Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:

BIG NEWS

Ron Howard revealed the Han Solo movie title: Solo: A Star Wars Story isn’t a surprising title for the standalone young Han Solo movie, but at least we know what to call it now. Read all we know about the movie here and check out some extra Star Wars news and rumors here and here and here.

TERRIFIC NEWS

The New Mutants will kick off an X-Men horror trilogy: If you liked what you saw in last week’s terrifying The New Mutants trailer, then you’ll be happy to know that it’s just the first in a trilogy that will cover different types of horror. Read more details from director Josh Boone here.

AWARDS BUZZ

Get Out leads Gotham Awards nominees: One of the first big awards events of the year has announced its nominees, including many for Get Out. That’s great for the horror movie’s Oscar chances. Read more here.

COOL CULTURE

Geostorm pranks New York City: This weekend sees the release of the disaster movie Geostorm, a promotion for which involved scaring New York cab riders with a surprise detour into winter conditions. Watch the prank below.

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EXCLUSIVE BUZZ

Kevin Feige on the possibility of a female Thor movie: We talked to Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige in anticipation of the release of Thor: Ragnarok and got him to address the possibility that the female Thor of the comics could wind up with her own movie. Read what he had to say here.

MUST-WATCH TRAILERS

Black Panther teases something never seen before: Marvel unveiled another Black Panther trailer this week that shows off more of the movie’s supervillains and hints that we’ve never seen anything quite like this in the MCU. Watch it below.

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12 Strong sends Thor to war: The first trailer for 12 Strong showcases Thor: Ragnarok star Chris Hemsworth as a real American hero, leading troops in Afghanistan after 9/11. Check out the third spot below:

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I Love You, Daddy looks very funny: I Love You, Daddy is Louis CK’s first feature in decades as a director, and it looks good enough to hope for more movies by the comedian in the future. Check it out here:

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Film History Lesson of the Day:

For Fandor, Luis Azevedo looks at the history of werewolves, particularly in movies from Werewolf of London to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:

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Movie Trivia of the Day:

With Halloween coming up, Screen Rant looks into the dark truth behind the original script for Monster House:

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Movie Science of the Day:

Why does Captain America’s shield bounce? Kyle Hill gives a scientific explanation for Nerdist:

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Film Legend of the Day:

Wonder Woman goes through the Film Theorists’heavy point-based analysis to determine where it ranks among film legends:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Divine, who would have turned 72 today, with director John Waters and co-star Tab Hunter on the set of the 1981 cult classic Polyester:

Filmmaker in Focus:

With David Fincher’s new series Mindhunter out on Netflix, The Nerdwriter looks at the filmmaker’s work and how he “hijacks your eyes”:

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Video Essay of the Day:

Matt Draper explores the legacy of John Carpenter’s The Thing and what has made it a classic over time:

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Alternate Poster of the Day:

For his month-long horror-poster-a-day project, Matt Talbot offers a different take on last weekend’s box office hit, Happy Death Day:

My #31DaysOfHorror poster today is for #HappyDeathDayMovie ! Really dug this fun slasher film. @blumhouse FTW again! #31daysofhalloweenpic.twitter.com/5EUEa97I7H

— Matt Talbot (@mattrobot) October 18, 2017

Cosplay of the Day:

Mineralblu’s video showcasing the best cosplay of this year’s New York Comic Con includes It, Coraline, Transformers, Wonder Woman costumes and much more:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 10th anniversary of the release of Ben Affleck’s feature directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone. Watch the original trailer for the classic crime film below.

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Mashup of the Day:

This fan-made trailer for La La Land 2049 mashes two Ryan Gosling movies perfectly (via ScreenCrush):

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Easter Eggs of the Day:

We got a new Black Panther trailer, so here’s Mr. Sunday Movies with a funny look at its Easter eggs and other things you might have missed:

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High School Assembly of the Day:

An Arizona high school’s dance team performs the greatest homecoming assembly routines ever. Following last year’s Pixar-themed pep rally comes this year’s The Wizard of Oz extravaganza (via Geekologies):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

George C. Scott, who was born on this day in 1927, with co-star Tracy Reed and director Stanley Kubrick on the set of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 1963:

Filmmaking Lesson of the Day:

For Filmmaker IQ, John P. Hess discusses the math and science behind forced perspective shots:

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Filmmakers in Focus:

For Fandor, Philip Brubaker looks at the Joel and Ethan Coen and Sam Raimi’s use of the shaky cam for traveling POV shots:

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Alternate Poster of the Day:

Speaking of Raimi, one of Matt Talbot’s new horror movie posters for his Halloween-themed month-long project is of Evil Dead:

My #31DaysOfHorror poster for day is Evil Dead, which premiered on this day in 1981! #31daysofhalloweenpic.twitter.com/98b7i9AExD

— Matt Talbot (@mattrobot) October 16, 2017

Movie Comparison of the Day:

Also speaking of Raimi, with Spider-Man: Homecoming out in theaters, Couch Tomato shows 24 reasons why it’s better than the Spider-Man trilogy:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Check out the Extreme Costumes Bumblebee from Transformers cosplay at this year’s New York Comic Con via mineralblu:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

This week is the 20th anniversary of the release of The Devil’s Advocate. Watch the original trailer for the classic thriller below.

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Prank of the Day:

Warner Bros. fooled a bunch of people in New York City with a sudden weather change to promote Geostorm (via Geekologie):

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Alternate Sequel of the Day:

What if Jurassic Park II was much different and starred Bruce Willis along with a returning Samuel L. Jackson? Here’s a fake trailer showing the answer by Rich Williamson:

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Alternate Endings of the Day:

Just in time for today’s home video release, here’s a funny animated look at how Spider-Man: Homecoming should have ended:

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Effects Breakdown of the Day:

Speaking of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Imageworks shares how they animated the title superhero in his new movie:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Michael McKean, who turns 70 today, in a publicity photo for his role as Mr. Green in 1985’s Clue:

Film Studies Lesson of the Day:

Now You See It looks at the meaning of physical injuries in movies and how it usually also represents something internal:

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Movie Science of the Day:

For Nerdist, Kyle Hill scientifically explains how deflector shields work in the Star Trek movies and TV shows:

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Cosplay of the Day:

If the director of the movie says it’s true, then this is indeed the best Doctor Strange cosplay ever:

Best ever Doctor Strange cosplay by my friend and superfan @AbzJHarding pic.twitter.com/sIA7ZWwiXo

— Scott Derrickson (@scottderrickson) October 17, 2017

Movie Trivia of the Day:

With Halloween coming up, CineFix shares nine things you probably don’t know about the Scream movies:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of I Know What You Did Last Summer. Watch the original trailer for the classic horror movie below.

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Fan Casting of the Day:

A lot of people want a new Addams Family movie starring Oscar Isaac and Eva Green, so BossLogic shows us what that could look like:

Been seeing this fan-casting of Oscar Isaac and Eva Green online for a New Addams Family and I love the idea pic.twitter.com/kbeiYSNVdM

— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) October 13, 2017

Movie Parody of the Day:

The Justice League trailer gets a silly animated spoof with this ArtSpear Entertainment video:

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Fan Project of the Day:

A movie fan has created an imaginary road map of “Movieland” with great movies as locations around this world. Watch the Kickstarter trailer for the posters below and get a large glimpse of the map here.

Reworked Movie of the Day:

What if The Book of Henry was made by Wes Anderson? The Royal Ocean Film Society shows why it fails with Colin Trevorrow at the helm instead:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Angela Lansbury, who turns 92 today, with director George Cukor on the set of Gaslight, her Oscar-nominated film debut, in 1943:

Actor in the Spotlight:

For Fandor, Jacob T. Swinney tracks the career of Black Panther and Marshall star Chadwick Boseman:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Speaking of Black Panther, here’s some perfect cosplay posted just in time for the new trailer:

When are we moving to Wakanda? Cos i’m ready tbh! #BlackPanther#BlackPantherSoLitpic.twitter.com/OBVIohpned

— Andrien ?? Twitchcon (@EscoBlades) October 14, 2017

Bad Film Analysis of the Day:

Learn the “hidden meaning” of The Exorcist from an alien in the future with the latest edition of Earthling Cinema:

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Movie Takedown of the Day:

MatPat of The Film Theorists makes a case that The Emoji Movie is not just bad, it’s literally illegal:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of John Boorman’s Hope and Glory. Watch the original trailer for the Best Picture-nominated World War II drama below.

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Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:

BIG NEWS

Thor Ragnarok kicks off a big narrative arc for the Hulk: Hulk can’t have a solo feature in the currrent MCU, but that’s not stopping Marvel from giving him his own trilogy within non-exclusive installments, starting with Thor: Ragnarok and continuing in the next two Avengers sequels. Read more here and here and see more on the MCU below.

TERRIFIC NEWS

Gambit is finally truly on track again: The X-Men spin-off Gambit was originally supposed to come out a while ago, but the movie hit some hurdles and Fox wound up taking it off the calendar. Now it’s back on with a new release date and a new director plus hung-in-there star Channing Tatum. Read more here and see a trailer for another X-Men spin-off down below.

GREAT NEWS

Star Wars: The Last Jedi tickets are now on sale: After this week, we have exactly two months until the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but fans were able to buy advance tickets this week, making the wait seem much shorter. Read more here and see the trailer down below.

COOL CULTURE

Star Wars: The Last Jedi brings Porg mania and more excitement: Speaking of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the new trailer has exploded Porgs into the mainstream and the meme stream, while the new spot and the new poster have been subject to more fun movie culture around the web. See one of the most popular examples of how Porg mania is being spread by movie fans below, and see more cool Photoshops and videos here and here and here.

Oh, the porg images being shared in our team Slack channel right now are glorious… pic.twitter.com/l3NDbtSO2N

— ErikDavis (@ErikDavis) October 11, 2017

EXCLUSIVE BUZZ

Kevin Feige on the possibility of a Marvel convention: We talked to Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige in anticipation of the release of Thor: Ragnarok plus the chance of Marvel having its own equivalent of Star Wars Celebration. Read what he had to say here.

MUST-WATCH TRAILERS

Star Wars: The Last Jedi teases a darker episode: In conjuction with tickets going on sale, Star Wars: The Last Jedi got a new trailer, which is filled with apparent doom for the good guys, plus teases of major character deaths and other disruptions in the Force. Also Porgs! Watch the new trailer below and see our highlights of the best moments here.

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Justice League looks explosive: The latest trailer for Justice League debuted during New York Comic Con, and it’s making DC superhero fans very excited for next month’s release. Also, Aquaman? More like awesomeman. Check out the third spot below:

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The New Mutants shows us what an X-Men horror movie looks like: The first trailer for X-Men spin-off The New Mutants arrived in the middle of the night on Friday the 13th because it’s an eerie entry for the franchise, a kind of teen superhero haunted house flick. Check it out here:

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We heard The New Mutants was aiming for a horror vibe, but debuting its first trailer in the middle of the night on Friday the 13th pretty much confirms the idea (it also opens on a Friday the 13th). The movie, a spin-off from the X-Men franchise, is based on the 1980s Marvel comic book series of the same name, particularly its darker run written by co-creator Chris Claremont and illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz.

Described as “a haunted house movie with a bunch of hormonal teenagers” and a cross between The Breakfast Club and’ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by 20th Century Fox chairman and CEO Stacey Snider, New Mutants stars a hot young cast as mutant heroes Cannonball, Magik, Wolfsbane, Sunspot and Mirage. They’re overseen by a mutant doctor named Cecilia Reyes while locked in a secret facility.

Watch the first trailer below.

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Directed by:

Josh Boone, whose last movie was the teen romance drama The Fault in Our Stars.

Written by:

Boone, Scott Neustadter (The Fault In Our Stars), Michael H. Weber (The Fault in Our Stars) and Knate Lee (Kidnap).

Starring:

Anya Taylor-Joy (Split), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things), Alice Braga (Queen of the South), Blu Hunt (The Originals) and Henry Zaga (Teen Wolf).

Official Synopsis:

“Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.” (via 20th Century Fox)

Release Date:

April 13, 2018.

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Mashup of the Day:

Deadpool and the Punisher are in two separate franchises, but the Marvel antiheroes come together in this fake trailer by Stryder HD:

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Meme of the Day:

Ever since the Porg made its first appearance in the Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer, it’s been total Porg mania with memes galore. Here’s some via io9 and Gizmodo:

68 Porg photoshops that will haunt your dreams https://t.co/nsLchRIBG5pic.twitter.com/Wsx4d8upao

— io9 (@io9) October 11, 2017

Theme Song Cover of the Day:

As if that meme wasn’t enough, here’s a video with the Star Wars theme covered by Porgs:

Who loves Porgs? I love Porgs so much that I made them sing the @starwars theme song ?? #StarWars#PorgNation#Porglife#Porg#TheLastJedipic.twitter.com/RSzYBYBdVy

— Julian Boo-mani ?? (@akaVolpe) October 10, 2017

Recut Trailer of the Day:

In case you didn’t see enough parallels between The Last Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back, The Unusual Suspect cut the latter in the style of the former’s new trailer:

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Reworked Movie of the Day:

While we’re on a Star Wars kick, here are a couple scenes from the original movie with dialogue taken out for maximum awkwardness:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Joan Cusack, who was born on this day in 1962, with Holly Hunter in a publicity still for Broadcast News. Cusack earned her first Oscar nomination for her performance in the movie.

Remade Trailer of the Day:

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, which comes out this Friday, is about the creation of Wonder Woman, so here’s a comic book style remake of its trailer:

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Video Essay of the Day:

In this video for Film Radar, Daniel Netzel explores the color coding of characters in Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver:

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Cosplay of the Day:

No, this isn’t Sophia Lillis from It. It’s another winning lookalike cosplayer, and her name is Aleksandra Bodler:

can someone find who this is because THIS IS A GREAT COSPLAY pic.twitter.com/tpIv3Dy4hH

— dani loves katie 17 (@bivmarsh) October 11, 2017

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 15th anniversary of the initial limited release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love. Watch the original trailer for the romance classic below.

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