COURTESY OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson star as Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in “Catching Fire.”
COURTESY OF DISNEY
Disney’s newest animated film, “Frozen,” will hit theaters before Thanksgiving.
“Delivery Man,” “Catching Fire” and Pixar’s “Frozen” are set to hit theatres this month.
“Delivery Man,” opening Nov. 22, stars Vince Vaughn as David Wozniak, a man who donated to a sperm bank twenty years earlier and is informed that he is the father of 533 children. He then has to decide whether or not he wants to reveal his identity and become a part of these people’s lives, or if he wants to remain anonymous and unchanged.
The film is produced by Dream Works and is written and directed by Canadian Ken Scott. Vaughn’s performance is supported by Chris Pratt of “Parks and Recreation” and Cobie Smulders of “How I Met Your Mother.” It also features Bobby Moynihan of “Saturday Night Live” as Wozniak’s younger brother.
“Delivery Man” has already received positive views from critics of early pre-screenings. Critic Peter Debruge of Variety praised the film’s emotional center and called it a “rare and special package” that represents a positive turning point in Vaughn’s career.
“Delivery Man” has competition for the top box office spot of opening weekend with the highly anticipated “Catching Fire,” the second installment in the Hunger Games trilogy.
Under a new director since the first movie, Francis Lawrence, “Catching Fire” picks up right where “The Hunger Games” left off, with protagonists Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark returning home after winning the Hunger Games, a sporting event that pits “tributes” from the different districts against each other in a fight to the death.
The two victors visit the other districts and sense the start of a rebellion that they unknowingly began when they both won the Hunger Games, an event that always had only one victor. Unfortunately, they have little time to relax as both Katniss and Peeta are sent back into The Hunger Games, in a vicious twist that puts former winners back in the arena.
The cast features Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson reprising their roles as Everdeen and Mellark, as well as newcomers Jena Malone as Johanna Mason, a victor from District 7 and Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair, a victor from District 4.
The film is showing in select theatres at midnight, for fans who want to be first to witness the action.
Disney’s newest release, “Frozen,” loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson’s fairytale “The Snow Queen,” is set to hit theatres Nov. 27. “Frozen” tells the story of Princess Anna as she goes on a journey to find her sister Elsa, the Snow Queen, to save their kingdom from an eternal winter.
“Frozen” features voice actors Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff as Anna, Elsa and mountain man Kristoff, respectively. It has already been named “Disney’s best animated musical since ‘Beauty and the Beast’” by a review in The Wrap. “Frozen” is expected to follow in the footsteps of previous Disney-Pixar blockbusters.