Best of the Week: Fantastic Fest Coverage, Disney is Fast-tracking a 'Lion King' Remake and More
The Important News
Disney: Jon Favreau will direct the live-action remake of The Lion King.
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Winston Duke will play villain Man-Ape in Black Panther, Sam Neill has a secret role in Thor: Ragnarok. Stan Lee shot his next four cameos in one day.
DC Extended Universe: Ben Affleck’s Batman movie might only be 18 months away.
Jurassic Park: The next sequel will be scarier than Jurassic World.
Reboots: Jumanji cast some junior players.
Sequels: MacGruber 2 is now being written. Adria Arjona joined Pacific Rim 2.
Prequels: The Purge 4 will go back to the origins of the Purge.
Remakes: Viola Davis will star in Steve McQueen’s Widows. Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley and more were cast in Murder on the Orient Express.
Box Office: The Magnificent Seven had a magnficient opening.
Family Films: Peter Rabbit will star Rose Byrne and the voices of James Corden, Daisy Ridley and Elizabeth Debicki. Justin Lin will direct Hot Wheels.
Biopics: Michael Shannon will play George Westinghouse in The Current War.
The Videos and Geek Stuff
New Movie Trailers: Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Desierto, King Cobra, Dog Eat Dog, Paterson, Fences, Rules Don’t Apply, The Beat Beneath My Feet, The Space Between Us, Justin Timberlake and the Tennessee Kids, 13th and 20th Century Women.
TV Spots: Doctor Strange.
Watch: An Honest Trailer for Warcraft. And a fake trailer for a live-action Lion King. And a fake trailer for Reign of the Supermen.
Learn: What Sam Neill thinks happened to his Jurassic Park character.
See: Why the death of widescreen is imminent.
Watch: An awesome animated Indiana Jones short film.
See: Michael Bay’s Mad Max-style stunt car used for shooting Transformers: The Last Knight.
Watch: John Malkovich plays David Lynch and characters from his movies.
See: Tom Hanks crashed a wedding photoshoot.
Watch: An incredible interview with the real man behind Deepwater Horizon.
See: All of this week’s best new posters. And a Doctor Strange motion poster.
Our Features
Fantastic Fest Reviews: Split, Safe Neighborhood, The Invisible Guest, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, S Is for Stanley and The Crew.
Festival Preview: Our guide to the 6 New York Film Festival movies everyone’s talking about.
Classic Movie Guide: We look back on the cultural impact of Crocodile Dundee.
Interviews: Operation Avalanche filmmakers Matt Johnson and Matt Miller on tricking NASA to be in their movie.
Horror Movie Guide: All the latest horror movie news and trailers.
Comic Book Movie Guide: We pick 5 villains for Marvel superheroes to face in film after Thanos.
Home Viewing: Our guide to everything hitting VOD this week.
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