{"id":10549,"date":"2017-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/best-of-the-week-the-batman-is-getting-a-new-director-the-han-solo-movie-started-shooting-and-more\/"},"modified":"2017-02-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T08:00:00","slug":"best-of-the-week-the-batman-is-getting-a-new-director-the-han-solo-movie-started-shooting-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/best-of-the-week-the-batman-is-getting-a-new-director-the-han-solo-movie-started-shooting-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of the Week: 'The Batman' is Getting a New Director, the Han Solo Movie Started Shooting and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The Important News<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

DC Extended Universe: <\/strong>Ben Affleck dropped out of directing The Batman<\/em><\/a>. Gavin O’Connor, Denis Villeneuve and George Miller are rumored replacements<\/a>. Nicole Kidman and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II joined Aquaman<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Star Wars<\/em>: <\/strong>The solo Han Solo movie began production with the fake working title “Red Cup.”<\/a> Lando Calrissian’s fate after Return of the Jedi <\/em>is revealed in a new novel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Giant Monsters Universe: <\/strong>Millie Bobby Brown joined Godzilla: King of the Monsters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sequels: <\/strong>Jack Reacher: Never Go Back<\/em>‘s video release comes with a new graphic novel<\/a>. James Cameron says Avatar <\/em>sequels begin filming this summer<\/a>. Mel Gibson and John Lithgow will join Daddy’s Home 2<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spinoffs: <\/strong>Corin Hardy will direct the Conjuring <\/em>spinoff The Nun<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remakes: <\/strong>Dominic West joined the Tomb Raider<\/em> reboot<\/a>. Diego Luna will star in the next version of Scarface<\/em><\/a>. Denis Villeneuve will helm the next version of Dune<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Action Movies: <\/strong>Liam Neeson will star in a new action movie titled Hard Powder<\/em><\/a>. Julius Avery will helm the supernatural WWII movie Overlord<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

True Stories: <\/strong>HBO will depict the making of The Godfather <\/em>in a TV movie<\/a>. Yoko Ono is producing a movie about her and John Lennon<\/a>. Dakota Johnson will play infamous rape victim Carrie Buck in Unfit<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Box Office: <\/strong>M. Night Shayalan’s Split<\/em> continued to reign in theaters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Awards: <\/strong>Hidden Figures <\/em>and Fences <\/em>were big winners at the SAG Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Festivals: <\/strong>Baby Driver <\/em>and Ghost in the Shell <\/em>are among the movies showing at SXSW this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Marvel TV: <\/strong>Aubrey Joseph and Olivia Holt will star in the Cloak and Dagger <\/em>series<\/a>. Rhenzy Feliz, Virginia Gardner and others joined Marvel’s Runaways<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

RIP: <\/strong>John Hurt passed away at age 77<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Videos and Geek Stuff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

New Movie Trailers:<\/strong><\/span> Beauty and the Beast<\/em><\/a>, Transformers: The Last Knight<\/em><\/a>, Ghost in the Shell<\/em><\/a>, This Beautiful Fantastic<\/em><\/a>, Fist Fight<\/em><\/a>, Girls Trip<\/a> <\/em>and The Lego Batman Movie<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

TV Spots: <\/strong>The Lego Batman Movie<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Movie Clips: <\/strong>Fifty Shades Darker<\/a> <\/em>and Wheeler<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Movie Pics: <\/strong>Ocean’s Eight<\/a> <\/em>and Pixar’s Lou<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Movie Posters: <\/strong>All of this week’s best new posters<\/a> and how the twist of Split<\/em> is revealed on its poster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Movie Music: <\/strong>The Mountain Goats’ unofficial canon theme song for Star Wars VIII<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reworked Trailers: <\/strong>Weird Spider-Man: Homecoming <\/em>Trailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reworked Movies: <\/strong>Edge of Tomorrow <\/em>as a rom-com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fake Movies: <\/strong>Split 2<\/a> <\/em>and A Day on Alderaan: A Star Wars Story<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alternate Endings: <\/strong>How Doctor Strange <\/em>should have ended<\/a> and the original ending of Jurassic Park<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mashups: <\/strong>Fifty Shades Darker <\/em>meets Toy Story<\/em><\/a>, Star Wars <\/em>vs. Toy Story<\/em><\/a>, Wolverine teams up with Deadpool<\/a> and City Slickers <\/em>meets Westworld<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oscars Montages: <\/strong>2017 Best Actress showcase<\/a>, 2017 Best Director showcase<\/a>, and every Best Cinematography winner ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Commercials: <\/strong>2017 Super Bowl ads by famous directors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our Features<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Monthly Movie Guide: <\/span><\/strong>We marked the important new releases and movie anniversaries in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Event Coverage: <\/strong>We reported on the annual Alamo Drafthouse Nicolas Cage movie marathon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Geek Movie Guide: <\/strong>We highlighted all the geeky stuff to know about in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Horror Movie Guide: <\/strong>We highlighted all the latest horror news and trailers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comic Book Movie Guide: <\/strong>We contemplate whether Ben Affleck might be leaving Batman behind<\/a>.<\/p>\n

R.I.P.: <\/strong>We remembered all the reel-important people we lost in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Home Viewing:<\/strong> Our guide to everything hitting VOD this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>and <\/span><\/p>\n

MORE FROM AROUND THE WEB:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:: http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/best-week-39the-batman39-getting-new-director-han-solo-movie-started-shooting-more\/22093?wssac=164&wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The Important News<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

DC Extended Universe: <\/strong>Ben Affleck dropped out of directing The Batman<\/em><\/a>. Gavin O’Connor, Denis Villeneuve and George Miller are rumored replacements<\/a>. Nicole Kidman and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II joined Aquaman<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Star Wars<\/em>: <\/strong>The solo Han Solo movie began production with the fake working title “Red Cup.”<\/a> Lando Calrissian’s fate after Return of the Jedi <\/em>is revealed in a new novel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Giant Monsters Universe: <\/strong>Millie Bobby Brown joined Godzilla: King of the Monsters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sequels: <\/strong>Jack Reacher: Never Go Back<\/em>‘s video release comes with a new graphic novel<\/a>. James Cameron says Avatar <\/em>sequels begin filming this summer<\/a>. Mel Gibson and John Lithgow will join Daddy’s Home 2<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spinoffs: <\/strong>Corin Hardy will direct the Conjuring <\/em>spinoff The Nun<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remakes: <\/strong>Dominic West joined the Tomb Raider<\/em> reboot<\/a>. Diego Luna will star in the next version of Scarface<\/em><\/a>. Denis Villeneuve will helm the next version of Dune<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Action Movies: <\/strong>Liam Neeson will star in a new action movie titled Hard Powder<\/em><\/a>. Julius Avery will helm the supernatural WWII movie Overlord<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

True Stories: <\/strong>HBO will depict the making of The Godfather <\/em>in a TV movie<\/a>. Yoko Ono is producing a movie about her and John Lennon<\/a>. Dakota Johnson will play infamous rape victim Carrie Buck in Unfit<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Box Office: <\/strong>M. Night Shayalan’s Split<\/em> continued to reign in theaters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Awards: <\/strong>Hidden Figures <\/em>and Fences <\/em>were big winners at the SAG Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Festivals: <\/strong>Baby Driver <\/em>and Ghost in the Shell <\/em>are among the movies showing at SXSW this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Marvel TV: <\/strong>Aubrey Joseph and Olivia Holt will star in the Cloak and Dagger <\/em>series<\/a>. Rhenzy Feliz, Virginia Gardner and others joined Marvel’s Runaways<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

RIP: <\/strong>John Hurt passed away at age 77<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Videos and Geek Stuff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

New Movie Trailers:<\/strong><\/span> Beauty and the Beast<\/em><\/a>, Transformers: The Last Knight<\/em><\/a>, Ghost in the Shell<\/em><\/a>, This Beautiful Fantastic<\/em><\/a>, Fist Fight<\/em><\/a>, Girls Trip<\/a> <\/em>and The Lego Batman Movie<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

TV Spots: <\/strong>The Lego Batman Movie<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Movie Clips: <\/strong>Fifty Shades Darker<\/a> <\/em>and Wheeler<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Movie Pics: <\/strong>Ocean’s Eight<\/a> <\/em>and Pixar’s Lou<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Movie Posters: <\/strong>All of this week’s best new posters<\/a> and how the twist of Split<\/em> is revealed on its poster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Movie Music: <\/strong>The Mountain Goats’ unofficial canon theme song for Star Wars VIII<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reworked Trailers: <\/strong>Weird Spider-Man: Homecoming <\/em>Trailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reworked Movies: <\/strong>Edge of Tomorrow <\/em>as a rom-com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fake Movies: <\/strong>Split 2<\/a> <\/em>and A Day on Alderaan: A Star Wars Story<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alternate Endings: <\/strong>How Doctor Strange <\/em>should have ended<\/a> and the original ending of Jurassic Park<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mashups: <\/strong>Fifty Shades Darker <\/em>meets Toy Story<\/em><\/a>, Star Wars <\/em>vs. Toy Story<\/em><\/a>, Wolverine teams up with Deadpool<\/a> and City Slickers <\/em>meets Westworld<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oscars Montages: <\/strong>2017 Best Actress showcase<\/a>, 2017 Best Director showcase<\/a>, and every Best Cinematography winner ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Commercials: <\/strong>2017 Super Bowl ads by famous directors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our Features<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Monthly Movie Guide: <\/span><\/strong>We marked the important new releases and movie anniversaries in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Event Coverage: <\/strong>We reported on the annual Alamo Drafthouse Nicolas Cage movie marathon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Geek Movie Guide: <\/strong>We highlighted all the geeky stuff to know about in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Horror Movie Guide: <\/strong>We highlighted all the latest horror news and trailers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comic Book Movie Guide: <\/strong>We contemplate whether Ben Affleck might be leaving Batman behind<\/a>.<\/p>\n

R.I.P.: <\/strong>We remembered all the reel-important people we lost in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Home Viewing:<\/strong> Our guide to everything hitting VOD this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>and <\/span><\/p>\n

MORE FROM AROUND THE WEB:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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