THE GREEN ROOM

COMING SOON

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Albums

* I Want My Loved Ones to Go with Me by Noah Cyrus: Second album by the American singer; includes the singles ‘Don’t Put It All on Me’ (featuring Fleet Foxes), ‘Way of the World’ (with Ella Langley), ‘New Country’ (featuring Blake Shelton), and ‘XXX’ (with Bill Callahan).

Movies

* Superman (starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan) – action, first film in the DC Universe; Clark Kent (Corenswet) tries to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his adoptive human family in Smallville.

* Madea’s Destination Wedding (starring Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis Patton, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Diamond White) – comedy, thirteenth film in the Madea cinematic universe; Madea (Perry) and family attend a rushed destination wedding in Bahamas.

* Sovereign (starring Nick Offerman, Jacob Tremblay, Dennis Quaid, Nancy Travis) – crime thriller, based on real events; a father (Offerman) and son (Tremblay) who identify as Sovereign Citizens find themselves in a standoff with a chief of police (Quaid).

* Skillhouse (starring 50 Cent, Neal McDonough, Leah Pipes, Caitlin Carmichael) – horror; a dark satire of social media and influencer culture.

TRIVIA

Highest-grossing actors (in lead roles)

While definitive stats are hard to come by and classifications vary, here is a non-definitive list based on estimates of the highest-grossing actors of all time in lead and lead ensemble roles:

1. Samuel L. Jackson

- $14.6 billion (66 films)

2. Scarlett Johansson

- $14.5 billion (52 films)

3. Robert Downey Jr.

- $14.3 billion (65 films)

4. Zoe Saldaña - $14.2 billion (31 films)

5. Chris Pratt - $14.1 billion (23 films)

6. Chris Evans - $12.4 billion (29 films)

7. Tom Cruise - $12 billion (43 films)

8. Vin Diesel - $12 billion (28 films)

9. Chris Hemsworth - $12 billion (27 films)

10. Bradley Cooper - $11.4 billion (28 films)

SPOTLIGHT

Elio

Voice cast: Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly, Young Dylan, Matthias Schweighöfer, Brandon Moon, Brad Garrett, and Jameela Jamil

Directors: Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, and Adrian Molina

Tagline: The universe called ... the wrong number.

• Sci-fi adventure; a young, space fanatic boy (Kibreab) is accidentally mistaken as the intergalactic ambassador of Earth and beamed up by aliens for making contact.
• Was conceived by Coco (2017) co-director Adrian Molina who was also attached to direct before leaving the project to work on Coco 2 (2029); Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi replaced him as the lead directors.
• Has grossed $76 million against an estimated $150–200 million budget, bombing at the box office.
• Had the lowest opening weekend for a Pixar film.
• Has received positive reviews, with critics finding the film lively and fun but lacking as compared to Pixar’s most beloved outings.
• America Ferrera was initially set to voice Elio’s mother, but the character was rewritten and changed to Elio’s aunt, with Ferrera leaving the project due to scheduling conflicts and being replaced by Zoe Saldaña.
• Score composed by Rob Simonsen.