Month: November 2022

20th Century Studios has shared a teaser trailer for the new sci-fi film Avatar: The Way of Water, featuring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña.  Avatar writer and director James Cameron also returns as executive producer, writer, and director for the sequel.

Avatar: The Way of Water is the sequel to the original Avatar (2009), which was set in 2154. The new film takes place more than 10 years later and once again follows the struggles between the Na’vi race and humans on the fictional moon Pandora. Worthington and Saldaña return as Jake Sully, a former Marine, and Neytiri, a Na’vi princess.

The trailer also features the couple’s children, Neteyam (Jamie Flatters), Lo’ak (Britain Dalton), Tuktirey (Trinity Bliss) and Kiri (Sigourney Weaver in a new role). Stephen Lang returns as the villainous Colonel Quaritch, while Kate Winslet, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, Edie Falco and Jemaine Clement have joined the cast.

Avatar: The Way of Water opens in theaters Dec. 16. Take a look at the trailer – here.

‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Trailer: Return To Pandora With A Mighty Heartbeat

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Disney+ is sharing the trailer for the new film ‘Disenchanted,’ tweeting the teaser with the caption: “Discover a fairy tale with a wicked twist. #Disenchanted, an Original movie, starts streaming November 18 on #DisneyPlus.”  The trailer for the musical fantasy film features Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Idina Menzel and Maya Rudolph.  Disenchanted also stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays and Oscar Nunez, with Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz returning as songwriters, and Menken composing the score.

Disenchanted is a sequel to the 2007 film Enchanted, also starring Adams and Dempsey. The pair reprise their roles as Giselle (Adams), a woman from the fairytale kingdom of Andalasia, and Robert (Dempsey), a New York attorney and single father. The new film sees Giselle and Robert married and living with Robert’s daughter, Morgan (Gabriella Baldacchino), in the suburb of Monroeville. When Gisele uses a magic wand to wish for a fairytale life, the spell backfires and she starts to become a wicked villain.

Disenchanted starts streaming Nov. 18 on Disney+. Take a look at the trailer – here.

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Lupita Nyong’o is set to star in the new film A Quiet Place: Day One. Nyong’o, 39, is in final talks for the ‘A Quiet Place’ spinoff at Paramount.

Day One is based on an idea by John Krasinski, who directed and starred in the first two ‘A Quiet Place’ films. The spinoff will be directed by Michael Sarnoski, known for his directorial debut, ‘Pig’. Krasinski and his wife, actress Emily Blunt, are not expected to reprise their roles from the first two films. In addition to the spinoff, there is a third film in the Quiet Place series slated for release in 2025.

The original A Quiet Place opened in 2018 and was followed by A Quiet Place Part II in 2021. The franchise takes place in a post-apocalyptic world populated with monsters with hypersensitive hearing.

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Variety reported on Tuesday that “Heartstopper’ star Joe Locke, 19, has joined the cast of the new Disney+ and Marvel series Agatha: Coven of Chaos. Locke celebrated the casting news on Twitter, reposting the Variety article along with the emojis: ‘’

Agatha: Coven of Chaos is a spinoff of ‘WandaVision,’ released on Disney+ in 2021. The new series centers on Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), a witch who masqueraded as Agnes, the nosy neighbor of Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany). Hahn will reprise Agatha in the new series, with Emma Caulfield Ford returning as the character Dottie. Details about Locke’s character are being kept under wraps, although sources said he will play a gay teen with a dark sense of humor.

Locke is best known for playing Charlie Spring on the Netflix series Heartstopper, based on a popular web comic and graphic novel. Netflix has already renewed the series for a second and third season.

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Taylor Swift announced on Tuesday her first tour in four years, dubbed Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour.  Swift shared in a tweet:  “I’m enchanted to announce my next tour: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, a journey through the musical eras of my career (past & present!) The first leg of the tour will be in stadiums across the US, with international dates to be announced as soon as we can!  

The U.S. leg of the tour kicks off March 18th in Glendale, AZ with stops in stadiums throughout the country. Double nights are scheduled for Arlington, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Foxborough, East Rutherford, Chicago, and Los Angeles through August. Opening acts for the U.S. leg of the tour are Paramore, Haim, Phoebe Bridgers, Beabadoobee, Girl in Red, Muna, Gayle, Gracie Abrams and Owenn. International dates will be released in the near future.

Fans can register for the TaylorSwiftTix Presale powered by Verified Fan through Wednesday, November 9th at 11:59 pm ET. Registered fans who receive a code will have exclusive access to purchase tickets on Tuesday, November 15th starting at 10 am local venue time. Only fans that have received a unique code will have the chance to purchase tickets. General ticket sales begin at 10 am local venue time on November 18th.

Swift’s tour news follows just days after she broke streaming, physical and vinyl album sales around the world with the release of her critically acclaimed album, Midnights.  Swift also just became the first artist to ever sweep all Top 10 spots on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart released on Tuesday. Swift now claims 13 of the top 15 spots on the chart with the entire standard version of Midnights.

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