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Alma Har’el’s ‘Wet’ Acquired by Lionsgate: Starring Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Connor Storrie, Odessa A’zion and Rosalia

It’s been seven years since Alma Har’el’s feature debut, “Honey Boy,” which was written by and starred Shia LaBeouf — she is now set to direct her next film, with a very talented cast.

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Quentin Tarantino Fired Isabelle Huppert From ‘Inglourious Basterds' for Skipping the Table Read

Imagine firing Isabelle Huppert from your movie. One of the great actresses of all time, the woman behind "The Piano Teacher," "La Cérémonie" and "Elle," dropped because she missed a table read.

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Park Chan-wook Says ‘The Brigands of Rattlecreek' is “Very Violent” and the “Most Brutal” Film He's Ever Made

Are we really that surprised? The original draft was written by S. Craig Zahler, the guy behind "Bone Tomahawk," "Brawl in Cell Block 99" and "Dragged Across Concrete."

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Francis Lawrence Calls James Gunn “An Impediment” to ‘Constantine 2,’ Says He's “More Hopeful" Now That They're Gone

James Gunn wrote on Instagram this week that he was "incredibly relieved" to be out at DC Studios. Turns out he's not the only one.

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Jim Caviezel Was “Heartbroken” When Mel Gibson Recast Jesus in ‘The Resurrection of the Christ'

For 20 years, the assumption was that whenever Mel Gibson got his "Passion of the Christ" sequel off the ground, Jim Caviezel would be front and center.

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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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‘One Night Only’ Director Cut Out “So Much Nudity” Because People Dislike Sex on Screen

August 7, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Turns out, there’s a much more sexual version of “One Night Only,” with lots of sex and nudity, that never made it to theaters. The film’s director, Will Gluck, blames audience discomfort for the cuts.

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SS Rajamouli’s ‘Varanasi’ Is Being Shot Entirely on IMAX, Following ‘The Odyssey’

August 7, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

SS Rajamouli’s upcoming “magnum opus” is called “Varanasi,” starring Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Prithviraj Sukumaran — a massive movie, which just got more massive.

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Venice Film Festival Schedule Reveals “Mystery Film” Held Back for “Security Reasons,” to Be Announced Soon

August 7, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Interestingly, there’s a slot on Thursday, September 10, for a film “yet to be announced.” The runtime is around 90 minutes. I reached out to a source who gave some more details.

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‘The Odyssey’ Hits $1 Billion; ‘Brand New Day’ Tops $1.3 Billion; ‘One Night Only’ Stumbles With $750K Thursday

August 7, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Spider-Man: Brand New” just became the fastest movie to cross $500M domestic ever, doing so in seven days and beating “Avengers: Endgame,” which did it in eight.

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‘Wonka’ Sequel “Delayed Indefinitely,” Warner Bros. Denies

August 7, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The original plan was to start production this year, but Chalamet is now getting pickier about what comes next for him. He still hasn’t decided, but it won’t be “Wonka 2,” which is “delayed indefinitely.”

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‘Spring Breakers 2’ Is Getting Worse, Bella Thorne to Write and Direct Sequel: “It’s Going to Be So Litty, Litty McTitties”

August 7, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Bella Thorne has confirmed that not only is she starring in the Korine-less sequel, but she is also directing “Spring Breakers 2.” Yes, Bella Thorne, the former Disney star, who won a Pornhub directing award.

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David Fincher’s ‘Squid Game’ U.S. Spinoff Shelved by Netflix — Is His Time at Netflix Up?

August 7, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Netflix is no longer moving forward with the series, which went by the working title “Heckler” and was supposed to have production take place in the UK. Dennis Kelly (“Utopia”) had been hired to write the scripts.

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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ Faces Reshoots After Mixed Test Scores

August 7, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

‘Narnia’ was originally slated for release in November 2026 before being pushed to February 2027, and the official reason given to the trades was that it just wasn’t ready to hit that date.

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Morgan Freeman Says He’ll Overlook a Mediocre Script “If They’re Going to Pay You Enough”

August 7, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Freeman is far from retired. Case in point, all the straight-to-VOD movies he’s been making these past 10 years. Scrolling through his filmography, the last true “Hollywood” year Freeman had was in 2016.

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David Fincher’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Reshoots Set for August — Jeff Cronenweth to Replace Erik Messerschmidt as DP

August 6, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The film had actually wrapped its six-month production in January 2026, and it’s been in post-production for the last eight months. Fincher is well known for taking his time in the editing room.

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‘Michael’ Sequel Targets Late 2027/Early 2028 Release

August 6, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Lionsgate CEO Adam Fogelson has given an update on the “Michael” sequel, the studio’s blockbuster Michael Jackson biopic, which hit $1 billion at the box office this year.

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Sam Neill’s Final Role Will Be in ‘The Legend of Zelda’

August 6, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sam Neill had filmed four projects back-to-back over the past year, all of which would be released in the coming months, including “The Legend of Zelda.”

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Gareth Edwards Exits ‘Jurassic World’ Sequel Due to “Creative Differences”

August 6, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Universal and Amblin are moving forward with the next ‘Jurassic World’ movie, but Gareth Edwards is not expected to return as director following “creative differences.”

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Emmanuel Lubezki Set as DP on Ben Stiller’s WWII Thriller ‘Airman,’ Starring Jeremy Allen White, A24-Backed

August 6, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Lubezki’s participation in the film doesn’t seem so far-fetched when you realize that he was also the DP on Stiller’s “Reality Bites,” way back in 1994. They haven’t worked together since.

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‘Run Hide Fight: Infidels’ Trailer: Jonathan Majors’ Comeback Is a Culture-War Fever Dream, Produced by Ben Shapiro

August 6, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for, a trailer Jonathan Majors’ “comeback vehicle” — titled “Run Hide Fight: Infidels,” and backed by Ben Shapiro’s The Daily Wire.

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Kit Connor to Play Cyclops in Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ Reboot

August 6, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Connor’s Cyclops comes hot off the heels of Samara Weaving’s casting as Emma Frost and Sadie Sink’s casting as Jean Grey. There have also been persistent rumors that Cailee Spaeny is in contention to play Rogue.

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‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ Trailer: Can John Turturro Finally Earn His First Oscar Nomination?

August 6, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Yeah, hard to believe, but Turturro has never been recognized by the Academy despite delivering a string of great performances in films such as “The Big Lebowski,” “Do the Right Thing,” “Barton Fink,” “Miller’s Crossing,” and “Quiz Show.”

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David Zaslav Pretends “ ‘Supergirl’ Never Happened as He Touts James Gunn’s “Amazing” DCU

August 6, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Apparently, David Zaslav believes all is well with James Gunn’s DCU. In fact, he’s just pretending “Supergirl” never existed.

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David O. Russell’s ‘Madden’ Heads to Prime Video Streaming on November 18, “Oscar-Qualifying Run” A Week Earlier

August 6, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Amazon has decided to dump “Madden” straight to Prime on November 18. “Madden” was already branded as a “Prime Original,” which was a hint, and we basically just got it confirmed via press release.

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TIFF’s 2026 Midnight Madness Lineup Includes Na Hong-jin, Duncan Jones, Anna Biller, Matthew Rankin and Eugene Kotlyarenko

August 6, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

How do you follow up a TIFF Midnight Madness that had “Obsession,” “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie” and “The Furious”? That’s what programmer Peter Kuplowsky will have to contend with this year.

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