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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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Margot Robbie Will Star in Kristoffer Borgli's ‘The Week of Pain' for A24

Borgli and Robbie had been talking about her starring in his next film, and she's now committed to shooting it sometime in 2027, which means it will likely come out in 2028.

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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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Gus Van Sant Set to Direct ‘Killing Gawker' With Affleck/Damon

August 5, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This is set to be Van Sant’s first film project in over six years. In the ‘90s and ‘00s, there weren’t many U.S. filmmakers as hot in the indie movie scene as Gus Van Sant.

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David Ayer is Yet Again Pushing His ‘Suicide Squad' Director's Cut

August 5, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Back in January, director David Ayer had all but given up on his director’s cut of “Suicide Squad” ever getting released (“I’m done with DC.”)

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Box-Office: ‘Longlegs' Has Outgrossed ‘Furiosa' Domestically

August 5, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Today’s the day “Longlegs” ($67M) officially surpassed “Furiosa” ($67M) at the domestic box-office. How wild is that? One was made for “under $10M” and the other was made for $168M.

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Jenna Ortega Joins Glen Powell in JJ Abrams' Next Film

August 5, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A few months ago, Glen Powell joined JJ Abrams’ next film, taking lead role. Now, Deadline is reporting that Jenna Ortega has been added to the cast. Abrams wrote the script and his Bad Robot is producing.

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Lee Daniels Says ‘The Paperboy’ Reviews Practically Destroyed His Career

August 5, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I won’t get into the nitty gritty as to why Lee Daniels’ “The Paperboy” (2012) was such a batsh*t crazy vision, but just know that this is the film where Nicole Kidman eye-fucks John Cusack, and Zac Efron dances in his underwear.

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David Lynch Suffers from Emphysema, No Longer Able to Direct

August 5, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

If you don’t count “Twin Peaks: The Return” as cinema, then Lynch hasn’t directed a feature film since 2006’s “Inland Empire.”

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Box-Office: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine' Dominates With $100M Second Weekend

August 4, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Nothing could stop “Deadpool and Wolverine” from keeping the #1 spot at the weekend box-office. There was no competition. The Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman MCU movie is in a league of its own.

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Bradley Cooper's ‘Is This Thing On?' Starts Filming in September

August 4, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In late 2023, Bradley Cooper set up his third feature as a director. Cooper will be teaming up with Will Arnett and Emily Blunt on the Searchlight-produced “Is This Thing On?”

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Dennis Quaid Says Movie Quality Has Dipped Because of “Political Correctness"

August 4, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Dennis Quaid, who stars in the upcoming “Reagan,” was a guest on Patrick Bet-David’s podcast. As expected, the interview was confessional and very honest.

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LucasFilm's ‘Lando', Starring Donald Glover, No Longer Happening

August 4, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Writer/director Justin Simien has confirmed that his Lando Calrissian project, which would have starred Donald Glover, is no longer happening. Apparently, Disney canned it, despite advanced pre-production.

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Ridley Scott's ‘Napoleon: Director's Cut' is Now 3 Hours 25 Minutes

August 4, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Ridley Scott's historical epic “Napoleon” clocked at 158 minutes, but even at over two-and-a-half hours a lot of material was left on the cutting room floor.

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Rumor: Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell to Star in Edgar Wright's ‘Running Man'

August 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I’ve been hearing this rumor for a few weeks now. Nothing concrete, but Daniel Richtman is also hearing that Sydney Sweeney is being eyed to join Glen Powell in Edgar Wright’s “Running Man” remake.

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‘Twisters’ Already Headed to VOD on August 13 — Might Not Break Even

August 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It looks like Lee Isaac Chung’s “Twisters,” which has been in theaters for less than three weeks, has already set up a VOD release date of August 13.

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Ben Affleck/Matt Damon to Star as Hulk Hogan & Peter Thiel in ‘Killing Gawker'

August 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The film will follow the lawsuit between Hulk Hogan and website Gawker after they published a sex tape video that Hogan wasn't aware was being filmed.

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Martin Scorsese Doesn't Want to Make Another “Big Movie" With Lots of Extras

August 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last night, a reader attended a Q&A event with Scorsese at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville following a screening of his Powell and Pressburger doc “Made in England.”

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2024 Fall Movie Preview: What Film Are You Most Looking Forward To?

August 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Now that we, more or less, know what’s showing up at these fests, with Venice and TIFF having announced their lineups, what is the one film, set to premiere in the fall, that has you the most excited to see?

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Daniel Kaluuya & Steven Yeun Attached to Star in Jordan Peele's Next Film

August 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here's an interesting development. Daniel Richtman posted a casting grid that has Daniel Kaluuya and Steven Yeun starring in Jordan Peele’s next film.

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Marvel's ‘X-Men' Reboot Sets Late 2025 Shoot

August 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Kevin Feige stated that the “Mutant era” was soon coming in the MCU, which means we’re going to be getting the X-Men reboot that’s long been awaited by fans.

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Trailer for Joe Wright's ‘M – Son Of The Century’: Eight-Part Series On Mussolini

August 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s the trailer for one of the more fascinating projects premiering at this year’s 81st Venice Film Festival in September.

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‘Trap' Earns $2.2M In Thursday Previews, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine' $18M

August 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The film earned $2.2M in Thursday previews and is headed toward a $15M-17M opening weekend. No surprise, “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which nabbed $18M on Thursday, will dominate again.

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