Due to inflation, raw box-office dollars no longer tell us nearly as much about how many people actually saw a movie. ‘Brand New Day’ might soon be the all-time box office champ, but an asterix is needed.
Read moreAlex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ Teaser Arrives, But the 4-Hour Elon Musk Doc Offers Few Surprises [Venice]
The problem with “Musk” isn’t that it’s boring. It’s that it’s four hours long and, for much of that runtime, has surprisingly little new to say about Elon Musk.
Read moreSteven Knight Says the Next James Bond Has Been Cast: It’s “A Little Bit Easier” to Write Script With the Actor in Mind
So, whatever rumors you’d heard of Bond auditions still happening are not true. Steven Knight, the screenwriter of the next James Bond film, is saying that the new 007 has already been cast.
Read moreCan Nathan Fielder’s ‘You Can See Everything’ Make Oscar History as the First “Documentary” Nominated for Best Picture?
In the Academy’s 97-year history, no documentary has ever been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar? Fielder’s doc is being tipped as potentially making history — but is it even non-fiction?
Read moreRidley Scott Claims ‘Treasure Island’ Will Be the Most Expensive Movie of His Career
Scott says it could be “the highest budget film” of his career” before accounting for tax incentives.” If Scott isn’t bullsh*tting here, and lord knows he might be, that would put the cost in the $200M+ range.
Read moreBrady Corbet’s ‘The Origin of the World,’ His ‘X-Rated’ 4-Hour Follow-Up to ‘The Brutalist,’ Begins Production in South Africa
Brady Corbet's “The Origin of the World,” his X-Rated epic about "Northern California’s economy" in the 1970s epic, has now started production in South Africa under the working title “SALT FLATS.”
Read moreMia Hansen-Løve’s ‘If Love Should Die’ is Finally Happening — Renate Reinsve Vicky Krieps, Johnny Flynn to Star
Hansen-Løve has a new film — a period piece set in England. “If Love Should Die” will focus on the 18th-century English philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft. This was announced three years ago, and it is finally happening.
Read moreVenice 2026: Koreeda’s ‘Look Back’ Disappoints, el-Toukhy’s ‘Woman Unknown’ Provokes, Moretti Surprises
Venice keeps trudging along. Twelve of the 21 films in competition have now been screened. Tomorrow, we’ll get to see Casey Affleck’s “Company,” Florian Zeller’s “Bunker,” and Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s “DAU.”
Read moreDanny Boyle Eyes ‘Antarctica’ as Next Film — Austin Butler and Colin Farrell Still Attached?
The project was gaining steam in 2023, and then the WGA strikes hit, which deflated the entire thing. At the time, Austin Butler and Colin Farrell were in talks to star as the film’s two leads.
Read moreLuca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ Has A Runtime of 2 Hours 20 Minutes
Luca Guadagnino doesn’t make short movies. His latest, “Artificial,” is yet another example of the indulgence he tends to bring to all of his films.
Read moreGary Oldman Claims Next Bond Already Chosen, Supports Jack Lowden
Did Gary Oldman just reveal who the next James Bond might be? He’s also supporting his “Slow Horses” co-star Jack Lowden to get the gig.
Read more‘Maserati’ Has Pacino, Hopkins, Garcia and Alba; $100M Budget; 36 Producers, Will Self Distribute
What is “Maserati: The Brothers”? Well, it cost $100M — sketchy stuff — was directed by Bobby Moresco, who shared an Oscar for co-writing “Crash” with Paul Haggis.
Read moreNathan Fielder’s A24 Elizabeth Holmes Doc ‘You Can See Everything’ Gets WTF Reactions at Telluride; Teaser Online
The announcement and trailer for A24’s “You Can See Everything,” a 174-minute documentary about Elizabeth Holmes made by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, premiered last night at Telluride.
Read moreLéa Seydoux and Bill Murray to Star in Ursula Meier’s ‘The Quiet Land’
Meier also calls the project a “love story,” which might mean we’re in for an unusual age-gap romance. A fall shoot in Alberta is now planned.
Read morePaul Schrader Turned to AI for ‘Three Guns at Dawn’ After Black Actors Rejected Its Criminal Characters: “We’re Making Them!”
For Schrader, AI solves the curious practical filmmaking problem he had. How about just creating Black people? No casting calls, no agents, no actors turning down the roles.
Read moreZach Cregger Distances Himself From ‘Gladys’ Prequel, Not Writing or Directing, Only Producing
Originally, Cregger was reported to be directing “Gladys.” He then dropped out. He was also supposed to co-write the script with Zach Shields, and apparently now he isn’t.
Read moreTelluride’s “Secret” A24 Movie Is Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Doc
The mystery surrounding Telluride’s secret A24 screening now appears to have been solved. Did anybody guess Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes?
Read moreLee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ Starts Quietly, Builds Into Something Colossal and Transcendent [Venice]
The film runs 164 minutes. What a stunner this turns out to be. “Possible Love” keeps getting stranger and deeper the longer it goes. And by the end, the film has moved somewhere almost transcendent.
Read moreTelluride to Screen “Surprise” A24 Movie Tonight! 174-Minute Runtime, Tight Security — No Phones Allowed
Some major guessing games are currently going on regarding Telluride’s surprise movie, playing later today at 6 PM MT, which has sparked some fun theories among industry insiders and journalists.
Read moreKane Parsons to Direct ‘Backrooms 2’ for A24 — Set to be His Next Film
An official announcement is “imminent.” “Backrooms 2” will be Parsons’ next film — he’s not jumping into anything else. Might as well strike while the iron is still hot, I guess.
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Still no distributor for "Bucking Fastard," "Alpha Gang," "The Last Photograph," "Closing Night," and "The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd." The issue seems to be quality more than a lack of willingness to buy.