The Important News
Marvel Madness: Hulk will be in Thor: Ragnarok. Ryan Coogler might direct Black Panther.
Franchise Fever: Godzilla vs. King Kong has been confirmed for 2020. D.J. Caruso will direct xXx 3. Steven Spielberg still says he’s making Indiana Jones 5 with Harrison Ford. Steve Zahn will play an ape in War of the Planet of the Apes. R.L. Stine’s Fear Street books are going to be a movie series. Kathleen Kennedy wants a woman to direct a Star Wars movie.
Prequelitis: Len Wiseman is directing the prequel Die Hard: Year One. Rebecca Ferguson might star in Alien: Paradise Lost.
Remake Report: Nick Cassavetes will direct the Road House remake. John Sayles is writing a new Django (non Tarantino version) movie. Lockout has officially been deemed a remake of Escape from New York.
Casting Net: Eve Hewson will play Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Origins. Warwick Davis will star in the crowdfunding project ShortFellas.
Ways of Seeing: The Hateful Eight will be longer for its first two weeks of release.
New Directors, New Films: Wes Anderson is making another stop-motion movie. Robert Rodriguez will direct Battle Angels Alita.
New Producers, New Films: Leonardo DiCaprio is making a movie about the Volkwagen emissions scandal.
Merchandising: A new Friday the 13th video game lets you play as Jason.
Box Office: More moviegoers went to Mars and Transylvania than Neverland last weekend.
T.V. Time: Two X-Men series are headed to television.
The Videos and Geek Stuff
New Movie Trailers: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Love the Coopers, The Boy, Burnt and Race.
See: How Pixar created “abstract thought” in Inside Out.
Watch: A fake commercial for the Back to the Future Part II hoverboard. And the stars of Back to the Future reunited for a Honda commercial. And an analysis of the climactic scene of Back to the Future.
See: What the real people in Steve Jobs think of the movie.
Watch: The first three Indiana Jones movies in 90 seconds.
See: Prank production signs for fake movie sequels.
Watch: The version of Steve Jobs that Steve Jobs would have made.
See: How to find the edits in Birdman.
Watch: Deleted animated sequences from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
See: IMDb’s ranking of the top 25 movies of the last 25 years.
Watch: A surreal mashup of Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick movies.
See: A Thor hammer that only one fan can lift.
Watch: What Jurassic World would have looked like in the 1970s.
See: This week’s best new movie posters. And our premiere of the Dangerous Men poster.
Our Features
Comic Con Coverage: Highlights of New York Comic Con. And the best cosplay at New York Comic Con.
Movie Recommendations: 8 great seafaring movie explorers.
Movie Genre Guide: What you need to know about Gothic romance before seeing Crimson Peak.
Horror Movie Guide: Everything horror fans need to see this month.
Horror Movie Guide: Scary movies to show your kids.
Comic Book Movie Guide: http://www.movies.com/movie-news/best-movie-based-comics/193755 must-read movie-based comic books.
Spy Movie Guide: 6 fascinating facts about Bridge of Spies.
Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week.
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