Zac Efron-Led ‘Firestarter’ Remake Gets May Release Date

Disney just announced a big release date!

The end is near for “Ozark” — and it’s closer than we expected!

Phoenix Rising have been announced by HBO. Watch the trailer below.The film, which documents Wood’s decision to name Marilyn Manson as her alleged abuser, has two parts, titled Don’t Fall and Stand Up.

What would a year in film be if there wasn’t a Tom Hanks feature arriving smack dab in the middle of awards season? And it appears Sony is ready to line up this year’s Hanks vehicle with “The Man Called Otto,” which is now set to arrive during the Christmas holiday and presumably set up the actor for a possible awards season run. But that wasn’t all of the Sony film news to arrive recently, as the studio decided to juggle its release schedule a bit for 2022, according to THR.

The approval is a big boost to Warner’s box office hopes, as it will be the first comic book movie since “Wonder Woman 1984” to get a release in China and the first major American import after the Lunar New Year period, which is reserved for Chinese films only. Warner Bros.

Kate Aurthur editorDiscovery Plus has unveiled the trailer for its three-part docuseries “Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed,” an investigation into the church made famous by its celebrity congregation, such as Justin Bieber, various Kardashians and other stars. All three episodes will drop on the streamer on March 24.The series explores the rise of Hillsong, which was founded in Australia by Brian Houston as an offshoot of his father Frank’s Sydney-based Pentecostal church.

Ethan Shanfeld The world’s favorite K-pop band will grace the big screen in theaters worldwide on March 12, with the release of new concert film “BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing.”The event marks the first live worldwide cinema broadcast of a concert from South Korea. With a three-hour run time, “Permission to Dance on Stage” features BTS’ greatest hit songs from across their catalog.Tickets for the concert event are on sale in North and South America, Europe and Oceania on Feb.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced on today’s earnings call that the next Star Wars Disney+ series Obi-Wan will debut on May 25.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Obi-Wan Kenobi” has received a May 25 premiere date at Disney Plus, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced on the company’s earnings call Wednesday.Disney Plus ended 2021 with 129.8 million paying customers worldwide, gaining 11.8 million for the quarter ended Jan. 1, 2022 and blowing past expectations.

It appears as though we’re in a Zac Efron renaissance!

Zac Efron is reimagining a classic.

Ethan Shanfeld A remake of Stephen King’s “Firestarter” starring Zac Efron debuted its official trailer and announced a day-and-date premiere on Peacock and in theaters on May 13.The film, based on King’s 1980 novel and the 1984 original movie, follows Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), a young girl who develops pyrokinetic superpowers and is captured by a government agency who wishes to use her gift as a weapon. Sydney Lemmon will play Charlie’s mother, while Efron plays her father. Michael Greyeyes, Gloria Reuben, Kurtwood Smith and John Beasley also star.The explosive trailer sees Armstrong’s Charlie taking on bad guys with fire as her parents try to protect her.

Are we even surprised nowadays when a trailer for a new Stephen King adaptation arrives? Since the massive success of the two “It” films, studios have been snatching up the rights to various King novels over the past several years. But what makes this new one a little more intriguing is that the new “Firestarter,” produced by the horror studio, Blumhouse, is the second try at a beloved King classic.

Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy looks as though it may be releasing this September if the release of a book is anything to go by.As noted by The Rowling Library, a book titled The Art And Making Of Hogwarts Legacy will release on September 6 of this year, leading to the assumption that the game will be released around the same time, as long as it isn’t delayed this year.Searching the books ISBN 9781647226190 number of does lead to a Google Books page that confirms the release date and publisher, Insight Editions. According to The Rowling Library, the book will be authored by Jody Revenson, who has written other tie-in books within the franchise.Last month HBO’s CEO Jason Kilar did make it clear that Hogwarts Legacy is scheduled for this year, backing up the general idea that the book could tie in roughly to the game’s upcoming release date.As noted by IGN, September 1 is also “Return to Hogwarts” day in the world of Harry Potter, as it’s the first day of a new term for the students at the school.

One hates to be too cynical, but even before a trailer was dropped or much promotion, Screen Media has been making sure everyone knows how hard and what brutal conditions Zac Efron worked on the upcoming drama “Gold.” See video features on The Today Show and Australia’s Stan, where the movie was filmed to see many self-congratulatory stories about how Zac Efron can slum on indies just like the rest of us! Continue reading ‘Gold’ Trailer: A Desert-Ravaged Zac Efron Races To Excavate A Fortune at The Playlist.

K.J. Yossman Gary Oldman series “Slow Horses” will debut on Apple TV Plus on April 1, 2022, the streamer confirmed today.In the six-part series, based on Mike Herron’s novel of the same name, Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, an MI5 boss relegated to administrative purgatory in Slough House, where sub-par agents are put out to pasture.

EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films and Shudder have teamed to acquire rights to The Cellar, the Irish horror film written and directed by Brendan Muldowney and starring Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken. The deal comes as the pic is prepping for its world premiere next month at SXSW. It will now get an April 15 day-and-date release in the U.S., with Shudder to stream it exclusively in North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and its AMC Networks sibling RLJE Films handling theatrical.

The many faces of Zac Efron!

Shadow Warrior 3 has had its voice cast and imminent release date announced, as developer Flying Wild Hog finishes the game.After a delay into this year, Shadow Warrior 3 will release on March 1 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Devolver Digital has released a new trailer to celebrate the announcement, which can be watched below.The voice cast has also been announced for the game, with Mike Moh playing Lo Wang, Andromeda Dunker playing Motoko, and SungWon Cho playing Zilla.