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Linus Sandgren to DP Shawn Levy's ‘Ghost Rider' on Film — Connor Storrie in Talks to Co-Star

Marvel's "Ghost Rider" just hired one of the best cinematographers working today. Linus Sandgren will serve as DP on Shawn Levy's MCU flick, and, most notably, the project will be shot on film.

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Jafar Panahi Sentenced to Five Years in Prison as Iran Orders His Assets Seized

It keeps getting worse for Jafar Panahi. The Palme d'Or-winning director of "It Was Just an Accident" has been sentenced by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court to five years in prison.

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‘The Birds’ Limited Series Starring Sarah Snook Lands at HBO

Hollywood remaking anything connected to Hitchcock has rarely produced memorable results. Yet the industry keeps trying, despite overwhelming evidence that it’s a fool’s errand.

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‘One of Them Days’ Filmmaker Lawrence Lamont to Direct Ice Cube-Penned ‘Last Friday’ Sequel

Lawrence Lamont, whose “One of Them Days” was one of the more pleasant low-key surprises of early 2025, has been tapped by New Line to direct “Last Friday,” the fourth instalment of the “Friday” franchise.

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‘Coyote vs. Acme' Ruled Eligible for Best Animated Feature Oscar — Crashes the Race Against ‘Wildwood’ and ‘Toy Story 5’

Should "Coyote vs. Acme" even be considered an animated film? The Academy requires animation to cover 75% of a film's runtime, and somehow this movie cleared that bar.

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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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Joel Coen’s ‘Jack of Spades’ Screens for Studios, 150-Minute Cut Showed “Immense Promise”

August 10, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The film stars Josh O’Connor, Frances McDormand, Damian Lewis, and Lesley Manville, but no plot details have been revealed. All we know is that it’s a “gothic mystery” set in 1880s Scotland.

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Netflix Pushes Fernando Meirelles’ ‘Here Comes the Flood,’ Starring Denzel Washington and Robert Pattinson, to 2027

August 10, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Back in July, Variety reported that the film had been tipped to premiere at the Venice Film Festival — it ultimately did not show up inside this year’s lineup, and now we know why— it’ll be released next year.

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Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink,’ Starring Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch, Sets December 11 Release via Netflix

August 10, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Netflix has set a release date for “Ink,” Danny Boyle’s new drama about the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid empire, with Oscar nominee Guy Pearce portraying the media mogul.

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Brad Pitt Says AI Could Save the Mid-Budget Movie: “These Films” Need to Get Made

August 10, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Brad Pitt isn’t entirely opposed to AI in movies. In fact, he thinks it could end up being a useful tool for getting something Hollywood has increasingly struggled to finance: the mid-budget film.

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Mel Gibson Says ‘Lethal Weapon 5’ Could Finally Happen After Paramount’s Warner Bros. Takeover

August 10, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Gibson is now 70 and his co-star, Danny Glover, is 80, but more pertinently, Glover has Alzheimer’s — which complicates everything. Gibson remains undeterred. They do call him Mad Mel for a reason, you know.

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Lars Von Trier Has Almost Completed the Screenplay For His Final Film

August 9, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Lars Von Trier is working on the 15th—and likely final—film of his career, “After,” and according to his producer, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, the screenplay is supposed to be completed this month

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Mel Gibson Says ‘Resurrection of the Christ’ Not in Aramaic Because the Story Is Too “Complex” for Subtitles

August 9, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Gibson isn’t shooting the sequels in Aramaic and Latin. They’re in English. He now explains the decision, saying the material became too complicated to ask audiences to process through subtitles.

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David Ellison Ready to Sign Three-Year Deal Promising 30 Paramount/Warner Bros. Movies a Year in Theaters

August 9, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Paramount/Skydance’s David Ellison is making a big promise to theater owners as he tries to get that proposed $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal across the finish line.

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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Dominates With $145M Second Weekend as Sexless ‘One Night Only’ Bombs With $5M

August 9, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Spider Man: Brand New Day” with the highest 10-day domestic run ever. Through tomorrow, the US total will be $653M, and $1.7 billion worldwide. Talk about a blockbuster—this is the definition of one.

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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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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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