Wonder Park

Director Robert Iscove, Clare Kilner

Genre Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Cast Brianna Denski, Jennifer Garner, Ken Hudson Campbell, Kenan Thompson

Rating PG

Release Date March 15th, 2019

“Wonder Park tells the story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive.”

From directors Robert Iscove and Clare Kilner, Wonder Park is an animated adventure comedy that tells the story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Wonder Park:

• The first of 3 Nickelodeon Movies Films to release in 2019. The other 2 would later be Dora the Explorer (2019) and Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019).

• Kenan Thompson's first Nickelodeon movie role since Good Burger (1997).

Five Feet Apart

Director Justin Baldoni

Genre Drama | Romance

Cast Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Claire Forlani, Parminder Nagra

Rating PG-13

Release Date March 15th, 2019

“A pair of teenagers with life-threatening illnesses meet in a hospital and fall in love.”

The directorial debut for actor turned director Justin Baldoni, Five Feet Apart is a romantic drama about two teens with life threatening illnesses who meet in the hospital and fall in love. This looks to be another The Fault in Our Stars so you may want to stock up on the tissues. Check out the official trailer below!!

Juanita

Director Clark Johnson

Genre Drama

Cast Alfre Woodard, Blair Underwood, Adam Beach, LaTanya Richardson

Rating Unrated

Release Date March 8th, 2019 (Netflix)

“Fed up with her deadbeat grown kids and marginal urban existence, Juanita takes a Greyhound bus to Paper Moon, Montana where she reinvents herself and finds her mojo.”

From actor turned director Clark Johnson, Juanita is a drama that tells the story of a mom that is fed up with her deadbeat adult children and boring existence so she decides to take a Greyhound bus to Paper Moon, Montana where she reinvents herself and finds her mojo. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Juanita:

• Television and movie actress Alfrie Woodard has 118 acting credits on her resume as per IMDb filmography, dating all the way back to 1978.

• Based on the novel Dancing on the Edge of the Roof from author Sheila Williams.

The Mustang

Director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

Genre Drama

Cast Matthias Schoenaerts, Gideon Adlon, Connie Britton, Bruce Dern

Rating R

Release Date March 15th, 2019 (Limited)

“The story of Roman Coleman, a violent convict, who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program involving the training of wild mustangs.”

From director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, The Mustang is a drama that tells the story of Roman Coleman, a violent convict, who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program involving the training of wild mustangs. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Mustang:

• Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre's feature film directorial debut. She developed Mustang through the Sundance Labs and received the Sundance Institute/NHK Award for the project in 2015.

• Based on Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre's short film Rabbit (2014), about a female prisoner entrusted with the titular animal as part of a correctional facility's 'pet partnership' program.

The Aftermath

Director James Kent

Genre Drama | Romance | War

Cast Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, Jason Clarke, Kate Phillips

Rating R

Release Date March 15th, 2019

“Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.”

From director James Kent, The Aftermath is a drama set in Post World War II and tells the story of a British colonel and his wife who are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Film Facts, The Aftermath:

• Based on the book from author Rhidian Brook.

• Keira Knightley and Jason Clarke's second collaboration since Everest (2015). In both films, they are married to each other.

The Hummingbird Project

Director Kim Nguyen

Genre Drama

Cast Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Michael Mando

Rating R

Release Date March 15, 2019

“A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.”

From director Kim Nguyen, The Hummingbird Project is a drama that tells the story of a pair of high-frequency traders as they go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Hummingbird Project:

• Jesse Eisenberg memorized the entire script before recording started. This was confirmed by him and the director at the Toronto International Film Festival. The director also confirmed that the story was fictional but that it reflects advances in trading technology.

• The film premiered at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in September 2018.

Yardie

Director Idris Elba

Genre Crime

Cast Aml Ameen, Stephen Graham, Calvin Demba, Naomie Ackie

Rating Unrated

Release Date March 15th, 2019 (Limited)

“D, a courier carrying cocaine from Jamaica to London, decides to go it alone and disappears into the mean streets of Hackney carrying a kilo of white powder that his erstwhile friends are anxious to recover. But D’s treachery will never be forgotten - or forgiven.”

“Set in ‘70s Kingston and ‘80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen), who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood, of his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary). D grows up under the wing of a Kingston Don and music producer named King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd). Fox dispatches him to London, where he reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, Yvonne (Shantol Jackson), and his daughter who he’s not seen since she was a baby. He also hooks up with a soundclash crew, called High Noon. But before he can be convinced to abandon his life of crime and follow “the righteous path”, he encounters the man who shot his brother 10 years earlier, and embarks on a bloody, explosive quest for retribution - a quest which brings him into conflict with vicious London gangster Rico (Stephen Graham).”

Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Yardie:

• Feature film directorial debut of Idris Elba. Elba proposed to his girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre at a screening of the film in East London.

Finding Steve McQueen

Director Mark Steven Johnson

Genre Crime | Romance

Cast Travis Fimmell, Rachael Taylor, William Fichtner, Forest Whitaker

Rating R

Release Date March 15th, 2019

“In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions and blackmail money from President Richard Nixon’s secret fund.”

From director Mark Steven Johnson (Daredevil, Ghost Rider), Finding Steve McQueen is set in 1972, and tells the story of a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio who attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions and blackmail money from President Richard Nixon's secret fund. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Finding Steve McQueen:

• Mark Steven Johnson directed the film based on the true story of the Ohio thieves who attempted to steal $30 million in illegal contributions and blackmail money from President Richard Nixon's secret fund - said to be the greatest bank heist in U.S. history.