Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 24th March 2023, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Shazam! Fury of the Gods from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• John Wick Chapter 4
• Drain Away: Is Pure Longing a Sin?
• All of Those Voices
• A Good Person

John Wick Chapter 4

• The movie is directed by Chad Stahelski, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Chad Stahelski also directed John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum in 2019 which grossed $170.9 Mil. in the US and grossed $323.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Keanu Reeves who also starred in Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure (1989).
• The film also stars Donnie Yen who was last seen in The Monkey King: The Legend Begins (2022).
• Chad Stahelski directed Keanu Reeves in John Wick
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Drain Away: Is Pure Longing a Sin?

• The movie is from director Tim Neff.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Reila Aphrodite who also starred in The Remaining (2014).
• The film also stars Galen Howard who was last seen in An Elephants Journey (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

All of Those Voices

• The movie is directed by Charlie Lightening, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Charlie Lightening also directed Liam Gallagher: As It Was in 2019.
• It stars Louis Tomlinson who also starred in One Direction: This Is Us (2013).
• The film also stars Zayn Malik who was last seen in One Direction: Where We Are (2014).
• Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in One Direction: Where We Are in 2014 and One Direction: This Is Us in 2013.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

A Good Person

• The movie is directed by Zach Braff, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Zach Braff also directed Going In Style in 2017 which grossed $45 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Florence Pugh who also starred in Don't Worry Darling (2022).
• The film also stars Morgan Freeman who was last seen in The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021).
• Zach Braff directed Morgan Freeman in Going In Style
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 10 new movies released

• Mephistopheles - Friday, 31st March
• Spinning Gold - Friday, 31st March
• Tetris - Friday, 31st March - streaming
• Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - Friday, 31st March
• Assassin - Friday, 31st March
• Acidman - Friday, 31st March
• Murder Mystery 2 - Friday, 31st March - streaming
• Rye Lane - Friday, 31st March - streaming
• Loud As Lions - Saturday, 1st April
• Mikael - Saturday, 1st April

Based on the futuristic novel by Ernest Cline Steven Spielberg's adaptation comes out on 30th March 2018.

Set in a dystopian world where everyone is sucked into virtual reality like we are with Facebook at the moment.

Check out the new trailer below.

Welcome to a world of pure imagination. #ReadyPlayerOne � in theatres March 29. pic.twitter.com/M8d51647sO

— Ready Player One (@readyplayerone) February 15, 2018

It has been announced that the Star Trek/Mission: Impossible 4 director J.J. Abrams is going to be directing the upcoming Star Wars sequel.

Ever since Disney bought Lucasfilms, and the Star Wars franchise in the process, announcing that there would be an episodes 7, 8 and 9 of the long running saga, the main question has been, who will direct?

Abrams name has been one of the front runners, either is fans hoping for a decent director or in leaked information, but is not suprise, and of great relief that he will be at the helm.

Also confirmed is that the production (or leadership duties as the starwars.com website calls it) will be Kathleen Kennedy and the screen play will be done by Michael Arndt, who is also a life long Star Wars fan.

Good news all round really? In a word yes, Abrams has the ability to turn things around, and is a brilliant director. The transformation he has done with Star Trek is nothing short of amazing, he taken the pure essence of the franchise, turned it full circle on it's head and allowed it to live a new life BUT he has kept it pure to the original. Also he took the flagging franchise of Mission:Impossible and produced possibly the best film of the series.

I think largely fan concerns that Disney would turn the series into a money spinning load on nonsense has been largely laid to rest, and quite possible the series will be given a new lease of life after the prequel trilogy tried to kill it.

Production is currently underway on the two Hobbit films and as you'd maybe expected there is a video blog/diary being made following the production. The first is up at the Peter Jackson Facebook page and I really do urge you to go and watch it, it really is brilliant, http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150223186041807&oid=141884481557&comments

The video is a very generous 10 minutes of pure brilliance presented by Jackson himself, how he finds the time is anyone's guess. He takes you on a tour of some of the sets that have been reproduced from the original Lord of the Rings trilogy 12 years ago as well as teases some new sets.

We get to see a get together of the cast on the first day of filming on the Bag End set, see a dozen full sized actors gather around a Hobbit kitchen table, and we get to see returning actors Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis.

It always amazes me when I see things like this how much work clearly goes into the post production of films of this magnitude to get the sets looking so stunning, the sets looks amazing don't get me wrong, but when you see the finished product with all the lighting and post production polish they look simply stunning.

Have a look at this making of video as it really in incredible, and start praying for the rest of this year and next year to go as fast as possible because these films are going to be brilliant, and if you had any doubts about Jackson directing the films just take a moment to take in the guys enthusiasm about the production, I'm so glad he's in charge.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150223186041807&oid=141884481557&comments

What did you think? Is this a very generous 10 minutes to get us in the mood for the film? Or 10 minutes of pure hype?

UPDATE: You can now see the video on YouTube, or embedded below, enjoy