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Trailers : Honor Society, White Bird, Sharp Stick, 1 Up, They/Them

A few new trailers to peep at today!

Honor Society

Paramount+ today released the official trailer and new photos for its upcoming original film, HONOR SOCIETY, a bold YA comedy starring Angourie Rice and Gaten Matarazzo. The film will be available to stream on Friday, July 29, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K., and later this year in Latin America, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France.

Honor is an ambitious high school senior whose sole focus is getting into an Ivy League college … assuming she can first score the coveted recommendation from her guidance counselor, Mr. Calvin. Willing to do whatever it takes, Honor concocts a Machiavellian plan to take down her top three student competitors, until things take a turn when she unexpectedly falls for her biggest competition, Michael.

In addition to Rice and Matarazzo, the cast also includes Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Armani Jackson and Amy Keum.

HONOR SOCIETY is directed by Oran Zegman, with screenplay by David A. Goodman. The film is produced by Michael Lewen and executive produced by Ron French and Don Dunn.

HONOR SOCIETY will stream exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K., and will launch later this year in Latin America, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France. The film will be distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution in remaining international markets.

 

White Bird : A Wonder Story

Lionsgate has released the official trailer for WHITE BIRD: A WONDER STORY, featuring Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Bryce Gheisar, with Gillian Anderson, and Helen Mirren.

In theaters October 14. From the best-selling author of Wonder, the book that sparked a movement to “choose kind,” comes the inspirational next chapter. In White Bird: A Wonder Story, we follow Julian (Bryce Gheisar), who has struggled to belong ever since he was expelled from his former school for his treatment of Auggie Pullman. To transform his life, Julian’s grandmother (Helen Mirren) finally reveals to Julian her own story of courage — during her youth in Nazi-occupied France, a boy shelters her from mortal danger. They find first love in a stunning, magical world of their own creation, while the boy’s mother (Gillian Anderson) risks everything to keep her safe. From director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland and Christopher Robin), screenwriter Mark Bomback, and based on R.J. Palacio’s book, White Bird: A Wonder Story, like Wonder before it, is an uplifting movie about how one act of kindness can live on forever.

 

Sharp Stick

Utopia has released the trailer for Lena Dunam’s Sharp Stick, in select theaters July 29 (opening wide August 5).

Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth) is a sensitive and naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her disillusioned mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and influencer sister (Taylour Paige). Working as a caregiver and just longing to be seen, she begins an exploratory affair with her older, married employer (Jon Bernthal), and is thrust into a startling education on sexuality, loss and power.

 

1 Up

Lionsgate has released the trailer for Kyle ‘Fanboys’ Newman’s newie, available on Prime Video July 15.

This outrageously funny esports comedy follows Vivian “V” Lee (Paris Berelc), a competitive gamer whose impressive skills have landed her a college scholarship and a place on the Betas, Barrett University’s male-dominated team. But when the Betas’ captain Dustin (Taylor Zakhar Perez) tells V she’ll never be a starting player, it’s game on. Joined by her best friend Sloane (Hari Nef), and under the guidance of her coach Parker (Ruby Rose), V forms a fierce all-girl team to band together with one common goal: level up to the nationals…and take down the Betas!

 

They/Them

The Kevin Bacon-starrer has its first trailer ahead of the Peacock release August 5.

When a group of LGBTQ+ campers arrives at Whistler Camp – a conversion camp run by Owen Whistler (Kevin Bacon) – they are promised a “new sense of freedom” by the end of the week. But as the counselors attempt to psychologically break down each of the campers, a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, and they must reclaim their power if they’re going to survive the horrors of the camp. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee John Logan and produced by Jason Blum, They/Them is an empowering slasher film starring an ensemble cast that includes Carrie Preston, Anna Chlumsky, Theo Germaine, Quei Tann, Anna Lore, Monique Kim, Darwin del Fabro, Cooper Koch, and Austin Crute.

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