Two-time Oscar winners Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor will be scoring Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer.” The film is currently set for a fall launch, possibly at Venice.

This has become a monthly thing, tackling film anniversaries. I already tackled 2014 and 2004 — 1984 and 1974 are next. It’s always a fun exercise to hit the time capsule.

After its massive $80 million opening last weekend, “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” is projected to come back down to earth in its second weekend — a $25 million haul awaits.

Denis Villeneuve and Legendary Entertainment have optioned Annie Jacobsen‘s nonfiction book “Nuclear War: A Scenario,” with Villeneuve set to direct the adaptation.

I have my reservations about this one, but it should obviously not be ignored due to Jenkins’ involvement. A first image has been released by Disney ahead of its CinemaCon debut next week.

Benoit Blanc is returning for more crime solving. Rian Johnson will begin filming the currently-untitled ‘Knives Out 3’ later this year, with actor Daniel Craig tapped to reprise his role as detective Blanc.

We have our first images of Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” via Warner Bros, which is set for a theatrical and IMAX launch on October 3, 2025.

CEO Bob Iger is now saying that, going forward, Disney won’t “advance any kind of agenda” in their content, but, rather, focus on entertainment. 

Deadline is reporting that Julia Garner is set to play a female Silver Surfer in Matt Shakman’s “The Fantastic Four”. A gender-swapped Silver Surfer had been rumored for a few months now.

According to a report from Il Fatto Quotidiano , Guadagnino might already be eyeing his next film which would be an adaptation of Pier Vittorio Tondelli’s Italian cult novel “Separate Rooms.”

Deadline is reporting that Craig Gillespie will be directing “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” for James Gunn’s freshly rebooted DCU. The plan is shoot this one in the fall. It’s only expected to hit theaters in 2027.

On Saturday, Garland (“Civil War“) told The Guardian that he wasn’t “planning to direct again in the foreseeable future”. He’s now clarifying with IndieWire that he meant it as only taking a break from filmmaking, and not retiring.

O’Connell is reported to play the “racist white villain” in the film, which is set in the ‘30s South, centers on vampires, with dual twin roles for Jordan, and the filmmaking heavy in “anime influences.”

Warner Bros. has announced that a new ‘Matrix’ installment is in the works. Drew Goddard will write and direct ‘The Matrix 5.’ This will be the first ‘Matrix’ film not directed by a Wachowski.

UPDATE: My intel was correct. Dupieux’s film will be opening the 77th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 14. It will be playing out of competition. It’s been retitled “Le Deuxième Acte” (“The Second Act”).

Roger Ebert’s Matt Zoler Seitz is tackling the lost movies of 2020: the films from early on in the pandemic that deserved a better fate, but were nixed from theatrical release and relegated to being streamed at home.

Here’s another take from Paul Schrader, this one about Ava Duvernay’s “Origin,” which he really likes, and how it got undeservedly shunned by the Oscars: