B-movie king Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of low-budget films, has passed away. He was 98. Corman’s imprint on movies is undeniable.

As of now, “Thor 5,” which has been in development for a few years, doesn't have a director attached to its name. In fact, interest has waned on the character, to the point where we haven’t heard much about it.

Even after just two films, director Jane Schoenbrun’s cinematic obsession is quite clear: young people in the digital age. After “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair,” Schoenbrun yet again tackles media consumption.

Daniel Richtman is reporting that Joseph Kosinski’s “Apex,” that $300 million F1 movie starring Brad Pitt, has had to reshoot almost anything with 2023 F1 racecars as they all changed designs and sponsors in 2024.

I had reported last year, via my intel, that Carax and Lea Seydoux were supposed to team up on another film, and, finally, we can report that Seydoux’s presence was confirmed today (via Le Monde).

The big movie this weekend is Wes Ball’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.” Readers can now chime in with their thoughts on this entertaining addition to the ‘Apes’ franchise.

The $120 million, and self-funded, epic already found distribution in France, via Le Pacte, and that company’s President, Jean Labadie, is telling Le Point that the film has also found buyers in Italy, Germany, UK, and Spain.

The film is a sequel to 2002’s “28 Days Later” and stars Jack O’Connell, Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes. The planned trilogy will be followed by the second part, directed by Nia DaCosta (“The Marvels”).

Many didn’t believe this would happen, but ‘Shōgun’ Season 2 is officially in development. Hiroyuki Sanada has closed a deal to return as Lord Yoshii Toranaga.

Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver – the writer-producer duo behind ‘Planet of the Apes,’ ‘Avatar’ and ‘Jurassic World’ – are telling THR that the ultimate plan is to make five more of these ‘Apes’ movies.

Scratch off that rumor that M. Night Shyamalan’s “Trap” is 2.5 hours. It currently clocks in at just under two hours, without credits. The film test screened last night in Pennsylvania as a “work in progress,.”

Making the press rounds to support his directorial debut, “Poolman” Chris Pine stopped by Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast and tackled the toxic reviews that have greeted his film.

Here’s confirmation that Johnny Greenwood, the guitarist and backbone of Radiohead, will be comping Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film, which, after a few months break, is starting back production.

This would make ‘Kingdom’ the best Thursday night ever for an ‘Apes’ movie besting 2017’s “War for the Planet of the Apes” which did $5M.

Kathryn Bigelow is now set to direct a “hot script” by former NBC News president Noah Oppenheim (“Jackie”). The film will tackle how the White House reacts in real time to ballistic missiles headed for America.

Last October, I reported that filmmaker Gregg Araki, one of the main voices of the ‘90s New Queer Cinema movement, was working on a new film. We have an update, and it’s a good one.

This matched the positive intel that came out of last year’s test screening. One of our readers raved about it, saying “It’s very unsettling and deeply steeped in the satanic panic of the ‘70s serial killer horror.”

Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness” has officially been Rated R for strong/disturbing violent content, strong sexual content, full nudity and language.

”Nouvelle Vague” is being dubbed as a “comedy” and “love letter” to the French New Wave, Godard and company. Linklater has described it as being “like a New Wave film.”

Most notable, of all of Paul Schrader’s anti-PC rants, is his defense of Kevin Spacey, one of the key figures in the #MeToo movement, and whom in July was cleared of sexually assaulting four men following a trial in London.