This Week in Movie News 3/14-3/20

Tristan Baez, Writer

‘Sharknado 3’ gets an interesting title

The cult-classic ‘Sharknado’ series is currently continuing the story with ‘Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!’ The movie is set to premiere on July 22 on SyFy. Tara Reid, Ian Ziering and has numerous stars and celebrities set to cameo.

Adam Sandler gets ready to fight Pacman in ‘Pixels’ trailer

Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage, Kevin James and Josh Grad star in ‘Pixels’ as video game buffs who try and save the world when video games take over. Nostalgic characters like Pacman, Donkey Kong and tons of other characters will be taking over Paris, New York and London on July 24. You can watch the trailer here.

Jamie Foxx to star as Mike Tyson

Possible director Martin Scorsese and Jamie Foxx are teaming up for a biopic on legendary boxer Mike Tyson. No official release date has been set but the project has been announced and is very early in pre-production.

‘Cinderella’ swoons movie goers, wins large box office weekend

‘Cinerella’ took in truck loads of money this weekend, pulling just under $70 million domestically. The film has reached both critical and fan acclaim and looks to continue a strong run. ‘Run All Night’ tanked large as it only gained $11 million on a $50 million budget, and it looks to make its money overseas. ‘Chappie’ continues to preform horribly, making only $5.3 million in its second weekend.

‘Frozen 2’ announced… yay?

Bob Iger, President of Disney, has announced a sequel to the 2013 mega-hit ‘Frozen,’ this coming on the heels of the animated short ‘Frozen: Fever’ debuting in front of ‘Cinderella.’ Simultaneously a collective scream of 5 year old girls and Disney fanatics was released.