The Important News
First Looks: Chris Pine and Said Taghmaoui in Wonder Woman. “Constable Zuvio” in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Marvel Madness: Scott Adkins joined Doctor Strange.
Remake Report: Christopher Nolan’s Memento is going to be remade. Roar Uthaug will direct the Tomb Raider reboot.
Casting Net: Matthew McConaughey might star in The Dark Tower. Alexandra Daddario joined the Baywatch movie. Emma Stone will portray Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes.
Reunion Station: Julianne Moore will reunite with Todd Haynes for Wonderstruck. Joaquin Phoenix will reunite with Casey Affleck for Far Bright Star.
Sequelitis: Prometheus 2 is now titled Alien: Covenant. And its plot has been revealed. Val Killmer is returning for Top Gun 2. Christopher McQuarrie may return to helm Mission: Impossible 6.
Franchise Fever: The Fast and the Furious franchise may get spin-offs and prequels. The Merlin Saga will become a franchise via one of the Lord of the Rings writers. Universal revealed new info on its Monsters shared universe.
New Directors/New Films: Edgar Wright is directing an animated movie about shadows.
Box Office: SPECTRE was still the biggest movie in America last weekend.
Exhibition Mission: The Weinstein Company have been busy buying up 70mm projectors for The Hateful Eight.
Festival Fare: Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some will open SXSW next year.
Stunt of the Century: Robert Rodriguez and John Malkovich made a movie that won’t be seen until 2115.
The Videos and Geek Stuff
New Movie Trailers: The Huntsman: Winter’s War, Midnight Special, Zoolander 2, Now You See Me 2, A Monster Calls, How to Be Single, Gods of Egypt, Exposed, Son of Saul, The Boss, I Am Thor and The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun.
See: The new Gods of Egypt trailer mashed with Stargate.
Watch: What The Hunger Games would have looked like in 1992. And what it looks like starring a kitten. And what it looks like recapped with animation.
See: Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games in a rap battle versus Harry Potter‘s Hermione Granger.
Watch: A sweded trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And Harrison Ford’s surprising call to Star Wars fans.
See: How many people Luke Skywalker kills in the Star Wars movies. And an honest trailer for the first Star Wars.
Learn: Why George Lucas will never direct another Star Wars movie.
Watch: The alternate opening to Blade Runner, which will be in Blade Runner 2.
See: What Wonder Woman would have looked like in George Miller’s Justice League: Mortal.
Watch: A new Robert De Niro movie that debuted on Facebook.
Our Features
New Movie Guide: How The Hunger Games Smuggled Revolution Into Mainstream Cinema. And everything you need to know about The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
Holiday Movie Guide: Fun facts about Home Alone.
Marvel Movie Guide: All you need to know about Valkyrie, who may be in Thor: Ragnarok.
Comic Book Movie Guides: How Justice League Dark will fit into the DC Extended Universe. And can a Flash movie succed alongside the hit TV show?
Movie Flashback: Remembering the Supergirl movie.
Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The 2015 sci-fi movie state of the union.
Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week.
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