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Mel Gibson Says ‘Lethal Weapon 5’ Could Finally Happen After Paramount’s Warner Bros. Takeover

Gibson is now 70 and his co-star, Danny Glover, is 80, but more pertinently, Glover has Alzheimer’s — which complicates everything. Gibson remains undeterred. They do call him Mad Mel for a reason, you know.

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Lars Von Trier Has Almost Completed the Screenplay For His Final Film

Lars Von Trier is working on the 15th—and likely final—film of his career, “After,” and according to his producer, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, the screenplay is supposed to be completed this month

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Mel Gibson Says ‘Resurrection of the Christ’ Not in Aramaic Because the Story Is Too “Complex” for Subtitles

Gibson isn’t shooting the sequels in Aramaic and Latin. They’re in English. He now explains the decision, saying the material became too complicated to ask audiences to process through subtitles.

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David Ellison Ready to Sign Three-Year Deal Promising 30 Paramount/Warner Bros. Movies a Year in Theaters

Paramount/Skydance’s David Ellison is making a big promise to theater owners as he tries to get that proposed $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal across the finish line.

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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Dominates With $145M Second Weekend as Sexless ‘One Night Only’ Bombs With $5M

“Spider Man: Brand New Day” with the highest 10-day domestic run ever. Through tomorrow, the US total will be $653M, and $1.7 billion worldwide. Talk about a blockbuster—this is the definition of one.

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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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Chad Stahelski’s ‘Highlander’ Reboot to Shoot in September

May 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Amazon/MGM and producer Scott Stuber acquired the rights to Chad Stahelski’s reboot. The script was written by Michael Finch, co-writer of “John Wick: Chapter 4.” 

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Disney Re-Releasing ‘Snow White’ in 1200+ Screens This Weekend

May 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

That’s right—the Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot box-office bomb is returning to theaters this weekend on 1,200+ screens, even though it’s set to be released digitally on Tuesday.

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Box-Office: ‘Thunderbolts' and ‘Sinners' to Battle for #1 This Weekend

May 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Last week’s number one film, “Thunderbolts,” is projected to bring in around $30M in its second weekend— that’s a 60% drop from its debut. However, what’s truly turning heads is that “Sinners,” now in its fourth weekend in theaters, is poised to challenge the Marvel release.

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Brandon Cronenberg's Next Film is Space-Horror ‘Dragons'

May 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Brandon Cronenberg has received funding from Telefilm Canada to shoot his next film, titled “Dragons.” It will be his fourth feature, following “Antiviral,” “Possessor,” and “Infinity Pool.”

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James Gray's ‘Paper Tiger' to Star Scarlett Johannson, Miles Teller, and Adam Driver — Production Starts Next Month

May 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Previously announced, James Gray is set to direct “Paper Tiger,” which is being described as a domestic crime drama. This is set to be his first film in almost four years.

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Donald Trump Biopic in the Works from ‘Ferrari' Producer With $100M Budget

May 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Fresh off Ali Abassi’s “The Apprentice,” a much higher profiled, big-budget biopic about Donald Trump is currently in development, with a budget of $100M.

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Jane Schoenbrun's ‘‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’ Has A Cast, Acquired by MUBI

May 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Jane Schoenbrun (“I Saw the TV Glow”) has cast Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”) and Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”) in the lead roles of “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.” MUBI has also boarded the film, which is scheduled to begin filming on May 12.

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‘Napoleon Dynamite' Sequel in the Works

May 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“Napoleon Dynamite” was the ultimate accidental cult classic—a low-budget, deadpan tackling of awkward teens, tater tots, and tetherball that somehow turned a llama-feeding nerd in moon boots into a mid-2000s icon.

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James Foley, Director of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ Dies at 71

May 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

James Foley, the veteran director recognized for his early work in crime and noir, has passed away at the age of 71, according to TheWrap. A spokesperson shared that Foley had been quietly facing brain cancer over the past year and died peacefully in his sleep.

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Jake Schreier Tapped to Direct Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ Reboot

May 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

After “Thunderbolts,” director Jake Schreier has lined up Marvel’s highly anticipated “X-Men” reboot as his next directing gig. 

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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Described as “Epic of all Epics” — “They’re Never Going to Make A Movie Like This Again”

May 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Stunt coordinator James Newman is now sharing his experience working on Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” and it sounds as big and epic as we expected.

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Nicolas Winding Refn's ‘Her Private Hell' Starts Production in Tokyo

May 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a major update: Refn’s latest, which stars Charles Melton, Sophie Thatcher, Kristine Froseth, and Havana Rose Liu, has started production in Tokyo, Japan.

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Theo James Replaces Adrien Brody in S. Craig Zahler’s ‘The Bookie and the Bruiser’

May 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A few weeks ago, I was told that production on S. Craig Zahler’s “The Bookie and the Bruiser” had hit a snag, and been pushed back, most likely due to recent Oscar winner Adrien Brody’s busy schedule.

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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Remain’ Sets October 2026 Release via Warner Bros

May 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Warner Bros. has hopped onboard and scheduled M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming supernatural romantic thriller, “Remain,” for release on October 23, 2026.

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Tom Hooper No Longer in Director’s Jail? His ‘Photograph 51' to Star Natalie Portman

May 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Is Tom Hooper finally out of director’s jail? Inflicting “Cats” upon an unsuspecting public, Hooper appears ready to rejoin polite cinematic society, having now attached himself to a hot package,

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Ti West Shoots ‘Scream Queen' in June

May 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a mysterious new project. I’m currently looking at a production grid that claims Ti West is shooting a mysterious new project called “Scream Queen” in Ireland on June 3.

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‘Fantastic Four' Reshoots Underway in L.A. Just Months Before Release

May 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

If this weren’t a Marvel movie, there might be cause for concern. However, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is currently undergoing reshoots in Los Angeles—just eight weeks ahead of its release. According to Disney, these reshoots are being described as 'standard protocol' for an MCU production.

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Cannes FINALLY Adds Bi Gan's ‘Resurrection' to Competition — 2 Hours 40 Minutes

May 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“Resurrection,” which is rumored to be 150 minutes, will screen on May 22. A first look image has been released for Gan’s film, which can be seen above. This is the Chinese filmmaker’s third film after the acclaimed “Kaili Blues,” and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.”

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‘Materialists' Trailer Plays Like A '90s Romcom

May 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

If this wasn’t directed by Song, or distributed by A24, would we even be paying attention to it? Probably not. I kept expecting the trailer to take a sharp turn into something darker or more surreal. Nope. Instead, it feels like they dusted off a script written in 1998.

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Wong Kar-Wai’s ‘Blossoms’ Finally Gets International Distribution via MUBI

May 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

After a long wait of eighteen months, there’s finally news on Wong Kar Wai’s “Blossoms,” at least on the distribution front. MUBI has acquired the rights to the 30-episode series.

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‘The Odyssey’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Epic Is a Flawed but Astonishing Spectacle — Rave Reviews Confirm Best Picture Frontrunner

There is something undeniably powerful about a film that swings this hard, that embraces myth, spectacle, and the strange dream logic of ancient storytelling.

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Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ Gets Reshoots, Won’t Premiere at Venice Film Festival

About a month ago, Variety published a piece saying that “The Social Reckoning” was being submitted to the Venice Film Festival. I can confirm now that will definitely not be happening.

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Joel Coen’s ‘Jack of Spades’ Delayed to 2027

The film stars Josh O’Connor, Lesley Manville, Frances McDormand, and Damien Lewis, but no plot details have been revealed. All we know is that it’s a “gothic mystery” set in 1880s Scotland.

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Christopher Nolan’s Place in Cinema History: Genius, Overrated, or Something In Between?

Nolan has changed what a modern blockbuster can be, and that alone is a significant legacy. The bigger question is whether he has truly transformed cinema itself, or simply reinvented the blockbuster.

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Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Tops the Best Films of the 1930s, According to 100+ Critics

We’ve gone through the decades. The ‘40s ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘2000s, and ‘2010s. — all revisited, argued over. Now, here are the results for the best films of the 1930s.

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Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

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Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.

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Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll

We’ve already covered the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Now we have the results for the Best Films of the 1960s.

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