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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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Christopher Nolan Made $85 Million From ‘Oppenheimer'

March 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A talent manager, who represents A-listers, tells Forbes that Christopher Nolan is “the biggest movie star in the world right now.” Given the incredible year he just had, it isn’t hyperbole to believe that.

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Terry Zwigoff Pitching First Film in Over 18 Years, Penned by ‘Bad Santa' Writers

March 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The reclusive filmmaker behind the acclaimed “Crumb,” “Ghost World” and “Bad Santa hasn’t directed a film since 2006’s “Art School Confidential,” which was the first film of his to get mixed reviews.

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Screenwriter Accuses ‘The Holdovers' Team of Stealing His Script “Line-by-Line"

March 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In a just-published Variety report, “The Holdovers” screenwriters David Hemingson and Alexander Payne (not credited) have been accused of stealing, scene-for-scene, line-by-line, another writer’s script.

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‘Beetlejuice 2' Test Screens; Trailer Release Within the Next Week ...

March 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Coming off two recent test screenings, Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” will release a trailer within the next week, or so. This one is easily one of the most anticipated big studio sequels of the year.

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Kimblery Peirce Directing ‘Body Heat' Remake

March 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

According to Roger Friedman, corroborating DanielRPK’s previous intel, Kimberly Pierce will be directing and writing a remake of 1981 film noir “Body Heat.” Bad idea.

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Doug Liman Attends ‘Road House’ SXSW Premiere, Despite Boycott

March 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

After saying he would not be attending the premiere of “Road House,” out of protest for its direct-to-streaming launch, Doug Liman, in fact, finally decided to attend last night’s premiere at SXSW.

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Review: ‘Love Lies Bleeding' is A Brutally Entertaining Pulpy Neo-Noir

March 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I was pleasantly surprised by Rose Glass’ “Love Lies Bleeding,” starring Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian, which is set for theatrical expansion next week. Don’t miss this viscerally entertaining noir.

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Quentin Tarantino Has Never Seen ‘Jeanne Dielman'

March 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Quentin Tarantino was recently a guest on the Bret Easton Ellis podcast and admitted, with a chuckle, that he’s never seen ‘Jeanne Dielman,’ When asked about what he thought of its #1 placement …

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‘Kung-Fu Panda 4' Makes $3.8M in Previews

March 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last night’s previews for “Kung-Fu Panda 4” resulted in receipts totaling $3.8 million. A $50 million opening is predicted for the animated sequel. In fact, we might get two $50 million grossing films this weekend.

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Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’ Sets November U.S. Release Date

March 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last November, Focus Features announced that they’d acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Edward Berger’s “Conclave”. They have now dated it for a November 1, 2024 theatrical launch.

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Anton Corbijn to Direct ‘Switzerland' — Set to Shoot This Fall

March 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I exclusively reported last year about this project. Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn is preparing to shoot a new film, his first feature in over nine years, titled “Switzerland.”

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Oscars: What or Who Will Be A Surprise Winner?

March 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This is your turn for a “No Guts, No Glory” out of the whim prediction. Which category do you believe will have a surprise winner? It could just be a hunch, and doesn’t mean it will actually happen, but it’s all part of the fun.

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Michael Jackson Biopic “Aggressively" Tries to Makes the Singer “Look Innocent"

March 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Puck’s Matt Belloni has read the script of Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming Michael Jackson biopic and he has some very bad news for folks who are expecting an even-handed portrayal of the later singer.

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Disney's Live-Action ‘The Sword and the Stone' Delayed Indefinitely

March 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Earlier in the week, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that he had “killed a few projects” that Disney didn’t believe warranted a green light. Could one of those projects have been “The Sword in the Stone”?

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‘Furiosa’ Story Spans 15 Years

March 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

If “Fury Road” was a chase movie whose story took place in a very short 72 hour time frame, “Furiosa” will be more epic and span 15 years in the life of its titular character.

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Steve McQueen's ‘Blitz' Not Going to Cannes

March 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I would say that my two most anticipated films of 2024 would be Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” and Steve McQueen’s “Blitz.” It turns out that only one of them might make it to Cannes this year, and it’s not the McQueen.

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Josh Brolin Says ‘Jonah Hex' Was A “Piece Of Sh*t”

March 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Josh Brolin sat down with Yahoo to promote “Dune: Part two,” but couldn’t help himself when he was asked about the nadir of his career, the infamous 2010 superhero movie “Jonah Hex.”

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FNC: Greta Gerwig Loves Alice Rohrwacher's ‘La Chimera'

March 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A big fan of Alice Rohrwacher’s “La Chimera” is Greta Gerwig. She’s gushing about it. Here’s what she had to say about the film, which hits theaters on March 29, via Neon.

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‘Inside Out 2' Trailer ...

March 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The first trailer for Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” was released this morning. There’s four new characters added into the mix this time around, including Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke.

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‘Mission: Impossible 8' Restarts Production in the UK

March 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

We hope that Cruise, who was spotted doing a motorcycle stunt, comes out of this one healthy and ready to go for the auteur phase of his career — the next Iñárritu and Tarantino await him next year.

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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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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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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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