All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See is an upcoming American drama limited series directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Free Guy) and developed by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) for Netflix. Based on Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, it stars Aria Mia Loberti, Mark Ruffalo (Shutter Island, Avengers: Endgame), and Hugh Laurie (House, Veep).

The four-part series follows the stories of a blind French girl named Marie-Laure (Loberti) and a German soldier named Werner (Louis Hofmann), whose paths cross in occupied France during World War II.

The limited series is now streaming only on Netflix. Watch the official trailer below.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Director Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnson

Genre Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Cast Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Mackenzie Foy, Helen Mirren

Rating PG

Release Date November 2nd, 2018

“A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.”

Directed by Lasse Hallström (Chocolat, Safe Haven, A Dog's Purpose) and Joe Johnson (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Jumanji, Captain America: The First Avenger), The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a fantasy adventure for the whole family based on the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, from E.T.A Hoffmann. The cast includes Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Mackenzie Foy, and Helen Mirren. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms:

• A feature adaptation of "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E.T.A. Hoffmann.

• Took over the original release date for Mulan (2019), pushing that film's release back to December 2019.

• To be shot on Kodak 65mm film.

Suspiria

Director Luca Guadagnino

Genre Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

Cast Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Chloë Grace Moretz

Rating R

Release Date November 2nd, 2018

“A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.”

From director Luca Guadagnino, the man who brought us A Bigger Splash and the award-winning Call Me by Your Name, Suspiria is a horror mystery about the darkness at the center of a world-renowned dance company that will soon overtake everyone involved. The cast includes Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lutz Ebersdorf, and Jessica Harper. Check out the official trailer below!! 

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Suspiria:

• Luca Guadagnino started shooting this film only four months after wrapping the filming of Call Me by Your Name (2017) in 2016.

• The first footage that premiered at the 2018 CinemaCon presentation was said to be so intense and disturbing, some audience members left the presentation midway through.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Director Dexter Fletcher, Bryan Singer

Genre Biography | Drama | Music

Cast Rami Malek, Ben Hardy, Gwilym Lee, Lucy Boynton

Rating PG-13

Release Date November 2nd, 2018

“A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen’s legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert in 1985.”

From directors Dexter Fletcher (Wild Bill, Eddie the Eagle) and Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men), Bohemian Rhapsody is a biography drama chronicling the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid concert in 1985. The making of the film included enough drama to have it's own reality show, including controversy involving the initial casting decision for Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek was eventually cast) to the firing of director Bryan Singer for erratic behavior and not showing up to direct for days at a time etc. The cast includes Rami Malek, Ben Hardy, Gwilym Lee, Lucy Boynton, and Mike Myers. Check out the official trailers below!! 

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Bohemian Rhapsody:

• The title is taken from Queen's biggest UK hit song "Bohemian Rhapsody," written by Freddie Mercury, the lead singer and pianist of the band.

• Bryan Singer was fired by 20th Century Fox on December 5, 2017 for reportedly being at odds with his star, Rami Malek. Singer threw an object at the actor when Malek complained to the studio about the director's absences.

Nobody's Fool

Director Tyler Perry

Genre Comedy | Drama

Cast Tiffany Haddish, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Whoopi Goldberg

Rating R

Release Date November 2nd, 2018

“A woman who gets released from prison and reunites with her sister, who discovers she is in an online relationship with a man that may be “catfishing” her.”

Written and directed by Tyler Perry, Nobody's Fool tells the story of a woman who gets released from prison and reunites with her sister, and next discovers she is in an online relationship with a man that may be "catfishing" her. Love him or hate him, Tyler Perry makes bank with his movies even considering the fact that critics almost always shred them. The cast includes Tiffany Haddish, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, and Whoopi Goldberg. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Nobody's Fool:

• Tiffany Haddish wears her white halter Alexander McQueen dress for a fifth time in this movie. She wore this beautiful dress to the to such milestone occasions like the premiere of Girl's Trip, SNL, and to host the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards. It is an inside joke and breaking barriers in fashion to wear the same dress more than once.

Boy Erased

Director Joel Edgerton

Genre Biography | Drama

Cast Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe

Rating R

Release Date November 2nd, 2018

“The son of a baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program.”

From actor turned director Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased is a biography drama based on Garrard Conley's memoir telling his story of when he was forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program. The talented cast includes Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, and Russell Crowe. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Film Facts, Boy Erased:

• By the time Garrard Conley's memoir was released, only a handful of US states had banned gay conversion therapy, those being Vermont, California, New Jersey, Illinois, Oregon and the District of Colombia. Mainstream health and medical groups have rejected the underlying assumptions that LGBTQ people need to or can change their sexuality.

• Garrard Conley turned down the opportunity to write the adaptation himself as he believed a filmmaker would be better fit to translate his memoir to the big screen.

• Focus Features won the rights to the film in a bidding war against Annapurna Pictures, Netflix and Amazon Studios.

House of Cards: The Final Season

Genre Drama

Cast Robin Wright, Kevin Spacey, Michael Kelly, Derek Cecil

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere November 2nd, 2018 (Netflix)

“A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.”

Everyone is well aware of the drama involving actor Kevin Space, unless perhaps you live under a rock, and to be honest it is really a shame because regardless of what the guy did (or didn't) do behind closed doors, he is one heck of an actor. House of Cards blew up to become one of Netflix's most-watched dramas, but eventually all good things must come to an end - thus here we are fast approaching the final season. The cast includes Robin Wright, Kevin Spacey, Michael Kelly, and Derek Cecil. Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, House of Cards:

• Michel Gill (President Walker) and Jayne Atkinson (Catherine Durant) are married in real-life.

• The first two seasons together cost $100 million to produce.

• Season 3 was accidentally released to Netflix two weeks before the official release. It was taken down around 17 minutes later.

Homecoming

Genre Drama | Thriller

Cast Julia Roberts, Bobby Cannavale, Stephan James, Alex Karpovsky

Rating TV-14

Series Premiere November 2nd, 2018 (Amazon Prime)

“A psychological thriller that centers on a caseworker, Heidi Bergman, at a facility treating soldiers returning from war, and Walter Cruz, a veteran eager to rejoin civilian life.”

Homecoming is a brand new psychological drama series that follows a caseworker who works at a facility that treats veteran soldiers returning from war, and a veteran who is eager to return to civilian life. The show is already receiving a great deal of praise from critics calling it a gripping human drama. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Homecoming:

• Based on the podcast of the same name created by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg that is set to premiere on November 2, 2018 on Amazon Video.