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Ridley Scott Says “I Didn’t Say That” After Calling ‘The Dog Stars’ His Best Movie Since ‘The Martian’

In June 2026, Scott told The Buyer that “The Dog Stars” is “probably the best movie I’ve done since The Martian.” He’s now denying he ever said that.

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The Russos Defend Shooting ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Without a Finished Script: “We’re Improvisation-Based Directors”

Yes, ‘Doomsday’ was shot without a finalized script. It was being written as production rolled on. The screenplay was still under development on set, with daily rewrites and updates in progress.

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Paul Schrader’s ‘Three Guns at Dawn’ Is Now an AI Movie, Antoine Fuqua No Longer Involved

Schrader has been open to AI in filmmaking. He frequently posts AI-generated images of himself on Facebook and has admitted to using AI for script ideas. Did it come up with this new version of “Three Guns at Dawn”?

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‘Ink’: Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch Biopic Starts Electric, Then Loses Steam [Review]

The film is at its best when it’s simply being loud and messy — which isn’t enough of the time. And it’s fitting that a movie about The Sun should feel exactly that way.

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‘Harry Potter’ Is Back, Again: HBO’s $300 Million-a-Season Reboot Gets First Trailer

The upcoming series is being touted as one of the most expensive shows ever made, with a jaw-dropping $2 billion budget. That’s around $300M per season.

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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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Paramount’s Warner Bros. Deal Could Get $1.3 Billion More Expensive as Judge Sets Worst-Case-Scenario March 2027 Trial

August 4, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The judge in the antitrust suit against Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. has set the trial for March, rather than the November date Paramount requested. That is catastrophic for David Ellison.

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James Cameron Is Ready to Move on From ‘Avatar’ and Tell “Other Stories”: “I’m Mapping Out the ‘Last Act’ of My Career”

August 4, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

In a new interview, James Cameron admits that he is considering which other stories he wants to tell, beyond Avatar, adding that he’s mapping out the “last act” of his career.

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Emily Wilson Doubles Down, Says Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Is “Visually Stunning, Emotionally Empty”

August 4, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Apparently, Wilson isn’t done attacking Nolan’s The Odyssey. In fact, she seems outright pissed, publishing a new The Atlantic op-ed where she even slams the film’s $69.99 popcorn bucket

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David Ellison: Paramount-WBD Merger Backlash Is “Not Really About” Antitrust — It’s About CNN

August 4, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

David Ellison believes the legal backlash over his Warner Bros. merger is “not really about market share,” and not driven primarily by concerns over market competition, but by politics.

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Maude Apatow’s ‘Poetic License’ Lands at Sony Pictures Classics After Row K Collapse

August 4, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Row K” acquired “Poetic License” out of TIFF last year, but Sony Pictures Classics has now stepped in and picked up the film. According to Variety, SPC is planning a release next year.

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‘Brand New Day’ Hits $1 Billion in Just Six Days; Record-Setting $47M Monday

August 4, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The Marvel sequel has surpassed $1 billion worldwide in just six days, making it the second-fastest movie ever to reach the milestone.

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‘Ready Player Two’ Still Alive? Zak Penn Says He’s Currently Writing the Sequel

August 4, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Zak Penn, who penned the first film, revealed that he is currently writing the sequel. It’s easily the biggest update we’ve gotten on “Ready Player Two” in some time.

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‘La Bola Negra’ Gets Historic 47-Day Theatrical Run From Netflix

August 4, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The Spanish-language Oscar hopeful from Los Javis, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, will now hit theaters October 16, nearly three weeks earlier than planned, before arriving on Netflix December 2.

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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ to World Premiere at 64th New York Film Festival

August 4, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Godzilla Minus Zero,” the highly anticipated sequel to Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One,” will have its world premiere at the 64th New York Film Festival on September 26.

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Eli Roth’s ‘Ice Cream Man’ Is Getting Brutal Reviews — Not A Single Positive One So Far

August 3, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I’m seeing plenty of “worst of the year” mentions for “Ice Cream Man,” which doesn’t surprise me one bit. Roth has never been a critical darling and has only been more burdened by that with each passing film.

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Amy Pascal Says “It’s a Good Bet” Next James Bond Will Be Announced in 2026

August 3, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

That said, Pascal is now telling Deadline that we will get to know who is playing the next 007 by year’s end, which makes my recent October prediction still valid — and, in my view, makes the most sense.

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‘Fast Forever’ Director Doesn’t Know If He’s Directing ‘Fast Forever’

August 3, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Asked whether he’d seen the same screenplay that made Vin Diesel sob for hours, director Louis Leterrier, the supposed director of “Fast Forever,” became noticeably evasive.

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First Look: Billie Eilish in Sarah Polley’s ‘The Bell Jar’

August 3, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

We now have our first look at Eilish as Esther Greenwood, the deeply troubled young woman at the center of Plath’s iconic novel, whose tragic fate is well known to many readers — images below.

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David Lowery Secretly Shot ‘Poor Clare’ Starring Noémie Merlant This Summer in Italy

August 3, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

David Lowery quietly put together his next feature, “Poor Clare,” with no announcement whatsoever, and the project began shooting in Italy this month.

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Quentin Tarantino Was “Uncomfortable” With Anyone But David Fincher Directing ‘Cliff Booth’

August 3, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sony Pictures boss Tom Rothman is telling Variety that ‘Cliff Booth’ ended up at Netflix because Quentin Tarantino was not comfortable with anyone other than David Fincher directing his script.

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Jaafar Jackson Joins Will Smith in David Gordon Green’s ‘Supermax’

August 3, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Hey, look at that, Jafaar Jackson has decided to seriously pursue acting after starring as his late uncle Michael Jackson in “Michael,” the $1B+ blockbuster.

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First Look: Takashi Miike’s ‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ — Shun Oguri and Lily James Lead Crime Thriller

August 3, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Miike has directed a whopping 103 films, almost nobody’s seen all of them, but the essential works are “Audition,” “Ichi the Killer,” “13 Assassins,” and “Visitor Q.”

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CONFIRMED: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Beats ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ Sets Record-Breaking $360M Opening, $932M Worldwide

August 3, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The latest update has ‘Brand New Day’ beating “Avengers: Endgame” with a $360M domestic opening, breaking the all-time record.

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‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ Trailer: Mahershala Ali Stars in Bassam Tariq’s Religious Hitman Thriller

August 3, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

There’s an interesting backstory to this film: while director Bassam Tariq and Mahershala Ali’s long-in-development “Blade” movie stalled, they decided to make this instead—a religious hitman thriller.

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‘Her Private Hell’ Nosedives 90% in Second Weekend, $358 Per-Theater-Average

August 3, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Neon has given up on Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Her Private Hell,” which lost 500 theaters and plunged 90% from its already abysmal opening weekend, grossing just $50K.

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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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