What you may need to know

1. Apple TV+’s Roar, starring and executive produced by Nicole Kidman, is based on Cecelia Ahern’s book of short stories of the same name.

2. GLOW alumni Betty Gilpin and Alison Brie reunite with Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, creators of the Netflix wrestling comedy-drama series.

3. The cast include Meera Syal (Yesterday), Fivel Stewart (Atypical) and Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom). In addition to Kidman and Brie, they join previously cast Cynthia Erivo and Merritt Wever.

4. The series, will feature eight, half-hour episodes, each told from a female point of view.

5. Among them are the following:

Gilpin will play Amelia, a woman so strikingly beautiful that her husband builds her a shelf to sit upon in their home.

Syal will play Anu, a woman stuck in a lackluster marriage who decides to shake up her life and return her husband to the very store she first purchased him from.

Stewart will play Jane, an angsty teenage girl who loves horses and doesn’t love much of anything else these days; she embarks on a revenge journey when her father is murdered.

Hayward will play Millie, the preacher’s daughter and Jane’s childhood friend — the last person you’d want to bring on a revenge journey with you.

6. G’wan Cecelia, in fairness.

Andy’s verdict: Rarr.

Release: April 15 on Apple TV.

What you may need to know..

1. The Phantom of the Open tells the remarkable, true story of Maurice Flitcroft, a crane operator and optimistic dreamer from Barrow-in-Furness, who, with the support of his family and friends, managed to gain entry to the 1976 British Open, qualifying despite never playing a round of golf before.

2. With pluckiness and unwavering self-belief, Maurice pulls off a series of stunning, hilarious and heartwarming attempts to compete at the highest level of professional golf, drawing the ire of the golfing elite but becoming a British folk hero in the process.

3. Directed by actor-turned-director Craig Roberts, ‘The Phantom…’ stars Academy Award® Winner Mark Rylance as Maurice, Academy Award® Nominee Sally Hawkins as his wife Jean and BAFTA nominee Rhys Ifans as his nemesis Mackenzie.

4. An uplifting and moving comedy drama about pursuing your dreams and shooting for the stars, no matter what hand you’re dealt.

Andy’s Verdict: Fore all the family!

Release: In cinemas, March 18.

What you may need to know.

1. This is the first official trailer, ‘dropped’ last night.

2. Bullet Train is a ‘comedy actioner‘ starring Brad Pitt and directed by David Leitch, (Deadpool 2′, ‘John Wick’ and ‘Atomic Blonde).

3. Joining Pitt, who ‘did most of the stunts’ himself (hmm) are Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, and Benito “Bad Bunny” Ocasio.

4. Announced back in 2017, Bullet Train is based on the novel ‘Maria Beetle’ by Kōtarō Isaka.

5. Pitt is Ladybug, an experienced assassin, who boards a bullet train and encounters several other professional killers: Prince (Joey King), Tangerine (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), Lemon (Brian Tyree Henry) and Hornet (Zazie Beetz).

5. Also on the train is Kimura (Andrew Koji), a father seeking revenge after Prince put his son in a coma. The killers soon realise that their various targets are all interrelated, and their assignments quickly spiral out of control.

6. Lady Gaga.was originally on board to play an assassin but missed the, er, train (to focus on ‘House of Gucci‘).

Andy’s Verdict: Pulp Fiction on the move.

Release:  July 15.

What you may need to know

1. Brilliant, but reclusive author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels.

2. Dashing book cover model Alan (Channing Tatum), has dedicated his life to embodying the hero character, “Dash.”

3. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) who hopes that she can lead him to the ancient lost city’s treasure from her latest story.

4. Wanting to prove that he can be a hero in real life, Alan sets off to rescue Loretta. Thrust into an epic jungle adventure, the unlikely pair will need to work together to survive the elements and find the ancient treasure before it’s lost FOREVER.

2. Brothers Adam Nee And Aaron Nee direct while swoon-maker Brad Pitt makes a fittingly heroic cameo.

Andy’s Verdict: The Adventure is Real. The Heroes are Not.

Release: March

What you may need to know.

1. Following a teaser last month, Director Baz Lurhmannn has released the full trailer for the upcoming biopic of Elvis starring Austin Butler as the rock icon and Tom Hanks as his manager Colonel Tom Parker.

2. We get a trip through the three decades of the star’s career, which lasted from his breakthrough  in 1956 to his untimely death at 42 in 1977, including the famous, 1968 comeback special.

3. Hanks plays the villain of the story who meets Elvis at a fairground and signs him.

4. And lastly, we see Elvis in one of his white jumpsuits, backstage with his Memphis Mafia and backing singers, ready to perform at one of his 1970s Las Vegas residencies.

Andy’s verdict: Stock up on the peanut and jelly sandwiches, it looks a good one!

Release: June.

Previously: Broadsheet Trailer Park: Elvis

What you may need to know.

1. A bit of a guilty pleasure, but I love the whole Toy Story franchise,

2. Lightyear is an upcoming 3D computer animated film produced by Pixar and a part of the Toy Story canon. It will be Pixar’s 26th animated feature.

2. It is the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear — the hero who inspired the toy. The film reveals how a young test pilot became a Space Ranger.

3. The Trailer carries with it all the humour, thrills and wonder we’ve come to expect from the Toy Story empire, with David Bowie’s iconic “Starman” tune lending its stirring notes to inspiring scenes of daredevil spaceflight, a more menacing Emperor Zurg, purple intergalactic portals, tentacled alien creatures and Buzz’s personal companion robot, Sox.

4. Chris Evans replaces Tim Allen for the voice of Buzz Lightyear in this iteration of the character and he’s got the perfect cadence and tone to pull it off.

5. Lightyear is directed by Angus MacLane, who helmedshort films BURN-E, Toy Story Toons: Small Fry, and the television special Toy Story of Terror.

Andy’s Verdict: Deadly Buzz.

Release date: June 17.

What you may need to know.

1. In the first official trailer for their upcoming horror-comedy film Studio 666, the Foo Fighters are going to gain a seventh member — that is, if the paranormal demon possessing Dave Grohl’s body and trying to kill his fellow bandmates counts toward the lineup.

2, Directed by BJ McDonnell, Studio 666 takes some creative liberties in the retelling of the rock band’s experience recording their latest record Medicine at Midnight.

3, The trailer finds the Foo Fighters settling into a supposedly haunted mansion in Encino, California, for a change of environment in hopes of creating a stellar tenth studio album.

4. But as the days go by, Grohl’s writer’s block – which is brushed off by Lionel Richie ( yeah you read that right )  and the rest of the band – feelings of unease give way to something much stranger than they had anticipated.

5, From there, Grohl’s demons become less creative and more literal as he’s overtaken by a spirit with a knack for violence. During one recording session, his domineering frontman nature leads to a gory decapitation by way of a shiny gold cymbal, as you do.

6. The film stars Grohl and fellow Foos’  Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, and Rami Jaffee alongside Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman and Jenna Ortega.

Andy’s Verdict: Shakes head up and down while thinking of The Shining.

Release date: February 25.