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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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First Look: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’

January 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Netflix has announced its 2025 film slate, and we can expect new films from Noah Baumbach Kathryn Bigelow, Guillermo del Toro, Edward Berger, and Gareth Evans to come out this year.

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Darren Aronofsky's ‘Caught Stealing’ Sets August 27, 2025 Release Date

January 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Based on the book by Charlie Huston, who also wrote the screenplay, “Caught Stealing” follows a burned-out former baseball player (Austin Butler) who is plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ‘90s NYC.

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Coralie Fargeat Turned Down ‘Black Widow’ to Make ‘The Substance’

January 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Marvel had some real ambitions when looking for a female filmmaker to helm “Black Widow,” which would eventually be directed Cate Shortland in 2021.

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Benny Safdie Reuniting With Christopher Nolan on ‘The Odyssey'

January 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Safdie joins an incredible ‘Odyssey’ cast that already includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron and Jon Bernthal. Shooting is due to begin in late February.

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Jacques Audiard, the #1 Most Hated Man in Mexico, Sparks More Backlash

January 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In a recent interview with the Konbini, Audiard didn’t choose his words wisely when describing his thoughts about Spanish speaking countries.

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Eddie Murphy to Star in ‘Blue Falcon’

January 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Murphy will play a “retired superspy, headed for the resort wedding of his estranged son, who somehow finds himself in proximity with his arch rival.

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‘Magazine Dreams’ Trailer Hints at Possessed Jonathan Majors Performance

January 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Last December, Briarcliffe Entertainment, who had already acquired one film nobody else wanted (“The Apprentice”), helped save another one by nabbing “Magazine Dreams,” starring Jonathan Majors, from Searchlight.

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Anton Corbijn’s ‘Switzerland’ Finally Starts Production — Robbie Ryan is DP

January 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn has, after much delay, finally started production on his next film, and his first one in over nine years, titled “Switzerland.”

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Why Did Anthony Mackie Apologize?

January 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Is what Mackie said wrong? Have his words been twisted up to the point where right-leaning outlets are now calling for a total boycott of “Captain America: Brave New World.”

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Sundance Likely Moving to Boulder in 2027

January 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr reporting what’s been the dirty little secret in Hollywood for almost six months now — Sundance is likely moving to Boulder, Colorado in 2027.

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Neon Acquires ‘Together’ — First Big Sell Of Sundance 2025

January 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Finally, the first big deal out of Sundance 2025. It sure came late in the game, with all of the world premieres having already been screened in Park City.

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‘Michael’: Overbudget, Digital Noses, 4-Hour Cut Split Into Two Parts?

January 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lionsgate could pull the trigger in splitting the four hour cut into two parts in an effort to recoup the massive budget.

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Ron Howard’s ‘Eden’ Still Has No Distributor Due to its Pricey Budget

January 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The lack of distribution is less a question of quality than a matter of its pricetag. The film probably has a budget anywhere between $30-$50M and it will be difficult to earn that money back.

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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ Has Budget Exceeding $200M

January 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia,” which has an IMAX November 2026 release, is set to start production later this year. Here comes a brief update (via Observer) that says the budget on Gerwig’s film will probably “exceed” $200M.

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Sean Penn Sparking Early Oscar Buzz for PTA’s ‘One Battle After Another?

January 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s way too early to speculate about next year’s Oscars, but industry insider Kris Tapley, who last worked for Netflix, has decided to start the campaign early for Sean Penn.

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Trailer for Ryan Coogler's ‘Sinners'

January 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

For whatever it’s worth, I’ve been hearing mixed things about “Sinners” which has test screened a few times already. Based on the few people I’ve spoken to, the consensus seems to be that of a messy film that unevenly balanced a handful of genres.

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A24's ‘Opus' Earns Mediocre Reviews at Sundance

January 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Well, this had good buzz. “Opus” screened last night at Sundance, and unfortunately reviews have turned out to be very mixed. So far, Screen, Joblo, The Playlist, We Live Entertainment and RogerEbert are not impressed.

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Gareth Evans' ‘Havoc' Set for Spring Release [Updated]

January 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Letterboxd and IMDb Pro have Gareth Evans’ “Havoc” clocking in at 2 hours 30 minutes. As usual, when contacted for confirmation, Netflix refused to comment about the runtime.

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Quentin Tarantino Says Hollywood is Dead and 2019 “Was the Last Year of Movies"

January 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“What the f--- is a movie now? Something that plays in theaters for a token release for four f---in’ weeks, and by the second week you can watch it on television? I didn’t get into all this for diminishing returns,” Tarantino said.

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Ruben Östlund’s ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’ Starts Filming

January 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Filming is underway on Ruben Östlund’s “The Entertainment System is Down.” The cast includes Kirsten Dunst, Daniel Brühl, Keanu Reeves, Nicholas Braun, Samantha Morton and Tobias Menzies.

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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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