Before Ridley Scott set his template for “Gladiator II,” he had a whole other story in mind, one involving Russell Crowe’s Maximus coming back from the dead.

Jan de Bont, 80, has only directed five movies in his career, including “Speed” and “Twister.” He also hasn’t helmed a film in over 20 years.

We should keep a close eye out on this story. Apparently, Disney was hacked overnight. Over 1TB of data was stolen, including unreleased projects.

Speaking to THR, Perkins was asked about his take on the horror genre, given his father, Anthony, starred as Norman Bates in “Psycho” .. he’s not a fan.

After many delays, HBO has announced that “Euphoria” season 3 will start shooting in January 2025. Last I heard, the script hadn’t been finalized and was still in the writing process.

Emerald Fennell (“Saltburn” and “Promising Young Woman”) has announced that her next film will be an adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel “Wuthering Heights.”

$875K previews on a $100M budget is just flat out disastrous, and that’s exactly what Greg Berlanti’s “Fly Me to the Moon” grossed on Thursday.

German filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt’s “The Outrun,” starring Saoirse Ronan, is an addiction and rehab drama. It’s more or less worth seeing for Ronan’s great performance.

Firstly, per Neon, who kindly emailed me yesterday, the budget for Oz Perkins’ “Longlegs” is “under $10M.” This means that the film will make its entire budget back by Friday. Note to Hollywood, bring back lower budgets.

The real question everyone seems to be asking now is, what’s next? Will it ever see theaters? How about ‘Horizon 3,’ which has already shot nine days’ worth of footage and is set to restart production in August.

Six years after Steve Rodgers handed over “Captain America” reigns to Sam Wilson, Aka The Falcon, in “Avengers: Endgame”, Wilson (Anthony Mackie) will be the lead of “Captain America: Brave New World.”

A Ridley Scott film that seems to have garnered a large cult following over the years is 2013’s "The Counselor," which had a screenplay penned by the late Cormac McCarthy.

The report goes on to describe Marvel’s control of filmmakers as one that brings in all these “journeyman directors who would do what the studio wanted, or these people who they could, frankly, bully.”

Netflix acquired North American and U.K. rights to Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez,” which premiered at Cannes last month. It went on to win the Jury Prize and Best Actress for its three leads.

Multiple accounts make the claim for Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights” to be the actual record-holder. Chaplin shot the three-minute scene where The Tramp meets the Flower Girl a mind-boggling 342 times.

I’m utterly devastated to hear about the passing of Shelly Duvall. She truly made a mark on cinema in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

A black & white version of the film, titled “Godzilla Minus One Minus Color,” was released in very limited fashion in January. It will be available to stream on Netflix in August.

This is great news for a film that’s not IP and is auteur driven. The budget on this one was $10-12M. We’re looking at a major win for original filmmaking.