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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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‘Nuremberg’ Trailer: Rami Malek vs Russell Crowe in TIFF-Bound Drama

July 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The film, which is set to have its world premiere at TIFF, has released its first trailer. It looks well-shot, but conventional, with meaty roles for two Oscar winners.

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‘Fantastic Four’ To Drop 61% in Weekend Two: The MCU's New Reality?

July 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

‘Fantastic Four’ is projected to see a steep 61% drop in its second weekend, according to their sources, bringing in an estimated $45M. In case you’re wondering, that’s not good.

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‘Naked Gun' Reboot is One of the Best Comedies of the Decade — 78 on MC, 90% on RT

July 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

As you can tell, the review embargo has lifted, and “Naked Gun” is getting strong notices. So far, it’s 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and 77 on Metacritic. Easily one of the best reviewed comedies of the entire decade.

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‘Zootopia 2’ Hopes to Be Rare Animated Sequel That Surpasses Original [Trailer]

July 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It's rare for animated sequels to surpass the original, but the ‘Toy Story’ and ‘Paddington’ franchises are standout exceptions. Can Zootopia do the same?

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Bradley Cooper's ‘Is This Thing On?' to Close 63rd New York Film Festival

July 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Bradley Cooper’s third directorial effort, “Is This Thing On?,” has been selected as the Closing Night film of the 63rd New York Film Festival. The dramatic comedy will screen on October 10 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

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James Cameron to Make ‘The Devils’ “For Fun” and Because “It’s Off Its Tits”

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The director recently scooped up the rights to Joe Abercrombie’s fantasy novel “The Devils,” which has rocketed to the top of the New York Times bestseller list.

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Abdellatif Kechiche’s ‘Mektoub: Canto Due’: 1000 Hours of Footage, Seven Years of Editing & Only Finished After a Stroke

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A new investigative report, from Liberation, on the elusive filmmaker has now been published just as “Mektoub: Canto Due” is set to premiere at Locarno.

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Celine Song Set to Write ‘My Best Friend's Wedding' Sequel

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Song clearly isn’t slowing down. After the critical success of “Past Lives” and this summer’s “Materialists,” the filmmaker has decided to stick with romance and revive the romcom.

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‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Breaks Netflix Records With Biggest U.S. Movie Debut Ever

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Adam Sandler just scored himself, and his usual crew, another all-expenses-paid Netflix vacation. The only question now: is it time for “Billy Madison 2,” “The Waterboy 2,” or “Grown Ups 3”?

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Sam Raimi’s ‘Send Help’ Test Screens to Rave Reactions: A Darkly Hilarious “Return to Form"

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I come bearing good news. Sam Raimi’s “Send Help” has now test-screened in California, and early word is, it’s actually very good. This is the artistic comeback Raimi needed.

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Confirmed: Erik Messerschmidt is DP on David Fincher's ‘Cliff Booth'

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

We assumed Robert Richardson wouldn’t be DP on “The Adventures of Cliff Booth,” which just started production, and we now can confirm that Erik Messerschmidt is indeed taking the reins.

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‘Blue Moon’ Trailer: Ethan Hawke Leads Linklater’s Decade-in-the-Making Rodgers & Hart Biopic

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Linklater and Hawke have been wanting to make this film for well over 10 years. In fact, the script was ready over a decade ago,

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Madonna Still Very Much Set to Write and Direct Biopic of Her Own Life — Julia Garner to Star

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Garner says the film, not its TV incarnation, very much still exists. “That’s supposed to still happen,” Garner recently told the SmartLess podcast recently (via Variety).

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Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’ Sets Summer 2026 Release, Eyes Cannes Premiere

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Production on “Hope,” Na Hong-jin’s long-gestating sci-fi thriller, quietly began in late 2023, and is now in the editing stages.

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‘28 Years Later' Hits VOD as Third Instalment Remains in Limbo

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Despite great reviews, Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later” earned $70M domestically, $150M worldwide, a far cry from the promise of a trailer that had gone viral online.

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‘Gremlins 3' Has Script Waiting to be Approved by Spielberg

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Earlier this year, Warner Bros. quietly confirmed that a new ‘Gremlins’ movie was in development. Now, it actually seems as though ‘Gremlins 3’ is very close to becoming a reality.

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First Look at Brad Pitt in David Fincher’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Sequel

July 29, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

While Brad Pitt was sporting a buzz cut during his “F1” promo tour, the Oscar winner has been spotted in full Cliff Booth mode — costume on, wig in place.

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Francis Ford Coppola Says ‘Glimpses of the Moon’ Is Ready to Shoot — But He Can’t Afford to Make It: “I Used My Last $100 Million”

July 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Turns out — to the shock of absolutely no one — Francis Ford Coppola can’t find the money to finance his next project.

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A24 & Chris Rock’s ‘Misty Green’ to Star Rosalind Eleazar, Daniel Kaluuya (!), Adam Driver, & Anna Kendrick

July 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Expect more to emerge as production on “Misty Green” continues — and don’t be surprised if this one lands somewhere on A24’s fall 2026 slate.

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‘Weapons’ Hides Behind a 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score — Only Carefully Selected Critics Have Reviewed It

July 28, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The review embargo has lifted more than a few weeks before the film hits theaters, but only for specifically selected publications.

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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: ‘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

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