Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
Captain Marvel will resurrect villains of MCU past: Marvel’s Captain Marvel began production this week with Brie Larson starring as the cosmic superheroine. The movie will be a prequel, so it shouldn’t be a surprise, but three new characters just revealed include longtime MCU regular Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) and Guardians of the Galaxy villains Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace) and Korath the Pursuer (Djimon Hounsou), all of whom have died in past installments. Read more here.
GREAT NEWS
Sebastian Stan is headed for stardom: Speaking of MCU staples, Sebastian Stan is one of the most famous sidekicks and supporting players in the franchise, but it’s time for the man known as Bucky Barnes and the Winter Soldier to get a much deserved leading man gig with Beat the River. Read more here and check out our focus on Stan’s MCU character ahead of Avengers: Infinity War here.
SURPRISING NEWS
Peter Jackson is still making a Tintin sequel: Steven Spielberg gave an update on a sequel we figured wasn’t actually happening: apparently Peter Jackson is still set to helm a secondAdventures of Tintin movie, possibly for release early next decade. Read more here.
EXCLUSIVE BUZZ
Steven Spielberg on the future of virtual reality: We talked to Ready Player One director Steven Spielberg about the new movie and where he sees VR heading in real life. Read the whole interview here.
COOL CULTURE
Avengers Franchise Recap: With one month to go before the release of Avengers: Infinity War, recaps of the many previous Marvel Cinematic Universe installments have arrived online. Watch one of the best of these supercut refreshers below.
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MUST-WATCH TRAILERS
The House with a Clock in its Walls is a YA movie with a two-time Oscar winner in its cast: Eli Roth has directed a young adult horror fantasy film starring Cate Blanchett and Jack Black, and the first trailer makes it look just scary enough and also equally enchanting. Watch it below.
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Terminal teases a noir-tinged thriller: Speaking of Oscar-caliber actresses, recent nominee Margot Robbie leads the first trailer for the neo-noir assassin movie Terminal. Watch it below.
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First Reformed first trailer features Ethan Hawke as a grieving father: Ethan Hawke stars as a priest alongside Amanda Seyfried in the latest from Paul Schrader, First Reformed, which won an award at the Venice Film Festival last fall. Watch the first trailer here:
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