{"id":12089,"date":"2017-06-23T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-week-in-movie-news-heres-what-you-need-to-know-3\/"},"modified":"2017-06-23T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T06:00:00","slug":"the-week-in-movie-news-heres-what-you-need-to-know-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-week-in-movie-news-heres-what-you-need-to-know-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Movie News: Here&#039;s What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/week-movie-news-here39s-what-you-need-to-know\/22789?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\">Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/week-movie-news-here39s-what-you-need-to-know\/22789?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/FAN_RONHOWARD_BLOG_20172206.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span>Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>BIG NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Ron Howard Takes Over the Han Solo <em>Star Wars <\/em>Spin-Off:<\/strong> Early in the week, we got the shocking news that Phil Lord and Chris Miller were stepping down from directing the Han Solo <em>Star Wars <\/em>spin-off prequel due to creative differences. After a couple days of uncertainty, Ron Howard was announced as their replacement to finish the film. Read more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/phil-lord-and-chris-miller-step-down-from-directing-the-han-solo-star-wars-movie-752405\">here<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/ron-howard-will-direct-the-han-solo-star-wars-movie-752406\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/Fan_DanielDay-Lewis_Blog_20.jpg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>MORE UNEXPECTED NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Daniel Day-Lewis is Retiring:<\/strong> One of our greatest actors has decided to stop now while he&#8217;s ahead. The three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis will hang up his hat following the release of Paul Thomas Anderson&#8217;s <em>Phantom Thread <\/em>this Christmas. Read more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/daniel-day-lewis-retires-from-acting-752402\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_poster_jurassicworld2_blog_20170622.jpg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>GREAT NEWS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><i>Jurassic World 2 <\/i>Has a New Title:<\/strong> With the sequel to <em>Jurassic World <\/em>hitting theaters in just one year, we finally got the official title: <em>Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom<\/em>. What that means, we&#8217;re not sure, but we did also learn this week that Jeff Goldblum is writing some of his own dialogue and that the movie will owe a lot to Michael Crichton&#8217;s original novels. Read more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/jurassic-world-sequel-gets-a-title-and-new-poster-heres-what-we-know-so-far-752410\">here<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/sequel-buzz-avengers-infinity-war-packs-32-heroes-into-one-scene-752401\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_badboysduo_20172106.png\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>EXCLUSIVE SCOOP<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Michael Bay Discusses His First Few Movies: <\/strong>We talked to <em>Transformers: The Last Knight <\/em>director about his first three movies (<em>Bad Boys<\/em>, <em>The Rock<\/em>, and <em>Armageddon<\/em>), and he shared some personal stories about how they impacted his whole career. Read more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/interview-michael-bay-on-how-bad-boys-the-rock-and-armageddon-helped-shape-him-as-a-filmmaker-752403\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_bumblebee_transformersageofextinction_blog_20170613.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>COOL CULTURE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>The Makings of a <em>Transformers <\/em>Movie: <\/strong>With <em>Transformers: The Last Knight <\/em>in theaters this week, a lot of outlets have been helping us out with <em>Transformers <\/em>franchise <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-iron-man-vs-superman-39transformers39-franchise-recap-more\/22764\">recaps<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-how-39moana39-should-have-ended-39transformers39-trivia-more\/22770\">trivia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-spider-man39s-driver39s-test-what-makes-39transformers39-movie-more\/22778\">ingredients<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-all-product-placement-michael-bay-movies-spider-man-airline-more\/22788\">product placement supercuts<\/a>. Learn more below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_callumturnerkierseyclemons_onlylivingboy_blog_20170619.jpg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>MUST-WATCH TRAILERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><i>The Only Living Boy in New York <\/i>Offers Romance in the Big Apple:<\/strong> The latest from <em>(500) Days in Summer<\/em> and <em>The Amazing Spider-Man<\/em> director Marc Webb centers on a young man (Callum Turner) who begins a relationship with his father&#8217;s girlfriend (Kate Beckinsale). Jeff Bridges, Kiersey Clemons and Pierce Brosnan co-star. Watch the trailer here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_jakegyllenhaal_stronger_blog_20170622.jpg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><i>Stronger <\/i>Promises a Hearfelt True Story:<\/strong> Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal plays a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in David Gordon Green&#8217;s <em>Stronger<\/em>, the second major movie to come out of the tragedy. <em>Orphan Black<\/em>&#8216;s Tatiana Maslany co-stars. Watch the first full trailer below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_miles%20teller_thankyouforyourservice_blog_20170623.jpg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><i>Thank You For Your Service <\/i>Recognizes More Heroes:<\/strong> <\/span><em>American Sniper <\/em><span>writer Jason Hall makes his directorial debut with<\/span><span> <em>Thank You for Your Service<\/em>, another movie based on real-life American heroes in pain. For them it&#8217;s PTSD following their military tours in Iraq. Check out the new trailer starring Miles Teller here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/week-movie-news-here39s-what-you-need-to-know\/22789?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Week in Movie News: Here&#039;s What You Need to Know\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/week-movie-news-here39s-what-you-need-to-know\/22789?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/week-movie-news-here39s-what-you-need-to-know\/22789?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/FAN_RONHOWARD_BLOG_20172206.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span>Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>BIG NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Ron Howard Takes Over the Han Solo <em>Star Wars <\/em>Spin-Off:<\/strong> Early in the week, we got the shocking news that Phil Lord and Chris Miller were stepping down from directing the Han Solo <em>Star Wars <\/em>spin-off prequel due to creative differences. After a couple days of uncertainty, Ron Howard was announced as their replacement to finish the film. Read more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/phil-lord-and-chris-miller-step-down-from-directing-the-han-solo-star-wars-movie-752405\">here<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/ron-howard-will-direct-the-han-solo-star-wars-movie-752406\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/Fan_DanielDay-Lewis_Blog_20.jpg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>MORE UNEXPECTED NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Daniel Day-Lewis is Retiring:<\/strong> One of our greatest actors has decided to stop now while he&#8217;s ahead. The three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis will hang up his hat following the release of Paul Thomas Anderson&#8217;s <em>Phantom Thread <\/em>this Christmas. Read more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/daniel-day-lewis-retires-from-acting-752402\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_poster_jurassicworld2_blog_20170622.jpg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>GREAT NEWS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><i>Jurassic World 2 <\/i>Has a New Title:<\/strong> With the sequel to <em>Jurassic World <\/em>hitting theaters in just one year, we finally got the official title: <em>Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom<\/em>. What that means, we&#8217;re not sure, but we did also learn this week that Jeff Goldblum is writing some of his own dialogue and that the movie will owe a lot to Michael Crichton&#8217;s original novels. Read more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/jurassic-world-sequel-gets-a-title-and-new-poster-heres-what-we-know-so-far-752410\">here<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/sequel-buzz-avengers-infinity-war-packs-32-heroes-into-one-scene-752401\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_badboysduo_20172106.png\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>EXCLUSIVE SCOOP<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Michael Bay Discusses His First Few Movies: <\/strong>We talked to <em>Transformers: The Last Knight <\/em>director about his first three movies (<em>Bad Boys<\/em>, <em>The Rock<\/em>, and <em>Armageddon<\/em>), and he shared some personal stories about how they impacted his whole career. Read more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/interview-michael-bay-on-how-bad-boys-the-rock-and-armageddon-helped-shape-him-as-a-filmmaker-752403\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_bumblebee_transformersageofextinction_blog_20170613.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>COOL CULTURE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>The Makings of a <em>Transformers <\/em>Movie: <\/strong>With <em>Transformers: The Last Knight <\/em>in theaters this week, a lot of outlets have been helping us out with <em>Transformers <\/em>franchise <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-iron-man-vs-superman-39transformers39-franchise-recap-more\/22764\">recaps<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-how-39moana39-should-have-ended-39transformers39-trivia-more\/22770\">trivia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-spider-man39s-driver39s-test-what-makes-39transformers39-movie-more\/22778\">ingredients<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-all-product-placement-michael-bay-movies-spider-man-airline-more\/22788\">product placement supercuts<\/a>. Learn more below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_callumturnerkierseyclemons_onlylivingboy_blog_20170619.jpg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>MUST-WATCH TRAILERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><i>The Only Living Boy in New York <\/i>Offers Romance in the Big Apple:<\/strong> The latest from <em>(500) Days in Summer<\/em> and <em>The Amazing Spider-Man<\/em> director Marc Webb centers on a young man (Callum Turner) who begins a relationship with his father&#8217;s girlfriend (Kate Beckinsale). Jeff Bridges, Kiersey Clemons and Pierce Brosnan co-star. Watch the trailer here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_jakegyllenhaal_stronger_blog_20170622.jpg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><i>Stronger <\/i>Promises a Hearfelt True Story:<\/strong> Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal plays a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in David Gordon Green&#8217;s <em>Stronger<\/em>, the second major movie to come out of the tragedy. <em>Orphan Black<\/em>&#8216;s Tatiana Maslany co-stars. Watch the first full trailer below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201706\/fan_miles%20teller_thankyouforyourservice_blog_20170623.jpg\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><i>Thank You For Your Service <\/i>Recognizes More Heroes:<\/strong> <\/span><em>American Sniper <\/em><span>writer Jason Hall makes his directorial debut with<\/span><span> <em>Thank You for Your Service<\/em>, another movie based on real-life American heroes in pain. For them it&#8217;s PTSD following their military tours in Iraq. Check out the new trailer starring Miles Teller here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}