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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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Will Sharpe to Star as Mozart in Unnecessary ‘Amadeus’ Remake

February 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Will Sharpe (The White Lotus) has landed the title role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a Sky television adaptation of “Amadeus.” Last I checked, Mozart wasn’t Japanese.

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Martin Scorsese is “Not Quite Sure” How to Make His Jesus Movie

February 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Scorsese is wrestling with how to actually make his Jesus movie. He originally said that the script had been written and he would shoot it in April, but now he’s “not quite sure” how to go about it.

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Emma Stone Joins Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Save the Green Planet’

February 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Emma Stone has officially joined Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Save the Green Planet” remake. This will be their fifth collaboration together after “The Favorite,” “Poor Things,” “Kind of Kindness” and the short film “Bleat.”

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Nic Pizzolatto is Not Happy With the ‘True Detective’ Finale

February 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Pizzolatto has been openly critical about the female-led fourth season starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis. He believes the fourth season ruined the spirit of what he had created

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New ‘Civil War’ Trailer …

February 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a new trailer for Alex Garland’s “Civil War.” No surprise, this one’s been embroiled in the culture wars — it’s only going to get more heated as the film’s release date approaches.

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Sam Mendes to Direct Four Separate Beatles Biopics — One For Each Band Member

February 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In one of the most ambitious moves by a studio, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes have set plans to make four separate theatrical films, one on each of the members of The Beatles.

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Stephen King on ‘Salem’s Lot’: “Not Sure Why WB is Holding it Back”

February 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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:

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Jonathan van Tulleken (‘Shogun’) Will Direct ‘Blade Runner 2099’ — Filming Begins in Late Spring

February 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Christopher Nolan Claims ‘Tenet’ Isn’t Supposed To Be Comprehended

February 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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

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Disney Exec Blames Recent Failures on Sexist Fans

February 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Terrence Malick’s ‘The Way of the Wind’ Won’t Be Ready for Cannes

February 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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‘Madame Web’ Budget Was Actually $100 Million

February 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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WB’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ Still Not Released — Another Tax Write-Off?

February 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Kevin Costner Still Plans to Shoot ‘Horizon’ Part 3 & 4

February 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Cannes Spitball #3 — Jia Zhangke’s ‘We Shall Be All’ Won’t Be Ready

February 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Michael Bauman is Cinematographer on Paul Thomas Anderson’s New Film

February 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Alfonso Cuarón to Direct ‘Billy Please Call Home’ — Production Set to Begin This Year

February 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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BAFTA: ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Best Film — It Will Very Likely Win the Oscar

February 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Sony Acquires Kogonada’s ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ for $50 Million + Exclusive Plot Details

February 17, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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”

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Rumor: Andy Muschietti Not Directing Batman Movie ‘The Brave and The Bold’

February 17, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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

If you've read this column for a while, you know the drill: I spitball Cannes every month from now until April, updating the latest intel and trying to figure out what will be in competition, vying for the Palme d'Or.

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James Gray Takes Aim at Letterboxd, First Reactions, Star Ratings and Tomatometers: ‘2001’ Would Probably Be Rotten If Released Today”

James Gray is taking aim at the instant gratification that's infected film discourse, including social media first reactions, and Letterboxd. Oh, and he hates Rotten Tomatoes.

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Brian De Palma's ‘Sweet Vengeance,' His First Film in 8 Years, Might Have a Cut Ready by February

Pino Donaggio confirmed he'll score De Palma's next feature, "Sweet Vengeance." It would be their ninth film together, a partnership that dates back 50 years to "Carrie."

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Ari Aster's ‘Scapegoat' Has Started Shooting in New York City

Darius Khondji is back behind the camera as DP. That's a pairing that should give this thing Aster’s usual very specific, unnerving texture. Bobby Krlic is back to compose his fourth straight Aster movie.

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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

We’ve already covered the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Now we have the results for the Best Films of the 1960s.

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