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DC Studios Boss Jeremy Latcham Wants More Faith-Inspired, Family-Friendly Movies

A recent interview with Latcham has gone viral, for all the wrong reasons, or all the right ones, depending on where you stand. It’s a resurfaced June 2026 interview with GBM, “Hollywood Producer Behind Massive Marvel Hits Loves Jesus.”

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Sebastián Lelio's Final Film ‘Chilean Poet' Was One Week From Wrapping When He Died

Lelio had been shooting his adaptation of Alejandro Zambra's acclaimed 2020 novel since September in Santiago. Production reportedly continued on November 5, the day before his death.

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James Gray: “You Don't Win Jacksh*t” at Cannes “If You're an American”

James Gray has never been one to bite his tongue, especially about Cannes, a festival he's had a love-hate relationship with for decades, and he’s certainly not about to start now.

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Alex Proyas Directing Antonio Banderas in ‘Cortés’, an “AI-Enabled” Epic, and His First Film in 10 Years

Alex Proyas, who directed “The Crow” and “Dark City,” and a full decade after “Gods of Egypt,” is currently shooting “Cortés” with Antonion Banderas in Paris.

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James Gunn Is “Incredibly Relieved" to Be Fired After “Trying” Four Years, Forgets ‘Supergirl’ Ever Existed

Hours after being shown the door at DC Studios, James Gunn has posted his farewell on Instagram. The gist? He never really liked the job anyway.

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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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Guillermo Del Toro and David Fincher Defend Netflix, Arguing Cinema Is About “Ideas” Not “Size of the Screen”

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

At a recent Q&A, Guillermo del Toro and David Fincher tried to defend the idea of “cinema” and what it means to watch a film on streaming instead of in theaters.

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Emerald Fennell Wants Audiences to “Cry So Hard You Vomit” in ‘Wuthering Heights’ — Pre-Sales Hint at $35M Opening

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Pre-sales for “Wuthering Heights” are currently strong, hinting at a $30M-$35M domestic opening weekend. Here’s hoping you don’t sit next to Fennell’s targeted audience.

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Amazon/MGM Spent $35M to Promote ‘Melania’ — Wide Release Scrapped? [Updated]

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Furthermore, the original plan was for 2,000+ theaters to screen “Melania” nationwide, but the rollout has been reduced, going from wide to potential limited release.

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Patricia Clarkson Joins Martin Scorsese’s ‘What Happens at Night’

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Clarkson, who remains an underrated actress after all these years, has always thrived in the margins of American indie cinema. “Pieces of April” remains the touchstone of her career.

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Box Office: ‘The Bone Temple’ Expected to Have 70% Drop This Weekend — $635K Thursday

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Well, this ain’t good. By all accounts, Nia DaCosta’s “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” is going to have a terrible second weekend at the box office, with a $4M tally.

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Sony Exec Reportedly Called Blake Lively A “F**king Terrorist” Over ‘It Ends With Us’ Drama

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Boy, these private texts and emails involving Sony Pictures executives and “It Ends With Us” star Blake Lively are quite something. Lots of exposing going on here.

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Oliver Laxe (‘Sirat’): “If Brazilians Submitted a Shoe, It Would Get an Oscar Nomination”

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t think Laxe realizes what he just got himself into. Get prepared for a tsunami of online insults in Portuguese.

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Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Custom of the Country’ Collapsed at Apple, Reemerges as Feature Film Starring …Sydney Sweeney?

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sofia Coppola’s long-gestating, and suddenly canceled, adaptation of “The Custom of the Country” has undergone a major transformation, and not for the better.

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‘Send Help’ First Reactions Praise Sam Raimi’s Gory, R-Rated Return to Horror Roots

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Send Help,” which has been described as “Misery” meets “Cast Away,” was penned by “A Quiet Place” duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.

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Report: Jacob Elordi Met With Denis Villeneuve and Amazon/MGM About Playing James Bond

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

If Elordi gets the job, he’d be the youngest 007 ever, which does align with previous reports that Amazon was looking for a young Bond to reboot the franchise.

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Timothée Chalamet Becomes Youngest Male Actor To Earn 3 Oscar Nominations Since Marlon Brando

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Chalamet thus becomes the youngest male actor to accomplish this feat since the legendary Marlon Brando, who was nominated for “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951), “Viva Zapata!” (1952), and “Julius Caesar” (1953).

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Oscars: ‘Sinners' With Record-Breaking 16 Nominations! ‘One Battle After Another' 13 Nods! ‘F1' Gets Into Best Picture! Kate Hudson and Delroy Lindo Surprise!

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

It was one hell of a morning for Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” which earned a record-breaking 16 nominations this morning, further cementing it as the one film that could potentially beat “One Battle After Another” for best picture.

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‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer is Out: He-Man in Corporate America

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I just have a bad feeling about this one, and that’s despite Travis Knight’s involvement — he’s the director behind “Kubo and the Two Strings” and “Bumblebee.”

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French Critics’ 21st-Century Film Poll Is the Most Interesting One Yet — ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ at #2

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Interestingly, several perennially acclaimed titles from the NYT list — including “Moonlight,” “Get Out,” “The Social Network,” “Brokeback Mountain,” and “Children of Men” — are nowhere to be found.

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Gore Verbinski Thinks Modern CGI is a “A Big Step Backwards”: “The Aesthetic of Games is Leaking Into Cinema”

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Remember when CGI felt like pure magic? Think T-1000 in ‘Terminator 2,’ or the dinosaurs stomping through “Jurassic Park.” Those effects knocked our socks off in the ‘90s.

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Chris Pratt-Starring ‘Mercy’ Debuts to Brutal Reviews — 22% on RT

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Kazakh‑Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov — perpetrator of that “Ben‑Hur” remake — is back with “Mercy,” starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, and hitting theaters this Friday.

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‘Digger’ Will Have Tom Cruise in Heavy Prosthetics — Movie Shot ‘Birdman’ Style

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

One of the more intriguing mysteries of the 2026 movie season has got to be Tom Cruise’s role in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “Digger.” What do they have in store for us?

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James Gunn’s Batman Movie Has a Writer: Christina Hodson of ‘The Flash,’ ‘Batgirl,’ and ‘Birds of Prey’

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

For months now, James Gunn has been trying to keep it a secret who is writing his DCU’s next iteration of Batman, “The Brave and the Bold,” but now we have a name.

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‘Project Hail Mary’ is Already 2026’s First Oscar Contender?

January 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

We have just started the movie year, but Deadline’s Justin Kroll is already teasing us about a major 2026 Oscar contender.

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‘The Rip’ Tops Netflix Charts With Impressive 41.6M Views in Just Three Days

January 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

This is an impressive launch for a film with a $100M budget and marks Netflix’s strongest movie debut since last summer’s “Happy Gilmore 2,” which drew 46.7M views in July.

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