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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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Park Chan-wook's Set to Direct ‘The Ax' — Shoot in Fall 2024

April 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Park Chan-wook has set up his next film. It’s set to start production in the fall of 2024. Lee Byung Hun and Son Ye Jin are in talks to star in Park's upcoming film.

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Jesse Eisenberg's ‘A Real Pain’ Sets October 18 Release Date

April 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Jesse Eisenberg won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for his critically-acclaimed “A Real Pain,” which he also directed, and the film went on to be bought by Searchlight for a cool $10 million.

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Ethan Coen's ‘Honey Don't' Has Started Filming

April 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Production has officially started on “Honey Don’t” in California. The cast for this latest one, which is said to be a detective noir, will be composed of Aubrey Plaza, Margaret Qualley and Chris Evans.

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Apple Has “No Plans" to Release Ridley Scott's 4 Hour ‘Napoleon' Director's Cut

April 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In late August we broke the news that Ridley Scott was working on a director’s cut of “Napoleon” that would clock in at over 4 hours. It obviously piqued our interest. Sadly, it’s not coming any time soon.

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Andrew Stanton’s Sci-Fi Epic ‘In the Blink of An Eye’ Set for Fall Release

April 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Andrew Stanton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker known for Pixar classics “WALL-E” and “Finding Nemo,” is directing “In the Blink of Eye,” a sci-fi drama for Searchlight Pictures. The film wrapped production

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Ang Lee Quits 3D Filmmaking: “3D is Bad. The Filmmakers Are Bad."

April 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

James Cameron’s “Avatar” boosted the 3D market for a period of time, until it lost all steam, due to an incalculable amount of films trying to take advantage of the fad by upgrading their non-3D shot movies into 3D movies.

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‘Dune 2' Available on VOD Tomorrow? [Updated]

April 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

UPDATE: WhenToStream says it made a mistake. No VOD, just yet.

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Rebel Wilson Accuses Sacha Baron Cohen of Humiliating & Exploiting Her Weight on ‘The Brothers Grimsby’

April 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last week, Rebel Wilson alleged that Sacha Baron Cohen had sent a cease and desist by trying to block her upcoming memoir “Rebel Rising” from being published.

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More ‘Megalopolis' Reactions: “Downright Confounding" and “Fit For A Museum"

April 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

One thing I’ve noticed, that I’m sure you have as well, is how perplexed by it some people seem to be. What has Coppola created here, exactly?

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Woody Allen's ‘Coup de Chance' Finally Getting Released in the U.S. on Friday

April 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I’ve seen “Coup de Chance”, and it’s definitely not, by any stretch, a seminal work from Allen, but it’s also, probably, his best film since 2015’s “Irrational Man,” or maybe even 2017’s “Wonder Wheel.” I was never bored.

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‘Joker: Folie à Deux' Trailer on April 9

April 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A trailer for Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux” will be released online the same day its CinemaCon unveiling occurs, on Tuesday , April 9. The $200 million sequel is a musical, starring Lady Gaga, and Joaquin Phoenix.

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‘The Shrouds' is the Longest Film of David Cronenberg's Career (119 Minutes)

April 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The Cannes Film Festival lineup will be announced on April 11, and one almost certain bet is that Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds,” starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, and Guy Pearce, will be in competition for the Palme d’Or.

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Ang Lee Blames ‘Brokeback Mountain' Oscar Loss On Homophobia

March 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

17 years after “Brokeback Mountain” lost Best Picture to “Crash,” director Ang Lee has decided to, state the obvious, by pointing the finger and blaming homophobia for the Oscar upset.

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‘Road House' is #1 on Streaming, and It's Not Even Close

March 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Doug Liman’s “Road House,” Amazon Prime Video’s remake of the 1989 film, easily topped the streaming charts for the week of March 18 to 24. It wouldn’t have gotten this many eyeballs if it had gone theatrical.

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Denis Villeneuve, Yet Again, Rumored to Direct Next Bond

March 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Alright, let me quickly guide you as to what I know about Denis Villeneuve’s potential, rumored, involvement in directing the next James Bond.

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Alex Garland Says He's Retiring From Directing

March 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Garland admits that he’s “fallen out of love” with filmmaking. “I do actually love film, but filmmaking doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It exists in a life and also in a broader context. I have to interact, in a way – without being rude.”

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Dennis Quaid's ‘Reagan' Biopic — Shot in 2020 — Finally Has a Release Date

March 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

After many delays, “Reagan,” which was shot in 2020, is set for an August 30, 2024 theatrical release. The film stars Quaid (as Reagan), Jon Voight, Mena Suvari, Kevin Sorbo and Kevin Dillon.

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Francis Ford Coppola: ‘Megalopolis’ Is Not My Final Film — Working on A New Project

March 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“One way I knew Megalopolis was finished is that I’ve begun work on a new film,” he tells Deadline. “It won’t be cheap by any means, but I don’t know if it can be called ‘an epic film.'”

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‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' Crashes, -68% Second Weekend

March 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It’s Easter Weekend, which means plenty of folks will be flocking to movie theaters, but “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” is mightily struggling in its second weekend of release.

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Sydney Sweeney and Johnny Depp to Star in ‘Day Drinker'?

March 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This morning, Jeff Sneider had social media snowflakes in damn-near meltdown when he reported that Johnny Depp and Sydney Sweeney were set to star in Marc Webb’s “Day Drinker.”

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