Lewis Pullman, who will soon star in Marvel’s “Thunderbolts.” tells Variety that he would love to replace Joaquin Phoenix in the now-shelved Todd Haynes ‘30s gay romance movie. Is he a big enough draw?

It turns out that ‘Wicked,’ which had tickets go on sale earlier in the week, has nabbed the second best first-day ticket presales of 2024 on Fandango. That is the best possible news for Universal who have been marketing this movie like crazy.

We’re hearing word that Ade is working on “Zauberwort” (“Magic Word”), a long awaited film— her first one since 2016’s “Toni Erdmann,” with plans to shoot in 2026. There’s currently no casting or plot details for “Zauberwort."

While the latest rumors have Kevin Costner nearing bankruptcy because of his failed ‘Horizon’ gamble, the actor has signed up to his first film role since shooting his $100M western.

It is unclear what the story will be this time around for this latest Spidey. However, Daniel Richtman is now reporting that production on the sequel is set begin on May 25 in the UK, it’s going continue on until October — that’s six months of shooting.

I love Francis Ford Coppola’s persistence. He’s going to probably lose well over $100M on his “Megalopolis” gamble and yet he’s saying he has two more films he wants to make before he can safely say he’s retired — both he wants to finance himself.

It’s been confirmed that “Terrifier 3,” which only cost $2M, will have a 2500+ screens rollout this weekend. Variety’s estimates have it opening at $13M, but as I said yesterday, it will likely exceed that amount and could even flirt with $20M.

Here’s a rumor. Beyond the Trailer’s Grace Randolph says she’s hearing that Nolan’s new film is more “genre-y” than his previous ones, and then seemingly mentions that it might actually be a horror movie. If that’s the case, then I’m certainly intrigued.

I rarely write about movie posters, unless they’re either god awful or so good that attention must be paid to them. The one just released for Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” falls into the latter category — it’s groovy.

Stone went on his X account to sing the praises of Jeremy Strong’s performance as Roy Cohn in “The Apprentice,” and I agree with Mr. Stone on that, it’s an Oscar-worthy performance.

Early reactions are okay, with a few glowing exceptions, for Steve McQueen’s “Blitz.” Is this the most poorly reviewed film of McQueen's career? It's starting to look like it, but it still sounds like a decent effort.

We’ve just learned that Aaron Pierre has landed the John Stewart role in "Lanterns" — no doubt a decision spurred by his recent performance in Jeremy Saulnier’s “Rebel Ridge." Pierre is the real deal and has a bright future ahead of him.

Steve McQueen's first three films ("Hunger," "Shame,” "12 Years A Slave”) were all acclaimed. Then came “Widows,” which, truth be told, garnered some positive reviews, but maybe not as enthusiastic as McQueen’s previous films.

Variety has just published its list of the “The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time,” as selected by their pool of critics, and Tobe Hooper’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” tops the list. As far as these sorts of lists go, it’s pretty good.

Last night, director Jan de Bont joined stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock at BeyondFest’s 30th-anniversary screening of “Speed” — one of the very best action movies of the ‘90s.

Christopher Nolan's next film has been announced. The untitled project is set for release on July 17th, 2026. Expect some leaks about story and casting details to emerge in the coming days and weeks.

According to ‘Apprentice’ director Ali Abassi, some major filmmaking heavyweights were sent the ‘Apprentice’ script, and all of them declined — two of those names were Clint Eastwood and Paul Thomas Anderson (via Le Figaro):

I can confirm that there is very high interest in horror indie “Terrifier 3,” and that it will now be playing in 2500+ screens this coming weekend. The aim is for a $20M opening.