Trailer Weekly – 10/10/15 Edition – 'Hail, Caesar!,' 'Trumbo' and 'Bone Tomahauk'

This week’s column talks about a dramatic musical, a biography and a western with a horror bend to it, all very interesting and unique movie genres.

Hail, Caesar! is set in 1950's Hollywood as a journalist works to uncover what happened to a cast member, who vanished while filming a movie. Trumbo is a biopic that chronicles the thriving career of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo until he was blacklisted for being a Communist. Finally, Bone Tomahauk is a horror/western that follows the journey of four men as they venture into the Wild West to rescue a group of people from cannibals. All three films have distinctive plot elements that set them apart even in their own motion picture categories. In addition, all three motion pictures have remarkable A-list celebrity star power in their casts, which will surely bring crowds of their fans to each flick’s opening night at their local theaters.

Hail, Caesar! is a musical dramedy starring Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, Dolph Lundgren, Jonah Hill, Tilda Swinton, David Krumholtz and Frances McDormand. Directed and written by the Coen brothers, the flick takes place in 1950's Hollywood as a journalist investigates the disappearance of a cast member during filming. The film’s trailer illustrates perfectly the feeling of Hollywood during this time and how the studio and its execs handle when the star of the latest big budget picture is kidnapped and ransomed. It opens in theaters on Friday, February 5, 2016.

Trumbo is a biopic that follows the successful career of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo until he was blacklisted for being a Communist in the 1940s and his livelihood came to an abrupt end. Based on the biography “Dalton Trumbo” by Bruce Alexander Cook, the film stars Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston, Maleficent’s Elle Fanning, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Revenge’s Roger Bart, Stephen Root, Men in Black 3’s Michael Stuhlbarg, comedian Louis C.K. and John Goodman. The movie’s trailer shows how one minute Dalton Trumbo was the toast of Hollywood as a gifted screenwriter and the next, he was blacklisted for being a member of the Communist party and his career effectively over. It opens in theaters on Friday, November 6.

Bone Tomahauk is a horror/western that stars Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson of the upcoming FX television series Fargo, Sean Young, Banshee’s Lilli Simmons, Lost’s Matthew Fox and David Arquette. The film tracks four men as they traverse the Wild West in their quest to rescue a group of prisoners from cannibals, who live in a cave. The shocking western’s trailer depicts the savage life in the Wild West and how four brave yet flawed men work together to save a group of people from flesh-eating cave dwellers. It opens in theaters on Friday, October 23.