Get ready for some major controversy to emerge once this one kicks off production and eventually gets released.

We are exactly one year away from Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux” being released in theaters. Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix are set to star in the sequel, which is said to be a musical.

According to Variety, and it’s quite clear by just looking at the current numbers, “Oppenheimer” will not be breaking the billion dollar mark at the global box office.

Last month, Ryusuke Hamaguchi premiered “Evil Does Not Exist” at Venice. The film now has a trailer. Janus Films have not set up a release date just yet. There are rumors that it’ll be released in early 2024.

SAG-AFTRA sat down with the studios last night and restarted talks on a deal for the actors. After last week’s WGA deal, there’s some much-needed positivity in the air.

Deadline had originally reported that Clooney’s “The Boys in the Boat” had received such high test screening scores that MGM decided to give it a coveted awards-bait release date on Christmas Day.

Back in July, I reported that Alfonso Cuarón was supposed to shoot his next film, “Jane,” in the fall. Then the SAG-AFTRA strike happened and I wasn’t entirely sure what was next for the film.

The trailer for Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” is out. It sure plays like a Sofia Coppola movie. A girl’s coming of age story. That indie rock soundtrack. I’ll be catching up with this one over the weekend.

I wrote last week about the 10-year anniversary of Alfonso Cuaròn‘s “Gravity.” On Thursday, Cuaròn will be at a BFI event in London to present the film to an audience and participate in a Q&A session afterwards.

NYFF boss Dennis Lim tells NYT’s Manhola Dargis that the fest absolutely loved Scorsese’s film and that he made a real effort at nabbing a North American premiere for ‘Killers’ :

So, clearly, Hayao Miyazaki is not done. Some of the reviews for “The Boy and the Heron” were calling it his “swan song”, but get that thought out of your head immediately.

Azazel Jacobs’ “His Three Daughters” was bought for just under $7 million. No word yet on whether it’ll be released this year. 

The trailer claims Woo is “one of the best action directors of all-time.”? Well, is he?

Macon Blair’s remake of “The Toxic Avenger,” starring Peter Dinklage, has a teaser. Blair directed the solid Sundance winner “I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore.”

There have been a lot of bad ‘X-Men’ movies: “X-Men: The Last Stand” (‘06), “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” (‘09), “X-Men: Apocalypse” (‘16), “Dark Phoenix” (‘19), “The New Mutants” (‘20) …

We’ve been waiting to hear more about this one. Sam Esmail’s “Leave the World Behind” finally has a trailer. It will open the 37th AFI Film Festival next month and has already been dated to stream via Netflix on December 8th.

A poor box-office weekend for the industry. The lack of actor promotion is starting to have an effect on performance, especially when it comes to Gareth Edwards’ “The Creator.”

Nicolas Cage has been on a roll these last five years. He’s now starred in four critically-acclaimed performances, “Mandy,” “Pig,” “Dream Scenario,” and “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.”

Garth Davis’ “Foe” screened for press at the New York Film Festival, and the reactions aren’t good. Scratch this one off as any kind of contender.

The Miami Herald’s Rene Rodriguez, a buddy of mine, screened Solondz’s sickly twisted “Happiness” for his film students last week. The reaction was, shall we say, of profound outrage: