Best Stories Of The Week: Hateful Eight, Warcraft, The Force Awakens And More

Best Stories of the Week is a round-up of the week's best and biggest stories, from news to editorials to trailers.

This week we have updates on a sequel to the American adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and the first photos and details from Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, plus the latest on a Jurassic World trilogy, and a new Star Trek TV series.

In addition, we have new trailers for Spike Lee's Chi-Raq, the stop-motion drama Anomalisa, the Disney sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass, the video game adaptation Warcraft, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more.

Get all the Best Stories of the Week after the jump!

Comedy duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are teaming with Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick for a new stop-motion animated movie called Wendell and Wild. Find out what it's about right here.

A sequel to the American adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is moving forward but without David Fincher, Rooney Mara or Daniel Craig. How will that work? Find out in our full story.

The stop-motion drama hits limited theaters December 30th.

Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials books are being turned into a new TV series at BBC. Find out what we know about the series adaptation so far right here.

The film arrives in theaters on December 4th and Amazon Prime shortly thereafter.

The hit UK series is returning for a three-hour special in December with Idris Elba back in the titular role. To find out what the special will be about, check out our original story.

We visited the set of Victor Frankenstein with James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe. Find out what we learned on the set in our full report.

The drama hits theaters on December 25th.

The revival of Twin Peaks in the works has been pushed back to 2017 now, instead of hitting in time for the show's 25th anniversary in 2016. Get the full story right here.

The true story arrives on January 15th, 2016.

Ralph Fiennes is joining LEGO Batman as the superhero's trusty butler Alfred, and The LEGO Movie Sequel is getting another dose of sci-fi with Doctor Who slated to join the extensive round-up of characters.

The action sequel arrives on March 4th, 2016.

Some reshoots for X-Men: Apocalypse are underway and one of the cast members involved is rumored to be Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Does the sequel need some more adamantium? Get details in our full story.

The series premieres on AMC in 2016.

With an Ocean's Eleven spin-off starring Sandra Bullock in the works, we put together a potential dream cast to surround her as the heist crew. Who made out list? Check it out right here.

The sequel hits theaters on January 29th, 2016.

Director Peter Sohn sat down to chat with Peter Sciretta about how he directs voice actors, who directs him when he does a voice role and much more. Check out the full, fascinating interview right here.

Our own Jack Giroux picked six directors who should be at the helm of the forthcoming Universal Monsters movie reboots in the works for the likes of Frankenstein, The Wolfman and more. Who made the list? Check it out right here.

Universal is giving Jurassic World the full trilogy treatment. In addition to the sequel already set for 2018, the studio is planning on churning out a third film in the pseudo-reboot of the iconic dinosaur adventure franchise. Get the full story right here.

Our own David Chen says Spectre is the worst James Bond movie featuring Daniel Craig. Find out what he didn't like about the sequel in his video review of the weekend release right here.

Peter Sciretta went through some interesting details from the fourth season of Project Greenlight you might have missed. For example, did you know that Jason Mann's manager fell asleep during the test screening of The Leisure Class? Find out more right here.

The first photos from the Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them have arrived along with some new details on the fantasy adventure that brings the wizarding action to America this time. See the photos right here and get all the details, including a new word for Muggles, over here.

The western hits theaters on December 25th.

A new Star Trek series is in the works for a premiere sometime in 2017. Find out what we know about the return of one of the most iconic sci-fi franchises to the small screen right here.

Our own Jacob Hall ranks all of the theme songs from the James Bond franchise. Where did your favorite land? Check out the full list right here.

The sequel arrives on May 27th, 2016.

The video game movie arrives on June 10th, 2016.

The film arrives on December 17th. Check out our new footage breakdown right here.