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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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‘Magazine Dreams’ Release is “Unlikely to Happen”

January 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

THR is now reporting, via their sources, that the chances of seeing “Magazine Dreams” on the big screen are “highly unlikely”. Even a dump on Hulu is not happening as the film would likely be too problematic, because of its depiction of violence.

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Selena Gomez to Play Linda Ronstadt in Biopic

January 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Selena Gomez is looking for her Oscar role and it might come in the form of playing ‘70s musical icon Linda Ronstadt.

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DGA Nominees: Gerwig, Scorsese, Lanthimos, Payne and Nolan.

January 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Now it’s the Directors Guild of America’s turn to announce its batch of nominees. They just came down the wire:

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Emerald Fennell’s ‘Saltburn’ is Wildly Popular — Joins Letterboxd’s One Million Watched Club

January 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This is much more than just about the Letterboxd feat. It’s also more confirmation of how “Saltburn” has become a behemoth on streaming — it’s become the most talked about film online.

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s Film FINALLY Announced! Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Regina Hall — Production Starts Next Week

January 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film has finally been announced. It will star Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Regina Hall. There will be more names added to the cast in the coming days.

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SAG Noms: DiCaprio SNUBBED! Dafoe over Ruffalo! Cruz Surprise Nomination!

January 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The SAG nominations will be more interesting than Sunday’s Golden Globes, that’s a given.

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Greta Gerwig Says She’s “In A Place of Terror” Over Adapting ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’

January 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In a chat with BBC, Gerwig is now expanding on those thoughts, and her fear seems to have only increased. She’s now in a state of terror over this film:

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Ben Whishaw to Star as Artist Peter Hujar in Ira Sachs’ Next Film

January 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Back in August, we learned that director Ira Sachs (“Passages”) was going to be directing “Peter Hujar’s Day” with actor Ben Whishaw. The film was supposed to start production in November, but got delayed due to the strikes. Deadline is only now reporting on this and billing it as an “exclusive.” It’s not.

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David Bruckner to Direct ‘The Blob’ Remake for Warner Bros

January 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Filmmaker David Bruckner (“Hellraiser” and “The Night House”) is attached to write and direct a remake of “The Blob” for Warner Bros. The original movie was relased in 1958 and starred Steve McQueen in his first leading role.

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Bong Joon-ho's ‘Mickey 17' Has Been Delayed Indefinitely

January 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It was obviously not going to be released three months from now — there’s been barely any promotional material for the film, save for a 30 second teaser, and I kept hearing that David Zaslav wanted it to premiere at Cannes.

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Tom Cruise Signs Massive Film Deal With Warner Bros — Here's Why This Could Be Great News

January 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Cruise has been mostly dabbling in action for the last decade, but his talents as a dramatic actor are undeniable — further proof can be found in seminal performances such as “Magnolia,” “Collateral” and “Born on the Fourth of July.”

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‘Avatar 4’ Starts Production Next Month

January 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

James Cameron shot “Avatar 2” and “Avatar 3” back-to-back and is now going to resume production on “Avatar 4.” Already a third of “Avatar 4” has been filmed. Cameron has also hinted that it might be called “Avatar: The Tulkun Rider.”

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‘Anyone But You’ Rises to #1 at the Box-Office

January 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Anyone But You,” starring Glenn Powell and Sydney Sweeney has hit #1 at the domestic box-office. This, on its 18th day of release. It’s a sleeper hit.

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Jon Favreau to Direct ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ for LucasFilm

January 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

As reported by Jeff Sneider in December, today we got confirmation from LucasFilm that the next Star Wars movie will be “The Mandalorian & Grogu.”

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S. Craig Zahler Movie Announcement “In the Coming Months”

January 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In his latest blog post, S. Craig Zahler says he expects to have a movie announced “in the coming months.”

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Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’ Movies Cost $200 Million

January 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s Puck’s Matt Belloni trying to make sense of Kevin Costner’s “Horizon,” which seems to have a sketchy background …

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‘Shirley’ Teaser — Plagued by Reshoots, Delays and Weak Test Scores

January 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I was already hearing bad things about John Ridley’s “Shirley,” and it’s a film that’s also been plagued by reshoots, delays and mediocre test scores.

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Bill Murray to Star in Wes Anderson’s Next Film

January 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Wes Anderson has been careful in divulging details about his next film, still untitled, which he describes as “espionage”.

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Benoît Delhomme’s ‘Mother’s Instinct,' Starring Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway, Has A Trailer

January 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here is the trailer for “Mother’s Instinct,” which is great cinematographer Benoît Delhomme’s directorial debut. This is being shared via the film’s European Distributor.

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Paul Verhoeven is Not A Fan of the ‘RoboCop’ and ‘Total Recall’ Remakes

January 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

You just don’t remake a Paul Verhoeven film. That should be a general rule for Hollywood. It’s practically impossible to replicate the Dutch filmmaker’s masterful blending of social satire, sex and graphic violence.

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