Last August, Kravitz stood by the movie’s title, even as she encountered pushback for her to change it. She told The Wall Street Journal that “the title came from that world. The title is the seed of the story.” And yet, they got rid of it.

Last summer, the story goes, Martin Scorsese visited the Vatican and was told by Pope Francis to "show us Jesus" onscreen and that “moved” the filmmaker as some sort of higher calling.

Colman Domingo is really hot these days. On Tuesday, he garnered an Oscar nomination for his performance in “Rustin.” He should have instead been nominated for his gonzo work in 2020’s “Zola”!

A casting notice is indicating that Richard Linklater’s “New Wave” will start shooting in Paris on March 4.

Focus Features has won the “Black Bag” sweepstakes. There was a bidding war going on for the film, involving, at least, four studios, but Focus eventually came out the winner in acquiring Steven Soderbergh’s spy thriller.

Amazon/MGM are already planning a wide theatrical release for the film, which has garnered strong reviews — 77 on Metacritic and 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Norton who joins a cast that already includes Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Boyd Holbrook, Monica Barbaro and Nick Offerman.

We know that Cate Blanchett stars as the lead in Jarmusch’s film, but now we can also add Vicky Krieps (“Phantom Thread”) to the cast. Krieps and Blanchett were spotted on the set, which has now moved to Ireland.

I’m not entirely sure what Harmony Korine’s plans are as far as distributing his indescribable “Aggro Dr1ft.” Will it even ever get distribution?

Following “Air”, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have decided to reunite, again, on the kidnapping thriller “Animals,” with Damon starring and Affleck directing. Netflix will be overseeing the entire project.

Almodóvar will be shooting “The Room Next Door” in March. The film, set in New York City, will be the filmmaker’s first full-length English-language film.

Cineuropa is confirming that Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes (“Son of Saul”) has found funding for his third feature, “Orphan”, set to be a co-production involving Hungary, France, Germany and the UK.

Guillermo Del Toro has confirmed that production has begun on his “Dr. Frankenstein,” which is being distributed by Netflix.

Jeff Sneider is reporting, via his excellent newsletter, that Christopher Nolan has reunited with Warner Bros for a “Tenet” re-release — the 2020 film will open on Friday, Feb. 23.

Doug Liman’s upcoming “Road House” was one of the highest-testing films of his career — he’s the director behind “The Bourne Identity,” “Edge of Tomorrow,” “Swingers,” “American Made,” and “Go.”

As I reported last month, Ethan Coen is set to direct “Honey Don’t” which is supposed to be the second film of a planned Lesbian B-movie trilogy that he and his partner/wife, Tricia Cooke, will co-write and co-direct.

Here’s Matthew Vaughn again. He seems to be everywhere these days. As reported earlier, he’s already planning to reboot “Kick-Ass,” and, these past three months, has been filming a secret film going by the working title “Project X.”

We’re highly anticipating Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part II,” even those who weren’t particularly keen on the first one are curious about this next chapter. I’m one of them.