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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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Christopher Walken: “I've Never Emailed or, What Do You Call It, Twittered."

January 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Let’s call this our quote of the day. The honor goes to Christopher Walken who tells The Wall Street Journal that his relationship with technology is nonexistent to the point where he clearly can’t distinguish the difference between Twitter and X.

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John M. Chu to Direct Dr. Seuss’ ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Soon, another musical will be added to John M. Chu’s filmography. It’s just been announced that, after the release of this year’s “Wicked: For Good,” Chu’s next project will be a music-centered adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ final book.

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Quentin Tarantino in “No Hurry” to Direct His Final Movie; Working on A Stage Play Instead

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Tarantino was a special guest, to a very receptive audience, at this afternoon’s Sundance Film Festival panel, and finally addressed why he’s paused his next project.

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Pixar Boss Says “Very Few People Talk” About ‘Soul' Because it Went Straight to Disney+

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

As far as I’m concerned, there hasn’t been a “great” Pixar film since “Inside Out” (2015,) and that was 10 years ago. Since then, Pixar’s only flirted with greatness, the two most notable examples being “Coco” (2017) and “Soul” (2020).

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Stephen King Says ‘The Monkey’ is “Batsh*t Insane”

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Stephen King is praising “The Monkey” and his words mirror my own: it’s bloody insane. No, really, it’s over the top, batsh*t crazy debauchery. It has none of the slow-burn nature of Perkins’ previous films.

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Noah Hawley's ‘Alien: Earth’ Has A Teaser

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

If you’re wondering what’s going on with Noah Hawley’s “Alien: Earth” series, which was greenlit more than five years ago, well, a teaser was just released.

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New ‘Superman' Teaser Being Mocked For One Specific Shot

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A new “Superman” teaser was released yesterday, and it featured a few new shots, including a close-up that’s already blowing up the internet, but for all the wrong reasons.

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Bill Condon's ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman' Earns Mixed Reviews [Sundance]

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

As Sundance rolls along with its final day of premieres, Bill Condon’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” starring Jennifer Lopez, screened at the Eccles theater last night. The reviews aren’t flattering.

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Cooper Raiff's ‘The Trashers' Shelved Due to Lack of Financing

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Any other decade, Cooper Raiff would probably get his modestly budgeted projects greenlit by a studio. After all, Raiff’s first two films (“Shithouse” and “Cha Cha Real Smooth”) won top prizes at SXSW and Sundance, respectively. Raiff is just 27 years old.

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Insider: Sam Mendes' Four ‘Beatles' Movies Probably Won't Release in 2027

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Some cracks are starting to show. Mendes recently stated that he was going to be busy making these four Beatles movies until “mid-2028.” Aren’t they supposed to be released in 2027? Apparently, that might not be the case. Apple’s official statement said 2027.

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Christopher Nolan's ‘The Odyssey' to Film in Exact Location Where Ulysses Landed

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

According to Variety, Christopher Nolan is committing to authenticity. “The Odyssey” will be partly filmed in a little island in Sicily which, according to scholars, was the location Homer envisioned for Odysseus’ landing in the epic.

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Denis Villeneuve Confirms ‘Rendezvous With Rama' Still in the Works

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Eric Roth has written an adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s “Rendezvous with Rama” for Denis Villeneuve to direct. Of all the projects Villeneuve has percolating next, after ‘Dune: Messiah,’ this is the one I’m most excited for.

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Oscar Nominee Fernanda Torres Apologizes For 2008 Blackface Performance

January 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The latest Oscar backlash has to do with surprise Best Actress nominee Fernanda Torres. The “I’m Still Here” actress already won the Golden Globe, and some have her as the dark horse to win the Oscar. Not so fast.

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Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Die, My Love’ to Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival

January 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love,” starring Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Lawrence and LaKeith Stanfield, will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

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A24's ‘If I Had Legs I'd Kick You' is Sundance 2025's Most-Buzzed Movie

January 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s looking like a pretty tame Sundance Film Festival in terms of buzzy titles this year. We’re currently on Day 4, and the consensus seems to be that Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” produced by A24, is the best buzzed title (81 on Metacritic).

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Box-Office: ‘Flight Risk’ No. 1 With $12M+ Opening

January 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Despite the No. 1 opening, Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk,” which topped the box office this weekend with a $12.5M intake, doesn’t look it’ll be making much of a dent in the coming weeks. The budget on this one was $25M.

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Wong Kar-wai Working on New TV Series ... and ‘In The Mood For Love' Extended Cut

January 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A Chinese outlet is reporting that, after his uber-successful “Blossoms,” we might have to wait a little longer for Wong Kar-wai’s next film since he’s working on yet another Chinese TV series.

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Robert Eggers Is Not Interested In Making A Contemporary Film: “Makes Me Ill"

January 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Robert Eggers is a filmmaker who stays on brand. He’s all about folktales, myths, which include witches, vampires and very soon, Werewolves. All his films either span the Viking Era, the 1630s or 1890’s New England.

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Zach Cregger's ‘Resident Evil' Reboot Sparks Bidding War

January 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There are currently four studios in the middle of this “intense” bidding war for Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” reboot, including Warner Bros and Netflix. The other two studios were not named.

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Paul Thomas Anderson's ‘One Battle After Another' Test Screens

January 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest screened on Thursday evening in Phoenix. Anderson was in attendance, and in good spirits. This is going to be one lengthy film — the film clocked in at 2 hours 50 minutes. The cut shown looked close to finished.

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