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Best Stories Of The Week: Terminator, Heroes Reborn, Spider-Man, Independence Day And More It’s time to catch up on the big news from this last full week in June with theBest Stories of the Week. Below we recap the biggest stories from the past seven days including our set visit fromAnt-Man, new information aboutIndependence Day 2, the cancellation ofHannibalon NBC, our newSpider-Manrevealed, rumors swirling aboutGreen LanternandBen Affleck’s Batmanand more. We’ve also got trailers forHeroes Reborn, the finalParanormal Activitysequel,Sleeping with Other PeoplestarringJason SudeikisandAlison BrieandLegendwithTom Hardy....

Christopher McQuarrie To Write Wolverine Sequel Christopher McQuarriehas signed on to pen the screenplay for a sequel toX-Men Origins: Wolverine. This comes as no surprise, especially considering the film grossed over $158 million worldwide on opening weekend.Hugh Jackmanhas said that a sequel will loosely follow the early 1980s Chris Claremont/Frank Miller comic book miniseries, where Logan journeys to Japan and attempts to cool his killer instincts, and trains to live life under the samurai’s code of honor and respect....

Cinema Legend Max Von Sydow, Star Of ‘The Exorcist’ And ‘The Seventh Seal,’ Has Died At Age 90 Legendary actorMax von Sydow, who left an indelible mark on cinema with his turns in classics likeThe ExorcistandThe Seventh Seal, has died at age 90. The Swedish-born actor, best known for his solemn gravitas and his collaborations with influential director Ingmar Bergman, starred in more than 100 films and TV series through his 70-year career and appeared in recent major hits likeStar Wars: The Force AwakensandGame of Thrones....

Daniel Craig Denies Next Two James Bond Films Will Have One Story Arc Before the credits roll inSam Mendes’Skyfall, the usual proclamation is made: “James Bond Will Return.” We thought we had plans for that return unraveled last week when screenwriterJohn Loganwas hired to writethe next twoBondfilms for starDaniel Craig. Even more exciting, those reports said that the two movies would link into one overall story, a first in theBonduniverse....

Daniella Pineda Joins Anthology Spinoff Series Tales Of The Walking Dead “The Walking Dead” never really ends. AMC’s one-time ratings juggernaut is currently working its way through its multi-partfinal season, but the world of the show is set to live on in a spin-off titled “Tales of The Walking Dead.” According toVariety, the upcoming series has just cast Daniella Pineda. Pineda was most recently seen as bounty hunter Faye Valentine in Netflix’s short-lived “Cowboy Bebop” adaptation....

Defendor Movie Trailer: Woody Harrelson Fights Crime! Every piece of new material I see from the Canadian homegrown superhero movieDefendor, starringWoody HarrelsonandKat Dennings, has me more interested in seeing it. Peter posted abunch of photosa while back and I ran ashort clipnot long after. Now the full trailer has arrived in advance of the film’s premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. And yeah, I’m ready for this one. See the clip after the break....

Exclusive: ‘Love, Simon’ Disney+ Series Will Focus On Two New Characters Not In The Movie Love, Simonwas the high school romantic comedy thatcritics and audiences both adored last year. The film focused onJurassic Worldstar Nick Robinson as a closeted gay high school kid who suddenly starts e-mailing with an anonymous fellow closeted classmate, striking up a romance as pen pals. But that spark is threatened when Simon is suddenly forced to be outed by another classmate who accidentally learns about his secret....

First Look At ‘Ted 2’ Features More Flash Gordon A lot of things aboutSeth MacFarlane’s 2012 filmTedcould be considered a surprise. The fact it was such a huge hit for one.Tedgrossed $218 million domestic against a budget of $50 million and became one of the top 10 highest grossing R rated comedies of all time. Personally though, the biggest surprise was the way MacFarlane usedFlash Gordonin the film. Both Ted and Mark Wahlberg’s character, John, were fans of the cult ’80s sci-fi flick and the director cast Flash himself, Sam Jones, in a hilarious, extended cameo....

Grading How ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Handles The Guardians Of The Galaxy If you’re as outspoken an advocate of Marvel’sGuardians of the Galaxyas I am,Avengers: Infinity Warprobably left you withloadsto internally process. Yes, we’re going to grade the Guardians of the Galaxy in Infinity War. James Gunn’s lovable cosmic cowboys play a pivotal role in challenging Thanos' scheme to collect all six Infinity Stones. Star-Lord, Drax and Mantis end up alongside Tony Stark’s space clan, Rocket and Groot aid Thor’s Stormbreaker quest, Gamora reunites with her father Thanos – the Guardians have plenty going on, but not every arc struck me as complete....

Guillermo Del Toro Reveals His Scrapped Original Story For Pacific Rim 2 Guillermo del Toro might be on a media blitz for his new noir movie “Nightmare Alley,” but he doesn’t seem to have any problems dishing about his older projects, specifically the sci-fi monster mash that was “Pacific Rim.” The director talked openly about his idea for a sequel to the 2013 film and it sounds pretty wild. Would the “Pacific Rim” still be flourishing if del Toro was able to make his sequel?...

James Bond 25 Story Details, Filming Locations, And Official Cast Revealed [Updated] Update #1:An official plot synopsis for James Bond 25 has been released. Read it below.Update #2:James Bond 25 will be the first in the 007 franchise to utilize IMAX cameras. The Bond producers revealed the official cast and a few key plot details forJames Bond 25at a grand event at one of 007’s most iconic locations, in an announcement that was streamed live worldwide....

Jamie Foxx Returned For Spider-Man: No Way Home After He Was Promised He Wouldn’t Be Blue Superhero movies come with a proud tradition of casting A-list, globally recognizable stars for major roles ripped straight out of the comics … only to then bury them under a mountain of prosthetics, distracting amounts of visual effects, or both. Just ask Jennifer Lawrence about her Mystique makeup/bodysuit for those “X-Men” films orOscar Isaac about his nightmarish experienceas the eponymous villain in “X-Men: Apocalypse....

John Williams Composed A Beautiful New Arrangement Of A Signature ‘Star Wars’ Theme Aside from lightsabers, lightspeed and the light side of the Force, there’s one thing that truly makes the saga episodes ofStar Warsspecial, and that’s the music ofJohn Williams. The brilliant composer has written music forStar Warsthat is famous around the world, even to those who haven’t seen the movies. The orchestral arrangements that John Williams creates for Star Wars are so good that even his work on the prequels is incredible....