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Female manatee released in Florida

cincylink — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 16:27:10 +0000

VIDEO: Rescued female manatee released back into wild

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and volunteers from the Manatee Rescue & Rehabilitation Partnership released an orphaned manatee into the wild Thursday.Aiya, a young female manatee, was rescued off Fort Pierce, Florida, in February of 2021. Conservation commission officials determined she was an orphaned calf who was suffering from malnutrition and cold stress lesions. The manatee was taken to SeaWorld by FWC and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute for rehabilitation.She was released in West Palm Beach in the outflow area of Manatee Lagoon on Thursday morning. Aiya has a satellite tracker to see where she swims.Video below: A look at the Aiya before she was rescuedFlorida Power and Light announced in December that it would work to support manatee rehabilitation and rescue with $700,000 over the next three years.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. —

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and volunteers from the Manatee Rescue & Rehabilitation Partnership released an orphaned manatee into the wild Thursday.

Aiya, a young female manatee, was rescued off Fort Pierce, Florida, in February of 2021. Conservation commission officials determined she was an orphaned calf who was suffering from malnutrition and cold stress lesions.

The manatee was taken to SeaWorld by FWC and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute for rehabilitation.

She was released in West Palm Beach in the outflow area of Manatee Lagoon on Thursday morning. Aiya has a satellite tracker to see where she swims.

Video below: A look at the Aiya before she was rescued

Florida Power and Light announced in December that it would work to support manatee rehabilitation and rescue with $700,000 over the next three years.

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Families of US hostages and detainees look to Biden to keep up efforts to free loved ones

cincylink — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 05:19:58 +0000

As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take over from the outgoing Trump administration, the goal for the families of Americans unlawfully detained and held hostage abroad remains the same: to see their loved ones returned home.While some are holding out hope that progress could be made in the final three weeks of Donald Trump's presidency, the families are also now looking to the incoming administration to keep up the efforts to secure their relatives' freedom. The Biden team has pledged to "work tirelessly" to reunite the families.According to the Foley Foundation, there are at least 42 publicly known hostage or detainee cases in 11 countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Venezuela, Russia, and even apparent allies such as Saudi Arabia.For the families of these individuals, each day brings more anguish and concern. Some have been separated for years, missing birthdays and holidays, the birth of grandchildren and other key milestones.'An empty chair'"President-elect Biden, during the debates, you know, many times he mentioned about families that have empty chairs because they're missing loved ones, and we're missing our loved one," said Ibrahim Kamalmaz, the son of Majd Kamalmaz, a humanitarian worker who disappeared in Syria in 2017."We have an empty chair for my father, and now we're coming up on four years of that empty chair. And hopefully, knowing that President-elect Biden cares about families, we hope that he will care about the families of the detainees and proactively and aggressively try to bring them home," he said.His sister, Maryam Kamalmaz, told CNN that they "still have hope that the Trump administration will be productive up until their last day, but we're hoping that the Biden administration will be able to pick up exactly where the Trump administration left off."Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012, told CNN that their request of the U.S. government remains the same regardless of who is in charge."Our plea is simple: We ask the governments of the Syrian Arab Republic and the United States to make every possible diplomatic effort to bring Austin safely home," they said.Some of the efforts by the Trump administration to free Americans have been reported publicly. Two senior administration officials engaged in rare direct talks in Damascus as part of an effort to secure the release of Americans like Tice and Kamalmaz who are believed to be held by the Assad regime.'I know it's taking its toll on him'In Russia, U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan acknowledged to the BBC that there were discussions underway with the Russian government regarding U.S. citizens there."I have no higher priority in what's left of the Trump administration than to advocate for Paul (Whelan) and to do all we possibly can to get him released," Sullivan said last week, but noted that "we also need a willing interlocutor to engage in discussions of what would be remotely possible and acceptable, something that an American president could agree to."Whelan has been detained in Russia for more than two years, sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Moscow court in June of this year on espionage charges. Another American, Trevor Reed, has been held for more than 500 days in Russia. He was sentenced to nine years in July for for endangering "life and health" of Russian police officers in an altercation, per Russia's state-run news agency TASS.His mother, Paula Reed, said that she's been told the ball is in Russia's court with regard to Trevor's release. In the meantime, she's worried about her son's wellbeing, telling CNN that she "can already hear a change in his personality" during their phone calls."He's not the happy-go-lucky kind of guy, even though he always makes it a point to tell me that he's fine and not to worry about him, I can just, I know it's taking its toll on him," she said.Elizabeth Whelan told CNN that she too is worried about her brother's continued imprisonment."We want to give the Trump administration every opportunity to come up with something, to work something out with the Russian authorities before the end of President Trump's term, but that's approaching pretty quickly," she said, noting that the apparent lack of movement on the case is "extremely worrying.""Every day that goes by is another day of Paul's life that he's spending in a Russian prison for no fault of his own," she said.'Extremely hard to resolve'The Trump administration has had success in freeing hostages and detainees, including Michael White and Xiyue Wang from Iran and Andrew Brunson from Turkey. But there have also been failures. American Otto Warmbier died shortly after being returned home from North Korea, after suffering significant brain damage, and Mustafa Kassem died in Egyptian custody, where he had been detained for more than six years.Peter Bergen, a vice president at New America and CNN national security analyst, noted the complexity of some of the cases, like that of Tice, are "extremely hard to resolve" regardless of the administration because of other complicating factors like broader policy considerations. "There are other foreign policy issues that may be bigger than the question of hostage releases," Bergen said.However, Bergen noted that "there's kind of a long and honorable tradition in America, around issues about hostages and kind of counterterrorism in general, where there's a lot of agreement between the Republicans and the Democrats about what to do and who should do it."Bergen also told CNN, "the way that the government deals with the hostage families is markedly better than it was at the midpoint of the Obama administration," when President Barack Obama faced heavy criticism for the handling of the cases of journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and humanitarian workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig. All four were detained and murdered by ISIS in Syria, and their deaths led to a 2015 review of U.S. hostage policy.Diane Foley, the mother of James Foley, and Sarah Moriarty, the daughter of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran more than a decade ago, called on the Biden administration "to make the return of Americans taken hostage abroad a top priority, both in words and swift action" in an opinion piece in The Hill last week."Mr. Biden knows us. He and all of America felt the horror with us when journalist James Foley was kidnapped, brutally tortured and murdered by ISIS, and when Bob Levinson was taken hostage by the Iranian regime and imprisoned, with no contact with the outside world for 13 long years," they wrote."Our families know President-elect Biden's compassion from his time in Congress and as vice president," they continued. "But we also believe he and the American public will agree that more could have been done to have brought Jim, Bob and too many others home alive. So much more work remains."The two said it was "essential to ensure continuity where possible, including a joint review with the outgoing administration of all active cases of Americans held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad" in order to "ensure that no momentum or information is lost."Their piece laid out a series of requests, including the swift appointment of the special envoy for hostage affairs, the National Security Council's Senior Director for Counterterrorism, and the Director of the Hostage Recovery Fusion cell, and "that any deals made with foreign entities put the recovery of Americans front and center, not as an afterthought."Foley Foundation executive director Margaux Ewen told CNN that they are slated to meet with incoming national security adviser Jake Sullivan next week.'We will work tirelessly'Many of the families who spoke to CNN expressed optimism about the continuity of the efforts to free their loved ones.Gabriela Zambrano Hill's father and uncle are among the "CITGO 6," the six U. S. executives who have been jailed in Venezuela for more than three years.She said she's been told "that the biggest goal here is to maintain as much momentum as possible and keep it going throughout the transition and that that plan seems to be working and that there's promising signs that the new incoming team places as much value on my family's freedom as the current administration has."Transition spokesperson Ned Price told CNN that the "Biden-Harris administration will have no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans — both at home and around the world.""We will work tirelessly to reunite Americans held unjustly against their will with their families and other loved ones," Price said.Many of the officials who work on the hostage and detainee cases are career government workers, but some — like the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs (SPEHA) — are political appointees.The families who spoke to CNN praised the current special envoy, Roger Carstens, with some saying that they would like to see him stay on in the role after Biden takes office, at least in an interim capacity. A source close to Carstens indicated he would be willing to stay on."Our goal has and will always be to support the families of US hostages and wrongful detainees with every available resource and tool," Carstens said.

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While some are holding out hope that progress could be made in the final three weeks of Donald Trump's presidency, the families are also now looking to the incoming administration to keep up the efforts to secure their relatives' freedom. The Biden team has pledged to "work tirelessly" to reunite the families.

According to the Foley Foundation, there are at least 42 publicly known hostage or detainee cases in 11 countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Venezuela, Russia, and even apparent allies such as Saudi Arabia.

For the families of these individuals, each day brings more anguish and concern. Some have been separated for years, missing birthdays and holidays, the birth of grandchildren and other key milestones.

'An empty chair'

"President-elect Biden, during the debates, you know, many times he mentioned about families that have empty chairs because they're missing loved ones, and we're missing our loved one," said Ibrahim Kamalmaz, the son of Majd Kamalmaz, a humanitarian worker who disappeared in Syria in 2017.

"We have an empty chair for my father, and now we're coming up on four years of that empty chair. And hopefully, knowing that President-elect Biden cares about families, we hope that he will care about the families of the detainees and proactively and aggressively try to bring them home," he said.

His sister, Maryam Kamalmaz, told CNN that they "still have hope that the Trump administration will be productive up until their last day, but we're hoping that the Biden administration will be able to pick up exactly where the Trump administration left off."

Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012, told CNN that their request of the U.S. government remains the same regardless of who is in charge.

"Our plea is simple: We ask the governments of the Syrian Arab Republic and the United States to make every possible diplomatic effort to bring Austin safely home," they said.

Some of the efforts by the Trump administration to free Americans have been reported publicly. Two senior administration officials engaged in rare direct talks in Damascus as part of an effort to secure the release of Americans like Tice and Kamalmaz who are believed to be held by the Assad regime.

'I know it's taking its toll on him'

In Russia, U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan acknowledged to the BBC that there were discussions underway with the Russian government regarding U.S. citizens there.

"I have no higher priority in what's left of the Trump administration than to advocate for Paul (Whelan) and to do all we possibly can to get him released," Sullivan said last week, but noted that "we also need a willing interlocutor to engage in discussions of what would be remotely possible and acceptable, something that an American president could agree to."

Whelan has been detained in Russia for more than two years, sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Moscow court in June of this year on espionage charges. Another American, Trevor Reed, has been held for more than 500 days in Russia. He was sentenced to nine years in July for for endangering "life and health" of Russian police officers in an altercation, per Russia's state-run news agency TASS.

His mother, Paula Reed, said that she's been told the ball is in Russia's court with regard to Trevor's release. In the meantime, she's worried about her son's wellbeing, telling CNN that she "can already hear a change in his personality" during their phone calls.

"He's not the happy-go-lucky kind of guy, even though he always makes it a point to tell me that he's fine and not to worry about him, I can just, I know it's taking its toll on him," she said.

Elizabeth Whelan told CNN that she too is worried about her brother's continued imprisonment.

"We want to give the Trump administration every opportunity to come up with something, to work something out with the Russian authorities before the end of President Trump's term, but that's approaching pretty quickly," she said, noting that the apparent lack of movement on the case is "extremely worrying."

"Every day that goes by is another day of Paul's life that he's spending in a Russian prison for no fault of his own," she said.

'Extremely hard to resolve'

The Trump administration has had success in freeing hostages and detainees, including Michael White and Xiyue Wang from Iran and Andrew Brunson from Turkey. But there have also been failures. American Otto Warmbier died shortly after being returned home from North Korea, after suffering significant brain damage, and Mustafa Kassem died in Egyptian custody, where he had been detained for more than six years.

Peter Bergen, a vice president at New America and CNN national security analyst, noted the complexity of some of the cases, like that of Tice, are "extremely hard to resolve" regardless of the administration because of other complicating factors like broader policy considerations. "There are other foreign policy issues that may be bigger than the question of hostage releases," Bergen said.

However, Bergen noted that "there's kind of a long and honorable tradition in America, around issues about hostages and kind of counterterrorism in general, where there's a lot of agreement between the Republicans and the Democrats about what to do and who should do it."

Bergen also told CNN, "the way that the government deals with the hostage families is markedly better than it was at the midpoint of the Obama administration," when President Barack Obama faced heavy criticism for the handling of the cases of journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and humanitarian workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig. All four were detained and murdered by ISIS in Syria, and their deaths led to a 2015 review of U.S. hostage policy.

Diane Foley, the mother of James Foley, and Sarah Moriarty, the daughter of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran more than a decade ago, called on the Biden administration "to make the return of Americans taken hostage abroad a top priority, both in words and swift action" in an opinion piece in The Hill last week.

"Mr. Biden knows us. He and all of America felt the horror with us when journalist James Foley was kidnapped, brutally tortured and murdered by ISIS, and when Bob Levinson was taken hostage by the Iranian regime and imprisoned, with no contact with the outside world for 13 long years," they wrote.

"Our families know President-elect Biden's compassion from his time in Congress and as vice president," they continued. "But we also believe he and the American public will agree that more could have been done to have brought Jim, Bob and too many others home alive. So much more work remains."

The two said it was "essential to ensure continuity where possible, including a joint review with the outgoing administration of all active cases of Americans held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad" in order to "ensure that no momentum or information is lost."

Their piece laid out a series of requests, including the swift appointment of the special envoy for hostage affairs, the National Security Council's Senior Director for Counterterrorism, and the Director of the Hostage Recovery Fusion cell, and "that any deals made with foreign entities put the recovery of Americans front and center, not as an afterthought."

Foley Foundation executive director Margaux Ewen told CNN that they are slated to meet with incoming national security adviser Jake Sullivan next week.

'We will work tirelessly'

Many of the families who spoke to CNN expressed optimism about the continuity of the efforts to free their loved ones.

Gabriela Zambrano Hill's father and uncle are among the "CITGO 6," the six U. S. executives who have been jailed in Venezuela for more than three years.

She said she's been told "that the biggest goal here is to maintain as much momentum as possible and keep it going throughout the transition and that that plan seems to be working and that there's promising signs that the new incoming team places as much value on my family's freedom as the current administration has."

Transition spokesperson Ned Price told CNN that the "Biden-Harris administration will have no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans — both at home and around the world."

"We will work tirelessly to reunite Americans held unjustly against their will with their families and other loved ones," Price said.

Many of the officials who work on the hostage and detainee cases are career government workers, but some — like the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs (SPEHA) — are political appointees.

The families who spoke to CNN praised the current special envoy, Roger Carstens, with some saying that they would like to see him stay on in the role after Biden takes office, at least in an interim capacity. A source close to Carstens indicated he would be willing to stay on.

"Our goal has and will always be to support the families of US hostages and wrongful detainees with every available resource and tool," Carstens said.

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Here are the movies scheduled to come out in 2021

cincylink — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 04:58:30 +0000

Some of 2020's biggest blockbusters never made it to theaters. A few went straight to streaming services, while several were postponed in hopes that audiences would eventually be able to see a new film in a movie theater for the first time in months.There are still numerous movies slated for release in 2021, although you may have to wait a while to see them in theaters. Here are a few. MayBlack WidowScarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha/Black Widow in the Marvel Studios production. Cast includes David Harbour, Florence Pugh, O.T. Fagbenle and Rachel Weisz.New release date: May 7, 2021Watch the trailer above.Free GuyRyan Reynolds stars in this action comedy about a bank teller who discovers he is a background character in a video game. Cast includes Jodi Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Joe Keery and Utkarsh Ambudkar.New release date: May 21, 2021June In the HeightsA feature version of the Broadway musical set in Washington Heights, the Dominican-American section of New York City. Cast includes Anthony Ramos, Stephanie Beatriz, Jimmy Smitz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dascha Polanco, Corey Hawkins and Marc Anthony.New release date: June 18, 2021JulyTop Gun: MaverickTom Cruise returns as Maverick in the sequel to the 1986 action film, when he's called back into action to fight drones.Release date: July 2, 2021Minions: The Rise of GruSteve Carell is back as the voice of Gru in the untold story of his character's childhood dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.Release date: July 2, 2021Jungle CruiseAudiences will take a thrill ride down the Amazon in this Disney adventure, along with skipper Frank Wolff and researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. The unlikely duo takes on numerous obstacles and supernatural forces within the rainforest, but the stakes eventually mean their fate and mankind's hang in the balance. Cast includes Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramirez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons and Paul Giamatti.Release date: July 30, 2021AugustSuicide SquadThe follow-up to the 2016 supervillain film includes most of the original cast, including Idris Elba in a new role, along with appearances by Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Nathan Fillion and Pete Davidson. The cast also includes Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, John Cena, Peter Capaldi and Sylvester Stallone.Release date: August 6, 2021 RespectJennifer Hudson portrays Aretha Franklin in the biopic about the legendary singer. Other cast members include Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Marc Maron, Audra McDonald and Mary J. Blige. Release date: August 13, 2021The King's ManSome of history's worst tyrants and criminals work together to plot a war that will wipe out millions and it's up to one man to stop them. Cast includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stanley Tucci, Gemma Aterton, Harris Dickinson, Ralph Fiennes and Rhys Ifans.New release date: August 20, 2021CandymanA new Candyman returns to the neighborhood where the legend began in Chicago, where the Cabrini-Green housing projects once stood. Cast includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tony Todd, Colman Domingo and Teyonah Parris.New release date: August 27, 2021SeptemberA Quiet Place Part IIThe Abbott family is back and now has to face the terrors of the outside world as they continue to fight for survival in silence. They quickly realize they're not alone and there are other threats beyond the sand path. Cast includes Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou and Wayne Duvall.New release date: September 17, 2021Death on the NileThis film follows Hercule Poirot, who, while on vacation on the Nile, must investigate the murder of a young heiress. Starring Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie and Kenneth Branagh.New release date: September 17, 2021October DuneOn the desert planet Arrakis, Paul Atreides is tasked with leading nomadic tribes in an epic battle.Cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista and Zendaya.Release: October 1, 2021MorbiusJared Leto stars as one of Marvel's most conflicted characters, Michael Morbius, an enigmatic antihero. With a rare blood disorder, Morbius is determined to save others from his same fate. Cast includes Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal and Tyrese Gibson.New release date: October 8, 2021No Time to DieDaniel Craig returns as James Bond, who has left active service and is enjoying life in Jamaica when an old friend from the CIA asks for help rescuing a kidnapped scientist. Cast includes Ana de Armas, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Ralph Fiennes and Christoph Waltz.New release date: October 8, 2021Halloween KillsThe next chapter in the Halloween franchise tells the story of Laurie Strode and her family as they're again forced to confront the psychotic serial killer, Michael Myers. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Anthony Michael Hall, Judy Greer and Dylan Arnold.New release date: October 15, 2021AntlersA small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover that a young student is keeping a dangerous secret with horrifying consequences. Cast includes Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane.New release date: October 29, 2021 November Ghostbusters: AfterlifeA single mother and her children arrive in a small town and soon discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy within their family. Cast includes Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard and McKenna Grace.New release date: November 12, 2021

There are still numerous movies slated for release in 2021, although you may have to wait a while to see them in theaters. Here are a few.

May

Black Widow

Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha/Black Widow in the Marvel Studios production. Cast includes David Harbour, Florence Pugh, O.T. Fagbenle and Rachel Weisz.

New release date: May 7, 2021

Watch the trailer above.

Free Guy

Ryan Reynolds stars in this action comedy about a bank teller who discovers he is a background character in a video game. Cast includes Jodi Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Joe Keery and Utkarsh Ambudkar.

New release date: May 21, 2021

June

In the Heights

A feature version of the Broadway musical set in Washington Heights, the Dominican-American section of New York City. Cast includes Anthony Ramos, Stephanie Beatriz, Jimmy Smitz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dascha Polanco, Corey Hawkins and Marc Anthony.

New release date: June 18, 2021

July

Top Gun: Maverick

Tom Cruise returns as Maverick in the sequel to the 1986 action film, when he's called back into action to fight drones.

Release date: July 2, 2021

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Steve Carell is back as the voice of Gru in the untold story of his character's childhood dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.

Release date: July 2, 2021

Jungle Cruise

Audiences will take a thrill ride down the Amazon in this Disney adventure, along with skipper Frank Wolff and researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. The unlikely duo takes on numerous obstacles and supernatural forces within the rainforest, but the stakes eventually mean their fate and mankind's hang in the balance. Cast includes Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramirez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons and Paul Giamatti.

Release date: July 30, 2021

August

Suicide Squad

The follow-up to the 2016 supervillain film includes most of the original cast, including Idris Elba in a new role, along with appearances by Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Nathan Fillion and Pete Davidson. The cast also includes Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, John Cena, Peter Capaldi and Sylvester Stallone.

Release date: August 6, 2021

Respect

Jennifer Hudson portrays Aretha Franklin in the biopic about the legendary singer. Other cast members include Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Marc Maron, Audra McDonald and Mary J. Blige.

Release date: August 13, 2021

The King's Man

Some of history's worst tyrants and criminals work together to plot a war that will wipe out millions and it's up to one man to stop them. Cast includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stanley Tucci, Gemma Aterton, Harris Dickinson, Ralph Fiennes and Rhys Ifans.

New release date: August 20, 2021

Candyman

A new Candyman returns to the neighborhood where the legend began in Chicago, where the Cabrini-Green housing projects once stood. Cast includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tony Todd, Colman Domingo and Teyonah Parris.

New release date: August 27, 2021

September

A Quiet Place Part II

The Abbott family is back and now has to face the terrors of the outside world as they continue to fight for survival in silence. They quickly realize they're not alone and there are other threats beyond the sand path. Cast includes Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou and Wayne Duvall.

New release date: September 17, 2021

Death on the Nile

This film follows Hercule Poirot, who, while on vacation on the Nile, must investigate the murder of a young heiress. Starring Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie and Kenneth Branagh.

New release date: September 17, 2021

October

Dune

On the desert planet Arrakis, Paul Atreides is tasked with leading nomadic tribes in an epic battle.

Cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista and Zendaya.

Release: October 1, 2021

Morbius

Jared Leto stars as one of Marvel's most conflicted characters, Michael Morbius, an enigmatic antihero. With a rare blood disorder, Morbius is determined to save others from his same fate. Cast includes Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal and Tyrese Gibson.

New release date: October 8, 2021

No Time to Die

Daniel Craig returns as James Bond, who has left active service and is enjoying life in Jamaica when an old friend from the CIA asks for help rescuing a kidnapped scientist. Cast includes Ana de Armas, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Ralph Fiennes and Christoph Waltz.

New release date: October 8, 2021

Halloween Kills

The next chapter in the Halloween franchise tells the story of Laurie Strode and her family as they're again forced to confront the psychotic serial killer, Michael Myers. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Anthony Michael Hall, Judy Greer and Dylan Arnold.

New release date: October 15, 2021

Antlers

A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover that a young student is keeping a dangerous secret with horrifying consequences. Cast includes Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane.

New release date: October 29, 2021

November

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

A single mother and her children arrive in a small town and soon discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy within their family. Cast includes Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard and McKenna Grace.

New release date: November 12, 2021

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Maverick’ release shifts to 2022 due to COVID-19 surge

cincylink — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 04:28:33 +0000

Paramount Pictures on Wednesday postponed the release of “Top Gun: Maverick," sending another of the fall's top movies out of 2021 due to the rise in coronavirus cases and the delta variant.Instead of opening Nov. 19, the “Top Gun” sequel, starring Tom Cruise, will instead debut Memorial Day weekend next year, on May 27. Additionally, “Mission: Impossible 7” will be delayed from May 27 to Sept. 30 next year.The postponement is the latest setback for Hollywood's once-hopeful fall movie season. The delta-driven surge has upended the industry's plans for some return to normality at multiplexes. The flight of “Top Gun: Maverick" follows a similar delay for Paramount's “Clifford the Big Red Dog." Paramount also on Wednesday pushed “Jackass Forever” from Oct. 22 to Feb. 4.While some studios have hedged their bets with big releases by simultaneously streaming them on release, Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures have tried to stay the course of a more traditional theatrical release. Sony earlier delayed “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” from September to Oct. 15 due to the rise in cases. Following Paramount's announcement, Sony on Wednesday moved “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” from Nov. 11 to Nov. 19.But several prominent big-budget releases haven't vacated the fall. Most notably, MGM and United Artists' James Bond movie “No Time to Die” remains slated for release in North America on Oct. 8.Until recently, Paramount was gearing up to release “Maverick.” The studio last month teased the film's first 13 minutes at CinemaCon, the annual exhibitor convention.Paramount hasn't kept all of its films. It has sold off some release, like “The Tomorrow War," with Chris Pratt, to streamers. “Infinite,” a poorly reviewed sci-fi thriller with Mark Wahlberg, debuted directly on Paramount+. But films like “Top Gun: Maverick” would in normal times hope to approach as much as $1 billion in worldwide box office.Universal's “F9" has grossed more than any other movie during the pandemic, with more than $700 million in ticket sales. But most of its receipts came before the delta variant surge. Paramount's “A Quiet Place Part II," one of the first tentpoles to wade into theaters earlier this year, took in close to $300 million worldwide.

Paramount Pictures on Wednesday postponed the release of “Top Gun: Maverick," sending another of the fall's top movies out of 2021 due to the rise in coronavirus cases and the delta variant.

Instead of opening Nov. 19, the “Top Gun” sequel, starring Tom Cruise, will instead debut Memorial Day weekend next year, on May 27. Additionally, “Mission: Impossible 7” will be delayed from May 27 to Sept. 30 next year.

The postponement is the latest setback for Hollywood's once-hopeful fall movie season. The delta-driven surge has upended the industry's plans for some return to normality at multiplexes. The flight of “Top Gun: Maverick" follows a similar delay for Paramount's “Clifford the Big Red Dog." Paramount also on Wednesday pushed “Jackass Forever” from Oct. 22 to Feb. 4.

While some studios have hedged their bets with big releases by simultaneously streaming them on release, Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures have tried to stay the course of a more traditional theatrical release. Sony earlier delayed “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” from September to Oct. 15 due to the rise in cases. Following Paramount's announcement, Sony on Wednesday moved “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” from Nov. 11 to Nov. 19.

But several prominent big-budget releases haven't vacated the fall. Most notably, MGM and United Artists' James Bond movie “No Time to Die” remains slated for release in North America on Oct. 8.

Until recently, Paramount was gearing up to release “Maverick.” The studio last month teased the film's first 13 minutes at CinemaCon, the annual exhibitor convention.

Paramount hasn't kept all of its films. It has sold off some release, like “The Tomorrow War," with Chris Pratt, to streamers. “Infinite,” a poorly reviewed sci-fi thriller with Mark Wahlberg, debuted directly on Paramount+. But films like “Top Gun: Maverick” would in normal times hope to approach as much as $1 billion in worldwide box office.

Universal's “F9" has grossed more than any other movie during the pandemic, with more than $700 million in ticket sales. But most of its receipts came before the delta variant surge. Paramount's “A Quiet Place Part II," one of the first tentpoles to wade into theaters earlier this year, took in close to $300 million worldwide.

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