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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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August 19, 2019

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Can ‘Michael’ Still Reach $1 Billion? Digital Release Set for June 9

June 2, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The film is currently at $870M, with a major Japan release coming up this month — meaning it’s still very possible the billion-dollar milestone could be reached.

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Martin Scorsese Is Embracing AI (For Storyboarding)

June 2, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

In a statement, Scorsese writes, “ I’m interested in the intersection of technology and storytelling, and seeing how that can push the bounds of creativity to create deeper and richer experiences for audiences.”

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‘Masters of the Universe’ Lands Soft Reviews and $25M-$30M Box Office Tracking, Raising Questions About $200M He-Man Movie

June 2, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

While “Backrooms” and “Obsession” are currently rewriting the Hollywood rule book, this Friday sees the release of what looks like another IP-driven bomb: Amazon/MGM’s “Masters of the Universe.”

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Paul King’s Fred Astaire Biopic Starring Tom Holland Targets January 2027 Shoot

June 2, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The Astaire estate doesn’t want this biopic to happen, saying that Fred “was explicit in his Will that he did not want his life story to be depicted on screen” … and threatened legal action.

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‘How to Rob a Bank’ Trailer Reveals David Leitch’s Social Media Heist Movie

June 2, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Amazon/MGM plans a wide theatrical release for “How to Rob A Bank” over Labor Day weekend, with a premiere date set for September 4, 2026.

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‘Onslaught’ Trailer: Adam Wingard Returns to His Indie Thriller Roots for A24’s Super-Soldier Action Film

June 2, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The film reunites Wingard and Simon Barrett, the team behind “You’re Next” (2011) and “The Guest” (2014). Wingard is — quite sadly — coming off two massive Godzilla movies.

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Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Barbarella’ is “Still Moving Forward” at Sony as Edgar Wright Remains Attached

June 2, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The new “Barbarella,” set to be directed by Edgar Wright, is “still moving forward,” and Sweeney is “already working” on it under her new producing deal over at Sony.

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Siân Heder’s ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,’ Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sets November 2027 Release

June 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

After the Oscar-winning “CODA,” Heder likely had no shortage of options when it came to choosing her next project. With the industry eager to work with her, the possibilities seemed wide open.

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Zoë Kravitz to Star in Megan Park’s ‘My Old Ass’ Follow-Up at Apple Studios

June 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Major studios and streamers—including Warner Bros., Sony, Universal, Apple, Amazon, and Netflix— were vying for Park’s latest, despite no stars being attached.

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Zack Snyder Set to Direct ‘Escape From New York’ Reboot

June 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Snyder’s version will be a “down and dirty” take on John Carpenter’s film, emphasizing practical effects and real-world locations. The goal appears to be a rougher, more realistic approach to the material.

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Anna Kendrick to Direct ‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ for Netflix After ‘Woman of the Hour’ Success

June 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Netflix wants to continue its partnership with Anna Kendrick. The streamer has teamed up with for her sophomore effort, an adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.”

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Lilly Wachowski Says Passion Projects Remain Stuck in Limbo Because “Fascism Is Thriving”

June 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Lilly says that, despite strong efforts, none of her latest projects have been able to get a greenlight—she believes it’s been a very difficult time to make movies because “fascism” is thriving:

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Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’ Sets September 9 Release Date via Neon

June 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Na’s last film, “The Wailing,” released 10 years ago, played out of competition at Cannes and remains one of the most quietly influential Korean films of the past decade.

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James Gunn’s ‘Superman: Man of Tomorrow’ Unveils First Look

June 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

If you are actually looking forward to this sequel, here’s our first look — above and below — at Lex Luthor in his warsuit in “Superman: Man of Tomorrow.”

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‘The End of Oak Street’ Trailer Has Dinosaurs in Suburbia, ‘80s Spielberg Throwback Vibes

June 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The film blends suburban imagery, cosmic sci-fi, and prehistoric creatures. It comes to us from David Robert Mitchell, who hasn’t premiered a new film in eight years.

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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ Screens Early 2-Hour Cut With Incomplete VFX, Modern Soundtrack

June 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew” recently held a test screening of a two-hour cut, though the visual effects were reportedly far from finished, making this a very rough version of the movie.

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Obsession’ June 2 Digital Release Scrapped as Focus Commits to 45-Day Theatrical Window After $26M Third Weekend

May 31, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

So far, “Obsession” has grossed $148M worldwide, with $105M of that total coming domestically—and it still hasn’t opened in a number of international markets.

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Kane Parsons’s A24 Contract Sets Up ‘Backrooms’ Sequels: “It’s Been the Intention Since 2022”

May 31, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Parsons confirmed that this is only the first chapter in a larger story, with multiple future installments needed to fully explore what he sees as the core of “Backrooms.”

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Clint Eastwood Turns 96 as Son Kyle Says the Legendary Director Has “Retired”

May 31, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A much-quoted THR article claimed that, with “Juror #2,” Eastwood “wanted to find one last project in order to be able to ride off into the sunset with his head held high.” It was being touted as Eastwood’s “final film.”

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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Drops 72% in Its Second Weekend as Box Office Bomb Fears Grow for Disney’s Star Wars Movie

May 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

‘Mandalorian’ will finish well below franchise expectations domestically. That $165M budget had many figuring the break-even point would be around $400M, but now I’m wondering if it’ll even hit $300M

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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

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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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