“28 Years Later” is set to star Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and Charlie Hunman. It’s also set up to be theatrically released on June 20, 2025. A poster has now been released.

After the lukewarm National Board of Review and AFI picks for the top films of 2024, here comes BFI’s Sight and Sound to give us a strong batch of titles. The poll was voted on by the magazine’s international pool of more than 100 critics.

It's that time of the year, and once again eccentric filmmaker John Waters has published his 10 favorite films of the year. It's become an annual tradition to get Waters’ list in early December —I’m not entirely sure why, but I’m not complaining either.

Ridley Scott has reached out to Critics Choice members with a letter, allowing for insight into all of the intense work that went into “Gladiator II,” and with the hope that they take the film into consideration when voting begins in January.

Deadline is now confirming Quinn as Harrison. So, it’s looking like our “Fab Four” will be Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr), Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney), Harris Dickinson (John Lennon), and Joseph Quinn (George Harrison).

The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled its list of the 10 best films of the year, and surprisingly, this is my exact predicted ten to be best picture nominated at next year’s Oscars.

Speaking of Barry Jenkins, a lengthy Vulture profile has been published. In it, the “Moonlight” filmmaker gives off vibes of a rather frustrating experience working on “Mufasa: Lion King.” Are we surprised?

“Panic Carefully” is set to reunite director Sam Esmail (“Mr. Robot”) with his “Leave the World Behind” star Julia Roberts. The film is now officially at Warner Bros, and Elisabeth Olsen has joined Roberts in the cast (via Deadline).

Is Austin Powers coming back from cryogenic freeze? Mike Myers recently stayed mum when asked if another ‘Austin Powers’ is happening. However, I recently reported that ‘Austin Powers 4’ was definitely in the works with Jay Roach coming back to direct the sequel.

Hard to fathom the deflating excitement surrounding Barry Jenkins’ “Mufasa: The Lion King.” Hey, it could turn out to be a good film, I don’t know, and I’m supposed to see it next week, but this has turned into quite the odd endeavor for the “Moonlight” filmmaker.

I can’t really talk about James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” so the headline above will have to suffice. I will say that I am a huge Bob Dylan fan, and had some much-warranted doubts about this film, but Jay Cocks’ script is just top-notch and Chalamet …

Tom Tykwer’s “The Light,” which I’ve been hearing positive things about, could be a major comeback vehicle for the German filmmaker. It’s now been announced as the opening night film of the 75th Berlin Film Festival on February 13, 2025.

A listing on Production Weekly now has a sequel, “Smile 3,” set to enter production in 2025. No plot details or a cast have been revealed. Finn will return as writer-director for this third instalment.

Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse” has been set up at Searchlight. The film has Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken attached to star. A 2025 shoot in the UK is being prepped up for this one.

In the mid-aughts, three filmmakers, Robert Eggers, Ari Aster and Jordan Peele, burst onto the indie scene with horror films that felt imprinted with their own unique DNA

Last night, I wrote about Zach Cregger’s “Weapons” most likely coming out in 2025, and that part of the reason for Warner Bros’ excitement resided in a very successful test screening. Here’s one reaction from that screening.

“Wicked” just gained some additional Oscar momentum as it’s just been named best picture by the NBR. John M. Chu took home the directing prize.

Variety is reporting that "nothing has been ruled out" regarding Disney bringing Depp back for more ‘Pirates.’ Disney has not engaged with Depp yet, but one script in development could bring him back if he can reconcile with the studio.

The 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards have announced their nominees. “Anora” and “I Saw the TV Glow” lead the way with six nominations each. “The Brutalist” was snubbed for Best Film, and only garnered one nod.

In an interview with The Playlist, ‘Lord of the Rings’ writer Philippa Boyens talks about how ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ features a prominent role for Aragorn, and they hope to have Viggo Mortensen return.