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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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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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Report: Tobias Menzies Circling Key Villain Role in ‘The Batman Part II’

October 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Tobias Menzies — best known for his work on “Outlander,” “Game of Thrones,” and “The Crown” — is reportedly in talks for a major role in Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II.”

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Keanu Reeves Finally Happy With 'Constantine 2' Script After Rewrites

October 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Akiva Goldsman wrote the script. Francis Lawrence is supposed to return to direct, and, of course, Keanu Reeves will reprise the lead role.

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Woody Allen Admits “Problems With Financing" His Next Film

October 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s a position Allen has repeated many times: he’ll make films as long as someone is willing to bankroll them, but he won’t compromise. That support is unlikely to come from Hollywood.

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Revisiting the Best Movies of 2020

October 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The “lost movies” of 2020: the films from early on in the pandemic that deserved a better fate, but were nixed from theatrical release and relegated to being streamed at home.

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Glen Powell’s Career Was Ascending — Then Came ‘Chad Powers’

October 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

What’s truly perplexing is how a rising talent like Powell, whose star has been steadily ascending thanks to smart film choices, would attach himself to a series this braindead.

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Elisabeth Moss Says ‘The Invisible Man’ Sequel is Still Happening

October 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Don’t expect Leigh Whannell to return, though. He’s already expressed zero interest in making the sequel, saying he was satisfied with the film’s “perfect” ending.

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Ti West to Direct ‘Scrooge’ for Paramount?

October 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a strange one: a production grid is listing Ti West as shooting a project titled “Scrooge” in Ireland and England. No official word yet on whether it’s an actual Ebenezer Scrooge movie.

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‘The Smashing Machine’ Eyeing $9-$10M Debut — Can Dwayne Johnson Actually Get Oscar Nominated?

October 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

This year’s Best Actor race is in need of contenders, with only Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Allen White, and yes, Dwayne Johnson having generated any legitimate Oscar buzz.

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Francis Ford Coppola's ‘Glimpses of the Moon' to Start Production in Italy This November

October 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Coppola has secured his next project, “Glimpses of the Moon,” and it now looks like production may begin very soon. A casting call is making the rounds in Calibria, Italy.

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Quentin Tarantino’s 4-Hour ‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ Finally Set to Hit Theaters on December 5

October 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“I wrote and directed it as one movie — and I’m so glad to finally give fans the chance to see it as one movie,” Tarantino said in a statement.

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Report: ‘Indiana Jones 5’ Actually Cost $419M to Produce, Much Higher Than Initially Reported

October 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Forbes, citing Disney’s publicly disclosed financial filings, confirms that “Dial of Destiny’ has officially gone down as one of the most expensive movies ever made.

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James Cameron Says ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Runs Three Hours: “It Works Beautifully”

October 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It should be noted that Cameron didn’t clarify in that interview whether his “three hours” included the end credits; if not, then we can add another 8–12 minutes to the runtime.

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Steven Soderbergh’s Best Films, According to Over 100 Critics

October 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Following polls on PTA, Coen, Scorsese, Spielberg, Scott, and Nolan, we turned our attention to the endlessly inventive and unpredictable Steven Soderbergh.

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Rumor: Amazon/MGM Pushing For Jacob Elordi to Play James Bond in Denis Villeneuve’s Reboot

October 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

What makes this development curious is that just last week, Deadline’s Baz Bamigboye reported Amazon’s criteria for the next Bond as that of an “unknown” British actor.

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Emily Blunt on Martin Scorsese’s Hawaiian Gangster Epic With Dwayne Johnson: “It’s The Last Great American Mob Story”

October 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Emily Blunt recently spoke about Scorsese’s anticipated Hawaiian crime film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Dwayne Johnson, confirming that the project is indeed moving forward

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Oscars: ‘One Battle After Another’ Is the Best Picture Frontrunner, and Nothing Else Seems to Matter

October 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“One Battle After Another” feels untouchable. We’re four months away from nomination ballots, but at this moment, PTA has the clear frontrunner, and every other film is playing catch-up.

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Harry Lighton’s ‘Pillion’ Turns BDSM into a Love Story in First Trailer

October 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“Pillion” earned the Best Screenplay prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section and has since played Telluride and now the New York Film Festival, where it screens October 4. A24 will release the film theatrically in early 2026.

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Bong Joon-ho Tells John Carpenter He Prefers ‘Escape from L.A.’ Over ‘Escape from New York’

October 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Let’s be honest, “Escape from L.A.” is atrocious —it’s campy, chaotic, and only occasionally inspired, and to say it tops Escape from New York? That’s madness.

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Margot Robbie & Johnny Depp to Lead Next ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’?

October 1, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“She’s still involved,” he confirmed. Franchise veteran Ted Elliott has already contributed to the screenplay, with additional writers now filling in the gaps.

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Francis Ford Coppola on ‘One Battle After Another’: “I Would Like to See This A Second Time”

September 30, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s Francis Ford Coppola blaming his mixed feelings towards “One Battle After Another” on his hearing loss.

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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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