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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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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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Matt Johnson (‘Blackberry') to Direct Anthony Bourdain Biopic for A24

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“The Holdovers” breakout Dominic Sessa will star as late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain in the A24 produced “Tony”. Matt Johnson is set to direct the biopic.

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Oscars: Gold Derby’s Best Picture Rankings Has ‘Sing Sing’ in the Lead

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It’s August, which means Gold Derby has opened up its Oscar predicting area for pundits and readers. It’s always interesting to see how the race is shaping up this early into the season.

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Scarlett Johansson Eyed to Star in ‘Creature From the Black Lagoon'

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Just a quick update on James Wan’s “Creature From the Black Lagoon.” DanielRPK, who was the first one to report on Wan’s involvement, is now saying that Scarlett Johansson is being eyed to star in the film.

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James Cameron Teases Secret New ‘Terminator’ Movie

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

If you remember, back in 2022, Cameron had mentioned that he was in “discussions” to direct the next ‘Terminator’ movie, which might be a reboot.

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Linus Sandgren is DP on Noah Baumbach's ‘Jay Kelly'

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Oscar winning cinematographer Linus Sandgren (“La La Land”, “Saltburn”, “Babylon”) is lensing Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” which recently wrapped production in New York City.

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Derek Cianfrance's ‘Roofman' Starts Filming in October

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Derek Cianfrance is set to direct his first film in over 8 years. Last February, it was reported that Cianfrance hopped on board a film titled “Roofman,” starring Channing Tatum.

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Poster for Park Chan Wook's ‘The Ax' Remake

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The film, described as Park’s “lifelong passion project”, will be his first outing since 2022’s acclaimed “Decision to Leave.” He’s also co-creator, writer and directing the recent HBO limited series “The Sympathizer.”

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Confirmed: James Wan to Direct ‘Creature From the Black Lagoon' Remake

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

James Wan helming “Creature From the Black Lagoon” has been confirmed (via Deadline). This could very well be his next film. It’ll be part of Universal’s Monstervse.

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Oz Perkins' ‘The Monkey' Has A Teaser Trailer

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

While Neon was relentlessly promoting Oz Perkins’ “Longlegs,” which has so far earned $75M domestically, the filmmaker quietly finished shooting his next film.

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IndieWire Names Steven Spielberg's ‘A.I. Artificial Intelligence’ Best Film of the 2000s

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The list was chosen by the outlet’s editorial staff. They’ve named Steven Spielberg’s “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” as the best film of the decade. Fair enough. I love that film, it would probably crack my own top 20.

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First Look: Daniel Craig in ‘Queer'

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a new image of Daniel Craig in Luca Guadagnino's “Queer,” set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September. It will also be screening at TIFF and NYFF.

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Leaked ‘Snow White' Scene Plays Like Nightmare Fuel

August 12, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A leaked scene from “Snow White” is making the rounds, and it plays like nightmare fuel. It doesn’t look “live action” at all, there’s tons of CGI being used. This is getting justifiably mocked online.

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First Look at Pixar's ‘Hoppers'

August 11, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This weekend, Pixar announced a new original film titled “Hoppers,” which has been dated for March 6, 2026 release. A rough cut of the film was recently screened for Pixar brass in California.

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Alfonso Cuarón Says He's Developing A Horror Film

August 11, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“I love horror movies,” Cuarón said. “My aspiration is to one day do a horror film,” he told the packed crowd. At the moment, he’s been “flirting” with a script he’s written.

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Trailer for Anna Kendrick's ‘Woman of the Hour'

August 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Kendrick’s directorial debut was bought by Netflix for $11 million at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The biggest sale of the fest. It currently sits at 74 on Metacritic (based on 15 reviews), and is 90% fresh on RT.

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Box-Office: ‘It Ends With Us' Set For $50M+ Opening; ‘Borderlands' $9M

August 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Blake Lively’s “It Ends With Us” took in around $16M on Friday and is aiming for a $50M opening. It might or might not dethrone “Deadpool & Wolverine.” It’s a close race for #1.

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‘Tron: Ares’: Nine Inch Nails To Score, Jeff Cronenweth is DP

August 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It was announced at D23 that two-time Oscar winners Attic Reznor, Atticus Ross aka Nine Inch Nails will be scoring “Tron: Ares.” Not just that, Jeff Cronenweth, who lensed early Fincher, is listed as the Cinematographer.

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Brad Bird to Direct ‘The Incredibles 3'

August 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Currently a TBD release, “The Incredibles 3” will have a returning voice cast that includes Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, and Samuel L. Jackson.

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‘Avatar 3’ Titled ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’

August 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Cameron, who traveled from New Zealand, where he’s continuing production on ‘Avatar,’ told the crowd that ‘Fire and Ash’ has the "highest emotional stakes” of the franchise.

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Barry Jenkins' ‘Mufasa' Has A Trailer, and it Looks Terrible

August 10, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Oh, man. Barry Jenkins’ “Mufasa” does not look good. I hope the paycheck was well worth it for Jenkins. This looks like a soulless cash grab.

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