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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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Francis Ford Coppola Joins Letterboxd; Lists His 20 Favorites

August 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

After Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese, it’s Francis Ford Coppola’s turn to join Letterboxd and list some of his film recommendations.

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Netflix Nabs U.S. Rights To Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’

August 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Netflix has just acquired U.S. rights to “Maria,” Pablo Larraín’s biopic of opera singer Maria Callas, starring Angelina Jolie. The streamer recently teamed with Larraín in last year’s “El Conde.”

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Gwyneth Paltrow Joins Josh Safdie's ‘Marty Supreme'

August 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Paltrow, whose last non-MCU acting role was in 2015’s “Mortdecai,” has joined Timothee Chalamet in Josh Safdie’s upcoming “Marty Supreme.”

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‘Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice' Reviews Are Mostly Fine

August 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t think many, if any, expected Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” to get rave reviews out of Venice, where it screened for press this morning. It’s set to open the 81st edition of festival this evening.

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Alex Proyas Keeps Trashing ‘The Crow' Remake

August 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The one person who has had the most gleeful response to the bombing of "The Crow" is the original's filmmaker Alex Proyas who has been trashing the film left and right on social media.

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Deadline: ‘Queer' Response Has Been Polarizing; No Luck Yet Attracting US Distributor, $53M Budget

August 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” is set to have its world premiere at Venice on Tuesday, September 3. It still has no U.S. distributor, but odds are that it’ll get picked up at some point during the festival.

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First Look Clip at Pablo Larrain's ‘Maria'

August 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This is the very first footage that’s been released of Pablo Larrain’s “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie. I’m digging Ed Lachman’s sultry photography.

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Robert Eggers' ‘Nosferatu' to Screen at Leipzig Film Festival in September— 132 Minutes

August 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

How strange that Focus has formally set up for Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” to world premiere at the Leipzig Film Festival on September 17. It's included in the festival's program.

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‘Gladiator II' Rated R for “Strong Bloody Violence"

August 28, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Much like the 2000 original, “Gladiator II” has officially been rated R for strong bloody violence. The first one nabbed the same rating for “intense graphic combat.”

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Clint Eastwood's ‘Juror No. 2' Dated for November 1 Release in UK

August 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Clint Eastwood’s “Juror No.2” has been dated for November 1 theatrical release in the UK and Ireland. This must surely mean it’s being released this year in the U.S.

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Trailer for Athina Rachel Tsangari's ‘Harvest'

August 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The cast includes Caleb Landry Jones, Harry Melling and Rosy McEwen. Match Factory, one of the film's backers, has released a trailer. The film still has no U.S. distribution.

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Trailer & Poster for ‘Whiplash' 10-Year Anniversary Re-Release

August 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

To commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash,” Sony Pictures Classics will be re-releasing the film in theaters on September 20, 2024.

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Early Reactions for Jeremy Saulnier's ‘Rebel Ridge' Are Very Good [Updated]

August 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Hard to believe, but we’re only a week away from Jeremy Saulnier’s much-delayed “Rebel Ridge” hitting Netflix. That’s right, it won’t be getting theatrical release.

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‘Badlands': Dan Trachtenberg's ‘Predator’ Movie Starts Filming

August 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Following the success of “Prey,” 20th Century is moving forward with their next ‘Predator’ movie. Dan Trachtenberg’s “Badlands,” which stars Elle Fanning, has started filming in New Zealand.

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Judd Apatow Set to Direct Time Travel Romcom for Universal

August 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In the aughts, no one ruled comedy quite like Judd Apatow. His reach, which included producing and directing, influenced an entire decade's worth of laughs.

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Gregg Araki's ‘I Want Your Sex' Casts Cooper Hoffman as Olivia Wilde's “Sexual Muse"

August 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Attention: ‘90s indie cinema lovers. I first reported on this project a year ago, and after some brief delays, it’s now inching very close to its October production start.

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Edgar Wright's ‘Running Man' Starts Production in November

August 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The Wrap is reporting that Edgar Wright’s “Running Man” remake is set to shoot in November. Of course, as with all projects these days, Glen Powell is set to star as the lead.

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Baldoni vs Lively: ‘It Ends With Us' Sequel in Limbo

August 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The rift between “It Ends With Us” star Blake Lively and her director/co-star Justin Baldoni is not subsiding. Variety is reporting that they are still not on speaking terms, and a sequel is currently in limbo.

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Nobody Seems to Know Why Kathleen Kennedy is Still at LucasFilm

August 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Puck’s Matt Belloni has asked around and “nobody at Disney seems to have a good answer for why Kathy’s still there.” Belloni got a lot of “she was George’s choice” type of answers, but most seemed bewildered.

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‘Sonic 3’ Trailer is A Snoozer

August 27, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The trailer for ‘Sonic 3’ just popped up online, and with that lots of gamers and film nerds are further creaming their pants in anticipation for its December 20, 2024 release.

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Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Tops the Best Films of the 1930s, According to 100+ Critics

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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Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

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Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.

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Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll

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