PREVIEW: Marmaduke (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Pete Davidson (The King of Staten Island), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy), Mary Hart (The Great Buck Howard), Julie Nathanson (Throne of Elves), Terri Doulgas (The Wild), Erin Fitzgerald (The Greatest Miracle), Stephen Stanton (Bad Times at the El Royale), Brian Hull (Hotel Transylvania: Transformania)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Youngki Lee (film debut), director, producer; Mark A.Z. Dippé (Spawn) and Matt Philip Whelan (film debut), directors; Byron Kavanagh (Next Level), writers; Daniel Chuba (The Boxcar Children), Jong Han Kim (The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature) and Timothy Wayne Peternel (Red Sands), producers; Nicholas Schnier (Calvin’s Dream), composer; Aalaap Majgavkar (Vodka Diaries) and Aaron Seelman (film debut), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Marmaduke (Davidson) is a large Great Dane who, despite a big heart, can’t seem to stop getting into all sorts of mischief. His biggest challenge comes when he is entered into a dog show, where he must show the world that he can be a well-behaved dog…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The popular comic-strip character gets a fully-animated reboot that offers more slapstick opportunities, with SNL alumni Pete Davidson voicing the mischievous Great Dane himself.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 6TH MAY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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