[imagesource: Sundance Institute]
Well done on making it to…checks day of the week…
Tuesday? How is it only Tuesday?
Damn.
Right, time for us to check out a few of the latest trailers doing the rounds.
But not the really crummy ones, so we’ve enlisted the help of Rolling Stone and The Verge to whittle down the list.
We’ll start with the former, and the trailer for Feels Good Man:
Matt Furie, The creator of Pepe the Frog, chronicles how his happy comic character – content just by drinking and hanging out – was usurped by the alt-right and used as a troll meme.
As the use of Pepe by white supremacists exploded on the internet, Furie lost control of his creation. “I’m just a spectator to how things evolved on the internet,” he says.
However, the new documentary’s teaser gives us a look into how Furie set out to reclaim Pepe. “if you want to escape hell, you can’t ignore it,” says Furie. “You almost have to go to the center of it.”
This one comes out on September 4:
Next up is Project Power, which seems very similar to Limitless, but I guess every plot gets recycled over and over:
“If there was a pill that could give you five minutes of pure power, would you take it?” Jamie Foxx poses this question at the opening of the new action film’s trailer. As the clip shows, most people are answering yes.
These power pills are gaining popularity, promising super powers like invisibility, super-strength, and bullet-proof skin. But as a young dealer (portrayed by Dominique Fishback) points out, each pill is a gamble – some can leave a person dead.
Together, they join forces with a local cop (portrayed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to stop the havoc wrecked by the power pills and save Foxx’s kidnapped daughter along the way.
This one hits Netflix on August 14:
Over on The Verge, they seem on the fence about Ted Lasso, but it looks like it could be a decent chuckle:
Apple TV Plus has a very Apple TV-ish new comedy coming up with the wild premise of… an American coaching a pro soccer team in England. Let the hijinks ensue. The film stars Jason Sudeikis.
August 14, on Apple TV+, if you’re keen:
Finally, there’s Tesla, which is not about Elon Musk, although I’m sure his Hollywood blockbuster isn’t far away:
Ethan Hawke stars as Nikola Tesla in this odd and theatrical looking biopic that seems to flit between the past and present. For some reason, it also involves Hawke occasionally standing against backdrops that look like they’d be in a classic Hollywood film. The movie comes out August 21st.
That doesn’t sound like a glowing review, but I guess we’ll find out on August 21:
That’s two trailers with very prominent moustaches in a row.
What does this mean? Absolutely nothing.
On with your Tuesday.
[sources:rollingstone&verge]
