Aren’t we lucky to have a new Hayao Miyazaki film released soon? Not just that, it’s a great one — “The Boy and the Heron” is this surreal, almost nightmare-esque, statement from the Japanese master.

Hughes was offered to direct Marvel’s “Blade” reboot, but, after much research, declined the offer due to lack of creative freedom.

Two years after winning the Golden Lion at Venice for “Happening,” Diwan’s “Emmanuelle,” which started production in September, comes with some hefty expectations.

I can report that Warner Bros is close to a deal in acquiring “The Bride.” The aim is for a March 2024 production start. The budget for the film is said to be around $80 million.

Mitchell, who hasn’t released a film since 2018’s “Under the Silver Lake,” now has three projects lined up in his future: “Evergreen Pines And The Fading Summer,” “They Follow” and “Flowervale Street.”

A few weeks ago, I was sworn not to reveal that Neon had acquired Sean Baker’s “Anora.” Well, it was finally announced today. This is a major deal for Baker, whose previous two films were A24 joints.

It has the feel of a Ryan Reynolds Netflix-produced action movie, but starring better actors (Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt). Generic is the better word for it.

Actor Gabriel Byrne spoke to NME about “de-aging” technology and the “terrifying” advances of artificial intelligence in entertainment. In the process, he also took a shot at Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman.”

As he was watching the WNBA playoffs and playing video games in his basement, John Carpenter managed to complete a side project: composing the score for A24’s upcoming “Death of A Unicorn” (via Bloody Disgusting).

Today, the Writer’s Guild announced the 2024 WGA Awards will move to Sunday, April 14th. That’s well over a month after the Oscars air on March 10th.

Variety is now reporting that “The Marvels” received “middling reviews” at a secret test-screening earlier this year. MCU movies tend to not be tested, but it seems as though they made a very rare exception for Nia DaCosta’s troubled movie.

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.

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.”

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.”

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.

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.

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.”