Earlier in the week, Tom Rhys Harries nabbed the titular lead role in DC Studios’ “Clayface.” The studio chose the rising Welsh actor over the likes of Jack O’Connell and George MacKay.

Danny Boyle seems to be doing his best impression of someone trying to distance himself from his own legacy — and not just any legacy, but his Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire.”

Matt Reeves is finally turning in his script for “The Batman: Part II” on Monday— news that’s sure to be met with a mix of relief and exasperation over at Warner Bros. and DC Studios.

A shortlist of directors has already started pitching their visions for the next 007 chapter — the first of what Amazon hopes will be a revitalized, globally dominant franchise.

Travolta’s latest contribution to the Redbox Hall of Fame is something called “High Rollers” in which he plays (you guessed it) a master thief pulled back for “one last job.”

Dave Bautista has joined the cast of Guy Ritchie’s “Road House 2,” which already had Jake Gyllenhaal returning as Dalton. The film shoots in September.

Luca Guadagnino was already deep into pre-production when he was informed that “Sgt. Rock” was being shelved, a decision that almost certainly came from James Gunn himself.

Thanks to Juneteenth being a federal holiday, It’s a quiet day on the film front, but that makes it the perfect moment to turn attention to Venice.

Back in January, a “Superman” teaser dropped, and instead of awe and admiration, it gifted the internet with a close-up of the Man of Steel that had everyone asking, “Why does his face look like it’s eating the rest of his body?”

The upcoming legal drama “Nuremberg,” written and directed by James Vanderbilt, stars Russell Crowe as Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring.

The film currently has a 78 on Metacritic and sits at 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. Why did Sony make critics wait until the very last day to publish their reviews? It’s mind-boggling.

Jeremy Saulnier’s mysterious A24 project now has a title, “October.” Not just that, Cory Michael Smith will star in the lead role. The film is set to shoot this fall.

So, we’re talking a trilogy of “Mindhunter” movies here. Wouldn’t that be something? Here’s hoping David Fincher is planning to direct all three.

Sources close to the filmmaker suggest the 86-year-old director feels strongly that “Megalopolis” should not be watched on a television screen. 

There’s been these persistent rumors, for well over a year now, that Johnny Depp would be returning to the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise.

The Criterion Channel has secured the rights to stream Wong Kar Wai’s “Blossoms” in the United States. A fall release is being eyed. As far as the international front, MUBI will be taking care of several regions.

Kathryn Bigelow’s long-anticipated Netflix film, previously known only as the “Untitled White House Thriller,” finally has a title: “House of Dynamite.” It marks Bigelow’s first film in eight years.

It’s a game of hype inflation, where even mediocre films are branded as “masterpieces.” These reactions aren’t reviews; they’re marketing in disguise, and anyone taking them as serious critical barometers is being willfully naive.