The Important News
First Looks: DC debuted the first footage of Wonder Woman. The Flash and Cyborg made their DC Extended Universe debut cool concept art.
More DC Delirium: Connie Nielsen will play Wonder Woman’s mother.
Marvel Madness: Benedict Wong will play sidekick Wong in Doctor Strange.
Star Wars Mania: Star Wars: Episode VIII was delayed until December 2017.
Box Office: Ride Along 2 overthrew Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Casting Net: Johnny Depp will star in Triple Frontier. Tina Fey and Ronda Rousey will star in a comedy together. Jennifer Lawrence will star in a movie about Fidel Castro’s lover/would-be assassin.
Remake Report: Tom Cruise is officially starring in The Mummy. Ilfenesh Hadera will play Dwayne Johnson’s love interest in Baywatch. McG might direct the He-Man reboot.
Franchise Fever: Tyler Perry is making a Madea Halloween movie. Jurassic World 2 is in search of a director.
Sequelitis: Avatar 2 was delayed again.
Title Time: Vin Diesel confirmed the title Fast 8 for the next part in the Fast and Furious franchise.
New Directors/New Films: Rob Cohen is making a movie about hackers fighting a hurricane. Adam McKay is making another comedy with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.
Awards: Spotlight was named Best Picture at the Critics’ Choice Awards. The Academy announced new rules to make Oscar nominations more diverse.
Ways of Seeing: Groundhog Day is playing at one cinema over and over on Groundhog Day.
The Videos and Geek Stuff
New Movie Trailers: Suicide Squad, Keanu, The Divergent Series: Allegiant, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, Barbershop: The Next Cut, The Invitation, Term Life, The Wave and Forsaken.
Watch: A very weird version of the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer.
See: Adam Driver’s parody Star Wars: The Force Awakens on SNL. And an action figure inspired by that parody.
Watch: A mashup of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Cast Away.
See: A Star Wars: The Force Awakens sequel comic featuring a villainous Jar Jar.
Buy: Luke Skywalker’s blaster prop from Star Wars is for sale.
Watch: Seth Meyers parody of Boston-set movies.
See: Why Michael B. Jordan is the true best actor of 2015.
Watch: The movies of 2015 recapped in Lego.
See: All the historical inaccuracies in Disney animated classics.
Watch: A brief history of swearing in the movies. And a supercut of actors acting opposite themselves.
See: This week’s best new movie posters. And a bunch of new Suicide Squad posters. And honest posters of Oscar nominees.
Our Features
Film Festival Guide: The movies people will be talking about at Sundance this year.
Film Festival Guide: Horror films at Sundance this year.
Horror Movie Guide: All the latest in horror news and trailers.
Sci-Fi Movie Guide: Jacob Gentry shares the five movies that influenced Synchronicity.
Comic Book Movie Guide: Breaking down the DC Movies TV special.
Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week.
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