It’s not easy finding a filmmaker who has had more than 5 genuinely great movies in a row. Kubrick has done it. Coppola came close. So did Hitchcock. Terrence Malick (if you count the 20 years of inactivity in between).

A 14th assault accuser has come out against legendary actor Gerard Depardieu — the latest one is a Spanish journalist accusing him of rape during a 1985 interview.

Vin Diesel has been accused of sexual battery in a lawsuit by former assistant, Asta Jonasson. The incident is said to have occurred during the filming of “Fast Five.”

Since I’m about to write about Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” I will, subtly, drop a semi-scoop here.

Coming off last year’s “Armageddon Time,” James Gray is currently prepping his next project — a film about John F Kennedy’s youthful days as a Navy commander during World War II.

Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav met with Paramount CEO Bob Bakish on Tuesday in New York City to discuss a possible merger, Axios is reporting.

Washington’s directed four films, so far, “The Great Debaters,” “Antoine Fisher,” “Fences” and “A Journal For Jordan.” The latter got trounced by critics when it was released in 2021.

I had reported in September about the disastrous reactions that Chris Pine’s “Poolman” screening had received at TIFF.

Ben Stiller will star in “Nutcrackers,” his first lead role in over six years. Stiller’s last major role was in Mike White’s “Brad’s Status,” released in 2017.

I guess Warner Bros has another major success. “Wonka,” again, defied expectations and grossed $6 million on Tuesday — an impressive weekday total.

In Japan, a black and white monochrome version, retitled “Godzilla-1.0/C,” will be released on January 12, 2024. Fangoria is hinting that this monochrome version might also hit U.S. theaters early next year.

Albert Serra’s next film was announced this morning, it’s called “Out of This World” and will begin production this summer, with a 2025 premiere being eyed. This is set to be his English-language debut.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa already has “Serpent’s Path” ready to go in 2024, but it seems as though he’s already completed another film. Screen Daily reports Kurosawa just shot a new feature, “Chime”, which stars Mutsuo Yoshioka.

Earlier in the summer, I had mentioned Frank Darabont was a director who had gone eerily quiet for over a decade now. That will soon change as Darabont is in talks to direct episodes for the final season of Netflix series “Stranger Things”.

Contrary to rumors, Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” won’t be premiering at the Berlin Film Festival. A well-informed source tells me that it never intended to do the Berlinale, even though the film is in the can and ready to go.

“Wolfs”, written and directed by Jon Watts, stars Brad Pitt and George Clooney as “lone wolf fixers” assigned to the same gig. It turns out that Watts, Clooney and Pitt had such a blast making this film that they’re already working on a sequel.

Critics are being too kind to “The Color Purple,” but I get it, it’s the holiday season, let’s celebrate movies, even the mediocre ones. The result is a 70 on Metacritic and 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The DCEU ends, not with a bang but a whimper. There will be no red carpet premiere for “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”, no afterparty, just a small pre-reception and "fan screening” for James Wan’s film.

Ostlund was asked about his thoughts on Cannes announcing that Greta Gerwig would preside over the jury of next year’s 77th edition of the festival, and then, barely answering the question, he just goes on this anti-“Barbie” rant.

UPDATE: Shooting has wrapped in Hong Kong and a first look image has been released — Merlant can be seen lying naked on the bed of a luxurious hotel room.