The Important News
DC Delierium: Ben Affleck will serve as executive producer on Justice League Part One. Steppenwolf will be that movie’s villain. Greg Berlanti will likely direct Booster Gold.
Marvel Madness: Michael B. Jordan joined Black Panther.
Box Office: Captain America: Civil War had a massive opening weekend.
X-Citement: The next X-Men movie will be set in the 1990s. Professor X will appear in New Mutants.
Casting Net: Michael Shannon will star in the next Guillermo del Toro movie. Dylan O’Brien will star in American Assassin. Antonio Banderas is getting his own Taken style thriller.
New Directors, New Films: Ridley Scott will direct the Western Wraiths of the Broken Land.
Remake Report: Gael Garcia Bernal is the new Zorro. Jack Black joined the Jumanji remake.
Sequelitis: King Kong 2 has been pushed back to 2019. And Gareth Edwards dropped out of directing it.
Life Imitates Art: Costume designer Jose Fernandez is making real spacesuits for Space X.
The Videos and Geek Stuff
New Movie Trailers: Assassin’s Creed, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, The Accountant, Cafe Society, Inferno, Hell or High Water, The Woods, Swiss Army Man, Ice Age: Collision Course, Don’t Breathe, Queen of Katwe, Yoga Hosers, Nerve, Ma Ma and Tickled.
Clip: Kung Fu Panda 3.
Behind the Scenes: Jason Bourne and Regression.
See: Jean-Claude Van Damme’s daughter in the Paranormal Activity Security Squad trailer.
See: The X-Men Apocalypse trailer redone in Lego. And with footage from X-Men: The Animated Series.
Watch: Deadpool stars in his own Honest Trailer. And James McAvoy shaves his head for X-Men: Apocalypse.
See: Evidence that Deadpool is a remake of Spawn.
Learn: Why Psylocke was added to X-Men: Apocalypse at the last minute.
See: How many people Iron Man has killed in the movies. And the Captain America: Civil War trailer with 8-bit graphics.
Learn: What Captain America can teach us about science. And why Zemo doesn’t have his pink hood in Captain America: Civil War.
Watch: A James Bond type credits sequence for The Empire Strikes Back. And Star Wars dogfight scenes rescored to “Danger Zone.”
See: New photos from Assassin’s Creed.
Watch: Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick perform “True Colors” from Trolls.
See: The best new movie posters of the week.
Learn: How one becomes a creature performer.
Our Features
Horror Movie Guide: The horror movies of summer 2016.
Horror Movie Guide: A look back at the Friday the 13th franchise.
Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week.
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