New Pokemon animated film teaser

The Pokemon Company has released the first teaser trailer for their next animated Pokemon film, which will be a remake of 1998’s Pokemon the First Movie.

Mewtwo Strikes Back. The new film will be a CGI reimagining of the original film. The clip features Mewtwo flying through the skies before he meets with Mew, the legendary Pokemon he was cloned from. Mewtwo Strikes Back will be the second Pokemon film released in 2019 following Detective Pikachu.

The live-action, big-budget film features Ryan Reynolds voicing Pikachu as he helps a new friend who he can communicate with, find his missing father. It is set for release on July 12 in Japan. A release date for the US and other parts of the world has yet to be announced while Detective Pikachu is set to arrive in theatres on May 11.

Rupert Grint on Harry Potter movies

The 30-year-old British actor, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, said in an interview with Radio Times that he can’t stomach the series past the third film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

“I think those early ones are OK. More time has passed. I can detach myself a bit more from that kid,” Grint explained. “I did see Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone not long ago, for the first time since the premiere, and I actually enjoyed looking back. But the more recent ones I definitely couldn’t do,” he said.

“I struggle to remember life before it. I think I lost myself a little bit along the way. With the fame, you’re almost being the character even when you’re not in character,” Grint said.

Currently, Grint is starring in a BBC One adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel The ABC Murders.

King Arthur’s legend in a new movie

The epic tales of King Arthur comes true for a young boy and his friends in the new trailer for upcoming fantasy adventure, The Kid Who Would Be King.

The clip shows Alex (Ashbourne Serkis) who, while running from bullies, stumbles upon the mythical sword of Excalibur after pulling it out of a stone.

Obtaining Excalibur brings about the appearance of the wizard Merlin (Patrick Stewart) who claims Alex is a new king who must take on the evil sorcerer Morgana (Rebecca Ferguson), before she takes over the world.

Alex, in his fight against Morgana and her dark forces, enlists the help of his friends from school to form the Knights of the Round Table. “With the future at stake, Alex must become the great leader he never dreamed he could be,” reads the synopsis. The Kid Who Would Be King, from director Joe Cornish (Attack the Block), is set to arrive in theatres on January 25.

Published in Dawn, Young World, January 19th, 2019