If you read my column then this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. John Waters has confirmed that Aubrey Plaza will star in his next film “Liarmouth.” I reported this casting news last month.

Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga” is officially premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, out of competition. No word yet if both parts 1 and 2 will be screened on the Croisette.

David Lynch has come out of hiding and is telling Deadline that he’s hoping to find backers for an animated project titled “Snootworld”, even if Netflix recently “rejected” his “fairytale” pitch.

Garland’s film is fantasy; it’s world building that, despite its purposeful avoidance of current-day headlines, manages to still convince us that this could very well happen in our own backyard.

Jonathan Majors was sentenced to a 52-week in-person domestic violence intervention program after being convicted of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment in December. 

Indie animator Don Hertzfeldt (“The World of Tomorrow,” “It’s Such A Beautiful Day”) is confirming, what’s been rumored for a while now, a feature-length collaboration with Ari Aster.

There’s buzz of a possible trailer drop for Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” this coming week at CinemaCon. That would make a lot of sense given the CBS and Paramount have already installed artwork for the film in Vegas (above).

On the occasion of Allen’s 50th film, “Coup de Chance,” being released in the U.S, The Wall Street Journal’s Kyle Smith has come out with a strongly worded op-ed against the blacklisting of Allen. Here are a few excerpts:

Many were wondering when Gareth Evans’ “Havoc” will be released. There’s been a lot of speculation about the reasons for its delay, with reshoots having occurred in early 2023.

The word we’ve gotten thus far is Coppola’s $120 million epic is a perplexing film. It’s already been described as “batsh*t crazy.” “baffling,” “downright confounding,” “undefinable,” “fit for a museum” and the “work of a madman.”

A24 has confirmed, via X/Twitter, that the trailer for Ti West’s “MaXXXine” will be released on Monday. The film, described as a whodunnit slasher, starring Mia Goth, is set for release on July 5, 2024 release date.

Jeff Sneider had already reported on Fincher “quietly working” on a ‘Squid Game’ remake for Netflix, but that won’t be his next film for them. Rather, he’s going to be directing a Hitchcockian crime-thriller called “Strangers.”

Here’s more from James Cameron in Paris. This time, he’s praising Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ movies and goes on to call them “pure cinema” (via Le Figaro)

According to Production Weekly, Constance Wu and Henry Golding will be back for ‘Crazy Rich Asians 2,’ a sequel to the mega-successful 2018 romcom ‘Crazy Rich Asians.’

During the Q&A, the ‘Avatar’ filmmaker gave an update on a long-gestating passion project of his, a remake of “Fantastic Voyage,” and he’s saying that it’s coming “very soon”:

Next Thursday, the Cannes Film Festival will announce its lineup. With a lack of U.S. presence, due to the 2023 strikes, it’s starting to look as though this year’s competition will be one of the more eclectic ones in recent years.

Korean master Lee Chang-dong, 69, confirms that he is currently writing two different projects at the same time. He adds that “it will not take long” for him to decide which he directs next.

The audaciously titled satire already had a weird trailer before premiering at Sundance to terrible reviews — 28% on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience scores weren’t any better.