The Important News
Franchise Fever: Disney is making a Mary Poppins sequel. And they might want Emily Blunt for the lead. Transformers is getting another sequel and an animated spinoff. Victor Salva is making Jeepers Creepers 3. London Has Fallen was pushed back. Guillermo del Toro claims Pacific Rim 2 is delayed but still happening. Booster Gold and Blue Beetle are joining the DC Extended Universe.
Casting Net: Rachel McAdams confirmed she’s co-starring in Doctor Strange. Woody Harrelson will play the villain in War of the Planet of the Apes. Jennifer Lawrence might reunite with her Hunger Games director. Michael B. Jordan and Jonah Hill will star in a Dej Jam Records biopic.
Remake Report: Christopher Nolan might remake Akira. The Mist will be a TV series. Taken will be a TV series. Jason Statham’s Layer Cake sequel might be a TV series.
New Directors/New Films: Darren Aronofsky might direct Channing Tatum in an Evel Knievel biopic. Elizabeth Banks will direct a Charlie’s Angels reboot. Bryan Singer will do a new 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea movie.
Method Madness: Ben Foster took drugs for his role as Lance Armstrong.
Box Office: The Perfect Guy made history last weekend.
The Videos and Geek Stuff
New Movie Trailers: The Jungle Book, Bridge of Spies, Creed, Point Break, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, The Divergent Series: Allegiant, Steve Jobs, The Last Witch Hunter, In the Heart of the Sea and Saving Mr. Wu.
TV Spots: The Walk.
Clips: War Pigs.
Watch: A Spectre trailer featuring Idris Elba as James Bond.
See: What Emily Blunt had to say about Captain Marvel casting.
Watch: A video essay on movie sampling.
Find Out: How many people Superman has killed in his movies. And what Max Landis would do with Man of Steel 2.
Watch: Proof that Eric Stoltz still appears in Back to the Future.
See: Jamie Lee Curtis redo her mom’s Psycho shower scene.
Watch: Our favorite dubsmash videos by Evan Rachel Wood.
See: A comparison between Escape From New York and Escape From L.A.
Hear: A fan theory about The Matrix‘s Neo not being The One.
See: Star Wars mashed with Furious 7.
Watch: A video on modern digital explosion effects.
See: This week’s best new movie posters.
Our Features
Film Festival Reviews: Watch our video reviews from the Toronto Film Festival: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Horror Movie Guide: 5 movies that influenced The Hive. And the latest news and clips on future horror movies.
Sci-fi Movie Guide: Here’s our fall sci-fi movie preview.
Comic Book Movie Guide: Why Marvel needs to bring back Red Skull.
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 all the new indies and international films to see this month.
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