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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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‘Ferrari’ Review …

December 2, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As always, Mann is a master at creating atmosphere — you live and breathe the ‘50s, northern Italian milieu. There is so much texture to the film, visually and emotionally, that it all feels very lived-in.

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‘Napoleon’ Writer Prefers the Theatrical Version to 4+ Hour Director’s Cut

December 2, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

One person who much prefers the theatrically released version of “Napoleon” is its writer, David Scarpa.

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Francis Ford Coppola Calls Terrence Malick’s Body of Work “Monumental”

December 2, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Happy birthday to Terrence Malick who turned 80 on Friday. I sure hope we get to see “The Way of the Wind” next year, and all signs are pointing towards that happening.

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Tarantino’s ‘The Movie Critic’ — Shoot Delayed to Early-Mid 2024

December 2, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I’ve been emailing and calling a few people about the current status of Quentin Tarantino’s “The Movie Critic,” which we haven’t heard much of an update on for a few months now. Suffice to say, we shouldn’t expect this one any time soon.

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Will Smith Confirms ‘I Am Legend 2’ Soon in Production; Sequel Will Pretend His Character Survived

December 2, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

If you’ve seen Francis Lawrence’s “I Am Legend” then you know that Will Smith’s Dr. Robert Neville dies at the end. I was really entertained by that movie, but felt the ending was severely underwhelming.

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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Available on VOD December 5, 2023 [Updated]

December 2, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Apple/Paramount have switched the VOD release date of the film to December 5th, 2023. That’s right, ‘Killers’ will be available to rent this coming Tuesday.

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Disney Blaming ‘The Marvels’ Failure on Nia DaCosta

December 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As part of his damage control campaign, Disney CEO Bob Iger is now indirectly smearing “The Marvels” director Nia DaCosta, the first female black director to ever helm an MCU movie.

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Doug Liman and Jake Gyllenhaal “Pissed” That Their ‘Road House’ Remake is Going Straight to Streaming

December 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In regards to Joel Silver’s firing, for “verbal abuse”, as producer on the Jake Gyllenhaal-led remake of 1989 action film “Road House,” Variety has some interesting details about that …

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Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘AND’ Is Renamed ‘Kinds of Kindness’

December 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Yorgos Lanthimos‘ fourth film with Emma Stone, originally titled “AND,” has been renamed “Kind of Kindness.” We can expect this one sometime in 2024.

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Cahiers du Cinéma’s Top 10 of 2023 Includes Spielberg, Triet and Kaurismaki

December 1, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Cahiers du Cinéma never cared about hive-mind or “groupthink,” they live in their own passionate world of auteur-driven moviegoing.

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‘Furiosa' Trailer ...

November 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As promised, the trailer for George Miller’s “Furiosa” has been released and … it looks like ‘Fury Road.’ Miller seems to be copying the same blueprint, visually speaking, and the action scenes look familiar.

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Readers Poll: ‘Oppenheimer’ or ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’?

November 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s your chance to chime in. I gather many of you have seen both films, hopefully on the big screen — which one deserves it more? Both are 3+ hour epics with some of the finest filmmaking of the year, but what’s been the bigger achievement?

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Jodie Foster: “Hopesfully People Will Soon Be Sick” of Superhero Movies

November 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

“The Marvels” will not be breaking the $100 million mark domestically at the box office, and that only reinforces the fact that audiences might finally be getting sick of superhero movies .

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Eli Roth’s ‘Thanksgiving’ Will Have A Sequel, Set for 2025 Release

November 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Well, that didn’t take long. Less than three weeks since it got theatrically released, Eli Roth‘s “Thanksgiving” has already been greenlit for a sequel.

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‘Maestro’ Review …

November 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The life and times of composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein is the crux of Bradley Cooper's "Maestro," a vanity statement that doesn’t quite hit the mark.

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NYFCC: Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Named Best Film of 2023

November 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The 89th New York Film Critics Circle announced its winners this morning.

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Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson Biopic Starts Filming in L.A.

November 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A video has surfaced of Jafaar Jackson performing as Michael Jackson in Antoine Fuqua’s biopic of the late, legendary singer. Filming began on the film two days ago. The resemblance between Jafaar and his uncle is uncanny.

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Todd Solondz’s ‘Love Child’ Set to Star Elizabeth Olsen; March/April 2024 Production Start

November 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I wasn’t sure what the status of Solondz’s next project, “Love Child,” was, but it looks like he might finally be making it soon. Elizabeth Olsen is set to star in the film, according to a new casting notice. A Spring shoot is scheduled.

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Trailer for Bertrand Bonello’s ‘The Beast’ Released

November 30, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A French trailer for “The Beast” is now online. Bertrand Bonello’s critically acclaimed sci-fi mindbender, starring Lea Seydoux and George MacKay, will be released in 2024.

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CEO Bob Iger Says Disney Will Focus on “Entertaining” and Not “Messages” in Their Films

November 29, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Disney CEO Bob Iger was a guest at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday. I’ll now be covering some of the key parts of his speech, via CNBC’s Alex Sherman.

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