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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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Jonathan Majors To Star In ‘Merciless’ From Martin Villeneuve (Denis' Brother) and ‘Sound of Freedom' Producer

June 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Jonathan Majors has been cast to lead the revenge thriller “Merciless,” which is based on an original screenplay by Frank Hannah. Martin Villeneuve, the younger brother of Denis, will direct.

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Netflix Dates ‘His Three Daughters' For September 6 Release

June 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

At last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Netflix acquired three well-reviewed films: “Hit Man,” “Woman of the Hour” and “His Three Daughters.”

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‘Inside Out 2' Destined for $100M Second Weekend

June 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Inside Out 2” made $30M on Wednesday. That’s the third highest first Wednesday in box-office history. Yes, it grossed that on a federal holiday, but these numbers are really astonishing.

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Oscars “Exploring" Gender-Neutral Acting Categories

June 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Variety has an interview with Academy President Bill Kramer, and this one will no doubt be making some waves. Kramer says he is “exploring” the idea of having a gender-neutral Oscar categories:

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Trailer for The Eggers Brothers ‘The Front Room'

June 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Max and Sam Eggers’ horror film “The Front Room” has a trailer. Yes, the directing duo are Robert’s siblings. Horror seems to run in the family.

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Austin Butler “Cannot Confirm Nor Deny" That He's in ‘Heat 2'

June 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This week, Butler has been doing interviews for “The Bikeriders,” and he’s been asked, more than a few times, about the ‘Heat’ sequel. The actor is playing very coy about his casting.

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THR, and Others, Want an Oscar Category for Intimacy Coordinators

June 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The recent phenomenon of on-set “intimacy coordinators” has not been adopted by everyone. It really depends on the studio, directors, producers and/or actors involved.

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‘Gladiator 2’ Moves Release Date from November 22 to November 15

June 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Paramount has made the decision to move the release date of Ridley Scott's “Gladiator II,” starring Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington, from November 22 to November 15.

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Russo Brothers' ‘The Electric State' Cost $320 Million to Produce [Update]

June 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Puck is reporting on the budget and, more or less, corroborating what I had stated last month — they’re saying it’s over $300M.

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‘Ripley': The Most Beautiful Photographed TV Show Ever Made?

June 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I recently finished watching all eight episodes of Steve Zaillian’s “Ripley,” currently available to stream on Netflix. The only question I have right now is if this isn’t the best shot TV series ever made, then what is?

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Jeff Nichols Wants ‘Alien Nation' Remake To Be His Next Film

June 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In 2018, Nichols was supposed to direct his sci-fi project, “Alien Nation,” in what was then described as “a big, $100 million studio film, set in Arkansas.”

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Jordan Peele's Next Film is Not the One He Originally Planned to Shoot

June 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

On Monday, Universal announced that Jordan Peele’s next film would arrive on October 23, 2026. Jeff Sneider has a new twist to this story. It appears that Peele has pulled a Tarantino and that his next one is an entirely different film altogether than the one he had originally planned to make before last year’s strikes.

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Joe Carnahan to Direct Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in ‘RIP'

June 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Affleck and Damon are going to star in Joe Carnahan’s thriller “RIP.” The plan is to shoot in September/October. Plot details are being kept under wraps other then it being described as a “crime thriller”.

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‘Spaceballs' Sequel in the Works From Josh Gad & Mel Brooks

June 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This one could easily go very wrong. TheInSneider is being told that Amazon/MGM are developing a ‘Spaceballs’ sequel that has Josh Gad attached to star and Mel Brooks set to produce.

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Richard Linklater's ‘Blue Moon' Adds Margaret Qualley and Andrew Scott — Set to Shoot This Summer

June 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Two weeks ago, I exclusively reported that Ethan Hawke was going to be the lead in Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon.” That’s been confirmed today via press release.

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Trailer for Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’ Will Play in Theaters This Weekend

June 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Just an update on my previous article. The first trailer for Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” — which clocks in at 74 seconds — will indeed be released this week, but not online.

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Ryan Reynolds Says ‘Logan’ is “The Greatest Comic-Book Adaptation Ever Made."

June 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Speaking to Total Film, for this month’s cover story, Reynolds says that James Mangold’s “Logan” is potentially “the greatest comic-book adaptation ever made." Is he right?

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Sony and Will Smith Team Up on Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Resistor'

June 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Will Smith is officially back. He’s finally added a project to his mostly empty post-slap schedule. The actor is in talks to star in the sci-fi thriller “Resistor.”

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Tom Hardy on ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland': “I Don't Think That's Happening"

June 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Tom Hardy is shutting down any thought of George Miller’s ‘The Wasteland’ ever getting made. The future looks blear for the ‘Mad Max’ franchise.

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Martin McDonagh's Next Film to Star Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken?

June 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) is hinting that his next film, set on an island, will star Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell.

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We’ve gone through the decades. The ‘40s ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘2000s, and ‘2010s. — all revisited, argued over. Now, here are the results for the best films of the 1930s.

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