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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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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is on Track to Become Netflix’s #1 Movie of All Time

August 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s been seven weeks since “KPop Demon Hunters” was released, and the viewing numbers on Netflix refuse to come back down to earth.

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Joe Swanberg Sets First Feature in Eight Years, Casts Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson

August 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Joe Swanberg, one of the central architects and amplifiers of the mumblecore genre, hasn’t directed a feature length film since 2017’s underrated “Win it All.”

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‘Him’ Trailer: Jordan Peele Didn't Direct This

August 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

While Jordan Peele is still deciding what his next film will be, the just-released trailer for “Him” cannot be mistaken as Peele’s long-teased next film. Even though it will.

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‘Weapons' is Still 100% on Rotten Tomatoes — $40M Opening?

August 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Cregger has suddenly become Hollywood’s horror golden boy. “Weapons” is his big swing, and if it connects, which all signs are pointing to, it could fully launch him into the top tier of genre auteurs.

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Robert Elswit is DP on ‘Punisher'

August 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Now, I don't know how much Marvel paid Robert Elswit to be cinematographer on this upcoming ‘Punisher,’ but they clearly watched his night scenes in “Nightctawler” and said “we want THAT.”

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‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Trailer Showcases Rose Byrne’s Career-Best Performance

August 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Despite premiering almost nine months ago, it’s now headed to the fall fests with bows at NYFF, TIFF, and Telluride. Don’t be surprised if it also screens at the BFI London Film Festival.

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Shawn Levy's ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Begins Filming This Fall with Ryan Gosling, Matt Smith & Mia Goth

August 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The project, which is being helmed by “Deadpool & Wolverine” director Shawn Levy, is based on a script from Jonathan Tropper (“Your Friends & Neighbors”).

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Mel Gibson’s’ Resurrection of the Christ’ Will Be Two-Part Epic, Hits Theaters March and May 2027

August 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Mel Gibson’s sequel to “The Passion of the Christ” begins filming next month in Rome, and now we have a twist that further details the filmmaker’s mad ambitions on this project.

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Francis Ford Coppola Hospitalized in Rome Following ‘Megalopolis’ Screening

August 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Coppola had been in the country presenting a screening of “Megalopolis” at the Magna Grecia Film Festival in Calabria.

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Emerald Fennell’s Hyper-Sexualized ‘Wuthering Heights’ Gets Polarized Reception at First Test Screening [Updated]

August 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” held its first test screening last night in Dallas, and early impressions suggest a rocky road ahead.

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Jason Reitman Exits ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ Following “Creative Clashes,” Days Before Production Starts

August 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Reitman, fresh off the mixed reception to his SNL origin story “Saturday Night”, had been working behind the scenes for weeks, developing the tone and structure of the project.

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‘Rental Family' Trailer: Brendan Fraser Stars in Japan-Set Indie Crowdpleaser

August 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Searchlight Pictures has officially dated “Rental Family” for a November 21, 2025 release, right in the thick of awards season, and now a trailer has been unveiled.

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‘Jay Kelly' Trailer: George Clooney and Adam Sandler Star in Noah Baumbach’s Potential Oscar Contender

August 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly” has a trailer. This one will be headed to Venice, Telluride and NYFF in the coming weeks. It’s fast becoming one of the hotter titles of this year’s fall festival circuit.

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Leonardo DiCaprio in Talks for Michael Mann’s ‘Heat 2’ as Budget Circles $170M, Warner Bros-Apple Co-Finance?

August 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Leonardo DiCaprio has been in talks with Mann about starring. Nothing signed, just yet. But if he commits, this becomes a greenlight.

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Lee Chang-dong's ‘Possible Love’ Confirmed as Netflix Original

August 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s been a long, silent stretch since Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning” lit up Cannes back in 2018— seven years, to be exact. But the revered South Korean auteur of melancholic realism is ready to return behind the camera.

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Claire Denis’ ‘The Fence’ to World Premiere at TIFF

August 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“The Fence” stars Mia McKenna-Bruce, Matt Dillon, and the great Isaach de Bankolé. A first look image was released, and can be seen above.

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NYFF 63 Lineup includes Park, Bigelow, Guadagnino, Jarmusch, Denis, and Baumbach

August 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

With the 63rd New York Film Festival set to launch from September 26 to October 13, the official Main Slate has been revealed, and it’s a loaded lineup.

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Critics Poll: Martin Scorsese's Best Films, According to 130 Critics

August 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The legendary director has made 26 feature films, not counting docs, and the task of selecting his best film was, for some participants, too daunting.

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James Cameron Plans to Shoot ‘Ghosts of Hiroshima’ in 3D: “I Want to Show You How it Was Like”

August 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Cameron is revealing that while he hasn’t written the script yet, he’s “fully committed” to ‘Hiroshima’ and intends to shoot it between Avatar 3 and Avatar 4.

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Sydney Sweeney’s Hollywood Career Just Got a Whole Lot More Complicated

August 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

This controversy Sydney Sweeney is embroiled in is the kind of baggage that can sink almost any other actress.

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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: ‘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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