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‘Dune: Part Three’ Reportedly “Blew Away" Warner Bros. With Rough 3-Hour Cut as New Teaser Stuns

Today, “Dune: Part Three” tickets went on sale, this time non-premium formats were made available, and it was all accompanied by a brand-new teaser—and the footage is stunning.

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David Krumholtz Quits Acting, Says He’s “Frustrated, Fed Up, Fried” After Decades in Hollywood

Krumholtz has no idea how he’ll support himself or what comes next, but says he’s frustrated, exhausted and fed up, and is taking a step back to reconsider his direction.

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Tom Holland to Make Over $100M as ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Tops $800M Domestic, $2B Worldwide in 19 Days

Remember when Holland publicly stated, “maybe I’m done with Spider-Man”? Yeah, I’m convinced that was a negotiating strategy. He now has extraordinary leverage with Sony.

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What is David Fincher’s Best Film? 100+ Critics Say, No Contest, It’s ‘Zodiac’

We managed to gather 118 ballots from critics, programmers, filmmakers, and scholars. Each was asked to submit a single title, the one they believe to be the best of Fincher’s filmography.

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Asghar Farhadi Is Returning to Farsi for His Next Film, But Won’t Shoot in Iran

Farhadi’s latest film, “Parallel Tales,” which got trounced by critics at Cannes and still has no U.S. distributor, starred Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira and Vincent Cassel.

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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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‘A Minecraft Movie' Teaser ...

September 4, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” opened the door for Hollywood to explore an inordinate amount of potential video game movies. Now, it’s time for Minecraft to test the waters.

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Cary Fukunaga's ‘Blood on Snow,' Starring Tom Hardy & Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Set to Shoot This Fall

September 4, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I was wondering what was happening with Cary Fukunaga’s “77 Blackout,” which was supposed to star Tom Hardy and Mahershala Ali. It seems like Fukunaga has put that project aside and is now set to direct another film with Hardy.

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Venice: Joaquin Phoenix Refuses to Say Why He Quit Todd Haynes Movie

September 4, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

When asked about why he abruptly left Todd Haynes’ movie, he didn’t storm out of the room, nor did he seem pissed off. Instead, no doubt with the aid of his PR team, he concocted one hell of a world salad answer

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Luca Guadagnino Reportedly in Talks to Direct a DC Studios Project

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Over the past few months, Luca Guadagnino (“Challengers”) is rumored to have been in talks to direct a movie within Peter Safran and James Gunn’s DCU.

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Matt Damon & Casey Affleck in Talks for ‘The Instigators' Sequel

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Earlier this summer, Doug Liman’s “The Instigators,” starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, proved to be a major streaming success over at Apple TV.

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David Fincher Set to Direct Western ‘Bitterroot'

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It was promised yesterday, and now there’s confirmation that David Fincher is set to direct “Bitterroot” (formerly known as Big Hole), a Western crime thriller for Netflix (via What’s on Netflix’s Casey Moore).

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Robert Zemeckis' ‘Here' to World Premiere at AFI Fest

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Robert Zemeckis’ “Here” will have its world premiere at the AFI Film Festival on October 25. It is being screened there as the festival’s Centerpiece selection.

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Neil Blomkamp Set to Direct ‘Alpha’, Aaron Paul to Star

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Alpha” tackles a government approved experiment on a death row inmate gone awry. They’ve turned him into apex predator and Paul’s FBI agent has been assigned to track him down.

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‘Nightbitch' Trailer is Unintentionally Hilarious

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

As expected, Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch” looks justifiably insane. Here’s the trailer. In it, you’ll get a hot look at Amy Adams, quite literally, saying “I am Nightbitch!”

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Which Films Are Missing From the Fall Fests? ‘The Actor,' ‘In the Blink of An Eye,' and More [Updated]

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

With Venice, Telluride, TIFF and NYFF lineups locked in and screening, these are the films we haven’t heard much about. They’ve all been shot and completed; some were even supposed to come out last year.

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‘The Old Guard 2’ Sets Reshoots For October

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

An ‘Old Guard’ sequel has been filmed, production wrapped in August 2022, but it’s remained dubiously absent from the Netflix calendar. What’s taking so long for it to be released?

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Update on Greta Gerwig's ‘Narnia' ...

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

We already knew that Greta Gerwig's next film, following “Barbie,” would be an adaptation of CS Lewis's “The Chronicles of Narnia” for Netflix, and it looks like casting has finally started for the film.

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Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Disclaimer’ Isn't Oscar Worthy

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

According to Deadline, Cuarón, who calls “Disclaimer” a “7-hour film,” even though it technically clocks in at 5.5. hours, is “studying the possibility of creating a version of his series” that could maybe qualify for Oscars.

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First Clip: Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice'

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I assume we’ll soon be getting a trailer for Ali Abassi’s “The Apprentice.” The film was just very recently acquired by Briarcliffe, for October 11 release — they now have a little over four weeks to market this film. Good luck.

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‘Queer' Polarizes Venice

September 3, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Judging by the reactions to this morning’s screening of “Queer,” we’re in for one of the more polarizing films of the Venice competition. The film is said to be “surreal,” “baffling” and “audacious.”

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David Fincher Working On New Original Film for Netflix

September 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The always reliable Kasey Moore over at What’s on Netflix is reporting that, in addition to “Squid Game: America,” David Fincher is looking to direct another new original, and unannounced, movie for Netflix.

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Knives Out 3' Has A $210M Budget

September 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” has a budget of $210M. That's 5x more than the original. Is this going to be the most expensive whodunit ever produced?

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Venice Boss Confirms ‘Conclave' Was Only Offered Out-of-Competition Slot

September 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” which seems to be the most acclaimed film at Telluride, did not show up on the Lido, and Venice boss Alberto Barbera has just explained why …

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Pedro Almodóvar's ‘The Room Next Door' Earns Mixed Reviews at Venice

September 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s another big title that’s just screened at Venice: Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door,” starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.

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New look at Daniel Craig & Drew Starkey in Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’

September 2, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This is only the fourth image released of Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer,” starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey, which is set to premiere at Venice tomorrow evening. A24 recently picked it up for U.S. distribution.

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Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ Gets Reshoots, Won’t Premiere at Venice Film Festival

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Joel Coen’s ‘Jack of Spades’ Delayed to 2027

The film stars Josh O’Connor, Lesley Manville, Frances McDormand, and Damien Lewis, but no plot details have been revealed. All we know is that it’s a “gothic mystery” set in 1880s Scotland.

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Nolan has changed what a modern blockbuster can be, and that alone is a significant legacy. The bigger question is whether he has truly transformed cinema itself, or simply reinvented the blockbuster.

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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

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

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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

We’ve already covered the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Now we have the results for the Best Films of the 1960s.

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