There’s been a lot of talk about Andy Serkis’ upcoming “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt For Gollum,” which would reunite the original cast for this new instalment. Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Orlando Bloom have been been asked to return.

While Paul Verhoeven is struggling to find financing for “Young Sinner,” one of his classics is being developed for a remake. Given Hollywood’s current IP obsession, this tracks.

Paolo Sorrentino has already set up his next film. “La Grazia” (“Grace”) is set to star Sorrentino muse Toni Servillo (“The Great Beauty”). Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film is being described as “a love story set somewhere in Italy.”

A trailer has been released for A24’s “Death of a Unicorn.” I have not been hearing good things about this film, shot in July 2023, which has test screened a handful of times already. The trailer hasn’t tampered down any of these doubts.

Hackman was one of the great actors of the ‘70s, standing toe to toe with De Niro, Pacino, Hoffman and Nicholson. What a man. What a career. The term “legend” should not be used in vain, but Hackman was just that.

Steven Spielberg’s upcoming UFO movie has started filming in New Jersey. Emily Blunt and Wyatt Russell could be seen shooting scenes together.

Some are wondering if Harmony Korine's “Baby Invasion,” which premiered at Venice last year, will ever get released, this latest update has only further enhanced the confusion.

Michelle Trachtenberg has passed away, she was 39. I won’t lie and claim to have been that familiar with her TV work, which included “Gossip Girl” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” but that is way too young an age to die.

A Variety report says that Christopher Nolan wanted James Bond 26 to be his follow-up to “Tenet,” but was snubbed by Broccoli. Nolan would go on to direct “Oppenheimer,” and the rest, as they say, is history.

In late 2023, Na Hong-Jin started production on “Hope,” which stars Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, but it sounds like he’s taking his time in the editing room as Korean media is reporting that the film won’t be ready in time for 2025 release.

Bloomberg now has a report describing Zaslav’s love for auteur-driven cinema, and how this infatuation for the medium might sadly, and quite epically, backfire on him in 2025. The biggest risk is Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film.

As I’ve said many times, if you’re adapting “Blood Meridian” then you best not miss. Everyone knows that. The late, great Cormac McCarthy’s masterfully violent 1985 novel is a tough read but also an essential American novel. It’s surely the author’s magnum opus.

We have proof of life. Gareth Evans’ “Havoc” actually exists. Not just that, a trailer just popped online. Netflix has also dated the film for April 25, 2025 release.

Rachel Zegler must have received a stern talking to from Disney. The ‘Snow White’ star has now completely reversed course on her previous assertion that the backlash against her casting in the live-action was based on “misogyny.”

Paul Feig’s “Another Simple Favor” will open the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 7. This is the sequel to 2018’s playfully entertaining “A Simple Favor.” The original’s stars, Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, are back for the second instalment.

Here’s a brief update on Luca Guadagnino’s “Sgt. Rock.” Jeremy Allen White has declined the offer to star in the DCU movie (via The InSneider), and no replacements have been put forward as of now.

United Artists and Scott Stuber have assembled a hot package that’ll have Edward Berger directing a film about Evan Gershkovich— the first American journalist to be arrested in Russia since the Cold War. Amazon/MGM will likely back the film.

I’m being told — albeit by a single source — that Dave Filloni and Jon Favreau are tipped to replace Kathleen Kennedy as head of LucasFilm. A formal announcement could happen at Star Wars Celebration in April.

It turns out that Luca Guadagnino is very serious about his DCU movie. Cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom will be the cinematographer on Guadagnino’s “Sgt. Rock” — shooting this summer.

It is hard to believe that such a consummate actor like Ralph Fiennes, a three time nominee, has yet to win an Oscar. Clearly, this reality has yet to sink for a few Academy voters.