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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It hasn’t been too long since the Spider-Man franchise was rebooted, but fans are doubly excited about Spider-Man: Homecoming (in theaters July 7) because it is the first full Spider-Man movie to be part of the ever expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe, which includes the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy.

We caught a glimpse of the new Spider-Man (played by Tom Holland) when he dropped in to one of the most epic battles ever featured in a superhero movie, stuffed right in the middle of Captain America: Civil War. And now we have our first good look at his first feature film — one Marvel promises will be very different than what we’ve seen previously from both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man movies.

Watch the first trailer below.

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This time around Spidey is back in high school, and the new film looks to embrace those sensibilities with a mix of a John Hughes-centric high school film combined with plenty of high-flying superhero action. Marisa Tomei returns as Peter Parker’s younger, hipper Aunt May and Michael Keaton co-stars as the villain Vulture. And just so audiences know this is a new kind of Spider-Man who is part of a much bigger universe, both Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau will reprise their roles as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Happy Hogan, respectively.

Spider-Man: Homecoming hits theaters on July 7, 2017.

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Mashup of the Day:

Zack Snyder continues the friendly rivalry between the DC Extended Universe and Star Wars with this mashup trailer aligning Batman with the Dark Side and making Superman out to be a Jedi (via Screen Rant):

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PSA of the Day:

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story‘s Felicity Jones settles it once and for all that she and Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ Daisy Ridley are not the same person in this MTV News video:

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Promotion of the Day:

Disney turned Epcot Center’s Spaceship Earth into the Death Star to promoe Rogue One (via Geekologie):

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Year-End Recap of the Day:

Here’s yet another great 2016 movie montage, this one edited by Ken Wu:

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Reimagined Movie of the Day:

CineFix turns Pixar’s hit sequel Finding Dory into a dark thriller in this re-edited trailer:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Louis Prima, who was born on this day in 1910, records music for Disney’s 1967 version of The Jungle Book with Sam Butera and the Witnesses while the animated feature plays in the background:

Actor in the Spotlight:

Bruce Willis goes up against characters from numerous other movies in the following two mashup videos by Movie Blender (via Geek Tyrant):

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Filmmaker in Focus:

The power of faces in the films of Steven Spielberg is the focus of this video essay by James Hayes (via Film School Rejects):

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Supercut of the Day:

Famous director cameos (Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock and more) are all compiled toegether in this trailer for a fake movie called Cameo by Filmscalpel:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 15th anniversary of the release of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven. Watch the original trailer for the hit remake below.

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Year-End Recap of the Day:

Watching David Ehrlich’s video of his top 25 movies of the year is an annual custom for film lovers:

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Remade Trailer of the Day:

CineFix sweded the trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and it still looks really awesome:

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Movie Parody of the Day:

Speaking of Rogue One, surreal movie parody maker Darren Wallace has returned with a fun computer-animated redo of some parts of its trailer (via Geek Tyrant):

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Friendly Rivalry of the Day:

Also, Zack Snyder has resurrected the innocent rivalry between the DC Extended Univers and Star Wars ahead of Rogue One‘s release by posting this image of Batman wielding a two-sided lightsaber (via Heroic Hollywood):

Movie Takedown of the Day:

Speaking of the DCEU, the Honest Trailer for Suicide Squad pretty much writes itself, except the surprise praise for Jai Courtney:

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Supercut of the Day:

Real and fictional space exploration is highlighted and paid tribute in this video by Richard Vezina (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Agnes Moorehead, who was born on this day in 1900, directed by Orson Welles on the set of Citizen Kane in 1940:

Actress in the Spotlight:

For Fandor Keyframe, Candice Drouet presents the 100 faces of Isabelle Huppert:

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Mashup of the Day:

What if E.T. replaced Kevin as the main character of Home Alone? The latest Hero Swap animation shows us:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of Daylight starring Sylvester Stallone. Watch the original trailer for the disaster movie below.

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Michael Bay made his name as a director with his sophomore feature, the rollicking action smash The Rock, which exceeded expectations as a crowd-pleasing thriller. Since then, Bay’s career has seen its share of highs and lows, but there’s no doubt that his work on the Transformers series has been an integral reason why the franchise has become so popular.

Bay excels at designing and filming extravagant action sequences that stretch the boundaries of reality. Since the Transformers movies revolve around the struggle between rival factions of transforming alien robots, obviously there’s a degree of fantasy involved. Bay understands that the fantasy factor allows him a degree of latitude in his action scenes, but he matches that with characters who display a spirit of comic-book humanity. We root for the heroes and hiss the villains and leave the movie wanting more.

Mark Wahlberg returns as star of the next installment in the series, Transformers: The Last Knight. He’s joined this time by Isabela Moner, Jerrod Carmichael, Laura Haddock and Anthony Hopkins. Fan favorites Josh Duhamel, Stanley Tucci and John Turturro are all returning. Production began in June and has just wrapped in the United Kingdom.

Check out the full first trailer right here.

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Goodbye production. See you tomorrow, trailer. #Transformers pic.twitter.com/tqO8MlLSzC

— #TRANSFORMERS (@transformers) December 4, 2016

Bay says he “had a blast” making the movie and we can see why. Sure, there’s the expected vehicular action, with cars flying through the air and such, but the English countryside figures into things more than we anticipated, and the teasing of a historical connection really makes us primed to see how all the giant robots will fit into the picture.

Transformers: The Last Knight will open in theaters on June 23, 2017.

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When most people think of The Mummy, they likely think of the tongue-in-cheek, Brendan Fraiser-starring reboot from the late ’90s that was less a horror movie and more of a family adventure that went for laughs instead of scares. But when The Mummy first emerged back in 1932 it was unmistakably a horror movie about a young woman stalked by the reanimated corpse of an ancient Egyptian prince.

So when a reboot of The Mummy hits theaters on June 9, 2017, it’s already got the difficult task of bridging the expectations of those who want an adventure movie and those who want a fantasy-filled horror movie. Thankfully the team behind it seems up to the task. For starters, it’s got a screenplay from Doctor Strange and Passengers writer Jon Spaihts and is directed by Star Trek writer-producer Alex Kurtzman. And that’s just behind-the-camera.

In front of it we’ve got Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis and Sofia Boutella, who just killed it in Star Trek Beyond, as the titular mummy. And as if that wasn’t enough, we’re also getting Russell Crowe thrown in as a one Doctor Jekyll, which should be an interesting piece of a larger Universal monster movie puzzle that is expected to bring in the Wolfman, the Invisible Man, the Bride of Frankenstein and maybe more.

Here’s the full trailer for The Mummy. Check it out.

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The Mummy hits theaters on June 9, 2017.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 may be the world’s most anticipated entry in a franchise that most people didn’t even know was a thing just two years ago. Before hitting the big screen, the Guardians of the Galaxy were a pretty niche team confined to comic books and animated kids shows. But then writer-director James Gunn came along and made a movie about them; a movie that very, very quickly became one of the most beloved Marvel movies and a box office phenomenon to boot, raking in even more money than even Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon and Groot have become a very big deal to Marvel and Disney, not to mention millions of fans all over the planet. So to say that there’s probably a bit of pressure on Gunn’s shoulders to meet everyone’s expectations for the sequel is a massive, massive understatement. So how’s Gunn going to top it?

With ease, it looks like. This incredible new teaser trailer barely even shows off a ton of stuff we know is in the movie, including returning cast like Karen Gillan’s Nebula or newcomers like Kurt Russell as Ego the Planet. But it’s still a perfect tease, full of glorious visuals and hilarious character moments.

Check it out.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. hits theaters on May 5, 2017.

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The Important News

Star Wars: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will not get any kind of sequel of its own.

Jurassic Universe: Justice Smith joined Jurassic World 2.

Indiana Jones: Indy 5 is still in the thinking stages.

Lego Movies: Billy Dee Williams will voice Two-Face in The Lego Batman Movie.

Ghost Corps: Ivan Reitman says more Ghostbusters will be made.

Pokemon Universe: Rob Letterman will direct Detective Pikachu.

Disney Remakes: Kevin Smith wants to redo Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

Disney Sequels: Robert Zemeckis says Roger Rabbit 2 would feature a digital Bob Hoskins.

Reboots: The Escape From New York “remake” will actually be a prequel to the original.

Spinoffs: Rodney Rothman will direct a female 21 Jump Street spinoff.

Musicals: Valley Girl is being redone as a musical.

Biopics: Daniel Trachtenberg is making a movie about Harry Houdini.

War Movies: Bradley Cooper will star in the WWII film Atlantic Wall.

Box Office: Disney’s Moana had a great holiday opening.

Awards: Moonlight was the big winner at the Gotham Awards. Manchester by the Sea was named best film by the National Board of Review. La La Land, Moonlight and Arrival lead Critics’ Choice nominations.

Festivals: Sundance announced the 2017 fest’s competition and Next titles.

Ways of Watching: Netflix now lets you watch movies offline.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie and TV Trailers: The Mummy, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Belko Experiment, Eloise, Fences, Sleight, Beauty and the Beast, Death Standing, Spectral, The Shack, Mad Sheila: Virgin Road and Incarnate.

TV Spots: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Behind the Scenes Featurettes: Florence Foster Jenkins and Jackie.

Movie Clips: Assassin’s Creed and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Movie Images: Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa in Power Rangers, Ridley Scott on the set of Alien: Covenant and Steven S. DeKnight on the set of Pacific Rim: Maelstrom.

Concept Art: Arrival‘s original alien designs.

Reunions: Napoleon Dynamite and Pedro reteam for Burger King and Bugs Bunny recruits another NBA star for Foot Locker.

Short Films: Wes Anderson’s Come Together for H&M.

Music Videos: Imagine Dragons “Levitate” from Passengers.

Easter Eggs: Disney cameos in Moana.

Viral Trends: Star Wars Mannequin Challenge.

Redone Trailers: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 with Legos, The Witch as a Wes Anderson movie and Harry Potter as a forbidden love story.

Expert Opinions: A dialect coach rates accents in movies and Kyle Hill discusses the Star Wars double sun idea.

Mashups: The first 2016 movies recap.

Tributes: Damien Walters performs a history of movie stunts.

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

Our Features

Movie Calendar: See above for everything coming out or celebrating an anniversary in December.

Interviews: Frank Marshall on why there won’t be any Amblin movie reboots. Brad Peyton on the special relationship in Rampage.

Comic Book Movie Guide: We list the five best versions of Two Face in the movies.

R.I.P.: We remember all the reel-important people we lost in November.

Home Viewing: Our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And our guide to the essential holiday movies new to DVD and Blu-ray.

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Talk Show Appearance of the Day:

Felicity Jones was on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week showing off some of her action moves from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story plus a badass clip:

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Movie Science of the Day:

Speaking of Star Wars, Kyle Hill explains why the iconic double sunset in the first movie would actually be cooler in real life:

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Custom Fan Build of the Day:

And also speaking of Star Wars, see Colin Furze create a giant AT-AT in a backyard for a kid’s playhouse (via Geek Tyrant):

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Mashup of the Day:

Given the fact that Disney’s Moana pays homage to Mad Max: Fury Road, maybe Toy Story 4 should, too, a la this Messy Pandas fan poster:

Set decades after humanity expires, toys roam the planet looking for purpose and double AA batteries. #toystory4 #disney #pixar #poster pic.twitter.com/lo8Tmvxqhu

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Cosplay of the Day:

Speaking of Moana, the movie just came out in theaters, but the title character has already been perfectly cosplayed by the woman in the video below. See more photos of her in reenactments and convention appearances at Fashionably Geek.

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Vintage Poster of the Day:

Woody Allen, who turns 81 today, and Bette Midler, who turns 71 today, on the cartoony poster for Paul Mazursky’s 1991 film Scenes from a Mall:

Filmmaker in Focus:

Martin Scorsese gets a nice tribute montage via the BFI’s trailer for their upcoming retrospective of his movies:

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Character in Close-Up:

Kaptain Kristian shines a spotlight on the iconic Godzilla with a historical look at his origins and how he’s changed over the years:

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Supercut of the Day:

Need something to brighten your mood today? Here’s a supercut by Jose Rico of the best smiles in the movies (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of The Girl Can’t Help It. Watch the original trailer for the Jayne Mansfield classic below.

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Film History of the Day:

Stuntman Damien Walters chronicles the evolution of movie stunts in an amazing single performance in this video presented by Honda (via Collider):

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Reimagined Movie of the Day:

The Witch actually looks almost as good as Wes Anderson movie in this lighthearted reworking of the horror film:

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

Is Pixar repeating itself with its sequels? Couch Tomato shows us 24 reasons Finding Dory is the same movie as Toy Story 2:

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Cosplay of the Day:

As we get closer to the release of Rogue One, we’ll probably be seeing more Star Wars cosplay, like this terrific Gonk droid getup that a father and son built for Halloween. See more images at Fashionably Geek.

Regional Cinema of the Day:

Speaking of Rogue One, you can find footage of that movie in this BFI video celebrating new movies shot in the UK and/or made by British talent:

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Video Essay of the Day:

Inspired by Dan Harmon, this video essay by Will Schoder illustrates why all stories are the same (via /Film):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Terrence Malick, who turns 73 today, with Martin Sheen on the set of Badlands in 1972:

Filmmaker in Focus:

Martin Scorsese likes to show things from God’s POV, as seen in this supercut from Jorge Luengo of overhead shots in his movies:

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Actor in the Spotlight:

For Vanity Fair, Natalie Portman discusses how she became Jackie Kennedy for the new biopic Jackie:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

This weekend is the 70th anniversary of the release of John Ford’s My Darling Clementine. Watch the original trailer for the classic Western below.

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