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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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‘Roofman’ Is the Saddest Romantic Comedy in Ages — and One of Derek Cianfrance’s Very Best Films Yet [Review]

October 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Right now, the critics aren’t giving Roofman the praise it deserves — it’s sitting at just 82% from Rotten Tomatoes and a lackluster 64% on Metacritic. Go see it this weekend, it’s a wonderful movie.

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Sigourney Weaver Teases Return to ‘Alien’ Franchise With Walter Hill’s “Extraordinary” New Script

October 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Sigourney Weaver hasn’t been in an “Alien” movie since Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s divisive 1997 film. Much to the surprise of many, she is now teasing a potential return to the universe.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Direct AI Thriller With Rachel McAdams, Acquired by Netflix

October 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a hot package, one that’s set to be Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s sophomore effort as a director, coming more than 12 years after the release of “Don Jon.” Remember that one?

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‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ May Self-Distribute After U.S. Studios Hesitate Out of “Fear”

October 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Deadline has now expanded on my original reporting, suggesting that ‘Hind Rajab‘ could follow a similar trajectory to last year’s “No Other Land.”

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Thomas Vinterberg to Direct JFK Biopic for Netflix — Screenplay by Eric Roth

October 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

sources tell me that acclaimed Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round,” “The Hunt”) has officially hopped onboard to direct a biopic tackling JFK’s formative years.

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‘Heat 2': Bradley Cooper is Backup in Case Leonardo DiCaprio Drops Out; Austin Butler, Adam Driver and Adria Arjona Eyed

October 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

An Amazon/MGM insider stressed that no offers have gone out yet. Everything hinges on whether DiCaprio commits. If he doesn’t then Bradley Cooper would fill in as Chris Shiherlis.

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MCU's X-Men Reboot Sets May 5, 2028 Release Date

October 10, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The reboot is being billed as the X-Men’s big-screen return since Disney acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019.

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Bret Easton Ellis Says Critics Only Love ‘One Battle After Another’ for Its “Leftist” Politics

October 9, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Ellis went on to predict that “One Battle After Another” will soon be seen as “a kind of musty relic”— that thing everyone gathers around and pretends is so fantastic and so great when it really isn’t, just to make a point.”

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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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Ari Aster's ‘Scapegoat' Has Started Shooting in New York City

Darius Khondji is back behind the camera as DP. That's a pairing that should give this thing Aster’s usual very specific, unnerving texture. Bobby Krlic is back to compose his fourth straight Aster movie.

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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

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