9 Big Holiday Movies Hitting Theaters Around Thanksgiving And Christmas
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
It’s pretty wonderful that the Mister Rodgers-inspired film A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood would find itself released in the vicinity of the Thanksgiving holiday. Starring Tom Hanks as the world’s favorite neighbor, director Marielle Heller’s film feels like a perfect offering at a time of the year where folks are most thankful. Not to mention, seeing this one with your family could bring back only the best memories of both Tom Hanks movies and Mister Rogers Neighborhood.
Release Date: 11/22/19
Frozen II
Disney and Thanksgiving are a traditional pairing that have worked well for quite some time now. The latest example of that fruitful relationship is none other than the long-awaited sequel, Frozen II. Much like its legendary predecessor, a late November drop gives its studio a chance to give the return of Elsa, Anna, Kristoph, and Olaf a pretty wide margin when it comes to box office success. Kids have been waiting for this one for some time, and you can bet that their parents will be flocking to flood the theaters not only on opening weekend, but also on the subsequent weeks that follow.
Release Date: 11/22/19
Knives Out
Writer/director Rian Johnson’s “whodunnit like nobody’s dunnit” Knives Out might be the perfect film for the Thanksgiving holiday, as it almost functions like a dramatized argument at the dinner table. Of course, this approach is layered with a murder mystery that twists and turns in such a manner that even if you figure the film out on your own, you’ll still be surprised how certain aspects tie things together. If your kids have aged out of Frozen II, or you can get someone you trust to take the kids to their big ticket holiday movie, you can allow yourself to enjoy this hilariously twisted mystery as a true holiday treat.
Release Date: 11/27/19
Between The Holidays
Playmobil: The Movie
It’s surprising that there’s only roughly three movies specifically aimed at young kids coming out in the final weeks of this year. While Frozen II is a Thanksgiving release, Playmobil: The Movie is a perfect option to help keep kids occupied when they’ve finally let Elsa and her friends go, as it’s dropping two weeks after that film makes its debut. In an adventure that sees people zapped into the world of the famous LEGO-adjacent brand of building blocks, this feels like something aimed at those who want another dose of something similar to The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, right down to Daniel Radcliffe’s secret agent character feeling like a more suave Emmett. So if your kids want some more playtime, this is definitely a movie you’re going to want to keep in mind.
Release Date: 12/6/19
Jumanji: The Next Level
Jumanji: The Next Level takes the fun and the characters of Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle and takes them… exactly where the title suggests. Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan are back as the video game avatars to the younger cast members in control of part of their ranks. Though with new cast members like Danny DeVito and Danny Glover taking over the roles played by Johnson and Hart, respectively, there’s new comedy blood in this four quadrant thrill ride, and it looks to be an absolutely hysterical choice.
Release Date: 12/13/19
Black Christmas
Horror movies released during the holidays are a bit of a rarity, or at least they seem to be in any widely released context. Leave it to the folks at Blumhouse Productions to not only take a chance on stealthily remaking Black Christmas for a new generation, but also doing so in a way that seems to reinvent the classic plot so that a modern audience can dig into it much easier. While the trailer is supposedly so spoilerific some OG fans are warning against watching it, that just feels like all the more reason to take a chance on big horror and see this one in the theaters.
Release Date: 12/13/19
Christmas
Cats
Some see Cats as a nightmare, while others see it as a potentially hysterical nightmare. Putting the internet snark and reaction aside, big ticket musicals love a holiday release around Christmas. Not only are those who are familiar with the show more likely to go see this one, but families just might make an outing of director Tom Hooper’s latest cinematic musical. That is, if they aren’t already at the movies for another film that dares to open its doors on the same day.
Release Date: 12/20/19
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Star Wars is a perfect example of a mass appeal, family friendly franchise that corners the market on holiday release dates. With the final entry in the Skywalker Saga approaching, fans of all stripes are going to line up to see Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker close out the famed series’ main plotline in grand fashion. Though the future of the franchise is in question, especially when it’s still slotted in its usual holiday release window for quite some time in the future to come, this just might be the cinematic event of the year.
Release Date: 12/20/19
Spies In Disguise
There are some kids that won’t be into Cats, and might not see the appeal to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. As such, something’s gotta give for those folks in the audience, doesn’t it? Well, Disney/Fox provides again, as the Will Smith/Tom Holland animated comedy Spies In Disguise will be debuting for those who have children that aren’t feeling either of those previous movies. With Smith playing a debonair spy accidentally turned into a pigeon, and Holland acting as the geeky scientist who needs to change him back, this is exactly the sort of movie that young kids eat up around this time of year.
Release Date: 12/25/19
WarnerMedia Unveils HBO Max Price, Launch Date
During a Tuesday afternoon presentation at Stage 21 on Warner Bros. Studios’ historic Burbank lot, the company that owns the storied Hollywood studio as well as television networks HBO, TBS/TNT and CNN revealed that forthcoming streaming service HBO Max will bow in May and cost $15 per month, the same price as HBO but with significantly more TV shows and movies.
HBO Max will be filled with 10,000 hours of programming from across the media conglomerate’s divisions including such TV hits as Friends, The Big Bang Theory and South Park; Warner Bros. films including Joker; the full HBO catalog; and originals such as the previously announced Ansel Elgort drama Tokyo Vice, a Grease spinoff and a Gossip Girl sequel.
for WarnerMedia, the event was designed to make the case to investors why phone giant AT&T, which has $134 billion in debt, is investing heavily to modernize the WarnerMedia business just a year after spending $85.4 billion to buy the assets. Like Disney, which will launch Disney+ on Nov. 12, and NBCUniversal, which is prepping Peacock, WarnerMedia executives have been watching as pay TV subscribers decline and young people eschew the movie theater for Netflix. But it will cost as much as $4 billion over the next three years for WarnerMedia to build out the HBO Max content library, and that doesn’t include investments in technology infrastructure, marketing and subscriber acquisition.
ADOPT A HIGHWAY Official Trailer
We have a brand new trailer for Adopt a Highway. The movie was recently acquired by RLJE Films for distribution and the company didn't waste any time in getting a trailer for this one online ahead of its release. After seeing the trailer, it's easy to see why, as this looks like a potential winner, with Oscar-nominee Ethan Hawke leading the way as a convict looking for redemption.
The trailer kicks off with Ethan Hawke getting out of prison. Like all people in his position, he's trying to make the best of it and earn a new lease on life. That proves to be easier said than done. Everything changes in a big way when he finds a baby abandoned in a dumpster, who he decides to care for instead of turning it over to the authorities. Things get emotional from there, both in a touching way and in a foreshadowing heartbreak sort of way.
The Mandela Effect - Official Teaser
What is The Mandela Effect? Some believe the universe has shifted. Others call it the collective misremembering of any given event. Many think it's just a conspiracy theory, and that humans have never held the capacity to remember anything properly in the history of the world. Now, someone has made a movie about this fascinating phenomenon. And today we have the first trailer featuring Gotham star Robin Taylor.
The Mandela Effect is in Theaters and on VOD December 6, 2019. Many who believe in The Mandela Effect are not happy with this movie. And some claim it's a cheap attempt to write the phenomena off as fiction.
The cast features Charlie Hofheimer as Brendan (24: Legacy, Mad Men, Would You Rather), Aleksa Palladino as Claire (The Irishman, The Loudest Voice, Boardwalk Empire), Robin Taylor as Matt (Gotham, You, Would You Rather), Madeleine McGraw as Sam (Toy Story 4, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Pacific Rim: Uprising) and Clarke Peters as Dr. Fuchs (His Dark Materials, The Wire, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri).
David Guy Levy is directing The Mandela Effect from a script he co-wrote with Steffen Schlachtenhaufen. Joshua Fruehling, David Guy Levy, Steffen Schlachtenhaufen are producing the movie, which is presented by Periscope Entertainment and being distributed by Gravtias Ventures.
David Guy Levy, who has been singled out by Variety as being "a producer to watch", has amassed a number of producing and directing credits since forming Periscope Entertainment in 2004. After producing a handful of independent feature films, David went on to make his scripted directorial debut with Would You Rather, a psychological thriller which stars Brittany Snow, Jeffrey Combs, and Sasha Grey. IFC Films/IFC Midnight released the film for a healthy Theatrical and VOD run in February 2013.
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