Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
Ready Player One author’s next movie moves forward: As Ready Player One dominates the box office, the next book by author Ernest Cline, Armada, has been put on a fast track to production by Universal. Read more here.
GREAT NEWS
Steven Spielberg is finally going to make a Stephen King movie: Speaking of Ready Player One, director Steven Spielberg is certain he’ll make an adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman. Read more about that here and about Spielberg’s other upcoming projects here.
SURPRISING NEWS
The Last Starfighter reboot is in development: Despite the fact that Universal is moving forward on the Last Starfighter-inspired Armada (see above), writers Gary Whitta and Jonathan R. Beutel are also working on an actual Last Starfighter movie. Read more here.
EXCLUSIVE BUZZ
Joaquin Phoenix talks his interest in playing the Joker: We talked to Joaquin Phoneix about his new movie, You Were Never Really Here, and his possible future role as DC villain the Joker. Read all about that here and our longer interview here.
COOL CULTURE
Sylvester Stallone shares Creed II production start: Creed II began filming in Philadelphia this week, and Sylvester Stallone posted a video to Instagram to kick things off from the set. Watch it below.
MUST-WATCH TRAILERS
Night School pits Kevin Hart against Tiffany Haddish: Rising star Tiffany Haddish is already stealing the spotlight from Kevin Hart in the trailer for his upcoming movie Night School, which also reunites Haddish with Girls Trip director Malcolm D. Lee. Watch it below.
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A Quiet Place seals the deal: As the acclaimed new horror movie A Quiet Place arrives in theaters, a final trailer arrived to make sure everyone is aware. Watch it below.
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Teen Titans Go! to the Movies sells superheroes to kids: The upcoming animated feature version of the Teen Titans Go! series dropped a new TV spot that makes it clear this movie is for kids. Watch it below.
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