Trolls ready to star in your living room

With cinemas shutting, Hollywood has been scrambling to rearrange release dates for big pictures.

However, one forthcoming film is coming straight to a screen near you ... in your home.

Trolls World Tour, follow-up to 2016’s animated hit Trolls, will be available to rent via various video on-demand platforms, including Sky Store, from April 6 — for a fee of £15.99 for 48 hours’ viewing.

One American film executive i spoke to observed that the figure was a bargain for a family of four, sitting at home watching Trolls World Tour on a loop (well, the kids will no doubt view it endlessly).

referring to the U.S. dollar fee, he said: ‘Two parents and two children seeing it at the cinema would cost, say, $60 for one visit.

‘But if they download and rent it at home for $19.99, and have it available to them for two whole days, then that’s a huge bargain.

‘The communal idea of going to the movies, buying popcorn, hot dogs and whatever will be missing. But, hey, cinemas are going to be shut for a helluva long stretch, so it’s a smart move,’ the executive told me.

However, cinema owners won’t be happy if such viewing behaviour continues when life as we knew it resumes.

Plus, while people love their dose of Netflix and other streamers, most prefer the spectacle of watching pictures on giant screens, in the dark.

Some recently opened films from Universal, such as The invisible Man and Emma, will be available to rent on a limited basis from today.

Trolls World Tour stars Anna Kendrick, voicing the superpositive, candy-coloured Troll Princess Poppy; Justin Timberlake as Branch, her gloomy friend; and Mary J. Blige as Queen Essence.

Timberlake sang the original film’s Oscar-nominated hit song can’t Stop The Feeling, which he co-wrote with Max Martin, the superstar songwriter behind the stage musical & Juliet.