PREVIEW: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (U TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Brady Noon (Good Boys), Christian Convery (Playing with Fire), Chris Diamantopoulos (The Three Stooges), Ethan William Childress (film debut), Jessica Mikayla (Touched)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Swinton O. Scott III (film debut), director; Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul), writer, producer; John Paesano (The Maze Runner), composer; Sylvain Blais (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Greg Heffley (Noon) is an awkward young boy with a strong imagination and big dreams of one day becoming rich and famous – so long as he survives his school years. As he and his best friend Rowley (Childress) attempt to fit in with their peers – often unsuccessfully – Greg learns some valuable lessons about friendship and standing up for himself…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jeff Kinney’s hit children’s book series is given a fully-animated reboot, taking the best-selling first book in the franchise and turning it into a hilarious adventure for the family.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD DECEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+

 

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

Giant (dir. Rowan Athale)

British-Yemeni boxer Naseem Hamed rises in the sport…

Hamnet (dir. Chloé Zhao)

William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes deal with an unspeakable loss…

Peter Hujar’s Day (dir. Ira Sachs)

In 1974, photographer Peter Hujar confides in his artist friend Linda Rosenkrantz…

Song Sung Blue (dir. Craig Brewer)

A musician and single mother form a Neil Diamond tribute band…

The Best Films of 2025: #15-1

The second half of our countdown to the very best films of 2025…

The Best Films of 2025: #30-16

The first half of our countdown of 2025’s best films…

Anaconda (dir. Tom Gormican)

Two friends find their remake of the film Anaconda going horribly wrong…

Sentimental Value (dir. Joachim Trier)

An actor is forced to confront her distant filmmaker father…

The Housemaid (dir. Paul Feig)

A young woman becomes the housemaid for an affluent yet disturbed family…

Goodbye June (dir. Kate Winslet)

A family must figure out how to bid their dying mother farewell…

Optimized by Optimole