Guadagnino has given an update, for the first time, on his “American Psycho” project and makes the surprising revelation that he’d never seen the 2000 film adaptation.

In a recent interview with Collider, Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley mentions that she’d specifically asked if she could be in ‘Narnia.’ However, she believes she might have lost the role to Saoirse Ronan.

When Baker won Best Director on Saturday, he took the opportunity to reflect on the current state of independent film and warned of an “unsustainable system.”

A first look at Osgood Perkins’ next film, “Keeper,” is attached to “The Monkey.” There’s even a release date stamped to the teaser: October 3, 2025.

A surprise awaited attendees of the 75th Berlin Film Festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to Norwegian filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud’s “Dreams (Sex Love).” This is the third film in Daugerud’s trilogy about relationships.

Deadline is reporting that Ali Abbasi, director of “The Apprentice,” “aggressively” groped an “A-list actor” at a Golden Globes afterparty. The filmmaker’s U.S. reps have now dropped him as a client.

The New York Post’s Sarah Nathan confirms that Oscar-nominated Gascón will pay for her own flight to L.A. to attend the Academy awards ceremony on March 2. This should be fun to watch.

Let’s see if Chloe Domont goes back to Netflix for her next film, titled “A Place in Hell,” starring Michelle Williams and Daisy Edgar Jones. It’s the latest hot package being put together by MRC and T-Street

It’s finally James Watkins (“Speak No Evil”) who will helm “Clayface” (via THR). Cronenberg would have had a field day with this material, but I doubt his name even crossed James Gunn’s mind during the hiring process.

Jason Momoa will return as Duncan Idaho in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Messiah.” This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise since, in Frank Herbert’s novel, Duncan is supposed to be resurrected as a ghola, which are essentially clones made from genetic material.

On Thursday, “Captain America: Brave New World” only nabbed $3M which is way below what was predicted. We’re looking at one hell of an epic drop this weekend, definitely in the -70s, and a $26M-$28M 3-day tally.

SS Rajamouli has started filming his “RRR” follow-up. It’s being described as a dream project that will be the biggest and costliest Indian film ever made. The “globe-trotting adventure” will see production travel through the forests of Kenya, among other exotic locations.

On top of that $1 billion, back in 2022, Amazon had originally overpaid its purchase of MGM for $8.5 billion, the hefty sum no doubt spurred by gaining the rights to the 007 franchise.

Amazon has landed David Leitch’s untitled crime action thriller, which is being eyed as the the filmmaker’s next film. Progress is going fast on this one, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it shoots as early as this summer.

I’m hearing David Gordon Green has signed up to direct a Lionel Richie musical biopic. Peter Chiarelli (“Crazy Rich Asians”) wrote the screenplay. The film is currently has set up shop at Disney. The way things are moving, I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes into production this year.