This summer, make some memories. Watch the new official Canadian trailer for #BlinkTwiceMovie, directed by Zoë Kravitz and starring Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum. Only in theatres August 23, 2024.

When tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at his fundraising gala, sparks fly. He invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. It’s paradise. Wild nights blend into sun soaked days and everyone’s having a great time. No one wants this trip to end, but as strange things start to happen, Frida begins to question her reality. There is something wrong with this place. She’ll have to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out of this party alive.

With an ensemble cast including Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Alia Shawkat, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Haley Joel Osment, Christian Slater, Kyle MacLachlan and Geena Davis, BLINK TWICE is a wild new psychological thriller directed by Zoë Kravitz.

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SYNOPSIS

When tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at his fundraising gala, sparks fly. He invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. It’s paradise. Wild nights blend into sun soaked days and everyone’s having a great time. No one wants this trip to end, but as strange things start to happen, Frida begins to question her reality. There is something wrong with this place. She’ll have to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out of this party alive.

With an ensemble cast including Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Alia Shawkat, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Haley Joel Osment, Christian Slater, Kyle MacLachlan and Geena Davis, BLINK TWICE is a wild new psychological thriller directed by Zoë Kravitz.

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Warner Bros. Pictures Canada release BLINK TWICE August 23, 2024.

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This summer, make some memories. Watch the official trailer for #BlinkTwiceMovie, directed by Zoë Kravitz and starring Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum. Only in theatres August 23, 2024.

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We’re sad to see Mike go! Hot off the release of its new Canadian Trailer for MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE – coming to us Valentine’s Day 2023 – we get some new Canadian Posters also! Channing Tatum reprises the role of Mike and joining the Cast is Salma Hayek Pinault (House of Gucci).

Synopsis:

“Magic” Mike Lane (Tatum) takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida.  For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite (Hayek Pinault) who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse…and an agenda all her own.  With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he—and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape—be able to pull it off?

The film’s producers are Nick Wechsler, Gregory Jacobs, Tatum, Carolin and Peter Kiernan.  Julie M. Anderson serves as executive producer.

Also starring with Tatum and Hayek Pinault are Ayub Khan Din (“Ackley Bridge”), newcomer Jemelia George, Juliette Motamed (“We Are Lady Parts”) and Vicki Pepperdine (“Johnny English Strikes Again”).

Soderbergh’s creative team behind the scenes includes production designer Pat Campbell (“The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself”), costume designer Christopher Peterson (“The Irishman”) and music supervisor Season Kent (“KIMI,” “Let Them All Talk”), with choreography by Alison Faulk and Luke Broadlick, both part of the “Magic Mike” franchise.

A Warner Bros. Pictures Presentation, “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” slides into theatres only in North America on February 10, 2023 and internationally beginning 8 February 2023, and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum and Daniel Radcliffe all in one movie? What reason more do you need? Paramount Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win Advance Passes to see THE LOST CITY!

ADVANCE SCREENINGS

Toronto – March 21st, 2022 – Scotiabank Theatre – 7:00PM

Montreal (English) – March 21st, 2022 – Scotiabank Theatre Montreal – 7:00PM

Montreal (French) – March 21st, 2022 – StarCite Cineplex – 7:00PM

Vancouver – March 21st, 2022 – Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver – 7:00PM

Calgary – March 21st, 2022 – Scotiabank Theatre Chinook – 7:00PM

Synopsis:

Brilliant, but reclusive author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels featuring handsome cover model Alan (Channing Tatum), who has dedicated his life to embodying the hero character, “Dash.” While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes that she can lead him to the ancient lost city’s treasure from her latest story. Wanting to prove that he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her. Thrust into an epic jungle adventure, the unlikely pair will need to work together to survive the elements and find the ancient treasure before it’s lost forever.

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Channing Tatum tries his hand at directing in DOG, which is inspired in part by his own dog Lulu. While Lulu had passed away a few years ago, her spirit will live on this Film, which is set in the world of Army Rangers. Tatum plays Briggs, whom much to his chagrin, is tasked with taking military dog Lulu to the funeral of her handler, who had fallen. While the two don’t quite hit it off, DOG takes us on a journey of growth between man and dog and in their story we witness a special bond form between Briggs and Lulu.

We had the opportunity to sit-in on the Press Junket for DOG, which is co-directed by Tatum and Reid Carolin. The two had partnered as Producers of 2017 HBO Documentary WAR DOG: A SOLDIER’S BEST FRIEND and continue their relationship further which came along after Tatum had lost Lulu.

Tatum talks about the buddy dynamic between his character Briggs and the on-screen Lulu in DOG.

Tatum: “Our dynamic is pretty simple in the beginning. This is not Briggs‘ dog and he’s a little put-out that he has to do this to get the recommendation that he feels he overly-qualifies for with all the experience he’s put in, as far as his career goes. Be he has to do it, it’s his only real option and like any good guy going on a road trip, wants it to be fun. And he is trying to have as much fun as possible. To his chagrin, Lulu is becoming an issue at every stop of the way.”.

We learned that three dogs were cast to play Lulu. Tatum tells us all about the breed of dog and his experience working with them.

Tatum: “Belgian Malinois and Dutch Shepherds, which basically are the same dog, but they’re just different colours – they are primarily the work dogs in these high-level, multi-purpose canine spots – the Navy Seals, Rangers, Special Forces – on any of these teams, these are the ultimate tool. If you’ve not been around them, they are different animals. They are not your normal dog. Their minds work so fast. I liken it to when a cat sorta sleeps all day and then does something so fast that you can’t even quite understand how they just did it so fast, you’re like, ‘What just happened?’… These dogs are like that 100% of the time. They’re switched-on, they love working, they want to constantly be doing something. They’re like almost like a shark pacing, ‘What are we doing, what are we doing, what are we doing?’… I own a Dutch Shepherd now and she’s very much the same. You can’t go to the bathroom without her being like, ‘I’m coming with you. This is what we’re doing.’. And so I would never want to do a movie ever without doing it with one of these dogs. If I get offered later in my life a part that has a dog, I’m probably gonna say no. These dogs very specifically are set-up to want to do this job. They never got tired, they never didn’t want to do a stunt. They were just ready to rock the whole time. Horses generally are amazing to work with, but dogs and cats? Nah, these are the only dogs I want to work with.”.

“We used three dogs. Lana 5 was our smallest. Britta which was our middle and Zuza which was the biggest dog. Britta kinda was our hero dog. She did a lot of the acting. Zuza does a lot of the wild stuff. We taught her some of the bucking, crazy pulling on the leash and wild things. Lana was really the only one who would lay on her side and lay down. These dogs generally don’t wanna lay down and do these kind of things. So they all were really specific to how we use them and I bonded the most with Britta because I had the most really close acting with her.”.

Tatum recalls his relationship with his dog Lulu.

Tatum: “I’ve had dogs my whole life and the inspiration for this Movie came from my experience with my first dog. Lulu was my dog I raised from six weeks old, she was just a tiny ball of fur. And grew into a big strong Catahoula Pit Bull mix. She lived eleven years, got sick and I took her on a road trip in some of her last days, and made some really profound lessons in those last days with her of just surrendering and acceptance. And came back and told my buddy about the trip. We started talking about the story. We played around with that aspect of the Bucket List trip for the dog and their owner/buddy. It was just a little too sad. It wasn’t emblematic of me and my Lulu‘s life together. Our life together was an adventure. And it was joyful, funny, hilarious and crazy at times. And that’s the kind of story we wanted to tell.”.

On wearing many caps on this Film, Tatum tells us which aspects he enjoyed most and found fulfilling.

Tatum: “When you’re in the throws of making a movie, it’s chaos. You don’t know if you’re doing anything right. Just being an Actor, you never leave a scene going ‘Nailed that one!’. You never, ever have that feeling. I don’t care what scene it is. That’s part of it. The directing I really enjoyed the setting it up more than the actual experience of directing. I think I was directing the dog more and Reed was directing me. We didn’t have enough time on the Movie. Enjoyment is a tough word, but fulfilling? I can definitely say I scratched that itch. I tried to direct a movie and if I ever direct again, I definitely won’t be in the movie. Editing I did not like. There’s no enjoyment in Editing. I should never edit myself, which I found out. That was mentally an unhealthy thing for me.”.

DOG also touches upon themes of PTSD in the military. Both Tatum and Co-Director/Writer Carolin share what this means to them.

Carolin: “Really the intention was to be honest. To portray the experience of the characters who really inspired us to make the Movie. And to look at that culture and put a lens on it without much of a filter. For us not all PTSD is created equal. It’s an umbrella term to describe a lot of different things and experiences of a lot of different people. And I don’t feel like we have any opinions on what PTSD is, or that we’re experts on it or have the authority to comment on it. What we saw is that when a lot of these guys who gave us access to their lives, when they came home from war and transitioned out of the military… to this new life being a civilian where you have a completely different set of rules, a way different meaning. In some respects you might not have a meaning at all. You might not have a family or a job and you have to rebuild something. Their dogs were essential elements to helping them make that transition, helping them heal, feel like they had meaning, community and love. We wanted to show that aspect of a character’s journey… and how you integrate that into a new life.”.

Tatum: “Briggs was more dealing with a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and that’s what washed him out of the military. But what we learned was that almost everyone – whether you’re a Ranger, whatever you are – everyone’s working hurt. Everyone has an issue. It’s just that his was bad enough and on-paper that it went up into the ranks they knew about it.”.

Carolin tells us what he hopes the audience will take away from the Film.

Carolin: “I hope they have a great time at the movie theatre. I hope people laugh a lot. I hope people stay engaged with the Film. They’re gonna take from it what they’re gonna take from it. But I hope they get a window into a world of people and animals that we rarely ever get to see. This community of special operations, soldiers, canine handlers specifically and their dogs really gifted us incredible access to their culture. They gifting that to us in a Documentary we did with HBO called War Dog a handful of years ago. And our friendships with them continued. Those guys were with us for a lot of the Movie. They’re with us now doing press. Dogs are always around. And I hope people get to see how extraordinary they are and how incredible the bonds between these soldiers and these animals are. And really how thin the line is between animal and human.”.

Carolin talks about the Film changing the lens from which we look at animals.

Carolin: “I hope by the end of this story, both Briggs and our audience feel the same way about Lulu and it’s why we called the movie DOG. I think people look at the title and think it must’ve tested well at a Marketing meeting. In truth, it’s quite the opposite. It’s about the way we clinically look at these animals. We label them just as animals. And over time, the more extraordinary they become to us, the deeper we see them. They more they become just like us.”.

Elevation Pictures release DOG February 18, 2022.

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Adam and Aaron Nee‘s THE LOST CITY is set to make a splash during the Big Game this weekend. Check-out this brand-new TV spot to air during the game!

Synopsis:
Brilliant, but reclusive author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels featuring handsome cover model Alan (Channing Tatum), who has dedicated his life to embodying the hero character, “Dash.” While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes that she can lead him to the ancient lost city’s treasure from her latest story. Wanting to prove that he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her. Thrust into an epic jungle adventure, the unlikely pair will need to work together to survive the elements and find the ancient treasure before it’s lost forever.

Paramount Pictures Canada release THE LOST CITY March 25, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures Canada)

Elevation Pictures x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to attend an Advance Screening in Toronto to see Channing Tatum‘s directorial debut, DOG. Screening takes place February 14, 2022 at Cineplex Yonge & Dundas.

Synopsis:

Two former Army Rangers are paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Briggs (Channing Tatum) and Lulu (a Belgian Malinois), race down the Pacific Coast to a fellow soldier’s funeral on time.

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Aww! Did you know that Tatum‘s actual dog Lulu was one of the inspirations behind this story?

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Elevation Pictures release DOG on February 18, 2022.

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Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock star in THE LOST CITY. Check-out these new Stills and Trailer!

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS

Brilliant, but reclusive author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels featuring handsome cover model Alan (Channing Tatum), who has dedicated his life to embodying the hero character, “Dash.” While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes that she can lead him to the ancient lost city’s treasure from her latest story. Wanting to prove that he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her. Thrust into an epic jungle adventure, the unlikely pair will need to work together to survive the elements and find the ancient treasure before it’s lost forever.

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Oscar Nuñez, Patti Harrison, Bowen Yang

Paramount Pictures Canada release THE LOST CITY MARCH 25, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures Canada)

Channing Tatum co-directs and stars in DOG, coming to theatres next February. Here’s the new Trailer!

Synopsis:

A filthy animal unfit for human company… and a dog. Watch the official trailer for #DogMovie starring Channing Tatum now. Only in movie theatres this February.

Directed By: Reid Carolin and Channing Tatum Cast: Channing Tatum, Jane Adams, Kevin Nash, Q’orianka Kilcher, Ethan Suplee, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Nicole LaLiberté, Luke Forbes, and Ronnie Gene Blevins

Elevation Pictures release DOG February 2022.

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