Few industries enjoy taking really, really long extended holiday vacations quite like Hollywood does, so when we get to this time of the year, there’s rarely much in the realm of “movie development news” to discuss. So this week and next, we’re going to review 12 of the year’s top stories, presented to you in monthly chronology. To put the year in perspective, some of 2021’s Fresh Developments movie announcements included Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans in March, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in September, and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two in October. As for 2022, the year-in-review begins with the “Fresh Developments” of the year and will continue next week with a…

Few industries enjoy taking really, really long extended holiday vacations quite like Hollywood, and when we get to this time of the year, there’s rarely much in the realm of “movie development news” to discuss. So, this week and next, we’re going to review 12 of the year’s top stories, presented to you in monthly chronology. The year-in-review begins with the “Fresh Developments” of 2021, and we’ll continue next week with the year’s “Rotten Ideas.” JANUARY: KEVIN FEIGE’S STAR WARS MOVIE MOVES FORWARD WITH RICK AND MORTY POWER (Photo by Image Group LA/Getty Images) The future of Star Wars on the big screen seemed to hit a stumble last month, when the…