PREVIEW: Secret Headquarters (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Owen Wilson (Zoolander), Walker Scobell (The Adam Project), Michael Peña (Collateral Beauty), Jesse Williams (The Cabin in the Woods), Momona Tamada (The Main Event), Keith L. Williams (Good Boys), Abby James Witherspoon (Every Other Holiday), Kezii Curtis (Dolemite Is My Name)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Henry Joost (Nerve) and Ariel Schulman (Project Power), directors, writers; Josh Koenigsberg (film debut) and Christopher L. Yost (Thor: Ragnarok), writers; Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun: Maverick) and Chad Oman (Remember the Titans), producers; Lorne Balfe (6 Underground), composer; Larry Fong (Kong: Skull Island), cinematographer; Gregory Plotkin (Get Out), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

When young Charlie Kincaid (Scobell) discovers a secret headquarters under his house, he and his friends begin to suspect that his estranged father (Wilson) is leading a double life as a superhero…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Young actor Walker Scobell, previously a scene-stealer in The Adam Project and soon to play Percy Jackson in the upcoming Disney+ reboot, gets another chance to shine in this superhero comedy opposite Owen Wilson.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

SATURDAY 13TH AUGUST 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON PARAMOUNT+

 

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