John McTiernan reinvented the action movie in the ‘80s with “Predator,” and “Die Hard.” The ‘90s fared just as well for him with “The Hunt For Red October,” “Die Hard With A Vengeance,” “The Last Action Hero,” and “The Thomas Crown Affair.”

Their library of 135 films includes “Spotlight,” “Green Book,” “Contagion,” “Good Night and Good Luck,” “Roma,” and “Lincoln.” Sadly, the market for those types of films has been slowly evaporating ever since the pandemic

The MCU’s “Spider-Man 4,” the follow-up to 2021’s mega successful “No Way Home,” is supposed to begin production this fall, in late September. However, Sony still doesn’t have a director attached for this one.

I was not a fan of Guy Ritchie’s “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.” In fact, I’m just not very supportive of Ritchie’s overall body of work, more on that later.

If ‘Canto Due’ does get announced next week, which isn’t a certainty, I can just imagine the wild chaos from the media, who are already criticizing Cannes for only having four women in competition this year.

THR is reporting that Riz Ahmed has been added to the cast of Anderson’s latest. The rest of the cast includes Bill Murray, Michael Cera and Benicio del Toro.

Guy Maddin’s “Rumours,” which Bleecker Street is backing, has set up a fall 2024 release. We also have our first image of the film, which can be seen above. It certainly has that unique Maddin look to it.

THR is reporting that Pamela Anderson is in talks to star in Akiva Schaffer’s “Naked Gun” reboot. She might be playing Liam Neeson’s love interest in the film, originally Priscilla Presley’s role in the 1988 original.

On Sunday, George Miller and Bong Joon-ho hosted a “Furiosa” event in Korea. Among the things they discussed was the status of “Mickey 17.”

A stellar cast is being assembled. Scarlett Johansson is confirmed to be one of the leads. Last week, word was that Dev Patel might be joining her in the film. The latest has Colman Domingo in talks to play the villain.

Jeff Nichols’ first film in over seven years, “The Bikeriders,” premiered last year at Telluride, to mostly positive reviews, and is set to be released later this summer.

On a slow news day, it’s again time for some film recommendations from myself and readers. We already tackled the most underrated films of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, now it’s time for the underrated works of the 1980s.

Two of the best Irish actors working today, Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, are set star in Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet.” It’s being produced by Spielberg’s Amblin Pictures. Production is set to begin this summer.

The more Zack Snyder speaks, the more delusional he gets. That’s the only conclusion I can come up with between his desire to “fix” “Sucker Punch” and, now, hinting at a third ‘Rebel Moon’ movie.

Kathryn Bigelow’s “Aurora” was supposed to start shooting this year, but the New York Times is reporting that the filmmaker dropped out of the project “a few months ago.”

S. Craig Zahler is saying that either “The Big Stone Grid” or another "different original project” could be his fourth and next film. Right now, he’s leaning more towards the latter.

A Korean outlet is reporting that director Bong Joon-ho's next project, an animated film about deep sea creatures, will start production during the second half of 2024.