Are you able to see how freaky Pedro Pascal and Ben Mendelsohn can get once they’re in a film collectively? Lionsgate is throwing it again to the ’80s with the primary trailer for Freaky Tales, an action-adventure comedy of epic proportions. Written and directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, the co-directors of Captain Marvel, this new tackle a basic method seeks to reinvigorate the heist narrative by combining 4 interconnected tales into one main showdown. Trying like a love letter to ’80s hip-hop and motion film tradition, Freaky Tales is lastly able to debut to audiences forward of its April 4 theatrical launch.
You is likely to be asking your self: what sort of challenge might deliver collectively Pascal, Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Tom Hanks, and Normani? A multi-genre, Oakland-based crime movie is an effective guess, however do not fret, the trailer is lastly right here to indicate audiences what’s in retailer. Lionsgate launched the primary trailer for Freaky Tales, which takes a Pulp Fiction-style strategy with 4 interconnected tales that converge in Oakland, California, in 1987.
Produced by Boden, Fleck, Jelani Johnson, and Poppy Hanks, the movie goals to make the most of its stellar ensemble solid to the max by weaving separate and wildly completely different story traces collectively. This is the official plot synopsis:
“Set in 1987 Oakland, Freaky Tales is a multi-track mixtape of colourful characters — an NBA star, a corrupt cop, a feminine rap duo, teen punks, neo-Nazis, and a debt collector — on a collision course in a fever dream of showdowns and battles. Govt produced by hip-hop pioneer Too $hort, and that includes an all-star ensemble together with Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Jack Champion, Ji-young Yoo, Angus Cloud, and Tom Hanks, this pulpy mix of explosive motion, edgy humor, gory kills, and sly twists and turns makes for one wild trip.”
Try the trailer under.
The Solid of ‘Freaky Tales’ Is Bringing Every part to the Desk
The solid for the upcoming motion movie options among the hottest names in Hollywood, like Pascal, Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Jack Champion, Ji-young Yoo, Angus Cloud, and Tom Hanks. Opening at 2024’s Sundance Movie Competition, the indie movie could not have extra star energy.
The solid of Freaky Tales is stacked to say the least, but additionally accommodates very significant firsts and lasts for among the actors. The movie marks singer Normani’s debut movie, whereas additionally being the late Euphoria actor Cloud’s final movie to be launched posthumously, giving Freaky Tales considerably of a bittersweet vibe.
The 2 foremost stars, Pascal and Mendelsohn, are each Disney vets, with Pascal being the speak of the city for the reason that first trailer for The Unbelievable 4: First Steps was lastly revealed earlier this month, that includes The Mandalorian star as Reed Richards, a.ok.a. Mr. Unbelievable. However Pascal nonetheless is not too huge for an indie challenge like Freaky Tales, and has already overestimated the insane motion of the movie. Mendelsohn, in the meantime, performs Talos within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and can reprise his position as Rogue One villain Krennic in Andor Season 2. Freaky Tales is a reunion between Mendelsohn and administrators Boden and Fleck, who labored with the actor on Captain Marvel and the underrated 2015 thriller Mississippi Grind.
Whereas a sobering reminder of the lack of Cloud, Freaky Tales seems to be like a singular ensemble comedy you will not wish to miss.
Freaky Tales
- Launch Date
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April 4, 2025
- Runtime
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106 Minutes