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George Lucas Admits He Walked Away From Three More ‘Star Wars' Movies

The man who built the most popular mythology in movie history says he retired with three more "Star Wars" films still on his plate, and he let them go, selling Lucasfilm to Disney.

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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Settlement Includes 30+ Theatrical Releases a Year — “The Opposite of Disney-Fox”

Now that a settlement has been reached and the 12 AGs are allowing Paramount to swallow Warner Bros. Discovery in a $111 billion deal, we need details. Here they are.

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‘Ray Gunn’ Photos: Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits Lead Brad Bird’s Animated Sci-Fi Noir

We now have seven new images from Brad Bird’s “Ray Gunn.” The film still doesn’t have a trailer, let alone a teaser, so we’ll take what we can get.

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Duncan Jones Says Netflix's Auteur Era Is Dead and “It's About to Get Worse”

The prime catalyst for Netflix's risk-free shift may have been new content chief Dan Lin, who said two years ago that the company would greenlight films "more about audience, and less about auteurs."

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Do We Really Need Another ‘Sense and Sensibility'? Critics Say Georgia Oakley's 2026 Version Mostly Works

Apparently, we haven’t had enough of “Sense & Sensibility.” Georgia Oakley, coming off the quiet indie success of “Blue Jean,” is taking a swing at Jane Austen’s oft-adapted classic, with Daisy Edgar-Jones.

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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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Marcia Lucas, Oscar-Winning ‘Star Wars’ Editor Who Helped Shape Its Final Cut, Dies at 80

May 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Lucas worked on “THX 1138” and “American Graffiti,” and that became her breakout moment. This led to her working with Martin Scorsese on “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “Taxi Driver.”

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Sarah Snook to Star in ‘The Birds’ Remake TV Series

May 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Hollywood remaking anything connected to Hitchcock has rarely produced memorable results. Yet the industry keeps trying, despite overwhelming evidence that it’s a fool’s errand.

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Alice Rohrwacher’s ‘Three Incestuous Sisters’ Is a Black-and-White Silent Film

May 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Yes, in an era when blockbuster cinema gets louder and more chaotic, Rohrwacher is moving in the opposite direction — toward muteness. A silent film in 2026 sounds like a provocation.

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Martin Scorsese’s $200M Hawaii Mob Movie Nears Greenlight as Major Rewrite Set to Be Submitted to 20th Century

May 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Scorsese’s Hawaii-set period mobster movie, which is set to star Leonardo DiCaprio, Dwayne Johnson, and Emily Blunt, will have a new, and potential final draft of the script submitted next month.

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Damien Leone’s Next Move After ‘Terrifier’: New Horror Film ‘Tortures of the Damned’ Lands at Lionsgate

May 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

There are no plot details yet, but THR reports the movie will have a different tone from ‘Terrifier’ and a noticeably bigger budget than Leone’s famously low-budget horror franchise.

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Jacob Elordi Goes Full 007 in Alfonso Cuarón’s Chanel Short — Amazon/MGM Seeks an Under-30 Bond for a Five-Film Run

May 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

According to Page Six sources, Amazon/MGM is reportedly looking for a younger actor — preferably under 30 — who can carry the franchise across five films.

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‘Backrooms’-Mania Hits Theaters, $10.4M Thursday Fuels $90M+ Weekend Projection — Mixed Audience Scores

May 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I would keep an eye on those audience scores, which aren’t great — 73% on Rotten Tomatoes, and 52% definite recommendation, with a 67% positive on PostTrak. Word of mouth could stall by its second weekend.

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Danny Boyle Says ‘28 Years Later 3’ Will Shoot “Hopefully” Next Year

May 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Danny Boyle is finally tackling the status of the third “28 Years Later” movie, which, according to him, is still being planned, maybe for next year. Still, it’s nowhere near pre-production.

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Adam Wingard’s ‘Onslaught’ Sets September 4, 2026 Release via A24

May 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Onslaught” will hit theaters on September 4, 2026. That’s 20 months since production wrapped. Maybe A24 was waiting for the right date to position this one. Labor day weekend it is.

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Florence Pugh and Garth Davis’ ‘The Midnight Library’ Sells to Paramount for $36M

May 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Based on Matt Haig’s bestselling 2020 novel, the film is being positioned as a large-scale prestige production with a reported $70M budget, making it one of Europe’s biggest productions in recent years.

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Guy Ritchie’s ‘In the Grey’ Is a Box Office Bomb, Grossing Only $5M Against a $70M Budget

May 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Shot in 2023 and then dropped by Lionsgate, word was that “In the Grey” wasn’t finished, with reshoots delayed for months due to scheduling conflicts — but they ultimately never occurred.

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‘John Rambo’ Sets June 4, 2027 Release

May 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Jalmari Helander is directing, which at least promises some R-rated mayhem. Helander did an outstanding job helming his 2023 WWII action film “Sisu,”

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Robert De Niro Teases “At Least One More” Movie With Martin Scorsese

May 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Scorsese shot “What Happens at Night”, due for release sometime next year, and has a number of other projects in the works, including “Life of Jesus”, “Home”, “Devil in the White City”, and “Midnight Vendetta”.

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Bo Burnham to Direct ‘Outside’?

May 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Burnham’s last narrative feature was his debut, “Eighth Grade,” released in 2018, to wide acclaim, and he might now be finally working on a new project.

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Zac Efron to Star in HBO and A24’s ‘Angel Heart’ Reimagining

May 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A24 and Zac Efron are teaming up again for an HBO “reimagining” of Angel Heart, which was already turned into a 1987 Alan Parker-directed film starring Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro.

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Ari Aster’s ‘Scapegoat’ Sets November 2026 Shoot, Darius Khondji Returning as DP

May 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

So, we might be seeing this A24-produced film in 2027. Great news for Aster-heads, and somehow, Johansson managed to sneak this one into her increasingly busy schedule.

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‘Fatherland’ Trailer: Pawel Pawlikowski Returns to Cold War Era Black-and-White With Cannes-Winning Drama

May 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a first trailer for “Fatherland,” which won Paweł Pawlikowski Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. The film currently sits at 90 on Metacritic.

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‘In the Hand of Dante’ Trailer Arrives After Venice Debacle, and Netflix Deal Nobody Saw Coming

May 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The big surprise with the Netflix acquisition is the notion that any studio or streamer would watch “In the Hand of Dante” and think the film is a good fit. I

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Studios Are Offering Curry Barker $10M For His Next Film— and He Hasn’t Pitched Anything

May 27, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Studios now want in on the Curry Barker sweepstakes, keen to get involved with his next project, with one offering $10M for his next original film — without knowing a thing about it.

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Uwe Boll and Armie Hammer Finally Join Forces in ‘Citizen Vigilante’ Trailer

May 27, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Here is the moment you’ve all been waiting for: a trailer for Uwe Boll’s “Citizen Vigilante.” Yes, the master of disaster has teamed up with Armie Hammer for what promises to be the absolute perfect comeback vehicle for the canceled actor.

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CONFIRMED: Sadie Soverall Exits Brady Corbet's ‘The Origin of the World' Mid-Shoot, Lily McInerny Steps In Lead Role

Sadie Soverall was just let go after briefly filming on Corbet's new film — no official reason given. She had the lead role. Corbet has replaced her, last minute, with Lily McInerny.

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Ron Howard’s ‘Alone at Dawn’ Starring Adam Driver and Anne Hathaway Sets Christmas 2027 Release

This is the adaptation of the nonfiction book by Dan Schilling and Lori Longfritz. It wrapped production in February and has been in post-production ever since. The film test-screened a few months ago.

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Jeremy Saulnier’s Next Film Retitled to ‘Slayground,’ Current Runtime is 2.5 Hours, Plot Details

Jeremy Saulnier’s mysterious A24 project, formerly “October,” still has no release date. You’d think, given that it has been in post-production for almost a year now.

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Jemima Kirke and Alexi Wasser to Star in Woody Allen's Next Film

A few months ago, Deadline reported that Woody Allen's next film, set in Madrid and carrying a $14M budget, will be "largely English-language" and feature a "high-profile cast."

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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

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

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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

We’ve already covered the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Now we have the results for the Best Films of the 1960s.

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