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DC Studios Boss Jeremy Latcham Wants More Faith-Inspired, Family-Friendly Movies

Now that Jeremy Latchman has replaced James Gunn and Peter Safran as DC Studios CCO, the guy’s past will now be scrutinized ad nauseam by online hordes, and it’s already started.

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Sebastián Lelio's Final Film ‘Chilean Poet' Was One Week From Wrapping When He Died

Lelio had been shooting his adaptation of Alejandro Zambra's acclaimed 2020 novel since September in Santiago. Production reportedly continued on November 5, the day before his death.

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James Gray: “You Don't Win Jacksh*t” at Cannes “If You're an American”

James Gray has never been one to bite his tongue, especially about Cannes, a festival he's had a love-hate relationship with for decades, and he’s certainly not about to start now.

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Alex Proyas Directing Antonio Banderas in ‘Cortés’, an “AI-Enabled” Epic, and His First Film in 10 Years

Alex Proyas, who directed “The Crow” and “Dark City,” and a full decade after “Gods of Egypt,” is currently shooting “Cortés” with Antonion Banderas in Paris.

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James Gunn Is “Incredibly Relieved" to Be Fired After “Trying” Four Years, Forgets ‘Supergirl’ Ever Existed

Hours after being shown the door at DC Studios, James Gunn has posted his farewell on Instagram. The gist? He never really liked the job anyway.

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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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‘The Nice Guys’ Sequel?

April 5, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Russell Crowe was a guest on Barstool Sports’ podcast and let it slip that a sequel to Shane Black’s “The Nice Guys” might happen.

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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Wraps 4-Month Production

April 5, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ started production on December 11th and has finally wrapped filming, four months later. We’ve seen many of the outdoor scenes leak online, it looks bonkers.

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Ben Affleck's 'Air' Has A 99% Rotten Tomatoes — Oscar Contender?

April 4, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Ben Affleck’s “Air” gets released tomorrow. Critics are pushing it to succeed, that’s for sure — a 99% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 80 on Metacritic.

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‘Barbie’ Trailer …

April 4, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The official trailer for Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” has been released.

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Chloe Zhao to Direct ‘Hamnet’

April 4, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As she’s continuing to write her “Dracula” movie, Chloe Zhao, an Oscar-winning director for “Nomadland,” has set up her next movie with Amblin studios.

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James Gunn Admits There’s Been “Superhero Fatigue” Since ‘Avengers: Endgame’

April 4, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Even James Gunn is admitting that there is a current superhero overkill going on in the movie industry.

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Duke Johnson’s ‘The Actor’ Wraps Filming

April 4, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Duke Johnson co-directed and wrote, with Charlie Kaufman, 2016’s darkly fantastic “Anomalisa.” It was his feature-directing debut.

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David Lynch Calls Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time in Hollywood’ “A Hell of A Good Revenge Film”

April 4, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The entire David Lynch interview in this month’s Cahiers du Cinema is worth a read. He goes through his current state of mind and why he stopped doing those weather reports on YouTube.

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‘Shrek 5’ in the Works …

April 4, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Illumination founder and CEO, Chris Meledandri, who has “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” coming out tomorrow, is looking to reboot the ‘Shrek’ franchise.

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John Carpenter Has An Idea For A New Movie: “I’m Trying to Find the Second Act”

April 4, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Carpenter is telling the Cahiers du Cinema, in their April issue, that even though he “walked away from the business”, he’s continuing to work on “one or two things.”

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David Lynch Hasn’t Seen Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’: “I Will Never Watch It”

April 4, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In a new interview with Cahiers du Cinema, Lynch admits that he’s still bitter about his experience making “Dune” and that he has no interest in catching Villeneuve’s version.

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Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ at Cannes?

April 4, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Back in January, it seemed to be set in stone that Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” would do the fall festival circuit and then get released in November, but things can definitely change in just a few months.

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Warner Bros and Michael Mann Team-Up for ‘Heat 2’; Adam Driver to Star

April 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Finally, a major publication has started reporting on Michael Mann’s “Heat 2.” I’ve been all over this project ever since I had heard, last summer, about the heated studio bidding war in trying to snatch up the rights to Mann’s novel.

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Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ Scheduled For Reshoots Next Week

April 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I was actually surprised by last month’s intel that post-production work on Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” had been completed.

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Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ Gets November 22nd Release Date

April 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” is coming for awards season. The above image is the first official one released for the upcoming film.

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Surprise, Surprise: ‘John Wick 4’ Director Open to the Idea of a Fifth Movie

April 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As it continues to make a boatload of cash at the box-office, over $244 million worldwide on a $100 million budget, “John Wick: Chapter 4” has been the topic of a lot of online conversations, especially about its ending.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Loved Ari Aster’s ‘Midsommar’

April 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I’m just guessing that Leonardo Dicaprio has Ari Aster in his sights. The ‘Killers of the Flower moon’ actor loves to make movies with highly-regarded filmmakers and Aster is most definitely turning into one.

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‘How to Blowup A Pipeline’: Taut, Tense and Terrific Gritty Thriller Opening This Friday

April 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Watch out for this one. Daniel Goldhaber’s environmental heist thriller is being released this Friday in theaters.

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More Cannes Predictions as Intel Amps Up

April 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

You’ll notice that my Cannes predictions have slightly changed. This is set to be my before to last spitballing of the potential competition lineup.

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Lady Gaga On the Set of ‘Joker 2’

April 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Todd Phillips, Last Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix are currently shooting “Joker: Folie à Deux” in Los Angeles until next week.

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Cannes 2027: Spitball #1 Includes Scorsese, Östlund, Bong, Chazelle, Nichols, Payne, Haynes, Weerasethakul — and Yes, Malick (Again)

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Brian De Palma's ‘Sweet Vengeance,' His First Film in 8 Years, Might Have a Cut Ready by February

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Darius Khondji is back behind the camera as DP. That's a pairing that should give this thing Aster’s usual very specific, unnerving texture. Bobby Krlic is back to compose his fourth straight Aster movie.

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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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Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

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Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.

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Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll

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