Best of the Week: The Most Anticipated Movies of 2017, The Future of 'Star Wars' and …

The Important News

Star Wars: Woody Harrelson might play young Han Solo’s mentor. And that young Han Solo movie might be delayed. Rogue One initially had an opening crawl. Obi-Wan Kenobi will return in Star Wars Rebels. Lucasfilm is heavily considering the future of Leia in the Star Wars Saga.

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Doctor Strange will appear in Thor: Ragnarok. Sterling K. Brown joined Black Panther.

DC Extended Universe: Ben Affleck is not totally set on directing The Batman.

X-Men: Hugh Jackman is skeptical there will ever be a Deadpool/Wolverine crossover. James McAvoy might be in The New Mutants and wants to do more X-Men movies.

Extreme Universe: Rob Liefeld’s Extreme Studios comic book franchise will become a movie franchise.

Guillermo del Toro: The Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy director’s next movie is about a fish man during the Cold War.

Action Movies: Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme will reunite for Black Water. Trevante Rhodes joined The Predator.

Horror Movies: Sylvain White will direct The Slender Man.

Box Office: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story helped push the year’s box office to a record high.

Awards: Deadpoool is among the nominees for this year’s Writer’s Guild of America Awards.

Film Festivals: Terrence Malick’s Song to Song will open the 2017 SXSW Film Festival.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: Fifty Shades Darker, Cult of Chucky, Rings,  Between Us, Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, The Founder, Lost in London, The Lego Batman and Leap.

TV Spots: Fifty Shades Darker.

New images:  Thor: Ragnarok, Fullmetal Activist and Annabelle 2.

FX Breakdowns: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story‘s digital characters and Arrival VFX reel.

Remade Trailers: Captain America: Civil War sweded trailer, 

Reimagined Movies: Ryan Gosling’s Doctor Strange, Tim Burton’s Batman & Robin, Home Alone with blood, and Honey I Blew Up the Kid as a Godzilla movie.

Must-See Commercials: Justin Lin reimagined the opening of The Jetsons in live-action for Arconic.

Movie Influences: Rogue One owes a lot to Aliens and WarGames.

Mashups: Star Wars vs. Aliens, Rogue One meets Calvin & Hobbes and John Wick vs. Jason Bourne. 

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

Our Features

Monthly Movie Calendar: Our guide to all the new releases and anniversaries in January. 

2017 Movie Previews: We listed our most anticipated sci-fi movies of 2017 and our most anticipated horror movies of 2017.

Geek Movie Guide: We listed the best geeky movies of 2016.

Comic Book Movie Guide: We argue for why Ben Affleck should get to make the Batman movie he wants.

R.I.P.: We remembered all the reel-important people who died in December.

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

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