Jason Bateman is gearing up for his third directorial feature (via Deadline), teaming with Universal on an adaptation of John Grisham’s “The Partner.”

If you’re sick and tired of ‘Avatar,’ there’s hope! For the franchise to continue, the upcoming third film will need to earn more than just $1 billion at the box office for the franchise to live another day.

Rebecca Miller is premiering “Mr. Scorsese” at the New York Film Festival, a five-hour documentary on Martin Scorsese. I won’t get into every detail of the series, which I’ve seen, but there is a fascinating section on “Gangs of New York.”

We’re now looking at a single-digits opening ($8M) against a reported $50–60M budget, which would be a tough pill for both Johnson and A24 to swallow.

Park specifically points to “an old Western script” written by S. Craig Zahler, titled “Brigands of Rattlecreek,” which he says he really wants to make next.

Adam Driver and Anne Hathaway have now been confirmed as the leads in Ron Howard’s upcoming war film “Alone at Dawn.” 

The film has now screened at two different genre festivals — Beyond Fest and Fantastic Fest — within the span of two weeks, and it has been generating considerable buzz.

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.”

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.

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.

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.