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‘Wildwood’ Gets PG-13 Rating as LAIKA’s 140-Minute Stop-Motion Epic Targets Older Audiences

The exact details of the MPA’s rating for “Wildwood” are as follows: Rated PG-13 for “strong fantasy violence/bloody images, thematic material, suicide related material, brief partial nudity and language.”

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‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’ Sequel Is Happening, Guy Pearce Says: “We’ll Probably Shoot It in 2027”

Speaking of sequels—the unusual kind, which are always the best kind—here’s a major update on one that’s been brewing since the pandemic.

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‘Practical Magic 2’ Tracking $45M+ Opening, the Latest Sign of Hollywood’s ’90s/‘00s Nostalgia Boom

The sequel looks like a vehicle to reunite Kidman and Bullock. Moviegoers are responding. This might turn out to be Warner Bros.’ biggest hit of the year—until “Dune 3”—and will easily outpace “Supergirl.”

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David Fincher’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Will Get an IMAX-Only Release From Netflix, Playing in Just 350 U.S. Theaters

The latest on “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth,” starring Brad Pitt, written by Quentin Tarantino, and directed by David Fincher, is that it’s getting an unusually restricted theatrical release.

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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Opens to OK $15M as ‘The Dog Stars’ Bombs With $8M at the Box Office

“Coyote vs. Acme,” came very close to never getting released, yet, it almost doubled the weekend box office of Ridley Scott’s much-pricier “The Dog Stars.”

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August 19, 2019
3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
August 19, 2019

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

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Trailer For Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ Releases Next Wednesday

March 23, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Daniel Richtman is reporting that we’re getting a trailer for Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” next Wednesday.

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Al Pacino and Adam Driver Are on the Cast List for ‘Heat 2’

March 23, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

You can look through the Production Weekly listing, bottom of the page, which has Adam Driver and Al Pacino firmly attached to Michael Mann’s “Heat 2.”

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David Robert Mitchell’s ‘80s Dinosaur Movie Sets Fall 2023 Production

March 23, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A little more than 6 days ago we reported on David Robert Mitchell’s next film which was going to be an ‘80s set dinosaur movie. No further details were given.

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Aziz Ansari Sets Directorial Debut ‘Good Fortune,’ Starts Shooting in May

March 23, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

With Aziz Ansari failing to revive “Being Mortal” and it mostly likely never to be completed, the actor/filmmaker is off to his next project, via Production Weekly.

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John McTiernan Hasn’t Made A Movie in 20 Years Because They “Don’t Make Movies About Real People Anymore”

March 22, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

John McTiernan reinvented the action movie in the ‘80s with “Predator,” and “Die Hard.” The ‘90s fared just as well for him with “The Hunt For Red October,” “Die Hard With A Vengeance,” “The Last Action Hero,” and “The Thomas Crown Affair.”

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‘Shazam’ Bombs and Risks to Lose Millions, Star Zachary Levi Blames Dwayne Johnson

March 22, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

“Shazam: Fury of the Gods” did not have a good weekend. There will be a lot of think-pieces about went wrong in the coming weeks, but one thing’s for sure: it’s turning into a bomb for Warner Bros.

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Was ‘Cry Macho’ the Final Film of Clint Eastwood’s Career?

March 22, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As far as we know, Eastwood has no project brewing, we’ve even heard reports this week about Eastwood having not been seen publicly in over a year, sparking fears about the health of the 92-year-old actor.

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Pedro Almodovar Confirms ‘Strange Way of Life’ is Opening 76th Cannes Film Festival

March 22, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

While guesting on the podcast Dua Lipa: At Your Service, Almodóvar is himself telling the musician that it’s the opener. It can’t get more official than that.

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Cannes: An Animated Film Might Compete For the Palme d’Or — First Time Since 2008

March 22, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

An animated film has cracked this year’s competition for the first time since 2008’s “Waltz With Bashir.”

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Which Film Holds the Record For Most Takes of A Single Scene?

March 22, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It always puzzled me how the Guinness record-holder of most takes for a single scene was attributed to Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” — more specifically with Wendy (Shelly Long) and the bat on the stairs.

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‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ Banned in China, Possibly Due to Memes Comparing Xi Jinping to Pooh Bear

March 22, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In recent years, China's government has intensified its crackdown on any sharing of photos and memes related to Winnie the Pooh.

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Ben Affleck's ‘Air' Already Being Touted as an Oscar Contender

March 21, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

We’re almost a quarter of the way done with 2023 and there haven’t really been any great US movies released so far this calendar year. Maybe Ben Affleck’s “Air” could change that, who knows.

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The Daniels Assure Us They Are Not Being “Sucked Up By The Corporate Machine”

March 21, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

After news broke out yesterday that The Daniels had directed an episode of the upcoming Disney Plus series, “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,” the internet blew up. There was some backlash from fans of the EEAAO duo who accused them of selling out.

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The Oscars is a Relic That’s Going Extinct

March 21, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It used to be that movie fans worldwide would, with much-anticipation, tune into the Oscars, and for that matter almost any awards show.

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Quentin Tarantino Almost Cast Isabelle Huppert in ‘Inglorious Basterds’

March 21, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In the Summer of 2008, Quentin Tarantino, coming off “Death Proof,” started casting calls for his upcoming “Inglorious Basterds.”

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David Lowery Set to Direct Pop Musical ‘Mother Mary’ For A24

March 21, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

David Lowery’s upcoming “Peter Pan & Wendy” was probably a very nice paycheck for him, but now he’s getting into more serious stuff.

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NEON and Joshua Oppenheimer’s Golden-Age Musical ‘The End’ Begins Production

March 21, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Finally, Joshua Oppenheimer has started production on his Golden Age-styled musical “The End.”

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A24 and Nicole Holofcener’s ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Has A Trailer

March 21, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a film that was a minor highlight of this past January’s Sundance Film Festival.

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Damon Lindeloff and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Exit Disney’s Star Wars Movie

March 21, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Movies from Benioff/Weiss, Kevin Feige, Patty Jenkins and, probably, Rian Johnson have been nixed by LucasFilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy.

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The Daniels Set to Direct A ‘Star Wars’ Series for Disney +

March 20, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Our beloved Daniels have decided that their follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Everything Everywhere All at Once” will be a “Star Wars” series for Disney Plus.

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Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Tops the Best Films of the 1930s, According to 100+ Critics

We’ve gone through the decades. The ‘40s ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘2000s, and ‘2010s. — all revisited, argued over. Now, here are the results for the best films of the 1930s.

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