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Anne Hathaway Joins Tom Cruise in ‘Days of Thunder 2’ — Sets June 2, 2028 Release

Hathaway is set to play a racecar team owner and engineer. Cruise will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle. Jonathan Levine (“Long Shot,” “50/50”) is confirmed to direct.

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Alma Har’el Sets ‘Wet’ as First Film Since ‘Honey Boy,’ With Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Connor Storrie abd Odessa A’zion in Talks

It’s been seven years since Alma Har’el’s feature debut, “Honey Boy,” which was written by and starred Shia LaBeouf — she is now set to direct her next film, with a very talented cast.

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Ridley Scott Says ‘Alien’ Franchise “Needs Some Help” After ‘Romulus’ Was Just “OK”: “I’ve Gone Back In”

Scott is suggesting something more significant than a simple return to the series: the filmmaker appears to believe the franchise has drifted off course.

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Ridley Scott’s Best Films, Ranked by 120+ Critics: ‘Alien’ Tops ‘Blade Runner’ in Poll

Critics were asked to submit their personal five favorite Scott films. As you can imagine, since Scott has directed 30 films in a span of 5 decades, there was an assortment of choices available.

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‘Hooters: The Movie’ Is Now in the Works, Because Why Not?

Hollywood has officially run out of ideas. Or, at the very least, it has reached the point where the origin story of Hooters is now being made as a feature film.

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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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Jon Woo’s ‘Silent Night’ is An Action Movie With No Dialogue

July 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Woo tells Vulture “Silent Night” is a film with no dialogue. Rather, its story is told visually with music accompanying the drama:

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‘Barbie’ Banned in Vietnam Over “Chinese Propaganda”

July 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Plot twist: “Barbie” is more controversial than “Oppenheimer.” Nobody predicted this.

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Alfonso Cuarón Set to Shoot ‘Jane’ This Late Fall

July 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

If you’re wondering what Alfonso Cuarón might be doing next, he recently completed his ambitious Apple TV series starring Cate Blanchett, and is now prepping a movie about Phillip K. Dick.

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Quentin Tarantino Says ‘Kill Bill Vol. 3’ is Never Happening

July 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Before Quentin Tarantino announced his “last film” would be “The Movie Critic”, there had been speculation that ‘Kill Bill 3,’ starring Uma Thurman and her daughter Maya Hawke could get done.

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Greta Gerwig Does Not Want to Be “The Biggest Woman Director, But, Rather, A Big Studio Director’

July 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

According to her agent, Gerwig is now looking to move beyond the indie dramas she was known for: "Her ambition is not to be the biggest woman director, but [rather] a big studio director." [via The New Yorker]

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Andrea Arnold’s ‘Bird’ Starts Production

July 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

There are no plot details available on “Bird”, but the film presented a scheduling conflict for Keoghan. Franz Rogowski is also part of the film which has just started production.

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Greta Gerwig to Direct, At Least, Two ‘Chronicles Of Narnia’ Movies for Netflix

July 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Greta Gerwig has turned into miss IP with “Barbie” and now the confirmation about her next two films.

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Mattel’s ‘Barney’ Movie Described as an “A24-Type Film,” Daniel Kaluuya to Star

July 3, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As Marvel’s influence starts to die down in the industry, other IP factories are taking advantage of a possible void having to be filled.

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Where Will Fincher’s ‘The Killer’ Land? NYFF?

July 2, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

On Friday, I was rather stunned by an Italian source telling me that Netflix is now thinking of bringing David Fincher’s “The Killer” to Venice.

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‘Die Hard’ Named Best Action Movie of All-Time in Massive Poll of 2000+ Moviegoers

July 2, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Speaking of John McTiernan, his “Die Hard” was voted the greatest action film of all time in a poll of 2,000 moviegoers.

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First Reaction to Luc Besson’s ‘Dogman’

July 2, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Back in February, there was a report that Luc Besson’s “Dogman,” starring the always-excellent Caleb Landry Jones, “wowed buyers” at Berlin’s European Film Market, where it was screened for a select few.

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Why Are Studio “Diversity Chiefs” Getting Canned?

July 2, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Would you call these four axes total and sheer coincidences? Otherwise, what in the living hell is going here?

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John McTiernan Blasts Today’s Action Movies and Tom Cruise

July 2, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

McTiernan will be the guest of honor at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival on July 8th. He’s started to do press for the upcoming festivities and, as always, he’s as honest as ever.

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Bong Joon-ho Says ‘Beau is Afraid’ is “The Most Overwhelming Film I’ve Seen in Years”

July 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Ari Aster is currently promoting “Beau is Afraid” all over South Korea. The film was released there this past Friday.

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Tarantino’s ‘The Movie Critic’ Starts Shooting in Late September

July 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It looks as though, actors’ strike depending, Quentin Tarantino’s “The Movie Critic” will start production in late September. I would imagine that some, or most, of the roles have been cast if it starts shooting a little over 60 days from now.

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‘Indy 5’ Set for Weak $55-60 Million Opening

July 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro has a very interesting piece up on ‘Dial of Destiny,’ which he’s saying will underperform this weekend with a cumulative intake of $55-60 million in its first three days of release.

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‘Barbie’ Embargo Lifts July 13th [Updated]

July 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Gerwig’s “Barbie” will have its embargo lifted on July 9th, as screenings have slowly, but surely, started happening in and around L.A. and NYC.

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Rumor: Is David Lynch Shooting a New Film?

July 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Filmmaker and David Lynch fan/friend Cameron Cloutier confirmed yesterday that Lynch is preparing to go into full-on production as soon as the writers strike ends. We don’t know if it’s a movie or TV series.

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Greig Fraser Returning as Cinematographer for ‘The Batman: Part II’

June 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Matt Reeves confirmed on the Roger Deakins’ podcast that Greig Fraser will be returning as the director of photography for “The Batman: Part II.

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Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ Has Wrapped Production in Rome

June 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

An update on Luca Guadagnino’s next film, an adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ controversial classic novel, “Queer” — it just wrapped production in Rome.

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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Glimpses of the Moon’ (Apparently) Starts Production This Month in Italy

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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

We’ve already covered the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Now we have the results for the Best Films of the 1960s.

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