The cast for Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” was officially announced yesterday and, much to most people’s surprise, Bill Murray was nowhere to be found.

Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” will be competing for the Golden Lion at Venice.

These last 48 hours had Variety and THR including Baumbach’s “White Noise” on their Venice predictions list.

As mentioned last month, a teaser for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” will be shown right in front of “Nope”. It’s more or less official now.

I have to congratulate Alberto Barbera and the Venice Film Festival with their almost total shutdown of leaks this year.

Over here, Peter Weir is an absolute legend. This is the man who directed “Witness,” “The Truman Show,” “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “The Year of Living Dangerously,” “Dead Poets Society,” and many more.

Focus Features has bought Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” for domestic distribution. A plot synopsis has also been revealed and it sounds delightfully Anderson-esque:

Not hearing good things about John Ridley’s “Shirley.” This is a Netflix-produced biopic about Shirley Chisholm, America's first Black congresswoman. Chisholm is played by Regina King.

UPDATE 07.20.22: Julianne Moore has confirmed that the film will start production this coming October.

Peter Farrelly is set to screen his latest at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The general rule here is to not take first reactions tweets as gospel.

The film follows two men with commitment problems taking a crack at serious relationships. It’s PRODUCED by Judd Apatow. The TIFF world premiere will occur during the second day of the festival.

Just to answer the queries I received after briefly writing yesterday that George C. Wolfe’s “Rustin” was now a 2023 release.

This is total bullshit. Iran has really done it again, giving filmmaker Jafar Panahi a six-year prison sentence.

There’s a fight brewing between Toronto, Venice and Telluride, all having to do with the “World Premiere” status of Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking.”

The BA.5 is, supposedly, the most contagious COVID variant yet. This has kinda tied San Diego Comic-Con’s hands.

Awards Daily’s Sasha Stone usually has a good sense of how the Oscar race is shaping up.

The majority of TIFF’s lineup won’t be announced until August. I’m being told that they are going to keep doing these one-film world premiere announcements for the time being. Madness!

Michael Mann is currently shooting his “Ferrari” movie in Italy. We weren’t entirely sure about the plot, but Mann has finally revealed the deets to The Film Stage: