Boots Riley has already shot his next film, titled “I Love Boosters,” in fact it wrapped production in November 2024, but don’t expect it to come out this year.
Read more‘Christy’: Sydney Sweeney Is Exceptional, but the Film Less So [TIFF]
What saves this film—what keeps the lights going—is Sydney Sweeney. She’s the reason this thing breathes. Her performance is exceptional.
Read more‘One Battle After Another’ Has Early Reactions That Sure Sound Promising
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” has been quietly screened for select press in New York and Los Angeles this past Friday.
Read more‘Steve’ Review: Cillian Murphy Suffocates in Tim Mielants’ Overbearing Boarding School Drama [TIFF]
Tim Mielants’ “Steve” is the kind of film that insists on its own intensity. It’s a suffocating experience, and that’s despite a committed Cillian Murphy performance.
Read morePaul Greengrass’ ‘The Lost Bus’ is Harrowing, Intense and Shameless [TIFF]
Paul Greengrass makes movies like a man chasing after panic with a camera, and in “The Lost Bus” he has a doozy of a subject: the 2018 Camp Fire.
Read more‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Exceeds Expectations, $80M+ Weekend Expected — WB’s Hot Streak Continues
Looks like we might be looking at a $25M Friday for “The Conjuring: The Last Rites.” The opening weekend is now aiming for the $80M mark. Unbelievable. Beyond expectations.
Read moreGolden Lion Race Heats Up as Jury “Rift” Rumored Over ‘Hind Rajab’ [Venice]
About “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” prominent Italian journalist Luigi Locatelli argues that it was “unfair” to screen it in competition, since its subject matter alone virtually guaranteed Golden Lion contention.
Read moreConfirmed: Jordan Peele Still Hasn’t Written A Script For His Next Film
Peele currently has no working script. He hasn’t written a thing. Does he even have an idea? Who knows.
Read moreEdward Berger Confirms Plans to Direct Next Jason Bourne Movie
Back in March, Universal had lost the rights to the Jason Bourne franchise which was being shopped around to other studios. They just got it back.
Read moreGreg Kwedar & Clint Bentley Follow ‘Sing Sing’/‘Train Dreams’ With Netflix’s ‘Saturn Return’ — Melton, Brosnahan and Poulter to Star
Netflix continues to pile up prestige projects, this time scooping up “Saturn Return,” a Chicago-set romance starring Charles Melton, Rachel Brosnahan, and Will Poulter.
Read moreFede Alvarez Exits ‘Alien: Romulus’ Sequel as Director
Study: Rotten Tomatoes Scores Inflated by 13% Compared to 10 Years Ago
Here’s Puck’s Matt Belloni with a very interesting study which he rounds out a sprawling research study as proof that we’re living in the Venice, Telluride, and the Rotten Tomatoes Mirage.
Read moreLynne Ramsay’s ‘Die, My Love’ Finally Gets Teaser Trailer
AI to Recreate Lost 43 Minutes of Orson Welles’ ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’
One of the great legends in movie history is the original, still unfound, cut of Orson Welles’ “The Magnificent Ambersons.” William Friedkin once called it the “holy grail of cinema.”
Read moreSteven Spielberg Tried to Direct ‘Call of Duty’ Movie, but Paramount Declined His Pitch
The problem? The “Spielberg Deal.” That means top-of-market pay, final cut, and full creative and marketing control.
Read moreTHR: Numerous Oscar Voters Saying ‘Hamnet’ is “Trauma Porn” and Overhyped
The narrative is also clear: this is Zhao’s big comeback. After being chewed up by Marvel with the much-maligned “Eternals,” “Hamnet”is being positioned as her redemption
Read moreA24 Boards Ben Stiller’s WWII Drama ‘Airman’ Starring Jeremy Allen White
Sydney Sweeney & David Michôd’s ‘Christy’ — Black Bear to Self-Distribute November Release
Sydney Sweeney is set to make her TIFF debut on Friday, September 5, with “Christy,” David Michôd’s boxing biopic about trailblazing fighter Christy Martin.
Read more‘Street Fighter’ Reboot Sets October 2016 Release— First Poster [Updated]
This is getting more eccentric. David Dastmalchian has been cast as the main villain. Furthermore, WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes is in talks to portray Guile.
Read moreJohn Swab to Direct Will Smith in ‘Fast and Loose’ Following Michael Bay’s Exit
A replacement for Bay has now been secured ahead of next month’s shoot — a filmmaker Smith can exert more control over. That person is John Swab.
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