This week in the wide, wide world of trailers: a first look at Disneys next big live-action adaptation of an animated classic for next year and an extended preview on a revisionist take regarding on of their old-school villains; a taste of what HBOs aristocratic-bastards-behaving-badly hit has in store during its sophomore season; a peek at a brand new sketch show; and more on one clang-clang-clang of a biopic coming this fall.
A Black Lady Sketch Show
You dont always need a fancy-pants name for your sketch show, people. Sometimes, the simpler, more straightforward title is all you need. Case in point: HBOs new comedy, produced by Insecures Issa Rae and blessed with a quartet of performers Robin Thede, Ashley Nicole Black, Gabrielle Dennis and Quinta Brunson that seem intent on crossing every single line they can. (Do not even ask what a Flintstone dick is.) And their guest-star roster is strong: Rae, Angela Bassett, David Alan Grier, Lena Waithe, Lil Rey Howery, Laverne Cox, Kelly Rowland and many, many, many more. Aug. 2nd.
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Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Its Dore, Dora, Dora the ex-plor-ER! [Sound of old-timey mouse click] Everyones favorite pint-sized, adventure-having kid gets a teen-spirit update, with the now pubescent Dora (Isabela Moner) navigating the savage jungle known as high school. Who wouldnt prefer facing peril in the deepest, most dangerous areas of the world in search of El Doraldo over, say, a math quiz and mean girls in the hallway? The trailer suggests a cheeky meta take on the material as well. Also, Danny Trejo voices Boots the Monkey. Nuff said. Aug. 9th.
Judy
Rene Zellweger is Judy Garland specifically, the drug-addicted, emotionally insecure, late-Sixties version of the superstar who did a five-week run at Londons Talk of the Town nightclub in 1969. It was there she met Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock), a young, studly fixture on the scene whod become her fifth husband. And it was there she had one of her last big triumphs on the stage before her passing in June of that year. The movie may be based on Peter Quilters stellar play about those final months, End of the Rainbow, but the trailer for this biopic suggests theres a lot of cradle-to-grave elements thrown in here as well. Mileage may vary on this one. Sep. 27th.
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Oh thank god, a sequel to 2014s flip-the-script take on Sleeping Beautys villainess, now revised as a mother spurned! The trailer suggests, well, more of the same, only louder and with more green special effects. If there isnt a scene in which Angelina Jolies cheekbones cut diamonds, were going to riot. Oct. 18th.
Mulan
What, you thought Disney was going to call it quits on their live-action adaptations of animated classics after The Lion King? Chinese actress Yifei Liu plays the young woman who, to help her elderly father avoid military service, dresses as a man and goes in his place. A whos who of stars including Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Gong Li, Jason Scott Lee, Tzi Ma and the wuxia legend Pei-Pei Cheng join in on the fun. The teaser doesnt give you any idea whether Whale Rider director Niki Caro will be keeping the songs, but shes definitely upped the action factor. Also, no Mushu. You can see why the internet went apeshit over this when it first dropped. Mar. 27th, 2020.
Succession
Oh those dastardly Roys! Theres little to say about the official trailer of this HBO shows second season other than: Damn, this sophomore go-round looks like its going to be nice n bitchy; Sarah Snooks Shiv, whos been the sly MVP of the show to date, looks like shes leveled up in terms of power-play pole positioning; and we cant wait to see more of the scene teased here in which the series resident Laurel and Hardy, a.k.a. Tom and Cousin Greg, get into a water-bottlethrowing fight. If you cant stab your family in the back, who can you backstab? Aug. 11th.
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