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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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‘I Saw The TV Glow’ Trailer: Jane Schoenbrun’s A24 Mindbender

February 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

There were two major standouts at this past January’s Sundance Film Festival: Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” and Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw the TV Glow,” which screened in the festival’s Midnight section — the latter now has a trailer.

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‘The Crow’ Remake Set for Summer Release — First Image [Updated]

February 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

UPDATE: Here’s our first look at Bill Skarsgard in “The Crow.” As you can see, they’re not looking to replicate Brandon Lee’s iconic look in the 1994 film. This is a brand new interpretation of the cult classic.

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Francis Ford Coppola Says ‘Rumble Fish’ is His “Best Film”

February 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The Coppola clan seem to really love “Rumble Fish.” If you remember, Sofia Coppola put the 1983 film on her Sight and Sound ballot, and her father, the man who made it, seems to love it just as much.

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‘Dune: Part II' Projected to Earn $80 Million Domestic Opening, $190 Million Worldwide

February 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Five months after the film was originally scheduled to be released, but was delayed because of the strikes, “Dune: Part Two” will be bringing some wealthy numbers at the box-office this weekend.

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Denis Villeneuve Has His Fair Share of Haters ...

February 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

After yesterday’s comments, in which he dubiously confessed to hating dialogue in movies, Denis Villeneuve seems to have fed some rare meat to his ravenous haters, and he has plenty of them.

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‘Mary Poppins’ Age Rating Increased in the U.K. Due to "Discriminatory Language"

February 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

These ratings boards are going to be very busy these next few years by trying to reclassify all of the old movies up to today’s standards. Where does it stop?

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Emily Blunt Joins Dwayne Johnson in A24 and Benny Safdie's ‘The Smashing Machine'

February 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last month, it was announced that Dwayne Johnson would star in the A24-produced “The Smashing Machine,” which would be directed by Benny Safdie (“The Curse”). Emily Blunt has now joined the cast.

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Jake Gyllenhaal Disproves Doug Liman; Says ‘Road House' Was Always Intended For Streaming

February 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Doug Liman’s “Road House” reboot, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, which premieres on Amazon Prime on March 21, has turned into a battle between Liman and the streamer.

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Gareth Edwards' ‘Jurassic World' Movie Starts Shooting on July 31

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Universal is desperately trying to kickstart production on this one, ASAP, with the aim of a July 2, 2025 release locked into their heads. Gareth Edwards will direct with a script written by David Koepp.

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‘Ducks' Set to Be Pixar's First Ever Musical

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Pixar is developing a new movie, this one is set to be the first musical in the toon company’s history. The movie is titled “Ducks” and its main characters are exactly what the title suggests.

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Hathaway, Gyllenhaal, Melton and Spaeny Circling ‘Beef' Season 2

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Lee Sung Jin just turned in the scripts for the second season of Netflix/A24’s “Beef” and they are ready to start production by late summer or fall. I

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Aubrey Plaza Set to Star in John Waters' ‘Liarmouth'

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I can confirm that Aubrey Plaza has been cast as the lead in John Waters’ upcoming “Liarmouth.” Being discussed is a production start this summer in Waters’ home city of Baltimore.

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Only 46,000 People Watched the Indie Spirit Awards

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Judging by the trade coverage, you’d expect millions to have tuned into yesterday afternoon’s YouTube stream of the Independent Spirit Awards. That was not the case, far from it.

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Denis Villeneuve: “Frankly, I Hate Dialogue. Dialogue is for Theater and Television"

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Denis Villeneuve is telling The Times of London that, if it were up to him, he actually wishes his films were driven by image and not dialogue, and that cinema is too influenced by television.

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Trailer for Kevin Costner's ‘Horizon: An American Saga'

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The trailer for Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga” has been released and it looks as ambitious, in both scope and story, than was previously advertised.

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Francis Ford Coppola Names Sofia's Best Films ...

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Francis Ford Coppola was asked on Instagram what his daughter Sofia Coppola’s best films were. His top 4 are the most obvious ones. Want to guess?

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Terrence Malick Eyeing to Shoot Next Film

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I’m hearing Terrence Malick, who has almost, finally, completed work on “The Way of the Wind,” is eyeing to shoot a smaller-scaled film in his home state of Texas, possibly at the end of the year. No other details were given. Malick is 80, but definitely not done with cinema.

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Rodrigo Prieto Doesn't Deny Paul Thomas Anderson Rewrote ‘Killers of the Flower Moon'

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Killers of the Flower Moon” cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto was a guest on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast and was asked about the “rumor” that Paul Thomas Anderson rewrote the film for Scorsese.

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‘Oppenheimer' Wins the PGA

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This has to be one of the least interesting Oscar races in recent memory. We all know Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” will win Best Picture on March 10, and this notion was only accentuated last night when it won the Producers Guild of America.

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Joel and Ethan Coen’s Upcoming Horror Movie Promises “Lots of Fake Blood and ... Feathers"

February 26, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

After Ethan is done shooting “Honey Don't,” in the Spring, the brothers plan to reteam as directors for a horror film that they wrote fresh, and not from an old screenplay.

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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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