Colin Firth is in talks to join the cast of Steven Spielbrg’s next film. The Amblin and Universal project is based on a story by Spielberg with David Koepp (“Jurassic Park”) writing the script.

“Deadpool and Wolverine” hit the $1 billion milestone earlier in the week and is now at $1.08B worldwide. It’s now the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all-time.

Michel Gondry's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" was the most mentioned film. Directors who participated include Sean Baker, Brady Corbet and David Lowery.

Last year, I had mentioned this as a real possibility. Now, it’s practically been confirmed. Mattel and Illumination are looking to turn “Barbie” into an animated movie.

‘Romulus’ is a greatest hits mashup of the first two films, and that should please genre fans enough to have it top the box office this weekend.

My initial reporting was correct. Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” had its original runtime drastically snipped down in the editing room, and it was done only very recently.

Nicolas Cage is set to portray John Madden, the iconic football coach and sports commentator, with Amazon MGM Studios backing the project.

DCULeaks, who are fairly reliable, previously shared intel that Darren Aronofsky was in talks to direct a “Plastic Man” film for James Gunn’s DCU.

Joachim Trier has started production on his next film, “Sentimental Value.” a family drama set in Oslo and co-written with Eskil Vogt. Shooting is expected to take place in Oslo and Paris.

Who is “Borderlands” co-writer Joe Crombie? I reached out to a few sources and all of them told me it was a pseudonym.

Next month, Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie a Deux” will premiere at the Venice Film Festival. It’s not screening anywhere else except, maybe, the New York Film Festival.

Sony has dated Kogonada’s “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell, for May 9, 2025 release. Plot details are being kept under wraps.

Ridley Scott has decided to fully hop onboard the “Gladiator II” hype train. Do you blame him? The film cost well over $300M and had a botched trailer launch that was ridiculed for its usage of a rap song.

Irish actors Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley have started shooting Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet” in Wales. The film is being produced by Spielberg’s Amblin Pictures. We now have our first look set photos.

Here’s the trailer for Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance,” an instant body-horror classic, and an absolute onslaught of audacity, sound, imagery and blood. It won the Screenplay prize at Cannes this past May.

The Telegraph’s Tim Robey agrees with Tarantino. In a writeup, published today, he says Clooney’s last 20 years “have not done a great deal to sustain the stardom.”

The review embargo has lifted on Fede Alvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” and early consensus fits in well with my own sentiments: it’s just alright.

Zoë Kravitz keeps hitting it out of the ballpark with every interview. I love this gal. She’s about to unleash her “Pussy Island” theatrically next week, and with this debut comes a lot of press.