The film, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, will hopefully be ready for a splashy premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

Todd Haynes will write and direct “Trust,” a limited series starring Kate Winslet. Jon Raymond will co-write the project. This has the makings of something very special.

Paul King’s “Paddington 2” was a critical hit in 2018 — it garnered a 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. It was also a better and more inventively rendered film than the original.

Stop-motion giant Henry Selick is adapting Neil Gaiman’s “The Ocean at the End of the Lane,” with plans to make it his next feature (via Variety).

Roger Deakins, possibly the greatest living cinematographer, has been offered to lens all four of Sam Mendes’ Beatles biopics, set to shoot next year.

The Wall Street Journal is saying that talks to merge Paramount and Skydance have collapsed. No deal. This is a major twist in this ongoing saga.

A tearful Kevin Spacey is telling Piers Morgan that he’s facing bankruptcy, and has a house in foreclosure due to the “many millions” in legal bills that he owes.

My instincts were correct. This morning, I was told that Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” has not been submitted to Venice or Telluride. A notable festival director is saying “something weird is going on” with the film.

Don’t listen to Variety, they are lowballing the potential opening weekend numbers for “Inside Out.” Their estimates have it at $80-85M, but it’ll be more like $100M. Bank on it.

Snyder’s ‘Rebel Moon’ director’s cuts will hit Netflix on August 2. The movies also have new titles — “Rebel Moon – Chapter One: Chalice of Blood” and “Rebel Moon – Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness.”

The budget, currently reported at $310M, will obviously be going up due to these reshoots. Let’s hope this isn’t a “Heaven’s Gate” type moment for Paramount.

Some really bad vibes are brewing over this one. There have been plenty of outspoken people, for one reason or another, criticizing Rupert Sanders’ upcoming reboot of “The Crow.”

In case you’re wondering what has taken Alfonso Cuarón so long to make another movie, well, he’s been working on an Apple TV limited series titled “Disclaimer,” starring Cate Blanchett, for the better part of three years.

Sony‘s “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” grossed $16M on Sunday. That’s a final weekend tally of $56M. The fourth instalment in the franchise, currently playing in 3,885 theaters, exceeded all expectations.

Last month, Terry Gilliam stated the cast for his upcoming “The Carnival at the End of Days” would include Johnny Depp, Adam Driver, Jeff Bridges and Jason Momoa.

Warner Bros. decided to announce, via TikTok video, that a sequel to “Practical Magic” is officially in the works. The 1998 film, directed by Griffin Dunne, starred Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman.

The usual suspects are named in Screen’s spitballing of the upcoming 81st Venice Film Festival: Leigh, Larrain, Guadagnino, Phillips, Martel, Salles and Schnabel.