Best of the Week: New 'Star Wars' Toys, Our Summer Movie Recap and More

By Christopher Campbell

The Important News

Star Wars Updates: Benicio Del Toro pretty much confirmed he’s the villain in Star Wars: Episode VIII. Three actresses were shortlisted for Star Wars: Episode VIII. Great new Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys were unveiled for Force Friday.

Casting Net: Vincent Cassel will play a villain in Bourne 5. Steve Carell is replacing Bruce Willis in Woody Allen’s next film. Nicholas Hoult will play J.D. Salinger in a biopic. Cate Blanchett will play Lucille Ball in a biopic.

Franchise Fever: Daniel Craig might be done with James Bond after Spectre. Michael Shannon clarified his Batman v Superman “flipper hands” comment. Straight Outta Compton could get dueling sequels.

Remake Report: Steven Spielberg made everyone think Jaws and Back to the Future were getting reboots.

Home Video News: Amazon Prime video rentals can now be watched offline.

Box Office: War Room was a surprising box office success.

Oscar Talk: The Oscars will have two hosts next year. Beasts of No Nation was worth almost dying for.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: Goosebumps, Pay the Ghost, Concussion, Knock Knock, The Danish Girl, The Fifth Wave, Miss You Already, A Christmas Horror Story, The Night Before and The Gamechangers.

Watch: A fan-made trailer for the never-made Superman Lives!

See: The best Star Wars goodies for Force Friday.

Watch: An Avengers: Age of Ultron gag reel.

See: Video proof that the Star Wars Ring Theory is true.

Watch: Christina Applegate portrays Meryl Streep in a fake Lifetime Movie.

See: What Steven Spielberg thinks of superhero movies.

Learn: How to make a homemade Ghostbusters ghost trap.

See: How the first two Terminator movies defined action movies. And see the Termiantor and tons more iconic movie characters mashed into one great nightclub scene.

Watch: Sesame Street parodies Clash of the Titans. And Sesame Street parodies When Harry Met Sally.

Learn: The science of The Matrix human batteries. And the science of Star Wars laser blasters.

See: This week’s best new movie posters. Plus three new posters for Dragon Blade.

Our Features

Monthly Movie Guide: Here’s our calendar for all the important release dates for this month.

Summer Movie Recap: We presented our awards to the best of summer 2015.

R.I.P.: We remembered Wes Craven. And we remembered all the reel-important people we lost last month.

Geek Movie Guide: Everything movie geeks need to know about this month.

Horror Movie Guide: The best documentaries about horror movies.

Comic Book Movie Guide: Why it’s okay that the Hulk isn’t in Captain America: Civil War.

Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And here’s our guide to everything hitting DVD this week. And here’s our guide to everything hitting Netflix Watch Instantly this month. And here’s our guide to everything hitting HBO Now this month.

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