How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Director Dean DeBlois

Genre Animation | Action | Adventure

Cast Jonah Hill, Kate Blanchett, Kit Harington, Kristen Wiig

Rating PG

Release Date February 22nd, 2019

“As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.”

From director Dean DeBlois (How to Train Your Dragon 1 & 2), How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is the next step into the magical world of dragons following Hiccup and Toothless on an epic adventure. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World:

• DreamWorks Animation's first trilogy in which each movie was distributed by a different film studio: Paramount distributed How to Train Your Dragon (2010), 20th Century Fox distributed How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), and Universal will be distributing How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019).

• The 1st trailer of this film was released on June 7th 2018, the 48th birthday of director/writer Dean DeBlois.

Fighting with My Family

Director Stephen Merchant

Genre Biography | Comedy | Drama

Cast Florence Pugh, Dwayne Johnson, Lena Headey, Nick Frost

Rating PG-13

Release Date February 22nd, 2019

“A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.”

Written and directed by actor/writer Stephen Merchant, his feature-film directorial debut, Fighting with My Family is a comedy drama that tells the story of a former wrestler and his family as they make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Fighting with My Family:

• Based on the real-life true story of WWE superstar Paige and her family.

• Scenes for this movie were shot in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California after WWE Monday Night RAW on March 20, 2017. The scene included a re-creation of a match between Paige (Saraya-Jade Bevis) and A.J. Lee (A.J. Mendez).

The Enemy Within

Genre Drama

Cast Jennifer Carpenter, Morris Chestnut, James Carpinello, Cassandra Freeman

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere Monday February 25th, 2019 10:00 PM EST (NBC)

“FBI Agent Will Keaton enlists the most notorious traitor in American history to help catch a spy.”

“Erica Shepherd is a brilliant former CIA operative, now known as the most notorious traitor in American history, serving a life sentence in a Supermax prison. Against every fiber of his being, but with nowhere else to turn, FBI Agent Will Keaton enlists Shepherd to help track down a fiercely dangerous and elusive criminal she knows all too well. For Keaton, it’s not easy to trust the woman who cost him so much. While Shepherd and Keaton have different motivations for bringing the enemy to justice, they both know that to catch a spy - they must think like one.”

— NBC

Lorena

Genre Documentary

Cast Lorena Bobbitt, John Wayne Bobbitt, Paul Ebert, Kim Gandy

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere February 15th, 2019 (Amazon Prime)

“From Executive Producer Jordan Peele, this four-part docuseries re-investigates the events of 1993, where Lorena Bobbitt sliced off her husband’s penis after years of abuse.”

“From Executive Producer Jordan Peele, this four-part docuseries investigates the events of 1993, where Lorena Bobbitt sliced off her husband’s penis after years of abuse. John and Lorena Bobbitt’s stories exploded into a 24-hour news cycle. She became a national joke, her suffering ignored by the male-dominated press. But as John spiraled downward, Lorena found strength in the scars of her ordeal.”

I was only 9 years old when this happened but somehow I have an extremely vivid memory of the events - more specifically I clearly remember Lorena’s “actions” becoming the punch line for the majority of the jokes my friend and I would tell at school. I guess that’s what happens when you go through the majority of grade school in Florida. Check out the official trailer for the brand-new Prime documentary series Lorena below!!

Run The Race

Director Chris Dowling

Genre Drama | Sport

Cast Tanner Stine, Kristoffer Polaha, Evan Hofer, Kelsey Reinhardt

Rating PG

Release Date February 22nd, 2019

“Against the backdrop of high school football and track, two brothers in a small Southern town face escalating problems with two different world views, straining - but ultimately strengthening - the bonds of brotherhood.”

From director Chris Dowling and executive producer Tim Tebow, Run The Race is a drama that tells the story of two brothers in a small Southern town who are facing escalating problems with two different world views, straining - but ultimately strengthening - the bonds of brotherhood. Check out the official trailer below!!

Happy Death Day 2U

Director Christopher Landon

Genre Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Cast Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Suraj Sharma

Rating PG-13

Release Date February 13th, 2019

“A young woman learns that dying over and over again was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead.”

Written and directed by Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, Happy Death Day), Happy Death Day 2U is the sequel to the 2017 horror film about a college student who is forced to relive the day she is killed by a maniac over and over again. In the sequel she learns that what she went through before was nothing compared to what lies ahead. The “Groundhog Day” type theme worked well with the original film thanks to some creative writing and directing as well as a good balance between comedy and slasher style horror so I am looking forward to this! Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Happy Death Day 2U:

• This film may reveal how the time loop in the previous one got started in the first place as director Christopher Landon has stated that he plans to save the reason for a sequel.

• The trailer premiered in theaters before the showing of Halloween (2018).

Alita: Battle Angel

Director Robert Rodriguez

Genre Action | Adventure | Romance

Cast Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Skrein

Rating PG-13

Release Date February 14th, 2019

“An action-packed story of one young woman’s journey to discover the truth of who she is and her fight to change the world.”

From multi-talented director Robert Rodriguez, the man who brought us Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Sin City (2005), and Machete (2010), to name a few, Alita: Battle Angel is a sci-fi action film centered around the action-packed story of one young woman's journey to discover the truth of who she is and her fight to change the world. This movie has managed to sneak under the radar for me and I finally saw the trailer in the IMAX before Ant-Man and the Wasp and I was thoroughly impressed. Simply put, this movie looks really damn cool- so I wasn't surprised to learn that Sin City director Robert Rodriguez is at the helm. Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Alita: Battle Angel:

• James Cameron confirmed in an interview that this will be a combination of the first four books in Yukito Kishiro's series of manga books ("Motorball" from books 3 and 4, and the story from books 1 and 2). In another interview, Cameron also said that should this film be successful, he hopes to make another two "Battle Angel" films.

• The main character, even though it's a live action film, will be done with CG animation and will be shot in 3D using the stereo imaging system that James Cameron had been developing for his documentaries.

Isn't It Romantic

Director Todd Strauss-Schulson

Genre Comedy | Romance

Cast Rebel Wilson, Priyanka Chopra, Betty Gilpin, Liam Hemsworth

Rating PG-13

Release Date  February 14th, 2019

“A young woman disenchanted with love mysteriously finds herself trapped inside a romantic comedy.”

From director Todd Strauss-Schulson (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, The Final Girls), Isn’t It Romantic is a romantic comedy about all of the ingredients that come together to make the genre we know as “rom-coms”. A woman who is very critical of the idea of love finds herself stuck inside a romantic comedy. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Isn’t It Romantic:

• As preparation, the director Todd Strauss-Schulson watched 65 romantic-comedies over two weeks and noted the similar visual and narrative tropes found amongst them, in order to emulate them in his film. Such observations included: New York setting, Starbucks coffee, rain falling when couples kiss, half-moon windows, and bubble baths.