The Important News
Star Wars Updates: We got our first look at Rogue One (above) and confirmed Colin Trevorrow is directing Star Wars IX. Disney released concept art for Disneyland and Walt Disney World’s Star Wars land. And more images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Disney Dispatch: Disney Animation is taking on Jack and the Beanstalk again. Dwayne Johnson will star in the Jungle Cruise movie.
Franchise Fever: Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them began production and added Samantha Morton. What We Do in the Shadows is getting a sequel. Prometheus 2 may push back Alien 5. An animated Scooby-Doo movie might start a cinematic universe. Michael Shannon’s character Zod will look oddly different in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Casting Net: Cobie Smulders will co-star in Jack Reacher 2. John Boyega will star in The Circle. Laura Linney will co-star in Sully. Chris Evans will star in Marc Webb’s Gifted. Christian Bale will star in Michael Mann’s Ferrari.
New Directors/New Films: Mike Flanagan will direct Ouija 2. James Foley will direct Fifty Shades Darker.
Remake Report: Zorro is returning for a post-apocalyptic movie. The next He-Man movie got a new writer.
Box Office: Straight Outta Compton made history its opening weekend.
The Videos and Geek Stuff
New Movie Trailers: Victor Frankenstein, The Martian, Carol, The Perfect Guy, The Witch, Hell and Back, The Final Girls, Finders Keepers, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and Blunt Force Trauma.
Watch: An honest trailer for Kingsman: The Secret Service.
See: The cast of Suicide Squad tattooing each other.
Watch: A feature on The Peanuts Movie and an animated promo for Maze Runner: The Scortch Trials.
See: The 10 best uses of the Straight Outta Compton meme.
Watch: 3 Mad Max: Fury Road deleted scenes. And the badass Mad Max video game promos.
See: Art depicting Ronda Rousey as Captain Marvel. And art depicting John Cena as Shazam. And art depicting Evangeline Lilly as The Wasp.
Learn: How to make your own Forrest Gump type movie.
Watch: A video essay on auteurism in the Mission: Impossible movies.
See: The best of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens fan art contest entries.
Watch: Jurassic World in 90 seconds in Lego.
Learn: Why nobody can tell Clark Kent is Superman.
See: What the owner of the Goonies house has done to the place. And the horror movie house just put on the market.
Learn: Which actor Johnny Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean character was almost named after.
Check Out: A countdown of the 10 best film movements of all time.
See: This week’s best new movie posters.
Our Features
Disney’s D23 Expo Guides: Everything we learned about future Pixar and Disney Animation release. And everything we learned about the future of Star Wars movies. And everything we learned about Star Wars theme park attractions.
Classic Movie Guides: Celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Usual Suspects. Celebrating the horror classic Suspiria.
Comic Book Movie Guides: Comparing Fantastic Four to the worst comic book movies. What happens after Hugh Jackman stops playing Wolverine?
Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And here’s our guide to everything hitting DVD this week.
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