We now have our first on-set picture of Law as Vladimir Putin. I can see the resemblance. This is good casting. Law previously claimed that he’s absolutely petrified taking on the role.

A trailer has been released for “Final Destination: Bloodlines” which stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, and Brec Bassinger alongside the late Tony Todd.

UPDATE: ‘Alto Knights’ bombed with $3.2M at the domestic box office, one of the worst-ever starts for a big studio release. Overseas, it was worse — the film earned $1.8M for a bleak worldwide tally of $5.1 million.

I’ll take any Malick intel that comes our way, and the latest bit of info has the filmmaker still hard at work on his latest film, shot in 2019, with no end in sight.

In the universe of insane sequel/remake ideas, and there have been too many to name in just a single article, here comes one trying to take the throne over Robert Downey Jr. “Vertigo” remake.

Amazon recently landed David Leitch’s untitled bank heist thriller, which is being eyed as the filmmaker’s next film. Nicholas Hoult has just been cast in the lead role.

After a heated bidding war, Apple has officially landed the rights to Joseph Kosinski’s untitled UFO whistleblower thriller. Zach Baylin penned the script.

There wasn’t a film shot in VistaVision for over 60 years until Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” broke that spell last year. Before that one, the last film to use VistaVision cameras was Marlon Brando’s “One-Eyed Jacks” in 1961.

No surprise, those damn storm chasers will be coming back for more. A sequel to “Twisters,” starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar Jones, is reportedly in development.

A press release from the Franco-German channel Arte has announced a new film coming from Russian master Andrey Zvyagintsev, it’s called "Minotaur."

Disney’s live-action “Snow White” is officially a bust. The film earned a domestic intake of $43M, and $87M worldwide total, from Thursday to Sunday, and that's against a $270M budget.

Last night, speaking at a 4K restoration screening of “The Thing,” Bong conducted the post screening Q&A and asked Carpenter if he would be interested in making music for his horror film.

So, Ridley Scott’s “The Dog Stars” isn’t shooting until April, but I’m already hearing that there are plans to fast track the film for late 2025 release. Scott is teaming up with 20th Century on this one.

Anderson has revealed that a trailer for “The Phoenician Scheme” will be released next week — Benicio Del Toro was also confirmed as lead of the film.

Here’s a topic of conversation. In my Tony Gilroy piece, I mentioned how “Michael Clayton” was one of the best debut films of the 21st Century. What are the other ones?

If Mollner gets a script together, Powell would be interested in reading and possibly starring in the film. No surprise,  A24 have shown interest in acquiring the rights.

Tony Gilroy is shopping around a new script titled “Behemoth,” which has Oscar Isaac attached to star. There are multiple studios interested in acquiring the project.

This is set to be Trank’s fourth directorial effort. He’s had a tumultuous career, starting off with 2012’s “Chronicle,” a found footage superhero cheapie that ended up becoming a well-reviewed hit.

The Russos are coming off three critically panned non-MCU movies: “Cherry,” “The Gray Man,” and most concerning of all, this year’s $330M disaster “The Electric State.”