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Star Wars is returning to theaters — and, for the first time, it will be shown in IMAX. The original 1977 sci-fi classic turns 50 years old in 2027, and in honor of that anniversary, Lucasfilm is bringing the film back to theaters. IMAX announced today that Star Wars will be shown “for the first time ever” in IMAX theaters on February 19, 2027.

The following post contains spoilers for Lanterns Episode 4. Those who read on without wanting to be spoiled are in for the blackest night. After last week’s Lanterns was mostly a flashback, this week got back to business in a big way. The hunt for the Manhunter heats up — and apparently came to a conclusion, with Hal Jordan and John Stewart being told one character is the secret alien robot they have been looking for, only to realize it’s actually an entirely other character.

Avengers: Doomsday didn’t have a finished script when it went into production — but one of the movie’s directors doesn’t see that as a bad thing. That would be Joe Russo, who told the Associated Press how he and brother Anthony “always view the script as a living organism” as part of the outlet’s fall movie preview. Russo added: We’re improvisation-based, rehearsal-based directors.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day may be one of the biggest movies ever, but not every Spidey title is a hit. Amazon has canceled their Spider-Noir live-action TV show starring Nicolas Cage after only one season, according to Variety, The show was developed by Oren Uziel and starred Cage as Ben Reilly, a private eye who is secretly a superhero in 1930s New York City. Its cast also included Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, and Brendan Gleeson.

In order for a story to have meaning, especially one with a lot of action and adventure and peril, someone’s gotta die. Characters running around in fear for their lives loses some of its potency every time everyone makes it out alive, so here and there a good story starts picking some of them off. They don’t necessarily have to be the main characters — although they can be — but major character death is a necessity for a story to have any real weight.

The big Marvel casting story of the week involves an actor named Noah Jupe. At this moment, hardcore movie and theater nerds might know him from his role in Hamnet or for starring in Romeo & Juliet on the West End recently opposite new Marvel star Sadie Sink. But according to the Hollywood trades, Marvel just chose Jupe for a secret role in Avengers: Secret Wars.

Mark your calendars DC fans: Supergirl is coming home. No, not to Krypton. Or even to the ruins of Argo City. She’s headed to HBO Max. The latest DC Comics movie will premiere there for streaming next week. (Do you think Argo City had streaming movies while it was floating through space for years? I hope so. Can you imagine decades without access to the Criterion Channel?

New movies are coming to streaming this week and every week, at a faster pace than ever before. As always, ScreenCrush has your back, with a weekly guide to the latest releases on streaming (and digital rental or purchse) that deserve your attention. Sit back, relax, and check out what’s coming to a TV or computer (or, sigh, a phone) near you. Then you’ve got all weekend to watch up with these titles.

Avengers: Doomsday is just a few months away, but Avengers; Secret Wars is just about to start shooting — and Deadline reports the film is still adding new actors despite its massive cast returning Doomsday.

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