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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 the Tomatometer: ‘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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Bruno Dumont Made His Next Film ‘The End’ Entirely With AI

Um, what? Bruno Dumont, one of the most uncompromising filmmakers alive, has made his next feature, "The End," entirely with generative AI.

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Sebastián Lelio, Oscar-Winning Director of ‘A Fantastic Woman,' Dies at 52

This one is shocking. Sebastián Lelio — the Chilean filmmaker behind “Gloria” and the Oscar-winning “A Fantastic Woman,” and one of the most vital voices in Latin American cinema this century — has died at just 52.

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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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David Michôd is Still Editing ‘Wizards,' Still Has No Release Date — Shot in 2022

December 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Wizards” wrapped production in August 2022, and ever since then has been plagued by reshoots and delays. Why can’t we just see the damn movie? I’m certainly curious.

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Nia DaCosta's ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' Sets January 2026 Release

December 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Things are really revving up when it comes to Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s “28 Years Later” trilogy. The first one has already set up a June 2025 release, and now we have the second one dated.

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‘Sonic 4' in the Works For 2027 Release

December 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” is coming out on Friday. I had zero interest in seeing the movie, but that 87% on RT is certainly surprising. Then again, RT is now filled with “critics” from YouTube and fanboy blogs.

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FFI Defends ‘All We Imagine As Light' Snub: “The Film Was Very Poor Technically"

December 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

While Kayal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine As Light” keeps topping critics polls, the Film Federation of India (FFI) is continuing to defend its snub of the film for Oscar submission in the international film race.

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THR Predicts Josh O'Connor as Next James Bond

December 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A few days ago, The InSneider reported that Aaron Taylor-Johnson was no longer in the running to play James Bond. Did the bombing of ‘Kraven’ deflate his stock? Possibly.

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Luca Guadagnino's 195-Minute ‘An Even Bigger Splash' is Coming Soon

December 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Luca Guadagnino says “An Even Bigger Splash” is being “finalized” and that it will be released very soon. This new version of of the 2016 film would be 70 minutes longer than the original.

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Jane Schoenbrun Describes Next Film as Hybrid of ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire' and ‘Friday the 13th' Sequel

December 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

At a ‘TV Glow’ Q&A, Schoenbrun says the film is called “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” describing it as “Portrait of a Lady on Fire set in a Friday the 13th sequel.” Jesus, what a description.

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Readers' Thoughts on ‘Superman' Trailer?

December 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A trailer for James Gunn’s “Superman” has been unleashed online. What do you think? This is certainly better than expected, and it does look well shot. The iconic John Williams score always gives me goosebumps.

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Mikey Madison Refused Intimacy Coordinator on ‘Anora' to Preserve “Authenticity" of Sex Scenes

December 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Mikey Madison has sparked a debate for her comments about not using an intimacy coordinator when making “Anora.” It was her choice to not have one, but that doesn’t seem to be enough for some people.

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‘Magazine Dreams' Sets March 21, 2025 Release Date

December 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Briarcliffe already bought one film nobody else wanted (“The Apprentice”) and they’ve just helped save another one from oblivion by acquiring “Magazine Dreams,” starring Jonathan Majors, from Searchlight.

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Christopher Nolan Says ‘Gladiator II' is “Masterful" and His Favorite Movie of 2024

December 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a great Variety piece. The trade has asked directors to pick their best films of 2024. So many notable names are included; Christopher Nolan, Barry Jenkins, Alfonso Cuaron, Andrew Haigh, Alexander Payne, David Lowery, Michael Mann, JJ Abrams …

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Matt Reeves Confirms Talks For ‘The Penguin' Season 2

December 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Matt Reeves is saying that talks have officially started about a second season of “The Penguin Penguin,” which was met with much praise and audience adoration in November (via Variety).

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NEON Reteams With Maika Monroe on ‘Watcher' Director's ‘Brides'

December 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Maika Monroe is set to lead Chloe Okuno’s horror “Brides.” Monroe and Okuno previously teamed up on the underrated 2022 film “Watcher” (via Deadline). The film is set to start production in Spring 2025.

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Sofia Coppola Has Started Writing Her Next Film

December 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Sofia Coppola is telling Vogue that she’s started writing her next film, and that she’ll be working on it for most of 2025. The script is still in the “very early stages,” but that she’s “excited” to see where it goes.

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David Cronenberg's Next Film Might Be ‘Consumed'

December 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In a new interview, at the Marrakech Film Festival, Cronenberg says he’s not retired, and plans on making another film, potentially based on his own 2014 novel “Consumed.”

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Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s ‘Judy' Has Already Started Production

December 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I’m being told Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s tentatively titled “Judy,” starring Tom Cruise, started filming in November, and just wrapped the first part of production last week. Shooting will resume in January. That’s great news for a potential 2025 release.

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Oliver Stone Says Hollywood Has Blacklisted Him Because He Interviewed Putin

December 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

At this past May’s Cannes Film festival, I met up with a producer who told me that Oliver Stone, 77, was shopping around a highly political feature film project, and I swore not to talk about its contents, but Stone definitely wants to make another film.

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RUMOR: Sacha Baron Cohen's Mephisto is Villain of ‘Spider-Man 4'

December 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Marvel boss Kevin Feige is said to have “big plans” for Mephisto a character that was originally rumored to appear in the Disney+ series “Agatha All Along,” he’s now set to debut in another Marvel series, “Ironheart.”

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Trailer for A24's ‘Death of a Unicorn'

December 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Alex Scharfman’s debut feature, starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, concerns a father and daughter who "accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat.”

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Linus Sandgren Replaces Greig Fraser as DP on ‘Dune: Messiah'

December 17, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Greig Fraser will not be coming back for “Dune: Messiah.” His replacement will be Oscar winning DP Linus Sandgren whose most notable work can be seen in “La La Land”, “Saltburn,” “Babylon,” and “No Time to Die.”

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CONFIRMED: Sadie Soverall Exits Brady Corbet's ‘The Origin of the World' Mid-Shoot, Lily McInerny Steps In Lead Role

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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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