Hellboy

Director Neil Marshall

Genre Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Cast David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Daniel Day Kim, Ian McShane

Rating R

Release Date April 12th, 2019

“Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge.”

From director Neil Marshall, Hellboy is the highly anticipated film based on the graphic novel that tells the story of Hellboy, a hybrid man/creature caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, as he battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge. With cult favorite actor David Harbour (Stranger Things, Suicide Squad) taking on the role of Hellboy, this should be pretty damn good. Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Hellboy:

• Director Guillermo Del Toro tried unsuccessfully for a decade to get a 3rd film made after Hellboy II: The Golden Army. The new Hellboy is a complete reboot and not a continuation of the previous movies starring Ron Perlman and directed by Guillermo Del Toro

• Milla Jovovich, according to her Instagram, wanted to work on the movie due to being a fan of both Stranger Things and Deadwood, both of which had David Harbour and Ian McShane, respectively.

Missing Link

Director Chris Butler

Genre Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Cast Zoe Saldana, Hugh Jackman, Timothy Olyphant, Emma Thompson

Rating PG

Release Date April 12th, 2019

“Mr. Link recruits explorer Sir Lionel Frost to help find his long-lost relatives in the fabled valley of Shangri-La. Along with adventurer Adelina Fortnight, this trio of explorers travel the world to help their new friend.”

Written and directed by Chris Butler (ParaNorman), Missing Link is a animated comedy about a charismatic and supremely confident investigator who due to feeling underappreciated goes on an epic journey to prove his worth. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Missing Link:

• 4th voice acting performance for Hugh Jackman in a theatrical film, after Flushed Away(2006), Happy Feet (2006), and Rise of the Guardians (2012).

Little

Director Tina Gordon

Genre Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Cast Regina Hall, Issa Rae, Marsai Martin, Justin Hartley

Rating PG-13

Release Date April 12th, 2019

“A woman is transformed into her younger self at a point in her life when the pressures of adulthood become too much to bear.”

From director Tina Gordon (Peeples), Little is a comedy about a woman who is transformed into her younger self at a point in her life when the pressures of adulthood become too much to bear. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Little:

• Regina Hall previously worked with Issa Rae on The Hate U Give (2018) and Insecure, and with Marsai Martin on Black-ish (2014).

• Regina Hall was one of the main characters on the fake show-within-a-show Due North (2017) that the characters of Insecure (2016) watched on tv. Issa Rae produces and stars in Insecure. She also produced Due North.

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Director Terry Gilliam

Genre Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Cast Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Olga Kurylenko, Stellan Skarsgård

Rating Unrated

Release Date April 10th, 2019

“A disillusioned advertising executive is pulled into a time-jumping fantasy when he is mistaken for Sancho Panza.”

Co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is a comedy drama that tells the story of Toby, a disillusioned advertising executive, becomes pulled into a world of time jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes him to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Film Facts, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote:

• Said to be the most cursed film in cinema history. When production started in August 2000, it was marked by misfortune. Jean Rochefort, originally cast as Don Quixote, had to drop out due to a double herniated disc. He'd spent seven months learning English for the role. A flash flood on the second day of filming washed away equipment and changed the color of the barren cliffs, making the previous footage unusable. Production halted within a week. It took Gilliam 16 years to get the film off the ground again.

After

Director Jenny Gage

Genre Drama | Romance

Cast Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Josephine Langford, Jennifer Beals, Meadow Williams

Rating Unrated

Release Date April 12th, 2019

“A young girl falls for a guy with a dark secret and the two embark on a rocky relationship. Based on the novel by Anna Todd.”

From director Jenny Gage, After is a romance drama based on the novel from Anna Todd, and tells the story of a young girl falls for a guy with a dark secret and the two embark on a rocky relationship. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, After:

• The idea for the novel began as a One Direction fan fiction on the website Wattpad, and the original trilogy gained over 1 billion reads. Hardin's character is based off of One Direction's Harry Styles in looks only. His attitude and behavior is completely fictional.

• After is the first book Anna Todd has ever written and it got a publishing deal and sold it's film rights to Paramount.

Her Smell

Director Alex Ross Perry

Genre Drama | Music

Cast Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Agyness Deyn

Rating R

Release Date April 12th, 2019

“A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.”

Written and directed by Alex Ross Perry, Her Smell is a drama that tells the story of a self-destructive punk rocker struggling with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Her Smell:

• During a Q&A at the 2018 New York Film Festival, Alex Ross Perry cited Axl Rose as the main inspiration for the character of Becky. Perry also cited the screenplay structure for Steve Jobs (2015), with its lengthy scenes that span over time, as an influence.

• Ashley Benson and Cara Cara Delevingne began dating while working on this movie together.

Teen Spirit

Director Max Minghella

Genre Drama | Music

Cast Elle Fanning, Rebecca Hall, Millie Brady, Elizabeth Barrington

Rating PG-13

Release Date April 12th, 2019

“A shy teenager dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a local singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition.”

“Violet is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a local singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition. Driven by a pop-fueled soundtrack, Teen Spirit is a visceral and stylish spin on the Cinderella story.”

Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Teen Spirit:

• The directorial debut of Max Minghella.

• The film premiered at TIFF in Toronto in September 2018.

• The plot has strong parallels to Flashdance (1983) and even the title song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" from that film is re-used.

Fosse/Verdon

Genre Biography | Drama | Music

Cast Sam Rockwell, Michelle Williams, Kelli Barrett, Norbert Leo Butz

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 10:00 PM EST (FX Network)

“An inside look at the romantic and creative partnership between influential choreographer/director, Bob Fosse, and Gwen Verdon, one of the greatest Broadway dancers of all time.”

Fosse/Verdon is nn inside look at the romantic and creative partnership between influential choreographer/director, Bob Fosse, and Gwen Verdon, one of the greatest Broadway dancers of all time. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Fosse/Verdon:

• Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon's daughter Nicole Fosse is Co-Executive Producer and supervised all aspects of the production, including the recreation of her father's original choreography.

• Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon were married in 1960, separated in 1971 but continued to work professionally until his death in 1987. They never divorced.

• This marks the return of Michelle Williams to TV, almost 20 years after Dawson's Creek.

Stockholm

Director Robert Budreau

Genre Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Cast Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong, Christopher Heyerdahl

Rating R

Release Date April 12th, 2019 (Limited & On-Demand)

“Based on the absurd but true 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in the New Yorker as the origins of the ‘Stockholm Syndrome’.”

From director Robert Budreau (Born to Be Blue), Stockholm is a crime drama based on the absurd but true 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in the New Yorker as the origins of the 'Stockholm Syndrome'. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Film Facts, Stockholm:

• The hostage situation depicted in the film is what originated the psychological phenomenon known as the "Stockholm syndrome", where hostages develop a psychological alliance with their captors as a survival strategy during captivity.

Shazam!

Director David F. Sandberg

Genre Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Cast Zachary Levi, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Strong, Ross Butler, and Djimon Hounsou

Rating PG-13

Release Date April 5th, 2019

“We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s case, by shouting out one word - SHAZAM! - this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult superhero Shazam.”

From director David F. Sandberg, the man behind great recent horror films like Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation, Shazam! is a very different project for him. The film tells the story of a boy that is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word. Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Shazam!:

• Originally, this was going to be one film with Shazam and Black Adam meeting and clashing, but the producers decided to split the film into two origin films for both characters.

• DC renamed their "Captain Marvel" to "Shazam" in 2012, due in part to Marvel holding the trademark on the name.

Pet Sematary

Director Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer

Genre Horror

Cast Jason Clarke, John Lithgow, Amy Seimetz, Lucas Lavoie

Rating R

Release Date April 5th, 2019

“Louis Creed, his wife Rachel and their two children Gage and Ellie move to a rural home where they are welcomed and enlightened about the eerie ‘Pet Sematary’ located near their home.”

From directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer (Starry Eyes, Holidays), Pet Sematary is a re-imagining of the 1989 Stephen King classic horror film based on King’s novel about a family that moves to Maine and discovers a Pet Sematary out behind their house built on Indian Burial Grounds. The original film scared the crap out of me as a kid so naturally I consider it to be a fond memory during my childhood. I am genuinely impressed with the casting decisions and fingers crossed the due this classic justice. Check out the official trailers for yourself below!!

Ted Takes Film Facts, Pet Sematary:

• Originally filmed in 1989, Stephen King has stated that of all his novels, this is the only one that genuinely scared him.

• The original Pet Sematary (1989) opened theatrically on April 21st, 1989. The remake also opens in April thirty years after the original, just a few weeks earlier.

• Late actor Fred Gwynne who starred in the 1989 original and was a big reason for the films success, tragically passed away from pancreatic cancer only four years after the film premiered in theaters. Actor John Lithgow plays his character in the 2019 version.

The Haunting of Sharon Tate

Director Daniel Farrands

Genre Drama | Horror | Thriller

Cast Hilary Duff, Jonathan Bennett, Lydia Hearst, Pawel Szajda

Rating R

Release Date April 5th, 2019 (Limited & On-Demand)

“Pregnant with director Roman Polanski’s child and awaiting his return from Europe, 26-year-old Hollywood actress Sharon Tate becomes plagued by visions of her imminent death.”

Written and directed by horror aficionado Daniel Farrands, The Haunting of Sharon Tate tells the true story of 26-year old actress Sharon Tate, who while Pregnant with director Roman Polanski's child and awaiting his return from Europe, becomes plagued by visions of her imminent death. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Film Facts, The Haunting of Sharon Tate:

• The plot is inspired by an actual quote from Sharon Tate, from an interview published a year before her death, wherein she reveals having a nightmare in which she saw a strange man in her house and then discovered herself and her friend Jay Sebring tied up with their throats cut open.

• Hilary Duff called her role as Sharon Tate this film an "incredible opportunity" and "a true honor", viewing Tate as an "amazing" woman

Unicorn Store

Director Brie Larson

Genre Comedy

Cast Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Bradley Whitford, John Cusack

Rating Unrated

Release Date April 5th, 2019 (Netflix)

“A woman named Kit receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.”

Actress Brie Larson’s directorial debut, Unicorn Store tells the story of a woman named Kit who receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Unicorn Store:

• Brie Larson auditioned for the role of Kit, back in 2012, when Miguel Arteta was attached to direct.

• Brie Larson didn't want to play Kit, but Screenwriter Samantha McIntyre insisted that she should play the part.

The Best of Enemies

Director Robin Bissell

Genre Biography | Drama | History

Cast Sam Rockwell, Taraji P. Henson, Anne Heche, Wes Bentley

Rating PG-13

Release Date April 5th, 2019

“Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.”

From director Robin Bissell, his directorial debut, The Best of Enemies tells the story of civil rights activist Ann Atwater as she faces off against C.P. Ellis of the Ku Klux Clan in 1971 over the issue of school integration. Check out the official new trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Best of Enemies:

• Adapted from the book by author Osha Gray Davidson.

High Life

Director Claire Denis

Genre Adventure | Drama | Horror

Cast Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth

Rating R

Release Date April 5th, 2019 (Limited)

“A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.”

Co-written and directed by Claire Denis, High Life is a horror drama that tells the story of a father and his daughter as they struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Film Facts, High Life:

• Claire Denis had in mind this project since 2002. She has been carrying it around for many years and thought she would have to abandon it given the financial issues. Denis wrote the film keeping Philip Seymour Hoffman in mind and was deeply saddened by his untimely demise in 2014.

• The films world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018 has caused multiple walkouts during it's screening because of how graphically disturbing and provocative it was. Despite it's divisive reactions from the audience, the movie was well received from film critics attending the festival.

In the Dark

Genre Comedy | Drama

Cast Perry Mattfield, Brooke Markham, Keston John, Morgan Krantz

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere Thursday, April 4th, 2019 9:00 PM EST (CW)

“A young, blind woman tries to solve her friend’s murder.”

“Blind 20-something Murphy is drifting through life in a haze of drunkenness, and her only friends are her understanding roommate Jess and Tyson, a sweet teenager she met when he saved her from a violent mugging. Murphy’s life is turned upside down when, while out for a walk with her guide dog, she stumbles upon what she is certain is Tyson’s lifeless body in the alley outside her apartment. When the body disappears by the time the police arrive, and they don’t seem inclined to investigate, Murphy clings onto the only thing that can keep her together: figuring out what happened to her friend.”

Check out the official trailer for In the Dark below!!

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Part 2

Genre Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Cast Kiernan Shipka, Richard Coyle, Lucy Davis, Tati Gabrielle

Rating TV-14

Series Premiere April 5th, 2019 (Netflix)

“As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina must choose between the witch world of her family and the human world of her friends. Based on the Archie comic.”

Sabrina the witch is back in Part 2 of the much darker telling of Sabrina the Teenage Witch we all remember from the late 90’s/early 2000’s starring Melissa Joan Hart. In the exclusive Netflix series is a dark coming-of-age tale that follows Sabrina, as she wrestles to reconcile her dual nature as a half-witch, half-mortal while fighting evil forces. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina:

• The Weird Sisters are a trio of Witches in the Shakespeare play Macbeth. The spell Sabrina uses to summon them is taken directly from actual lines spoken by the witches in Macbeth (Act 1, scene 3).

• Over 150 paintings were contributed by Clive Barker (mastermind behind Hellraiser and Candyman) to use for the show.

Peterloo

Director Mike Leigh

Genre Drama | History

Cast Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst

Rating PG-13

Release Date April 5th, 2019

“The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.”

Written and directed by Mike Leigh, Peterloo is the story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester. The cast includes Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, and David Moorst. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Peterloo:

• The speech delivered by Rory Kinnear in "London", was filmed in Gainsborough Old Hall, Lincolnshire, and was written by Kinnear himsel

• Premiered at TIFF in Toronto in September 2018.

The Public

Director Emilio Estevez

Genre Drama

Cast Emilio Estevez, Alec Baldwin, Gabrielle Union, Jeffrey Wright

Rating PG-13

Release Date April 5th, 2019 (Limited)

“An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.”

Written and directed by Emilio Estevez, The Public is a drama about an act of civil disobedience that turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Public:

• The first film directed by Emilio Estevez which does not star either his father, Martin Sheen or his brother, Charlie Sheen.

• Ironically, the movie's release occurred when the real Cincinnati Public Library was being taken over by activists who were demanding the leadership not sell one of the downtown buildings.

Night

Director Nicholas Michael Jacobs

Genre Horror

Cast Alexis Beacher, Danielle Iannucci, Gianna Jacobs, Nicholas Michael Jacobs

Rating Unrated

Release Date March 23rd, 2019 (Amazon Prime)

“A young girl is kidnapped by a strange man, who forces her to be the star of his sick and twisted live stream.”

From director Nicholas Michael Jacobs, Night is a horror film that tells the story of a young girl who is kidnapped by a strange man and forced to be the star of his sick and twisted live stream. Check out the official trailer below!!