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The lightsaber, wielded by Vader in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, went on sale during an auction held by the memorabilia company, Propstore. The auction includes plenty of other iconic movie props, including Indiana Jones’ whip, which fetched more than $485,000.

We reported yesterday that a pretty extraordinary selection of movie props went up for auction, from Indiana Jones’ whip to Michael Keaton’s Batsuit. The biggie is Darth Vader’s lightsaber, estimated to sell for $1 million to $3 million, a price that all but guarantees it’ll go to someone truly deserving.

Ahead of Avatar: Fire and Ash’s debut on December 19th, Avatar: The Way of Water will return to the big screen for a limited week-long run beginning on October 3rd.

Things don’t look good for the survivors in the first trailer for 28 Years Later sequel The Bone Temple, out January 16th. Danny Boyle only produced this one, with Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels) helming instead, given the dubious honor of bringing a Jimmy Savile-themed gang to vicious life.

Just like with Glass Onion, Netflix is giving Wake Up Dead Man a brief theatrical run before it starts streaming in December. The movie is also premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival later this week, and I’ll be on hand to check it out. Stay tuned.

If last year’s Silent Hill 2 remake wasn’t enough, here’s an early look at the upcoming film adaptation. The trailer is short, but does include a look at our old friend Pyramid Head. It hits theaters on January 23rd, which should be enough time to play Silent Hill F beforehand.

To commemorate the 10 year anniversary of his 2015 action / epic Baahubali: The Beginning, S. S. Rajamouli is releasing a new five-and-a-half-hour-long version of the film that combines it with its 2017 sequel, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion. The new movie, Baahubali: The Epic, hits theaters on October 31st.

Variety and THR are reporting that a two-day special event showing of the animated hit pulled in $18 to $20 million from 1,700 theaters in North America this weekend. And now, Netflix has announced the sing-along version of KPop Demon Hunters will be available for streaming at home starting tomorrow, August 25th.

Yes, Paramount just trolled everyone waiting for its Mission Impossible livestream and links you to purchase the movie online instead.

The Duffer Brothers will still be able to oversee their in-development Netflix projects when their current contract with the streamer is finished next year. But Deadline reports that the Stranger Things creators are jumping ship to Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, after signing a new production deal.

Before Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein hits Netflix on November 7th, the movie will screen in select theaters beginning on October 17th.

Now that Paramount and Skydance’s mega merger is complete, Paramount president Jeff Shell is letting the public know that a “painful” round of job cuts are coming in order to help the company save $2 billion in operating costs.

The streamer will add Your Name, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, Children Who Chase Lost Voices, Ghost Cat Anzu, and more titles starting September 1st. It’s also bringing Shin Godzilla and other films like the 1985 sci-fi flick Angel’s Egg to the platform later this year and into next.

I watched the new War of the Worlds movie because my colleague Marina dared me to. (You can read about that “experience.”) But commenter justintyler pointed me to a video that reveals the film took actual disaster footage and CGI’ed over them with unconvincing aliens — actual wildfires, actual plane crashes, actual tsunamis. Is it insensitive? Lazy? Both??? Anyway, watch the TikTok video:

During an earnings call on Monday, AMC CEO Adam Aron hinted at plans to use AI for pricing, film scheduling, and customer service. “We’ve actually been talking and are in conversations right now about making small investments in some AI technology-enabled companies whose prospects are related to the movie industry,” Aron said.

Bambu now sells electronics to drop into your creations — remember my floating light bulb and TARDIS? This time, I’m using the $135 “Motion-Activated Sound and Light Props Kit” with Joel He’s double-bladed saber files, but you can design anything you like. Should I try a Zelda Master Sword next?

It’s apparently already time to start thinking about more than just your Halloween decor. Hallmark’s 2025 lineup of Keepsake collectibles includes a $99.99 Star Wars ornament recreating the scene aboard the Millennium Falcon where R2-D2 and Chewbacca play a game of Dejarik.

Sony decided to go the live-action route for its upcoming Spider-Verse spinoff series starring Nic Cage’s Spider-Man Noir, but Deadline reports that the studio is in the early stages of developing an animated Spider-Punk feature co-written by Ajon Singh (Primetime) and Daniel Kaluuya, who will presumably reprise his role as Hobie Brown.