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| John Carney's 'Sing Street' comes to 4K, VHS in August | Lionsgate announced Tuesday that it will release Sing Street on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and digital on Aug. 11 as part of its Lionsgate Limited collection. Additionally, a VHS tape will also be available. Sing Street is about a Dublin boy in the '80s who starts a rock band to impress a girl. John Carney co-wrote with Simon Carmody and directed the film. Additionally, Carney co-wrote the band's original music with Gary Clark, Graham Henderson, Carl Papenfus, Ken Papenfus and Zamo Riffman. The film stars Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Kelly Thornton and Aidan Gillen. It premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and opened in March of that year in Ireland and April in the U.S. |
| Robert De Niro reunites with distraught son in 'Whisper Man' trailer | Netflix has released its first 2 1/2-minute trailer for Robert De Niro's latest crime thriller, The Whisper Man. Premiering Aug. 28 on Netflix, the film stars Michelle Monaghan, Adam Scott and Hamish Linklater, and is based on the bestselling novel by Alex North. "If you're lonely, sad, and blue... The Whisper Man will come for you," the streaming service said as it shared its preview Tuesday. The video shows Tom (Scott) asking Pete (De Niro), his estranged father, for help after his 8-year-old son Jake (Acston Luca Porto) is abducted. Tom goes to Pete because Pete is the police detective who caught the titular child killer 30 years ago and the villain appears to have returned, even though he supposedly is behind bars. |
| 'Mayday' trailer: Ryan Reynolds stars in Cold War action comedy | Apple TV is giving a glimpse of the new film Mayday. The streaming service shared a trailer for the movie Tuesday featuring Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) and Kenneth Branagh (Much Ado About Nothing, Belfast). Mayday is an action buddy comedy set during the height of the Cold War. Reynolds stars as Troy "Assassin" Kelly, a U.S. Navy pilot who is stranded behind enemy lines while on a top-secret mission into Russian territory. "Discovered by Nikolai Ustinov (Branagh), a gruff ex-KGB agent with a penchant for American culture, Troy thinks he's toast -- but could an unlikely alliance between the two lead to Troy's rescue and a bond neither saw coming?" an official synopsis reads. |
| 'Mandalorian and Grogu' gets digital release date | Disney has announced that its Star Wars blockbuster, The Mandalorian and Grogu, will be available on digital platforms July 21 and on 4K Ultra HD Aug. 25. Starring Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver, the movie is a sequel to the three-season TV series, The Mandalorian, which followed the adventures of bounty hunter Din Djarin and his young jedi ward, Grogu. The film, which was released in May, saw the pair befriending Rotta the Hutt (Jeremy Allen White), son of the late Jabba. Jon Favreau directed and co-wrote the film. |
| Pedro Pascal plays the cello, returns home in 'Behemoth!' trailer | Pedro Pascal plays the cello and returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road in the 90-second trailer for Behemoth! released by Seachlight Tuesday. "Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to carry Alex on an adventure that will change him forever," a synopsis said. Andor creator and Michael Clayton scribe Tony Gilroy penned and directed the film, which co-stars Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor, Alexa Swinton, Kaya Ralls, Erik Griffin, Jobeth Williams, Margarita Levieva, Hank Azaria and Will Arnett. The studio said only that the movie is "coming soon," instead of announcing an exact release date. |