Top 20 Stories Of The Week: Star Trek Beyond, Fantastic Beasts, The Force Awakens

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

This past week brought information on the 70mm release of The Hateful Eight, details on the fate of Will Smith's character in Independence Day: Resurgence as well as the first trailer for the sequel, a new photo and posters for the Ghostbusters reboot, and the first trailers for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Star Trek Beyond.

Check out the Top 20 Stories of the Week below!

James Cameron's action sequel will be getting converted to 3D and re-released in theaters in 2016. Find out what Cameron has to say about the 25th anniversary re-release in our original story.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 hit their Kickstarter goal and is now the biggest TV/film project to get funded. In fact, they actually exceeded their goal, which means more good news for fans. Get the full story right here.

We run through the best and worst sketches from Chris Hemsworth's return to Saturday Night Live as host. How did the Thor star fare in his sophomore turn at Studio 8H? Find out in our full review.

The true story hits theaters on February 26th, 2016.

Our companion feature takes a look at the most recent episode of How Did This Get Made?, and this time it's the Shaquille O'Neal superhero movie Steel, which also starred Judd Nelson. Read the full piece right here.

The G.I. Joe film franchise is about to get a bunch of other toylines added into the mix as brands such as M.A.S.K., The Visionaries and more will be part of a shared universe that Hasbro is creating with Paramount Pictures. Get all the details right here.

It looks like John Wick 2 will have a little bit of a reunion for a couple of The Matrix stars as one of Keanu Reeves fellow heroes from the sci-fi trilogy was recently spotted on set. Get the full story right here.

Tickets are finally on sale for The Hateful Eight 70mm roadshow that will be playing in select cities beginning on December 25th. Find out where the closest location is right here.

A new viral website for Independence Day: Resurgence explains what happened to Will Smith since the first Independence Day 20 years ago. Find out why we won't see his character in the sequel right here.

Our own Jacob Hall revisited all of the six previous Star Wars films leading up to The Force Awakens:

Inherent Vice star Katherine Waterston has landed a lead role in Alien: Covenant and she'll be joined by some of your favorite xenomorphs from the original films as well. Check out the respective links for more.

A new photo of the lady Ghostbusters has been revealed along with a batch of character posters showcasing the new gear that they'll be using to take down some spirits.

Justin Lin responds to some of the criticism over the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond, which you'll find a little higher on the list. Find out what he had to say about the gripes right here.

Peter Sciretta sat down to talk about Star Wars: The Force Awakens with director J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Abrams talks about how The Force Awakens was planned with regard for the future of the new trilogy, how he considers the prequels and more. Meanwhile, Kennedy talks about how she and her team are planning out the future of the Star Wars franchise, how George Lucas' treatments evolved into Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more.

Kurt Russell is being lined up to play Star-Lord's father in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but we still don't know who his father will be. Find out more about this potential casting in our original story.

Find out what Peter Sciretta thought about Star Wars: The Force Awakens in his spoiler-free review. Plus, check out David Chen's video review of the movie as well right here.

The sequel arrives on June 24th, 2016.

The magic returns on November 18th, 2016.

Go back to the final frontier on July 22nd, 2016.

Read the previous Top 20 Stories of the Week right here.