Mortal Kombat punching its way to the top of the box office with an opening weekend of $22 million has further reinforced Warner Bros.’ credentials as the kings of pandemic-era cinema. Not only is it the sixth of the studio’s movies to debut at number one since the Coronavirus took hold following in the footsteps of Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984, The Little Things, Tom & Jerry and Godzilla vs. Kong, but the streak is virtually guaranteed to continue when The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It debuts on June 4th.

However, Universal are set to get back into the game in a huge way with a little film called Fast & Furious 9. The next chapter in the blockbuster franchise arrives on June 25th, and to celebrate the occasion, each prior entry in the series with the exception of spinoff Hobbs & Shaw is coming back to theaters every Friday between now and then, with tickets costing absolutely nothing.

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Not only that, but a brand new promo – seen up above – puts Vin Diesel back in the driver’s seat, with the action hero’s signature gravely tones letting everyone know how important going to the movies has been to people all over the world for a century. There’s some brand new footage from F9 on display, too, including a fresh look at a rocket-powered automobile that would be ridiculous in any other property, but is par for the course from The Fast Saga these days.

Having been delayed for fourteen months, fans are champing at the bit to get reacquainted with Dominic Toretto and the gang, so the Fast Friday events should be packing houses across the country until Fast & Furious opens exactly two months from today.

Most fans would probably agree that Captain Marvel doesn’t rank among the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s very best efforts, telling a functional if hardly spectacular origin story for Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, but it certainly didn’t deserve to be the victim of a heavily coordinated trolling campaign that tried to tear the movie down at every opportunity.

Despite a very vocal subsection of so-called ‘fans’ trying to downvote Captain Marvel into oblivion and sabotage its ratings on both Rotten Tomatoes and YouTube, it still rocketed to over a billion dollars at the box office. For some reason, Larson hasn’t proven to be a universally popular member of the MCU’s roster, but she’s here to stay and is widely expected to lead the Avengers the next time Earth’s Mightiest Heroes assemble.

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Her solo sequel is arriving in 2022, and it’s probably safe to assume it’ll be tackling a Skrull infiltration. WandaVision‘s post-credits scene set Teyonah Parris’ Monica Rambeau up for both Disney Plus series Secret Invasion and Captain Marvel 2, and that’s without mentioning she’s got superpowers of her own now as well. Iman Vellani’s Kamala Khan is also on board with Zawe Ashton tapped to play a mystery villain, but that’s about all we know so far. And now, a new fan trailer that you can see up above (edited by Billy Crammer) hammers home that notion by being very smartly edited while revealing nothing at all really.

That being said, the presence of rising star Nia Da Costa behind the camera, a script by WandaVision‘s Megan McDonnell and cinematography by Academy Award nominee Sean Bobbitt, who lensed the likes of 12 Years a Slave, Widows and Judas and the Black Messiah, at the very least indicates we’ll be getting a movie that’s visually and narratively superior to its perfectly acceptable predecessor when Captain Marvel 2 hits theaters in November 2022.

If the internet buzz generated by the clip is any indication, then Sony may have stumbled onto a merchandising gold mine thanks to Ghostbusters: Afterlife‘s Mini-Pufts. The footage in question saw Paul Rudd’s Mr. Grooberson discover the sentient marshmallows during a trip to the grocery store, and it looks to have summed up director Jason Reitman’s approach to the franchise he inherited from his father in a microcosm.

Much like the cast of the original film, Rudd is one of the most popular and talented comedic actors of his generation, and the Mini-Pufts update a beloved aspect of the original while putting a fresh spin on it to strike the balance between the new and nostalgic, which pretty much sums up Afterlife itself.

The storyline has strong ties to the mythology first established in 1984 and brings back several of the legacy players, but will look to stand on its own two feet in order to launch a brand new multi-film series, as well as delivering the direct sequel to Ghostbusters II that fans have been waiting over 30 years to see.

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Bill Murray is clearly a fan of the Mini-Pufts, too, with a reaction video revealing original helmer Ivan Reitman letting the star see the clip for the first time. The look on Murray’s face is priceless, and he admits that it’s got the feel of the original duology, which is even better news for fans given that the franchise’s Peter Venkman isn’t known for mincing his words.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is finally set to hit theaters in November having been delayed for well over a year, and it’s looking like it’ll be well worth the wait based on nothing but Murray’s response to the Mini-Pufts.

The next season of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous is coming in May. The great thing about the animated spinoff of the dino-themed franchise is that we never have to wait long for new episodes, as the first run debuted last October, the second dropped in January and the third is due in just a few short weeks. And to hype it up, Netflix has now shared a fresh trailer which confirms that a familiar threat from the movies is returning.

Yes, it’s the Indoraptor! This genetically engineered hybrid of the Indominus Rex and a velociraptor was introduced in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. This follows on from the series taking its cues from the first Jurassic World in previous seasons, as the rookie run was mostly a prequel to the film, before it was ultimately revealed that it was set concurrently and our young heroes were trapped on Isla Nubar when it was evacuated.

The next chapter then found the teenagers – including Darius (Paul-Mikel Williams), Brooklynn (Jenna Ortega) and Kenji (Ryan Potter) – having to survive on the island along with some untrustworthy characters. The finale saw their efforts to escape dashed, though, with a mysterious dinosaur – which we now know to be the Indoraptor – emerging from cryonic suspension. So, the kids’ troubles are far from over.

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While we’re waiting for more Camp Cretaceous, remember that Jurassic World: Dominion is on its way to cinema screens next year, promising to conclude the entire six-film saga in explosive fashion as Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard’s characters team up with the original Jurassic Park trio – Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern. That’s coming in June 2022. With any luck, we’ll have a few more seasons of this animated spinoff before then, though it’s currently unclear if Netflix is moving forward with the show after this next run.

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous returns for new episodes on Friday, May 21st.