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Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wicked: For Good and Jurassic World Rebirth Dominate Universal's CinemaCon
While Universal Pictures (along with Focus Features) showcased several of their upcoming films at CinemaCon on Wednesday, it was more noteworthy which titles on their slate they opted not to promote to theater executives and the press. In the past, Universal would unveil first look footage of movies in production or break news about their biggest franchises. This year, the studio merely name-checked some of their most eagerly anticipated 2026 titles: Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, Super Mario Bros. Movie 2, Shrek 5, Steven Spielberg's untitled sci-fi film, or Jordan Peele's next directorial effort. Notably, Fast and Furious 11 wasn't even mentioned. Instead, Universal's presentation mostly consisted of playing new trailers for their 2025 films, kicking things off with Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and director Gareth Edwards debuting the next trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth. Johansson joked that she pitched herself to executive producer Steven Spielberg 'and said I'd play any role, even if I was eaten in the first five minutes.' While Johansson clearly doesn't die in the opening moments of Jurassic World Rebirth, one of the highlights of the new trailer was a high seas chase sequence where the heroes are in a boat pursuing a Mosasaurus and Johansson ends up hanging on for dear life. New trailers were also shown for The Bad Guys 2, Nobody 2, Him (produced by Jordan Peele), and Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie. Ditto Blumhouse titles M3GAN 2.0, SOULM8TE, Black Phone 2, and Five Nights at Freddy's 2. Focus Features showed trailers for three upcoming prestige films: The Phoenician Scheme, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, and Bugonia. Gerard Butler, Nico Parker and director Dean DeBlois made an appearance to promote the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon, which screened in its entirety earlier in the day at the convention. The biggest news from this section was that there will be a live-action How to Train Your Dragon 2 and that it will be released in theaters on June 11, 2027. Universal closed their CinemaCon 2025 presentation with Wicked: For Good, where stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo and director Jon M. Chu and producer Marc Platt took the stage to reveal the new trailer for the sequel, which hits theaters on November 21st. The trailer leans into the tragic falling out between Elphaba and Glinda. 'You're the only friend I've ever had,' Elphaba tells Glinda. 'And I've had so many friends,' Glinda replies. 'But you're the only one that mattered.' The footage also revealed performances of the musical's songs 'For Good' and 'No Good Deed,' and provided more glimpses of the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) including his meeting with Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. For more CinemaCon coverage, find out what we learned about Superman, Mortal Kombat II, Resident Evil, Spider-Man: Brave New Day, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, John Wick 5, Now You See Me: Now You Don't, and The Beatles.
USA Today
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
A parent's guide to 'Minecraft': Is Jack Black's video game movie OK for little kids?
A parent's guide to 'Minecraft': Is Jack Black's video game movie OK for little kids? Show Caption Hide Caption Jack Black wants Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 to be a Bowser musical Jack Black would love Bowser to get his own musical for the "Super Mario Bros. Movie" sequel. Bang Showbiz Take heart, parents: 'A Minecraft Movie' isn't near as bad as the trailers make it out to be. Based on the wildly popular video game, the fantasy comedy film (now in theaters) is a deeply strange fever dream that also gets a few genuine laughs. That isn't terribly surprising when you realize it was directed by Jared Hess ('Napoleon Dynamite') and stars Jack Black, who fully commits to all the gobbledygook about magic orbs and killer pigs. Despite lukewarm reviews, 'Minecraft' is expected to top the box office this weekend as the rare family film in the marketplace this spring. But just how safe is it for your kids? We break down everything you need to know before bringing your brood to the big-screen adventure: What is 'A Minecraft Movie' about? Four misfits – a young science wiz, Henry (Sebastian Hansen); his older sister, Natalie (Emma Myers); a real estate agent, Dawn (Danielle Brooks); and a video-game store owner, Garrett (Jason Momoa) – are pulled through a mysterious portal that transports them to the Overworld, a cubic land that puts your imagination to the test. The motley crew endures a series of tasks in order to get home, teaming up with master crafter Steve (Black) along the way. What is the 'Minecraft' movie rating? "A Minecraft Movie" is rated PG for violence/action, language, suggestive/rude humor and some scary images. Is the 'Minecraft' movie kid-friendly? For the most part, yes, although children ages 8 and younger might be frightened by some of the action sequences. In an early scene, Garrett, Dawn and the kids are chased by skeletons shooting flaming arrows and riding enormous spiders. A bunch of zombies are briefly shown ripping a pink sheep to shreds, before Steve swoops in and lights all the monsters on fire. There's a, well, creepy scene with a mob of Creepers, which are essentially dead-eyed plant creatures. And an innocent chicken becomes lunch after having hot lava poured onto it. Not to mention all the characters in the Overworld have giant, blocky heads, which are initially jarring if you're not at all familiar with the game. Who is the 'Minecraft' movie bad guy? The film's main villain is Malgosha (voiced by Rachel House), a Piglin queen and evil sorceress who's aided by an army of hulking, hoglike soldiers. She's totally ridiculous and kind of fierce, although little kids might be afraid of her glowing eyes and tusks. Malgosha uses her staff to zap her porcine minions when they disobey, causing them to disappear. She also stabs a cute little piglet when he draws her a picture she doesn't like. It's quick, but honestly still mildly disturbing. Is the 'Minecraft' movie inappropriate? Not particularly. Like a lot of children's movies, there are many jokes that use the word 'butt,' and at one point, Dawn says, 'What the hell?' Aside from Black's deranged performance, the highlight of the film is Jennifer Coolidge, who plays a lubricious vice principal named Marlene. In classic Coolidge character fashion, she freely talks about her recent divorce and falls in love with an Overworld villager after hitting him with her car. There's some light sexual innuendo throughout, but most all of it will go over kids' heads.
