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Kevin Spacey's Pandemic Conspiracy Thriller ‘The Awakening' Is Coming in November: “The Film They Don't Want You to See”

Who's "they," exactly? The Illuminati? The Deep State? Hard to say. The film premiered at Italy's Matera Film Festival on November 10. No reviews have trickled in yet.

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Sony's Tom Rothman Launches Best Picture Campaign for ‘Brand New Day’: “Are You Telling Me There Are 10 Films This Year That Are Better Than This Film?”

This is all Rothman’s idea, by the way. He’s going to pour millions into this campaign because he believes “Brand New Day” is a great movie.

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Dan Trachtenberg in Talks to Direct Marvel Solo Movie — Wolverine?

Dan Trachtenberg is in talks to write and direct an MCU movie for the Mutant era. Per the report, it's a theatrical feature. It's also a single-character film, not an ensemble piece.

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Jon Hamm and Andrew Koji to Star in Takashi Miike’s Psychological Thriller ‘Bullfrog’

Miike has directed a whopping 114 films and TV productions. Almost nobody has seen all of them, and if you have, you're not just a completist—you're a madman.

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Aaron Pierre to Star in ‘Sisu’ Director’s ‘Fairytale in New York’ at Netflix

Netflix and Lionsgate are teaming up on “Fairytale in New York,” a new action thriller starring Aaron Pierre, with “Sisu” helmer Jalmari Helander directing. Netflix will distribute and Lionsgate will produce.

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August 19, 2019
3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
August 19, 2019

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

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More Reshoots on ‘Captain America: Brave New World'

May 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last year, after receiving negative test scores, Julius Onah’s “Captain America: Brave New World” was delayed to February 2025 and was getting extensive reshoots with three major sequences being cut.

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‘The Exorcist' to Be Rebooted: “Radical New Take"

May 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

We already knew that Mike Flanagan, who recently wrapped his 11th feature, “The Life of Chuck,” was going to direct the next two ‘Exorcist’ films but, otherwise, details were sparse as to what to expect with this next one.

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Lars Von Trier is Definitely Working on A New Film

May 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Lars Von Trier hasn’t directed a film since 2018’s “The House That Jack Built,” an unfairly maligned 3-hour dark comedy about the most despicable serial killer ever put on film, played by Matt Dillon.

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Sandra Hüller Joins Ryan Gosling in ‘Project Hail Mary’, Directed by Phil Lord & Chris Miller.

May 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Back in February, I reported that the Ryan Gosling-starring “Project Hail Mary” would begin production in the United Kingdom in June. A March 20, 2026 release date has been set up.

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Disney's ‘Star War's Rey Movie Still Has No Script

May 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This past January, I posted about sources telling me that Disney’s Daisy Ridley starring Rey movie, potentially titled “New Jedi Order,” and directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, was “delayed indefinitely.”

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Christopher Nolan: “There Are No Good Third Sequels, Maybe Rocky III"

May 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Chatting about “The Dark Knight Rises,” Nolan admits his initial reluctance at directing the third ‘Batman’ film because he didn’t believe there were many, if any, strong threequels out there, with the exception of “Rocky III”

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Kevin Costner Says All Four ‘Horizon’ Films Will Be Around 3 Hours Each

May 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

While speaking to Collider about his four-part ‘Horizon’ saga, Kevin Costner said the next three movies in ‘Horizon: An American Saga’ will also be around three hours in length. This means that the final product will come in at around 12 hours long in total. I ask again, why wasn’t this just made as a limited TV series?

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‘Kinds of Kindness' Trailer ...

May 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

His latest one is called “Kinds of Kindness” and it’s set up for a June 21 release. A trailer was just released by Searchlight. You get a good sense of the film, in terms of vibe and storytelling.

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‘Wolfs' Trailer ...

May 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here it is, the trailer for Jon Watts’ “Wolfs.” Just I had suspected, this is a film that will bank hard on Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s charmful chemistry.

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Dennis Quaid Says He's Voting Trump

May 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I’ll tell you why this is the talk in Hollywood right now. Not many Tinseltown personalities support Donald Trump, and the small minority that does would NEVER admit it in public. It’s damn-near career suicide.

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What Goes to Venice? McQueen, Guadagnino, Larrain, Phillips, Leigh ...

May 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I recently caught a glimpse at the potential Venice Film Festival lineup and, although there are some marquee films likely to show up on the Lido this year, there is reason to believe that it might be an underwhelming lineup.

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‘Bad Boys 4’ is Currently the Movie Which General U.S. Audiences Are Most Aware Of

May 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

‘Bad Boys 4’ is currently the movie which general American audiences are most aware of, according to The Quorum. The Will Smith/Martin Lawrence action flick is 10 points ahead of ‘Deadpool 3’.

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Ari Aster's ‘Eddington' Wraps Filming

May 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

That’s a wrap on Ari Aster’s “Eddington.” Production has been completed on the film which started shooting in late March. Expect an early 2025 release for this one.

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Walter Salles' ‘I'm Still Here' Will Be in Venice Competition — Sony Pictures Classics to Distribute

May 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Sony Pictures Classics has just bought North American rights for “I’m Still Here,” and a bunch of international territories as well.

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George Miller Says ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland' Will Only Get Made if ‘Furiosa' Does Well

May 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Furiosa” had a miserable 4-day opening of $32M on Memorial Day weekend, $56M worldwide. The budget is said to be around $170M. It’s certainly looking as though we won’t be getting more ‘Mad Max’ movies in the near future.

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Kristoffer Borgli (‘Dream Scenario') to Direct HBO’s ‘The Shards’ — Luca Guadagnino Bows Out

May 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

As I had previously heard and reported, Kristoffer Borgli (“Dream Scenario”) is officially set to direct the highly anticipated HBO adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ "The Shards."

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Hayao Miyazaki's Next Film is an “Action-Adventure"

May 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last fall, as his wonderful “The Boy and the Heron” was premiering, we learned that Hayao Miyazaki was not retiring and indeed working on a new film.

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For Some Reason, Richard Dreyfuss Blew Up the Internet This Weekend

May 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

For some reason. this story blew up the internet, with hundreds of articles written about the scandalous event. I guess journalists were short on stories this weekend.

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‘Wolfs' Trailer on Wednesday

May 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Sony has dated the Jon Watts’ “Wolfs,” starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney, for a September 20, 2024 release. We’re possibly looking at a fall festival bow — Venice? TIFF? Telluride? All three?

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Bad Idea? George Miller Confirms ‘Furiosa' Black & White Version

May 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” had a black-and-white version released in 2016. Miller has stated, numerous times, that this was the best and firstly intended version of the film.

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