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First Trailer For ‘The Addams Family’ Animated Movie Released

MGM has released a teaser trailer for The Addams Family, an animated take on the strange and unusual family originally created by cartoonist Charles Addams in the 1930s.
The movie features the voices of Oscar Isaac (Star Wars, Ex Machina) as Gomez Addams, Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road, Monster) as Morticia Addams, Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass, Let Me In) as Wednesday Addams, Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things, IT) as Pugsley Addams, Nick Kroll (The League, Big Mouth) as Uncle Fester, Bette Midler (Hocus Pocus, Beaches) as Grandmama, and Allison Janney (I, Tonya and Juno) as Margaux Needler.
Below you can find a brief synopsis for The Addams Family, along with the teaser trailer and a recently released poster.
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Tags: Allison Janney, Bette Midler, Charles Addams, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chloe Moretz, Conrad Vernon, Finn Wolfhard, Greg Tiernan, Matt Lieberman, MGM, Nick Kroll, Oscar Isaac, Pamela Pettler, The Addams Family
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Ryan Reynolds and Taika Waititi Are Reuniting For Video Game Comedy ‘Free Guy’

Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds and Taika Waititi, was unremarkable to say the least. Reynolds has gone on to do other things like Deadpool while Waititi is perhaps better known for his directorial efforts, some of which also featured him in starring roles.
And now it looks like the long-awaited reunion between the two is finally happening. But not for a Green Lantern sequel. According to new reports, the two will pair up for Free Guy, a video game based comedy. More info on the project below.
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Tags: 20th Century Fox, 21 Laps Entertainment, Free Guy, Greg Berlanti, Jodie Comer, Joe Kerry, Lil Rel, Matt Lieberman, Maximum Effort, Ryan Reynolds, Sarah Schechter, Shawn Levy, Taika Waititi, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Zak Penn
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Kurt Russell Set To Play Santa Claus In Netflix Holiday Movie

Netflix has a new holiday flick on the way, and they’ve grabbed The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, Tombstone, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 star Kurt Russell to play Saint Nick himself, Santa Claus.
The movie doesn’t have a title yet, but will follow a pair of siblings who decide to prove Santa exists by catching him on camera. Instead, they end up accidentally causing Santa to crash his sleigh, and must help to save Christmas.
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‘Home Alone’ Director Chris Columbus Producing New Christmas Movie ’12/24′

Chris Columbus, the director of movies like Home Alone, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and writer of Gremlins and The Goonies, and his 1492 Pictures banner have teamed up with Jeremy Zag and his ZAG Entertainment, a company that specializes in children and family friendly entertainment franchises, as well as Ocean Blue Entertainment to finance and produce a new movie titled 12/24.
The movie will be a combination of both live action and animation, telling the story of two brothers on a quest to save Christmas. The screenplay will be written by Matt Lieberman, based on an original idea by David Guggenheim (Safe House, Stolen).
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‘The Jetsons’ Animated Film Coming From WB; Matt Lieberman To Write

Warners Bros. will be making an animated Jetsons movie and has hired Matt Lieberman to write the script, according to Deadline, who added that the writer got the gig after his work on the animated Scooby-Doo movie for the studio.
The animated feature film will be based on the 1960s Hanna-Barbera series The Jetsons, for which WB now owns the archives (they acquired this in 1996 when they merged with Turner, which had held the rights since 1991). The cartoon TV series, which was the Space Age answer to the prehistoric Flintstones, centered on Orbit City residents, The Jetsons: George Jetson, his wife Jane, daughter Judy, and son Elroy, along with their dog Astro and robot maid Rosie.
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‘Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride’ Will Crash Into a Theater Near You

The Disney theme parks have a large catalog of rides and attractions to see, and with the success of four Pirates of the Caribbean movies, it only seems right to go down that catalog and find the next theme-parked based movie. If you want to know what ride is being adapted into a movie, then buckle up, because you are going to be in for one wild ride.
Currently the Haunted Mansion reboot, Jungle Cruise, Matterhorn, and Magic Kingdom park feature films are in the works and now you can add another iconic Disneyland ride to the list. According to Deadline, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride will now be adapted for the big screen and is set to be directed by commercial and music video director Pete Candeland.
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‘Short Circuit’ Remake Gets A New Writer

Over the past few years, one remake has seemed to stand above the rest as the perfect example of Hollywood’s creative death. That would be the long-gestating remake of the cult classic, Short Circuit.
Coming Soon reports that Matt Lieberman will pen a new draft of the film’s screenplay, which will be helmed by Tim Hill. Dimension Films has the project, and have been touting their success with Spy Kids and that franchise, so we know just what to expect here.
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