!["One day you'll be in <i>Star Wars</i>": Ben Mendelsohn at Sydney Film Festival.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/o/v/m/p/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwo6ka.gwh3pg.png/1497219681688.jpg)
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![Kevin Hart, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Karen Gillan and Jack Black in the new Jumanji sequel.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/x/d/r/2/image.related.wideLandscape.300x169.gx1o08.png/1498777336796.jpg)
Jumanji sequel trailer mocked over controversial update
The trailer for Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle was released overnight, and it's sparking generational wars.
The House a grim waste of Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler's talents
![The House, starring Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler and Jason Mantzoukas, exemplifies the biggest current weaknesses in ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/1/4/r/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx13a9.png/1498739667626.jpg)
The trick to enjoying recent Hollywood comedies lies in managing your expectations, but they'd have to be low indeed for you to get much satisfaction from The House.
Rebel Wilson, Chris Hemsworth among new Oscar voters
![Rebel Wilson will now be able to help decide who gets to take home an Oscar.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/s/7/8/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx0x8g.png/1498740750865.jpg)
Australians Rebel Wilson and Chris Hemsworth have been inducted into the Oscars voting collegiate, along with 774 other entertainment industry leaders.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople star cast in Deadpool 2
![Julian Dennison in Hunt for the Wilderpeople.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/2/h/k/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx0uy2.png/1498740941290.jpg)
A Hollywood casting announcement we can all get behind.
Rebellious heroine's entrapment all too realistically evoked
![Florence Pugh, the heroine in Lady Macbeth, is married to a brutal landowner.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/o/y/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx065y.png/1498713516360.jpg)
William Oldroyd's Lady Macbeth is no riff on Shakespeare. Set in England in the middle of the 19th century, it's an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
Hugh Jackman lands role as scandalised US politician
![Hugh Jackman is set to star in the upcoming political drama The Frontrunner.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/a/h/e/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzzmp.png/1498652102072.jpg)
Move over, Kevin Spacey.
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo star Michael Nyqvist dies
![Michael Nyqvist, star of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, has died.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/0/h/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx00ad.png/1498651500461.jpg)
Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, who starred in the original The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo films alongside Noomi Rapace, has died from lung cancer. He was 56.
Constant gross-out gags drive family road trip
![Lampooning vacations: Charlie Wright (Rodrick), Jason Drucker (Greg), Alicia Silverstone (Susan) and Tom Everett ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/8/l/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx086l.png/1498636283967.jpg)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul sees writers Bowers and Kinney pick up where they left off.
Gore, blimey! What bloody good fun.
![Sword-play at top speed on the back of a motorbike is all in a day's work for the Villainess.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/5/b/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzli0.png/1498718110134.jpg)
There is nothing our assassin heroine can't do, it seems, except have a happy life.
On screen and in life, Florence Pugh seizes control
![Florence Pugh in the film <i>Lady Macbeth<i/>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/3/3/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx0355.png/1498724495015.jpg)
''Right place, right time,'' says Lady Macbeth star Florence Pugh about her fledgling career.
Spider-Man loves a good punchline
![The film is expected to offer a lighter, brighter kind of Spider-Man than in recent versions of the franchise.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/y/f/9/4/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwyesi.png/1498723122793.jpg)
There's a wise-cracking, fun-loving guy inside the modern Spider-Man, says Tom Holland.
Help me Obi-Ron Kenobi: can Ron Howard save Star Wars?
![Can Ron Howard save the Han Solo film?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/u/v/o/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwz38p.png/1498718867774.jpg)
The veteran director of A Beautiful Mind and Frost/Nixon takes the helm of the troubled Star Wars Han Solo spin-off film today.
Top 5 films: our pick of this weekend's screenings
![Noah Taylor and Loene Carmen in <i>The Year My Voice Broke</i>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/1/u/q/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzkg7.png/1498607237250.jpg)
The classic 1987 Australian coming-of-age story The Year My Voice Broke screens this weekend at ACMI.
Sy clowns around as France's first black superstar
![James Thierree and Omar Sy have huge fun as the clowning duo George Foottit and Chocolat.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/t/f/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzudo.png/1498628188636.jpg)
This story of one of the first black stars in France bears only a passing resemblance to history, but it's still huge fun.
Bran Nue Dae playwright dead at 69
![The writer of Bran Nue Dae has passed away.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/9/e/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwz6jd.png/1498701275871.jpg)
The Indigenous playwright behind the critically acclaimed musical Bran Nue Dae had died in Broome at the age of 69.
Depp may face charges for 'perjury' in Australia
![Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard caused controversy in Australia last year when they smuggled two Yorkshire terriers, ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/9/2/6/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwz4ik.png/1498520574358.jpg)
Deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has hinted he might reinvestigate Johnny Depp illegally bringing his two dogs into Australia while filming the latest instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Depp 'fully aware' of breaking Australian quarantine: court
![Johnny Depp with one of his Yorkshire terriers illegally brought to Australia.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/a/m/c/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwy2rw.png/1498396383250.jpg)
Johnny Depp's former business managers are claiming that the actor pressured one of his staff to "take the fall" for illegally bringing his two dogs into Australia while filming the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
Here's what some of Trump's family thinks of Johnny Depp's assassination joke
![Johnny Depp has said sorry after joking in Britain about assassinating President Trump.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/u/s/d/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwxyvl.png/1498391690479.jpg)
Not even Johnny Depp is trying to defend Johnny Depp's comments to a laughing crowd at a festival last week: "When was the last time an actor assassinated a president? . . . It's been a while, and maybe it's time."
'Poor taste': Depp sorry for Trump assassination joke
![Johnny Depp at Glastonbury, where he made controversial remarks about Donald Trump.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/x/n/v/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwxowl.png/1498292101491.jpg)
Johnny Depp says he was 'only trying to amuse' with his Trump assassination gag.
Fans celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter
![Audrey Ormella, Aoife Brazil and Madeleine Albany celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter in Sydney.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/x/o/g/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwxdqa.png/1498311289557.jpg)
Twenty years on, wizards and witches of all ages are preparing to head back to Hogwarts.
Christopher Lloyd originally tossed the Back to the Future script in the bin
![Veteran actor Christopher Lloyd, better known for playing Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future movies.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/x/g/b/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwx6tm.png/1498267743665.jpg)
How different the future or past could've been if veteran actor Christopher Lloyd didn't play the iconic mad scientist Emmett "Doc" Brown in the 1980s Back to the Future time-travelling trilogy?
Ron Howard Takes Over Han Solo Film
![Ron Howard has stepped in to direct the Star Wars spin off about Han Solo after Lucasfilm removed the previous directors ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/v/5/2/z/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwwuiq.png/1498171102161.jpg)
Ron Howard is stepping in to direct the coming stand-alone Han Solo film, two days after Philip Lord and Christopher Miller were ousted from the job. They had spent 4 1/2 months on the as-yet-untitled space western.
Rebel Wilson will give away money from defamation win
![Rebel Wilson will now be able to help decide who gets to take home an Oscar.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/s/7/8/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwwc3q.png/1498716877871.jpg)
Rebel Wilson's special damages claim is "extraordinarily large" according to the publisher found guilty of defaming her by branding her a serial liar who faked her way into Hollywood.
Han Solo directors cut loose weeks before filming ends
![Christopher Miller (bottom left) and Phil Lord (second from the right) are no longer directing the next standalone Star ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/i/b/v/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gww244.png/1498716987213.jpg)
The men that brought you The Lego Movie will no longer call the shots for the next standalone Star Wars film.
Rebel to give away cash from defamation win
![Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson poses with a young fan outside Melbourne's Supreme Court earlier this month.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630030213im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/x/8/8/image.related.landscape.120x80.gww037.png/1498142939120.jpg)
Rebel Wilson has promised to give away any money she receives from her successful lawsuit against magazine publisher Bauer Media.
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