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The Important News

Star Wars: Emilia Clarke joined the Han Solo spinoff. And that spinoff was revealed to be like a Western. The canceled Boba Fett spinoff reportedly had a teaser trailer. Tickets for Rogue One will go on sale Monday.

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Angela Bassett joined Black Panther. Kevin Feige announced it’s impossible for the X-Men to join the MCU.

X-Men: Fox scheduled two new X-Men movies for 2018 and 2019. The villain in New Mutants might be Demon Bear.

Disney Remakes: Marc Forster will direct Christopher Robin.

Sci-fi Remakes: Legendary Pictures will bring Dune back on the big screen. Chad Stahelski will direct the Highlander reboot.

Video Game Movies: Paul W.S. Anderson wants to make a Monster Hunter movie.

Comic Book Movies: Ben Wheatley and Tom Hiddleston will reunite for Hard Boiled.

Dance Movies: Step Up 6 will be a Chinese movie.

YA Adaptations: Chloe Grace Moretz will star in The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

Biopics: Adam McKay is making a movie about Dick Cheney.

Secret Movies: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara and director David Lowery made a movie under the radar.

Box Office: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opened at number one.

Awards: Moonlight and Jackie are among the Independent Spirit Awards nominees.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie and TV Trailers: Silence, Cars 3, T2: Trainspotting, The Book of Love, Goon: Last of the Enforcers, Passengers, The Comedian, and The Last Face.

Proof of Concept Teaser: New Mutants.

TV Spots: Fifty Shades Darker.

Movie Clips: Hidden Figures.

Easter Eggs: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. 

Movie Comparisons: The Thing and The Hateful Eight, Whiplash and Black Swan and Double Dragon and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

Memes: Trailers redone “Logan style.”

Contests: Sing‘s Real Talent, From Real Life.

Remade Movies: 8-bit video game version of Doctor Strange.

Mashups: Batman fights classic movie villains and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them meets Pokemon.

Fan Theories: Cannibalism in Wall-E.

Movie Posters: All of this week’s best new posters.

Our Features

Wizarding World Guide: Everything we know about the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel.

Marvel Guide: We looked at why the new Marvel civil war is about ABC versus Netflix.

Film History Lesson: We remembered when The Addams Family encouraged movies based on TV shows. 

Geek Movie Guide: We spotlighted the geeky things we’re thankful for this year.

Home Viewing: Our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. 

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