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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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John Carpenter Hates ‘The Substance'

October 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Coralie Fargeat will likely be disappointed to hear those comments from Carpenter. She’s repeatedly name-checked him as an influence during interviews for “The Substance.”

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Kevin Spacey Wants to Work with Martin Scorsese: “I Always Hope He Calls Me”

October 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Kevin Spacey was being honored at the Lucca Film Festival, where he received a career award, when he mentioned wanting to work with Scorsese, Guadagnino and Sorrentino.

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RUMOR: Margot Robbie to Star in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘American Psycho’? Patrick Bateman Gender-Swapped?

October 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

it would make sense for Luca Guadagnino to want to gender-swap the main role of Patrick Bateman in his upcoming adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ “American Psycho.” 

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‘Song Sung Blue’ Screens at AFI Fest to Decent Reactions

October 27, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

At the helm is Craig Brewer, best known for “Hustle & Flow” and “Dolemite Is My Name.” His most recent effort, “Coming 2 America,” received a cooler reception — as did his “Footloose” remake.

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Guillermo Del Toro: “I’d Rather Die” Than Use AI in My Movies

October 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

While promoting Frankenstein, del Toro told NPR that he’d rather be buried six feet under than use artificial intelligence in any of his future films.

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Philip Kaufman (!) to be Honored by L.A. Film Critics Association

October 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The LAFCA could have chosen a more well-known name, but kudos to them for shining a light on one of the most unsung filmmakers of the past 50 years of cinema.

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Readers’ Thoughts on Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’?

October 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

‘House of Dynamite’ is now available to stream on Netflix — what did you think? The film seemed like a surefire Oscar contender just weeks ago, but the post-fest response has shown how quickly momentum can evaporate

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Jennifer Lopez Pulls Out of Savannah Film Festival After ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Fumbles

October 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The singer and actress was slated to receive the Virtuoso Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, an event that was also set to host a screening of her latest project, “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”

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Tom Ford’s Upcoming ‘Cry to Heaven’ Described as “Epic”

October 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Ford has so far directed two well-reviewed films, his 2009 debut “A Single Man” and 2016’s “Nocturnal Animals”; the latter won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice and went on to earn nine BAFTA awards nominations.

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Rumor: Justine Triet’s Next Film Set Inside A Psych Ward

October 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Triet is rumored to direct a new original film set in a psychology facility—a tense, contained “huis-clos” (closed-door) drama with crime elements woven through its psychological core.

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Steven Soderbergh Confirms ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’ Was Fully Greenlit by Lucasfilm — Scott Z. Burns Paid $3M to Write Script

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There have been many more updates since. Soderbergh has now taken to social media to elaborate about how close we actually got to this film happening.

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Warner Bros Submits ‘One Battle After Another’ in Comedy Categories at Golden Globes

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I can confirm that Warner Bros. will submit Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” for consideration in the Comedy categories at the Golden Globe Awards. Sure, why not.

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Austin Butler in Talks to Join Michael B. Jordan in ‘Miami Vice’ Reboot

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Yesterday, Jordan was confirmed to be in talks to play Ricardo Tubbs, but it’s not Glen Powell who will be playing James “Sonny” Crockett — it’s Austin Butler.

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Box-Office: ‘Chainsaw Man’ Nabs $3.4M in Previews, ‘Black Phone 2’ Grabs $1.6M, ‘Springsteen’ Soft With $850K

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Strong early turnout for Sony’s ‘Chainsaw Man’ underscores the continued box-office strength of anime titles in North America. It might even top the weekend box-office.

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Paul Schrader Has the “Perfect Script” to Make His Next Film Entirely with AI

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Schrader has long been open to AI in filmmaking. He frequently posts AI-generated images of himself on Facebook and has admitted to using ChatGPT for script ideas.

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Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ to Recreate January 6

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Now that ‘Social Reckoning’ has started production in Vancouver, the city’s downtown area has been turned into Washington, DC, most notably the Capitol.

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Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze Talking About Collaborating Again — No Longer Writing Bennett Miller’s AI Movie

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Kaufman and Jonze broke out big with “Being John Malkovich” (1999) and “Adaptation” (2002), but haven’t made anything together since.

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Diablo Cody is Writing ‘Jennifer’s Body’ Sequel — Karyn Kusama to Direct

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“Jennifer’s Body,” which starred Megan Fox, barely made a dent at the box office, but 15 years later—and thanks to home video—the film is considered, in some circles, a horror classic.

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Yorgos Lanthimos Says He’s Taking A “Break” From Filmmaking: “We’re At That Point”

October 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lanthimos has released three films over these past three years. The guy must be zonked—and if his recent comments are any indication, he’s about to take a much-needed break from filmmaking.

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Scott Cooper Hopes for ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Sequel

October 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Scott Cooper’s “Deliver Me From Nowhere” is being released tomorrow, but the filmmaker admits there have already been talks about making a sequel

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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

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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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