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Trailers of the Week: The Power, The Blackening and Prom Pact
Plus Up Here and A Thousand and One
Here are some trailers that caught our eye this week…
A Thousand and One
Focus Features
Trailer Agency: Zealot
This drama won the grand jury prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The trailer reveals Teyana Taylor (My Super Sweet 16, Coming 2 America), playing a woman who kidnaps her 6-year-old son from foster care, revealing filmmaker A.V. Rockwell’s beautiful shots and honest words. Experience this story in theaters on March 31.
The Blackening
Lionsgate
Trailer Agency: AV Squad
The Blackening is a comedy horror flick based on the 2018 short film by the improv comedy troupe 3Peat. The trailer shows Grace Byers (Empire), Jermaine Fowler (Coming 2 America), Melvin Gregg (American Vandal) and Jay Pharoah (SNL) as friends reuniting at a cabin in the woods. Of course, encounter a crazed killer. Find out more in theaters on June 16.
The Power
Prime Video
Trailer Agency: Major Major
The Power is a new British science-fiction series based on Naomi Alderman’s 2016 novel of the same name. The trailer shows legend Toni Collette and rising star Auli’i Cravalho as small-town residents in a world where teenage girls start developing a unique and dangerous power. Start streaming the nine-episode series on March 31.
Prom Pact
Disney+
Trailer Agency: Ignition
Prom Pact is a Disney Channel Original Movie. In the promo below, we watch a large ensemble cast led by Peyton Elizabeth Lee, playing a teenager balancing her lifelong dream of attending Harvard and her immediate desire to go to prom. Along the way, she and her friends discover who they truly are and what they want with their lives. Prom Pact will be streaming on March 31.
Up Here
Hulu
Trailer Agency: Seismic Productions
Up Here is a new musical romantic comedy series written by power-couple Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Frozen, Coco) and directed by Thomas Kail (In the Heights, Hamilton). The trailer shows Mae Whitman (Parenthood, Good Girls) singing her way through 1990s NYC while pursuing a career. Hits screens on March 24.
Olivia M. Miller is a journalist and filmmaker who's passionately prepared to tell your story. Olivia has experience across the country, researching, interviewing, shooting, writing, editing and marketing stories for various companies. She graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in multimedia journalism.
