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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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Lee Chang-Dong Set to Direct New Film in 2025

January 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Korean master Lee Chang-dong, 69, confirms that he is currently writing two different projects at the same time. He adds that “it will not take long” for him to decide which he directs next.

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‘Carry-On' is Now Netflix's #5 Most-Viewed Movie of All-Time

January 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“Carry-On” has cracked the Netflix all-time top 5. It’s still #1 on the charts, for the fourth week in a row, and has amassed 149M views since its December 13 debut. Expect a sequel to be greenlit in the coming weeks.

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Golden Globes Ratings Lower Than Initially Reported, Down 2% from Last Year

January 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Last night, Penske-owned Variety, Deadline, IndieWire and THR were reporting that ratings for the Golden Globes (which are owned by Penske) were up by 10% this year.

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Uwe Boll's ‘The Dark Knight' to Star Armie Hammer!

January 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Hammer is set to star in Boll’s “The Dark Knight.” The actor will play the crime-fighting titular character in a film that’s being described as a “vigilante thriller.” Principal photography is set to begin in Croatia on January 27.

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Bret Easton Ellis Says ‘The Shards' No Longer at HBO

January 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Brett Easton Ellis is now talking about the “frustrating” experience he had working on the show with Warner Bros, and he feels like he wasted an entire year for nothing.

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Jacob Elordi to Replace Paul Mescal in Ridley Scott's ‘The Dog Stars'

January 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Ridley Scott’s “The Dog Stars” was supposed to star Paul Mescal, but the actor had to suddenly drop out due to his commitment with Sam Mendes’ ‘Beatles’ movies. Variety’s now reporting that Jacob Elordi has replaced Mescal.

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Roger Pratt, DP on ‘Brazil' and ‘12 Monkeys,' Passes at 77

January 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Oscar-nominated British cinematographer Roger Pratt has died, aged 77. The British Society of Cinematographers confirmed the death and said Pratt had been suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s disease. 

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‘Wolf Man': Early Reactions Are Very Positive

January 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t need to remind you that early social media reactions shouldn’t be taken early as gospel. With that said, Leigh Whannell’s “Wolf Man” is off to a good start. I don’t see many, if any, critics chiming in, but I really hope this one is good. You can read the reactions below.

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Trailer for ‘Kinda Pregnant': Amy Schumer Fakes A Pregnancy in Netflix Movie

January 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

This trailer for Amy Schumer’s “Kinda Pregnant” is really something. It’s a Netflix original, being dumped on February 5, and coming to us with an absurd story.

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Matt Reeves Hints at Possibility of Robert Pattinson's Batman Joining DCU

January 7, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Now, Matt Reeves, who is in the middle of prep for ‘Batman 2,’ is hinting for the first time about his Caped Crusader joining the DCU. Reeves is now saying there’s a possibility, and that it would have to “make sense” for the Pattinson/DCU union to occur.

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‘Juror #2’ Has Topped Max Charts Every Day Since Release

January 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Absolutely nobody is shocked that Clint Eastwood’s “Juror #2” has been #1 on Max since the very first day it was made available to stream (December 20). It’s as if there was an actual audience for this movie, but one that was sadly unexplored due to Warner Bros dumping it in just a handful of theatres.

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Terrence Malick Believes ‘The Way of the Wind' is His “Most Important Film”

January 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Malick’s last film was 2018’s “A Hidden Life,” and only a few months after its Cannes premiere, he went on to shoot ‘Way of the Wind.’ Five years later and we might finally get to see his latest opus when it potentially premieres at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

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Bret Easton Ellis Says ‘American Psycho' Reboot is “Fake News"

January 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Luca Guadagnino is reportedly set to direct a remake of “American Psycho.” Austin Butler is supposed to star as Patrick Batman. At least that’s what the trades have been telling us for the last few months.

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More Than 36% of Oscar-Qualifying Films This Year Are Not Eligible for Best Picture

January 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There will be 323 feature films eligible for the upcoming Academy Awards, the AMPAS announced on Monday, though a whopping 36% of them – 116 feature films – are not eligible for consideration in the Best Picture category.

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Neon Shares MPA's Trailer Report on ‘The Monkey'

January 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Neon’s trying to making Osgood Perkins’ “The Monkey” go viral in very much the same way they managed to brilliantly market Perkins’ “Longlegs” last year. I personally don’t think lightning will strike twice again for them.

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Kevin Costner's ‘Horizon: Chapter 1' Storms Netflix Charts at #2

January 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Well, would you look at that? It turns out that, no doubt spurred by “Yellowstone” fans, ‘Horizon’ has become a very popular title on Netflix. The film, which was made available to stream on the platform just five days ago, is now #2 on the Netflix charts.

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Will Smith Might Star in ‘The Matrix 5' [Updated]

January 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Oh, boy. If this comes to fruition then expect lots of conversation about the casting. This isn’t anything official, but multiple media outlets will likely pick up on it very soon.

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David Fincher Says His ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' Reboot Would Have Been “Gross, Cool, Wet and Steampunk"

January 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

One of the weirder projects David Fincher had embarked on was an adaptation of “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” for Disney. As you might expect, things didn’t go as planned, and the project was quickly canned.

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‘Lord of War' Sequel to Shoot This Year

January 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

After much delay, it looks like Andrew Niccol’s “Lord of War” sequel will finally start production this year. I thought this one might be dead, but it’s very much alive, and ready to go.

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RESULTS: Readers' Best Films of 2024

January 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Over 400 lists were submitted for our annual readers’ poll. I want to thank everyone who participated. This was a lot of fun to work on, and it’s great to see to this site’s readers going against the grain with a lot of their picks.

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