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The Important News

DC Extended Universe: Justice League promises to be a more upbeat movie. Temuera Morrison will play Aquaman’s human father.

Star Wars: Phoebe Waller-Bridge joined the Han Solo movie.

Remakes: Jack Nicholson and Kristen Wiig will star in a Toni Erdmann remake. Friday the 13th‘s latest reboot has been cancelled. Lee Daniels will direct Oprah Winfrey in a redo of Terms of Endearment. Will Smith bailed on the live-action Dumbo. The Coen brothers co-wrote the new Scarface.

Parodies: Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer are doing a Star Wars spoof. Kevin Smith is spoofing reboot culture with a new Jay and Silent Bob movie.

Manga Adaptations: Jennifer Connelly will play the villain in Alita: Battle Angel.

Horror Adaptations: A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising is being turned into a movie.

Horror Sequels: Johannes Roberts will direct The Strangers 2. M. Night Shyamalan has outlined a Split sequel. David Fincher is still interested in directing the stalled World War Z sequel. David Gordon Green and Danny McBride are making a Halloween sequel.

Sci-fi Sequels: Dredd 2 may happen as an animated feature. Shailene Woodley bailed on the final Divergent movie.

True Stories: Shailene Woodley will star in Adrift. Mike Myers will star in a biopic about Del Close.

Box Office: M. Night Shayamalan’s Split won its third weekend in a row.

Exhibition: Indoor drive-ins are the next big thing in moviegoing. Fast and the Furious is becoming a live arena stunt show.

Theme Parks: Disney has set 2019 for when Star Wars Land will open.

Film Festivals: James Franco’s The Disaster Artist and more were announced for SXSW.

Awards: La La Land, Lion and Zootopia won big over the weekend.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: The Lego Ninjago Trailer, The Circle, Snatched, Girls Trip, Personal Shopper, Aftermath, Beach Rats, Bokeh and It Comes at Night.

TV Spots: Wonder Woman.

Behind the Scenes: The Lego Batman Movie, Avengers: Infinity War hype reel and Doctor Strange bloopers. 

Movie Clips: Logan.

Movie Pics: Justice League and The Lego Ninjago Movie.

Movie Posters: All the new movie posters released this week.

Movie Comparisons: Heat and The Dark Knight, Moonlight and the work of Wong Kar-wai and John Wick and The Equalizer.

Parodies: Kristen Stewart spoofs Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Dog Wick does John Wick if the dog lived instead.

Mashups: Beauty and the Beast and Harry Potter and Tom Cruise falls into movies.

Recaps: The Lego Movie.

Trivia: Why there’s a Chronicles of Riddick poster in Fifty Shades Darker and Keanu Reeves trivia.

Our Features

Movie Review: We praised The Lego Batman Movie for being a love letter to the character.

Interview: Chad Stahelski on John Wick: Chapter 2‘s body count and metahumans.

Home Viewing: Our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And our guide to all the must-see new indie and international film releases.

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