October’s box-office haul is expected to land around $425M. Outside of October 2020 — when many theaters were literally shut down — this is the worst October in almost 30 years.

Peppiatt has now set up his sophomore effort, which will star Daisy Edgar-Jones and Emilia Jones (“CODA”). It’s being described as a “period revenge thriller.”

Margaret Qualley, Drew Starkey and Michael Shannon are set to star in Nichols’ next film, “King Snake,” with FilmNation Entertainment producing. It’s being described as “Southern gothic horror.”

A “Baby Driver 2” script is ready. No word yet on whether the original cast — including lead Ansel Elgort — would be back for this one. Jon Bernthal is rumored to have a larger role.

Tim Miller is back. The man has only directed two films in his career, had his last one creatively interfered with by James Cameron, and was kicked out of another by Ryan Reynolds.

The film is called “Reenactment,” and Grant Singer, who teamed up with del Toro on “Reptile,” wrote the screenplay and will direct. Production is set to begin soon in Los Angeles.

They will be playing Linda McCartney (Ronan), Yoko Ono (Sawai), Pattie Boyd (Wood) and Maureen Starkey (McKenna-Bruce), who each married a Beatle at the height of the band’s fame and success.

“Bugonia,” which carries a $55M budget, expands to 1800+ screens this weekend. Lanthimos’ film had a mediocre Thursday — coming in way under $1M. It’s projected for a $4M weekend.

Snyder has started production on “The Last Photograph,” a project he’s been trying to make since 2011. The film is shooting in Colombia, with “Rebel Moon” alums Stuart Martin and Fra Fee cast in the lead roles.

Is “The Exorcist” truly the greatest horror film ever made, or has time crowned a new champion of fear? Maybe it’s “The Shining,” ‘Texas Chainsaw,’ “Psycho,” or something entirely unexpected that still keeps you up at night.

Researching for this piece, it seems like no major Hollywood studio has ever released a 4+ hour movie theatrically. “Gone With the Wind” (1939) came closest at 3 hours and 58 minutes (including intermission). “Cleopatra” (1963) was 3 hours and 53 minutes.

Netflix has retained financial advisory firm Moelis & Co. for a potential bid of Warner Bros.’ studio and its streaming assets. Moelis is the same investment bank that advised Skydance during its Paramount takeover.

This morning, Bleecker Street announced its 2026 slate, there’s “Victorian Psycho,” Alex Gibney’s “Musk,” and lookee here — Mike Leigh’s next film, still untitled, was listed.

In any normal year, the July 31 release date for “Brand New Day” would’ve made it an IMAX no‑brainer, but no dice this time — and it’s all because of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”

It’s finally not happening. Stone has moved on to another thing, I’m told. Stone hasn’t helmed a narrative feature since 2016’s “Snowden,” and the wait for a follow-up will very likely continue on.

Berg and Sheridan are lifelong friends who have been eyeing a collaboration on a new project together. In terms of uncharted IP, it doesn’t get bigger than “Call of Duty.”

The Conjuring universe is alive and well, and hot off the surprise success of “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” $485M worldwide and counting, a prequel is now in the works.

Well, it’s official, the Spain has granted Allen €1.5 million to make his next film in Madrid. The film has the working title of WASP 2026, which is an acronym for Woody Allen Summer Project (via El Pais).

Neve Campbell is set to make her big return to the franchise. Courteney Cox, Isabel May, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Anna Camp will be there as well.

“Sgt. Rock” was set to star Colin Farrell in the titular role, and the actor is now weighing in on the project — I believe for the first time — and he still seems interested in doing it.