{"id":17493,"date":"2018-11-09T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-week-in-movie-news-spielberg-revisiting-the-color-purple-first-missing-link-trailer-and-more-2\/"},"modified":"2018-11-09T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T06:00:00","slug":"the-week-in-movie-news-spielberg-revisiting-the-color-purple-first-missing-link-trailer-and-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-week-in-movie-news-spielberg-revisiting-the-color-purple-first-missing-link-trailer-and-more-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Movie News: Spielberg Revisiting 'The Color Purple,' First 'Missing Link' Trailer and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

\n\tNeed a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBIG NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\tSteven Spielberg is redoing The Color Purple <\/i>as a musical: <\/b>Steven Spielberg is revisiting his first serious drama by producing an adaptation of the Broadway musical version of The Color Purple<\/em>, partnering again with Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones.<\/span> Read everything we know about the remake <\/span>here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Chris<\/p>\n

\n\tGREAT NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\tChris McKay is directing the Jonny Quest<\/em> movie: <\/b>The big-screen adaptation of the classic animated series Jonny Quest<\/em> is finally moving forward with The Lego Batman Movie<\/em> director Chris McKay<\/span>. Read everything we know about it <\/span>here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Breaking<\/p>\n

\n\tSURPRISING NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\tBreaking Bad <\/em>sequel movie in the works: <\/b>First, Breaking Bad<\/em> spawned an award-winning prequel series with Better Call Saul<\/em>, now the hit show is getting a feature-length sequel with Aaron Paul reprising his role from the original<\/span>. Read everything we know about the project <\/span>here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Black<\/p>\n

\n\tCHARACTER GUIDE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tMeet Black Mask: <\/strong>Ewan McGregor has been cast as the DC Comics villain Black Mask in Birds of Prey<\/em>, and our resident superhero movie expert has all the information you need on this evil character. Read all about Black Mask here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Claire<\/p>\n

\n\tEXCLUSIVE BUZZ<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tClaire Foy and Fede Alvarez on The Girl in the Spider’s Web<\/em>: <\/strong>We talked separately to The Girl in the Spider’s Web<\/em> star Claire Foy and director Fede Alvarez about the new movie and their reinvention of the franchise and its main heroine. Read our interview with Foy here<\/a> and our interview with Alvarez here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tCOOL CULTURE<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\tQueen’s best soundtrack moments: <\/b>WIn honor of the success of the new Freddie Mercury and Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em>, Fandor highlighted the best of the band’s soundtrack appearance in movies and TV. Watch the video essay below. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tMUST-WATCH TRAILERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tMissing Link <\/i>promises the next step in stop-motion animation:<\/b> The hilarious first trailer for LAIKA’s next animated feature, Missing Link, debuted this week, and we talked to director Chris Butler about the movie and this first-look spot. Read the interview here<\/a> and watch the trailer below<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

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

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

\n\tNeed a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBIG NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\tSteven Spielberg is redoing The Color Purple <\/i>as a musical: <\/b>Steven Spielberg is revisiting his first serious drama by producing an adaptation of the Broadway musical version of The Color Purple<\/em>, partnering again with Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones.<\/span> Read everything we know about the remake <\/span>here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Chris<\/p>\n

\n\tGREAT NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\tChris McKay is directing the Jonny Quest<\/em> movie: <\/b>The big-screen adaptation of the classic animated series Jonny Quest<\/em> is finally moving forward with The Lego Batman Movie<\/em> director Chris McKay<\/span>. Read everything we know about it <\/span>here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Breaking<\/p>\n

\n\tSURPRISING NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\tBreaking Bad <\/em>sequel movie in the works: <\/b>First, Breaking Bad<\/em> spawned an award-winning prequel series with Better Call Saul<\/em>, now the hit show is getting a feature-length sequel with Aaron Paul reprising his role from the original<\/span>. Read everything we know about the project <\/span>here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Black<\/p>\n

\n\tCHARACTER GUIDE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tMeet Black Mask: <\/strong>Ewan McGregor has been cast as the DC Comics villain Black Mask in Birds of Prey<\/em>, and our resident superhero movie expert has all the information you need on this evil character. Read all about Black Mask here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Claire<\/p>\n

\n\tEXCLUSIVE BUZZ<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tClaire Foy and Fede Alvarez on The Girl in the Spider’s Web<\/em>: <\/strong>We talked separately to The Girl in the Spider’s Web<\/em> star Claire Foy and director Fede Alvarez about the new movie and their reinvention of the franchise and its main heroine. Read our interview with Foy here<\/a> and our interview with Alvarez here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tCOOL CULTURE<\/b><\/p>\n

\n\tQueen’s best soundtrack moments: <\/b>WIn honor of the success of the new Freddie Mercury and Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em>, Fandor highlighted the best of the band’s soundtrack appearance in movies and TV. Watch the video essay below. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tMUST-WATCH TRAILERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tMissing Link <\/i>promises the next step in stop-motion animation:<\/b> The hilarious first trailer for LAIKA’s next animated feature, Missing Link, debuted this week, and we talked to director Chris Butler about the movie and this first-look spot. Read the interview here<\/a> and watch the trailer below<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

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