Creed Trailer Packs A Punch

Michael B. Jordan is trained on the Sly

Lots of big movies these days want to re-visit a classic franchise, taking elements from the older films, twisting storylines, adding in fancy effects tricks and re-casting to ensure actors in case a new series is ignited. But Creed – which stars Michael B. Jordan – is ready to instead revitalise the Rocky movies with some appropriate new blood. Take a look at the first trailer for the film. 

Creed, shot by Jordan’s Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler, finds the actor as Adonis Johnson, a driven young fighter who despite the boxing ability pulsing through his veins, never knew his father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died in the ring before he was born.

But while he’s not so eager to embrace connections to his father, he knows he needs a good trainer, so he heads to Philadelphia to find one of Apollo’s most famous opponents: Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). Despite his misgivings and insistence that he’s out of the fight game, Rocky sees in Adonis the spirit of his father, and agrees to take him on. And both men realise they need this, as they’re facing dangerous opponents.

With Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad and real life pro boxer Anthony Bellew in the cast, Creed will land here on November 27. It’s already looking like it could be something special... 

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Anthony Mackie Will Be Martin Luther King For All The Way

He'll star alongside Bryan Cranston

Selma brought Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King back to UK screens in February, with David Oyelowo in the role. Now Anthony Mackie will be portraying the historical icon, signing on to star opposite Bryan Cranston in play adaptation All The Way.

Jay Roach is directing the TV movie for HBO, working from playwright Robert Schenkkan’s own adaptation. Cranston, who won a Tony for his performance on stage, is playing 36th US President Lyndon B. Johnson through a turbulent time in his career. When the assassination of John F. Kennedy rockets Johnson into the Oval Office, he has to push through ground breaking Civil Rights legislation while also battling to win re-election. It was, all told, a tough first year for him, capped by success at the polls.

Mackie will be MLK, who worked with Johnson to help move the legislation forward, with Deadline reporting that the relationship between the two men will be a lot more cordial in All The Way, with the filmed version boosting the prominence of Dr. King. 

All The Way is scheduled to start shooting in September. Mackie is at work on Captain America: Civil War and has shot Our Brand Is Crisis. He’ll also be seen in festive comedy X-Mas, which is out here on December 11. 

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American Sniper Writer Jason Hall Says Thank You For Your Service

He's in talks to make his directorial debut

Writer Jason Hall already has a connection to Steven Spielberg: the director was attached for a while to make his American Sniper script before passing on the job to Clint Eastwood. Now Hall’s latest military-themed screenplay, Thank You For Your Service, has become available after Spielberg flirted with the idea but moved on to other things. This time, though, Hall is taking on the job himself. 

The writer adapted the script from David Finkel’s nonfiction 2014 tome, which followed what happened to American veterans home from Iraq and their struggles to adapt to civilian life after their experiences in combat.

It’s a subject Hall knows well after working closely with American Sniper subject Chris Kyle, who chronicled his own struggles with post-war life and his efforts to help others before his death.

Hall has lots of other scripts floating around Hollywood and it’s perhaps not surprising someone would give him a shot at directing after Sniper scored him an Oscar nomination. DreamWorks, which snapped up the rights to the book in 2013 before it even hits shelves, is backing this one. 

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Chiwetel Ejiofor and Julia Roberts hunt a murderer

Drawing the basics of your script from a novel that has already been adapted overseas to Oscar-winning effect can be a daunting challenge. But it’s one that Shattered Glass writer/director Billy Ray has taken on with Secret In Their Eyes, bringing Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts along with him. The first trailer has now arrived.

Taken from Eduardo Sacheri’s novel La Pregunta De Sus Ojos, this new film is attempting to follow Juan José Campanella’s 2009 Argentinean effort The Secret In Their Eyes, which went home with the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 2010 Oscars. Along with knocking off that initial “The”, Ray has tweaked the plot to add in more of a female presence in the lead when Roberts expressed her interest.

The story follows similar lines, with Roberts and Ejiofor as FBI colleagues called to investigate a body found brutally murdered and left in a dumpster. To their horror, they discover that the victim Roberts’ teenage daughter. The revelation shatters the team, and though they think they’ve zeroed in on the prime suspect, the case collapses and he walks. Cue a 13-year obsessional drive to find the truth and resolve the case, with Ejiofor pushing his District Attorney supervisor (Kidman) to help bring some closure. But how far are they all willing to go for justice?

While the trailer just says coming soon, the film is listed with the FDA as arriving on March 4 next year. 

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