Brad Pitt is ready to face the very savageness of nature in an all-new action spectacle from director David Ayer (Fury, End of Watch, Sabotage) in Heart of the Beast, and this is an adrenaline charging watch that will leave you overrun with energy and emotion.

Take your first look at Heart of the Beast below:

Here’s the official synppsis:

After a harrowing plane crash, retired U.S. Special Forces officer James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they are forced into a brutal fight for survival against the elements. From acclaimed filmmaker David Ayer, Heart of the Beast is an intense adventure thriller that explores the unbreakable bond between a man and his best friend as they face their greatest battle yet.

Bringing Academy Award-winner Brad Pitt back together with former collaborator David Ayer, whose first effort produced the lauded WWII tank epic, Fury, Heart of the Beast takes audiences directly into the sacage heart of darkness of man vs nature as dormer US Special Forces Green Beret James Belmont (Brad Pitt), and his retired combat dog Odin, a Belgian Malinois, find themselves on the edge of the unknown in Alaska, as they are forced to suirvive by any means together in order to find their way back to home, and the edge and emotion of this piece os really gong to tap hold.

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Recalling the likes of Rambo and Lone Survivor, Heart of the Beast is engaging and very moving thriller that not only is set to deliver edge of your seat action, but also focuses in on the emotional connection between veterans and the animals they serve with, along with the distressing elements of PTSD, and there’s going to be plenty of heavy dramatic pieces in thsi film from death-defying natural environments, to wild, feral animals, and the gut-wrenching journey of man and dog to find their way back home.

Shot in Southern New Zealand, Heart of the Beast is a stunningly beautiful film, and it offers a perfect canvas to explore just how far and man dog will go together in their extraordinary will to survive.

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Get ready for the ultimate tale of man and dog vs wild when Heart of the Beast arrives in cinemas later this year.

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Watch the all-new trailer for The Cat in the Hat below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

In the film, our hero, The Cat in the Hat (Bill Hader) takes on his toughest assignment yet for the I.I.I.I. (Institute for the Institution of Imagination and Inspiration, LLC): to cheer Gabby and Sebastian, a pair of siblings struggling with their move to a new town. Known for taking things too far, this could be this agent of chaos’s last chance to prove himself…or lose his magical hat!

This new trailer for The Cat in the Hat celebrates the wonderful whimsy of Dr. Seuss delivering a colourful and magical new cinematic experience for audiences whee mischief, magic and mayhem reign supreme. Doing what he does best, the Cat, voiced by Bill Hader, spreads joy to kids in his hilarious, signature and singularly irreverent way, transporting them and audiences on a fantastical journey through a world they’ve never seen before.

The animation is utterly spellbounding thanks to the creative vision of Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni, and this is a story where anything is possible, and the animators at Warner Brothers Pictures Animation have truly captured the zany and outrageous world first rendered by Dr. Seuss, and with the addition of Bill Hader’s jump off the wall comedic energy, The Cat in the Hat is shaping up to be a wild experience for audiences.

Experience the utter wonder and whimsy of The Cat in the Hat when it arrives in cinemas on December 3 just in time for Christmas.

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Check out the all-new trailer for The Dog Stars below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

The film tells the story of Hig (Jacob Elordi), a young pilot who, together with a military survivalist, Bangley (Josh Brolin), has carved out an efficient but isolated homestead in a brutal post-apocalyptic world. But when Hig receives a mysterious radio transmission, he ventures into the unknown in search of the hope and humanity he still believes exist.

Building off of the original teaser trailer, this new trailer for The Dog Stars delivers an elevated view of its scary world, along with focusing in on the broken psyche of its lead protagonist Hig (Jacon Elordi), a skilled pilot and survivor who is desperate for a chance to escape, and might have found a way to salvation.

Jacob Elordi is truly the man of the moment, and it’s exciting to see him join Sir Ridley Scott for The Dog Stars, and he brings a certain Steve McQueen presence to the role of Hig, and is joined by a stellar supporting cast including the likes of Josh Brolin as Bangley, an aloof, gun-toting ex-Marine and Hig’s companion; Margaret Qualley as Cima, a young medic and Hig’s love interest, and Guy Pearce as Pops, a former Navy SEAL and Cima’s father.

The action is ramped right the way up as well, and The Dog Stars goes hard on its exploration of its science-fiction, post-apocalyptic world, and Scott gives the action is certain gritty feralness that will keep audiences on edge the whole way through.

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There’s a lot to be excited about with The Dog Stars, and this is an action rollercoaster that will pin you back in your seat as it takes off on August 27.

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Watch the all-new trailer for Evil Dead Burn below:

Here’s the official synopsis;

Evil Dead Burn unleashes the franchise’s most savage and terrifying ride to date, blazing onto big screens with an all-new chapter of carnage and demonic mayhem. After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites, turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life… live on even in death.

Directed by Sébastien Vaniček, Evil Dead Burn follows the horrendous and harrowing first chapter of this new Evil Dead story arc with Evil Dead Burn, and from the looks of this first trailer Vaniček appears to have out done the blood-curdling scares that we first witnessed with Evil Dead Burn.

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They say home is where the heart is, but this time it’s very much where the horrors lie, and this new trailer is utterly uncontrollable and shares a good dose of thrilling scares, but also showcasing both the horrors, and the unintentional comedy, that hgas become a staple of the genre, and it’s shaping up to be an incredibly gnarly watch!

Ready yourself for something truly monstrous when the horrors come home when Evil Dead Burn arrives in cinemas on July 9.

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Directed by Vea Mafile’o and Gavin Fitzgerald, LOMU promises to deliver an intimate portrait of one of the greatest sporting figures New Zealand has ever produced, tracing Lomu’s remarkable journey from the streets of South Auckland to becoming a global sporting phenomenon whose influence transcended rugby itself.

More than simply a sports documentary, LOMU seeks to explore the man behind the myth, examining the cultural significance, personal sacrifices and immense pressures faced by one of the world’s first truly global rugby superstars.

Watch the full trailer for LOMU below:

Ahead of its official release, the film will return home to Tonga for a special public screening at Teufaiva Rugby Stadium on July 29. The event will serve as a celebration of Lomu’s enduring legacy and his deep connection to the Kingdom of Tonga, whose values, culture and people played a profound role in shaping his identity.

For co-director Vea Mafile’o, bringing the film back to Tonga represents a deeply meaningful moment.

Drawing upon the Tongan proverb “Pikipiki hama ka tau vaevae manava,” Mafile’o explained that the screening reflects the idea of communities coming together, sharing strength and supporting one another through life’s challenges.
She also noted that the event embodies the generosity that defined Lomu throughout his life.

“Jonah was known as someone who always gave to people, to friends, to family, to community and to those around him,” said Mafile’o. “In many ways, this screening has become an extension of that same generosity.”

The free public screening is expected to be a landmark cultural event, made even more significant by the return of Lomu’s mother to Tonga for the occasion. Mafile’o expressed hope that the screening would become a moment of collective pride and celebration for Tongans both at home and across the Pacific.

LOMU looks set to offer audiences unprecedented access to the life of the rugby icon through intimate interviews with family members, friends, teammates and coaches, alongside extensive archival material and never-before-seen family footage.

The documentary explores not only Lomu’s extraordinary achievements on the field but also the personal cost of global fame. Beneath the powerful runs and iconic performances was a humble and deeply grounded man whose life was shaped by his Tongan heritage, Christian faith and the immense responsibility of representing both his people and his nation on the world stage.

For many rugby fans, Jonah Lomu was the player who changed the sport forever. His explosive performances at the 1995 Rugby World Cup transformed him into a global icon and inspired an entire generation of athletes throughout the Pacific and beyond.

Now, LOMU seeks to tell the complete story of that remarkable journey.

The documentary will premiere in Australia at the Sydney Film Festival on June 13 before making its Aotearoa premiere at Auckland’s Civic Theatre on August 1. LOMU will then arrive in cinemas across New Zealand and Australia this September.

Judging by its first trailer, this looks set to be far more than a sporting documentary. Instead, LOMU appears poised to become a moving celebration of identity, resilience, faith and the lasting legacy of one of rugby’s greatest sons.

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The song of Odysseus is about to be sung, courtesy of the technicolour talent of filmmaker Christopher Nolan, and 2026’s grandest cinematic epic, The Odyssey, is set to be a colossal cinematic that will command the attention of all who witness it.

Check out the brand new trailer for The Odyssey below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

The Odyssey follows Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, on his long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War, chronicling his encounters with mythical beings such as the Cyclops Polyphemus, sirens, and the nymph Calypso, while attempting to reunite with his wife, Penelope.

Released courtesy of an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Christopher Nolan arrived in a very rare appearance to discuss the signifiance of Adapting this legendary work by Homer, which is considered by many to be one of the founding cornerstone of the Western Literature canon, and Nolan has delivered an immense tale of one man’s dogged determination to return home to his wife and son, even it it means suffering through the tests and fates of the gods themselves.

Building on the previous trailer, and being Nolan’s first work delivered wince his Academy Award winning triumph with Oppenheimer, this new look at The Odyssey offers a bigger canvas for the film and showcases the mighty presence of its legendary moments. Chief among them is the presence of the Cyclops, Polyphemus. along with Odysseus’ (Matt Damon) meeting and infatuation with the sea nymph Calypso (Charlize Theron).

The trailer also focuses on the drama that awaits Odysseus’ return to his island kingdom of Ithica, where his queen, Penelope (Anne Hathaway), but contends with the attention and debaucheries of the suitors, who are led by the vicious Antinous (Robert Pattinson), while his son Telemachus (Tom Holland) desperately searches for any remnants of his father’s great travels.

All of it makes for a compelling vision and story, and Nolan has reached the highest heights of epic filmmaking with The Odyssey, shooting the entire film with IMAX cameras. In his chat with Colbert, Nolan was also open about how he’s kept his Odyssey constructed around the same non-linear narrative storytelling as first delivered through Homer’s work, and in his conversation, you can sense that he’s provided a deep and thoughtful narrative that will pull audiences into the legendary magnificence of this story.

The cast is also utterly standout, with Matt Damon leading from the charge as a battle-hardened, worn-down figure of immense power, rage, and the desperate will to survive, whose intelligence and craft guide him on his journey, and who will bring unhealed vengeance to those who wish to clutch his kingdom from him. Anne Hathaway delivers an immense level of drama as his devoted wife, Penelope, who cannot seem to bear the thought of his life, while Tom Holland’s Telemachus is a son searching for meaning and answers in a world without his father. Robert Pattinson delivers a nasty, venomous presence as the scheming, violent suitor Antinous, while Charlize Theron’s Calypso exudes a seductive, dangerous presence.

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Bold, ambitious and enormous in its scope and size, The Odyssey is an epic for the ages, and under Christopher Nolan’s direction, and presented in the IMAX format, this is a picture and an event that will grab the audience’s attention and promise a monumental cinematic experience when it arrives in IMAX on July 16.

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Watch the all new trailer for Verity below:

Here’s the official synopsis below:

Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson) is a writer in need of work when she is contacted by Jeremy Crawford (Josh Hartnett). Jeremy’s wife is bestselling author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway), and due to a mysterious accident, she is unable to finish her successful book series. Jeremy asks Lowen to complete the series, and while working on it, she discovers a manuscript that raises questions regarding Verity’s psychological well being and possible links to her publications.

Filmmaker Michael Showalter (Oh. What, Fun., The Eyes of Tammy Faye) really changes up here, as he jumps headfirst into this unsettling, and rather at times gruesome new tale of obsession, lust and identity and presents a Grand-Guignol like tale that instantly pulls audiences in. Set to a freakish rendering of Kylie Minogue’s ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’, Verity is sure to deliver a fright.

Dakota Johnson, herself no stranger to tales of wild obsessions and wanton scandels, is almost cast against type as ambitious writer Lowen Ashleigh who is pulled into a world that takes her for a hell of s freakish ride, and she’ll certainly be on edge. Juxtaposing her is Acadmey Award-winner Anne Hathaway as the now quadriplegic Verity Crawford… or so she appears to be, but as Lowen looks further a terrifyingly dangerous secret lies at the very heart of Verity’s position. Josh Hartnett rounds at the cast as Verity’s seedy husband Jeremy, and he’s a man with his own desires, and isn’t to worried about temptations… or getting caught.

The whole picture has an almost Misery style quality to it, but it’s almost the reverse, where the invalid is now the monster, and it’s every one’s turn to a victim. Showalter balances the utter terror of this burning psychological thriller, with an almost haunted house-monster picture, and Verity is going to keep audiences on edge.

Ready yourselves for sheer psychological terror when Verity arrives in cinemas this October.

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Watch the all-new trailer for The Dog Stars below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

Hig (Jacob Elordi), a young pilot who, together with a military survivalist, Bangley (Josh Brolin), has carved out an efficient but isolated homestead in a brutal post-apocalyptic world until a mysterious radio transmission spurs Hig to venture into the unknown in search of the hope and humanity he still believes exists.

Revealed at this year’s CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas, The Dog Stars is an adaptation of the best-selling book by Peter Heller, and throws audiences into a riveting, epic thriller set in a world where survival is instinct, but humanity is a choice.

Packing together a fantastic cast which is lead by key Hollywood rising star Jaocb Elordi as Hig, a reclusive pilot, who hasn’t let his humanity escape him, alongside Josh Brolin’s aloof, gun-toting Ex-Marine Survivalist Bangley, Hig soon finds himself in conversation with Cima (Margaret Qualley), a young medic, whom he soon starts developing feelings for, an is thrown into an adventure of pure survival and hope as this unlikely trio tries to reconnect with civilisation outside of their self-imposed quarantine zone.

Scott draws in both a sense of heavy drama, intense thrills, and explosive action, along with delivering his quintessential standout visuals that have long been a key element of his storytelling process, and The Dog Stars is set to be an innovative and scattershot tale of survival against all odds that will utterly pull audiences into the towering drama that is unfolding before them. There’s a big canvas at play as well, and from the look of this first trailer its clear that The Dog Stars is going to be a grand cinematic spectacle.

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The rush arrives August 27 when The Dog Stars hits cinemas.

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Check out the brand new trailer for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu below:

The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu.

Here’s the official synopsis:

The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu.

Packed full of energetic moments, and promising a host of fantastic new action set pieces, along with Pedro Pascal delivering plenty of cool moments as the now iconic outlaw Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu brings together the storytelling talents of talented filmmakers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, delivering an experience that will be utterly cinematic and take you on an adrenaline charged superdrive across a galaxy far, far away.

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Ready yourself for the magic, mystery and magnetism of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu when it arrives in cinemas on May 21.

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Watch the brand new trailer for Street Fighter below:

Here’s the official synopsis;

Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don’t, it’s GAME OVER!

Based on the best selling Capcom video game that is a treasured nostalgic piece of entertainment for so many, director Kitao Sakurai is pulling directly from the source material and winding the clock back to 1993 for this adaptation of the story which finds former sparring partners and best friends Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo), drawn into a bitter rivalry that sees them at each others throats are reunited by the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) to compete in the World Warrior Tournament that sees them thrown into a battle royale against a hostb of savage new fighters, and which leads to a showdown with megalomaniac M. Bison (David Dastmalchian).

The assembled talent for Street Fighter is just off the charts with the likes of Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoai as Akuma, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Eric André as Don Sauvage, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, Orville Peck as Vega, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli, Alexander Volkanovski as Joe, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, with with Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson as Balrog, and Jason Momoa as Blanka.

The action goes for it right from the start of the new trailer, and Koji, Centineo, and Liang look perfect in the new trailer, throwing in a whole mix of drama and comedy to match the barrage of kicks, punches and general mayhem that is going on in the trailer. While the trailer gives a hint at the narrative, what really stands out is the overall visual flair and just sheer madness of the film, and it will have fans salivating.

 

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Brace yourself for the rush of just overall action awesomeness that will arrive when Street Fighter hits cinemas on October 15.

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