Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
Steven Spielberg will shoot Indiana Jones 5 and West Side Story next year: We talked to Steven Spielberg recently about Ready Player One‘s use of Star Wars plus his plans to make both the next Indiana Jones installment and his West Side Story remake back to back in 2019. Read more here.
GREAT NEWS
Tessa Thompson will star in the new Men in Black: The Men in Black spin-off will be a Thor: Ragnarok reunion, as Tessa Thompson increases her stardom with a lead role opposite Chris Hemsworth. Read more here.
WONDERFUL NEWS
Amy Poehler is making her feature directorial debut: Speaking of reunions, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will be back on screen together at least briefly for Poehler’s feature directorial debut. The Netflix comedy is titled Wine Country and will be about a group of women traveling to Napa for a birthday. Read more here.
SURPRISING NEWS
Shia LaBeouf will star in a Shia LaBeouf biopic: Although the names will be changed, a movie about Shia LaBeouf’s early career and relationship with his father has been scripted by LaBeouf and will star LaBeouf as the dad. Lucas Hedges has the LaBeouf role. Read more here.
EXCLUSIVE BUZZ
Tag will be the wildest comedy of the summer: We visited the set of Tag, the surprisingly truth-based comedy about a group of adults playing the titular game and learned all about its wild improvisational style and action-movie spectacle. Read the whole report and watch the first trailer here.
COOL CULTURE
Avengers: Infinity War Easter eggs: Following the release of a new Avengers: Infinity War trailer last week, Mr. Sunday Movies dug in to break down and showcase all its Easter eggs and other important details. Watch it below.
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MUST-WATCH TRAILERS
Deadpool 2 rounds up X-Force: Another red-band trailer for the untitled Deadpool sequel arrived, revealing Josh Brolin’s Cable to be the villain and giving a better look at the unification of X-Force. Watch it below.
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Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado expands its title and marketing: The Sicario sequel got a longer title this week as it introduced a new trailer also spotlighting Josh Brolin in a reprisal of his role from the original movie. Watch it below.
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Can You Ever Forgive Me? showcases a serious Melissa McCarthy: Playing real-life disgraced author Lee Israel, Melissa McCarthy shows off her dramatic chops in the first trailer for Can You Ever Forgive Me?. Watch it here:
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