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Alejandro G. Iñárritu Says ‘Digger’ Was Originally Titled ‘BLAH, BLAH, BLAH’

The title was ultimately changed because it was "too long" and "too complicated," though I suspect Warner Bros. was just horrified by the thought of selling a $180M movie with a title that sounds like an eye-roll.

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Zack Snyder Is Waiting for His ‘Rebel Moon’ Movies to “Get a Little Bit More Popular" and “Discovered” for Part 3 to Happen

Zack Snyder, whose 'The Last Photograph' still has no US distribution, doesn't sound so confident about 'Rebel Moon 3' ever happening, or that there's truly any demand for it.

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Variety: ‘One Battle After Another' Lost $100M. ‘Digger' Could Lose Warner Bros. Far More

The "Digger" fiasco caps a disastrous 2026 for Warner Bros., which watched "Coyote vs. Acme," the film it tried to bury (now at Ketchup), out-gross nearly all of its releases this year

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Carlos Reygadas' ‘Heil Jupiter!' Divides NYFF With Orgies, a Colonoscopy and Invented Language

I have no idea if I'll ever get to see "Heil Jupiter!" in a theater, and whether a U.S. distributor will take on nearly three hours of unsimulated sex, colonoscopy footage and an invented language is up for debate.

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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Remain’ Surprise Screens, and First Reactions Are Promising

Clearly, by screening this four months before release, Shyamalan and Warner Bros. are feeling bullish about the potential of "Remain," and the reactions from last night are indeed very positive.

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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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Bradley Cooper & Margot Robbie to Star in ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Prequel Directed by Lee Isaac Chung — Shoots Next Year

October 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

We might be getting two separate Oceans movies shooting next year, a prequel and a sequel. It’s all a bit too much, but Warner Bros believes it’s time to revive this franchise.

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Disney Revives ‘Tangled’ Live-Action Remake — Scarlett Johansson Circling Key Role

October 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Back in April, Disney “put on pause” what was supposed to be its next live-action remake, “Tangled,” as the studio continued to deal with the disastrous ramifications of its “Snow White” remake.

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‘Wicked: For Good’ is 2025’s Biggest First-Day Pre-Seller — Could Hit $150M Opening Weekend

October 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Some are projecting $135–$150M in its debut, thanks to early-access screenings and a fervent fanbase. Could it maybe hit the billion-dollar club?

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Brett Ratner's ‘Melania' Sets January 2026 Theatrical Release

October 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

One studio willing to work with Ratner is Amazon, and they’re now teaming up with him on—of all things—a Melania Trump documentary, which will be co-produced by the former First Lady herself.

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‘Hamnet’ Trailer: Chloé Zhao’s Overpraised Ode to Grief That Finds Redemption in Its Final Act

October 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s the trailer for Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet.” We have Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” to thank for it not being the current Best Picture frontrunner anymore.

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‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Cost $480M+ — Most Expensive TV Season Ever

October 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The streamer is reportedly shelling out an average of $60M per episode, across eight episodes. That’s, give or take, a total of $480M — for one season.

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Rian Johnson Would Be “Thrilled” To Make ‘Knives Out’ Movies “The Rest of My Life”

October 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Despite his $450M Netflix deal for ‘Knives Out’ and its two sequels now officially wrapped, Rian Johnson isn’t done playing detective.

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‘Father Mother Sister Brother’: Jim Jarmusch’s Golden Lion Winner Has A Trailer

October 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The unexpected Golden Lion winner at Venice now has a trailer. Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother” is a stripped-down, ultra-minimalist exploration of modern family dynamics.

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Danielle Deadwyler to Star in Ryan Coogler’s X-Files Reboot?

October 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Coming off the success of “Sinners,” Ryan Coogler is prepping a reboot he teased ages ago. The X-Files is his next project.

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Richard Linklater’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Now Produced by Universal — Release in the 2040s Still Eyed

October 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

So, who’s funding this thing? That’s something that had yet to be reported—until now. Turns out, Universal has decided to pour money into this film for the next 15 years.

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Oscars: Chase Infiniti to Campaign as Lead Actress for ‘One Battle After Another’

October 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Infiniti has a shot, but I don’t believe her performance is even top five in her own film. Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina King and Teyana Hall all left a more lasting impression on me.

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Report: ‘Superman’ Box Office Isn’t the Success Warner Bros. Claimed

October 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Warner Bros has been patting itself on the back, quietly boasting to the trades about “$125M in profits” for “Superman.”

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First Look: Josh O’Connor in Joel Coen's ‘Jack of Spades' — Bruno Delbonnel is Cinematographer

October 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting good vibes about Joel Coen’s upcoming “Jack of Spades,” which is currently shooting in Glasgow.

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Warner Bros Renews Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca’s Contracts After Massive 2025 Slate

October 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In the span of months, De Luca and Abdy went from nearly fired execs to industry success stories, their bold strategy vindicated by massive blockbuster hits.

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Oscars: Timothée Chalamet Is Now the Best Actor Frontrunner — Even Though Not Many Have Seen ‘Marty Supreme’

October 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Timothée Chalamet, at 29, has officially climbed to #1 on Gold Derby’s experts chart for his performance in “Marty Supreme.” The two-time Oscar nominee now finds himself as the frontrunner.

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Saoirse Ronan to Play Linda McCartney in Sam Mendes’ ‘Beatles’

October 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The films are expected to have a 15-month shoot, and “said to be costing about $100M each.” That’s $400M+ in total — a price tag that rivals the biggest studio bets of the past decade.

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Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ Trailer Arrives Ahead of Christmas Release

October 8, 2025 Leora Witkowski

Neon will debut “No Other Choice” in select theaters on Christmas Day before rolling it out nationwide in January.

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‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Still Has No U.S. Distributor

October 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

‘Hind Rajab’ is Tunisia’s official Oscar submission and will very likely be in contention for Best International Feature, standing a strong chance of being nominated.

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Kevin Costner Still Thinks ‘Horizon 3’ Is Happening — Met With Saudi Investors

October 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A new THR expose confirms that Costner still believes he’s making his “Once Upon a Time in the West,” even if no one else does.

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‘Ocean’s 14’ Gets the Green Light at Warner Bros. as George Clooney Confirms 2026 Shoot

October 8, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Now, the big question: who will direct it? Steven Soderbergh keeps saying he doesn’t want to, claiming that the series has “been there and done that”

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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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