It turns out that, yeah, Gilliam does want to direct ‘Carnival’ as his next feature, but the problem is — let me know if you’ve heard this one before — he can’t find the funding for it

Julian Schnabel’s film is now in production, and added to the cast are Jason Momoa and Gerard Butler,

Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” is four days away from being released. A few weeks back I had posted about the film’s U.S. posters. They made it look like a straight to DVD movie.

This past September, Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” a confident debut and remarkable feat of comedy, satire and racial politics, won the coveted TIFF People’s Choice Award.

Here’s one I didn’t see coming. Martin Scorsese says one of the main inspirations for his montage of “Killers of the Flower Moon” was none other than Ari Aster’s films.

John McTiernan reinvented the action movie in the ‘80s with “Predator,” and “Die Hard.” The ‘90s fared just as well for him with “The Hunt For Red October,” “Die Hard With A Vengeance,” “The Last Action Hero,” and “The Thomas Crown Affair.”

Alexander Payne told an audience at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon that his next film might take him to unknown territory.

Will Smith’s “wife,” Jada Pinkett Smith, has been using her book, titled “Worthy,” to mock Will during her press tour. It’s worked quite well for her, the book is set to debut at #1 on the NYT Best Sellers list.

Firstly, I should mention the EW article, published this morning, which predicted that Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” might break the record for most Oscar nominations for a single film, with 15.

In March 2021, Netflix had obtained the rights to two ‘Knives Out’ sequels for $450 million; 2022’s ‘Glass Onion’ was the first one.

In a new interview with The Times of London, Martin Scorsese says that his adaptation of David Grann’s “The Wager” is going to be his next film.

Taylor Swift’s doc was supposed to hit $100+ million this weekend. The projections are now at around $93 million for the 3-day weekend.

This afternoon, Vaughn took part in a panel at New York Comic Con, and confirmed that he will indeed be rebooting “Kick-Ass” come next year:

I don’t think we’re going to be getting rid of these Nolan/Bond rumors anytime soon, especially not when these reports keep coming in.

Guillermo del Toro introduced a screening of Celine Song’s “Past Lives” last night calling it the best feature debut he’s seen in the last twenty years.

Speaking of superhero fatigue … These past few months there’s been some concerning reports about James Wan’s “Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom.”

I was wondering where Israel resident Quentin Tarantino has been since the October 7th Hamas attacks. It turns out he’s fine and has even taken the time to visit an Israeli Defense base to “boost morale.”

After its, very, limited theatrical release last week. Maggie Betts’ “The Burial” is now available on Amazon Prime where it should find a fairly large audience.

Léa Mysius is known for co-writing films by Arnaud Desplechin (“Ismail’s Ghosts”), Jacques Audiard (“Paris, District 13”), and Claire Denis (“Stars At Noon”). She’s also an acclaimed director (“The Five Devils,” “Ava”).