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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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David Fincher’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Reshoots Set for August — Jeff Cronenweth to Replace Erik Messerschmidt as DP

The film had actually wrapped its six-month production in January 2026, and it’s been in post-production for the last eight months. Fincher is well known for taking his time in the editing room.

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‘Michael’ Sequel Targets Late 2027/Early 2028 Release

Lionsgate CEO Adam Fogelson has given an update on the “Michael” sequel, the studio’s blockbuster Michael Jackson biopic, which hit $1 billion at the box office this year.

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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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25 Years Later: The Best Films of 2000?

August 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lars von Trier’s “Dancer in the Dark,” an inventively depressing musical, won the Palme d’Or and featured a remarkable performance from, of all people, singer-songwriter Björk.

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Ben Stiller to Direct WWII Survival Drama ‘The Lost Airman,’ Jake Gyllenhaal to Lead? Shooting Spring 2026

August 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Originally announced in 2018 as a Jake Gyllenhaal-led vehicle (without Stiller attached), the film is based on Seth Meyerowitz’s book.

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‘Eternals’ Actors Says Harsh Reviews Sent Him to Therapy: “I Signed on for Six Marvel Movies”

August 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Kumail Nanjiani has revealed that his deal to portray Kingo in “Eternals” included a commitment for up to six films—a clause he believes applied to many of his fellow cast members as well.

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The 38 Most Anticipated Fall Movies

August 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

This fall is positively filled with marquee auteurs. We’re talking PTA, Bigelow, Baumbach, Lanthimos, Park, Safdie, Guadagnino, Jarmusch, del Toro, and more.

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After 3M+ Trailer Views in 4 Days, IFC Announces ‘Good Boy’ Expanding to Wide Release on October 3

August 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A $1M budgeted dog-led movie has gone viral in ways I don’t even think its distributor anticipated.

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2025 Marks First Time Since 2011 Without a $700M+ Comic Book Movie

August 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The streak is broken. For the first time in 14 years, the comic book movie machine has slowed down in a firm and meaningful way.

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Warner Bros. Developing Kobe Bryant Movie, ‘With the 8th Pick’

August 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Rather than a conventional biopic, the film will be designed as a draft-day “thriller” — set during the two weeks leading up to the 1996 NBA Draft.

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Eduardo Serra, Cinematographer Who Turned Images Into Paintings, Dies at 81

August 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

If there was a frequent motif in Serra’s work, it’s the balance between painterly beauty and emotional understatement, most notably in “Girl With The Pearl Earring” and “What Dreams May Come.”

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Tarantino Regrets Not Directing ‘The Outfit’ with De Niro, Keitel, and Grier, After ‘Jackie Brown

August 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Tarantino famously took six years off between “Jackie Brown” and “Kill Bill,” a stretch long enough that any new film would have had to land squarely in that gap.

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David Leitch on ‘The Fall Guy’ Sequel: “That Would Be A Dream”

August 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Many forget that when ‘Fall Guy’ was released, Gosling and Leitch were openly ambitious about turning it into a franchise, with a sequel script already writte.

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Kathryn Bigelow on ‘A House of Dynamite’: “We Rarely Speak of the Shadow of Annihilation”

August 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Kathryn Bigelow sheds a little more light on her upcoming film . Her thoughts read like a mission statement for what could be a most nerve-shredding film.

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Jerzy Skolimowski & Shia LaBeouf’s ‘Angel of Death’ in Trouble? Rumors of Project Collapse Despite Secured Funding

August 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A few months ago, I reported that Jerzy Skolimowski’s next film would be “Angel of Death.” It now sounds like behind the scenes trouble is brewing.

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James Gunn Celebrates ‘Superman’ Success, Calls Its Box-Office an “Enormous Relief”

August 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Gunn has vehemently dismissed reports claiming the film, which has earned $598M, needed $650M to break even as “absolutely false.”

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Ethan Coen’s ‘Honey Don’t’ Struggles: Negative Reviews and Weak $3M Opening

August 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

While Joel is currently shooting “Jack of Spades” in the UK, “Honey Don’t,” Ethan Coen’s second solo effort following “Drive-Away Dolls,” has crashed and burned with critics.

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First Look: Chloé Zhao Explains How Directing ‘Eternals’ Prepared Her for ‘Hamnet’

August 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

We only had one still for this film, that is until today’s Vanity Fair “first look” which gives us a more thorough peek at the film.

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Edward Berger Exited Directing ‘Ocean’s 14’ Because He Felt The Franchise “Belonged to Steven Soderbergh”

August 22, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Berger put it pretty bluntly: yes, he flirted with the idea of directing “Ocean’s 14.” He admits he was seduced, but then Berger sobered up.

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Box-Office: Netflix Eyes Historic #1 as ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ ($20M) Closes In on ‘Weapons’ ($14M)

August 21, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Netflix has never had a #1 movie at the box office, either domestically or globally, under the traditional theatrical model. ‘KPop’ is about to change that.

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Nicolas Cage in Talks to Lead ‘True Detective’ Season 5

August 21, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

if there’s one actor who could get me back in front of the screen for the fifth season of “True Detective,” it’s Nicolas Cage.

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Oscars: Is ‘Weapons’ the Surprise Best Picture Contender of 2025?

August 21, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Oscar voters have proven they can expand their tastes into genre. Just last year, “The Substance” defied the odds and made it to the dance. Why not “Weapons”?

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A24 Drops Zachary Wigon’s ‘Victorian Psycho’ — Bleecker Street Steps In

August 21, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A24 has curiusly dropped “Victorian Psycho,” the new psychological thriller from Zachary Wigon (“Sanctuary”). The film is currently shooting in Ireland.

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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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