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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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Amy Heckerling is Working on ‘Look Who's Talking' Sequel

December 16, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Heckerling, 70, hasn’t directed a film in well over 13 years, and that’s coming off her last three critically panned films (“Loser,” “I Could Never Be Your Woman,” and “Vamps”).

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‘Here's Already Being Reappraised in Some Circles

December 16, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A reappraisal is already happening on Robert Zemeckis’ “experimental” film which covers the events of a single room and its inhabitants spanning from the past (paleolithic) to well into the future.

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Trailer for Alex Garland's ‘Warfare'

December 16, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Last month, I spoke to a person who had seen “Warfare” and swore that it’s, by far, Alex Garland’s best film. They weren’t a big fan of his previous efforts, and were shell shocked by how good this latest one was.

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‘Superman' Trailer on Thursday, Poster Released [Updated]

December 16, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Looks like Thursday is the day for the trailer. A poster has also just been released for Gunn’s film, which can be seen below — a new version of John Williams’ score is being used.

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NYT & Telegraph Claim Hollywood Movies Entering “Post-Woke Era"

December 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Is it a coincidence that we’re getting two separate articles, both from major outlets, within a week of each other, tackling the supposed end of Hollywood’s “woke” era? Hey, it’s not even me using that word. The New York Times’ Kabir Chibber and The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin are the ones hinting at how “Hollywood’s great unwokening has been unleashed.”

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‘Beyond the Spider-Verse' Footage Scrapped, Script Rewritten, and Release Delayed

December 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Deadline is reporting that “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” will not be coming out in 2025. The outlet’s Sony source wants us not to worry, and know that the studio is “taking a lot of tender loving care with the film.”

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Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Sgt Rock’ Shoots Next Fall

December 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Deadline had previously reported that “Sgt. Rock,” starring Daniel Craig, was being set up as Guadagnino’s next film, and now Jeff Sneider is saying that production on the DCU film is supposed to begin next fall.

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Paul Thomas Anderson's ‘One Battle After Another'?

December 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film was originally called “The Battle of Baktan Cross.” It looks like either that was a placeholder, or they’ve decided to rename it.

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Christian Bale & Nicolas Cage to Star in David O. Russell's ‘Madden'

December 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Christian Bale is in talks to play former Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis in David O. Russell’s “Madden,” which stars another Oscar winner, Nicolas Cage, as football icon John Madden. The film is set to shoot early next year.

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‘Kraven the Hunter' BOMBS With $11M Weekend

December 15, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A catastrophic number for the $110M film. Sony's put out so many poor movies under their Spider-Man universe that people took a wait-and-see approach for this one. What clinched its fate was when the reviews finally came out, on Wednesday, and they were almost all bad.

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Glen Powell AI “Erotic Thriller" Sparks Bidding War

December 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

There he is again. Glen Powell. You just can’t escape him these days. Powell is set to star in the erotic thriller “Homewreckers.” The film is being described as a mix between an Adrian Lyne film, like “Unfaithful,” and Alex Garland’s “Ex Machina.”

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Tease for Charlie Kaufman-Penned ‘The Memory Police’

December 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Reed Morano is teasing her Charlie Kaufman penned “The Memory Police.” An image was up on Morano’s Instagram stories, but it’s already expired, you can find it above. ‘Memory Police’ has already been shot, and is seemingly setting up a 2025 release.

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‘Gladiator II' on VOD December 24 — One Month After Theatrical Release

December 14, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here comes news that Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” has set up a December 24 VOD date — just four weeks after the film was released in theaters. That’s the new normal. Studios just can’t help themselves in trying to reap the monetary benefits that come with the sped-up digital release market. What this does is water down the theatrical experience.

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Brady Corbet's Next Film is a 1970s Set “Horror-Western"

December 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

If you’re wondering how Corbet will be following up “The Brutalist” then we just got an answer for you. He’s telling The New Yorker that he’s currently writing his next film, a western-horror, that will have a “looser style,” but will once again tackle the immigration process.

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Emerald Fennell's ‘Wuthering Heights' to Release in February 2026 [Updated]

December 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Wuthering Heights” has been dated for release on February 13, 2026 by Warner Bros. If the film turns out great, don’t be surprised if it gets an awards qualifying run in late 2025.

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Guy Pearce Says He Was Blacklisted From Christopher Nolan Movies

December 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Guy Pearce, whose lead performance in “Memento” belongs in the Nolan time capsule, is now saying that a WB executive blacklisted him from ever appearing in another one Nolan’s projects.

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THR: Greta Gerwig's ‘Barbie' Sequel is Happening

December 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

‘Barbie 2’ is in the works. Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have finally “cracked the code” and pitched the idea for a sequel to Warner Bros’ $1.4 billion box office behemoth (via THR). Margot Robbie would return in the lead role.

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James Gunn Says There's Still No First Draft of ‘The Batman 2' Script

December 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

James Gunn is now saying “there has yet to be a first draft of the script.” Um, didn’t Matt Reeves tell us four months ago that the script was done? Somebody is lying.

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Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman to Star in Shawn Levy's ‘Boy Band'

December 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Reynolds is telling THR that “Boy Band,” which he is producing with Shawn Levy, and already has a home at Paramount, will tell the story of former boy band members reuniting as middle-aged men. Shawn Levy is set to direct.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt & Freddie Prinze Jr. to Star in ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Sequel

December 13, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

One of Hewitt’s biggest hits was horror schlock “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and its subsequent sequel, and Sony has decided to bring her back, with co-star Freddie Prinze Jr, for the latest installment of the horror film franchise.

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