Best Stories Of The Week: Spectre, Ant-Man, Minecraft, Jurassic World 2 And More

There are only a couple weeks left in the blockbuster season, but there are still plenty of big stories to be excited about coming soon. This edition of the Best Stories of the Week includes updates on Minecraft, a sequel to Jurassic World, easter eggs from Ant-Man an uncertain future for the Terminator franchise and confirmation of a Fantastic Four and X-Men crossover in the works.

Below you'll also find new trailers for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, the latest James Bond adventure Spectre and the full trailer for Pixar's The Good Dinosaur. Check out all this and the rest of the Best Stories of the Week after the jump!

After delivering a box-office misfire in The Counselor, director Ridley Scott may return to the world of drug trafficking with The Cartel, an adaptation of Don Winslow's novel of the same name, which will be scripted by Savages writer Shane Salerno. Find out what the story is about right here.

The thriller arrives on August 28th.

Actress-turned-director Angelina Jolie has wasted no time in lining up her next job behind the camera. The Oscar winner will be at the helm of an adaptation of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers for Netflix. Find out what the story is about in our original report.

Further proving that Hollywood has run out of ideas, Sony Animation has picked up a pitch for a big screen movie that focuses on the little images known as Emoji. Yes, the cartoon faces, people and food you text to your significant other are getting their own movie. Find out more right here.

The indie arrives on September 24th.

Adding to their growing pile of live-action adaptations of their animated classics, Disney is developing a remake of The Sword in the Stone, one of the few classic properties they hadn't touched. Read more about the project right here.

The indie arrives in theaters and on VOD on August 28th.

After losing Michael Keaton and J.K. Simmons, the action adventure prequel Kong: Skull Island has found some new cast members with Brie Larson coming aboard, and Russell Crowe circling the film from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts. Get the full story in our original report.

The stoner action comedy arrives on August 21st.

Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon has jumped on board the gestating big screen comedy adaptation of Baywatch that will star Dwayne Johnson in the role he was born to play. Find out more about the project in our original story.

The Muppets premieres on ABC on September 22nd.

Legendary comedian Don Rickles has confirmed that he will be back to voice Mr. Potato Head in Pixar's developing Toy Story 4. He'll begin working on the film in September, but we won't see it until 2017. Find out more right here.

Former Fantastic Four franchise star Michael Chiklis is heading from Marvel to DC by taking a role in the second season of the Fox TV series Gotham. Get more on the casting news right here, and check out the first teaser for the new season over here.

The King of Pop wanted to play the new character in Star Wars: Episode I, but he would have done so in full prosthetic make-up. Find out more about this strange piece of trivia in our original story.

Fargo returns in October. (See more teasers here.)

He's been busy producing one of the forthcoming Star Wars Anthology movies as well as the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises, and now Simon Kinberg is going to add another project onto his pile with the remake of Logan's Run now in his hands. Find out more right here.

Whether you think he's just as good as Michael Jordan or not, there's been plenty of basketball fans clamoring for LeBron James to do a sequel to Space Jam, and a new deal with Warner Bros. might make it possible. Find out more in our original story.

A new video from the set of Star Trek Beyond has surfaced online with a look at one of the aliens from the sci-fi sequel as well as some of the props. In addition, The Raid star Joe Taslim has joined the cast in a role opposite Idris Elba, which makes us think he'll be a bad guy to be reckoned with. Check out the full story here.

The sequel hits theaters on September 18th.

Another short and sweet teaser for the return of The X-Files has been revealed, and you can watch it over here. In addition, several new guest stars have been revealed included Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose as new FBI agents, Kumail Nanjiani as an animal control officer and the return of The Lone Gunmen. Click each of the respective links for more details.

After adapting the first two books in the fantasy franchise for the big screen, director Chris Columbus wants to return to Harry Potter with a sequel that focuses what happened during the 19-year gap between the end of The Deathly Hallows and the epilogue. Find out more in our original post.

BBC conducted a poll featuring a bunch of international film critics from around the globe to figure out what the 100 Greatest American Movies ever made were. Star Wars, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Godfather made the list as expected, but there are some surprising exclusions and inclusions. Check out the full list right here.

A new video essay looks at the visual style of J.J. Abrams based on his previous work and what we've seen from Star Wars: The Force Awakens so far, and predicts what we can expect about how these two will merge in the final product. Watch the video right here.

The franchise concludes on November 20th.

Director Guillermo del Toro is planning on shooting Pacific Rim 2 starting in November, after Crimson Peak hits theaters. In addition, the title has been revealed, but if you want to find out what it is, you'll have to check out our original story.

Video game movies have a bad reputation, but there are a handful of them on the horizon that might break the trend. Find out which video game have some promise on the big screen in our full story over here.

Speaking of video games, the Minecraft movie just landed a new director in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator and star Rob McElhenney. Find out more about the project in our full report.

Terminator: Genisys wasn't the hit that Paramount Pictures hoped it would be, and that means the future of the Terminator franchise, which was meant to include at least two more sequels, is now in limbo. Find out more right here.

A new rumor has surfaced about who will be playing Robin in a flashback sequence in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. It's a somewhat odd choice, but it also makes sense. To find out who might be playing Robin, read the original story here.

The sequel isn't due until 2017, but an offer is already out to Benicio del Toro for a villain role in Star Wars: Episode VIII. Get all the facts on this new development right here.

There are now 12 movies in the Marvel Studios cinematic universe, and we rank them all. Check out where your favorite Marvel movie landed on our list right here.

There have been rumblings of a Fantastic Four and X-Men crossover for awhile now, and X-Men franchise director Bryan Singer has confirmed that there are plans in motion to try to make that happen. Find out more right here.

Ant-Man arrived last week, and we ran through a bunch of easter eggs to notice the next time you see the movie. In addition, we asked if one of the credits scenes was a direct response to demand for more female characters and also learned about an alternate opening for the movie. Click the links to find out more.

The family film arrives on November 25th.

Now that the film is the #3 highest grossing film in the world, Universal Pictures has officially announced that a sequel to Jurassic World will arrive in 2018. For the specific release date, you'll have to check out our full story.

The film arrives on November 6th.

That's all for this edition of Best Stories of the Week.