raves at #TIFF15. He also stars in S2 of #GoldenGlobe-nominated #AmericanCrime.

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