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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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Denis Villeneuve Says He's Working on A “Secret Project" That's Time Sensitive

March 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Denis Villeneuve shot both ‘Dune’ movies back-to-back, without even an hour in between. He’s telling THR “I physically need to recover for a couple of weeks.”

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Damien Chazelle Writing a New Script, but Uncertain About Post-‘Babylon' Future: “Maybe I Won’t Be Able to Get This One Made”

March 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” tanked at the box-office, making $63 million against a production budget of a little under $100 million. The film ultimately lost Paramount an estimated $87 million.

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$12 Million in Previews for ‘Dune: Part II' [Updated]

March 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Dune: Part II” earned $12 million in Thursday previews — it’s the biggest amount any movie has taken in since “Barbie” and it beat out the “Oppenheimer” total by half a million dollars.

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It's Not ‘Superman: Legacy' Anymore, It's Just ‘Superman'

March 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The ‘Legacy’ has been dropped — it’s now called “Superman.” James Gunn explained that his sudden reversal on the title only came after locking the final draft of the script.

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‘Joker: Folie à Deux' is “Widely Anticipated" to Premiere at the Venice Film Festival

February 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Earlier today, Deadline reported the predictable, that Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux” was “widely anticipated” to have its world premiere this September on the Lido.

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The Daniels Set Next Film for Summer 2026 Release

February 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

They’re back. The Daniels, 21st century Godards of fart and dildo jokes, directed 2022’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” to total domination of the 95th Oscars.

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James Gunn’s ‘Superman: Legacy’ Has A Budget of $363 Million?

February 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A social media user flagged an article in the Columbus Business Journal which included the claim that James Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy” would have a massive budget of $363 million …

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Who Is It?

February 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Dune: Part Two” actress Rebecca Ferguson has set the internet on fire with a whodunnit that has turned out to be more entertaining than any of Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot movies.

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Xavier Dolan Set as Un Certain Regard Jury President at Cannes 2024

February 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

He might be “retired.” He might think the world is ending. Hell, he might even believe that “art is useless,” but nothing is going to stop Xavier Dolan from presiding over one of this year’s juries at Cannes.

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Ray Winstone Says Acting in Marvel's ‘Black Widow' Was “Soul Destroying"

February 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Compared to the backlash Marvel has received from some of the best directors in the world, it’s only recently that actors have come out of the woodworks and criticized the process of acting in the MCU.

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Will Forte Says It's Looking Like We Will Never See ‘Coyote vs Acme'

February 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It’s looking more and more like Warner Bros has already shelved and officialized “Coyote vs Acme” as a tax write-off. The film’s lead actor, Will Forte, is now telling fans it’s very likely that they will never see the film.

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Deadline Spitballs Cannes 2024 — No McQueen, Guadagnino, Larrain and Leigh

February 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

There had been anticipation that Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” might go there, but it looks like a fall launch is now being eyed for the WWII epic. It will likely go to Venice now.

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Francis Ford Coppola's ‘Megalopolis' Set to Have Major IMAX Release in the Fall

February 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Three weeks ago, Coppola shared, via his Instagram, the title image for “Megalopolis.” Let’s hope a trailer is coming soon. I also recently read the original script for this film, and it’s really … wild.

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‘Furiosa' Test Screens to “Overwhelmingly Positive" Reactions, Rated R

February 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last night, George Miller’s “Furiosa” test screened in Burbank, Los Angeles.
All attendees signed very strict NDAs but some of them shared their “very general” opinion on the film.

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Jessica Lange Says ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ is Stuck in “Limbo” and “Not Finished"

February 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I was wondering what was going on with this film. We hadn’t heard much of an update about it, for a while now. Finally, someone is dishing out what exactly is going on, and it’s not at all positive.

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Quentin Tarantino Says Spielberg's ‘West Side Story' “Should Have Won the Oscar"

February 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I missed this interview, but better late than never. Here’s Quentin Tarantino, via the Bret Easton Ellis podcast, describing his love for Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story.”

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‘Naked Gun' Reboot, Starring Liam Neeson, Sets 2025 Release

February 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Leslie Nielsen was sheer perfection in 1988’s “The Naked Gun: From The Files of Police Squad!” — if you can believe it, this was one of the films that most influenced Paul Thomas Anderson while he was making “Inherent Vice.”

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Poll: The Best Films of the 2020s, So Far

February 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The 2020s were marred by the pandemic. Productions shut down. Movies got delayed. Studios started fearing, more and more, creative balsiness. Then the strikes occurred, and that vicious cycle happened again, further interfering in the production process.

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Sam Mendes' Four Beatles Films Will All Be Released in 2027; Set to Start Production in Mid-2025

February 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Sony and Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes’ ambitious plans to make four separate theatrical films, one on each of the members of The Beatles, certainly turned heads when it was announced last week.

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Bret Easton Ellis on Fincher's ‘The Killer': “The Best Directed Piece of Nothing I’ve Ever Seen in My Life"

February 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I wish I had liked David Fincher’s “The Killer” more than I eventually did — all the pieces were there for Fincher to deliver another great film, but the end result, although visually assured, was a disappointing turn from a director we expect more from.

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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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