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On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, Dennis Tzeng, Kristian Harloff, and Josh Macuga discuss the following:

  • Kylo Ren and General Hux relationship in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • Gambit finds director
  • The Force Awakens TV spot
  • Fifty Shades of Grey sequels to shoot back to back
  • Gods of Egypt posters
  • Box office prediction (Brought to you by AMC Theatres)
  • What movies not to see
  • Would Star Wars be as popular if it came out last year?
  • Good actors vs bad actors
  • and much more…

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Kylo Ren and General Hux’s relationship is revealed! Read all about it right here.

Looks like Fox’s Gambit movie may finally have found a new director after Rupert Wyatt left the project a couple months ago.  Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman is very close to inking a deal to helm the Channing Tatum led X-Men spin-off film. Other directors that were in consideration were Joe Cornish, Shane Black and before signing on the Fast & Furious Franchise, F Gary Gray. Gambit is set for a October 7th, 2016 release.

Last night a new Star Wars: The Force Awakens TV spot debuted on ABC. This one minute preview is a mix of footage we’ve seen before in previous trailers and TV spots and also some never before seen shots and dialogue. With the movie being a little over a month away, the amount of new footage released in the past few weeks has been a surprise considering how little was shown before. Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuts on December 18th, 2015.

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The next two sequels to the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed will be shot back to back next year.  Also it looks like they have found a director in James Foley who has agreed to helm both movies. The first film had a budget of $40 million dollars and went on to make $570 million worldwide. Fifty Shades Darker will come to theaters on February 10th, 2017 and Fifty Shades Freed finishes the trilogy on February 9th, 2018.

New character posters for the upcoming Alex Proyas fantasy film Gods of Egypt have been released. The official synopsis for the movie reads: Magic, monsters, gods and madness reign throughout the palaces and pyramids of the Nile River Valley in this action-adventure inspired by the classic mythology of Egypt.  With the survival of mankind hanging in the balance, an unexpected hero takes a thrilling journey to save the world and rescue his true love.  Set (Gerard Butler), the merciless god of darkness, has usurped Egypt’s throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict.  With only a handful of heroic rebels opposing Set’s savage rule, Bek (Brenton Thwaites), a bold and defiant mortal, enlists the aid of powerful god Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) in an unlikely alliance against the evil overlord.  As their breathtaking battle against Set and his henchmen take them into the afterlife and across the heavens, both god and mortal must pass tests of courage and sacrifice if they hope to prevail in the spectacular final confrontation. Gods of Egypt opens February 26th  2016.

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BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS

Now onto the segment we do every Friday, Box Office Predictions brought to you by our friends at AMC Theatres. This is the part of the show where we make our predictions of what movies and in what order will top this weekend’s box office.

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Bryan K writes: Hi team love the show! What movie will you absolutely refuse to watch? If Steven Spielberg said, 'Hey do you want to come over to my house to watch said movie' what movie would you refuse for?

Edward Lai writes: I'm one of the fans from Taiwan. Love the show ! My question is what if George Lucas was not the one who change the cinematic industry? If the first Star Wars movie didn't come out at 1977,  but instead it came out last year. Will Star Wars still as popular as it is now ?

The Movie Mukesh writes: Hello collider crew, I love the show and watch it everyday. My question is about good and bad actors, I always get confuse when people say this person is a actor/actress, but aren't they just doing what and how the director asked them. I like to think that there are no bad actors, i think that it's directors fault that he/she didn't pull off the best from their actors. For example, if Leo DiCaprio played in a movie, and turns out to be really really bad, that would be the director's fault that he couldn't pull off the best out of Leo? Your thoughts?