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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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Disney+ Lost 700k Subscribers

February 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

While Netflix keeps touting gains in subscribers — 300M+ and counting —- Disney+ is bleeding out as it lost 700,000 subscribers over the final three months of 2024, which is what we learned this morning from the Walt Disney Company’s fourth quarter earnings call.

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Trailer for ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’

February 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Great cast, mediocre trailer. Then again, with Edwards at the helm, it certainly can’t be worse than ‘Fallen Kingdom’ or ‘Dominion,’ right? Some of the visuals at least look inspired.

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IndieWire’s Sundance Critics Poll Topped by ‘Sorry, Baby’ & ‘The Perfect Neighbor’

February 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The crowning jewel of Sundance 2025 was Geeta Gandbhir’s ”The Perfect Neighbor,” a true crime nonfiction, shot almost entirely from police bodycam footage.

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Trailer for Trey Edward Shults' ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow'

February 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The trailer for “Hurry Up Tomorrow” has been released. Looks like Shults hasn’t tampered down on the virtuosic style of his previous films — if anything he’s upped the ante. I’m very much looking forward to this one.

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‘Assassination' Backers Sued For Firing David Mamet as Director

February 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A curious development in the saga to bring “Assassination,” co-written by David Mamet and Nicholas Celozzi, to the big screen (via Deadline). The film is supposed to start production in April.

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Joe Berlinger to Remake ‘Fail-Safe'

February 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s another remake, or as industry folk like to call it these days, a “reimagining.” Sidney Lumet’s 1964 cold-war classic “Fail-Safe” will be remade by Joe Berlinger, the director known for the classic true-crime docuseries “Paradise Lost.”

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‘Kiss of the Spider Woman' Still Not Acquired— $60M Budget, Mixed Reviews [Sundance]

February 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Who exactly is willing to dish out big money for Bill Condon’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman”? The Jennifer Lopez starring movie musical premiered to tepid reviews, and that’s with a reported budget of $60M. A distributor still hasn’t been found.

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Netflix Bans Karla Sofia Gascón From Attending Awards Events; Who Wins Best Actress Now?

February 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Tensions are said to be high between Gascón and Netflix, which invested $30M+ in the film’s awards campaign. It’s become such a dire situation that the streamer is now refusing to provide transport and accommodation to Gascón.

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‘Fantastic Four' Trailer is Underwhelming

February 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Just a few weeks after the trailer for James Gunn’s “Superman” got launched, Marvel has decided to riskily unveil first footage of its big 2025 juggernaut, Matt Shakman’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” and quite frankly, there’s nothing mind-blowing here.

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Ari Aster's ‘Eddington' Eyes Cannes Debut & Summer Release

February 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Ari Aster (“Hereditary” and “Midsommar”) is coming off 2023’s polarizing “Beau is Afraid.” A24 has produced all four of his films, including the upcoming “Eddington.”

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Juliette Binoche Named Jury President of the 78th Cannes Film Festival

February 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

French actress Juliette Binoche has been named the president of the jury for the 2025 Cannes film festival. She succeeds last year’s president, Greta Gerwig, whose jury gave the Palme d’Or to “Anora.”

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Danny Boyle’s ‘28 Years Later: Part 3’ Starts Production in March

February 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A recent listing has “28 Years Later: Part 3” starting production on March 31, 2025. The entire trilogy will have been shot and completed by the time Boyle starts to do press on the first one in June.

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Chloe Zhao Directing ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Reboot — Sarah Michelle Gellar to Return

February 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reboot is close to having a pilot greenlit over at Hulu, with Sarah Michelle Gellar set to reprise the iconic titular role.

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Netflix Has Stopped Oscar-Campaigning Karla Sofia Gascón

February 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Netflix is attempting to steer its $30M+ Oscar campaign for “Emilia Perez” in the right direction, and this means, quite wisely, ignoring that its controversial star Karla Sofia Gascón was even in the movie.

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Variety Predicts ‘A Complete Unknown' to Win Best Picture

February 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

This very strange awards season only got weirder, and more entertaining, with the recent implosion of the “Emilia Perez” campaign, for which Netflix spent anywhere between $30M-$40M. It’s certainly not winning Best Picture.

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‘The Monkey' Debuts With 91% on RT

February 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Neon’s using the same template as with ’ “Longlegs.” Cryptic marketing aside, the review embargo has lifted, three weeks before the film is released, but the trades are again not chiming in. It’s only been screened for a select few outlets.

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Anna Sawai Rumored to Play Yoko Ono in Sam Mendes' Beatles Movies

February 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A new report claims Emmy-winning “Shōgun” star Anna Sawai is being eyed for the role of Yoko Ono in Sam Mendes’ quartet of films about the Beatles. The InSneider broke the report, and the potential casting would be the first role outside the band members.

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Terry Gilliam's ‘The Carnival: At the End of Days' to Shoot in April?

February 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

‘Canrival’ is now going to the EFM Berlin Film Market in search of buyers. Italian producer and entrepreneur Andrea Iervolino, who has now boarded the project, says the film could shoot as early as April. Iervolino will also help finance Gilliam’s passion project.

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‘Sorry, Baby’ Sells to A24 for $8M [Sundance]

February 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The most acclaimed film of Sundance 2025 has been picked up for U.S. distribution, no doubt an awards campaign will be mounted for it by the fall.

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Casting Underway for Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’

February 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

NarniaWeb has obtained a copy of the casting call for the leads in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation, confirming two children, a boy and a girl, will portray characters that are 10 or 11 years old.

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