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December 17 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD Releases
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s December 17 Blu-ray, Digital HD and DVD column! We’ve highlighted this week’s releases in detailed write-ups of different titles below! Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon!
New Movies on Blu-ray/DVD
Downton AbbeyReturn to Downton Abbey as the beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for a royal visit from the King and Queen of England in this grand cinematic e

In the Heights’ Anthony Ramos to lead sci-fi comedy Distant
A few days after the debut of the first trailer for his next big-screen outing In the Heights, Anthony Ramos has found his next project in the form of the upcoming sci-fi comedy Distant at Amblin Entertainment, according to Variety.
RELATED: Hamilton’s Anthony Ramos Joins Liam Neeson in Honest Thief
The film, which is being written by Spenser Cohen (Extinction) and directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon

Anne With an E celebrates her sweet sixteen in final season trailer
Netflix has released the official trailer for the upcoming third and final season of their coming-of-age drama series Anne With an E, featuring our titular character as she tries to learn more about where she came from. The series is scheduled to return on January 3, 2020. Check out the video below!
In season 3, a milestone birthday sparks a search for Anne’s origin story as she sorts out matters of the hea

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Universal announces Fast & Furious 9 trailer drop event
Universal Pictures has taken to Twitter to announce a special event for the premiere of the first trailer for Fast & Furious 9 that will offer fans the opportunity to head to Miami, Florida and see live performances from Cardi B, Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth, Ozuna and Ludacris on Friday, January 31! Fans can sign up for the chance to receive tickets here!
RELATED: Universal’s Fast & Furious 9

"There ain't nothing else to steal here." Momentum Pics has unveiled the official trailer for an indie crime thriller titled Disturbing the Peace, from director York Alec Shackleton. The film stars Guy Pearce in another leading role as a small town marshal named Jim Dillon, who hasn't carried a gun since he left the Texas Rangers after a tragic shooting. But he must pick up his weapon again to go to battle with a gang of outlaw bikers that have invaded the town to pull off a brazen and violent

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H.P. Lovecraft’s Color Out of Space poster starring Nicolas Cage
RLJE Films has released the official Color Out of Space poster for the feature starring Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, Mandy) and based on the H.P. Lovecraft story. Set to arrive in theaters on January 24, 2020, you can check out the trippy poster now in the gallery below!
RELATED: Color Out of Space Trailer: Nicolas Cage Stars in Lovecraftian Horror
Written and directed by Richard Stan

"There's an amazing feeling you get when you find your true calling." Magnolia has released the full-length official trailer an indie crime-ish comedy titled Buffaloed, which we featured the teaser for just yesterday. This premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, and is opening in theaters this February. Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, the film follows the homegrown hustler Peg Dahl, who will do anything to escape Buffalo, New York for good. If you've ever been to Buf

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Live in Front of a Studio Audience All in the Family/Good times photos
ABC and Walt Disney Television have released new behind-the-scenes photos for the upcoming Live in front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘Good Times’ event set to air tonight, Wednesday, December 18 at 8:00 p.m. ET Live on ABC. You can check out the photos now in the gallery below!
RELATED: Disney+ Movies and TV Titles for January 1-10 Released!
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1917 final trailer starring George MacKay & Dean-Charles Chapman
Universal Pictures has released the final trailer for Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes’ upcoming epic war drama 1917, highlighting George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman’s high-stakes mission as their characters try to save their comrades. Last week, the film received three major Golden Globe nominations including Best Picture-Drama and Best Director. Check out the video in the player bel

"You see what it did to my door?!" Cranked Up Films has debuted an official trailer for an indie horror film titled After Midnight, a creature feature from director Jeremy Gardner (The Battery, Tex Montana Will Survive) and producers Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead. This mumblecore-esque horror also stars Jeremy Gardner as a man whose girlfriend suddenly disappears, leaving a cryptic note as her only explanation. As his life begins to crack and fall apart, he is haunted by something that com

Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming untitled film set at Focus Features
Focus Features is set to partner with Oscar-nominated writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch-Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice) on his untitled new film. Anderson and Focus Features collaborated on his last feature Phantom Thread, which garnered six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Director for Anderson, Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, Supporting Actress for Lesley Manville, Score for Jonny

Netflix developing He-Man and the Masters of the Universe CG series
While Sony is busy bringing the titular warrior to life on the big screen, Netflix has begun development on a CG series reimagining of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe co-produced by Mattel Television, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Kevin Smith Will Produce He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Sequel Series
The series, which is being developed by Mattel’s Rob David, is set on the planet of Eternia

"If we're not clever about this, no one will get to your brother!" Starting next week, Universal will release Sam Mendes' intense war movie 1917 in theaters worldwide. The nerve-racking film has been picking up numerous nominations and awards already, and is harrowing experience to see on the big screen. If you still need to be convinced it's worth seeing, give this final trailer a look. Set during World War I in the year 1917, the movie takes place over the course of one day, following soldier

Disney+ Movies and TV Titles for January 1-10 Released!
Disney+ has revealed the full list of new movies and TV titles that are coming on January 1-10, 2020. This includes the premiere of the final two episodes of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season 1, and new episode for Kristen Bell’s Encore!, The World According to Jeff Goldblum and more. Check out the full list below (via Collider)!
The first half of January will also see the streaming debut of Disney’s

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Buffaloed trailer: You can’t always take what you want
Magnolia Pictures has released the official trailer for their upcoming comedy-drama Buffaloed, starring Zoey Deutch (Zombieland: Double Tap, The Politician, Before I Fall). Debuting in theaters on February 14, 2020, you can watch the official trailer now in the player below and check out the full poster in the gallery!
RELATED: Zombieland 2 Writers Say Ryan Reynolds Was Originally Included in Cast
Buffalo is the debt c

Robert Kirkman’s Stealth being adapted into film by Lee Daniels
Robert Kirkman has seen a lot of success in the adaptation department thanks to AMC’s The Walking Dead and Cinemax’s Outcast and now one of his properties is making its way to the big screen in the form of his upcoming comic Stealth, which is set to be directed by Lee Daniels (The Butler) and have a home at Universal Pictures, according to Deadline.
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New Dolittle TV spots feature new funny animal scenes
A bunch of new TV spots for Universal Pictures‘ upcoming adventure comedy film Dolittle have been released online, featuring new footage of the funny animal scenes that we should expect to see in the film. Featuring a star-studded voice cast led by MCU alum Robert Downey Jr. (Avengers: Endgame) as the titular doctor, you can check out the videos below (via Comic Book)!
RELATED: The Dolittle Trailer H

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Five Things We Love About Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Soundtrack
Hey folks, we’ve got a brand-new Star Wars movie coming out this week! Which also means we’ve got a brand-new score from the maestro John Williams to enjoy. The soundtrack has a solid score with plenty of the composer’s typical bombastic, soaring themes and fun callbacks to the original trilogy.
After listening to the soundtrack countless times already, here are five things we love about

Shhhhhhhh. Paramount Pictures has revealed an announcement teaser trailer for A Quiet Place: Part II, the sequel to John Krasinski and Emily Blunt's sci-fi monster thriller A Quiet Place from 2018. The sequel picks up right where the first film left off. Following the traumatic events at home (seen in the first movie), the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that

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The Mandalorian season 1 episode 7 recap
To keep anticipation high for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Disney+ has delivered the latest episode of the acclaimed spinoff series The Mandalorian two days earlier than normal, with a special look attached for the closure to the Skywalker Saga. The penultimate episode to the first season sees the return of many familiar faces, both friendly and dangerous, for a big plan to keep The Child safe.
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Superman: Red Son Blu-ray details & trailer released
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released the Superman: Red Son Blu-ray and Digital details of the next entry in the popular DC Universe Movies series. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the feature-length animated film arrives — along with a new DC Showcase animated short, Phantom Stranger — on Digital starting February 25, 2020, and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack and Blu-ray Combo Pack on March 17, 2020

"It is aggressive. You can't act that!" Paramount Pictures has revealed a new featurette about the making of Top Gun: Maverick, following the fantastic full trailer earlier this week. If you aren't sold on this sequel yet, you will be after this. The video shows us how they filmed this movie by mounting cameras inside actual fighter jet cockpits, so that the experience and the performances are completely real. They really feel all the G-Forces, they feel the intensity of the jet. What an awesom

Uzo Aduba joins Lupita Nyong’o in HBO Max’s Americanah series
Following the recent addition of Doctor Sleep and Harriet star Zackary Momoh, The Wrap reports that Emmy Award-winning actress Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) has been cast opposite Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o in HBO Max’s forthcoming limited series adaptation of Americanah. Adubo is set to play the role of Aunty Uju, who is being described as “young aunt and confidant” of Nyong’o’s

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Rise of Skywalker ascends to top of Fandango’s weekend sales
In addition to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker eyeing a $450 million opening weekend, the movie is climbing to the top of Fandango’s weekend sales and reigning with top scores on Fandango’s Fanticipation Movie Buzz Index. Fandango reports that presales for the film are pacing similarly to presales for The Last Jedi at the same point in the Fandango sales cycle, representing more than 70% of Fandango&

Fans’ first glimpse at the sequel to A Quiet Place has just dropped.
A Quiet Place: Part II takes place after the events of the first instalment, an original thriller directed, written by and starring John Krasinski (The Office), opposite his wife Emily Blunt.Read more: A Quiet Place spotlights antisocial noisemakers at the cinemaPlot details remain scant, as the first video snippet sees Blunt’s character, Evelyn Abbott on the move with her children Marcus (Noah Jupe) and R

Photos for Christopher Nolan’s espionage thriller Tenet released
Ahead of the possible trailer drop tomorrow, Warner Bros. has shared the first look at Christopher Nolan’s espionage thriller Tenet, debuting in theaters on July 17, 2020. You can check out the photos below!See an exclusive first look at Christopher Nolan’s Tenet — his ‘most ambitious’ film yet https://t.co/zmA2me42z4
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 18, 2019RELATED: Trailer for Chris

New to Hulu January 2020: All the Movies & Shows Coming and Going
The list for the new Hulu January 2020 movies and TV titles has been released, which you can now view below along with the titles that are set to leave from the streaming service next month. This includes the arrival of the newest season of comedy series Shrill starring SNL’s Aidy Bryant and the latest seasons of Showtime’s Homeland and AMC’s Lodge 49.
Next month will also see the series debut of&n

The first batch of reviews are in for JJ Abrams’ last chapter in the contemporary Star Wars trilogy, The Rise of Skywalker – and things aren’t looking good.
With a Rotten Tomatoes score of 56% currently, this makes the ninth film in the timeline the worst reviewed instalment since 1999’s first prequel The Phantom Menace.Read more: ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ review: a sufficiently satisfying finale that gives fans exactly what they wantWh

Morfydd Clark cast as Young Galadriel in Lord of the Rings series
Following Will Poulter’s departure from the Lord of the Rings series, Variety reports that Amazon has added a new member to the series’ growing cast with Welsh actress Morfydd Clark officially signing on to play the lead role of a young Galadriel in the highly-anticipated fantasy series adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic novels. Galadriel was first portrayed by Oscar winner Cate Blanchett in Peter Jackso

Dave Green directing Wile E. Coyote movie
According to Variety, Warner Bros. has chosen Earth to Echo and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows director Dave Green to helm the upcoming Coyote Vs. Acme, featuring Wile E. Coyote.
Siblings and creative partners Jon and Josh Silberman are writing Coyote vs. Acme. The Silberman brothers previously wrote for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Bordertown and Deadbeat before landing their own CBS series Living Biblically

Alice Cooper has said that Johnny Depp would “rather play guitar than act”.
The pair play together alongside Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry in the Hollywood Vampires, who will tour the UK together in 2020.Read more: Alice Cooper on his UK tour, and how bandmate Johnny Depp put ‘venom in his lyrics because of all the crap that went on’Speaking in a new interview with Three Sides Of The Coin, Cooper revealed that despite being a lauded actor, Depp’s main focus right now

Keanu Reeves Begins Training for John Wick 4 and The Matrix 4
Keanu Reeves is flying high these days! The man has two big sequels, John Wick 4 and The Matrix 4, coming out on the same day — May 21, 2021 — and a Bill and Ted sequel hitting theaters soon. True to form, the 55-year old actor has already began training for the aforementioned fourquels, as revealed via Instagram, which teases, “I’m thinking he’s back – chapter 4. Keanu starting his training for Jo

BEGIN SLIDESHOWWatch the main cast fly real fighter jets in Top Gun: Maverick featurette
Paramount Pictures has released a new featurette for their highly-anticipated sequel Top Gun: Maverick, offering us a behind-the-scenes look at the main cast led by Tom Cruise as they bravely fly real fighter jets throughout the film’s production. Promising an aviation film like no other, you can check out the video in the player below!
RELATED:  New Top Gun: Maverick Trailer Takes Acti

BEGIN SLIDESHOWA Quiet Place: Part II teaser: Emily Blunt now leads the family
Paramount Pictures has released the first teaser for their for John Krasinski’s highly-anticipated sci-fi horror sequel A Quiet Place: Part II, featuring Emily Blunt’s Evelyn as she now leads the family following the death of her husband Lee. Check out the full poster and video below and catch the full trailer on New Year’s Day!
RELATED: Wild Mountain Thyme Photo: First Look at Emily

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Daisy Ridley as ReyAdam Driver as Kylo RenOscar Isaac as Poe DameronJohn Boyega as FinnJoonas Suotamo as ChewbaccaAnthony Daniels as C-3POCarrie Fisher as Leia OrganaMark Hamill as Luke SkywalkerIan McDiarmid as PalpatineKeri Russell as Zorii BlissDomhnall Gleeson as General HuxLupita Nyong’o as Maz KanataBilly Dee Williams as Lando CalrissianKelly Marie Tran as Rose TicoRichard E. Grant as Allegiant General PrydeBillie Lourd as Lieutenant ConnixNaomi Ack

The day before the final Star Wars film of the current trilogy, The Rise of Skywalker, reaches UK cinemas, The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has spoken out about his relationship with fans of the franchise, calling any excessive pandering “a mistake”.
In an interview on the Swing & Mrs Podcast on Radio.com, Johnson, who helmed the second chapter of the trilogy, explained why he prefers to challenge audiences rather than spoon-feeding them.Read more: ‘S

Few roles could be considered too outlandish for Jack Black, making the news that the actor has been thinking about joining a superhero franchise seem, if anything, fitting.
Speaking to GQ Middle East about Jumanji: The Next Level with his co-star and Marvel stalwart Karen Gillan, Black shared his enthusiasm.Read more: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ review: Danny DeVito steals every scene in a video game movie you’ll never want to stop playing“I’m ready to jump into

The verdict is finally out on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the final part of the contemporary trilogy and the ninth film now closing this chapter in the seminal characters’ world.
But beyond reviews, including NME’s own which called The Rise of Skywalker “a fan-focused finale that will leave the franchise’s core audience roaring like Wookiees with delight,” director JJ Abrams revealed a collaboration with Hamilton creator and star Lin-Manuel Mira

Hollywood’s 2019 Black List – the rundown of the most hotly-anticipated unreleased screenplays in the industry – has been revealed, and it includes a new Mac Miller biopic.
According to Deadline, Blue Slide Park will track the late rapper’s “music, love, success, family, and addiction” and is written by Kyle Anderson and Michael Vlamis.Read more: Music world remembers Mac Miller on the anniversary of his deathMiller died last September aged 26 of&nbs

Plans for James Gunn‘s sequel to Suicide Squad, currently titled The Suicide Squad, are firming up, as the director teases the potential return of a major DC villain.
Sharing a holiday-themed Instagram post with the cast of the upcoming film, Gunn gave a first look at potential new names to join his line-up of anti-heroes – including the iconic humanoid villain King Shark.Read more: Suicide Squad: David Ayer on bad reviews, fan support and why baddies are bestAn eagle-

New photos have been shared from the set of Bill & Ted Face The Music as the long-awaited film continues production.
The forthcoming sequel, which stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, has been in the works since at least 2013 and was officially green-lit back in May 2018.
Read more: Alex Winter on his Frank Zappa movie and Bill & Ted 3
The film also features William Sadler as The Reaper, reprising his role as Death that he first took up in 1989’s Bill & Ted’s Excellen

Adam Driver reportedly walked out of an interview with NPR radio in the US recently after expressing displeasure at having to hear an audio clip of him singing in Marriage Story.
Driver stars opposite Scarlett Johansson in the Noah Baumbach-directed movie, which was released on Netflix on December 6.
Read more: Noah Baumbach – Hollywood’s king of indie on David Bowie, Marriage Story and his lifelong obsession with music
In an interview with Fresh Air host Terry Gross which took place

The first official image of A Quiet Place: Part II has been revealed. See it below.
The sequel to the 2018 horror film, which stars Emily Blunt and John Krasinski (who also directed the movie), wrapped production in September.
In A Quiet Place, Blunt and Krasinski play Evelyn and Lee Abott, a couple who have to protect their family from extra-terrestrial creatures who hunt using their acute sense of hearing. As a result, the Abbotts have to live in near-complete silence.
In the new photo, releas