Keeping a close eye on how well the latest Marvel extravaganza, “Thunderbolts,” will be doing this weekend at the box office. On Thursday, the film earned $11M in previews, that’s $1M less than what “Captain America: Brave New World” did in February.

Here’s a Vanity Fair first look at Oliver Hermanus’ “History of Sound,” which is set to compete for the Palme d’Or at Cannes later this month. The film stars Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor.

Johnson is hopeful that the next installment in the Knives Out series, expected to arrive this fall, will be shown in more theaters than ‘Glass Onion’ was. However, Ted Sarandos and Netflix’s bullish anti-theatrical “business model” might prevent that.

A quick Cannes Film Festival update. We’re just 11 days away from opening night, and the schedule is starting to take shape. A tentative schedule is starting to leak and can be seen below.

Deadline has just posted a report on the five biggest money losers of 2024, and surprisingly, “Furiosa” lost more money than “Megalopolis,” Kraven the Hunter,” and “Borderlands.”

Focus has decided to bump up “Bugonia” by a few weeks. It’s now slated for October 24, 2025 release in select theaters before expanding nationwide on October 31. The film will, in all likelihood, have a world premiere booked at the Venice Film Festival in early September.

Playing in Cannes competition, as did three his previous films. THR’s Scott Feinberg is hearing that ‘Phoenician Schene’ might be Wes Anderson’s best work in well over 10 years.

“Clayface” will now be going through a complete script overhaul. Reportedly, Mike Flanagan submitted a draft, but it was still in early form, and a new writer has been hired.

Last year, “Gladiator II” cinematographer John Mathieson threw Ridley Scott under the bus, telling an outlet that Scott had become a “lazy” filmmaker. Unsurprisingly, he’s not reteaming with Scott on “The Dog Stars.”

Florian Zeller’s debut, “The Father,” was an acclaimed and Oscar-winning film (98% on RT). Most critics believe he struck out with his sophomore effort, 2022’s critically maligned “The Son” (29% on RT).

David Lynch’s 1980 film, shot in black and white, explored the life of Joseph Merrick. There are now two projects in development about Merrick’s life, one of them will star Pearson.

One source raised the possibility that Guadagnino remained untested in the realm of action movies, and even though the budget was mid-range, higher-ups may have wavered in their confidence.

Hollywood courted Miike for years. Looks like it's finally happening. The man has directed 103 films — might as well take a stab at Hollywood now. He has two American projects in the works.

Back in February, A24 bought “Sorry Baby,” the most acclaimed film of Sundance 2025, for $8M, The film is set for release on June 27, with a pit stop at Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight later this month.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.