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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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‘Gremlins 3’ Hits Theaters November 19, 2027 — Chris Columbus to Direct

November 6, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Too bad Joe Dante, 84, isn’t coming back to direct—his imagination runs wild when it comes to this franchise. We’ll have to make do with Columbus.

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Trailer for Osgood Perkins’ ‘Keeper’ With Praise From Guillermo del Toro, Bong Joon-ho, James Wan, Others

November 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Some of the biggest names in genre filmmaking are rallying behind Osgood Perkins. But it does make you wonder—why? Is it genuine excitement for his upcoming film “Keeper”?

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Richard Linklater to Direct 1830s-Set “Hippies” Movie, Starring Ethan Hawke, Natalie Portman and — Potentially— Oscar Isaac

November 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Linklater said the film — about the “hippies of the 1830s and ’40s, the beginnings of feminism, environmentalism, abolitionism, all that,” and a kind of 19th-century hangout movie — has been in the works for around 20 years.

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Spike Lee on A24 & Apple Dumping ‘Highest 2 Lowest in Just 200 Theaters: “I’m Not Happy”

November 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The film got a two-week theatrical bow, and hit Apple TV+ streaming right after that. In other words, A24 and Apple were burying a decently reviewed Spike Lee film starring Denzel Washington.

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Fernando Meirelles’ ‘Here Comes the Flood’ Starts Production, Stars Denzel Washington & Robert Pattinson

November 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Meirelles, the Brazilian filmmaker best known for “City of God,” “The Constant Gardener,” and “The Two Popes,” is returning to genre filmmaking with Kinberg’s twist-filled script.

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The Best Films of 1989 — ‘Do the Right Thing’ and Everything Else

November 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The very popular podcast, The Big Picture, hosted by Sean Fennessy and Amanda Dobbins, has decided to rank the best films of 1989, and it’s caught like wildfire online.

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Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone Team Up for… a Miss Piggy Movie?

November 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Uh, what? Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone may be teaming up on their first project together—and it’s going to be for a Muppet movie.

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Ryan Murphy’s ‘All’s Fair’ Hits 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, Kim Kardashian Stars

November 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Just when you thought Ryan Murphy couldn’t stoop any lower, the creator of sleazy TV may have truly hit rock bottom with a new Hulu show titled “All’s Fair.”

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Taika Waititi’s ‘Klara and the Sun’ is Finally Ready — Rated PG-13

November 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Nineteen months since shooting wrapped on the film, ‘Klara’ is now finally in the can. It’s ready to go. The MPA has given it a PG-13 rating, which means post-production is finally done on the film.

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Hmm … What Could It Be?

November 5, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

We aren’t even done with this current movie year, and Deadline’s Justin Kroll is already teasing us about a major 2026 Oscar contender. His X post can be seen above:

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Ian McKellen Joins Ti West’s ‘A Christmas Carol’

November 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

That Ti West–directed Ebenezer Scrooge movie, “A Christmas Carol,” starring Johnny Depp and backed by Paramount? It’s really happening.

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Renée Zellweger to Star in David Yates’ ‘Phantom Son’

November 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

How many other actors have had a long span between winning an Oscar and appearing in their next film? Not many. Renée Zellweger seems to be one of the very few exceptions.

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Brendan Fraser & Rachel Weisz Set to Return for ‘The Mummy 4’ — Radio Silence to Direct

November 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“The Mummy” franchise has been revived. A sequel is officially happening over at Universal — Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are set to return in their respective roles.

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“Star Trek” Reboot in the Works, Without Pine and Quinto

November 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

At this point, the only “Star Trek” movie I’m actually interested in seeing is Quentin Tarantino’s “batsh*t crazy” R-rated take, which, given his silly 10-film rule, will probably never happen.

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Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic”

November 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger in Talks to Return as Dutch in ‘Predator’ Sequel?

November 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Schwarzenegger has already met multiple times with “Predator: Badlands” director Dan Trachtenberg to explore the possibility. They really want him to come back.

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Critics Mostly Positive on ‘Predator: Badlands’: Tame, Heartfelt, and Surprisingly PG-13

November 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The review embargo has just lifted. Reactions lean on the positive. It currently stands at 68 on Metacritic. The Daily Beast’s Nick Schrager says it’s “the series’ second best instalment.”

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‘After the Hunt’: Zendaya Was Originally Supposed to Play Ayo Edebiri’s Role Before Dropping Out

November 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Whoops! “After the Hunt” cinematographer Malik Hassan Sayeed actually let it slip in a Deadline interview that Zendaya was actually supposed to play the Ayo Edebiri role in Luca Guadagnino’s film.

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‘The Expendables 5’ is Coming?

November 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Just when you thought this franchise was dead, Lionsgate has acquired the rights to “The Expendables” IP, not to mention the upcoming “Rambo” sequel starring Noah Centineo.

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Paul Schrader Says ‘First Reformed’ and ‘Affliction’ are the Best Films of His Career

November 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Schrader is asked, with now over 50 years of filmmaking under his belt, what he believes to be his best film. Is it “Mishima”, the film he once hailed as his masterpiece? Not anymore.

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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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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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