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Danny Boyle on ‘28 Years Later: Part III': “We Gotta Raise the Money for It"

Garland's script is written. Boyle called it "fantastic" in that same interview, Murphy says he's ready, and Boyle wants to direct. All that's missing is the money.

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Noah Baumbach's ‘Jay Kelly' Joins Criterion Collection; February Slate Includes ‘The Sweet Hereafter,’ and ‘Kung Fu Hustle’

Noah Baumbach's “Jay Kelly” is joining the Criterion Collection on February 16, 2027. It's one of the headliners of the newly announced February slate, and it's coming out barely a year after Netflix released it.

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Box Office: Johnny Depp's ‘Ebenezer' Leads ($21M+), Audiences Love It More Than Critics Do; ‘How to Rob a Bank' Bombs ($4M+), ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Drops 75%

The film opened in Europe on Wednesday, and the audience scores there have been very strong. Now American audiences agree: an "A-" on CinemaScore and a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Kevin Spacey's Pandemic Conspiracy Thriller ‘The Awakening' Is Coming in November: “The Film They Don't Want You to See”

Who's "they," exactly? The Illuminati? The Deep State? Hard to say. The film premiered at Italy's Matera Film Festival on November 10. No reviews have trickled in yet.

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Sony's Tom Rothman Launches Best Picture Campaign for ‘Brand New Day’: “Are You Telling Me There Are 10 Films This Year That Are Better Than This Film?”

This is all Rothman’s idea, by the way. He’s going to pour millions into this campaign because he believes “Brand New Day” is a great movie.

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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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No More ‘Apes,’ Please

November 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

20th Century Studios and Disney are set to release the first trailer for “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” tomorrow. Ahead of that, they’ve released the first image for the film, seen above.

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David Leitch’s ‘The Fall Guy’ — First Look + Test Reaction

November 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Stunt coordinator-turned-filmmaker David Leitch is a hot commodity right now in Hollywood. He’s so far directed “John Wick,” “Atomic Blonde,” “Deadpool 2,” “Hobbs and Shaw,” and last year’s “Bullet Train.”

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Marvel Wants to Bring Back Original ‘Avengers’ Cast, Including Characters That Died

November 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It’s amusing to read that Marvel is so desperate to regain their past glories that they’re willing to bring back the original star-studded cast, including a few who had, supposedly, died in “Avengers: Endgame.”

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Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Getting 6th Script Overhaul, ‘Logan’ Writer Hired

November 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

This project goes back almost five years. Back in 2019, at San Diego’s ComicCon, Marvel had announced Ali as the next Blade. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic hit shortly after that and the film’s development took a few steps back.

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‘The Delinquents’ is a Must-See Arthouse Treat [Review]

November 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

If you’re itching to catch something this weekend, I say, take a risk and watch a film that came out earlier this month, and barely got any attention.

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Readers Poll: What’s David Fincher’s Best Movie?

November 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

So, what is Fincher’s best film? His filmography includes “Fight Club,” “Se7en,” “The Game,” “Panic Room,” “The Social Network,” “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” and “Gone Girl.”

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Michael Mann to Adapt Korean Crime-Thriller ‘Veteran’

November 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

While Michael Mann, 80, has been hinting at a sequel to 1995’s “Heat” as being in development, he has yet another project on the horizon and it sounds very Mann-esque.

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Bomb?: ‘The Marvels’ Now Tracking at Very Weak $45 Million Opening

October 31, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Recent box-office tracking for “The Marvels” had already pointed at a disappointing opening weekend, but what I’m now hearing is far worse than anyone could have imagined.

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Source: SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP Deal is “Imminent”

October 31, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

On Halloween night, the 110th day of the actor’s strike, the latest SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP negotiations have progressed so well that, apparently, a “deal appears to be within reach”.

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Joe Biden Got Scared of AI After Watching ‘Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One’

October 31, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

An official White House press release has announced that after watching “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning,” President Joe Biden realized that AI was a far graver threat to humanity than he had originally imagined.

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Sam Raimi to Direct Horror-Thriller ‘Send Help’

October 31, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Horror maestro Sam Raimi has only directed two movies in the last 10 years, neither of them were really in his wheelhouse. As it stands, his last true horror movie was 2009’s deliciously twisty “Drag Me To Hell.”

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Oscars: Is Best Picture A Race Between ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’?

October 31, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I agree with the Gold Derby experts’ latest consensus, that “Oppenheimer,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Poor Things” are the frontrunners in the Best Picture race.

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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Sets IMAX Re-Release on November 3rd

October 31, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

With a lack of big movies being released this weekend, Universal has decided to give Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” an IMAX re-release this coming Friday, November 3rd. They obviously want to push it past the $1 billion mark, right now it’s at $947 million.

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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ is “Pretty Risky” and “in the Final Stages of Post-Production”

October 31, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I gather that Sher saying ‘Folie à Deux’ is “risky” implies that we’ll be getting a full-on musical with this one. That’s been the rumor for a while and it’s been, more or less, confirmed by a few sources.

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‘Constantine’ Sequel is Being Written, “Very Rated R”

October 31, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I know there are quite a few fans of 2005’s “Constantine” on this site, purely based on the amount of emails I’ve received over the last year about whether a sequel is actually happening.

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Initially, Noah Baumbach Thought ‘Barbie’ Was a “Terrible Idea”

October 31, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Baumbach and Gerwig ended up making something slightly different, satirical, with some added feminist undercurrents. “Barbie” worked very well for them, mainstream audiences ate it up.

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$100 Million Costing ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Scores an Interim Agreement from SAG-AFTRA

October 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I’m hoping the SAG-AFTRA interim agreement that “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” nabbed this afternoon is a sign that a deal with the studios might be imminent.

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‘They Follow’ — David Robert Mitchell Set to Direct ‘It Follows’ Sequel

October 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Hey, I’m as surprised as you are about this news. Neon is set to co-produce the movie, with principal photography is set for 2024.

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‘Star Wars: New Jedi Order,’ Starring Daisy Ridley, Shooting in August 2024

October 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

According to the SFF Gazette, “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight is aiming to have his latest draft of the new ‘Star Wars’ screenplay finished by the end of this month.

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Christopher McQuarrie “Involved” in ‘Sicario 3’

October 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

So, maybe McQuarrie could very well be directing the next ‘Sicario.’ It’s definitely something we’ll be keeping an eye on in the coming months.

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