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Ridley Scott Says ‘Alien’ Franchise “Needs Some Help” After ‘Romulus’ Was Just “OK”: “I’ve Gone Back In”

Scott is suggesting something more significant than a simple return to the series: the filmmaker appears to believe the franchise has drifted off course.

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Ridley Scott’s Best Films, Ranked by 120+ Critics: ‘Alien’ Tops ‘Blade Runner’ in Poll

Critics were asked to submit their personal five favorite Scott films. As you can imagine, since Scott has directed 30 films in a span of 5 decades, there was an assortment of choices available.

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‘Hooters: The Movie’ Is Now in the Works, Because Why Not?

Hollywood has officially run out of ideas. Or, at the very least, it has reached the point where the origin story of Hooters is now being made as a feature film.

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Tom Hanks to Play Abraham Lincoln in ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ With Willem Dafoe and Peter Dinklage Joining Cast — Duke Johnson is Directing

It was previously reported that Tom Hanks is set to portray the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, in Duke Johnson’s upcoming live-action/stop-motion hybrid film

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Stephen Frears Says His Career Has Hit a Wall: “Studios Only Interested in Monsters and Superheroes”

Stephen Frears, 85, has been trying to make “Wilder & Me,” a film about the final, faltering chapter of Billy Wilder’s legendary career, but like his subject, he’s facing his own late-career battle with momentum.

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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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Confirmed: ‘Digger’ Runtime is Actually 2 Hours 8 Minutes

August 9, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Iñárritu is certainly one to indulge. His last film, “Bardo,” ran 159 minutes, while “The Revenant” was 156 minutes, “Biutiful” 148 minutes, “Babel” 143 minutes, and “Amores Perros” 154 minutes.

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Olivia Wilde Calls Netflix’s $20M ‘The Invite’ Offer a “Bribe” to Skip Theaters

August 8, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Back in January, at the Sundance Film Festival, a bidding war emerged over Olivia Wilde’s “The Invite.” A24, Netflix, Searchlight, Focus Features, and NEON among the studios in the mix.

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‘American Psycho’ Reboot May Lose Luca Guadagnino as Casting and Rewrites Drag On

August 8, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

If Guadagnino’s vision ultimately doesn’t come together, and time surely is running out, Lionsgate might move on from the filmmaker they have already identified possible replacements.

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‘X-Men’ Reboot Rumors Heat Up With Christopher Abbott, Jon Hamm and .. Adam Driver?

August 8, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

With Jake Schreier directing, Samara Weaving locked, and Sadie Sink introduced as Jean Grey, the reboot is starting to come together. Maybe Marvel finally makes some of it official at D23 next week.

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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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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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