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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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‘Horizon': Kevin Costner Wants to Shoot Chapters 3 & 4 in Spring 2025

August 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In May, Costner told me at Cannes that he’d shot nine days’ worth of footage for ‘Chapter 3’ and then had to halt production due to lack of funds.

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‘Megalopolis' Trailer Fabricated Movie-Critic Quotes

August 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It looks like the critics never said any of those things. Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri is now calling out the “Megalopolis” marketing team for their fabricated quotes.

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Todd Haynes/Joaquin Phoenix's '30s Gay Romance Opened With Sexually Explicit Rimjob Scene

August 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The more I hear about what was included in the script for Joaquin Phoenix/Todd Haynes’ explicit gay romance, the more I start to somewhat understand why Phoenix got cold feet.

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Brett Ratner's Involvement in ‘Rush Hour 4' is Scaring Off Studios

August 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Rush Hour 4,” with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, is being pitched to multiple studios at the moment. There’s only one problem …

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Rotten Tomatoes Introduces “Verified Hot" Badge for Audience Scores

August 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Rotten Tomatoes has unveiled a new “Verified Hot” badge, set to commence today, which will “reflect the views of average moviegoers”.

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Josh Safdie/Adam Sandler's Baseball Movie is “Hopefully" Happening Soon

August 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Back in May, I was told that the film, despite rumors, was still happening. The project had been delayed by last year’s strikes as “a lot of the film was going to be shot during live baseball.”

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Paul Schrader to Continue ‘Man in A Room' Trilogy With ‘The Basics of Philosophy'

August 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Paul Schrader is set to direct his next instalment in his 'Man in A Room' trilogy. It's called “The Basics Of Philosophy,” for which he has written an outline and aims to write a script soon.

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Trailer for ‘The Piano Lesson'

August 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s the first trailer for Malcolm Washington’s “The Piano Lesson,” set to screen at Telluride and Toronto in just a few weeks. Netflix is producing.

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New ‘Megalopolis' Trailer is as Crazy as the Film

August 21, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The marketing team behind “Megalopolis” saw the polarizing reviews the film received at Cannes and decided to open the latest trailer with bad reviews of Francis Ford Coppola’s past films.

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‘The Crow' Projected For $6M-$9M Opening Weekend

August 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The news keeps getting worse for Lionsgate’s $50M reboot of “The Crow.” The film screened today for critics, and oh boy, all I will say is that it won’t be able to rely on good reviews to boost its box office prospects.

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Is 1982 the Best Summer Movie Season Ever?

August 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

As summer movie season 2024 winds down, which movies will we still be talking about 10 or 20 years from now? I’m talking about the big studio summer blockbusters. I wouldn’t bet on many, if any, will be remembered.

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‘Joker: Folie à Deux' Starts with Animation by Sylvain Chomet

August 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Joker: Folie à Deux” kicks off with a “Looney Tunes-inspired cartoon” starring the Joker and animated by the great Sylvain Chomet (“The Triplets of Belleville).

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Focus Acquires Chloe Zhao's ‘Hamnet,' Steven Spielberg Joins as Producer

August 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Focus announced that they have acquired U.S. rights to Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet,” which is currently shooting in Wales. Furthermore, Emily Watson (“Breaking the Waves”) has joined the cast.

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Todd Phillips Confirms ‘Joker 3’ Will Not Be Happening

August 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Instead, Phillips, the director of “The Hangover” and “Old School,” says he wants to go back to making comedies again because the world “could use a good laugh."

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Phil Lord & Chris Miller Clashing With Sony Over ‘Spider-Noir'; Contract Not Renewed

August 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Puck is reporting that Sony will not be renewing its contract with Lord/Miller after parties "endured a heated fight” over the budget of the upcoming Nic Cage led “Spider-Noir.”

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Alexander Payne Set to Direct Danish-Language Film

August 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Screen is reporting that Payne is developing a Danish-language film that will shoot in Denmark and be 100% funded by European money. He did not reveal plot or title details.

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Trailer for A24's ‘Y2K'

August 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s an A24 project that was met with mezzo mezzo reviews at SXSW. It comes to us from director Kyle Mooney. an “SNL” alum, who co-wrote the screenplay with Evan Winter.

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‘Megalopolis' U.S. Poster Continues Weird Marketing Campaign

August 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

We are five weeks away from Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” hitting theaters, on September 27. Lionsgate is distributing the film with Coppola in charge of financing of the marketing.

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Teaser for Almodóvar's ‘The Room Next Door'

August 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Pedro Almodovar’s “The Room Next Door,” starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, has released a visually sumptuous teaser. The film is set up for U.S. release in December.

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Johnny Depp's ‘Modi' Will Finally Be Premiering at San Sebastian

August 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Depp’s film, which has Al Pacino in the cast, was originally tipped by Variety for a Venice debut but will have to settle with San Sebastian. “Modi” is a biopic of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.

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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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