I’ll be arriving at the Cannes Film Festival next Tuesday. The screening schedule was just released, so this’ll be a good indicator of when to expect reactions for the competition (and non-competition) titles.

Isabelle Huppert will lead the 2024 Venice Film Festival jury this year. Serving as jury president, Huppert will hand out the Golden Lion which was won last year by Lanthimos’ “Poor Things”.

It turns out that Iran has decided to sentence Rasoulof to eight years in prison and flogging. It's possible that Iranian authorities have sentenced Rasoulof in such harsh fashion as a way to convince him pull his film.

The review embargo has lifted and review consensus for Wes Ball’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” are fairly accurate. It’s good, not great. Matt Reeves’ cinematic flair is missing in this film.

The crime thriller “The Bookie & the Bruiser.” Zahler is set to reunite Zahler with his “Dragged Across Concrete” and “Brawl in Cell Block 99” star Vince Vaughn and Oscar winner Adrien Brody (“The Pianist”).

Edgar Wright took to his X/Twitter account to post a lengthy review about his latest obsession: “Furiosa.” Wright believes Miller has made a great film. Where “Fury Road” was a chase epic, “Furiosa” is a revenge film.

Whether you’re familiar with Costa or not, it’s an absolute hoot to read his interview with Othon Cinema where he lays the blame of cinema’s demise on Ridley Scott.

The review embargo breaks tomorrow, that’s also when my thoughts on the film will pop up online. Variety is reporting that ‘Kingdom’ is looking at a 50+ million opening weekend. It cost around $160 million to produce.

Peter Farrelly (“Green Book”) is set to direct a film inspired by the story of how Sylvester Stallone came to make his 1976 boxing classic “Rocky.”

Joseph Kosinski’s F1 movie, tentatively titled “Apex,” is continuing to film at Formula One events. Fresh off “Top Gun: Maverick,” Kosinski’s film stars Brad Pitt and is being produced by Apple.

UPDATE: Michelle Yeoh is set to lead the cast of “Blade Runner 2099.” Yeoh has signed on for a secretive role in the forthcoming Prime Video series which just started filming in Europe.

Disney CEO Bob Iger is implying that we’ll be seeing less of the MCU with his intentions to drop the number of Marvel movies to “maximum” three a year. Um … isn’t that still an excessive amount?

This morning, the 72nd San Sebastian Festival announced it will world premiere “Emmanuelle” as their opening night film, on September 20. The film has had a shaky journey these last few months.

No doubt worried about current box-office projections, which have it opening at around $35 million, last night Warner Bros decided to orchestrate a special screening of George Miller’s “Furiosa.”

During an interview on the “50 MPH” podcast, Reeves and Bullock expressed interest in making “Speed 3”: “I mean, you know — we’d freakin’ knock it out of the park.”

I don’t see many people reporting this, but rapper ASAP Rocky has joined Spike Lee’s “High & Low” remake. Peculiar casting. He plays a character called “Yung Felon.” That’s not a typo.

Practically every French media outlet is reporting on a mysterious list of 10 actors/directors/producers who are set to be accused of #MeToo allegations DURING the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.

Harlin is telling Variety that the plan, which seems to have been given full approval by the studio, is to turn his 3-film horror odyssey into a 4.5 hour director’s cut, set to be released in 2025.

This might not be the end of Ti West's popular A24 horror franchise. His trilogy, which started with “X” and then “Pearl,” is set to be completed later this summer with “MaXXXine.”