John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Director Chad Stahelski

Genre Action | Crime | Thriller

Cast Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Jason Mantzoukas, Ian McShane

Rating R

Release Date  May 17th, 2019

“Super-Assassin John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassin’s guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head - he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.”

From director Chad Stahelski, the man who brought us John Wick 1 & 2, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum brings us even deeper into the world of assassins as John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassin's guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head - he is the target of hit men and women everywhere. I have genuinely enjoyed these films with their stylistic approach and amazing stunts so can’t wait for the next chapter. Check out the official trailers below!! (most recent at the bottom)

Ted Takes Fun Facts, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum:

• Keanu Reeves has stated in interviews that he does not want the franchise to be destroyed by sequels and the 'John Wick' series will most likely conclude in chapter 3.

• The title "Parabellum" comes from the Latin phrase: "Si vis pacem, para bellum" which means "If you want peace, prepare for war." It is also an alternate name for the ubiquitous 9mm Beretta handgun cartridge ("9mm Parabellum")

A Dog's Journey

Director Gail Mancuso

Genre Family

Cast Dennis Quaid, Josh Gad, Marg Helgenberger, Betty Gilpin

Rating PG

Release Date May 17th, 2019

“A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.”

From director Gail Mancuso (30 Rock, Gilmore Girls, Modern Family), A Dog’s Journey is the follow-up to A Dog’s Purpose and is also based on a book by W. Bruce Cameron, who also wrote the screenplay. This time around Bailey finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, A Dog’s Journey:

• William Bruce Cameron is an American author, columnist, and humorist. Cameron is most famous for his novel A Dog's Purpose, which spent 19 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and is the first book in a two book series that concludes with A Dog's Journey.

The Souvenir

Director Joanna Hogg

Genre Drama | History | Romance

Cast Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, Tom Burke, Richard Ayoade

Rating Unrated

Release Date May 17th, 2019

“A young film student in the early 80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.”

written and directed by Joanna Hogg, The Souvenir is a romantic drama that tells the story of a young film student in the early 80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Souvenir:

• Joanna Hogg wrote the script based on her real-life experiences while attending film school in London in the early 80's. All actors read the script except from Honor Swinton Byrne. Director Joanna Hogg gave her instead her diaries from the early 80's, notes, photographs, old scripts and films she wrote and made at that time. She was told to improvise every scene, while the rest of the cast had scripts but were still told to react to her as well as they could. Hogg also gave Tom Burke old letters, recordings and drawings from the man his character is based on.

Trial by Fire

Director Edward Zwick

Genre Biography | Drama

Cast Jack O’Çonnell, Laura Dern, Emily Meade, Jade Pettyjohn

Rating R

Release Date May 17th, 2019 (Limited)

“The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.”

From director Edward Zwick (Love & Other Drugs, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back), Trial by Fire tells the tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed. Check out the official trailer below!!

The Rain

Genre Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast Alba August, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lukas Løkken

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere May 17th, 2019 (Netflix)

“After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety.”

“The world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wiped out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two Danish siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilization gone. Soon they join a group of young survivors and together set out on a danger-filled quest through abandoned Scandinavia, searching for any sign of life. Set free from their collective past and societal rules the group has the freedom to be who they want to be. In their struggle for survival, they discover that even in a post-apocalyptic world there’s still love, jealousy, coming of age, and many of the problems they thought they’d left behind with the disappearance of the world they once knew.”

Check out the official trailers for the upcoming Netflix series below!!

Catch-22

Genre Comedy | Crime | Drama

Cast Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, George Clooney, Martin Delaney

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere May 17th, 2019 (Hulu)

“Incomparable artful dodger Yossarian, a U.S. Air Force bombardier in World War II, is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him; if he attempts to avoid his military assignments, he will be in violation of Catch-22.”

A limited series adaptation of the classic Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 tells the story of incomparable artful dodger Yossarian, a U.S. Air Force bombardier in World War II, is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him; if he attempts to avoid his military assignments, he will be in violation of Catch-22. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Catch-22:

• "Catch-22" was a book (pub 1961) and then a 1970 movie starring Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam (George Clooney's ex father in law, who played the character Kyle Chandler now plays), Richard Benjamin, Orson Welles, Art Garfunkel etc.

All Creatures Here Below

Director Collin Schiffli

Genre Drama

Cast Karen Gillen, David Dastmalchian, Jennifer Morrison, David Koechner

Rating Unrated

Release Date May 17th, 2019 (Limited & On-Demand)

“Desperate for money, Gensan and Ruby impulsively commit a crime which sets in motion a series of dire events. Now on the run, the couple seek refuge in Kansas City, Mo., a place filled with dark secrets that still haunt them.”

From director Collin Schiffli, All Creatures Here Below is a drama that tells the story of Gensan and Ruby who while desperate for money impulsively commit a crime which sets in motion a series of dire events. Now on the run, the couple seek refuge in Kansas City, Mo., a place filled with dark secrets that still haunt them. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, All Creatures Here Blow:

• David Dastmalchian and Karen Gillan have both appeared in Marvel Cinematic Universe. Dastmalchian as Kurt in Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Gillan as Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Avengers: Infinity War.

Chernobyl

Genre Drama | History

Cast Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere May 6th, 2019 (HBO)

“In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world’s worst man-made catastrophes.”

From creator Craig Mazin, the 5-part HBO miniseries brings us back to April 1986, when an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Series Facts, Chernobyl:

• Before his untimely death, master composer Jóhann Jóhannsson was set to score this miniseries.

• The first responders of firefighters, Chernobyl workers, and medical professionals who arrived were poorly equipped with only firefighter's equipment as unprotected from radiation.