Here’s a quick update on the somewhat renewed interest surrounding 1995’s “Batman Forever,” which next month, will be celebrating its 30th anniversary.

M. Night Shyamalan is now the latest filmmaker to embrace the film format. Confirmed by DP Adolpho Veloso, Shyamalan’s “Remain” will be shot in VistaVision

Production has shut down on Charlie Kaufman’s ”Later the War,” no clear reasons were given to me, but cast and crew have left, and one of the Polish producers bailed.

Dev Patel is again the taking on the roles of writer, director, and lead actor in his sophomore effort, “The Peasant,” an unconventional period action thriller.

Madison is set to star alongside Kirsten Dunst in “Reptilia,” a new film directed by Alejandro Landes Echavarría (”Monos”). The project is set to start production this fall.

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.” 

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

“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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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,