Griselda is an upcoming American crime drama streaming television miniseries directed by Andrés Baiz and produced by Eric Newman and Sofía Vergara. It is based on the life of Griselda Blanco, who is also played by Vergara, a notorious cocaine trafficker.
The miniseries will premiere on Netflix on January 25, 2024. Watch the official trailers below.
Director Steven Knight
Genre Drama | Thriller
Cast Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Djimou Hounsou
Rating R
Release Date January 25th, 2019
“The mysterious past of a fishing boat captain comes back to haunt him, when his ex-wife tracks him down with a desperate plea for help, ensnaring his life in a new reality that may not be all that it seems.”
Written and directed by Steven Knight (Locke, Peaky Blinders), Serenity is a drama thriller about a fishing boat captain who is forced to abruptly face his mysterious past when his ex-wife tracks him down with a desperate please for help, turning his life upside down, Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Serenity:
Diane Lane played Martha Kent in Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Anne Hathaway played Selina Kyle aka Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
Director Joe Cornish
Genre Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Cast Rebecca Ferguson, Louis Asbourne Serkis, Tom Taylor, Patrick Stewart
Rating PG
Release Date January 25th, 2019
“A band of kids embark on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace.”
Written and directed by Joe Cornish (Attach the Block, Ant-Man), The Kid Who Would Be King tells the story of a group of kids that embark on an epic quest to overtake an evil menace. Check out the official trailers below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Kid Who Would Be King:
Rebecca Ferguson said in an interview that she would film scenes for Mission Impossible Fallout during the week and film scenes for The Kid Who Would Be King during weekends.
This will be Rebecca Ferguson's third collaboration with an X-Men actor, the first movie was The Snowman (2017) with Michael Fassbender and The Greatest Showman (2017) with Hugh Jackman.
Director James Marsh
Genre Crime | Drama
Cast Charlie Cox, Michael Caine, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent
Rating R
Release Date January 25th, 2019 (Limited)
“A crew of retired crooks pulls off a major heist in London’s jewelry district, but what begins as a nostalgic last hurrah for the group quickly becomes a brutal nightmare when greed overtakes them.”
From director James Marsh (The King, The Theory of Everything), King of Thieves is a true-crime story of a crew of retired crooks pulls off a major heist in London's jewelry district, but what begins as a nostalgic last hurrah for the group quickly becomes a brutal nightmare when greed overtakes them. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Film Facts, King of Thieves:
The events depicted in this film are based on a true story. During the Easter bank holiday period April 2015 a gang of middle aged and OAP veteran criminals really did break into The Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company in central London using the methods depicted in this film and stole somewhere between £14 million to £25 million worth of valuables from safety deposit boxes (the exact amount is unclear as customers with safety deposit boxes didn't necessarily want to report what their boxes contained).
Director Jonas Åkerlund
Genre Action | Crime
Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick, Fei Ren
Rating Unrated
Release Date January 25th, 2019 (Netflix)
“The world’s top assassin, Duncan Vizla, is settling into retirement when his former employer marks him as a liability to the firm. Against his will, he finds himself back in the game going head to head with an army of younger killers.”
From Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund, Polar tells the story of the world's top assassin, Duncan Vizla, who is settling into retirement when his former employer marks him as a liability to the firm. Against his will, he finds himself back in the game going head to head with an army of younger killers. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Polar:
Polar is an adaptation of the action noir comics series of the same name.