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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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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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‘Superman’ Has $38M Saturday, Eyes $120M Weekend — Readers’ Thoughts?

July 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Did “Superman” work for you? Is Gunn’s vision the fresh start DC needed, or another swing that doesn’t quite connect?

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Mark Frost Confirms ‘Twin Peaks’ Won’t Continue Without David Lynch: “It Closed the Circle”

July 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It looks like we’ve reached the end of the road in the Red Room. Mark Frost, co-creator of “Twin Peaks,” has finally confirmed what many of us suspected.

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PTA’s ‘One Battle After Another’ Skipping Venice Film Festival

July 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The news, while unconfirmed by the studio, aligns with growing speculation that Warner Bros. is looking to avoid another high-profile festival fumble.

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Alice Rohrwacher to Follow ‘La Chimera’ With a Silent Film

July 11, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The Italian filmmaker, known for her blend of magic realism with piercing humanism, has revealed she is prepping to shoot a silent film. 

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Tom Holland Says Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ “Is Going To Be Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen”

July 11, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

If these words sound hyperbolic, keep in mind they’re being said about a filmmaker who has continuously attempted to push technical and narrative boundaries with each film.

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‘Naked Gun’ Reboot is 84 Minutes

July 11, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

According to the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), the film clocks in at a breezy 84 minutes. Subtract end credits, and you’re likely looking at 80 minutes of comedy.

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‘Superman’ Earns $23M Previews, But How Much Does It Need to Break Even?

July 11, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A great start for “Superman, but what everyone’s really asking is: what does Jakes Gunn’s film actually need to make to be considered a win?

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Stellan Skarsgård Claims Ingmar Bergman Was a Nazi: “Cried When Hitler Died"

July 11, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The comments have now sparked fresh debate about Bergman’s personal life, often overshadowed by his transcendent films. Historically, Bergman’s biographical records have not documented Nazi sympathies.

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Hal Hartley Returns with First Film in a Decade — Kickstarter-Funded ‘Where to Land’ Made on $300K Budget

July 11, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s been ten years since Hal Hartley last stepped behind the camera. Since then, he’s been quietly getting “Where to Land” off the ground.

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‘Artificial': Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI Movie Struggled to Find a Studio: “Dull” Script Scared Off Paramount & Warner Bros.

July 11, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

According to Puck’s Matt Belloni, the project, written by Simon Rich (“An American Pickle”), had bounced around Hollywood for months due to the script.

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David Zaslav Rejected Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Superman Movie, Calling it “Too Woke”

July 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In April 2022, Zaslav took over as CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, and reportedly wanted nothing to do with the project — dismissing it behind closed doors as “too woke.”

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‘Superman' Opened to Raves. Two Days Later, the Tone Has Slightly Changed

July 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Warner Bros. played this one smart. Rather than the usual rollout, they invited a wave of online personalities — influencers, bloggers, YouTubers — to early screenings, both last week and earlier this week.

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Brendan Fraser’s ‘Rental Family’ Sets November Release as Searchlight Eyes Awards Season

July 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Just 48 hours after I reported on its exceptionally well-received test screening, Searchlight Pictures has officially slotted “Rental Family” for a November 21, 2025 release.

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Guy Ritchie Exits ‘Road House 2’

July 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Amazon/MGM has now been left scrambling for Ritchie’s replacement as production is due to begin eight weeks from now.

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Directors Who Haven’t Released a Film in Over a Decade

July 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

This decade has been difficult for many talented filmmakers to get their projects going. Hollywood’s been stuck in a risk-averse mindset. There’s been far less interest in investing in filmmaker-oriented films

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The 10 Best Superhero Movies of the 21st Century

July 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I’ve handpicked ten superhero movies that, in my view, actually, somewhat, justify the genre’s dominance in the 21st century. These are works that didn’t entirely sacrifice narrative for spectacle.

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Michel Franco Has Already Shot His Next Film, Which He’s Currently Editing

July 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Michel Franco has quietly been working on a new film, which isn’t just in development—it’s already been shot and is currently in the editing phase

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Ben Whishaw Joins Alex Garland’s ‘Elden Ring’ — A24’s Most Expensive Movie Ever?

July 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Alex Garland, fresh off “Civil War” and “Warfare,” is writing and directing “Elden Ring,” an adaptation of the best-selling video game, for A24.

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Peter Jackson Says He's Working on Three Scripts: “No, I'm Not Retired"

July 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Though he hasn’t directed a feature film since 2014’s “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” Jackson is adamant he hasn’t retired from moviemaking. In fact, he tells Screen Rant he’s currently developing three different screenplays.

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Dean Cain Says James Gunn’s “Woke” Stance on “Immigrant” Superman is “Going to Hurt” Box-Office

July 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Cain warned that framing Superman as a metaphor for open-border immigration risks alienating audiences. He’s even saying that it might hurt the film’s box-office numbers, which have been tracking quite well.

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Cannes 2027: Spitball #1 Includes Scorsese, Östlund, Bong, Chazelle, Nichols, Payne, Haynes, Weerasethakul — and Yes, Malick (Again)

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Brian De Palma's ‘Sweet Vengeance,' His First Film in 8 Years, Might Have a Cut Ready by February

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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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