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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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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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James Gray to Direct Sci-Fi Movie ‘Summer Frost,’ With Zoe Saldana

February 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I’m hearing Gray has replaced filmmaker Neil Burger and is set to direct “Summer Frost,” a project that had been announced back in 2020. Zoe Saldana is attached to star.

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Adam McKay Climate Change Drama, ‘The Rising,’ Tackles Sharks and Hurricanes

February 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last December, I broke the news that Netflix had dropped Adam McKay’s “Average Height, Average Build.” McKay then quickly jumped into a new project, this one about climate change. No plot details or casting had been announced.

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New Images: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Just like last Valentine’s Day, some brand new images have been released for Todd Phillips’ upcoming “Joker: Folie a Deux.” This time around we get to see Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga together, in the same frame.

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A “Disgusting” ‘Alien: Romulus’ Scene Teased — SPOILERS

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Fede Álvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” will be coming out this year, and star Isabela Merced is teasing a disgusting scene from the upcoming horror movie that had her co-stars turning away in horror during a recent cast and crew screening.

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Matt Damon To (Most Likely) Star in Next Jason Bourne Movie

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Damon was a guest in Colbert’s Late Show and spoke for the first time about this new ‘Bourne’ being in development. It sure sounds like Damon is going to be back as the titular character.

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Adam Driver Set to Star in Leos Carax’s Next Film

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

French master Leos Carax already shot his next film, titled “C’est Pas Moi,” which runs a little under an hour. It’s a reflective “essay” piece that might premiere out of competition at this coming May’s Cannes Film Festival.

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Doug Liman Was Offered Theatrical Release for ‘Road House’ at $65M Budget, He Instead Took Streaming for an $85M Budget

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Doug Liman’s “Road House” reboot, which premieres on Amazon Prime March 8, has turned into a battle between Liman and the streamer. It turns out there’s much more to this story than we first thought.

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Christopher Nolan Says “Thank God for Marvel Movies!” During COVID Crisis

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It’s well-known that Christopher Nolan does not share the same sentiments about the superhero genre as Martin Scorsese does, the latter famously called out Marvel as the nemesis of cinema and the former absolutely adores Zack Snyder’s DCEU.

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Denis Villeneuve Says ‘Rendezvous With Rama’ is “Arrival on Steroids”

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Of all the projects Villeneuve has percolating next, after ‘Dune 2,’ his adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s “Rendezvous With Rama” is the one I’m most excited for.

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Confirmed: ‘Fantastic Four’ to Star Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bacharach

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

So, it’s official. After months of rumors and speculation, the cast of Marvel’s “Fantastic Four” has been announced …

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Disney Not Releasing Acclaimed Films on Physical Media, and Maybe Never Will

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here comes the news that the latest Searchlight film, Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers,” will not be released on physical media. In recent years, there have been a handful of other titles given the same fate as ‘Strangers.’

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Edward Zwick’s ‘Death of Kings’ to Star Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

it turns out that the 71-year-old filmmaker is not retired. Showbiz411’s Roger Friedman is reporting that Zwick has signed up to direct the medieval-set “Death of Kings.” The project is said to have “Game of Thrones” shades.

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Bret Easton Ellis’ ‘Relapse,’ His Directorial Debut, to Star Joseph Quinn

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Ellis penned the script about a man (played by Joseph Quinn) who witnesses a brutal death during a drug party and embarks on an existential crisis upon entering rehab

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First Look at Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths,’ Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste

February 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

We now have our first look at “Hard Truths” (above) which reunites Leigh with actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who starred in 1996’s “Secrets & Lies” and was Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Screening Went Over Very Poorly: “It’s A Stinker”

February 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Jeff Sneider is reporting that Wes Ball’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” had a test screening in Burbank, California just a few weeks ago and that the overall consensus was not good:

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‘Dune: Part 2’ Earns Raves in France

February 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a quick summary, courtesy of X user Denis Villeneuve’s Universe, of the reactions from French audiences who saw “Dune: Part Two” yesterday at Le Theatre Grand Rex in Paris. This is not going to dampen the hype, it’s only going to heighten it.

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‘Sasquatch Sunset’ Trailer …

February 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Not hard to believe that this will be one of strangest films of 2024. As seen in the trailer, “Sasquatch Sunset” tackles a family of Sasquatches in the forests of North America.

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Cillian Murphy Doesn’t like ‘Red Eye’: “I Don’t Think it's a Good Movie”

February 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Of all the films Cillian Murphy has starred in, I always like to mention “Red Eye,” which was this nifty 2005 thriller courtesy of Wes Craven. A B-movie through and through, this was a gripping affair from Craven, and one of his best offerings.

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David Robert Mitchell’s ‘80s-Set Dinosaur Movie to Be Shot in IMAX, Described as a “Thrill Ride” With $80 Million Budget

February 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last month, I mentioned that David Robert Mitchell’s ‘80s-set dinosaur movie, potentially titled “Flowervale Street,” was going to start production in March. We now have some more details about it.

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Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Michael’

February 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Above is our first real look at Michael Jackson’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, starring as the iconic musician in Antoine Fuqua’s biopic, which has started production.

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Cannes 2027: Spitball #1 Includes Scorsese, Östlund, Bong, Chazelle, Nichols, Payne, Haynes, Weerasethakul — and Yes, Malick (Again)

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Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Tops the Best Films of the 1930s, According to 100+ Critics

We’ve gone through the decades. The ‘40s ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘2000s, and ‘2010s. — all revisited, argued over. Now, here are the results for the best films of the 1930s.

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Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

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Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.

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Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll

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