The Important News
Photo Bomb: Suicide Squad dropped more pictures of the Joker and the rest of the cast of characters. Zootopia introduced us to new characters and who plays them.
Star Wars Mania: J.J. Abrams said that it’s no accident we haven’t seen Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailers.
Franchise Fever: Ben Affleck is definitely interested in directing a Batman movie. Producer Frank Marshall won’t let another actor be cast as Indiana Jones. Pom Klementieff has joined Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
Sequelitis: Common will play the villain in John Wick 2. Elizabeth Banks will direct Pitch Perfect 3. Paul King will direct Paddington 2. Billy Bob Thornton confirmed he’s doing Bad Santa 2.
Disney Deliria: The ride The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror is going to be a movie.
Casting Net: Johnny Depp will star in Edgar Wright’s Neil Gaiman adaptation Fortunately, the Milk. Justin Theroux has replaced Chris Evans in The Girl on the Train.
Leading Ladies: Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate and Kristen Bell will star in the movie formerly titled Bad Moms. Rihanna will star in Luc Besson’s Valerian. Michelle Rodriguez will star in the transgender assassin movie Tomboy: A Revenger’s Tale. Kristen Stewart and Chloe Sevigny will star in a new Lizzie Borden biopic.
New Directors, New Films: George Clooney will direct the Coen brothers-scripted noir Suburbicon.
Remake Report: John Woo will remake his own movie The Killer. Sandra Bullock may lead an all-female Ocean’s 11 remake.
Box Office: New releases fared poorly last weekend.
Ways of Seeing: Netflix revealed that more than 3 million people streamed Beasts of No Nation.
The Videos and Geek Stuff
New Movie Trailers: The Ridiculous Six, By the Sea, The Assassin, The World of Kanako, The Lady in the Van, Don Verdean, Dirty Grandpa and Hello, My Name is Doris.
TV Spots: Creed and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
See: Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer reactions from the characters of Apollo 13 and from the characters of Inside Out.
Watch: A mashup of the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer and the new Star Trek movies. And a mashup of the new trailer with the original trilogy. And a mashup of the trailer with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
See: The Jar Jar Binks edition of the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer.
Gaze Upon: Stunning artwork combining Star Wars with the Day of the Dead imagery.
TV Preview: Eli Roth and Jason Blum’s South of Hell.
Learn: How many calories is the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man?
See: Beyonce dressed as Storm from X-Men.
Learn: Why MI6 wouldn’t hire James Bond today.
Watch: One James Bond plays another James Bond at poker. And a James Bond fan sneaks into the premiere.
See: Kristen Wiig parodies Oscar bait in a fake trailer.
Learn: How to kill a zombie according to the movies.
See: This week’s best new movie posters.
Our Features
Horror Movie Guide: A salute to geeky horror movie heroes. The best new horror movies to watch this Halloween.
Halloween Movie Guide: 10 perfect pumpkins in the movies.
Comic Book Movie Guide: The 10 best Batmobiles.
Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And here’s our guide to everything hitting DVD and Blu-ray this week.
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