Alex Garland’s film, starring Kirsten Dunst as a photojournalist, added $11.12 million this weekend. It has, so far, grossed $45 million. A24’s most expensive movie to date additionally made $5 million overseas.

On Saturday, actors Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, and Joshua Leonard released a joint statement, directed at Lionsgate, asking for retroactive and future residual payments for their roles in the original film.

Last year, French journalist Bernard Montiel had revealed that Depp and Maïwenn were not getting along during the shoot of ‘Jeanne’ and that there was tension for months between director and actor.

In an interview with OMRI, ‘Passion’ screenwriter Randall Wallace is confirming the screenplay for the sequel is finished, that Jim Caviezel is, obviously, going to star as Jesus, and that production could begin very soon.

Because Hollywood pretends Thursday previews are just part of Friday openings, boosting the opening day number with an extra night of receipts, “Abigail” was #1 on “Friday,” beating out “Civil War” by only a few thousand dollars.

Remember Chris Columbus? He was the director critics loved to hate in the ‘90s and early aughts. He directed many successful movies, “Home Alone,” “Home Alone 2,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

UPDATE: I had the roles mixed up. Ferrell is OUT as Madden, he’s being replaced by Jackman. Weird casting. Also, Tom Hanks is in talks to play Oakland Raiders football coach Al Davis.

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the official poster for its 77th edition, which is set to take place on May 14-25, and it’s a tribute to Akira Kurosawa’s 1991 film “Rhapsody in August.”

George Miller’s “Furiosa” is set to premiere at Cannes next month. The highly anticipated ‘Mad Max’ prequel is on the cover of this month’s Empire Magazine, and there are some very interesting nuggets inside this issue.

Of M Night Shyamalan’s 16 feature films, only a single one was over 2 hours (“Glass”). So, consider me surprised by Cryptic HD’s assertion that Shyamalan’s “Trap” clocks in at a whopping 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Ruben Östlund is supposed to shoot “The Entertainment System is Down” later this year. The script is done, and a cast is now being assembled. Variety is reporting that Keanu Reeves is in talks to star in the film

If there ever was a video which would convince me that James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown” will have some issues then it’s certainly this one.

Nancy Sinatra reposted a tweet on X which seems to disapprove of casting Leonardo DiCaprio as her father Frank Sinatra & Jennifer Lawrence as his wife Ava Gardner in Maritn Scorsese’s biopic.

Alex Garland’s next film, “Warfare”, which he’s co-directing with Ray Mendoza, might be even an even more expensive endeavor for A24. My best guess is its budget might hit the $60-70 million range.

Searchlight has set up a December 6, 2024 release for “Nightbitch.” As expected, the reactions from test screenings have been all over the place.

Remember, over the weekend, when we discussed J.J. Abrams’ absence from directing? Was he in director’s jail for his dubious attempt at reviving Star Wars?

Watching “Challengers,” I kept being reminded of David Fincher’s “The Social Network,” which also had shifting timelines, a brilliantly pulsating electronic score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and stylishly vibrant direction.

It turns out that, initially, Tarantino’s movie was going to be “The Movie Critic,” but, sometime late last year, he scrapped that film and started writing a different one, connected to “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood,”