The new trailer for “Red One,” starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, has been released. There’s some heavy baggage that comes with this one.

Many were wondering who Apple would partner with on the theatrical release of “Blitz". The InSneider is being told that Variance Films has come aboard to help Apple with the theatrical rollout of McQueen’s film.

I’m now being told Scorsese is not shooting “The Life of Jesus,” starring Andrew Garfield, this year. It was supposed to kickstart production in October, but the filmmaker seems to have had a change of heart. This begs me to ask, what’s next for Scorsese?

Projections had “Transformers One” having a $35M-$40M opening weekend. Well, that clearly didn’t happen. The $75M budgeted animated film only grossed $25M this weekend.

The 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival opened with Audrey Diwan’s "Emmanuelle." The film had been rejected by Cannes and Venice before finally settling for the splashy San Sebastian opener slot. The reviews turn out to be not good for the film.

Back in June, there were some rumors spreading that Lucasfilm’s Rey movie, potentially titled “New Jedi Order,” was going to be shooting in September. I shot down those rumors by simply saying NO CHANCE.

Puck’s Matt Belloni is reporting that Penske-owned Variety has been pitching studios on “a series of intimate, curated dinners” with Golden Globe voters. The trade is quite literally pimping the Globes for their Penske overlords.

Paramount’s “Apartment 7A,” a “Rosemary’s Baby” prequel about the woman who died outside the apartment when Rosemary moved in, just had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest.

Happy ‘Substance’ day! I hope you’re all making it a priority to see this film over the weekend, and not “Beetlejuice” or “Transformers One”. There’s also the Aaron Schimberg’s terrific “A Different Man” now playing in L.A. and N.Y.

“Gladiator II” hasn’t even been released yet, and apparently Ridley Scott already has plans to turn the franchise into a trilogy. I'm not even kidding you. He's comparing the whole thing to the way 'The Godfather' trilogy unfolded.

In his 1997 review of James Cameron’s “Titanic,” Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers wrote that the film was “shot with a poet's eye and a tin ear for dialogue.” This type of criticism of Cameron’s writing has been around for decades.

The film, directed by Josh Cooley (“Toy Story 4”), is expected to take in $40M in its opening weekend, and will thus dethrone “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” for the #1 spot. The budget for ‘Transformer One’ is said to be around $75M.

If you haven’t seen Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beasts,” it’s well worth checking out. It made a major splash at Cannes 2022 and cemented Sorogoyen as a major talent to watch.

The 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival is set to open tonight with Audrey Diwan’s "Emmanuelle." The film had been rejected by Cannes and Venice before finally settling for the splashy San Sebastian opener slot.

Here’s some semi-concerning news about Matt Reeves’ “The Batman: Part II,” which is supposed to be shooting in early 2025. Reeves tells Collider that DP Greig Fraser’s presence on the sequel remains a question mark.

The film was shot on an iPhone 15. ‘28 Years’ cost $75M to produce which makes it the priciest film ever to be shot on an iPhone. Boyle is joined by his go-to cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later, Trainspotting, 127 Hours).