Two-time Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy and Connor Storrie are in talks to star in “Turpentine,” a new thriller directed by Craig Zobel.

Here’s a major festival update: James Gray’s “Paper Tiger” has officially joined the Palme d’Or competition lineup at the Cannes Film Festival. Neon has landed US rights to the film.

We’ll finally get to see what the big deal was when the film—starring John Cena and Will Forte—arrives in theaters, currently eyeing an August 28, 2026 release.

Nicholson never officially announced his retirement, but at 89, the likelihood of seeing him on screen again seems slim to none. He has largely stepped away from acting.

Szabó is best known for a handful of acclaimed films spanning 60 years, especially “Mephisto,” which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Someone at A24 must have seen “Obsession”; the studio just hired that film’s director — Curry Barker — to helm their upcoming “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” reboot.

Confirmed by Deadline, the film cost $200M to produce—easily making it the most expensive music biopic in movie history. Current projections have “Michael” opening to $150M worldwide, though I think it’ll go even higher.

After Academy discussions, James Ortiz is now eligible to campaign for best supporting actor — Amazon/MGM plans on submitting him in the category.

Meanwhile, some great news for A24: “The Drama” has legs. The Zendaya- and Robert Pattinson-starring vehicle just surpassed the $100M mark at the global box office. The budget was only $25M.

Apparently, Sydney Sweeney was supposed to be in “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” in a cameo role playing herself, but her scene(s) has been cut.

Last I checked, “Michael” was eyeing $80M+ on opening, and that is still a possibility, but critics have been harsh. The word “sanitized” appears frequently in these reviews.

There’s also continued speculation about casting, including whether longtime supporters like Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem might appear, which would certainly raise the project’s profile.

The script will be turned in very soon, and word is that producer Jerry Bruckheimer is fully acknowledging the fact that “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joe Kosinski will not return.

Hill’s film cost Apple $80M. Furthermore, for some reason, a quarter of the budget went to Hill as director, who earned an insane $20M — the type of salary Tarantino and Scorsese earn per project.

It’s a striking development for Baker, who lived in a tiny West Hollywood apartment, and famously left the 2025 Oscars, mid-ceremony to walk his dog at home

Akiva Goldsman, who returns to write the sequel, has said that “I Am Legend 2” will use the “alternate ending” as canon, effectively treating it as if Smith’s Dr. Robert Neville never died.

Former Marvel artists are telling Polygon that these changes could significantly affect how Marvel movies look and feel going forward. Is that a bad thing?

What an odd pairing, and yet so much potential. Oscar-winning filmmaker Brian Helgeland will write and direct “Outside Man.”

It’s late April, which means summer movies are about to be unleashed onto audiences, young and old, from the first week of May through the last week of August.