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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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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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‘I'm Waiting For You' Confirmed by Eric Roth, No Villeneuve Mention

June 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This latest find seemingly confirms my original reporting, that Villeneuve is indeed working on an adaptation of Korean author Bo-Young Kim’s short story “I Am Waiting For You.”

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‘Mickey 17': Bong Joon-Ho Denies He Doesn't Have Final Cut

June 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last week, a report from Daniel Richtman claimed that Bong Joon-Ho’s “Mickey 17” being delayed until January 2025 had to do with Bong being refused final cut on the film, and Warner Bros. wanting to release a “more accessible” version of the film.

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‘Gladiator II' Reshoots Underway in the UK

June 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Looks like “Gladiator II” re-shoots/pick-up shots are underway in Sussex. Production on the film had wrapped on January 17, but there are now two separate reports of filming currently taking place at Brighton.

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‘The History of Sound' Skipping Fall Fests, Aiming for Cannes 2025

June 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Some believed that Oliver Hermanus’ “The History of Sound,” starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, might crash this year’s fall festival circuit, but a report (via Awards Watch) has Hermanus completely nixing that idea.

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Joshua Oppenheimer's ‘The End' Not Going to Venice?

June 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Hearing shaky things about this one. It might have the same fate as Audrey Diwan’s “Emmanuelle” and not show up at either Cannes or Venice … However, Telluride is a real possibility for a world premiere. Just what I’m hearing.

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Readers' Thoughts on Richard Linklater's ‘Hit Man'?

June 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” is now streaming in the U.S. on Netflix, and theatrically in a host of other countries, including Canada. So, what did our readers think of the film?

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‘Bad Boys 4' Headed to Impressive $53M Opening; ‘Furiosa' Faltering, Could Lose WB Over $200M ...

June 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Sony‘s “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” made $21.6M on Friday, on its way to a $53M opening. The fourth instalment in the franchise, currently playing in 3,885 theaters, might actually hit the $55M mark by Sunday evening.

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Andrew Stanton Directing ‘Toy Story 5'

June 8, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

On Friday, after an advanced screening of “Inside Out 2,” Pixar CCO Pete Docter seemingly confirmed that the upcoming “Toy Story 5” will be directed by longtime Pixar filmmaker Andrew Stanton.

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Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’ Has Wrapped Filming in NYC

June 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Celine Song’s “Past Lives” was not only a Sundance sensation, but also went on to get Best Picture nominated at the Oscars. Whatever film Song did next was going to be met with a lot of anticipation, especially by critics.

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‘The Crow': Formerly Attached Screenwriter Bashes Upcoming Reboot

June 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It’s no secret that this ‘Crow’ reboot has been in development hell for the better part of 15 years. One of the key figures in this saga was screenwriter Cliff Dorfman (Warrior, Entourage) who wrote, at least, two drafts for the film, in 2012 and 2014.

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Orson Welles' ‘The Magnificent Ambersons': Update on the Search for Lost Footage ...

June 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

One of the great legends in movie history is the original, still unfound, cut of Orson Welles’ “The Magnificent Ambersons.” William Friedkin once called it the “holy grail of cinema.”

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John Waters Raves ‘Love Lies Bleeding': “One of the Best Films of 2024"

June 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This was a brutally entertaining pulpy neo-noir from Rose Glass. She’s definitely a talent to watch as this was only her second feature film, the other being “Saint Maud.” She’s only 34.

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‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die' Earns $5.9M in Thursday Previews

June 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Sony‘s R-rated “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” did $5.9M yesterday at previews, only 8% off from the previews of 2020’s “Bad Boys for Life,” which did $6.3M. According to Deadline, it’s now looking at a $40M opening weekend.

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Lionsgate Exec Says Michael Jackson Biopic Will “Be the Biggest Movie We’ve Ever Had"

June 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Lionsgate had some very high expectations for Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, which the studio believes could hit the $1B mark at the box-office when it gets released early next year.

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David Lowery's Next Film Might Be ‘Death in Her Hands'

June 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

David Lowery has set up what could potentially be his next film, an adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel “Death in the Hand” — a mystery-thriller with an unreliable narrator.

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Krsyty Wilson Cairns is Writing Mendes' ‘Beatles' Movies

June 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It’s come to my attention that Krsyty Wilson Cairns is writing all four Beatles films. If that name rings a bell, it’s because Cairns is also writing Denis Villeneuve’s still-in-development “Cleopatra.”

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Legendary Hires ‘I Am Mother’ Director Grant Sputore To Helm Next ‘Godzilla X Kong'

June 7, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

With Adam Wingard having recently left the Monsterverse, Warner Bros. and Legendary were searching for a director to helm their next franchise installment.

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Jordan Peele Met with Marvel to Direct ‘X-Men'

June 6, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It has been confirmed, by a second source, that Peele did indeed meet with Marvel Studios, and it was to specifically discuss the next “X-Men” movie.

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Will Smith Says ‘The Pursuit of Happyness' is the “Best Movie” of His Career

June 6, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I always thought Will Smith was a talented actor with a debilitating tendency to choose mediocre scripts. Scrolling through his filmography, he has close to 50 acting credits listed and most of them aren’t good movies.

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Flashback: How Lars Von Trier's ‘Antichrist' Almost Won the Palme d'Or in 2009

June 6, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon” ended up winning the Palme d’Or, but it turns out that it was a compromise as part of the jury was split on two other notable films: “Antichrist” and “A Prophet.”


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