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

A recent interview with Latcham has gone viral, for all the wrong reasons, or all the right ones, depending on where you stand. It’s a resurfaced June 2026 interview with GBM, “Hollywood Producer Behind Massive Marvel Hits Loves Jesus.”

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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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Kurt Russell Joins Andrew Patterson’s ‘Rivals of Amziah King’

July 20, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It does look as though Kurt Russell has joined the cast of Andrew Patterson’s “The Rivals of Amziah King,” Matthew McConaughey had already been announced as the lead back in May.

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Over 200,000 Moviegoers Set to Attend Same-Day Viewings of ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Cinema really needed the viral phenomenon known as “Barbenheimer.”

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Ira Sachs’ ‘Passages’ Stamped With NC-17 Rating

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In today’s culture, you’d expect a film to have absolutely shocking content to get an NC-17 rating. I would have never bet that Ira Sachs’ fantastic “Passages” would be one of those films.

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More Reshoots on ‘Aquaman 2’

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I had previously reported on the catastrophic production of “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” and now THR has joined in on this unusual story, which actually sounds very similar to “The Flash” debacle.

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Tom Cruise Asked SAG to Allow Actors to Continue Promoting Their Movies, They Refused

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

People are hating on Tom Cruise today for his, they say, “shortsighted” stance on the current SAG strike.

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Atom Egoyan’s ‘Seven Veils’ Set for TIFF World Premiere

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Gosh, did we really need another Atom Egoyan movie? The man hasn’t directed a strong film since 1997’s “The Sweet Hereafter.” Ok, fine “Chloe” and “Remember” were .. okay, but other than those two, he’s been in a major slump.

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Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Earns Rave Reviews; 91 on Metacritic, 96% on Rotten Tomatoes

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I’ll be typing out my review for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and hope to publish it later this evening.

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‘A Haunting in Venice’ Trailer

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The latest instalment of Kenneth Branagh’s detective Hercule Poirot series is “A Haunting in Venice.” Here’s the trailer. The film is set to arrive in theaters on September 15th.

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Martin Brest Doesn’t Even Want to Utter the Word ‘Gigli’: “I Refer to it as the “G-Movie”

July 19, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Remember director Martin Brest? He had quite the streak of successful films going in ‘80s and ‘90s Hollywood: “Going in Style,” “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Scent of a Woman,” “Meet Joe Black” and, his masterpiece, “Midnight Run.” Then he directed 2003’s “Gigli” and it all went to hell for him.

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David Lowery’s ‘Mother Mary’ Granted Approval by SAG to Continue Filming

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As we speak, waivers are being given out to allow “truly independent projects” to continue filming with SAG members.

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‘Barbie’ Review…

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

You’ve got to hand it to Greta Gerwig, her “Barbie” is one of the weirdest and most audacious big studio summer movies I’ve ever seen, and that turns out to be a good and bad thing. It’s also incredibly self-absorbed in its own virtues.

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Ethan Coen’s ‘Dolls’ Screens …

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The trailer for Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen’s “Drive-Away Dolls” (originally titled “Drive-Away Dykes”) was released almost a month ago.

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Paul Verhoeven Set to Direct New Film in France

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A few weeks ago, I had heard that Paul Verhoeven was preparing a new film, set to shoot this fall.

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Sam Mendes Declines Offer to Direct Next James Bond

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Who will direct the next James Bond? Villeneuve? Nolan? That’s been the pressing question for a few months now, but at least we can scratch off Sam Mendes.

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‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning’ First Cut Was Nearly Four Hours

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Back in April, I had posted a positive test-screening reaction for ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning’ and that cut was said to be around 3 hours and 5 minutes.

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BAFTA Adds “Non-Binary” Longlist Directing Category

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

BAFTA has added a non-binary directing category. Their long lists have been divided between male and female. Now, with the inclusion of non-binary, there will be three categories of names to choose from.

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Hans Zimmer Composed the Score for ‘The Creator’

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Yesterday, we had a new trailer for Gareth Edwards’ “The Creator.” The budget for this film is said to only be $86 million

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Benny Safdie Confirms He’s Not Directing Adam Sandler Netflix Movie With Brother Josh

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Benny Safdie has confirmed earlier reports that he will not co-direct the next Safdies movie with Josh Safdie, who will be directing the film on his own.

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‘Barbie’ Now Tracking at $110 Million Opening

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I really want to vent about “Barbie,” but I can’t, signed an embargo form yesterday, so it’ll have to wait until the review ban lifts.

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Paul Schrader Calls “Oppenheimer” the “The Best and Most Important Film of the Century”

July 18, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Talk about praise, Paul Schrader has seen “Oppenheimer” and calls it “the best and most important film of this century.”

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