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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Game Night: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams star in a smart comedy about a competitive couple 2018
Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
David Harbour brings back his 'dad bod' look for new HBO show following dramatic weight loss transformation
looked a bit beefier than usual on the set of his new show while filming in Atlanta on Thursday. The Thunderbolts star, 50, who dropped nearly 100 pounds a few years back, showed off a noticeable tummy bulge beneath his brown, peach, and green striped golf shirt. The actor was also dressed in dad-friendly tan chinos and gray sneakers as he crossed the set. The Emmy nominee is starring in the upcoming HBO /Max series DTF: St. Louis, a dark comedy about three middle-aged people caught in a romantic triangle that turns deadly. Despite his past weight struggles, it appears Harbour didn't regain the weight for the role. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Instead, the costume department fitted him with a fat suit to fill out his wardrobe—sparing the thespian from returning to a less healthy frame. Jason Bateman, 56, is also starring in the series, along with Linda Cardellini, 49. Abbot Elementary star Chris Perfetti and Wednesday actress Joy Sunday have also been cast. DTF St. Louis has been in development for more than two years and has gone through some changes. It was originally called My Dentist's Murder Trial, based on a 2017 story in the New Yorker by James Lasdun. Harbour signed to to that project along with Pedro Pascal, but The Last of Us star exited the project and it has since evolved from one based on a true story to fiction. Both Harbour and Bateman are executive producing the series. In an interview with The New York Times, Harbour spoke about how working on series and films has messed up his body clock. 'I was such a theater rat in my 20s. You're out after the play till 4 a.m., so I would sleep in until 1 p.m,' he explained Harbour previously revealed his Stranger Things diet left him constantly hungry as he shed five stone (left) for the show's fourth season after previously weighing 280lbs (right) 'Now I'm a more film and TV guy, so you're up early at 6 in the morning. But I still have that beast inside me that wants to sleep till 1 p.m. every day. I feel no shame,' the actor said. To help navigate the early call times, the Stranger Things star admitted he keeps himself caffeinated via coffee. 'I drink it all day long. My doctor has told me to knock it off, but it is the last vice I have,' declared the actor, who has been sober since age 24. 'I have an assistant and she does a lot of great things for me, but probably the No. 1 job is she brings me too many Americanos throughout the day.'
Geek Tyrant
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
New Trailer and Poster for Disney's ZOOTOPIA 2 — GeekTyrant
Disney has released a new trailer, poster, and still (which you can see above), from the anticipated sequel Zootopia 2 . The trailer reunites rookie cops Judy Hopps (voice of Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voice of Jason Bateman) and teases a new team-up with a mysterious pit viper, Gary De'Snake (voice of Ke Huy Quan). In the film, Judy and Nick find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De'Snake arrives in Zootopia and turns the animal metropolis upside down. 'To crack the case, they must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before. According to Disney Animation chief creative officer and director Jared Bush, who also wrote the script, a larger world is in store for fans. Zootopia 2 opens only in theaters on November 26, 2025. Check out the new trailer and poster below, and let us know if you're looking forward to this long-awaited sequel.
Gizmodo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘Zootopia 2' Looks Like Another Hilarious, Clever Disney Mystery
Many people consider the 1990s a golden age of Disney animation, and rightfully so. The films released during that time changed not just the company, but popular culture and animation in general. However, we think the 2010s, at some point, may be seen as almost reaching that level too. With films like Moana, Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled, Frozen, and Big Hero 6, the legendary studio was simply on fire. And yet, as great as all of those movies are, none of them was the best of that era. That title goes to Zootopia. Released in 2016, Zootopia wasn't just one of Disney Animation's biggest hits of the era, it also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film (which the studio also won with Frozen and Big Hero 6, to be fair). Set in a world entirely populated by animals, the film is a buddy cop movie about a sly fox (voiced by Jason Bateman) and a clever rabbit (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) who solve a major, city-wide mystery. It's funny, wildly smart, and incredibly heartfelt. Now, finally, after almost a decade, Disney Animation is returning to Zootopia with this sequel, and here's the first trailer. Yes, Nick and Judy are back on another case, and there are lots of returning characters and new additions. And while it'll be exciting to see characters like Flash and Gazelle back again, we're also excited about Gary De'Snake, voiced by the Oscar-winning star of Everything Everywhere All at Once (not to mention Loki and Indiana Jones), Ke Huy Quan. Gary seems to be at the center of this latest mystery. And we're guessing not everything with him is as it seems. Bryon Howard, who co-directed the first film, is joined by new Disney Animation CCO Jared Bush behind the camera this time around. The pair previously worked on yet another recent Disney Animation classic, Encanto, so we are expecting magic when Nick and Judy come back to the big screen on November 26. What did you think of the trailer?
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How State Farm pivoted its Super Bowl ad to March Madness and beyond
This story was originally published on Marketing Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Marketing Dive newsletter. In State Farm's latest campaign, brand character Jake from State Farm explains that having insurance isn't the same as having State Farm — it's like having Jason Bateman when you need Batman. A hero spot brings that idea to life in hilarious fashion, demonstrating how the actor is a not-quite-dark knight when facing off against a rogues gallery that includes Two-Face, Poison Ivy and Catwoman, as played by pop star SZA. In this version of Gotham City, popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat films the Joker as he escapes a crime scene and social media star Jordan 'the Stallion' Howlett waits by the Bat Signal like Commissioner Gordon. If the high-octane 60-second ad sounds like a Super Bowl spot, that's because it was intended to be until State Farm reversed its plans to advertise during the big game. Instead, the insurer chose to focus on customers impacted by the wildfires in the Los Angeles area while facing backlash over previous coverage decisions. Instead of throwing the baby out with the bath water, State Farm pivoted. The campaign, which was developed with agency Highdive, will now debut on March 15 during the Big 10 Men's Conference tournament and will continue to air throughout and beyond March Madness. In addition, Cenat tonight (March 11) will debut a long-form version of the spot during a Twitch livestream that brand mascot Jake will also be part of. Marketing Dive caught up with State Farm Head of Marketing Alyson Griffin about the creative process behind the campaign, its shift from sports to pop culture and more. The following interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. ALYSON GRIFFIN: We were looking to approach 2025, and looking at the competitive landscape and the situation on the ground with spend. We are one of the smaller spends of the big insurers, so we know that we have to break through and punch above our weight. Ideas that are outsized in their ability to capture attention were one thing [we were looking for]. The other was from a business realities perspective: We have a really important story to tell, especially right now, in the season that the country finds itself in, and that is, there's having insurance, and then there's having State Farm. The other thing was we're broadly targeting; this is a general market campaign. It kicks off in March Madness, but it's not a March Madness campaign — it's going to last, and it's across all of our media. We needed to be able to have flexibility in the storytelling, to target a broad swath of people. You've got Jason Bateman, who Gen Xers grew up with; Kai Cenat, the biggest streamer in the world; SZA, who's in fashion, music, a movie, the Super Bowl and on tour with Kendrick Lamar; Jordan the Stallion, a social media influencer; the cultural phenomenon that is the Batman franchise. It was an easy construct that we could play with over time that could break through generationally depending on where we were targeting. Being able to get into cultural moments differently [is important]. We've got to really be smart about where we show up and how we show up, so that we can break through with the limited dollars that we have and stay true to who we're trying to target. Kai Cenat was on 'The Tonight Show' with Jimmy Fallon this week, and on ESPN the next morning with Stephen Smith. We give up some control to Kai Cenat, we give up some control to Jordan the Stallion on using his style on his channels on Instagram and TikTok. It's all about being in culture, understanding who matters and who's breaking through, and how we can reach different audiences with the message that we need. You said it: This was our Super Bowl spot. We took a moment and picked this March time frame because March Madness is a culturally relevant moment, with a broad audience with a similar [cumulative] eyeball size as the Super Bowl. We have all these assets — the teaser phase, the spot, from the long-form down to cut downs, and then a sustained phase. It gave that storytelling breathing room to keep that spot fresh. It matches culturally, it matches demographically. It's a general market campaign. It'll be everywhere. We will continue to have digital, audio, linear, social and influencers on their own channels. This is a long period of time campaign, so we will continue to use the full mix of our media buying power to continue to get this message out, and of course, we'll continue to evolve it. That was the beauty of this umbrella message of 'there's having insurance and there's having State Farm' for us to be able to then nest where it makes sense over the course of a year. Don't forget our agents on the ground. There are more State Farm agent offices in the United States than Starbucks and McDonald's. They're on the ground in each of their communities with their own social channels as well as out-of-home, and they'll be armed with the messages as well. Recommended Reading State Farm will not advertise during Super Bowl amid Los Angeles fires
