Top 20 Stories Of The Week: Sundance 2016, NickToons, The Exorcist And More

The Top 20 Stories of the Week are the stories we think you should check out on /Film from the previous week.

This week brought a bunch of new trailers for family fare such as The Angry Birds Movie, Trolls, Zootopia, Kubo and Two Strings and The Secret Life of Pets. Plus we got updates on the developing NickToons movie, the next season of House of Cards, The Exorcist TV series and a ton of Sundance coverage.

Check out all of the Top 20 Stories of the Week below.

The film arrives on August 5th.

The director of Zero Dark Thirty is working on a movie about the riots that happened in Detroit in 1967. Find out more about the developing project right here.

This time we have a conversation with Streets of Fire co-writer Larry Gross for the companion piece to the podcast How Did This Get Made? right here.

A series adaptation of the toy Stretch Armstrong is in the works at Netflix, and it's going to be geared toward younger viewers. Find out more right here.

The video game adaptation arrives on May 20th.

Straight Outta Compton star Corey Hawkins has landed the lead role in 24: Legacy, the reboot of the TV series that once starred Kiefer Sutherland. Plus, the show has landed a female lead which you can find out about right here.

If you're still interested in seeing a black and white version of Max Max: Fury Road, there will be a home video release with that version and also director's commentary. Get the details right here.

The toy gets animated on the big screen on November 4th.

Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess will be at the helm of Paramount's movie that will bring a bunch of Nickelodeon's iconic 90s NickToons to the big screen. Find out more right here.

The family comedy arrives on March 4th.

The pets hit the big screen on July 8th.

The indie comedy doesn't have a premiere date yet.

The first teaser for the fourth season of House of Cards can be seen right here, but for those already looking forward to season five, you should know that a new showrunner will be brought in. Get the details right here.

Our own Jacob Hall takes a closer look at the revival of The X-Files and believes that the show can improve despite a super shaky start. Read his review of The X-Files return right here.

Our own Peter Sciretta learned some interesting details about the future of Star Wars in the realm of virtual reality, and it sounds like it's going to be quite a big deal. Find out what we learned right here.

The stop-motion animated adventure arrives on August 19th.

Fox is bringing The Exorcist to the small screen with a TV series adaptation of the original book on which the classic horror film was based. Find out more about the series right here.

Disney CEO Bob Iger says there are so many Marvel characters at their disposal that the Marvel cinematic universe will go on forever. Find out what the executive had to say right here.

Longtime character actor Abe Vigoda has passed away at 94. Look back at the actor's career right here.

We were at the Sundance Film Festival for about a week and a half, and we've got all sorts of coverage from the festival. You can find out which movies got picked up from the festival right here, or read one of our reviews:

That's all for the Top 20 Stories of the Week this time.