Ten years ago, Ava DuVernay’s Oscar-nominated documentary “13th” debuted on Netflix, and now the filmmaker has decided to make a sequel.

Danny Boyle’s “Ink” will open the 83rd Venice Film Festival on September 3. It will be playing in competition, vying for the Golden Lion.

The official runtime for “Resident Evil” is now set at 1 hour and 35 minutes, according to AMC. The screenplay was only about 95 pages long, with relatively little dialogue, so this checks out.

For years, every box office story centered on decline, and existential questions about whether cinemas had a future. Was “cinema dying,” as Scorsese famously suggested? Apparently not.

After yesterday’s report that Bradley Cooper was eyeing a lead role in the Danny McBride-written “G.I. Joe” movie, word has now come that McBride will also be directing.

Criterion has set October 27 release for del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” which includes a 158-minute extended version titled “Frankenstein: The Reborn Cut.” That’s eight minutes longer than the original.

Jackson, who hasn’t directed a feature (not counting his excellent docs) in over 12 years, has confirmed to Gold Derby that he’s coming back, and the “next film” will be the ‘Tintin’ sequel.

J.J. Abrams’ first directing project since 2019’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” has been delayed. Warner Bros. is moving “The Great Beyond” from its planned Nov. 13, 2026, release to Oct. 1, 2027.

A major release calendar shake-up at Warner Bros: Matt Reeves’ “The Batman Part II” is moving from October 1, 2027, to February 18, 2028.

Peter Farrelly directs the film, which is inspired by the story of how Stallone came to make his 1976 boxing classic “Rocky.” And what better way to cast Stallone than by signing his doppelgänger?

Joe Alwyn, who starred in “The Brutalist,” is set to reteam with Brady Corbet on “The Origin of the World,” which is now expected to begin production in September.

Three-time Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan is now part of Polley’s film. Mulligan will portray Mrs. Greenwood, the mother of protagonist Esther Greenwood, who is set to be played by Billie Eilish.

In a new interview, Lucas goes a step further, calling AI “the future” of moviemaking and telling its detractors that there is little they can do to stop its inevitable rise within cinema.

“Musk” was actually supposed to premiere at Cannes in 2024, but Gibney delayed the debut as new developments continued to emerge and additional footage was added.

Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” is a money loser for Universal, as it needed $300M to break even and is currently at $239M, with not much more left to add to that tally.

Serkis is addressing some of the pushback he has received over the ‘Hunt For Gollum’ cast being predominantly white. His response? He’s not in the business of “ticking boxes.”

I trust director James Ashcroft’s instincts—he directed the underrated 2021 horror-crime indie “Coming Home in the Dark” and 2024’s “The Rule of Jenny Pen,” both of which are sharply vicious.