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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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Woody Allen Says He'd Make A Film in “Wonderful” Russia, Ukrainian Officials Slam Remarks as “Disgrace"

August 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Allen cited Sergei Bondarchuk’s Oscar-winning “War and Peace” as a personal favorite and even went so far as to say he would love to make a film about “how good life is in Moscow and St. Petersburg.”

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Snoop Dogg Says ‘Lightyear’ Gay Kiss Scene Left Him “Scared” to Take Grandkids to Movies: “It F**ked Me Up”

August 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Snoop Dogg says the infamous same sex kiss scene in Pixar’s “Lightyear” left him rattled to his core.

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Kathryn Bigelow's ‘A House of Dynamite’ Adds Three New Stills to Its Slow-Burn Rollout

August 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Three new images were released, bringing the total to five so far, though the film itself remains largely mysterious. A trailer should be arriving soon.

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Dwayne Johnson Was “Scared” of Serious Roles Before ‘The Smashing Machine’ — Is Oscar Nom Coming?

August 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

With just a few days to go before the film premieres at Venice, the Dwayne Johnson Oscar campaign has officially commenced.

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A24’s ‘Ne Zha 2’ Wide Release Hits Year-Low $1.5M Opening

August 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A24 tried to hype up interest with an English-language re-release of China’s mega-hit “Ne Zha 2,” but U.S. audiences didn’t bite.

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Ron Howard’s ‘Eden’ Bombs With $1M Opening — $55M Budget

August 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Ron Howard’s “Eden” finally hit theaters on Friday, and that’s around two months after it leaked online, and practically a year since it premiered at TIFF.

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

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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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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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