Trailer Round-Up: ‘You Might Be The Killer’, ‘King Of Thieves’, ‘Future Man’, ‘Replicas’, And More
It’s the most wonderful tiiiiiiiime of the year: trailer round-up time.
What’s that under your Christmas tree? It’s a trailer, covered in shiny gift-wrap! And look – there’s another one, in the far back corner, covered in douglas fir needles. I count eight different trailers underneath your tree, and you can metaphorically unwrap and watch ‘em all below. (Don’t worry about how I know what’s under your tree. That’s not important right now.)
You Might Be The Killer
First up is a movie that played at this year’s Fantastic Fest, and we havea full reviewanda capsule reviewready and waiting to be read for anyone who’s interested. Frequent Joss Whedon collaboratorsFran KranzandAlyson Hanniganlead this one, which begins as a winking, knowing riff on classic slasher movie tropes before eventually becoming slightly bogged down with the mechanics of its own story.
There’s no official release date forYou Might Be The Killeryet, but we’ll keep an eye out for more information.
King of Thieves
Michael Cainehas already appeared in one “old guys rob a bank” movie with 2017’sGoing in Style, and now he’s back at it again inKing of Thieves(which sadly is not a sequel to the Gerard Butler vehicleDen of Thieves).Jim BroadbentandMichael Gambonget in on the action here in what will surely be an entertaining time at the movies for your grandfather if he ever decides to get up from that recliner and head to the theater.King of Thieveshas already debuted in over a dozen countries, but doesn’t have a specific U.S. release date yet.
The next movie fromThe Eyes of My MotherdirectorNicolas Pescelooks like a surreal dive into the mind of a would-be killer. I’ve only seen actor Christopher Abbott pop up in supporting performances in the past, so I’m curious about how he works as a leading man here.Our reviewfrom this year’s Sundance Film Festival singles out his performance for praise, andour review from Fantastic Festcompares his work to Christian Bale’s inAmerican Psycho, so that’s a very good sign. And did you catch that description of why it got an R rating? “Aberrant violence.” Haven’t seen that one before!
Piercinghits theaters onFebruary 1, 2019.
Keanu Reevessigned on to star inReplicasnearly five years ago, but now we’re finally about to see it come to the big screen. This one looks like a low-budget remix of ideas we’ve seen explored several times elsewhere, and based on theseveral trailersfor this that have come out over the past year, I have zero faith in this movie. Sorry, Keanu!Replicasarrives in theaters onJanuary 11, 2019.
Future Man
I haven’t seen any of this series yet, but this trailer makes the second season look pretty damn bonkers.Seth Rogenplaying a man named Susan! A pile ofJosh Hutchersons!Eliza Coupeas a purple-haired warrior! Looks like things have progressed significantly sinceThe Last Starfighterriff it was in season one.
Future Manreturns to Hulu onJanuary 11, 2019.
Breakthrough
Here’s a faith-based movie that’s based on a true story.This is UsstarChrissy Metz,Spider-Man 3’sTopher Grace, andSweet Home Alabama’sJosh Lucaslead the cast. I’ll try to say one nice thing about this:Breakthroughis being produced by a major Hollywood studio, so it clearly has more money behind it than the typical low-budget indies that operate in this space, and the difference is evident at first glance. (Whew, I did it!)
Breakthrougharrives in theaters onApril 19, 2019.
Les Miserables
This PBS iteration ofLes Miserableshas a solid cast:Dominic Westas Jean Valjean,David Oyelowoas Javert, andLily Collinsas Fantine. All six episodes were written byAndrew Davies(the originalHouse of Cards) and directed byTom Shankland(The Punisher). A singing Russell Crowe is nowhere to be found, so this has to be considered a huge win for society at large.
