Fifty Shades Freed

Director James Foley

Genre Drama

Cast Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Arielle Kebbel, Tyler Hoechlin

Rating R

Release Date February 9th, 2018

“Anastasia and Christian get married, but Jack Hyde continues to threaten their relationship.”

From director James Foley (House of Cards), Fifty Shades Freed is the 4th feature-film based on the steamy and explicit E.L. James novels. The cast includes Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Arielle Kebbel, and Tyler Hoechlin. Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Fifty Shades Freed:

• There was talk that Jamie Dornan wouldn't reprise his role as Christian Grey but those rumors were put to rest as of February 25th 2015 when his agent stated he was devoted to the sequels.
• The third and final chapter of Fifty Shades Trilogy.
• This third installment will not have a two parter unlike the other best selling novel adapted film series such as Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games and The Divergent Series.

Peter Rabbit

Director Will Gluck

Genre Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Cast James Corden, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Daisy Ridley

Rating PG

Release Date February 9th, 2018

“Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden.”

Co-written and directed by Will Gluck (Easy A, Annie), Peter Rabbit is a live-action version of the popular children's story. The cast includes James Corden, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, and Daisy Ridley. Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Peter Rabbit:

• Margot Robbie and Domhnall Gleeson's third collaboration, following About Time (2013) and Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017).
• This is the first Sony Pictures Animation's live-action/animated hybrid film to be rated G by the MPAA.
• Originally Sam Neill was going to play Mr. McGregor as opposed to Domhnall Gleeson, but was busy filming for Thor: Ragnarok (2017).

When We First Met

Director Ari Sandel

Genre Comedy

Cast Adam Devine, Alexandra Daddario, Robbie Amell, Noureen DeWulf

Rating Unrated

Release Date February 9th, 2018 (Netflix)

“Noah spends the perfect first night with Avery, the girl of his dreams, but gets relegated to the friend zone. He spends the next three years wondering what went wrong - until he gets the unexpected chance to travel back in time and alter that night - and his fate - over and over again.”

From director Ari Sandel (The Duff), When We First Met is a romantic comedy about a man who lands in the friend zone after a first date with the girl of his dreams, and is later given the chance to travel back in time to have another chance at the date with hilarious results. The cast includes Adam Devine, Alexandra Daddario, Robbie Amell, and Noureen DeWulf. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, When We First Met:

• Once Adam was cast as the lead, the producers asked him to look over the script and re-write it to suit to his comedy style.
• Described as being 500 Days of Summer (2009) meets Groundhog Day (1993).

The Cloverfield Paradox

Director Julius Onah

Genre Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Cast Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl, John Ortiz

Rating TV-MA

Release Date February 4th, 2018 (Netflix)

“Orbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.”

From director Julius Onah, The Cloverfield Paradox is the latest film in the Cloverfield franchise so it has some big shoes to fill. The cast includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl, and John Ortiz. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Cloverfield Paradox:

• The first trailer was released during Super Bowl LII (2018) the same night the actual film was released on Netflix.
• This film is confirmed to be the third installment of J.J. Abrams' Cloverfield series. However, it was first supposed to be a movie of its own called God Particle in which, during a war against Russia, a group of American astronauts find themselves at stake when they come upon the fact that Earth has dissappeared and that a Russian ship is trying to make contact with them.

The Ritual

Director David Bruckner

Genre Horror

Cast Rafe Spall, Robert James Collier, Sam Troughton, Arsher Ali

Rating Unrated

Release Date February 9th, 2018 (Netflix)

“A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that’s stalking them.”

From director David Bruckner (Southbound), The Ritual is a horror film based on the novel from Adam Nevill, about four men who decide to reunite during a trip to the forest, only they find that they are not alone in those woods. The cast includes Rafe Spall, Robert James Collier, Sam Troughton, and Arsher Ali. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Film Facts, The Ritual:

• The original tagline that was used when advertising the film was 'They should have gone to Vegas'. But due to the massacre in Vegas that took place on 1st of October 2017, the tagline has now been changed to 'They should have gone to Ibiza'.
•  Despite being based on a novel written a few years before the films release, some scenes in the film are based 70's horror "rituals".

Victor Crowley

Director Adam Green

Genre Comedy | Horror

Cast Parry Shen, Kane Hodder, Laura Ortiz, David Sheridan

Rating Unrated

Release Date February 6th, 2018

“Ten years after the events of the original movie, Victor Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and proceeds to kill once more.”

Written and directed by Adam Green, the man who also wrote and directed Hatchet 1 & 2 (he didn't direct the third but did write the screenplay), as well as the brutal thriller Frozen, Victor Crowley is the return of the aforementioned deformed psychopath who is once again out to kill in the Louisiana swamps. As a huge fan of slasher films in general I actually own the first two Hatchet films and they are enjoyable movies, definitely campy and a little corny as expected, but overall pretty good. The movies are known for the brutal kills and I am looking forward to seeing what Green has up his sleeve this time around. The cast includes Parry Shen, Kane Hodder (as Victor Crowley), Laura Ortiz, and David Sheridan. Hodder is a bit of a horror icon having played Jason Voorhees in a number of Friday the 13th films as well as the new videogame, and he is a busy guy with over 120 acting credits according to his IMDb filmography. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Victor Crowley:

• During his heartfelt introductions at the Los Angeles and London premieres for this movie, Adam Green cited how his hero Wes Craven's death had effected him so strongly, that it brought him back to his own franchise again, and made him realize that the Hatchet franchise is one of his own biggest contributions to the genre. While Craven's death put the notion of returning to Hatchet in Green's mind, it was another of his heroes, George A. Romero, specifically telling him to make more Hatchet films for the fans, that solidified his decision to make a fourth film in the franchise. Romero passed away just thirty-seven days before the surprise unveiling of this movie on August 22, 2017, and Green stated that this movie would not exist if not for Romero's pep talk assuring him that what he did as a filmmaker mattered, and was needed for the genre

Seeing Allred

Director Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartan

Genre Documentary

Cast Gloria Allred

Rating Unrated

Release Date February 9th, 2018 (Netflix)

“Women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred takes on the biggest names in American culture as coverage of sexual assault allegations in the media become more prevalent.”

“The documentary, which will make its world premiere at Sundance 2018, chronicles the life of the civil rights attorney and renowned feminist as she gives a candid narration of her career over the last 40 years, in which she overcame personal trauma and media scrutiny while defending women’s rights.”

— The Hollywood Reporter

Check out the official trailer for Seeing Allred below.

Still/Born

Director Brandon Christensen

Genre Horror | Thriller

Cast Christie Burke, Jesse Moss, Rebecca Olson, Jenn Griffin

Rating R

Release Date February 9th, 2018 (Limited)

“When a woman gives birth to twins, only one child survives. She begins to suspect that something supernatural has chosen her remaining child, and it will stop at nothing to take it from her.”

The directorial debut for Brandon Christensen, who also co-wrote the script, Still/Born is a horror thriller about a mother who finds herself desperately trying to protect her infant child from a supernatural force. It is quite the feat to find a quality horror film these days and the best ones always seem to be under the radar indie horrors and this one looks like it could be pretty damn good. The cast includes Christie Burke, Jesse Moss, Rebecca Olson, and Jenn Griffin. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Still/Born:

• World premiere screening was held at The Overlook Film Festival at Mount Hood, Oregon.
• The baby who plays Adam is director Brandon Christensen's niece, and the production of the film was scheduled around her birth.