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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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‘Austin Powers 4' Is Happening? Mike Myers Says He's “Writing It Right Now"

Part of the reason a fourth 'Austin Powers' was never made is that Myers basically stepped away from the industry. After "The Love Guru" bombed in 2008, he all but disappeared from leading roles.

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‘Gatto’ Trailer: Pixar's Next Original Film Ditches Glossy CGI

"Gatto," featuring the voices of Mark Ruffalo, Laurence Fishburne, Enrico Casarosa, John Turturro, Jason Schwartzman, Isabella Rosellini, and Jason Mantzoukas, arrives in theaters on March 5, 2027.

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‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Has 10 Credited Writers, Including Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman

The WGA directory has updated its listing for "Avengers: Doomsday," and the final tally is a whopping ten writers on “Avengers: Doomsday.”

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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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Doug Liman To Direct ‘The Stand,’ Stephen King’s Most Ambitious (and Most Cursed) Story

June 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Yes, “The Stand.” King’s apocalyptic novel, all 1,152 pages of it. A behemoth. A Mount Everest of tales that Hollywood has tried, and mostly failed, to make for decades.

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Pixar’s Sequel Era Claims Another Classic: ‘Ratatouille 2’ Is in the Works

June 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

This is yet another in a growing trend for Pixar, which has been leaning harder than ever into sequels and legacy IP. They already have three other sequels coming up.

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Was James Dean Gay? New Biopic Explores the Actor’s Alleged Romance

June 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

According to THR, Brandon Flynn (”True Detective: Night Country”) has been cast as the Hollywood icon in “Willie and Jimmy Dean.”

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‘Steve’ First Look: Cillian Murphy Reunites With ‘Small Things Like These’ Director

June 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s your first look at Cillian Murphy in “Steve,” which follows a harrowing day in the life of a teacher at a last-chance reform school.

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Pixar Chief Says, “It's A Rough Time" as ‘Elio’ Stumbles, Sequels Multiply

June 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

John Lasseter’s exit marked a turning point for Pixar. As the creative force behind nearly every Pixar classic, Lasseter brought not just vision, but a deep understanding of storytelling

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Duncan Jones is Back With CG-Animated ‘Rogue Trooper'

June 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

If this doesn’t land—critically or commercially—it may cement Jones as a cautionary tale of wasted promise. But if it works? Then maybe “Moon” and “Source Code” weren’t flukes. Maybe “Warcraft” and “Mute” were detours.

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Fincher/Pitt’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Plans Six-Month Shoot, Hundreds of Actors, Pricey Budget

June 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The film is reportedly planning a very ambitious shoot. The current schedule has production due to start on July 28, 2025 and leaking all the way to January 16, 2026.

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Luca Guadagnino Names ‘Ghosts of Mars’ One of the Best Films of the 21st Century

June 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Yes, that Ghosts of Mars. The 2001 space-Western-slash-Industrial-metal-hangout-movie featuring Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, and a whole lot of red lighting.

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Erik Messerschmidt is DP on Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’

June 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Ridley Scott has hired Erik Messerschmidt — known for his work with David Fincher (”Mindhunter,” ”Mank,” “The Killer”) and Michael Mann (”Ferrari”).

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Netflix Says It Will Never Release Kevin Spacey’s ‘Gore’ — Citing Tax Write-Off

June 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Producer Andy Paterson says Netflix told him “They do not intend to ever release the picture or sell it to a third party,” citing that the film was a tax write-off.

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LOL: James Gunn Denies Report He’s Getting ‘Batman 2’ Script This Week

June 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

This morning, Gunn himself hopped on social media to politely (and by politely, we mean passive-aggressively) swat the rumor down, saying the report was “not true.”

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Latest ‘Weapons' Trailer Drops!

June 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A full two-minute trailer for Zach Cregger’s “Weapons” just landed this morning. And yes, it looks gorgeously horrific. Cinematography and framing are top-tier.

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‘Splitsville’ Trailer: Tender, Hilarious Divorce Romp is Peak Comedy

June 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a film that didn’t nearly get enough attention at Cannes but will be worth seeking out when it gets released later this summer. It’s both a tender and riotously funny treat.

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Marvel Claims To Have Finally “Cracked” The Story For ‘Blade’ Reboot

June 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Since the project was first announced at Comic-Con 2019, delays have piled up: COVID, WGA/SAG strikes, multiple re-writes, casting changes, director exits.

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Ezra Miller To Co-Write and Star in Lynne Ramsay-Directed Vampire Movie

June 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lynne Ramsay and Ezra Miller are co-writing a Vampire movie together. Ramsay will direct. Miller is set to star. It’s a collaboration not many saw coming.

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Report: Most Exhibition Execs Believe Moviegoing Has Less Than 20 Years Left

June 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There’s a growing sense of fatalism among the people running America’s movie theaters. I just came across a new industry survey that paints a sobering picture.

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Bertrand Bonello to Direct ‘Santo Subito' — Shoots This Fall

June 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

French director Bertrand Bonello is coming off his critically acclaimed “The Beast,” which was unlike any film he’d made before, mixing period-era romanticism, sci-fi and Lynchian depravity.

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Johnny Depp: “I Was A Crash Test Dummy For #MeToo”

June 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Johnny Depp has resurfaced in a lengthy new interview with The Sunday Times, and it’s the first major sitdown he’s given, to any publication, in years.

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Inside David Lowery's ‘Mother Mary'; A24’s “Bewildering" Mess Might Sit Out 2025

June 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

David Lowery and A24’s “Mother Mary” started filming in May 2023. It finally wrapped in August 2024. Otherwise, we’ve heard zilch about this film or any release plans, until now.

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Box Office: ‘Elio' $21M Debut is Record-Low For Pixar, ‘28 Years Later' Hits $29M

June 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There’s something oddly admirable about Sony reviving “28 Days Later” with Danny Boyle back in the driver’s seat. Same goes for Disney/Pixar, who are stubbornly trying to push original storytelling with “Elio.”

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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

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

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