UPDATED: “Challengers” has officially been pulled from the Venice Film Festival where it was supposed to be the opening night film. Amazon has also delayed its release to the Spring of 2024.

Thursday's preview grosses for "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" are astonishing. And, what’s that? In only its second weekend of release, ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ might land at #4, right behind …“Sound of Freedom”?

In Eric Kohn’s informative TIFF write up (via IndieWire), he tackles just how different the Canadian-set festival might look like this year with the actors strike likely to continue into the fall.

Early tracking, via BoxOffcePro.com, has the film earning $12-$17M domestically in its opening weekend, with a total domestic gross of just $27-$55M. Ouch.

Here’s some predictable news. Samuel L Jackson has been cast in Quentin Tarantino’s “The Movie Critic,” according to insider Daniel Richtman.

According to a new report from Variety, the shutting down of production on Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2,” due to the ongoing actors strike, is costing Paramount/Universal $600,000 per week.

Fresh off the 2022 U.S. release of “Vortex,” one of the best movies of his career, French director Gaspar Noé had already previously hinted at what he might be doing next.

The sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic “Dune” might be delayed to 2024, this according to Variety.

In France, "Barbie" was released on Wednesday. It was screened only for “selected” press, and now the uninvited critics, from some major publications, are complaining.

How exactly did this happen? “Sound of Freedom” crossing the $100 million mark at the domestic box-office is some kind of achievement. It’s the highest earning independently-financed film of the year, by a long shot.

Now, let’s play a game. What are the four movies that Jackson seems to be referring to in the Vulture interview?

Eli Roth’s feature version of videogame Borderlands has set an August 9th, 2024 release date, via Deadline. That’s more than a year from now.

What kind of fall movie season are we in for if Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” has been chosen as the Centerpiece selection of the 60th New York Film Festival.

Mel Gibson, who has directed five films over a thirty-year timespan, has been shooting “Flight Risk” in Las Vegas since June 16th, according to Production Weekly.

“Barbie” is turning into this behemoth of a blockbuster. Projections are now saying a $158 million weekend awaits Greta Gerwig’s movie. It’ll be giving ‘Super Mario Bros’ a run for its money as the 2023 box-office champ.

Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in six of Quentin Tarantino’s nine movies, so when asked if he’s going to appear in “The Movie Critic” Jackson is staying mum about it.

Finally someone asked Christopher Nolan about directing the next Bond. It hasn’t really been asked at all in the interviews Nolan has given in promoting “Oppenheimer.”

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.

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