The Important News
Casting: Tom Holland is officially the new Spider-Man. Jason Statham will return for Furious 8. Julia Stiles will return for Bourne 5. And Alicia Vikander is confirmed for Bourne 5. Beyonce is rumored to be joining The Avengers. Chris Pine is rumored to be joining the Justice League. Dwayne Johnson will battle monsters in Rampage. Arnold Schwarzenegger will star in the drama 478. Channing Tatums is no longer doing a Ghostbusters movie.
New Directors/New Gigs: Jon Watts will deliver the next Spider-Man movie. James Mangold will make an Ingrid Bergman biopic. Ava DuVernay is rumored to be directing Black Panther. Ben Affleck is rumored to be directing a Batman movie. William Friedkin will direct the To Live and Die in L.A. TV show. Gavin O’Connor is making a FIFA scandal movie.
Box Office: Inside Out had the best opening of all time for an original, non-sequel movie. Furious 7 is now the third highest-grossing movie of all time.
Franchise Fever: Independence Day 2 got a new title. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension will be the final installment. Peter Docter is not interested in making an Inside Out 2. Star Trek 3 began filming. Arnold Schwarzenegger says Twins 2 is still happening.
The Videos and Geek Stuff
New Movie Trailers: Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Dragon Blade, Final Girl, Independence Day: Resurgence, Hitman: Agent 47, Masterminds, Sleeping With Other People and
TV spots: Ant-Man.
Watch: An honest trailer for Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
See: Lexus made its own hoverboards.
Watch: New Spider-Man Tom Holland do flips in his backyard.
See: Chris Pratt re-creates his raptor-taming bit at a children’s hospital.
Watch: RoboCop challenges the Terminator to a rap battle.
Read: Joe Dante reveals how Steven Spielberg changed Gizmo in Gremlins.
Watch: A video guide to David Fincher’s love of yellow and blue.
See: What a Spaceballs Lego set would look like.
Watch: Mark Wahlberg joins the New Kids on the Block on stage.
See: What Magic Mike would look like as written by kids.
Watch: Supervillains make their entrance in a supercut video.
Hear: An a capella tribute to Back to the Future.
See: This week’s best new movie posters.
Our Features
Geek Movie Guide: Pros and cons of a solo Hulk movie.
Comic Book Movie Guide: Batman Unchained could have saved superhero movies in the ’90s.
Comic Book Movie Guide: The new Green Lantern movie should include multiple Green Lanterns.
Horror Guide: We tried to survive the experience of being in a zombie movie.
Horror Movie Guide: All the latest horror news and trailers.
Interview: Jason Blum on the future of Blumhouse Productions.
Animated Movie Guide: 5 fun facts about Pixar’s Lava.
Essay: The funny, scary and weird ways movies corrupt your childhood.
R.I.P.: We remembered composer James Horner, who died in a plane crash.
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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