Raya and the Last Dragon looks like a fantastical Ocean’s Eleven in the latest trailer
Share this story
, giving the best look yet at the upcoming animated fantasy film, which is set to hit both theaters and Disney Plus’ Premier Access program on March 5th.
The new trailer sees Raya (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran) putting together a crew of warriors and con artists (including a surprisingly nimble baby) to join her on a quest to find the titular “last dragon,” which legends promise can save her people. But, as the trailer reveals, the mythical dragon, Sisu (voiced by Awkwafina) turns out to be, in her own words “that one kid [in a group project] who doesn’t pitch in as much but still ends up with the same grade.”
Seeing a movie on the big screen, beautifully projected and with booming sound, is an incredible feeling – but it’s only half of the cinema experience. The other half is the audience itself – the crowd all gathered to get sucked into someone else’s story, ready to burst into raucous laughter, jump out of their seats, or have the rug pulled out from under them in a glorious shared moment. Ask anyone what their greatest ever cinema moment is, and the movie itself always has a part to play – but it’s the feeling of the crowd that inevitably tips it over into something truly special.
Days after a new photo for the film was released online, filmmaker Edgar Wright has taken to Twitter to confirm that his upcoming movie Last Night in Soho has been delayed. The film had originally been set for a September 2020 release date and was pushed to April of 2021, the movie will now be [.]
No Time to Die Delays Release Date Again - Laredo Morning Times lmtonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lmtonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
And as they hunch in a circle round the poker table, studio chiefs are wondering: do we hold on to these prestigious, expensive, effects-laden, star-stuffed movie properties of ours, waiting for cinemas to reopen, but risking an unprofitable pile-up with other delayed releases? Or do we fold – dump them on streaming services, abandon the supposed theatrical-release profits and move on? Disney folded with its movies Mulan and Soul and was quite happy to release them on the streaming platform.
But now there’s a shift towards holding, studios sticking toughly with the cinema release model, and so there is a rash of further delays. It’s like looking up at a departures noticeboard in the 1970s era of British Rail. Edgar Wright’s Last Night In Soho, Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Kay Cannon’s Cinderella are all now delayed, along with the Jared Leto superhero film Morbius and the video-game adaptation Uncharted. And most outrageously of all, that James Bond film –