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007 Surprise! Robert Pattinson Screen Tested for James Bond

Yep, Robert Pattinson has screen tested to play James Bond, according to "multiple sources" who spoke to THR. He joins the already-reported trio of Callum Turner, Jack Lowden and Josh O'Connor.

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‘1408’ Sequel Is Happening With Sam Jackson, John Cusack, Elijah Wood and Natalia Dyer

Cusack has been open about this being the one sequel he'd ever do. Last year he told People he'd never had the urge to make sequels, but "1408" interested him, partly because, in his words, "most movies suck."

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James Bond: Two Mystery Stars Secretly Tested For 007, Per THR

This week, two different UK tabloids named two different actors, Jack Lowden and Josh O'Connor, as the chosen one. That follows last week's claim that Callum Turner had been cast as 007, which tells you just how in the dark everybody is.

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James Gray Takes Aim at Letterboxd, First Reactions, Star Ratings and Tomatometers: ‘2001’ Would Probably Be Rotten If Released Today”

James Gray is taking aim at the instant gratification that's infected film discourse, including social media first reactions, and Letterboxd. Oh, and he hates Rotten Tomatoes.

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Danny McBride's ‘G.I. Joe' Reboot Sets October 2028 Release Date

Paramount has dated its next “G.I. Joe” movie for October 20, 2028. Danny McBride directs from a script he co-wrote with Jeff Fradley and John Carcieri. Bradley Cooper has the lead role.

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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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James Gunn Says Two Different Batman Movies Are Happening, Including ‘The Brave and the Bold’

November 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

James Gunn wants us to believe that there is room for two separate Batman movies occurring simultaneously, in two different universes and released fairly close to each other.

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Javier Bardem to Star in ‘Cape Fear' TV Remake

November 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Based on the reporting, it does sound as though Bardem will be playing Cady, which is a role that was originally rendered iconic by Robert Mitchum (1962) and Robert De Niro (1991).

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Confirmed: Josh O'Connor Joins Steven Spielberg's ‘The Dish'

November 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Back in July, I reported on Josh O’Connor’s casting in Steven Spielberg’s next film, which is tentatively titled “The Dish.” Four months later, THR and Deadline have finally joined the club and are confirming the news.

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Rebecca Hall Regrets Throwing Woody Allen Under the Bus

November 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Rebecca Hall has now clearly had a 180 reversal and tells The Observer that she regrets throwing Woody Allen under the bus, and that if she were to do it again, she would have just kept her mouth shut:

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Cathy Yan's ‘The Gallerist' adds Zach Galifianakis, Daniel Brühl, Catherine Zeta Jones, Sterling K. Brown and Da’vine Joy Randolph

November 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega were already announced to be part of Yan’s buzzy new film. I can now report that Da’vine Joy Randolph, Sterling K. Brown, Zach Galifianakis, Daniel Brühl and Catherine Zeta-jones will be rounding out the cast.

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Rachel Zegler to Star in Gloria Estefan Biopic?

November 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

We already know that Sony hired Lissette Feliciano (“Women Is Losers”) to write and direct “On Your Feet,” a biopic of singer Gloria Estefan. Daniel Richtman claims that he’s seen a grid, and none other than Rachel Zegler is attached to star as the Cuban-born singer.

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The ‘Emilia Perez' Backlash Has Started

November 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

There inevitably was going to be an Oscar villain this year, and it’s turned out to, unexpectedly, be Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez” which is still guaranteed to earn a Best Picture nomination.

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Gaspar Noé Wants His Next Film to Tackle Children

November 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Noé tells Variety to expect the unexpected when it comes to his next project, saying that he’d “like to do a movie with young children, or a movie for children” with minimal dialogue.

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‘Red One' Earns $34M Opening Weekend

November 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s the good news for Amazon/MGM’s “Red One,” it exceeded the low expectations and managed to snag up $34M over the weekend, in over 4000 theaters. That’s almost $10M more than Thursday estimates hinted at. The bad news is that it cost $250M to produce.

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First Look: Gareth Evans' ‘Havoc' Sets Up 2025 Release

November 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

We now have our first look at Gareth Evans’ “Havoc” (via Empire). The filmmaker is telling Empire not to worry about the delays, the film was worth the wait, and that it especially came together during the reshoots.

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Kevin Smith to Direct ‘Dogma 2' With Ben Affleck & Matt Damon

November 17, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

On Sunday, at Vulture Festival, Kevin Smith revealed that he was working on a sequel to “Dogma,” and not just that, he sounded very confident that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon would be back to reprise their original roles as fallen angels Bartleby and Loki.

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Denzel Washington Has Spoken With Paul Thomas Anderson About Potential New Film

November 17, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A few years ago, Paul Thomas Anderson stated that he was ready to shoot a new film in 2020, but had a change of heart, and decided it was too “bleak” a project to make at the time, and opted to helm “Licorice Pizza” instead. It was rumored to star Denzel Washington.

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Cameron Crowe's Joni Mitchell Biopic Eyes “Christmas 2025" Release

November 17, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Cameron Crowe hasn’t directed a film in almost ten years, but that will likely change in the coming weeks as the filmmaker is prepping to shoot his next project: a Joni Mitchell biopic.

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Ron Howard's ‘Eden' Still Has No U.S. Distributor

November 16, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

So far, no distributor has dared touch “Eden.” Howard, who wowed Oscar voters with “Apollo 13,” “A Beautiful Mind,” and “Frost/Nixon,” hasn’t had a critical or commercial hit since 2013’s “Rush.”

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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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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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