Yes, this is an A24 film. It seems like, every March, A24 releases a stylized genre film that is specifically designed to appeal to a very online segment of film reviewers. It seems to be working out pretty well so I can’t blame them.
Here’s the trailer!
A Quiet Place: Day One is coming out in June. It’s another Quiet Place film, just without any of the characters that you actually care about from the previous two films.
“Find out why the world went silent.”
Uhmm, don’t we already know that? Like the aliens that hunt by sound showed up so everyone had to be quiet to avoid being killed in a grisly manner? See, this is why I’m not a fan of prequels. A lot of times, prequels are based on the idea that people are asking question that no one is actually asking.
Anyway, A Quiet Place: Day One was not directed by John Krasinski and it does not star Emily Blunt but they both appear in the trailer. It was directed by the guy who did Pig, which was a good film. Honestly, this kind of feels like Chloe Zhao doing The Eternals and then vanishing.
Here’s the trailer!
Here’s the latest trailer for a film that I am definitely looking forward to seeing in 2024, The Bikeriders! Directed by Jeff Nichols of Mud and Take Shelter fame, The Bikeriders is a fictionalized look at the history of a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang. Even if I didn’t have a weakness for bikers, the fact that the cast features Austin Butler, Norman Reedus, Jodie Comer, and Tom Hardy would be more than enough to pique my interest!
John Krasinski has gone from being the cute smirky guy on The Office to an action hero to a legitimately good horror director. Next year, the Krasinski saga will continue with IF, a comedy that he has written and directed about a father, his daughter, and a host of “imaginary friends.”
The trailer dropped today and it’s cute enough to be interesting. A bearded Ryan Reynolds plays the father and it appears that a host of familiar names will be voicing the IFs.
Personally, I think we’ve milked the Nostalgia Train for all it’s worth, but if audiences are looking forward to it, maybe it’s a good thing. I forgot there was a third entry in the Beverly Hills Cop films, but then recalled it was the one with George Lucas in it. While we’re not sure why Detroit’s Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is returning to Beverly Hills, it’s good to see that most of his friends are there to greet him. It looks like they brought in Judge Reinhold, Paul Reiser, John Aston and even Bronson Pinchot along for the ride. New additions appear to be both Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kevin Bacon.
The film is due out next March.
I don’t know much about American Star, other than it stars Ian McShane.
From the trailer, it appears to be yet another film about an over-the-hill hitman having to do one last job. That’s hardly inspiring but some of the visuals in the trailer are intriguing, especially the scenes with the boat. McShane is 81 and perhaps a little bit old for this type of film but, in this trailer, he doesn’t look a day over 70. If anything, he still looks like he could give Liam Neeson a run for his money.
Here’s the trailer!
Alex Garland has got a new film coming out in April of 2024. It’s entitled Civil War and it imagines a near future in which America slips into …. well, civil war. There’s a lot of talented people in the cast, like Kirsten Dusnt and Jesse Plemons.
That said, the trailer dropped today and it almost feels like a parody of these type of films. I almost laughed out loud when I heard the newscaster say “three-term president” because it just felt like such an awkward piece of exposition.
Anyway, I could be wrong and there are a lot of talented people involved with this film. So, here’s the trailer:
Dune: Part Two was originally supposed to be out already. It was scheduled for an October 20th release but the date was pushed back several times, first to November and then, as a result of the SAG-AFTRA strike, to March of 2024. Despite all the online angst over it being moved back, it’s perhaps the best thing that could have happened to this film as it now seems to be the 2024 film that everyone is anticipating the most.
(Certainly, it’s the most anticipated March release that I can ever remember.)
Here’s the just-released third trailer for Dune: Part Two!
Handling the Undead may be a zombie film but, as it’s based on a novel from the author of Let The Right One In, I think it is safe to assume that it will hardly tell a standard story of the undead.
The film will be premiering at Sundance in January. Watch the trailer below!
It’s been a long time since the release of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V. We’ve waited 10 years to move on, and the teaser for GTA VI asks us to give it just 2 more years. That’s fine. It looks beautiful, and I have so many questions about what’s happening.
After someone within Rockstar leaked the trailer prior to its scheduled release this Tuesday (12/5), the company decided to release it early. It looks like we’ve NPCs of various shapes and sizes (some fat, some muscular, some thin). Could this mark a return of being able to affect one’s appearance via eating / exercising, which was featured in GTA: San Andreas? The trailer seems to focus on Lucia, the series’ first female protagonist in Vice City, though it’s somewhat difficult to figure out the time period. She’s accompanied by Jason, her partner in crime. There are both modern and classic vehicles all around. The map itself seems to be pretty big, though we can’t get a notion of the full size just yet. Hopefully, the next trailer or more news will help with that.
Part of me is a bit skeptical, though. The gaming world went nuts with Cyberpunk 2077, and we saw what was needed to get that game to be completely optimized. Then again, with 2 years to work on it until release, Rockstar will iron out any bugs (we hope).
Enjoy.
Through the Shattered Lens 