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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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Kevin Costner Meeting “All the Billionaires” to Finance ‘Horizon’ 3&4

November 16, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In an interview with Deadline, Costner admits having had meetings with some of the richest people in the world. 

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Ridley Scott Says ‘Prometheus' Was A Failure — He's Wrong

November 16, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Scott is now reflecting on the film and, being the terrible judge of his own work that he is — recently referring to “Gladiator II” as “possibly my best work” — he doesn’t have many nice things to say about “Prometheus.”

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Disney Pulls 2026 ‘Star Wars’ Movie From Release Schedule

November 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The Wrap is hinting that the movie in question might be Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s ‘New Jedi Order,’ which had Daisy Ridley attached to reprise her role as Rey — it recently lost its main writer (Steven Knight) and I wouldn’t be surprised if the project has been totally scrapped.

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Zach Snyder to Direct LAPD Action Movie for Netflix

November 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

THR is reporting that Snyder has set up an LAPD movie over at Netflix. The project is described as Snyder’s “first truly grounded film” as it “won’t be populated by laser-shooting rebels, brain-eating zombies, bone-breaking caped crusaders, or limb-severing Spartans.”

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‘The Substance’ Director Coralie Fargeat Pulls Film From Camerimage ...

November 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Coralie Fargeat has decided to pull her film “The Substance” from Camerimage Film Festival following recent controversial comments from festival director Marek Żydowicz about female cinematographers.

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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Director Takashi Yamazaki To Direct First English-Language Film ‘Grandgear’ for Sony.

November 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It sounds like Takashi Yamazki’s next film will not be the already-announced “Godzilla Minus One” sequel, but rather his first English-language film, “Grandgear,” which just landed at Sony. Bad Robot’s J.J. Abrams will produce along with Glen Zipper. Plot details are being kept under wraps.

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‘Forbidden Planet' Remake Set by Warner Bros.

November 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Warner Bros has made a deal to remake Fred M. Wilcox’s 1956 sci-fi cult classic “Forbidden Planet.” The film will be written by Brian K. Vaughan, and it will be produced by Emma Watts. No director is currently attached to helm (via Deadline).

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Rachel Zegler Apologizes For Insulting Trump Voters — ‘Snow White' Budget Balloons to $270M+

November 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Forbes is also reporting that the budget for the upcoming live-action “Snow White” has ballooned to $270M. The movie has blown past its originally intended budget — which was $180M-$200M — no doubt, and mostly, due to all of the reshoots and rewrites.

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Guillermo del Toro Praises ‘Juror #2': “Why Was This Not Released Wide?"

November 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Guillermo del Toro praises the film but also admits to bewilderment at the peculiar rollout Warner Bros has given this film — it’s currently the #1 movie in Spain and a major success in France.

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Tilda Swinton Says ‘The Room Next Door' May Be Her “Last Film"

November 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Someone should also alert Apichatpong Weerasethakul about Swinton’s comments because he keeps saying in interviews that she’s going to star in his next film, set to shoot in 2026.

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‘Red One' BOMBS With $2.5M in Thursday Previews — $25M Opening?

November 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The best-case scenario right now is an opening weekend of around $25M. If word of mouth is really bad, then I wouldn’t be surprised if it only hits the $20-23M mark. Watch out for the CinemaScore grade because the film definitely doesn’t have critics on its side (34% on RT).

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Conan O'Brien to Host 2025 Oscars

November 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

O’Brien is certainly an upgrade from Jimmy Kimmel who has hosted the last two Oscar ceremonies, with mixed results. I say, let O’Brien do his thing, and give him as much stage time as possible because the last few ceremonies have been never-ending chores to sit through.

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David Lynch Says Now He Needs Oxygen to Walk

November 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In an interview with People, Lynch — who was diagnosed with emphysema from smoking in 2020 — says he’s now permanently homebound. He can’t go out. He can only walk short distances and needs an oxygen tank carried with him at all times. It sounds like a terrible ordeal.

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Martin Scorsese Says ‘Home' Could Likely Be His Next Film

November 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I’ve been saying this for a few months now, but I believe that Scorsese’s next feature will not be either of those, but rather his adaptation of Marilynne Robinson’s “Home.” He’s now hinting further at that direction in an interview with AP.

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Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Has “Summer 2025" Release Date

November 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Lee is now confirming that “Highest 2 Lowest” has set up a “summer 2025” release, at least according to him (via The Gibbes Museum). Lee does want to clarify that the film is not a “remake,” but rather a “reinterpretation” of Kurosawa’s crime thriller.

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Sophie Turner to Star as Lara Croft in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s ‘Tomb Raider'

November 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

According to Jennifer Salke, Amazon’s TV head, ‘Tomb Raider’ will likely begin filming early next year. Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”) is not only executive producing, but she’s also writing the entire thing, and might even be directing a few episodes.

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Martin Scorsese Calls ‘I Saw the TV Glow' “Emotionally & Psychologically Powerful"

November 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Martin Scorsese was recently asked if he’s seen any great recent films, and his answer might surprise you; he namechecks Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw The TV Glow,” which was released this past May (via AP).

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More Clues Surface About Paul Thomas Anderson's ‘The Battle of Baktan Cross'

November 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Sean Penn, who has a supporting role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Battle of Baktan Cross,” donated coins to the cast and crew of the film before shooting wrapped — they can be seen below.

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John Waters' ‘Liarmouth' is No Longer Happening

November 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Waters is telling The Houston Chronicle that the film is no longer happening. He’s moved on to other projects. This is too painful to take. Waters hasn’t directed a film since 2004’s “A Dirty Shame.”

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‘Back in Action': Cameron Diaz’s First Film in Over 10 Years [Trailer]

November 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Diaz has come out of retirement for Seth Gordon’s “Back in Action,” which also stars Jamie Foxx, Andrew Scott, Glenn Close and Kyle Chandler. Foxx is the one who persuaded Diaz to come out of retirement to star in her first film since 2014.

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