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Movie Morsels: Vin Diesel’s Insane THE LAST WITCH HUNTER Posters, FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Casting News

It’s the last Movie Morsels of Comic-Con week, but expect lots more movie news in the next couple of days as we cover the films and stars appearing down here in San Diego. For now, we’ve got one of the best Ant-Man clips we’ve yet seen, a fantastic The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 propaganda video with Jennifer Lawrence herself, four new character videos for Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot, two new posters for Vin Diesel‘s The Last Witch Hunter, the latest on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and more!

Ant-Man

A huge part of the fun of seeing Marvel’s tiny titan Scott Lang in his big-screen debut is watching the trouble he gets into when he encounters everyday household items like record players, To see what I’m talking about, check out the latest clip from the Peyton Reed-directed film below. Co-starring Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Wood Harris, Judy Greer, David Dastmalchian, and Michael Douglas, Ant-Man lands in theaters on July 17th.

[Marvel]

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2

Look out, President Snow! Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen is through messing around in a new propaganda video for her rebel cause in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2. The final Hunger Games film, directed by Francis Lawrence and co-starring Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Willow Shields, Natalie Dormer, Robert Knepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Donald Sutherland, debuts on November 20th.

For more Hunger Games fun, check out our live blog of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2‘s panel in Hall H at Comic-Con yesterday.

[The Hunger Games]

Fantastic Four

Every member of the eponymous super-team just scored a character video unveiled at Comic-Con for Fox’s Josh Trank-helmed reboot of Marvel’s First Family. Meet Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and the Thing, as played by Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell. Fantastic Four arrives on August 7th.

[Comic Book Resources]

The Last Witch Hunter

If you thought what you’d seen so far of Vin Diesel’s The Last Witch Hunter looked batshit crazy, just check out the two new Comic-Con posters for the film below. Yes, Diesel’s well-documented lifelong love of Dungeons & Dragons is finally expressing itself in the most epic way possible: a heroic fantasy epic! Lionsgate’s Breck Eisner-directed tentpole, co-starring Game of Thrones‘ Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, and Michael Caine, hits theaters on October 23rd.

The Last Witchhunter 1

The Last Witchhunter 2

[Coming Soon]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Casting proceeds on the Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, based on J.K. Rowling’s bestseller. Singer-songwriter Alison Sudol is set to make her big-screen acting debut as Queenie, kid sister to Tina (Katherine Waterston), who encounters Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) when he visits New York City in the course of his adventures tracking down the book’s titular critters. Josh Gad and John Krasinski are reportedly now being considered as Jacob for the David Yates-directed film, which will be scripted by Rowling herself.

[Variety]

Batman

Batman and Bat Signal

And just in case you missed it, yes, Ben Affleck will direct and co-write a solo Batman movie after debuting as the Dark Knight in next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. DC Comics’ Geoff Johns will collaborate with Affleck on the script.

[Nerdist]

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