Our piece about the unknown future of “Salem’s Lot” might have been noticed by Stephen King. Last night he went on Twitter to further discuss the status of the film:

The “Blade Runner” limited series spin-off, “Blade Runner 2099,” is still happening. Jonathan Van Tulleken has been added as director. Silka Luisa (“Shining Girls”) is still the writer, creator and showrunner.

It’s been one hell of a turnaround for director Christopher Nolan over these last three years. After releasing the severely divisive “Tenet,” which was a critical and commercial bust, his mega-successful “Oppenheimer” is now set to win the Oscar for Best Picture

We know that Disney is in some kind of serious trouble. Their stock is in shambles. Box office flops (“Wish,” “Haunted Mansion,” “The Marvels“) keep happening, and their streaming service is losing subscribers by the millions.

You can almost certainly scratch off a Cannes 2024 appearance. He’ll be working on this film until, at least, August. The next best case scenario is a Venice premiere.

We already know how “Madame Web” completely flatlined this weekend. Its 6-day total is said to be at around a $25 million intake, which was clearly not helped by the scathingly bad reviews.

Given their past actions, it’s not a stretch to believe that maybe “Salem’s Lot” might be getting the good ol’ tax write-off courtesy of Warner CEO David Zaslav and company.

We’re all trying to make sense of Kevin Costner’s “Horizon,” which seems to have a sketchy background of funding. Along with Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” It’s almost certainly the risk of the year in the movie business.

Jia won the Golden Lion at Venice for “Still Life” in 2006, but his last five films competed for the Palme d’Or. Sadly, he won’t be at Cannes this year.

Some of us were wondering who PTA might have hired as cinematographer for this still-untitled film. Well, we just had it confirmed, via a production grid, that Michael Bauman is the DP on this one.

Back in July, I reported that Alfonso Cuarón was supposed to be shooting his next film, “Jane,” starring Charlize Theron, in the fall. Then the SAG-AFTRA strike happened and it put a damper on the entire project.

The 2024 BAFTA Film Awards are currently under way at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The awards show, considered the U.K. equivalent of the Oscars, is a good precursor as to what the Academy might vote for.

The first major sell at the EFM market is upon us. A worldwide pact which has Sony Pictures striking up a deal in the $50M range for Kogonada’s “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey”

Although Matt Reeves has his own separate Batman franchise for Warner Bros, DCU co-chair James Gunn decided that it was a smart move to work on a separate Caped Crusader project for his upcoming DCEU.

Another hot package, this one reuniting Sam Esmail (“Mr. Robot”) with his “Leave the World Behind” star Julia Roberts. The film, titled “Panic Carefully,” is currently being shopped to buyers.

The dormant 2024 box office is being semi-revived this weekend with Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “Bob Marley: One Love” which is set to have a $46 million 6-day opening weekend.

The official site of Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions has his untitled next film set for 2025 release. So we can expect this one to start shooting later this year.

I briefly tackled this topic last night, but let me give you a clearer picture of what’s actually going on here. It’s pretty obvious.

This project has been around for five years now. Back in 2019, at San Diego’s ComicCon, Marvel had announced Ali as the next Blade. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic hit shortly after that and the film’s development took a few steps back.

Mara has provided us with an update on “The Island,” and it’s not all doom and gloom. She hopes that the film can be made in the near future.