The Important News
Franchise Fever: F. Gary Gray will direct Fast & Furious 8. Paramount is making at least four more Transformers movies. George Miller will make two Mad Max: Fury Road sequels. Bad Boys 3 is coming soon. Incredibles 2 got a release date. Will Forte says Macgruber 2 is still happening.
More Sequelitis: Keanu Reeves revealed the premise of John Wick 2. Ridley Scott revealed the premise of Alien: Paradise Lost. Fox revealed more plot details for X-Men: Apocalypse.
Marvel Madness: The Ant-Man sequel is titled Ant-Man and The Wasp. Taiki Waititi will direct Thor: Ragnarok. Joe Robert Cole will write Black Panther.
DC Delirium: Seth Grahame-Smith will direct The Flash.
Star Wars Mania: Gugu Mbatha-Raw may co-star in Star Wars Episode VIII. Hasbro unveiled more Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys.
Casting Net: James McAvoy will star in the next M. Night Shyamalan thriller. Tatiana Maslany may star in David Gordon Green’s Stronger. Jon Voight joined the Harry Potter spin-off.
Remake Report: Ellen Page will star in a Flatliners remake. Haywire will be redone as a TV series.
Product Tie-Ins: Pepsi Perfect from Back to the Future Part II is now a reality.
Box Office: The Martian had a great opening weekend.
The Videos and Geek Stuff
New Movie Trailers: Hail, Caesar!, Trumbo, Bone Tomahawk, The Good Dinosaur, Capture the Flag, Shelter, Experimenter and Bare.
Watch: A fake trailer for Jaws 19. And a fake trailer or a Dell Computers movies. And an honest trailer for Aladdin.
See: Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a lot of Disney characters added in. And how much the Princess Leia slave outfit sold for at auction. And how to make your own Kylo Ren costume and lightsaber.
Read: Why Loki was cut out of Avengers: Age of Ultron.
See: Alternate credit designs for Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Watch: A rare behind the scenes video from Back to the Future Part III.
Learn: A bunch of trivia about Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Watch: An adorable introduction to Disney’s young Moana star Auli’i Cravalho.
See: Original artwork based on American Horror Story.
Learn: Who would have starred in Bridge of Spies in 1965.
Watch: A supercut of movie characters at the moment of tremendous revelation.
Find Out: Which obviously fictional new sci-fi movie a lot of people think is a true story.
Watch: A viral video for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Learn: Why the author of The Revenant can’t talk about the movie.
See: This week’s best new movie posters.
Our Features
Reviews: Steve Jobs and The Devil’s Candy.
Festival Report: The best science fiction movies at Fantastic Fest. The best characters of Fantastic Fest.
Comic Book Movie Guide: What Marvel is doing to fight superhero movie fatigue.
Geek Movie Guide: Everything you need to see, read and buy this month.
Sci-Fi Movie Guide: Comparing The Martian, Interstellar and Gravity.
Photo Gallery: Halloween costumes of movie nerds in the 1970s and 1980s.
Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And here’s our guide to essentials to stream on Paramount’s new free YouTube channel. And here’s our guide to the must-see new indie and foreign DVDs and Blu-rays.
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