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Top Ten Film Trailers on YouTube - Screen Innovation

Top Ten Film and TV Trailers

We have put together a list of the most highly rated film and TV trailers currently streaming on YouTube, as recorded on July 21st, 2020. You have probably not heard of some of them yet, but they have already received critical acclaim.

The order of this list changes, but we will bring you a new version soon. It is worth looking at this list for new ideas of what to watch.

No1 – Shakuntala Devi:

Background from Wikipedia:

“Shakuntala Devi is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language biographical film directed and written by Anu Menon and produced by Sony Pictures Networks India and Vikram Malhotra under his banner Abundantia Entertainment. The film stars Vidya Balan as Shakuntala Devi, who was also known as the “human computer” along with Jisshu SenguptaSanya Malhotra and Amit Sadh.

“Principal photography began on 16 September 2019 and was wrapped up on 20 November 2019. The film was scheduled to be theatrically released in India on 8 May 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film will not be released theatrically and will stream worldwide on 31 July 2020 on Prime Video.”

No 2 – Raat Akeli Hai:

Raat Akeli Hai is the story of a high profile murder in small town India that sends a tough yet narrow-minded cop on a twisted investigation, as he navigates deeper into the dark past and toxic patriarchy of the victim’s family, having to battle the inherent patriarchy within himself in the process.

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No 3 – Spinster

After her partner breaks up with her on her 39th birthday, Gaby tackles her fears of loneliness as well as preconceptions of what it means for a woman to be single. This movie was filmed in Canada.

No 4 – Lootcase

Background from Wikipedia:

Lootcase is an upcoming Indian >Hindi -language comedy drama film directed by Rajesh Krishnan, produced and bankrolled by Fox Star Studios. It features Kunal Khemu and Rasika Dugal in lead roles with Vijay RaazRanvir Shorey and Gajraj Rao in supporting roles. The film revolves around a red coloured suitcase and the filming began in mid July 2019. It was scheduled for theatrical release on 10 April 2020 but the release has been postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic It will now be released on 31 July 2020 on Disney+ Hotstar.

Nandan Kumar (Kunal Khemu) comes across a suitcase and discovers it is full of cash. He knows nothing about who it belongs to, where it’s from, or how it got there. He takes the suitcase and soon enough, finds himself being chased by a notorious gangster (Vijay Raaz), an honest cop (Ranvir Shorey) and a minister (Gajraj Rao), who want the suitcase at any cost.

No 5 – Cursed

Cursed, based on the upcoming book of the same name, is a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of the young woman who would become the Lady of the Lake. 

It is a coming-of-age story with themes familiar to our own time: the obliteration of the natural world, religious zeal and oppression, senseless war and finding the courage to lead in the face of the impossible.

No 6 – Project Power

Background from Wikipedia:

Project Power is an upcoming American superhero film directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, produced by Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless, and written by Mattson Tomlin. It stars Jamie FoxxJoseph Gordon-Levitt and Dominique Fishback in the main roles alongside Machine Gun KellyRodrigo SantoroAmy Landecker and Allen Maldonado.

A drug that imbues the taker with a superhuman ability for five minutes. It chronicles a man’s quest to rescue his daughter from the sinister forces behind the drug while assisting new allies

Project Power is scheduled to be released on August 14, 2020, by Netflix.

No 7 – Halloween Kills

Background from Wikipedia:

Halloween Kills is an upcoming American slasher film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Green, Danny McBride and Scott Teems. The film is a sequel to 2018’s Halloween and the twelfth installment in the Halloween franchise. The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle reprising their roles as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers, with James Jude Courtney also portraying Myers.

Halloween Kills is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 15, 2021, by Universal Pictures. A third sequel, Halloween Ends, is scheduled to be released on October 14, 2022.

No 8 – 2 Hearts

Summary from IMDB:

For two couples the future unfolds in different decades and different places, but a hidden connection will bring them together in a way no one could have predicted.

No 9 – The One and Only Ivan

Background from Wikipedia:

The One and Only Ivan is an upcoming 2020 American fantasy film directed by Thea Sharrock, from a screenplay written by Mike White, and based on the children’s novel of the same name by K. A. ApplegateSam Rockwell stars as the voice of the titular Ivan, with Angelina JolieDanny DeVitoHelen MirrenBrooklynn PrinceRamón RodríguezAriana Greenblatt, and Bryan Cranston also starring.

In 1973, a gorilla named Ivan lives in a cage at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade with an aging elephant named Stella and a dog named Bob with no recollection of how they got there. They are owned by Mack, the owner of the Big Top Mall. When an abused baby elephant named Ruby shows up and is taken under Stella’s trunk, Ivan starts to care for her as well and along with the janitor’s daughter Julia, they help to turn things around at the mall.

No 10 – The New Mutants Teaser

Background from Wikipedia:

The New Mutants is an upcoming American horror film in the superhero genre, based on the Marvel Comics team of the same name and distributed by 20th Century Studios. It is intended to be the last installment of the X-Men film series. The film was directed by Josh Boone from a screenplay he wrote with Knate Lee, and stars Maisie WilliamsAnya Taylor-JoyCharlie HeatonAlice BragaBlu Hunt, and Henry Zaga. In the film, a group of young mutants held in a secret facility fight to save themselves.

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