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Box Office: 'Ebenezer' Hits $1.5M in Previews, 4.5-Star PostTrak Overrules Critics; ‘How to Rob A Bank’ Falls Flat With $900K

I mentioned that French audiences have been rating “Ebenezer” highly. It has a 4 on AlloCiné, which is roughly an A/A- CinemaScore. Well, last night's PostTrak for U.S. audiences was just as good, with 4.5 stars.

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New ‘Friday the 13th’ Movie Set for 2027 With Steve Miner, 75, Directing

Of all the horror filmmakers who've begged for a shot at Jason over the past 17 years, they went with a 75-year-old who hasn't made a feature since "Day of the Dead" in 2008.

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Robert Pattinson Likely to Be the Next James Bond, Says Puck’s Matt Belloni

The finalists are Nicholas Hoult, Jack Lowden, Josh O'Connor, Pattinson and Callum Turner. Belloni says an announcement could come before Christmas if nothing goes wrong. The most interesting nugget is the deals.

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‘Man of Tomorrow’ Hit With Reshoots, Scrapped Cameos — No Final Cut for James Gunn?

Do you really think Ellison fired Gunn before he saw a rough cut of "Man of Tomorrow"? No chance. Clearly, whatever he saw didn't impress him.

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Steven Soderbergh's Next Film: Adam Driver Teases “One of the Best Things He's Ever Written"

Adam Driver is still not over "The Hunt for Ben Solo," but there's a silver lining: Steven Soderbergh has already moved on to a new script, and Driver calls it one of the best things Soderbergh has ever written.

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August 19, 2019
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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Takashi Miike & Charli XCX Remaking ‘Audition?

April 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s unusual for an international filmmaker to remake his own film into a U.S. version, and it’s happened only a handful of times — one example is Michael Haneke remaking “Funny Games” in 2008.

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Guy Ritchie to Direct ‘Road House 2' [Updated]

April 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There was never any doubt in my mind that a sequel to Amazon’s “Road House” would happen. It’s now been confirmed that Guy Ritchie (him again) will be directing “Road House 2.” Jake Gyllenhaal will be back for this one.

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Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Sgt. Rock’ CANCELED at Warner Bros

April 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s The Wrap reporting that the long-gestating “Sgt. Rock” film, which had Luca Guadagnino attached as director and Justin Kuritzkes set to write the script, has been canceled at Warner Bros.

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Rachel Zegler Takes Indie Role in ‘She Gets It From Me'

April 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Zegler is set to star in the independently financed romcom “She Gets it From Me,” and she’ll be co-starring with Marisa Tomei for good measure. Zegler will play the daughter of Tomei's ex-punk rocker birth mother.

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‘Shōgun’ Season 2 Set to Shoot in Early 2026

April 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Many didn’t believe this would happen. Not only is ‘Shōgun’ Season 2 in development, but an early 2026 shoot has now been set up. The second season will take place 10 years after the events of the first.

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Cannes: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne's ‘Young Mother’s Home’ Has A Trailer

April 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here come Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Their latest film, “The Young Mother’s Home,” has once again been selected for the Cannes competition — they've already won the Palme d’Or twice. No director has ever won it three times.

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First Look at Kelly Reichardt's ‘The Mastermind'

April 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

One of the more anticipated U.S. titles at this year’s Cannes Film Festival is Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind.” The ensemble cast includes Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, John Magaro, Hope Davis, Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffmann, Amanda Plummer, and Cole Doman,

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‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Called Best Entry Yet by Early Reactions

April 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s been 14 long years since death last came calling in Final Destination, but with ‘Bloodlines,’ the franchise is officially back—and if early reactions are anything to go by, it’s going to be the best instalment of the franchise.

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‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Starts Filming Without A Finished Script or A Finished Cast

April 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Production may have technically started on Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Doomsday,” but the script and cast are still a work in progress, because apparently locking that down before shooting is optional now.

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Soderbergh Reacts to Fincher and Pitt’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ Sequel: Tarantino’s Approval Surprises Him

April 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Steven Soderbergh, one of Fincher’s closest friends, tells Business Insider that the ‘Hollywood’ sequel landing into Fincher’s hands was all Pitt’s idea, but he’s rather surprised Tarantino has given his blessing for it to happen.

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‘Havoc’ Explodes to #1 on Netflix — Readers’ Thoughts?

April 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The film has surged to the top of the streamer’s global rankings, amassing an impressive 30M views in its debut week. It was easily the most-watched title during that period.

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Charli XCX Has Shot Seven Films—And Not One Has Been Released

April 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There she is again. According to Variety, Charli XCX will both star in and produce Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike’s upcoming movie.

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Oscars Demand Viewing All Best Picture Nominees — Voters Find Loopholes

April 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A Variety report tackles the new Academy rule, and how it is very easy for a voter to “game the system” by pretending to have watched all 10 best picture nominees.

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‘Thunderbolts’ Earns Positive Reviews — 69 MC & 88% RT

April 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The MCU has finally delivered a movie that doesn’t suck, but is that good enough? Critics have set the bar way too low when it comes to this one. They expected another Marvel catastrophe, and instead got some form of competence.

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‘Weapons' Trailer Drops, and It's Pure Nightmare Fuel

April 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I did not expect a 2-minute trailer to show up this morning for Zach Cregger’s “Weapons,” but here it is! The film looks gorgeously shot and framed. This is the same footage that was shown at CinemaCon earlier in the month.

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‘The Smashing Machine' Trailer ...

April 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A source who has seen ‘The Smashing Machine’ tells me this morning’s trailer is the “only way to hide what a weird-ass movie” this is. A24 has decided to package the trailer as Oscar bait, which this film is not.

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Steven Spielberg Calls ‘The Godfather’ The “Greatest American Film Ever Made”

April 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Over the weekend, Spielberg said something that landed many headlines: “‘The Godfather,’ for me, is the greatest American film ever made […] Francis took what came before and redefined the canon of American film.”

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Terrence Howard Refused to Play Marvin Gaye Over Gay Kiss: “I Would Cut My Lips Off”

April 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In case you didn’t know, Terrence Howard, the Oscar-nominated actor known for “Hustle & Flow,” and “Empire,” semi-retired from acting and decided to invent his own form of mathematics, “Terryology.”

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First Images: Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Caught Stealing’

April 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Darren Aronofsky’s new film, “Caught Stealing,” is set for August 27 release via Sony. Vanity Fair now has our first look images — eight of them — which can be seen below.

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‘Weapons': Warner Bros. Posts 2+ Hours of Security Cam Footage in Latest Marketing

April 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Warners is clearly taking a page out of Neon’s efficient “Longlegs” marketing from just a year ago, or if you want to go more retro, then what they seem to be going for in their marketing is something similar to the way ‘Blair Witch’ and ‘Cloverfield’ were promoted a few decades ago.

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Cannes 2027: Spitball #1 Includes Scorsese, Östlund, Bong, Chazelle, Nichols, Payne, Haynes, Weerasethakul — and Yes, Malick (Again)

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