FREAKIER FRIDAY
Freakier Friday is a 2025 American fantasy comedy film directed by Nisha Ganatra and written by Jordan Weiss. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is a sequel to Freaky Friday (2003), itself based on Mary Rodgers‘s 1972 novel, and the seventh overall film in the franchise. Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Rosalind Chao, Ryan Malgarini, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Lucille Soong reprise their respective roles from the original film, with Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons in her feature film debut and Manny Jacinto joining the cast.
Filming for Freakier Friday took place from June to August of 2024. It premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on July 22, 2025, and is scheduled to be released theatrically by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on August 8.
Cast
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess Coleman
- Lindsay Lohan as Anna Coleman, Tess’ daughter
- Julia Butters as Harper Coleman, Anna’s daughter and Tess’ granddaughter
- Sophia Hammons as Lily Davies, Anna’s soon-to-be stepdaughter, and Harper’s soon-to-be stepsister
- Manny Jacinto as Eric Davies, Anna’s new fiancé, Lily’s father, and Harper’s soon-to-be stepfather
- Mark Harmon as Ryan, Tess’ husband, Anna and Harry’s stepfather, and Harper’s step-grandfather.
- Chad Michael Murray as Jake, Anna’s former boyfriend
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Ella
- Rosalind Chao as Pei-Pei, a Chinese restaurant owner who helped Tess and Anna previously
- Vanessa Bayer as Madame Jen, a fortune teller
- Christina Vidal Mitchell as Maddie, one of Anna’s best friends
- Haley Hudson as Peg, one of Anna’s best friends
- Ryan Malgarini as Harry Coleman, Tess’ son, Anna’s younger brother, Ryan’s stepson, and Harper’s uncle
- Lucille Soong as Pei-Pei’s Mom
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Mr. Elton Bates
- Jordan E. Cooper as Jett
- Elaine Hendrix as Blake Kale
- Chloe Fineman as GiGi
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MY MOTHER’S WEDDING
My Mother’s Wedding (formerly titled North Star) is a 2023 comedy drama film directed by Kristin Scott Thomas from a screenplay she co-wrote with John Micklethwait. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham, Freida Pinto, Thibault de Montalembert, and Kristin Scott Thomas. The film premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2023 and is set to be released in the United States on 8 August 2025.
Premise
Three sisters return to their family home to attend the wedding of their twice-widowed mother, Diana. All three sisters have had different life experiences, with Georgina being a palliative nurse, Victoria being an actress, and Katherine being a captain in the Royal Navy.[2][3]
Cast
- Scarlett Johansson as Katherine
- Sienna Miller as Victoria
- Emily Beecham as Georgina
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana
- Freida Pinto
- Thibault de Montalembert
- Sindhu Vee
- Joshua McGuire
- Mark Stanley
- Giulio Berruti
- Samson Kayo
- James Fleet
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths
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WEAPONS
Weapons is an upcoming American mystery horror film written, produced, and directed by Zach Cregger.[3] The film stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Cary Christopher, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan. Its plot follows the case of seventeen children from the same classroom who mysteriously run out of their homes towards an unknown target in the middle of the night, all going missing with no reason why.
Weapons is scheduled to be released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 8, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics.
Premise
One night, all but one child from Justine Gandy’s classroom mysteriously ran off into the night. Justine and the rest of the community are left questioning who—or what–is behind the children’s disappearance.
Cast
- Josh Brolin as Archer Graff, the father of Matthew, one of the missing children.[4]
- Julia Garner as Justine Gandy, a teacher who finds that almost all her class has vanished.[4]
- Cary Christopher as Alex Lilly, the only child from Justine’s class who did not disappear.
- Alden Ehrenreich as Paul Morgan, a police officer who has a complicated relationship with Justine.[4]
- Austin Abrams as James, a drug addict and burglar.
- Benedict Wong as Andrew Marcus, the school principal.
- Amy Madigan as Gladys Lilly, Alex’s aunt.
- June Diane Raphael as Donna Morgan, Paul’s wife.
- Clayton Farris as Terry Marcus, Andrew’s husband.
- Whitmer Thomas as Mr. Lilly, Alex’s father
- Callie Schuttera as Mrs. Lilly, Alex’s mother.
- Toby Huss as Ed, the police captain and Donna’s father.
- Luke Speakman as Matthew Graff, Archer’s son and one of Justine’s missing students.
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SKETCH
Sketch is a 2024 American fantasy comedy film directed by Seth Worley. The film stars Tony Hale and D’Arcy Carden. The film will be released to theaters on August 6, 2025.
Premise
The film stars Tony Hale as Taylor Wyatt, a widowed father of two who is struggling to help his children Jack (Kue Lawrence) and Amber (Bianca Belle) come to terms with the death of their mother; however, one day the sketchbook in which Amber has been drawing visual representations of her grief accidentally gets dropped in a magical pool, resulting in the neighborhood becoming terrorized by strange monsters made of crayon wax and chalk dust.[2]
Cast
- Tony Hale as Taylor Wyatt
- D’Arcy Carden as Liz
- Bianca Belle as Amber
- Kue Lawrence as Jack
- Kalon Cox
- Jaxen Kenner
- Genesis Rose Brown
- Randa Newman
- Allie McCulloch
- Nadia Benavides
- Dajanae Cole
- Josh Inocalla
- Tamiko Robinson Steele
- Mitch Miller
- Arielle Prepetit
- Jesse Santoyo
- Leigha Hancock
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