{"id":15729,"date":"2018-05-25T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-week-in-movie-news-jake-gyllenhaal-is-a-spider-man-villain-the-boba-fett-movie-is-back-on-and-more\/"},"modified":"2018-05-25T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T06:00:00","slug":"the-week-in-movie-news-jake-gyllenhaal-is-a-spider-man-villain-the-boba-fett-movie-is-back-on-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-week-in-movie-news-jake-gyllenhaal-is-a-spider-man-villain-the-boba-fett-movie-is-back-on-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Movie News: Jake Gyllenhaal Is a Spider-Man Villain, the Boba Fett Movie Is Back On and More"},"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-jake-gyllenhaal-spider-man-villain-boba-fett-movie-back-on-more\/23835?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-jake-gyllenhaal-spider-man-villain-boba-fett-movie-back-on-more\/23835?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/fan_jakegyllenhaal_demoliti.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<b>BIG NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<b>Jake Gyllenhaal joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe: <\/b><span>Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, who once was considered to play Spider-Man, has been cast as the villain Mysterio in the <em>Spider-Man: Homecoming <\/em>follow-up. Read more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/jake-gyllenhaal-to-play-mysterio-in-spider-man-homecoming-sequel-heres-everything-we-know-753215\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lincoln\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/Fan_RyanReynoldsDeadpool2_b.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b>GREAT NEWS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b><em>Deadpool 2 <\/em>is getting a director&#8217;s cut: <\/b>Despite its enormous success in its present length, <em>Deadpool 2 <\/em>will be re-released in some form in the future with an extended director&#8217;s cut featuring about 12 minutes of deleted material added back in. Read more on that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/deadpool-2-is-getting-an-extended-directors-cut-753220\">here<\/a> and read about <em>Deadpool 2<\/em>&#8216;s box office achievements <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/deadpool-2-off-to-a-roaring-start-at-the-box-office-753213\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201805\/fan_bobafett_theempirestrikesback_20180524.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b>SURPRISING NEWS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b>Boba Fett is getting a movie (again): <\/b>While a Boba Fett <em>Star Wars Story <\/em>has always been inevitable, we weren&#8217;t sure when we&#8217;d see the idea, return following the cancellation of Josh Trank&#8217;s attempt a few years back. Now James Mangold is at the helm. Find out more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/logan-director-james-mangold-is-making-a-boba-fett-star-wars-story-753228\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lincoln\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/FR_Ethan-Hawke.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b>EXCLUSIVE BUZZ<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b>Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke on <em>First Reformed<\/em>: <\/b>We talked to <em>First Reformed <\/em>writer\/director Paul Schrader and star Ethan Hawke about their new movie and its similarities to the Schrader-scripted classic <em>Taxi Driver<\/em>. Read the whole interview <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/ethan-hawke-paul-schrader-discuss-the-similarities-between-first-reformed-and-taxi-driver-753209\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201805\/fan_donaldglover_solo_20180516.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>COOL CULTURE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Lando&#8217;s <em>Star War Story<\/em>:<\/strong><span> While <em>Star Wars <\/em>fans and Donald Glover fans alike dream of Lando Calrissian getting his own solo movie, here&#8217;s a sketch of the idea featuring parodies of three of Glover&#8217;s Childish Gambino songs:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/Fan_Mowgli_FBBanner_blog_20180521.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><strong>MUST-WATCH TRAILERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b><i>Mowgli <\/i>offers a darker take on <em>The Jungle Book<\/em><\/b>: The first trailer arrived for the other performance-capture-based <em>Jungle Book <\/em>movie, Andy Serkis&#8217;s <em>Mowgli<\/em>, and it looks dark and menacing. Watch it below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/Fan_DwayneJohnson-Skyscrape.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b><i>Skyscraper <\/i>promises peak Dwayne Johnson ridiculousness:<\/b> The second trailer for <i>Skyscraper <\/i>offers an even more intense but also much sillier look at the next Dwayne Johnson blockbuster<\/span><span>. Watch it below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201805\/fan_joaquinphoenix_sistersbrothers_20180525.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b><i>The Sisters Brothers <\/i>looks like a rootin&#8217; tootin&#8217; good time:<\/b> The first trailer for Jacques Audiard&#8217;s <em>The Sisters Brothers <\/em>teases a Western full of laughs starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal and John C. Reilly as the titular trio. Watch it here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<\/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-jake-gyllenhaal-spider-man-villain-boba-fett-movie-back-on-more\/23835?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Week in Movie News: Jake Gyllenhaal Is a Spider-Man Villain, the Boba Fett Movie Is Back On and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/week-movie-news-jake-gyllenhaal-spider-man-villain-boba-fett-movie-back-on-more\/23835?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-jake-gyllenhaal-spider-man-villain-boba-fett-movie-back-on-more\/23835?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/fan_jakegyllenhaal_demoliti.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<b>BIG NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<b>Jake Gyllenhaal joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe: <\/b><span>Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, who once was considered to play Spider-Man, has been cast as the villain Mysterio in the <em>Spider-Man: Homecoming <\/em>follow-up. Read more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/jake-gyllenhaal-to-play-mysterio-in-spider-man-homecoming-sequel-heres-everything-we-know-753215\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lincoln\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/Fan_RyanReynoldsDeadpool2_b.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b>GREAT NEWS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b><em>Deadpool 2 <\/em>is getting a director&#8217;s cut: <\/b>Despite its enormous success in its present length, <em>Deadpool 2 <\/em>will be re-released in some form in the future with an extended director&#8217;s cut featuring about 12 minutes of deleted material added back in. Read more on that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/deadpool-2-is-getting-an-extended-directors-cut-753220\">here<\/a> and read about <em>Deadpool 2<\/em>&#8216;s box office achievements <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/deadpool-2-off-to-a-roaring-start-at-the-box-office-753213\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201805\/fan_bobafett_theempirestrikesback_20180524.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b>SURPRISING NEWS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b>Boba Fett is getting a movie (again): <\/b>While a Boba Fett <em>Star Wars Story <\/em>has always been inevitable, we weren&#8217;t sure when we&#8217;d see the idea, return following the cancellation of Josh Trank&#8217;s attempt a few years back. Now James Mangold is at the helm. Find out more <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/logan-director-james-mangold-is-making-a-boba-fett-star-wars-story-753228\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lincoln\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/FR_Ethan-Hawke.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b>EXCLUSIVE BUZZ<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b>Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke on <em>First Reformed<\/em>: <\/b>We talked to <em>First Reformed <\/em>writer\/director Paul Schrader and star Ethan Hawke about their new movie and its similarities to the Schrader-scripted classic <em>Taxi Driver<\/em>. Read the whole interview <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/ethan-hawke-paul-schrader-discuss-the-similarities-between-first-reformed-and-taxi-driver-753209\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201805\/fan_donaldglover_solo_20180516.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>COOL CULTURE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Lando&#8217;s <em>Star War Story<\/em>:<\/strong><span> While <em>Star Wars <\/em>fans and Donald Glover fans alike dream of Lando Calrissian getting his own solo movie, here&#8217;s a sketch of the idea featuring parodies of three of Glover&#8217;s Childish Gambino songs:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/Fan_Mowgli_FBBanner_blog_20180521.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><strong>MUST-WATCH TRAILERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b><i>Mowgli <\/i>offers a darker take on <em>The Jungle Book<\/em><\/b>: The first trailer arrived for the other performance-capture-based <em>Jungle Book <\/em>movie, Andy Serkis&#8217;s <em>Mowgli<\/em>, and it looks dark and menacing. Watch it below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/images\/fandangoblog\/Fan_DwayneJohnson-Skyscrape.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b><i>Skyscraper <\/i>promises peak Dwayne Johnson ridiculousness:<\/b> The second trailer for <i>Skyscraper <\/i>offers an even more intense but also much sillier look at the next Dwayne Johnson blockbuster<\/span><span>. Watch it below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201805\/fan_joaquinphoenix_sistersbrothers_20180525.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><b><i>The Sisters Brothers <\/i>looks like a rootin&#8217; tootin&#8217; good time:<\/b> The first trailer for Jacques Audiard&#8217;s <em>The Sisters Brothers <\/em>teases a Western full of laughs starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal and John C. Reilly as the titular trio. Watch it here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<\/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-15729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15729","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=15729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}