Every so often when we turn to cover a recent development in Movie news, a week like the one behind us takes place. Rather than leave each of the stories unreported, or bother picking one and stringing it out into a suitable length, we'll be covering the five events in the world of movies making waves right now.

First Spider-man: No Way Home Trailer Leaks Online

There has been a great deal of speculation surrounding the next installment in the Spider-Man film series. Theories abound suggesting a multiverse is at play, allowing previous Spider-men (Maguire and Garfield) to enter the film, Doctor Strange co-leading, as well as the confirmed cast members Alfred Molina returning as Doc Ock and Jamie Foxx as Electro.

With all the secrecy, things have been kept thoroughly under wraps; until now. A trailer with unfinished VFX has been making the rounds all over the internet, as Sony scrambles to suppress the leak with copyright take downs. The trailer is legitimate and is even watermarked with the film's VFX artist, Wassila Lmouaci's, name. Now that the cat is out of the bag, with this being Marvel's most anticipated release since Avengers: Endgame, the studio has decided to fold and release the trailer officially, one day after the leak.

Free Guy Overperforms at the Box Office

A family friendly slant, original IP-branded marketing, and great audience reception has ensured that Ryan Reynolds' Free Guy not only opened to an above estimation $28.4 million debut, but has stayed strong in the face of new competition, crossing the $ 100 million worldwide mark over the weekend.

The film is a theatrical only release, helping its earnings drop only 34% in its second week, the best hold for a pandemic era wide release to date. This theatrical release may also be assisting in generating a healthy interest in the film, as word of mouth spreads and more and more viewers are encouraged to take the trip down to the local movie theatre, rather than add Free Guy to their endlessly expanding streaming watch list.

Céline Sciamma's New Film gets a Trailer

European festival circuit films generally receive muted but wholehearted praise, there are very few directors running in those circles who command “hype”. But with the reception of her previous film Portrait of a Lady on Fire being nothing short of rapturous, Sciamma has had eyes on her next solo directorial production since its announcement.

The film, Petite Maman, about an 8-year-old who meets a girl her own age in the woods beyond her mother's childhood home, has received exceptionally favorable reviews from critics who've seen it at the Berlin International Film Festival and via its French release, and English viewers can now expand their anticipation by watching the newly released trailer. Sciamma has said the film uses the work of Hayao Miyazaki as a “compass”.

Martial Arts Legend Sonny Chiba dies aged 82

The star known for his intense and ferocious performances died in his native Japan due to pneumonia, as a complication from Corona-virus, on the 19th of August. He had performed in over 200 films, most martial arts movies, of which he remains a patron saint. Quentin Tarantino re-introduced Chiba to modern western audiences, first through True Romance's Clarence's Sonny Chiba triple feature, and then by casting him as the mythical swordsmith Hattori Hanzō, who crafts the bride's deadly katana.

Chiba had achieved the rank of black belt in Kyokushin Karate, Ninjutsu, Goju-ryu karate, Shorinji Kempo, Judo and Kendo. If you'd like to watch a film of his as tribute, out of those 209, go for The Street Fighter from 1974, the first film ever released in America to be rated X for violent content alone. There is a moment where Chiba punches a man square on the head so hard that the film cuts to an x-ray of his skull caving in.

Denis Villeneuve In Hot Water over HBO Max Comments

Villeneuve has expressed disappointment at the prospect of audiences watching his upcoming sci-fi epic Dune on their TVs, since “It's a movie that has been made as a tribute to the big-screen experience.” He has likened watching Dune at home to putting a speedboat in your bathtub. Naturally, as the filmmaker, Villeneuve is entitled to his opinion on the best way to experience the film, but that hasn't stopped a large portion of the internet from taking the opportunity to drag another artist to defend the decisions of the studio behind them.

Some Twitter users malign that Villeneuve's comments are elitist and callous towards audience members who are weary to return to theatres as cases rise. Others suggest that the director is behind the times, that he and Martin Scorsese and all the rest of the old guard need to pipe down and let the kids watch movies on their phones if they like. One wonders how many of the users voicing their complaints would actually bother to see Dune either way.