Matt Johnson, who helmed the excellent “Blackberry,” is set to direct an adaptation of the Hasbro game “Magic: The Gathering.” Why? Well, $$$$ — he wants to get in on the “Barbie” action.

The adaptation is set to start production in July. As announced by Lionsgate, Francis Lawrence will be directing the film with Billy Ray writing the script.

It’s become such a daunting task to catch up with, let alone know about, all of these titles that I decided it was maybe a good idea to shed off the fat and come up with the 20 underrated gems from the Netflix Original Films catalog.

Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” stars Dwayne Johnson as MMA fighter Mark Kerr. This is said to be Johnson’s first independent film since 2005’s “Southland Tales,” and the first in a string of arthouse roles Johnson is set to embark on.

Producers are currently working on how they can “widen the aperture, stay true to its DNA, [and] not be repetitive,” but story details are firmly being kept under lock and key.

Back in February, Pattinson told Deadline that production on “The Batman” sequel would begin during the fourth quarter of 2025. Nexus now has sources telling them that production will most likely be delayed to next year.

Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt” has officially completed post-production and is ready to be unveiled, wherever that may be. The film just nabbed an MPA-stamped “R” rating for “language and some sexual content.”

The most pertinent question marks remain new films by Terrence Malick, Park Chan-wook, Bi Gan, Kelly Reichardt, Luca Guadagnino, and Lynne Ramsay.

The last year, we’ve seen wonderful filmmakers like John Waters, Todd Solondz, Spike Jonze, Charles Burnett, and John Sayles all having potential new projects fall by the wayside due to lack of funding.

While it’s unknown who Pattinson will play, if a deal closes, the role is expected to be a “significant” one. If you’ve read “Dune: Messiah,” which character do you think fits Pattinson’s style best?

Mike White has been on a no-filter rampage of late, and he’s attacking anyone who dares criticize him and the wildly divisive third season. He’s even going after the composer.

A trailer has been released for the anthology film — which can be viewed below — and it looks groovy. I dig the animation style. The three stories told here are of The Predator fighting Vikings, Samurais and WWII pilots.

I’ve been receiving a few emails wondering about the status of Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice.” Last we checked, Park was hard at work in the editing room, and semi-rushing a possible cut of the film for this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

“Sinners” was originally greenlit for $80M but encountered a few setbacks during production. The total costs finally amounted to the film having a $100M budget. The good news for Warner Bros is that Coogler ended up covering the overages out of his fees and backend compensation.

Bigelow, 73, is the filmmaker behind such films as “The Hurt Locker,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Near Dark,” “Point Break,” and the highly underrated “Strange Days.” Her last directorial effort (“Detroit”) was released almost eight years ago.

After “Death Stranding” and “Barney,” A24 seeks to acquire more IP, and according to The InSneider, is now in negotiations for the remake rights to the JCVD classic “Bloodsport.”

It’s no doubt a real risk to premiere a pricey blockbuster at Venice or Cannes, just ask Disney (‘Indiana Jones 5’) and Warner Bros (“Joker: Folie a Deux”) about that. However, Paramount doesn’t seem to care.

David Lynch's gravestone has been revealed at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, featuring a sleek, flat black stone with the mysterious epitaph: "Night Blooming Jasmine."

New details have emerged regarding David Fincher’s Cliff Booth movie starring Brad Pitt. It sounds like it’s definitely happening, and production begins this summer.

I have no issues with gender swap casting, but only because, quite frankly, as much as I respect C.S. Lewis’ stories, I’m not as passionate a fan as, say, all of the ones crying “betrayal!” over Streep’s Aslan.