Best of the Week: New 'Spider-Man' and 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Trailers, Amy Schumer Cast as Barbie and More

By Christopher Campbell

The Important News

Universal Monsters: Tom Cruise had special stuntwork demands for The Mummy. Dracula Untold is no longer part of the Universal Monsters mega franchise..

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Alan Tudyk wants a Marvel movie role, preferably in Guardians of the Galaxy.

DC Extended Universe: Aquaman has been pushed back to October 2018. Will Smith looks forward to playing Deadshot again.

Ocean’s Cinematic Universe: Damian Lewis will play the villain in Ocean’s Eight.

Sequels: Harrison Ford’s part in Blade Runner 2049 is not as big as we thought.

Remakes: Greg Berlanti will direct a new version of Little Shop of Horrors.

Walt Disney Animation: Coco will star Benjamin Bratt and Gael Garcia Bernal and is set in the Land of the Dead.

Movies Based on Toys: Amy Schumer will play the title role in Barbie.

Movies Based on TV Shows: Baywatch and CHiPS moved their release dates.

War Movies: Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk will preview footage in front of Rogue One.

Anthologies: Paramount scheduled the next Cloverfield movie for October 2017.

Documentaries: Paul Haggis is making a doc about the Flint water crisis.

Box Office: Disney’s Moana is still going strong at number one.

Awards Season: Jimmy Kimmel will host the 2017 Oscars. Fifteen feature documentaries were announced for the Oscar shortlist.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie and TV Trailers: Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Fate and the Furious, The Mummy, War for the Planet of the Earth, Transformers: The Last Knight, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Baywatch, Fifty Shades Darker, A United Kingdom, Fist Fight, The Wall, The Autopsy of Jane Doe and The Circle.

Movie Clips: La La Land.

Behind the Scenes Featurette: 20th Century Women.

Movie Images: Dwayne Johnson in action for Jumanji.

Easter Eggs: All the references in the new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer.

Supercuts: Die Hard body count tally.

Mashups: The Mummy mixed with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Batman v Superman combined with Star Wars and E.T. meets Home Alone.

Remade Trailers: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story sweded trailer.

Reimagined Movies: Finding Dory as a thriller and Weiner if focused on Huma Abedin.

Movie Posters: All of this week’s best new posters.

Our Features

Fox Preview: We report on footage we saw from Alien: Covenant, Wolverine and War for the Planet of the Apes.

Interview: Alan Tudyk on whether his Rogue One character could reappear in any more Star Wars movies.

Marvel Movie Guides: We consider the possible spinoff future of Groot and Rocket Raccoon and three reasons why Spider-Man: Homecoming might be the best Spidey movie yet.

Geek Movie Guide: We recommend everything a movie geek needs in December.

Horror Movie Guide: We highlight all the latest horror movie news and trailers.

Home Viewing: Our guide to everything hitting VOD this week.

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