PREVIEW: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Brady Noon (Good Boys), Hunter Dillon (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before), Ethan William Childress (Breathing Happy), Chris Diamantopoulos (The Three Stooges), Erica Cerra (The Intruder)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Luke Cormican (film debut), director; Kathleen Shugrue (film debut), writer; Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), producer; John Paesano (The Maze Runner), composer; editor TBA

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Greg Heffley (Noon), the angst-ridden and disaster-prone middle school student, is forced to deal with his lazier and more undisciplined older brother Rodrick (Dillon), who loves to torment Greg with his wild behaviour…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Disney’s all-CGI take on the popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series continues with a fresh new take on the second entry, focusing on main character Greg’s unruly older brother Rodrick.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2^ND DECEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+

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