Netflix released the first trailer for Beasts of No Nation today and is venturing into uncharted territory with the movie.  Not so much with the content of the movie but with the way it will be released.  

The movie has the look of Oscar bait.  The story of a child who after his parents are killed is forced to join a group mercenary fighters.  Directed by Cary Fukanaga (True Detective) and staring Idris Elba (Luther, The Wire) the movie is based on the  book of the same name. It looks like a hard hitting and gritty movie.  

The controversy about this movie is how it will be released.  Netflix is bucking the system and releasing it in theaters and on their streaming service the same day after playing a few festivals.  This goes against the unwritten rule that a movie must play in theaters for 90 days before being shown elsewhere.  For this reason the four biggest movie chains have boycotted the film it will not be shown in any Regal, AMC, Carmike, or Cinemark theaters.  That leaves it up to the indie theaters to decide if they will show it.  Alamo Drafthouse has already said they will be showing it.  And it will be screening at few festivals before the release.  

The movie should be able to secure the requisite screenings to be eligible for the Oscars but the question is will they reward a movie that just broke every unwritten rule for theatrical releases.  While the Oscars are supposed to honor the best in movies but politics always play a role and that could hurt it's chances.  


What do you think about Netflix plans? 

We don't know much about the fifth Bourne movie but we do know Matt Damon will be back with Paul Greengrass directing. Also returning is Julia Stiles. But the newest cast member is Tommy Lee Jones bringing his grumpiness as a high level CIA Officer.

What do you think about the casting?

The Toronto International Film Festival is one of the largest film festivals in the world and this year will be their 40th Festival.  TIFF is seen as the first stop for Oscar contenders and there are always lots of world premieres that can make or break a movies chances for Oscar glory.  
The first film announcement was made today with the Galas and Special Presentations.  These are the two categories where we see some of the bigger named movies.  This year is no exception. Movies like Johnny Depp's Black Mass, Ridley Scott's The Martian, The Beasts of No Nation, and Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl (which looks to get Eddie Redmayne a second Oscar nomination in a row) all will be there.  The new Michael Moore documentary Where to Invade Next will also have its premiere.

Demolition directed by Jean-Marc Vallee(Wild, Dallas Buyers Club) will be the opening night film. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts. The interesting thing about this pick is that Fox Searchlight recently announced that it will be released in April of 2016 leading most to believe that the studio has very little faith that the movie will be any good. With its pick as the opening night movie at TIFF maybe they have changed their minds.

The ful list of movies announced is below.

GALAS

• Beeba Boys (dir. Deepa Mehta)
• Demolitian (dir. Jean-Marc Vallee) *OPENING NIGHT FILM*
• The Dressmaker (dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse)
• Eye in the Sky (dir. Gavin Hood)
• Forsaken (dir. Jon Cassar)
• Freeheld (dir. Peter Sollett)
• Hyena Road (dir. Paul Gross)
• Lolo (dir. Julie Delpy)
• Legend (dir. Brian Hegeland)
• The Man Who Knew Infinity (dir.Matt Brown)
• The Martian (dir. Ridley Scott)
• The Program (dir. Stephen Frears)
• Remember (dir. Atom Egoyan)
• Septembers of Shiraz (dir. Wayne Blair)
• Stonewall (dir. Roland Emmerich)
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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

• Anomalisa (dir. Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman)
• Beasts of No Nation (dir. Cary Fukunaga)
• Black Mass (dir. Scott Cooper)
• Brooklyn (dir. John Crowley)
• The Club (dir. Pablo Larrain)
• Colonia (dir. Florian Gallenberger)
• The Danish Girl (dir. Tom Hooper)
• The Daughter (dir. Simon Stone)
• Desierto (dir. Jonas Cuaron)
• Dheepan (dir. Jacques Audiard)
• Families (dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
• The Family Fang (dir. Jason Bateman)
• Guilty (dir. Meghna Gulzar)
• I Smile Back (dir. Adam Sulkey)
• The Idol (dir. Hany Abu-Assad)
• The Lady in the Van (dir. Nicholas Hytner)
• Len and Company (dir. Tim Godsall)
• The Lobster (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)
• Louder than Bombs (dir. Joachim Trier)
• Maggie's Plan (dir. Rebecca Miller)
• Mountains May Depart (dir.Zhangke Jia)
• Office (dir. Johnnie To)
• Parched (dir. Leena Yadav)
• Room (dir. Lenny Abrahamson)
• Sicario (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
• Son of Saul (dir. Laszlo Nemes)
• Spotlight (dir. Tom McCarthy)
• Summertime (dir. Catherine Corsini)
• Sunset Song (dir. Terence Davies)
• Trumbo (dir. Jay Roach)
• Un plus une (dir. Claude Lelouch)
• Victoria (dir. Sebastian Schipper)
• Where to Invade Next (dir. Michael Moore)
• Youth (dir. Paolo Sorrentino)

That time of month when Netflix gives us a sneak peek at whats going to be coming and going next month.  Probably the biggest movie coming is Oscar winner The Hurt Locker.  But some great movies leaving like Face/Off and The Fifth Element.  
Are there any movies you are excited for?  Full list below.  

August 1

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
• Asylum (2005)
• Back in Time/Cong Cong Na Nian (2014)
• Beneath the Helmet (2014)
• Breakup Buddies/Xin Hau Lu Fang (2014)
• Bride and Prejudice (2004)
• Casting By (2012)
• The Code: Season 1 (2014 series)
• Dancing on the Edge: Season 1 (2013 Series)
• Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Season 2 (2012 series)
• Dear Frankie (2004)
• Dogs on the Inside (2014)
• Electric Slide (2014)
• Enemy at the Gates (2001)
• Flex is Kings (2013)
• The Golden Era/Huang Jin Shi Dai (2014)
• The Hurt Locker (2008)
• The Living (2014)
• Lost and Love/Shi Gu (2015)
• Masha and the Bear: Season 1 (2009 Series)
• The Mind of a Chef: Season 3 (2012 series)
• November Rule (2015)
• Odd Squad: Season 1 (2014 series)
• Outcast (2014)
• Pants on Fire (2014)
• Reading Rainbow: Volume 1 (1983 series)
• Russell Brand: End the Drugs War (2014)
• Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery (2012)
• Somewhere Only We Know/You yi ge di fang zhi you wo men zhi dao (2015)
• Sorority Row (2009)
• Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008)
• Utopia: Season 1 (2013 series)
• Vexed: Seasons 1­ & 2 (2010 series)
• War (2007)
• Wing Commander (1999)

August 3

• Chronic­Con, Episode 420: A New Dope (2015)

August 4

• Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2015)

August 5

• Yellowbird (2014)

August 6

• Kill Me Three Times (2014)
• My Amityville Horror (2012)
• The Look of Love (2013)
• Welcome to Me (2014)

August 7

• Club de Cuervos: Season 1 (2015 series)
• HitRECord on TV: Season 1 (2014 series)
• Motivation 2: The Chris Cole Story (2015)
• Project Mc2 (2015)
• Transporter: The Series: Season 2 (2012 series)

August 8

• Doctor Who: Season 8 (2005 series)

August 11

• Fred: The Movie (2010)
• Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred (2011)
• Fred 3: Camp Fred (2012)
• Two Days, One Night (2014)

August 12

• For a Good Time, Call... (2012)
• Leap Year (2010)
• The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)

August 14

• DinoTrux
• Demetri Martin: Live (At The Time) (2015)
• Ever After High Way too Wonderland (Season 3)
• Ship of Theseus (2012)

August 15

• Alex of Venice (2014)

August 16

• Being Flynn (2012)
• Pariah (2011)
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)

August 17

• Lord of War (2005)

August 19

• Jerk Theory (2009)
• Real Husbands of Hollywood: Season 3 (2013 series)

August 20

• 30 for 30: Angry Sky (2015)
• As Cool As I Am (2013)
• Strange Empire: Season 1 (2014 series)

August 21

• Grantham & Rose (2014)
• Transcend (2014)

August 23

• Girl Meets World: Season 1 (2014 series)

August 27

• Byzantium (2012)
• White God (2014)

August 28

• Inspector Gadget: Season 2 (2015 series)
• Narcos: Season 1
• Once Upon a Time: Season 4 (2011 series)
• Revenge: Season 4 (2011 series)

August 29

• Ride (2015)

August 30

• Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)

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• Bad Girl Island (2007)
• Barbershop (2002)
• Beauty Shop (2005)
• Bulletproof (1996)
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
• Digimon Adventure: Seasons 1-­3 (1999 series)
• Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
• Face/Off (1997)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Fools Rush In (1997)
• Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld: Season 1 (2012 series)
• Hawking (2013)
• Hot Pursuit (1987)
• Houseboat (1958)
• Inside Fendi
• Joe Dirt (2001)
• Kiss the Girls (1997)
• The Longest Day (1962)
• The Pitch: Season 1 (2012 series)
• Pumping Iron (1977)
• Shooter (2007)
• Titanic (1997)
• Unbreakable (2000)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
• We're No Angels (1989)

August 6

• Raven, The (2012)

August 8

• Albert Nobbs (2011)
• Explorers: Adventures of the Century: Season 1 & 2 (2013 series)

August 15

• Family Ties: Seasons 1-­7 (1982 series)
• The Forsyte Saga: Series 1­ & 2 (2002 series)
• Immortalized: Season 1 (2013 series)

August 23

• Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)

August 24

• My Fair Wedding: Season 5 (2008 series)

August 25

• Petunia (2012)

August 27

• LEGO Atlantis (2010)
• LEGO: Hero Factory: Breakout (2012)
• LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu: King of Shadows (2011)
• LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu: Way of the Ninja (2011)
• The Moth Diaries (2011)

August 31

• Spider-­Man and His Amazing Friends: Seasons 1-­3 (1981 series)

It's an age old rule. If a film makes a profit, we will get a sequel. Looks like we will be getting a sequel to the 2014 Seth Rogen comedy "Neighbors". There's even a release date scheduled for May 13, 2016. The unexpected sequel will be written by Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O’Brien along with producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and returning director Nicholas Stoller. Rumored to be in talks to star is Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass, The Equalizer).

Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York, suburb of Fairport on July 23, 1967. The star of stage and screen made a big impact in the industry during his rising career. From Patch Adams to Boogie Nights and The Hunger Games franchise, Hoffman is greatly missed. He passed away of a drug overdose on February 2nd, 2014.

We knew it was coming but now we have a date.  Universal has officially announced that Jurassic Park 5 or jurassic World 2 or whatever it will be called will be arriving in theaters June 22nd, 2018.  

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are already under contract for more sequels so we knew it was coming.  Director Colin Trevarrow will not be coming back as director but will stay on as screenwriter with his partner Derek Connolly.  And of course Steven Spielberg will be an executive producer.  
 
Jurassic World took the box office by storm and was bigger than anyone had expected.  It currently sits as the third highest grossing movie of all time in the US and has the potential to take the number 2 spot away from Titanic.  It also broke the record for largest opening weekend of all time.  

The biggest questions are who will end up directing the movie and what will the story be about.  
Let us know your thoughts.  

Since Chris has an obsession with Star Wars, he decided to create a new Facebook page dedicated to it. At least the Milwaukee Movie Talk page won't be crammed with too much Star Wars now. Do him a favor and, like the page please.
Check it out HERE 

Disney has been on a hit streak with it's live action interpretations of their classic animated films. It's no surprise they are going to continue the trend. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting the next reboot is the 1963 Arthurian legend "The Sword in the Stone". They don't have just anyone eyed to write the film either. Bryan Cogman, a writer/producer for HBO's Game Of Thrones has been tapped to write the screenplay being produced by Brigham Taylor. The film, loosely based on T.H. White's fantasy The Once And Future King is not confirmed yet but, stay tuned to Milwaukee Movie Talk for updates.

by Stephen Milek

Recently we learned that Tom Holland will be playing Spider-Man in the latest reboot and Jon Watts (Clown, Cop Car) will be directing. We also know that the movie is going to be set in High School and have a John Hughes Breakfast Club feel to it (not sure what that means).  We finally have word on who will be writing the screenplay and according to Deadline it is John Francis Daley and Jonathon M. Goldstein.  Daley and Goldstein have worked together a number of times. Their big hit came with Horrible Bosses which lead to their follow up Horrible Bosses 2.  The also wrote the Vacation sequel/reboot that is coming out this month.  

With the hiring of Daley and Goldstein the big question is will this Spider-Man be more of a comedy? With that resume it feels that is where they are heading.  The vacation sequel/reboot looks funny but none of their movies seem like it has had the emotional drama that the Spider-Man world has.  

Another interesting fact is that Daley and Goldstein wrote the sequal to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.  The first Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was written (and directed by) Phil Lord and Chris Miller who happen to be working on Sony's other Spider-Man movie which will be animated movie.  Which leads to the question is working on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs a prerequisite for Spider-Man?