The Important News
Franchise Fever:: Disney announced they’ll make Marvel and Star Wars movies forever.
Star Wars Mania: Harrison Ford will host the unveiling of Star Wars Disney theme park plans. Colin Trevorrow plans to shoot Episode IX on film.
Marvel Madness: The next Spider-Man movie will be released in IMAX 3D.
Casting Net: Saoirse Ronan will star in Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut. Uma Thurman might star in Marjane Satrapi’s next movie. Joseph Fiennes will play Michael Jackson in a 9/11 movie. Kim Basinger will co-star in Fifty Shades Darker.
New Directors/New Films: Kathryn Bigelow will direct a Detroit riot movie scripted by Mark Boal.
Reel TV: The Exorcist is being redone as a TV series. Miley Cyrus will star in Woody Allen’s Amazon series.
Box Office: Appropriately, The Revenant won the weekend of the big blizzard.
Fandom Planet: Back to the Future fans will be able to buy a brand new DeLorean next year.
Awards: The Big Short won the top PGA Award.
The Videos and Geek Stuff
New Movie Trailers: The Angry Birds Movie, Trolls, Nine Lives, The Bronze, The Secret Life of Pets and Kubo and the Two Strings.
TV Spots: Warcraft, The Witch and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Behind the Scenes: Bridge of Spies.
Watch: New Star Wars character meet old Star Wars counterparts. And a new theory about Rey’s father.
See: Cool Star Wars goodies to buy your loved one for Valentine’s Day.
Watch: Gareth Evans made a bloodless samurai short film.
See: Deadpool did a PSA about testicular cancer.
Watch: The Shining remixed as The Chickening.
See: Disney’s Alice in Wonderland as a horror film. And a report on a problem with Disney princess movies.
Watch: The Martian visual effects reel.
See: How all Adam Sandler movies are interconnected.
Watch: Free documentaries from Kartemquin Films for their 50th birthday.
See: The 10-hour single-shot movie made in protest of movie ratings.
Watch: A montage of every black Oscar winner for acting. And a video essay on the 2016 supporting actress nominees.
See: This week’s best new movie posters.
Our Features
Sundance Film Festival Reviews: Manchester by the Sea and Swiss Army Man, Sing Street, The Birth of a Nation and Sleight.
Film Festival Guide: All the movies that have been bought at Sundance so far.
Sci-Fi Movie Guide: Reboots and adaptations we’d like to see.
Comic Book Movie Guide: 5 Wolverine stories we’d like to see made into movies.
Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And here’s our guide to everything hitting HBO Now next month. And here’s everything coming to Netflix next month.
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