That includes teasers for a new Stephen King adaptation and a sequel series to Vikings.
Welcome to JOE’s trailer column, your weekly round-up of the biggest teasers in the world of film and TV.
And another big week it was in terms of trailers, with new footage dropping for blockbuster Jurassic World: Dominion, for the TV series adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Conversations with Friends and for Men, the new horror film from filmmaker Alex Garland (Annihilation, Ex Machina).
We covered these all in separate articles but there were plenty of other major teasers released this week, which we’ve compiled here as always for your viewing pleasure.
The Adam Project
Clip via Netflix
Starting off with movies, The Adam Project is a new sci-fi blockbuster that centres on a time-travelling pilot (Ryan Reynolds) who teams up with his younger self and his late father (Mark Ruffalo).
This is to both “come to terms with his past while saving the future”.
Pairing Reynolds again with the director of last year’s critical and commercial hit Free Guy, The Adam Project lands on Netflix on 11 March.
Firestarter
Clip via Universal Pictures Ireland
After being adapted as a movie in the ’80s with a young Drew Barrymore, Hollywood is taking another crack at Stephen King’s novel about a girl who develops pyrokinesis.
Starring Zac Efron as the firestarter’s dad who tries to protect his kid from a shady government agency trying to capture and control her, it’s out in the US on 13 May, so you can expect an Irish release sometime after that.
Father Stu
Clip via Sony Pictures Ireland
Based on a true story, Mark Wahlberg plays a boxer who, after surviving a terrible accident, decides to devote his life to God by becoming a priest, much to the chagrin of his estranged parents (Jacki Weaver and Mel Gibson).
However, a devastating health diagnosis he later receives comes to test his faith.
Looking as if it will be an emotional and life-affirming watch, Father Stu is set to arrive in cinemas on 15 April.
Lightyear
Clip via Pixar
After dropping a teaser last year, Pixar has unveiled a longer official trailer for Lightyear, its highly-anticipated spin-off of the Toy Story franchise.
The movie will serve as an origin story for the human character Buzz Lightyear (voiced here by Chris Evans) that inspired the action figure seen in the Toy Story movies.
As typical with Pixar, the movie looks gorgeous. It’s set for an Irish release on 17 June.
The Dropout / Life After Beth
Clips via Hulu
Moving onto TV, trailers dropped this week for two promising new series coming to Disney+ in Ireland under its Star banner.
The first to arrive will be The Dropout, which will chronicle the rise and fall of former biotechnology entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, played by Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia, Mank).
It will premiere with three episodes on 3 March, with following episodes streaming weekly.
The second trailer was for Life and Beth, a new comedy-drama series written and directed by and starring Amy Schumer about a woman who begins to rethink her life after a sudden incident.
An Irish release date for the show has not been set yet but it premieres in the States on 18 March.
Vikings: Vahalla
Clip via Netflix
Last but not least, this sequel series to hit show Vikings will drop on Netflix later this month on 25 February.
Set 100 years after the original series, Vikings: Vahalla will tell the tales of some of the best-known Norsemen in history.
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