Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
Avengers: Infinity War busts box office records: Marvel is the new box office champion, as Avengers: Infinity War passed Star Wars: The Force Awakens to have the highest-grossing debut of all time. See what other records the MCU installment broke here and see what Marvel has planned next here.
GREAT NEWS
Lupita Nyong’o to star in The Killer remake: John Woo is remaking his own Hong Kong cinema classic The Killer, and this time the hero will be a woman played by Oscar-winner and Black Panther star Lupita Nyong’o. Read more here.
SURPRISING NEWS
Dwayne Johnson is teaming up with John Cena: Wrestling rivals Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and John Cena, both of whom are movie stars now, are working together on The Janson Directive. Johnson is producing, while Cena takes the starring role. Read more here.
EXCLUSIVE BUZZ
Ron Howard on Solo: A Star Wars Story: We talked to director Ron Howard about Solo: A Star Wars Story, whether there will be more young Han Solo adventures on the big screen and what movies influenced the spin-off prequel. Read the whole interview here.
COOL CULTURE
Star Wars meets Arrested Development: With Star Wars Day (May the Fourth) happening the same time Solo: A Star Wars Story tickets go on sale and Netflix unleashes a new version of Arrested Development Season 4, here’s a funny video featuring Ron Howard doing his Arrested Development narration to recap the plot of A New Hope:
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MUST-WATCH TRAILERS
Ant-Man and the Wasp reveals more action and comedy: The second trailer for Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp offers the appeal of a smaller MCU installment after the epic and daunting Infinity War. Watch it below.
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Teen Titans Go! To the Movies parodies the superhero movie craze: The first full trailer for the DC Comics-based animated feature Teen Titans Go! To the Movies hilariously mocks the glut of superhero movies, contains a Deadpool reference and features the voice of Nicolas Cage as Superman. Watch it below.
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Robin Hood steals our attention: The latest version of the Robin Hood legend stars Taron Egerton as the thieving hero, and the first teaser trailer spotlights a sleek-looking take. Watch it here:
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