Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
Keri Russell heads to Star Wars: Actress Keri Russell is in talks to reunite with her Felicity and Mission: Impossible III director, J.J. Abrams, for an undisclosed role in Star Wars: Episode IX, the final installment of the “Skywalker Saga.” Read more here.
GREAT NEWS
Jim Carrey joins ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’: Jim Carrey, who memorably played DC villain The Riddler in Batman Forever, will continue his career resurgence with another bad guy role in the video game adaptation Sonic the Hedgehog. Read more here.
MORE GREAT NEWS
Idris Elba joins Hobbs and Shaw: Speaking of villain roles, Idris Elba just got another one, too. The actor, previously seen as a bad guy in Star Trek Beyond, will play the main adversary against Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in the Fast and Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw. Read more here.
SURPRISING NEWS
Child’s Play reboot in the works: While a Child’s Play TV show is in the works that continues the story of the Brad Dourif-voiced Chucky doll, MGM is also rebooting the movie franchise with a fresh, modern version involving a group of kids who find a “technologically advanced” toy. Read more here.
EXCLUSIVE REVIEW
Ant-Man and The Wasp is a superior sequel: Our comic book movie columnist reviewed the new Marvel movie, Ant-Man and The Wasp, calling the sequel a “generally better, more fun, and even more kinetic offering than its direct predecessor.” Read the rest of the review here.
COOL CULTURE
The Science of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Marvel kicked off a new video series about the science behind the comic characters (and sometimes the movies of the MCU), and the first installment is all about ants in honor of this week’s release of Ant-Man and The Wasp. Watch it below.
[embedded content]
MUST-WATCH TRAILERS
Skyscraper looks absolutely thrilling: The third trailer for Skyscraper starring Dwayne Johnson arrived, and it continues to showcase a spectacular action movie with acknowledged inspiration coming from Die Hard and The Towering Inferno. Watch the thrilling new spot below.
[embedded content]
and
