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‘Wonka’ Sequel “Delayed Indefinitely”

The original plan was to start production this year, but Chalamet is now getting pickier about what comes next for him. He still hasn’t decided, but it won’t be “Wonka 2,” which is “delayed indefinitely.”

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‘Spring Breakers 2’ Is Getting Worse, Bella Thorne to Direct Sequel: “It’s Going to Be So Litty, Litty McTitties”

Bella Thorne has confirmed that not only is she starring in the Korine-less sequel, but she is also directing “Spring Breakers 2.” Yes, Bella Thorne, the former Disney star, who won a Pornhub directing award.

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David Fincher’s ‘Squid Game’ U.S. Spinoff Shelved by Netflix — Is His Time at Netflix Up?

Netflix is no longer moving forward with the series, which went by the working title “Heckler” and was supposed to have production take place in the UK. Dennis Kelly (“Utopia”) had been hired to write the scripts.

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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ Faces Reshoots After Mixed Test Scores

‘Narnia’ was originally slated for release in November 2026 before being pushed to February 2027, and the official reason given to the trades was that it just wasn’t ready to hit that date.

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Morgan Freeman Says He’ll Overlook a Mediocre Script “If They’re Going to Pay You Enough”

Freeman is far from retired. Case in point, all the straight-to-VOD movies he’s been making these past 10 years. Scrolling through his filmography, the last true “Hollywood” year Freeman had was in 2016.

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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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IndieWire’s 100 Best Films of the ’70s List is More Branding Than Canon

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Commendable in spirit, but let’s be real, this isn’t consensus-building criticism. It’s branding. If you’re going to be that audacious, don’t call it a “Best of” list.

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Box-Office: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tracking Lower Than ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ — $20-22M Opening

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

PTA described his career and style as “box-office challenged.” Yet “One Battle After Another” will be his biggest commercial swing, with a reported budget anywhere from $150M–$175M.

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Danny Boyle to Direct ‘Ink’ — Rupert Murdoch Biopic Starring Guy Pearce and Jack O’Connell

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Hot off the strong reviews he garnered for “28 Years Later,” Danny Boyle has set up his next film at Studiocanal Production.

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‘State of Play’: The Film That Killed The Mid-Budget Movie in Hollywood?

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Its director, Kevin Macdonald, seems to believe the film marked the end of an era for adult-driven mid-budget productions.

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‘The Ballad of a Small Player’ Trailer Promises a Lush, Hyper-Stylized Gambler’s Tale

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Edward Berger has a new film in the can, premiering at the Telluride Film Festival. It’s called “The Ballad of a Small Player," and stars Colin Farrell as a compulsive gambler.

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Greig Fraser Will Be the Cinematographer for Sam Mendes’ 4 ‘Beatles’ Films — Won’t Return for ‘The Batman 2’

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Fraser will now serve as cinematographer on Sam Mendes’ four planned Beatles films, starring Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan, and Joseph Quinn.

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Pawel Pawlikowski’s ‘1949’ to Star Sandra Hüller — Łukasz Żal is DP

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Pawlikowski’s last two films, “Ida” and “Cold War,” were critically-acclaimed films, both shot in black and white. I would bet good money this one will also be lensed that way.

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Carl Rinsch: “I Was in a State of Psychosis” While Wasting Netflix’s $61 Million

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Attorneys for Rinsch are preparing to argue that he was experiencing a “state of psychosis” during the making of “Conquest” and therefore lacked the capacity to intentionally defraud Netflix of $11M.

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Coen Brothers' Horror Movie Still Happening; Joel Coen Starts Shooting ‘Jack of Spades’ in Scotland [Updated]

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Ethan recently confirmed that he and Joel had written a script, a horror project, and that the two would “hopefully” make it down the line.

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Nia DaCosta Says Her ‘28 Years Later’ Sequel Has Something ‘The Marvels’ Didn’t: “A Really Solid Script”

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

DaCosta might have been chewed up and spit out by Marvel’s machine, but she’s already noticing there’s life, and artistic freedom, after the MCU.

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Osgood Perkins’ ‘Keeper’ Trailer Promises Slow-Burn Terror

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The trailer is sharp, and unnerving. It not only offers a clearer sense of the film’s story but also plays like two teasers in one — each unfolding from a different character’s perspective.

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Anya Taylor-Joy to Star as Joni Mitchell in Cameron Crowe-Directed Biopic

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Anya Taylor-Joy is in talks to play the iconic singer-songwriter. She will play Mitchell during her peak years, while Meryl Streep will play Mitchell during the later part of the singer’s career

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Sharon Stone Rejects ‘Basic Instinct’ Reboot Role: “Good F***ing Luck”

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

When asked on the Today show about the project, which has original screenwriter Joe Eszterhas returning to update the 1992 erotic thriller, Stone flat out slammed the project.

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Ben Stiller Plans WWII “Survival” Movie This Spring — Won’t Direct ‘Severance’ Season 3

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Stiller is prepping an untitled WWII “survival” film, aiming for a spring 2026 shoot. No further details were mentioned. 

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October 7 Doc ‘The Road Between Us’ Will Screen Only Once at TIFF, Press Shut Out

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The festival’s solution — a single Monday showing, closed off from press and distributors. The doc will barely be seen.

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First Posters for Guillermo del Toro's ‘Frankenstein'

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

We have our first posters for Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” which is set to world premiere at Venice next week and will screen at TIFF in September. No Telluride and NYFF for del Toro’s latest.

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Quentin Tarantino’s Final Film Delayed as Director Commits to Two-Year Stage Play Project

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Speaking on the podcast, the 61-year-old filmmaker revealed that his next project won’t be a film at all, but a stage play, and it’s coming sooner than anyone expected.

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YouTube Wants to Acquire Rights to The Oscars

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Last year, Disney and AMPAS were negotiating a deal worth more than $100M per year, but conversations have stalled since then.

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Ian McKellen Teases Gandalf and Frodo’s Return in Andy Serkis’ ‘The Hunt For Gollum’

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Only Viggo Mortensen has shown hesitancy to return, and if he refuses to star in ‘Gollum’ then he would have to “hand off” the character to another actor.

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Spike Lee’s Colin Kaepernick Doc Shelved by ESPN Over “Creative Differences’”

August 17, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Spike Lee and ESPN began collaborating on an extensive documentary about Colin Kaepernick in early 2022. It was titled “Da Saga of Colin Kaepernick.” 

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‘The Odyssey’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Epic Is a Flawed but Astonishing Spectacle — Rave Reviews Confirm Best Picture Frontrunner

There is something undeniably powerful about a film that swings this hard, that embraces myth, spectacle, and the strange dream logic of ancient storytelling.

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Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ Gets Reshoots, Won’t Premiere at Venice Film Festival

About a month ago, Variety published a piece saying that “The Social Reckoning” was being submitted to the Venice Film Festival. I can confirm now that will definitely not be happening.

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Joel Coen’s ‘Jack of Spades’ Delayed to 2027

The film stars Josh O’Connor, Lesley Manville, Frances McDormand, and Damien Lewis, but no plot details have been revealed. All we know is that it’s a “gothic mystery” set in 1880s Scotland.

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Christopher Nolan’s Place in Cinema History: Genius, Overrated, or Something In Between?

Nolan has changed what a modern blockbuster can be, and that alone is a significant legacy. The bigger question is whether he has truly transformed cinema itself, or simply reinvented the blockbuster.

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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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