David Ellison has given his Paramount leadership team a stark ultimatum over the company’s legal battle with California regulators and the proposed $110 billion Warner Bros. merger.

Clockwork announced that “The Devils” has been rated NC-17 by the MPA, which, as far as I’m concerned, is basically free marketing. Much of the audience anticipating this release was hoping for this rating.

For Haigh, the film feels like an “endpoint” in his career so far. Shot on film with DP André Turpin, “A Long Winter” was filmed in the Calgary wilderness, the same area used for “The Revenant.”

Jacob Elordi is set to co-star opposite Scarlett Johansson in “Scapegoat,” the upcoming thriller from Ari Aster, who is directing from his own script. A24, which has released his past four films, will distribute.

The good news is that Cuarón is only writing “Ascension,” meaning he won’t be tied up with directing duties and should still have room in his schedule for a long-awaited return to cinema.

Cue the ragebait — which is precisely what IndieWire intended when putting together their list of the 100 Best Sequels Ever Made, published this morning.

This is very much a James Gray movie — romantic, old-fashioned, sometimes overly serious, but also capable of delivering some incredible suspense.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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.