{"id":6221,"date":"2016-01-08T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/best-of-the-week-star-wars-topped-the-box-office-emma-stone-is-the-new-cruella-de-vil-and-more\/"},"modified":"2016-01-08T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T07:00:00","slug":"best-of-the-week-star-wars-topped-the-box-office-emma-stone-is-the-new-cruella-de-vil-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/best-of-the-week-star-wars-topped-the-box-office-emma-stone-is-the-new-cruella-de-vil-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of the Week: 'Star Wars' Topped the Box Office, Emma Stone Is the New Cruella de Vil and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

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

Box Office Milestone: <\/strong><\/span>Star Wars: The Force Awakens <\/em>became the highest-grossing movie ever in America<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More Star Wars<\/em> Mania:<\/strong> Rogue One: A Star Wars Story <\/em>is moviegoers’ most-anticipated movie of 2016<\/a>. The solo Han Solo movie will be set 10 years before A New Hope<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Franchise Fever: <\/strong>Michael Bay will direct Transformers 5<\/em><\/a>. Creed 2 <\/em>could bring back Apollo<\/a>. Sylvester Stallone announced the Rambo <\/em>franchise is dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Casting Net: <\/strong>Christoph Waltz could appear in more James Bond movies<\/a>. Tony Jaa and Jet Li joined XXX: The Return of Xander Cage<\/em><\/a>. Ben Mendelsohn might play the villain in Ready Player One<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n

Remake Report: <\/strong>Emma Stone will star in Disney’s live-action Cruela De Vil movie<\/a>. Kelly Rohrbach will play the Pamela Anderson character in the Baywatch <\/em>movie<\/a>. Guillermo del Toro might direct The Fantastic Voyage<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

New Directors\/New Films: <\/strong>Aaron Sorkin will make his directorial debut with Molly’s Game<\/em><\/a>. Martin Scorsese is making two classical music biopics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Play Time: <\/strong>Dog Day Afternoon <\/em>is becoming a Broadway show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Writing Round-up: <\/strong>Beyonce is writing a period drama she might star in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Weird Science: <\/strong>Mark Zuckerberg is building his own JARVIS a la Iron Man<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reel TV:<\/strong> Guillermo del Toro has a Trollhunters <\/em>series headed to Netflix<\/a>. M. Night Shyamalan is rebooting Tales From the Crypt<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Awards Seasoning: <\/strong>The PGA Award nominees were announced<\/a>. The BAFTA nominees were announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Festival Circuitry:<\/strong> The new Pee-wee Herman movie will debut at SXSW<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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

\"\"<\/p>\n

New Movie Trailers:<\/strong><\/span> The Boss<\/em><\/a>, The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist<\/em><\/a>, Tumbledown<\/em><\/a>, The Crown<\/em><\/a>, Jeruzalem<\/em><\/a>, Ratter<\/em><\/a> and The Get Down<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

TV Spots: <\/strong>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies<\/a><\/em> and The Fifth Wave<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: <\/strong>An honest trailer for The Martian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

See: <\/strong>More officially released images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/a>. And behind-the-scenes images showing how the lightsabers looked on set<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read: <\/strong>The best fan theory about Rey’s origin in Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: <\/strong>All of the first six Star Wars <\/em>movies at the same time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See: <\/strong>The Little Mermaid <\/em>mashed with Star Wars<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn: <\/strong>How to make BB-8 cake pops<\/a>. And the back story of the cool Stormtrooper from Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

See: <\/strong>The 14 current stars of the X-Men<\/em> movie universe in one image<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn: <\/strong>What happened to Will Smith’s character from Independence Day<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: <\/strong>Inside Out <\/em>without all the inside parts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See: <\/strong>A movie star publicly shamed someone pirating her new movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn: <\/strong>Why Joss Whedon left the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: <\/strong>A supercut of directors cameoing in their own movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See: <\/strong>Why The Lord of the Rings <\/em>and Harry Potter <\/em>are the same<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: <\/strong>A creepy documentary about the real forest in The Forest<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n

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

2016 Movie Previews:<\/span><\/strong> Our most anticipated movies you may not know about<\/a>. And the horror movies that will scare you this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comic Book Movie Guides:<\/strong> New Year’s resolutions for the comic book movies of 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Superhero Movie Guide: <\/strong>5 Wonder Woman <\/em>comics to read before seeing Batman v Superman<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Horror Movie Guide: <\/strong>The best horror movies of 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RIP: <\/strong>We remembered the important people we lost in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Home Viewing:<\/strong> Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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

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

ZergNet<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n

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

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

Box Office Milestone: <\/strong><\/span>Star Wars: The Force Awakens <\/em>became the highest-grossing movie ever in America<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More Star Wars<\/em> Mania:<\/strong> Rogue One: A Star Wars Story <\/em>is moviegoers’ most-anticipated movie of 2016<\/a>. The solo Han Solo movie will be set 10 years before A New Hope<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Franchise Fever: <\/strong>Michael Bay will direct Transformers 5<\/em><\/a>. Creed 2 <\/em>could bring back Apollo<\/a>. Sylvester Stallone announced the Rambo <\/em>franchise is dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Casting Net: <\/strong>Christoph Waltz could appear in more James Bond movies<\/a>. Tony Jaa and Jet Li joined XXX: The Return of Xander Cage<\/em><\/a>. Ben Mendelsohn might play the villain in Ready Player One<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n

Remake Report: <\/strong>Emma Stone will star in Disney’s live-action Cruela De Vil movie<\/a>. Kelly Rohrbach will play the Pamela Anderson character in the Baywatch <\/em>movie<\/a>. Guillermo del Toro might direct The Fantastic Voyage<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

New Directors\/New Films: <\/strong>Aaron Sorkin will make his directorial debut with Molly’s Game<\/em><\/a>. Martin Scorsese is making two classical music biopics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Play Time: <\/strong>Dog Day Afternoon <\/em>is becoming a Broadway show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Writing Round-up: <\/strong>Beyonce is writing a period drama she might star in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Weird Science: <\/strong>Mark Zuckerberg is building his own JARVIS a la Iron Man<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reel TV:<\/strong> Guillermo del Toro has a Trollhunters <\/em>series headed to Netflix<\/a>. M. Night Shyamalan is rebooting Tales From the Crypt<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Awards Seasoning: <\/strong>The PGA Award nominees were announced<\/a>. The BAFTA nominees were announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Festival Circuitry:<\/strong> The new Pee-wee Herman movie will debut at SXSW<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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

\"\"<\/p>\n

New Movie Trailers:<\/strong><\/span> The Boss<\/em><\/a>, The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist<\/em><\/a>, Tumbledown<\/em><\/a>, The Crown<\/em><\/a>, Jeruzalem<\/em><\/a>, Ratter<\/em><\/a> and The Get Down<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

TV Spots: <\/strong>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies<\/a><\/em> and The Fifth Wave<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: <\/strong>An honest trailer for The Martian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

See: <\/strong>More officially released images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/a>. And behind-the-scenes images showing how the lightsabers looked on set<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read: <\/strong>The best fan theory about Rey’s origin in Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: <\/strong>All of the first six Star Wars <\/em>movies at the same time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See: <\/strong>The Little Mermaid <\/em>mashed with Star Wars<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn: <\/strong>How to make BB-8 cake pops<\/a>. And the back story of the cool Stormtrooper from Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

See: <\/strong>The 14 current stars of the X-Men<\/em> movie universe in one image<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn: <\/strong>What happened to Will Smith’s character from Independence Day<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: <\/strong>Inside Out <\/em>without all the inside parts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See: <\/strong>A movie star publicly shamed someone pirating her new movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn: <\/strong>Why Joss Whedon left the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: <\/strong>A supercut of directors cameoing in their own movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See: <\/strong>Why The Lord of the Rings <\/em>and Harry Potter <\/em>are the same<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: <\/strong>A creepy documentary about the real forest in The Forest<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n

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

2016 Movie Previews:<\/span><\/strong> Our most anticipated movies you may not know about<\/a>. And the horror movies that will scare you this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comic Book Movie Guides:<\/strong> New Year’s resolutions for the comic book movies of 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Superhero Movie Guide: <\/strong>5 Wonder Woman <\/em>comics to read before seeing Batman v Superman<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Horror Movie Guide: <\/strong>The best horror movies of 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RIP: <\/strong>We remembered the important people we lost in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Home Viewing:<\/strong> Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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

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

ZergNet<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n

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