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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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Nadav Lapid’s ‘Yes’ Finally Finds U.S. Distribution — No-Show at Fall Fests

August 20, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Isn’t it odd how “Yes” was utterly acclaimed at Cannes, yet hasn’t shown up at any of the big fall festivals? No Telluride. No TIFF. No NYFF.

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Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Screenings Sell Out 1000+ Shows Ahead of Theatrical Debut

August 20, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

1700 U.S. and Canadian theaters have already committed to the ‘Kpop’ singalong event, and as of August 19, a whopping 1,000 screenings were sold out.

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‘Happy Gilmore’ Had a $150M+ Budget?

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

What’s amusing is how Netflix spun this thing. The trades were spoon-fed a nice, clean figure: $30M. That’s what they said the budget was.

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Jeffrey Wright & Octavia Spencer Set For Chinonye Chukwu & Tony Kushner’s ‘Death Of A Salesman’

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“Death of a Salesman” is hard to pull off on film, but the talent assembled for this latest attempt is sure to turn some heads.

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Alicia Vikander Calls Her Oscar-Winning Film ‘The Danish Girl’ “Extremely Dated”

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Vikander has decided to throw the film she won an Oscar for under the bus, and not because of its quality, but rather because of its non-conformist casting.

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Zack Snyder’s Next Film, ‘The Last Photograph,’ Is a Colombia-Set Kidnapping Thriller — Shoots This Month

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Production begins this month in Colombia, with “Rebel Moon” alums Stuart Martin and Fra Fee cast in the lead roles. (Back in 2016, the film was set to star Christian Bale and Sean Penn.)

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

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James Gray Takes Aim at Letterboxd, First Reactions, Star Ratings and Tomatometers: ‘2001’ Would Probably Be Rotten If Released Today”

James Gray is taking aim at the instant gratification that's infected film discourse, including social media first reactions, and Letterboxd. Oh, and he hates Rotten Tomatoes.

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

Pino Donaggio confirmed he'll score De Palma's next feature, "Sweet Vengeance." It would be their ninth film together, a partnership that dates back 50 years to "Carrie."

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Ari Aster's ‘Scapegoat' Has Started Shooting in New York City

Darius Khondji is back behind the camera as DP. That's a pairing that should give this thing Aster’s usual very specific, unnerving texture. Bobby Krlic is back to compose his fourth straight Aster movie.

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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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