Thelma the Unicorn trailer released

Netflix’s released the first trailer for Thelma the Unicorn, a new family-friendly animated musical, directed by Jared Hess and Lynn Wang, and scripted by Hess and his wife, Jerusha Hess. It will launch on Netflix on Friday, May 17th.

The film is based on the Thelma the Unicorn picture book series from The Bad Guys creator Aaron Blabey, and have sold millions of copies.

Thelma the Unicorn, voiced by Brittany Howard, is a small-time pony who dreams of becoming a glamorous music star. In a pink and glitter-filled moment of fate, Thelma is transformed into a unicorn and instantly rises to global stardom. But this new life of fame comes at a cost.

Steven Spielberg to helm new UFO film

Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is gearing up to make a comeback to the UFO genre with his next project, which is said to focus on UFOs and is based on an original idea by Spielberg himself. Screenwriter David Koepp is attached to write the script.

The project marks Spielberg’s return to the UFO-themed film genre. Spielberg first explored the UFO genre with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and then E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), which became the highest-grossing film of all time upon its release.

Transformers One the new animated Transformers movie

Paramount Pictures rolled out the new Transformers One trailer with a global launch in space, revealing an action-packed look at the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie — and the franchise’s first wholly animated instalment since the original The Transformers: The Movie in 1986.

Set on the planet Cybertron, the prequel unites worker bots Orion Pax (Chris Hemsworth) and D-16 (Brian Tyree Henry), brothers in arms who will eventually transform into Optimus Prime and Megatron: rival leaders of the Autobots and Decepticons.

Transformers One is the first in a potential animated Transformers trilogy about friends-turned-enemies Optimus Prime and Megatron — and what sparks the war between the Autobots and Decepticons that eventually spills over from Cybertron to Earth. Transformers One comes in theatres September 20.

Published in Dawn, Young World, April 27th, 2024