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FILM LINE UP2016

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MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Universal

Release Date Thursday 24th March

Genre Comedy, Romance

Cast Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan

Synopsis The sequel to the comedy smash, comes the continuing story of Toula and Ian. Trying to raise their teenage daughter and facing martial problems of their own they also have to contend with an even bigger, fatter Greek wedding.

Trailer http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3045306905

HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE Madman/Piki Films

Release Date Thursday 31st March

Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama

Cast Julian Dennison, Rhys Darby, Sam Neill

Synopsis Based on the book by Barry Crump, comes the story of a misfit kid and his foster uncle who missing in the wild New Zealand bush and spark a national manhunt.

THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR Universal

Release Date Thursday 7th April

Genre Action, Adventure, Drama

Cast Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Chris Hemsworth

Synopsis As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land; two renegades - Eric the Huntsmen - who previously aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna, and his forbidden lover, Sara set out to stop them.

Trailer http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi351580697/

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT E-One


Genre Adventure, Sci-Fi

Cast Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Zoë Kravitz

Synopsis The third film in the acclaimed series. Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.

Trailer http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1999677465

THE BOSS Universal


Genre Comedy

Cast Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage

Synopsis Comedy titan Melissa McCarthy stars as an industry titan who is sent to prison due to insider trading. Once released, she is determined to reinvent herself as America’s Sweetheart.

ZOOTOPIA Disney


Genre Animation, Action, Adventure

Cast Idris Elba, Ginnifer Goodwin, Alan Tudyk

Synopsis From Walt Disney Animated Studios comes a story of anthropomorphic animals that include a fugitive con artist fox and a rookie bunny cop who must work together to uncover a conspiracy.


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EDDIE THE EAGLE Fox


Genre Drama, Biopic

Cast Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken

Synopsis The true story of Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards, the tenacious underdog skier who won the hearts and minds of the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_ embedded&v=cK5g2qgCcIw

THE JUNGLE BOOK (3D) Disney

Release Date Thursday 21st April

Genre Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Cast Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong’o, Idris Elba

Synopsis A brand new live action adaption of the beloved story comes to life! An orphan boy is raised in the jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear, and a black panther.


MOTHER’S DAY Studio Canal


Genre Comedy

Cast Britt Robertson, Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts

Synopsis Interwoven stories of love, family, loss and connection told against the backdrop of the mother’s day holiday. You’ll be laughing through the tears!

THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY Icon

Release Date Thursday 5th May

Genre Drama

Cast Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Stephen Fry

Synopsis Growing up poor in Madras, India, a young man earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

BAD NEIGHBOURS 2: SORORITY RISING Universal


Genre Comedy

Cast Chloë Grace Moretz, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne Synopsis: The bad neighbours are back…and this time Mac and Kelly Radner reunite with Teddy and Pete to help battle the sorority sisters who move in to their neighbouring house.


CAPTAIN AMERICA 3: CIVIL WAR Disney


Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Cast Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Evans

Synopsis The latest adventure in the Avengers’ universe. Political interference within the Avengers’ activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.


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ANGRY BIRDS Sony


Genre Animation, Action, Comedy

Cast Kate McKinnon, Peter Dinklage, Bill Hader

Synopsis Based on the smart phone application, and in glorious 3D, comes The Angry Birds Movie. And we’ll finally find out why the birds are so angry.

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Fox


Genr Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Cast Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Olivia Munn

Synopsis The final instalment if the latest X –Men trilogy. With the emergence of the world’s first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat him against his diabolical plan for destruction.


THE NICE GUYS Warner Bros


Genre Thriller, Crime, Drama

Cast Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Matt Bomer

Synopsis From Shane Black, director of Iron Man 3, helms an all-star cast in this story of a private eye who investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Disney


Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Cast Alan Rickman, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway

Synopsis The sequel to the wonderfully weird adventures of Alice Kingsleigh. This time around, Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter.

MONEY MONSTER Sony

Release Date Thursday 2nd JuneGenre Drama, ThrillerCast Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Jack O’ConnellSynopsis In the taut and tense thriller Money Monster, Lee Gates is a bombastic TV personality whose popular financial network show has made him the money wiz of Wall Street. But after he hawks a high tech stock that mysteriously crashes, an irate investor takes Gates, his crew, and his ace producer Patty Fenn hostage live on air. Unfolding in real time, Gates and Fenn must find a way to keep them alive while simultaneously uncovering the truth behind a tangle of big money lies.Trailer http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3048191257/

TMNT: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (3D) Paramount

Release Date Thursday 2nd June

Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy

Cast Megan Fox, Stephen Amell, Alan Ritchson

Synopsis Our favourite heroes in a half shell are back! The sequel to the hit movie, The Turtles return to save the city from a dangerous threat.


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NOW YOU SEE ME 2 E-One

Release Date Thursday 9th JuneGenre Action, Comedy, Thriller

Cast Daniel Radcliffe, Mark Ruffalo, Lizzy Caplan

Synopsis One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, The Four Horsemen resurface for a comeback performance in hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a tech magnate. The man behind their vanishing act is none other than Walter Mabry, a tech prodigy who threatens the Horsemen into pulling off their most impossible heist yet.


ME BEFORE YOU Warner Bros

Release Date Thursday 16th June

Genre Drama

Cast Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Jenna Coleman

Synopsis Based on the acclaimed novel by Jojo Moyes, this tells the story of a girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralysed man she’s taking care of.

THE CONJURING 2 Warner Bros


Genre Horror

Cast Vera Farming, Patrick Wilson, Frances O’Connor

Synopsis Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.


FINDING DORY (3D) Disney

Release Date Thursday 23rd June

Cast Idris Elba, Dominic West, Kaitlin Olson

Synopsis The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish reunites with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the true meaning of family along the way.


WARCRAFT: THE BEGINNING (3D) Universal


Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Cast Travis Fimmel, Robert Kazinsky, Paula Patton

Synopsis Based in the biggest online video game, comes an epic fantasy/adventure directed by acclaimed film maker, Duncan Jones.


INDEPENDENCE DAY 2: RESURGENCE (3D) Fox

Release Date Thursday 23rd June

Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Cast Liam Hemsworth, Joey King, Maika Monroe

Synopsis Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind’s new space defences be enough?


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THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (3D) Warner Bros


Genre Action, Adventure

Cast Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz

Synopsis Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.


CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE Paramount


Genre -

Cast Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart

Synopsis Superstars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart star in this action comedy about a former bullied “geek” who has grown into a lethal CIA agent and enlists the help of former “big man on campus” who is now a mild mannered accountant. Together they have to survive shoot outs, double crosses and each other.

ICE AGE 5: COLLISION COURSE (3D) Fox

Release Date Thursday 7th July

Genre Animation, Adventure

Cast Jennifer Lopez, Melissa Rauch, Simon Pegg

Synopsis To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colourful new characters as well as a new enemy who is a brother to one of their old foes.

THE BFG Disney


Genre Family, Fantasy

Cast Jermaine Clement, Mark Rylance, Rebecca Hall

Synopsis A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kind hearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because unlike his peers refuses to eat boys and girls.


GHOSTBUSTERS (3D) Sony


Genre Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Cast Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Chris Hemsworth

Synopsis A reboot of 1984 comedy smash hit, with an all new cast of Hollywood’s leading funny ladies. When paranormal activity increases in the city of New York…there’s only one group to call: Ghostbusters.

MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES Fox


Genre Comedy

Cast Zac Efron, Adam DeVine, Anna Kendrick

Synopsis In this wild new comedy, superstars Zac Efron and Adam DeVine star as two brothers who constantly ruin family events. Determined to be respectful for their sister’s wedding, they place an online ad for dates...and the results are disastrous.

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STAR TREK: BEYOND Paramount

Release Date Thursday 21st July

Genre Sci-Fi, Action

Cast Chris Pine, Idris Elba, Zoe Saldana

Synopsis The USS Enterprise crew, led by Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine), has been attacked by a powerful, unstop-pable wave of unknown aliens, who destroy the Enter-prise, leaving them stranded on a new planet where they find themselves in conflict with a new ruthless enemy, while finding a way to get off the planet.

Trailer www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3484418841/

JASON BOURNE Universal


Genre Action, Thriller

Cast Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles

Synopsis Matt Damon returns in his signature role as Jason Bourne. The fifth instalment in this heart pounding action series promises twists and turns at every corner.

SUICIDE SQUAD (3D) Warner Bros

Release Date Thursday 4th August


Cast Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Scott Eastwood

Synopsis A secret government agency run by Amanda Waller, named A.R.G.U.S creates a task force comprising super villains, the “Suicide Squad”. They are assigned to execute dangerous tasks in exchange for shorter prison sentences.

Trailer www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi27450217

BEN-HUR Paramount


Genre Action, Historical Epic

Cast Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell

Synopsis A new adaptation of the legendary Lew Wallace novel, this sprawling epic tells the story of a wronged nobleman who seeks revenge on the friend who betrayed him.

BAD MOMS Warner Bros


Genre Comedy

Cast Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell

Synopsis A mum with a seemingly perfect life is actually exhausted to the point that she’s about to snap. Fed up, she joins forces with two other over-stressed mums on a quest to liberate themselves from con-ventional responsibilities.

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS 3D Universal


Genre Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Cast Rooney Mara, Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes

Synopsis This incredible new stop motion animation film tells the story of Kubo, a young boy in a remote village who is called to adventure by an old spirit, inciting an age old vendetta he must defeat.

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THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (3D) Universal

Release Date Thursday 15th September

Genre Family, Comedy, Adventure

Cast Louis CK, Kevin Hart, Ellie Kemper

Synopsis Taking place in a Manhattan apartment building, Max’s life as a favourite pet is turned upside down, when his owner brings home a sloppy mongrel named Duke.


THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Sony

Release Date Thursday 29th September

Genre Western, Action, Drama

Cast Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke

Synopsis Beginning as Seven Samurai, then adapted into the 1960 hit The Magnificent Seven, comes the newest version of the classic Western crime thriller.

BRIDGET JONES’ BABY Universal

Release Date Thursday 6th October

Genre Comedy, Romance

Cast Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey

Synopsis At 43, Bridget Jones finds out she’s pregnant! Only problem is…she isn’t sure who the father is. Is it on again/off again beau Mark Darcy…or suave billion-aire Jack Qwant?

A MONSTER CALLS E-one


Genre Drama, Fantasy

Cast Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver

Synopsis From J.A. Bayona, director of The Orphanage comes this haunting drama about a young boy who seeks help from a tree monster for his mother, who is terminally ill.

JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK Paramount



Cast Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders

Synopsis A sequel to the action hit, Jack Reacher returns to the headquarters of his old unit, only to find out he’s now accused of a 16-year-old homicide.

DOCTOR STRANGE (3D) Disney

Release Date Wednesday 26th October

Genre Action, Adventure

Cast Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams

Synopsis After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under his wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.

Trailer www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4188143897

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THE ACCOUNTANT Warner Bros

Release Date Thursday 3rd November

Genre Thriller, Drama

Cast Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick

Synopsis He’s played Batman…and now Ben Affleck steps into the role of a forensic accountant who un-cooks the books for illicit clients…and gets in way over his head.

INFERNO Sony


Genre Thriller, Action

Cast Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy

Synopsis Based on author Dan Brown’s smash novel of the same name, comes the latest mystery of symbology expert Robert Langdon as he awakens in Florence, It-aly with no memory… and a team of people who want him to stay that way.

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Warner Bros


Genre Fantasy, Adventure

Cast Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell

Synopsis The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.


ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Disney

Release Date Thursday 15th December

Genre Sci-fi, Action, Adventure

Cast Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Ben Mendelsohn

Synopsis This will be the first film in the Star Wars Anthology series, a collection of stand-alone stories set in the Star Wars universe, Following the foundation of the Galactic Empire, a wayward band of Rebel fighters comes together to carry out a desperate mission: to steal the plans for the Death Star before it can be used to enforce the Emperor’s rule.

TROLLS Fox

Release Date Thursday 8th December

Genre Animation, Family, Comedy

Cast Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, James Corden

Synopsis DreamWorks Animation presents the story of the trolls, a whimsical and happy bunch whose joyful existence is turned upside down by a mysterious giant.

MOANA (3D) Disney

Release Date Monday, 26th December

Genre Animation, Adventure, Family

Cast Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk, Auli’i Cravalho

Synopsis The latest adventure from Disney. A young woman uses her navigational talents to set sail for a fabled island. Joining her on the adventure is her hero, the legendary demi-god Maui.

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MARCH3rd Hail, Caesar!

3rd The Lady in the Van

3rd Mahana

10th 10 Cloverfield Lane

17th London Has Fallen

24th Batman Vs Superman: Dawn Of Justice (3D)

24th Kung Fu Panda

24th My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

31st Hunt For The Wilderpeople

APRIL7th The Huntsman: Winter’s War

7th Zootopia

14th The Divergent Series: Allegiant

14th The Boss

21st The Jungle Book

28th Eddie the Eagle

28th Mother’s Day Studio

MAY5th Captain America 3: Civil War

5th The Man Who Knew Infinity

12th Bad Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising

12th Angry Birds

19th X-Men: Apocalypse

26th The Nice Guys

26th Alice through the Looking Glass

JUNE2nd TMNT 2: Out Of The Shadows

2nd Money Monster

9th The Conjuring 2

9th Now You See Me 2

16th Me Before You

16th Warcraft: The Beginning (3D)

23rd Independence Day 2: Resurgence (3D)

23rd Finding Dory (3D)

30th The Legend of Tarzan (3D)

30th Central Intelligence

JULY

7th Ice Age 5: Collision Course (3D)

7th The BFG

14th Ghostbusters (3D)

14th Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

21st Star Trek: Beyond

28th Jason Bourne

AUGUST4th Suicide Squad (3D)

18th Ben Hur

18th Kubo and the Two Strings

25th Bad Moms

SEPTEMBER15th The Secret Life of Pets

29th The Magnificent Seven

OCTOBER6th Bridget Jones’ Baby

6th The Accountant

13th A Monster Calls

20th Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

20th Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

26th Doctor Strange (3D)

27th Inferno

NOVEMBER

3rd The Accountant

DECEMBER8th Trolls

15th Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

26th Moana

FILM LINE UP | 2016

Sarah YoungmanEvents & Promotions Executive

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All film release dates outlined in this document are at the discretion of the film distributors and are subject to change.

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