New Trailers! Toy Story 5, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Normal and Pressure
🎥 Woody & Buzz face a digital threat, Tommy Shelby returns, The Mummy awakens, Bob Odenkirk braces for a small-town showdown & Brendan Fraser confronts a history-changing decision!
🎥 “Toy Story 5” Trailer: Tom Hanks and Tim Allen Return as Woody and Buzz Face a Smart Tablet Rival in Pixar’s Latest Chapter — Arriving in Theaters June 19th
Woody and Buzz Lightyear have faced about everything imaginable, yet they always find a way to stay in the toybox. But they might have encountered their final test to stay relevant. After all, how can you compete with a gizmo so high-tech it makes them look like wind-up relics from another era... mainly because they are.
After nearly three decades of existential dread wrapped in plastic smiles, Toy Story 5 is officially squaring off against its most terrifying villain yet: a newly shipped touchscreen device. Pixar’s latest chapter finds Woody returning to Bonnie’s playroom sporting a poncho and, yes, a bit of a bald spot. Retirement? Not quite yet.
So, what is this new threat that has all the toys worried about next week’s trash day and whether they’ll be tossed out for good? Well, it’s Lilypad. It’s a chirpy, frog-shaped smart tablet that connects to Wi-Fi, updates itself overnight, and might just convince Bonnie she’s officially outgrown her old-school playthings; at least the ones that still need D-sized batteries and pull-strings.
Voiced with unsettling perkiness by Greta Lee, this glossy gadget hops straight out of a shipping box and into a full-blown playtime coup. Suddenly, Woody, Buzz, and the gang aren’t just competing for attention... they’re battling the very real threat of obsolescence.
Tom Hanks and Tim Allen return as Woody and Buzz Lightyear, with Joan Cusack back as Jessie. The voice cast expands to include stand-up comic and impressionist Melissa Villaseñor, comic actor Craig Robinson, comedian-host Conan O’Brien as a potty-training device named Smarty Pants, and Tony Hale returning as the voice of Forky, among others.
Andrew Stanton, the Oscar-winning Pixar veteran behind WALL-E and Finding Nemo, takes the directing reins, with Kenna Harris co-directing and Lindsey Collins producing. Translation: expect that classic Pixar blend of heart and humor, along with at least one scene that leaves grown adults quietly reevaluating their childhood attachments.
Toy Story 5 opens in theaters on June 19th.
So, think again before buying that smart tablet for your child... because somewhere in that toybox, a cowboy and a space ranger start fighting for their lives the second you do.
🎥 “Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man” Trailer: Cillian Murphy Returns as Gangster Tommy Shelby to Reclaim the Streets from Barry Keoghan in Steven Knight’s WWII-Era Sequel — Opening in Select Theaters March 6th and on Netflix March 20th
Who the “fook” is Tommy Shelby?
Well, you don’t want to ask that question in front of his face, because he likely won’t bother answering it with words. He’ll answer it with a stare. The kind that makes an entire room go quiet... dead quiet.
That’s right, Tommy is back. And Birmingham hasn’t been the same since he left. And a lot of that has to do with Tommy’s son, who has taken over leadership of the Peaky Blinders and has been treating things like “it’s 1919 all over again.” And we’re not talking nostalgically… we’re talking about turning the streets into a powder keg that’s about to explode.
Series creator Steven Knight returns to write this feature-length extension of his popular British crime saga, inspired by the real historical origins of one of England’s most ruthless street gangs: the 1920s Peaky Blinders.
Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy, who led the BBC series for six seasons, reprises his role as Tommy “Fookin’” Shelby, the once–WWI veteran turned calculating founder and undisputed leader of the Peaky Blinders. With the film version taking a time leap and setting events at the onset of WWII; circa England, 1940, Tommy has been living in self-exile, trying to leave his violent past behind.
But history has a funny way of pulling someone like Tommy back from the shadows, as his illegitimate son, Duke (played here by Barry Keoghan), has taken over the streets of Birmingham, causing quite a stir. And with the rise of a fascist movement taking hold in England, possibly using the now Duke-led Peaky Blinders as useful idiots for their cause, Tommy has no other choice but to step back into the smoke and remind everyone that he built this empire brick by bloody brick... and he won’t let it be hijacked by shitehead ideologues playing dress-up.
Directed by Tom Harper (Wild Rose, The Aeronauts), working from a Steven Knight-penned script, this big-screen sequel isn’t just about routine turf wars or backroom political maneuvering. It’s about a father trying to set his son straight before he gives in to total nihilism. The real question is… is it too late for Tommy to make things right? And if so, how much more blood is he willing to spill to fix a legacy that may already be beyond saving?
Also starring Rebecca Ferguson, Jay Lycurgo, Ned Dennehy, Packy Lee, Ian Peck, with Stephen Graham as the formidable Hayden Stagg and Sophie Rundle returning as Ada Thorne, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man heads to select theaters on March 6th before landing on Netflix March 20th.
So, pull out those wool flat caps... and prepare to do business. By order of the Peaky Blinders.
🎥 “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” Trailer: Jack Reynor and Laia Costa Confront an Ancient Curse as Their Presumed-Dead Daughter Inexplicably Returns — Hitting Theaters April 17th
Universal monsters have always been a well of inspiration, resulting in countless films over the decades riffing on the likes of Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, The Wolf Man, and The Mummy. Sometimes these films tap into the twisted side of the character, while others play up the lighter, swashbuckling adventure tone, becoming popcorn spectacles.
In the most recent recarnations of The Mummy, including the Brendan Fraser-led franchise as well as the Tom Cruise–starring reboot flop, it seems filmmakers were leaning into the high-adventure angle. Dusty tombs, wisecracking heroes, CGI sandstorms, and blockbuster-sized set pieces; all designed to thrill rather than unsettle. But one would think, if you’re dealing with the subject matter of the undead, that one would want to lean into something a little more... scary, right? After all, we’re talking about corpses clawing their way back from the grave, ancient curses and rotting flesh wrapped in centuries-old linen. That’s horror gold. The kind of imagery that should make your skin crawl.
Well, Irish horror filmmaker Lee Cronin might have gotten that same note, as he’s the latest to tackle The Mummy. And if his previous work is any indication, we’re not getting another wisecracking romp through the desert. We’re getting something nastier. Something meaner. Cronin, who proved with Evil Dead Rise that he understands how to revive a beloved horror franchise without pulling his punches in the scare department, seems more interested in tapping into why The Mummy was ever frightening to begin with.
Produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse along with James Wan’s Atomic Monster and New Line Cinema, Jack Reynor leads the ensemble as a journalist grappling with the impossible when his young daughter (played by Natalie Grace), who vanished in the desert eight years ago, is suddenly found alive inside a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus. She returns home strangely unaged, but also eerily different. Gray-colored skin. Dead-eyed stares. And when she speaks… it’s not entirely clear if she’s the same little girl who vanished all those years ago.
“Don’t worry, Grandma, it’s fun to be dead,” the young undead girl says in this new trailer, delivering the line like a playful quip, even as it lands like a dire warning. It’s certainly not the kind of line you toss off unless something ancient and malevolent has settled deep inside your bones and decided it rather likes the view.
Playing Jack Reynor’s wife and the girl’s deeply concerned mother is Spanish actress Laia Costa. She is joined by May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, and Verónica Falcón, who round out the cast.
Following the recent modern monster revivals of The Invisible Man and Wolf Man, filmmaker Lee Cronin takes his turn at exhuming a Universal icon, writing and directing this new take—one that even gets his name in the title.
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy will be opening in theaters on April 17th.
And if any old-school Mummy fans out there prefer the rollercoaster adventure kind, well, know this: Brendan Fraser is expected to return for another franchise installment. So the swashbuckling, wisecracking, sandstorm-dodging version you all know and love may not be done just yet.
🎥 “Normal” Trailer: Bob Odenkirk Stars as a Small-Town Sheriff Drawn Into a Blood-Soaked Midwestern Showdown in This Neo-Western Action Thriller From the Writer of ‘John Wick’ — In Theaters April 17th
All Bob Odenkirk wants to do is ride out the rest of his days in some sleepy small town where the biggest crisis is a zoning dispute or a neighbor’s passive-aggressive fence extension. Just potholes, town hall meetings, and maybe the occasional squabble. Yet even that feels just out of reach for the Better Call Saul and Nobody star. Because if we’ve learned anything from watching Odenkirk’s on-screen alter egos, it’s that trouble doesn’t knock politely. It kicks the door in.
In Normal, a neo-Western darkly comic action-thriller, Odenkirk plays Sheriff Ulysses, a worn-down lawman clinging to the hope that his new post in a snow-covered small town might finally offer something radical: peace and quiet. A place where the calls are minor, the faces are familiar, and retirement doesn’t feel like a fantasy.
Oops. It isn’t.
Because despite its name, there’s nothing remotely “normal” about this Midwestern town. Somehow, they’ve raised a suspicious amount of money, there’s an exorbitant stockpile of firepower at the police station, and if this newly minted sheriff didn’t know any better, it feels like everyone’s already been bought off by the very criminals they’re supposed to be locking up.
Those suspicions explode into certainty when a botched robbery cracks open the town’s carefully polished façade, sending Ulysses stumbling into an extremely violent, darkly funny odyssey that threatens to shatter any hope he had of peace and tranquility. Turns out, this Minnesota town is just as corrupt as any big city he ever worked in... in fact, it might be even worse.
Directed by cult British filmmaker Ben Wheatley (of Meg 2: The Trench, High-Rise, and Free Fire) and written by Derek Kolstad, the scribe behind John Wick and Nobody, and based on a story Odenkirk co-wrote with Kolstad, the film feels a bit like Fargo; only filtered through a harsher, bloodier, more action-heavy lens.
Henry Winkler and Lena Headey co-star in this neo-Western actioner, where one exhausted lawman finds himself standing in the way of a full-scale onslaught. It’s High Noon, but traded in for automatic weapons and a body count that climbs a whole lot faster than a ticking clock.
Normal hits theaters April 17th.
🎥 “Pressure” Trailer: Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott Face a Fateful D-Day Forecast in This Tense WWII Historical Drama — Arriving in Theaters May 29th
Just when you thought we might have seen and heard all the astonishing stories leading up to D-Day, here comes a new historical drama with a little diddy that reminds us just how razor-thin the margin was between victory and total failure.
Before you dust off those old history school books, just know this: the Normandy landings—where Allied armies stormed the beaches along France’s coastline in the largest seaborne invasion in history—the command came down from General Dwight D. Eisenhower himself. But when would be the perfect time to strike? That was the agonizing question hanging in the air, as unpredictable storm systems threatened to turn the most meticulously planned operation of the war into a disaster before it even began.
June 6th, 1944 would be forever known as D-Day, a date etched into history as both a staggering act of courage and a gamble of almost unfathomable scale, becoming a turning point that shifted the momentum of World War II. But if the operation had launched just a few days earlier or later, the violent storms and rising tides might have turned the beaches of Normandy into an utter catastrophe before a single soldier could even set foot on the sand.
Oscar-winner Brendan Fraser dons a closely cropped haircut and shaved head to take on the role of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, a man forced to bear the immense “pressure” of deciding when the operation should move forward in this new historical drama, which also stars Andrew Scott alongside Kerry Condon, Chris Messina, and Damian Lewis.
Directed and co-written by Anthony Maras, who previously delivered the nerve-shredding, real-life terrorist attack thriller Hotel Mumbai, Pressure unfolds in the tense days leading up to D-Day as Fraser’s Eisenhower calls in Royal Air Force meteorologist James Stagg (played by Scott) to serve as the lead expert tasked with determining whether the volatile weather patterns would make the invasion possible or doom it before it could even start. Revolving around Stagg’s steadfast reliance on scientific data and Eisenhower’s crushing pressure to set the ball rolling, the film examines the fine line between objective assessment and gut-level leadership.
Co-starring F1’s Kerry Condon as Eisenhower’s secretary Kay Summersby, Air’s Chris Messina as U.S. Air Force meteorologist Irving P. Krick, and Billions’ Damian Lewis as senior British Army commander Bernard Montgomery, the film is co-written by Maras and actor-playwright David Haig (My Boy Jack).
Pressure is slated to open in theaters on May 29th.
