STACK #187 May 2020

FEATURE CINEMA

PETER RABBIT 2 One of the first Coronavirus casualties, the release of this adorable sequel has been pushed to Boxing Day, 2020. Based on Beatrix Potter’s beloved books, Rose Byrne and Domhnall Gleeson reprise their roles as Bea and Thomas. Now married, they share their garden with Margot Robbie’s Flopsy, Elizabeth Debicki’s Mopsy and friends, with James Corden returning as Peter Rabbit. A live action/animated combo, Peter simply cannot help himself. He will always be the naughtiest bunny in the burrow.

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rest as Daniel Craig reprises the role for his fifth and final time. When STACK recently talked to Craig for his film Knives Out , he revealed he first suggested his pal Waller-Bridge when the earlier script was struggling. Featuring Craig’s Knives Out co-star, Ana de Armas, No Time to Die was shot in exotic locales including Jamaica, Norway, Italy and the UK. Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Ben Wishaw reprise their roles as M, Moneypenny and Q, respectively, while Lea Seydoux returns as Dr Madeleine Swann, Bond’s love interest. And fresh from his Bohemian Rhapsody triumph, Rami Malek plays Bond’s latest villain, Safin, armed with dangerous toys. New release date: November 2020

meet with further sinister threats. Admittedly, the couple was hesitant to sign on for a sequel, with Blunt describing the original film as “lightning in a bottle”. briefly steps back in time to show the initial invasion, the story swiftly picks up where it left off. “So now you’ve got Evelyn in a situation with a brand new While the sequel

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CAN’T WAIT? Get up to speed bingeing on Daniel Craig’s prior Bond outings – Casino Royale , Quantum of Solace , Skyfall and Spectre . Better still, pour yourself a martini – shaken not stirred of course.

Bored of life in the garden – and worried there will be no place for him once Bea and Thomas start their own human family – Peter runs away to the big city. Meeting with some shady characters as he escapes on a train, he thieves from farmers markets, creating chaos wherever he hops. His family risk everything to come looking for him as he figures out what kind of bunny he wants to be. Look out for The Walking Dead ’s Lenny James voicing a new rabbit character, Barnabas, who wasn’t in any of Potter’s original stories. New release date: December 26, 2020

baby, husband is dead, two other children and the house is burned down. So where does she go?” teases Blunt. While everyone’s favourite showbiz couple already premiered A Quiet Place Part II in NewYork in March, fans will have to hold their breath, just like the Abbotts. In the meantime, catch up with Krasinski on his post-Corona You Tube series, Some Good News . With a little help from friends like Steve Carell and Lin Manuel Miranda, he demonstrates positivity during dark times. New release date: September 2020

A QUIET PLACE PART II John Krasinski’s hit sci-fi horror flick of 2018 introduced a bleak, post-apocalyptic world through the lens of the Abbott family, forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with acute hearing. Starring Krasinski and real-life wife Emily Blunt, the first film left fans desperate to learn the fate of ballsy mother Evelyn Abbott, as she must now protect her family alone. Again written and directed by Krasinski, Blunt reprises her role in this sequel that sees her and the kids venture into the unknown, where they

CAN’T WAIT? Get up to speed with the brilliant original, A Quiet Place .

CAN’T WAIT? Brush up on these beloved fluffy friends with the 2018 original, Peter Rabbit , and check out the beautifully illustrated books.

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