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Peacock to Begin Streaming Pedro Pascal’s “The Wild Robot” This Month

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Pedro Pascal is preparing for his Wild-est stream…

After earning nearly $270 million at the worldwide box office in September, The Wild Robot, starring the 49-year-old Chilean actor, will finally be available to stream from home.

Pedro PascalThe animated film will arrive on Peacock on January 24, and is also currently available to rent/purchase on Prime Video, Apple TV and other video-on-demand platforms.

Directed by Chris Sanders, “The Wild Robot” follows ROZZUM Unit 7134 A.K.A. Roz (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o), an intelligent robot that gets shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. To survive, the robot bonds with the island’s creatures.

The animated film has a voice cast also featuring Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames and others.

The Wild Robot is based on the very popular science fiction book series from writer and illustrator Peter Brown. The first book was released in 2016, while its follow ups The Wild Robot Escapes and The Wild Robot Protects were released in 2018 and 2023, respectively.

The Wild Robot was also released on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD earlier this month, with prices starting at $19.95 on Amazon.

Variety’s chief film critic Peter Debruge has called The Wild Robot a “keeper” in his review, writing that the film’s “expressionistic environments can take one’s breath away. Sunsets, sea views and changing seasons suggest scenic calendar art come to life.”

A24 Releases Trailer for Henrique Zaga’s New Film “Warfare”

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Henrique (Henry) Zaga is preparing for war(fare)…

A24 has released the first trailer for Warfare, starring the 31-year-old Brazilian actor and Noah Centineo.

Henrique ZagaThe film is described as an immersive step into the reality of the Iraq War from the Navy SEAL’s perspective, which hits theaters in 2025.

Written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of U.S. Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of U.S. forces through insurgent territory.

A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.

The ensemble film’s cast includes D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, Joseph Quinn and Charles Melton.

An Iraq War veteran, Mendoza came to partner with Garland on Warfare after serving as his military supervisor on Civil War, his dystopian drama, starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura and Cailee Spaeny, which released this spring., grossing over $126 million worldwide.

Rachel Zegler to Star in New Broadway Production of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo + Juliet” This Fall

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Rachel Zegler has landed a star-crossed starring role…

The 22-year-old half-Colombian American Golden Globe-winning actress will star opposite Kit Connor in the new Broadway production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet this fall.

Rachel Zegler, Kit ConnorDirected by Tony Award winner Sam Gold, the production will feature music by Grammy winner Jack Antonoff and movement by Tony winner Sonya Tayeh. 

The production should not be confused with yet another high-profile revival of the star-crossed lovers = the West End production of Romeo & Juliet starring Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, which also is eyeing a Broadway staging. Jamie Lloyd directs that one.

The Gold fall production will mark the Broadway debuts of Connor, Zegler and Antonoff, who in February won his third consecutive Grammy Award for Producer of the Year.

More information including theatre, dates, design team and additional casting will be announced at a later date.

“With the presidential election coming up in November, I felt like making a show this fall that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger young people feel about the world they are inheriting,” said Gold.

Tickets will go on sale to the public in May.

Official synopsis: “The youth are fucked. Left to their own devices in their parents’ world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way.”

Zegler earned a Golden Globe for her performance in West Side Story.