It turns out that Smith recently dropped out of “Sugar Bandits,” which was lined up as his next project, to hop onboard Bay’s film — “Fast and Loose” is set to reunite Smith and Bay for the first time since 2003’s “Bad Boys II.”

Warner Bros is now spinning, through Deadline, all of the blame towards Phillips by implying that the studio “appeased” his requests by giving him “final cut” on the film and granting his request for the Venice world premiere. Here’s Antonio D’Allessandro …

‘Brave New World,’ which is said to have an epic $350M budget, stars Anthony Mackie, Liv Tyler, Harrison Ford, Shira Haas, and Tim Blake Nelson, and is set to be released in theaters on February 14, 2025.

So, apparently Gary Dauberman’s “Salem’s Lot,” an endlessly delayed film, which went straight to Max streaming, had an original cut of 3 hours, but due to studio intervention, had to be snipped down to 113 minutes. That’s almost an hour of the original cut gone.

Germany recently submitted Mohammad Rasoulof's “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” as its Oscar entry in the Best International Feature race. A trailer has just been revealed by Neon.

At today’s press conference in Torino, Scorsese, 81, tackled what’s next for him. It had been previously reported that “Sinatra” and “The Life of Jesus,” which Scorsese planned to shoot this year, had been postponed.

Mike Leigh’s struggles to raise money for his recent projects only started when his $18M period battle epic “Peterloo” (Amazon) bombed at the box office in 2018, garnering mixed reviews and only earning $2M worldwide.

“Terrifier 3” is still scheduled to open on October 9, but this restrictive ruling has not been used since “Saw 3” in 2006, and the film’s French distributors are not too happy about it.

Steven McQueen’s “Blitz” is one of the last remaining Oscar contenders left to be screened this fall. The others are “Gladiator II,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Here,” “Juror No. 2,” and “Nosferatu.”

Yes, as expected, Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux” bombed hard at the box-office and is now expected to have a $39M opening weekend. It was just a month ago that it was tracking at around $120M.

No surprise, Sam Mendes doesn’t think he will be returning to the James Bond franchise. The 59-year-old director, who helmed 2012’s ‘Skyfall’ and 2015’s ‘Spectre,’ is now saying that coming back for a third movie is almost out of the question.

Speaking to the New York Times, Pacino admits that he only hopped onboard “Jack and Jill” because he was flat broke, screwed over of his assets by his “money manager,” who was found guilty of defrauding him and dozens of other celebrities.

What Brady Corbet has done with “The Brutalist,” both artistically and financially, is damn-near miraculous and something that producers should be paying close attention to.

Toxic world of mouth continues for “Joker: Folie à Deux,” which has just earned a very rare “D” CinemaScore grade. Last week, Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” got a “D+” from audiences.

There’s been temptation from some studios to pull an “October surprise” and release films only meant to be unveiled in 2025. Two of them, according to Kyle Buchanan, are Kogonada’s “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” and Bill Condon’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”

I don’t know if these are Paramount plants, or it’s actually legit, but word keeps trickling out regarding “Gladiator II,” and according to one source, it seems to be the real deal.

Raimi only came on board the last 'Doctor Strange' after original director Scott Derrickson parted ways with Marvel due to “creative differences.” The script had many rewrites up to that point — an actor claimed it had been rewritten 33 times.

Edgar Wright’s ‘Running Man’ remake is set to shoot next month in London. Of course, as with all projects these days, Glen Powell will star as the lead. This afternoon, Paramount set up a theatrical release date for the film, November 22, 2025.

Teyana Taylor and Sasha Calle have joined Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in Joe Carnahan’s new crime thriller ‘RIP,’ which is being distributed by Netflix. Filming has officially begun on the film in Los Angeles.