Trailer Round-Up: Wicked: For Good, Alien: Earth, Dracula, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Kiss of the Spider Woman and More
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Welcome to another weekly edition of looking back at last week’s trailer releases. As a subscriber, you know trailers are one of the best ways to figure out which movie or TV show to seek out. And since our free time has become more precious these days, we need to know what’s arriving in the coming months and which new release deserves our full attention. Last week had its fair share of surprises. As we move deeper into the summer months, you can bet we’ll be getting trailers for some of the biggest projects coming this fall.
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Brace yourself: The witching hour is about to begin!
Wicked: For Good — Trailer
(in theaters Nov 21st)
Friendship, magic, and fate collide in the first official trailer for Wicked: For Good, the spellbinding conclusion to Universal’s two-part adaptation of the Broadway classic. After the runaway success of Wicked: Part One, the final chapter promises even more heart, heartbreak, and high notes.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande return in their Oscar-nominated roles as Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good Witch of the North), two friends whose powerful bond once defied the odds—but now faces its ultimate test. With the land of Oz turning against Elphaba and fear twisting truth into propaganda, the green-skinned outcast finds herself cast as the villain in a story still being written… while Glinda rises as a symbol of everything Elphaba no longer believes in.
The trailer teases a darker, more emotionally charged installment, filled with stunning visuals, political tension, and the signature show-stopping songs fans adore. In one of its most stirring moments, the former friends share a tearful exchange:
Elphaba: “You’re the only friend I’ve ever had.”
Glinda: “And I’ve had so many friends… but only one that mattered.”
Directed by Jon M. Chu, Wicked: For Good reunites the acclaimed cast, including Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, and Marissa Bode for what looks like an unforgettable emotional journey through Oz where friendships will be tested to their limits... and where one friend will turn into a legend. The other? Into a memory.
Wicked: For Good opens everywhere November 21st.
The Vampire Legend bites into French decadence.
Dracula — Trailer
(In France in July; Coming Soon)
Luc Besson is bringing the vampire icon back to life, evoking the same operatic spirit of Francis Ford Coppola’s classic take. In Dracula, the visionary French director behind Léon: The Professional, La Femme Nikita, and The Fifth Element teams up once again with his Dogman star Caleb Landry Jones for a visually sumptuous, dramatic reinvention of Bram Stoker’s immortal tale.
Caleb Landry Jones stars as the tortured 15th-century Transylvanian prince who, after losing his beloved wife to the horrors of war, curses God and himself, setting the stage for his descent into eternal darkness. What follows is a centuries-spanning odyssey of blood, longing, and doomed love—until a woman in a future age (played by Italian actress Matilda De Angelis) reignites a glimmer of hope… and dark obsession.
With towering castles, medieval battlefields, and the candlelit decadence of the French Gilded Age, Dracula appears to blend haunting romance with Gothic-tinged opulence. Caleb Landry Jones, known for disappearing into roles, appears to go all in, channeling the heartbreak and menace of a cursed soul caught between death and desire.
Also starring Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz, Dracula is set to open in France this July, with an international rollout expected soon. No official U.S. release date has been confirmed, as of yet.
Love and memory collide in this dreamlike journey through what was and what could be.
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey — Trailer
(in theaters Sept 19th)
What if love wasn’t just about meeting the right person, but about crossing paths at precisely the right moment in your life—when shared memories become the surprise twist that changes everything? That gets at the heart of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, a sweeping new romantic fantasy from acclaimed director Kogonada, starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell as two kindred souls lost in time.
Robbie and Farrell play Sarah and David, two strangers who connect at a wedding, only to be swept into a dreamlike dimension where every red door leads to a memory from their past. Regrets, missed chances, and moments that shaped them—now, they’re being given the opportunity to relive those memories, and possibly rewrite them, together.
From awkward high school performances to emotional goodbyes, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is part magical odyssey, part meditation on love, loss, and second chances. With every door they open, Sarah and David move closer to healing their past. And at the same time, they begin to imagine a future they never thought possible. A future together? Well, they’ll just have to wait and see what the cards hold.
Directed by Kogonada (Columbus, After Yang) and written by The Menu’s Seth Reiss, the film explores the fragility of memory and the enduring power of connection with lyrical beauty and a touch of surrealist wonder.
Co-starring Lily Rabe, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Kevin Kline, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey opens in theaters September 19th.
New code! But the same killer dance moves.
M3GAN 2.0 — Final Trailer
(In theaters June 27th)
Guess who’s back... and ready to dance (and maybe dismember)? M3GAN 2.0 is strutting back into theaters this month with more sass, more sparkle, and a whole lot more slaughter. The viral A.I. icon returns, and this time she’s got a mission... and a mortal enemy.
Allison Williams reprises her role as Gemma, the brilliant but haunted A.I. engineer, now facing a new tech terror: Amelia, a rival android built from stolen M3GAN code and programmed with zero moral compass. Played by Ahsoka’s Ivanna Sakhno, Amelia isn’t here to play nice. She’s here to eliminate anyone who gets in her way, including Gemma and her niece Cady (Violet McGraw).
So what’s Gemma’s solution? Reboot the OG bot. Only this time, with upgrades, and maybe a conscience. With her sleek new look, souped-up skills, and sharpened sass, M3GAN is back for a redemption arc, if she can survive long enough to finish it.
Directed and written by New Zealand filmmaker Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) who helmed the first M3GAN film, M3GAN 2.0 dials the camp up to eleven with robot-on-robot mayhem at the forefront but with a thick layer of tongue-firmly-in-cheek satire. Now the question is: Can M3GAN save the day without rebooting into her old homicidal habits? Probably not. But it’ll be wildly entertaining to watch her try.
Amie Donald returns as the body of M3GAN, with Jenna Davis once again lending the killer doll her deliciously passive-aggressive voice. The cast also includes Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Aristotle Athari, Timm Sharp, and Jemaine Clement.
Produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster, M3GAN 2.0 arrives in theaters June 27th.
In a world of brutal oppression, the only escape is dreams of a silver-screen diva.
Kiss of the Spider Woman — Teaser Trailer
(in theaters on Oct. 10th)
Glamour meets fantasy in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Bill Condon’s forthcoming musical adaptation that spins dazzling Technicolor dream-like fantasies against the harsh backdrop of political repression. With Jennifer Lopez in full diva mode and Andor star Diego Luna delivering quiet pent-up rage, this big-screen version of Terrence McNally’s Tony-winning Broadway hit is shaping up to be one of the fall’s boldest awards-season contenders yet.
Lopez plays Ingrid Luna, the sultry, elusive screen goddess known as the Spider Woman. She’s a glamorous symbol of escapism and danger who exists in the fantasies of Molina (Mexican-American actor Tonatiuh), a flamboyant, queer window dresser imprisoned in a brutal South American jail for “public indecency.” Sharing a cell with him is Valentín (Diego Luna), a hardened political revolutionary captured by a dictatorship that crushes dissent with cruelty and isolation.
As the two political prisoners navigate violence, betrayal, and the fragile psyche of being behind bars, Molina retells scenes from his beloved old Hollywood musicals, with Lopez’s Spider Woman gliding through dreamlike sequences in shimmering gowns, seductive poses, and intoxicating dance numbers. But behind the fantasy is a cruel oppressive system using even fantasy itself as a tool of manipulation... and possibly, betrayal.
Written and directed by Condon (Dreamgirls, Beauty and the Beast), with songs by the legendary composer/lyricist team John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago), the film is inspired by Argentine author Manuel Puig’s searing 1976 novel, which itself was famously adapted into the 1985 Oscar-winning drama that starred Raul Julia as Valentín, William Hurt in an Oscar-winning performance as Molina, and Sonia Braga as the titular Spider Woman.
Set to open in theaters October 10th, Kiss of the Spider Woman poised to deliver a visual feast, as well as an emotional gut punch with a Jennifer Lopez performance that just might punch her ticket to this year’s award season.
Just when you thought Fridays couldn’t get any freakier...
Freakier Friday — Trailer
(in theaters Aug 8th)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are back in the long-awaited sequel to the 2003 fan-favorite Freaky Friday, and this time, the chaos doesn’t just skip a generation—it doubles down on it! In Freakier Friday, Lohan’s Anna is now a mom to a rebellious teen (Julia Butters), while Curtis’s Tess is enjoying grandma life… until that mysterious magical mishap strikes again.
But here’s the twist: Anna swaps bodies with her daughter Harper, while Tess finds herself stuck in the teenage body of her soon-to-be step-granddaughter Lily (Sophia Hammons), daughter of Anna’s fiancé Eric—played by The Acolyte’s Manny Jacinto. Awkward? You have no idea.
What follows is a multigenerational mess of mistaken identities, teen tantrums, and wedding sabotage as Harper and Lily (now in the bodies of Anna and Tess) hatch a plan to reunite Anna with her high school crush Jake (again played by Chad Michael Murray) in an attempt to break up their parents’ upcoming wedding plans. Harper and Lily aren’t too keen on becoming stepsisters, let alone being in the same family together... in different bodies than their own, no less.
Directed by Nisha Ganatra (Late Night), Freakier Friday ups the antics with more laughs, more heart, and more body-swapping mayhem than ever before. It’s a family curse that just won’t quit. Because growing up is hard, but swapping bodies with your mother and grandmother? Even harder.
Freakier Friday hits theaters August 8th.
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“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” New Trailer: Marvel Bets Big on Retro Vibes, Family Bonds, and a World-Eating Villain in This Highly Anticipated MCU Film — In Theaters July 25th
Marvel’s Fantastic Four makes their highly anticipated debut in a retro-futuristic world, as Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm must unite against the mighty Galactus.
"Heads of State" Final Trailer: John Cena and Idris Elba Go Full Mayhem as Bickering World Leaders on the Run in This Action-Comedy from the Director of Nobody — Premiering on Prime Video July 2nd
When the President (Cena) and Prime Minister (Elba) are targeted by assassins, they'll have to work together to survive the chaos... whether they like it or not!
“Ebony & Ivory” Red Band Trailer: Cult Filmmaker Jim Hosking’s New Bizarre Comedy Explores the Worst Collaboration in Music History... And the Accidental Birth of the Greatest Song Ever – In Theaters and on VOD August 8th
Get ready for a music collaboration that hits all the wrong notes... in perhaps the most bizarre, yet hysterical way possible!
“The Man in My Basement” Trailer: Willem Dafoe Gives Corey Hawkins an Offer He Can't Refuse in This Chilling Morality Tale Based on Walter Mosley’s Acclaimed Novel – Coming This Fall
In this new thriller, a cash-loaded stranger (Willem Dafoe) offers a small fortune to rent out a man’s (Mark Hawkins) basement for 65 days, no questions asked. It soon evolves into a claustrophobic mind game where debt meets desperation.
“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” Teaser Trailer: The Crawleys Return for One Last Elegant Farewell in Julian Fellowes’ Final Chapter – In Theaters September 12th
The tea is piping hot, the gowns are firmly pressed, and the butlers are back to ring their bells... maybe for the last time. So, raise your glasses for a farewell toast to the Julian Fellowes-created saga.
“Trust” Trailer: Sophie Turner Fights For Her Life in This Tense Home-Invasion Thriller – In Select Theaters August 22nd
Turner stars as a Hollywood celebrity who discovers that there are worse things than weathering a public scandal—like fending off home invaders hell-bent on killing her.
For more trailers, check out our latest “Trailer Blitz” post, covering a range of new indie and foreign movies coming out soon, click the link below:
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The screams are no longer in space. They're here... on Earth!
Alien: Earth — Trailer and Promos
(on FX and Hulu Aug 12th)
Alien: Earth, the upcoming FX series from Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley, drags the Xenomorph out of the stars and drops it onto a futuristic Earth... where things might be even worse!
Set in the year 2120, two years before the events of Ridley Scott’s 1979 original, the series pivots from the vastness of space to our planet. When a deep-space research vessel, the USCSS Maginot, crash-lands in the heart of Prodigy City, its cargo—a collection of deadly alien specimens—becomes the main priority for a corporate-sponsored recovery mission. But shocker! Among the collection is a terrifyingly familiar biomechanical nightmare with acid for blood and a taste for humans.
Relatively newcomer Sydney Chandler (from Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols biopic miniseries Pistol) leads the cast as Wendy, a young woman whose consciousness is transferred into a synthetic body after a life-threatening illness. Now trained as a tactical soldier and living in a world dominated by corporations and bio-tech advancements, Wendy joins a recovery team tasked with locating and neutralizing the Xenomorph before it breaches the crashed spacecraft and into the city.
But as the trailer reveals, they might be already too late. ‘Cuz on Earth, everyone can hear you scream.
With a blend of high-concept sci-fi, truly spectacular visuals, and grounded horror, Alien: Earth brings the franchise back to its roots—and into unfamiliar territory: Earth. Hawley’s slow-burn suspense and Ridley Scott’s DNA as executive producer may prove to be the perfect fusion of old-school terror and modern mythmaking.
Joining Chandler are Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Babou Ceesay, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Adarsh Gourav, Kit Young, and David Rysdahl.
Alien: Earth premieres Tuesday, August 12th on FX and Hulu.
One island. One lie. And a summer that changed everything.
We Were Liars — Trailer
(on Prime Video June 18th)
We Were Liars invites you to the Sinclairs’ private island, where wealth runs deep... and so do the cover-ups.
Amazon Prime’s latest coastal drama dives headfirst into twisted family intrigue, adapting E. Lockhart’s bestselling YA novel into an eight-episode psychological thriller. Emily Alyn Lind stars as Cadence Sinclair Eastman, a teenage heiress with a shattered memory and a past everyone’s desperate to keep buried.
After washing ashore the previous summer—bloodied, bruised, and with no idea what happened—Cadence returns to her family’s exclusive New England island estate to uncover the truth. But the Sinclairs are experts at smiling through their sins. And as Cadence begins to reconnect with her tight-knit circle of friends known as “the Liars,” it becomes clear: someone knows exactly what happened that night... and they’re willing to lie to keep it hidden.
Created by Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries) and Carina Adly MacKenzie (Roswell, New Mexico), the series also stars Mamie Gummer, Caitlin FitzGerald, Candice King, Rahul Kohli, and David Morse as the intimidating patriarch of the Sinclair dynasty.
We Were Liars premieres June 18 on Prime Video.
Game on!
Esports World Cup: Level Up — Trailer
(now streaming on Prime Video, new episodes every Friday)
Think gaming’s just a hobby? Esports World Cup: Level Up is here to prove otherwise.
Amazon Prime’s electrifying new five-part documentary series takes viewers inside the fiercely competitive, high-stakes universe of professional gaming, where strategy, stamina, and sacrifice are everything. Directed by acclaimed documentarian R.J. Cutler (Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry, American High), the series follows elite players from around the globe as they chase the dream of winning it all at the Esports World Cup.
From grueling training schedules to mental health struggles, Level Up reveals the untold stories behind the screens, spotlighting the personal challenges, team tensions, and championship-level intensity that drive the world’s top esports athletes.
Whether you’re a hardcore fan or just a video game lurker, this series is set to change the way you view esports forever. Esports World Cup: Level Up has started streaming on Prime Video, with new episodes dropping every Friday.
The Enterprise is back in action… and things are about to get even stranger!
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 3 — Trailer
(on Paramount+ July 17th)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns for its highly anticipated third season on July 17, kicking off with a two-episode premiere exclusively on Paramount+. Anson Mount leads the crew once again as the ever-resolute Captain Christopher Pike, joined by Ethan Peck’s sharp-eared Spock, Rebecca Romijn’s ever-loyal Number One, and Paul Wesley’s young, still-evolving James T. Kirk—who’s now rubbing shoulders with his future Chief Engineer, Scotty (played by Scottish actor Martin Quinn).
Season 3 boldly dives into ten new episodes that harken back to the adventurous, genre-hopping style of the original series as it blends heart, humor, and hair-raising space peril. Expect alien diplomacy, some space shenanigans, tense-filled missions, and yes, the occasional fashion throwback to Starfleet’s grooviest era.
Picking up after the dramatic Gorn conflict of Season 2, this new season introduces a mysterious new antagonist that challenges the crew’s unity and principles in ways they’ve never faced before.
Also starring Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, and Jess Bush, Strange New Worlds continues to thrive by mixing modern storytelling and special effects with that classic Trek spirit. So, beam me up, and let’s see what cosmic curveballs await!
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“The Rainmaker” Trailer: John Grisham’s Classic Courtroom Novel Gets a TV Adaptation with Milo Callaghan as a Rookie Lawyer Taking on Corporate Corruption with Lana Parrilla and John Slattery – Premiering August 15th on USA Network
Grisham’s best-selling legal novel gets a fresh adaptation for the small screen. A hotshot rookie lawyer (Callaghan) goes head-to-head with his former firm—helmed by courtroom shark John Slattery—in a wrongful death case that reeks of corporate corruption.
“The Gilded Age: Season 3” Trailer: Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Christine Baranski, and Cynthia Nixon Return for More Power Plays, Social Scheming, and Arranged Marriages in HBO’s Hit Period Drama Series From Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes – Debuts June 22nd on HBO
In a world where wealth rules, Bertha Russell (Coon) fights to climb New York’s social ladder, using her daughter as a pawn in a game of love and power.
“Mix Tape” International Trailer: Jim Sturgess and Teresa Palmer Reconnect Through Music and Memory in This British Romantic Mini-Series – Premieres June 12th on Binge in Australia
In this new British miniseries, two former soul mates (Sturgess and Palmer) reconnect decades later, as a forgotten mixtape sparks a journey to rediscover a lost love.
“Olympo” Trailer: Netflix’s New Spanish Series Dives Deep into Doping, Obsession, and Betrayal at an Elite Swim Academy, Starring Clara Galle and María Romanillos – Streaming June 20th
In this new Spanish-language series, a national swim team captain faces the cutthroat world of performance-enhancing secrets, lies, and moral dilemmas.
“Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers” Trailer: Netflix’s New Docuseries Revisits the Investigation After the 2005 London Bombings – Premieres July 1st
This new docu-series takes a deep dive into the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings, following investigators as they piece together the puzzle and race against time to prevent further attacks.
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Marvel Reveals Giant-Sized Collector’s Popcorn Bucket Fit for a Devourer of Worlds
With specialty popcorn buckets all the rage these days, it was only a matter of time before a studio made a trailer for one. We’re not sure whether to laugh or cry, but here it is: the trailer for “Galactus Popcorn Vessel,” launching alongside Marvel’s Fantastic Four this July.
This whopper of a popcorn container stands 17.5 inches tall and 20 inches wide. So get ready to grab your forklift and settle in for the most gloriously over-the-top popcorn promo you’ve ever seen.