Best of the Week: 'The Martian' Trailer, Chris Hemsworth Joined 'Ghostbusters' and More

By Christopher Campbell

The Important News

Chris Hemsworth joined the Ghostbusters reboot.

Chiwetel Ejiofor will play Doctor Strange villain Baron Mordo.

Matthew Vaughn will write and direct Kingsman 2.

Melissa McCarthy is a bonafide box office star.

Brad Pitt is going to be a Netflix movie star.

The Stand could be a Showtime miniseries that leads into theatrical movies.

The live-action remake of Akira could still be happening.

James Cameron endorsed Terminator: Genisys.

Joe Carnahan might direct Bad Boys 3.

Elizabeth Banks might direct the YA adaptation Red Queen. Meanwhile, Pitch Perfect 3 will again be written by Kay Cannon.

The U.S. military is making Star Wars-inspired laser weapons.

Six minutes of Ant-Man is now playing in theaters.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: The Martian, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Disney’s Zootopia, Regression, Rock the Kasbah, Creep, The Overnight (Red Band), The Program, Weepah Way for Now, A Deadly Adoption and Ricki and the Flash.

And here’s new TV spots for the James Bond movie Spectre, Fantastic Four and Ant-Man.

Watch an honest trailer for Jurassic Park.

Watch an animated version of the Mad Max: Fury Road trailer. Now read about the real love story that happened during the making of Mad Max: Fury Road. Now learn how to make your own flame-throwing ukelele inspired by Mad Max: Fury Road.

See how you can watch movies with a pizza box.

Watch a video highlighting the sound design of Jurassic Park.

Now watch a Sesame Street parody of Jurassic Park. Now watch Jurassic Park starring pugs.

Check out some new Batmobile and Wonder Woman previews for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Watch a video proving Bryce Dallas Howard and Jessica Chastain are different people.

See Wolverine vs. Deadpool in fan art inspired by the upcoming Deadpool movie.

Watch a version of Blade Runner made up of deleted scenes.

See some fan tributes to Christopher Lee.

Check out this week’s best new movie posters.

Our Features

Movie Guide: The Martian could be one of the best movies of 2015.

Interview: We talked to director Dean Israelite about Project Almanac, time travel and Power Rangers.

R.I.P.: We remembered cinema icon Christopher Lee.

Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And here’s our guide to all the best new indie and foreign DVD releases.

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