Last week, insider Jeff Sneider reported, via his Hot Mic podcast, that Netflix desperately wanted David Fincher to direct a US version of their hit series “Squid Game.”

At the point, the word-of-mouth marketing push for Andres Muschetti’s “The Flash” has reached overdrive.

I was waiting it out a bit before I wrote something about F. Murray Abraham’s #MeToo firing from the show “Mythic Quest.”

After an initial positive, albeit a what-the-hell-did-I-just-see response, critics are starting to come around to the fact that Ari Aster’s “Beau is Afraid” is a big resounding swing with lots of flaws.

Al Pacino met with lawyer David Rubenstein in New York for a Q&A about his career, the first part of a series of talks “about the people who inspire us”.

Quentin Tarantino will present this year’s Cannes “secret screening,” this one in the Quinzaine des Cineastes section. He’ll also have a post-screening Q&A.

“Civil War” is his fourth feature film (and third A24 project) shot in Atlanta and London. The film, set in near future America, is said to be a companion piece to “Men.”

Right before a “Beau is Afraid” Q&A at AMC Century City last Friday night, Joaquin Phoenix warned the audience in his intro that Ari Aster had dropped some acid in the back room.

The Cannes Film Festival unveiled the official poster for its upcoming 76th edition.

Here’s another bombshell report on Jonathan Majors, but why am I not surprised? It just seems to align with the way things have been going.

We’re hearing that “Superman: Legacy” will start production next January in Atlanta. The film is already in pre-production, so casting news and other updates are sure to come soon.

Deadline’s sources are saying that ‘The Way of Water’ more than just broke even, it made a profit $531.7 million.

The mostly-reliable Daniel Richtman is reporting that Adam Driver is in final negotiations to play Reed Richards in Marvel’s “Fantastic Four” reboot. Don’t do it, Adam.

Pixar and Peter Sohn’s “Elemental” has been selected as the closing night film of the 76th Cannes Film Festival.

I’m being told Thierry Frémaux tried as hard as he could to get Hayao Miyazaki’s “How Do You Live” in competition, but it seems as though Miyazaki just doesn’t want to do film festivals anymore. Not even Venice.

Variety’s Elsa Keslassy is finally reporting on L’Affaire Corsini. It’s an interesting story that, to my knowledge, none of the trades had pounced on.

For months, there has been speculation about what the runtime for “Killers of the Flower Moon” would be. After all, Scorsese last film, 2019’s “The Irishman,” ran for 209 minutes.

Principal photography on James Wan’s “Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom” began in London on June 28, 2021, and wrapped in January 2022. There’s been a lot of behind-the-scenes drama with this one.

It’s mid-April, which means the summer movie season is very close to starting. This season we’re anticipating news films from Wes Anderson, Christopher Nolan and Greta Gerwig.