There’s major buzz for “Blitz,” which, as of now, isn’t expected to premiere at Cannes, with a fall launch being eyed for McQueen’s WWII epic, possibly a premiere at Telluride.

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is being theatrically released on May 10. Deadline’s Anthony D'Alessandro is reporting that ‘Kingdom’ is tracking at a $54M-$61M opening weekend.

Victor Erice’s “Close Your Eyes,” which is a lock for my 2024 top 10 list, has finally been acquired by a U.S. distributor. The Film Movement will be releasing the film in the current or next quarter of 2024.

A trailer for “The Beast” was released in January. Bertrand Bonello’s critically acclaimed sci-fi mindbender, starring Lea Seydoux and George MacKay, is being released this coming Friday, April 5.

We already tackled the most underrated films of the 2000s and 2010s. Now it’s time for the 1990s, and what a decade it was for U.S. filmmaking.

Raimi is now explicitly saying, without hesitation, that he wants to direct the next ‘Avengers’ flick (via ScreenGeek). No formal offer has been given to Raimi, but he tells the outlet “I hope they do.”

A “romantic” first poster for “Joker: Folie à Deux” has been unveiled by Warner Bros. It looks photoshopped. At first, I thought it was fan-made. It doesn’t necessarily entice us into seeing the film.

A Forbes report is saying that Disney lost $134 million on ‘Dial of Destiny.’ The fifth film in the ‘Indiana Jones’ franchise was a colossal failure, and part of Disney’s disastrous 2023 movie year.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

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.