In case you hadn't heard, a "Game of Thrones" movie has been greenlit, with "House of Cards" creator and "Andor" writer Beau Willimon penning the screenplay and Warner Bros. producing.
Read moreAri Aster's ‘Scapegoat' Casting Calls Seek ICE Agents, Anti-ICE Protesters, and Hispanic ICE Victims
In case you're wondering what Ari Aster might be cooking up with "Scapegoat," um, well, more hints have come our way, and this seems to be very much in the same spiritual realm as "Eddington."
Read moreBarry Jenkins Says He Went to Therapy Over the ‘La La Land’/‘Moonlight’ Best Picture Mix-Up
Jenkins admits he had to go to therapy to work through the night Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway handed Best Picture to "La La Land" before the Academy realized the wrong envelope had been read.
Read more‘Digger’ Reviews Are Not Good — 44 on Metacritic, Disastrous $9M Opening? Yet, Iñárritu's Big, Messy Swing Deserves Better Than It's Getting
First, the bad news, and sadly there's plenty of it for Alejandro G. Iñárritu's "Digger." The film is getting blasted by critics, sitting at 44 on Metacritic and 53% on Rotten Tomatoes. Its Oscar odds have all but collapsed.
Read more‘Forgotten Island’ Bombs With $13M Opening, $80M Budget, Despite Great Reviews
"Forgotten Island" just opened to $13M domestic and $20.6M worldwide. That's one of the five worst openings in DreamWorks Animation history, against an $80M budget.
Read moreShawn Levy Turned Down Tom Cruise's ‘Days of Thunder 2’ to Make ‘Ghost Rider’ with Ryan Gosling
Remember when Tom Cruise reportedly visited the set of Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling's "Star Wars: Starfighter"? Turns out it wasn't just a friendly pit stop.
Read moreNancy Meyers' ‘Paris Paramount' Shoot Is Reportedly a “Nightmare,” With a Budget Ballooning Way Past $100M
Meyers has always been known as a perfectionist, but perfectionism and a toxic set are two different things, and Warner Bros. is now paying for a rom-com that may end up as the most expensive in history.
Read moreAndrew Schulz Joins Joseph Kosinski's ‘Miami Vice '85’ Alongside Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler
The “Miami Vice '85” cast keeps growing. Andrew Schulz has boarded Joseph Kosinski's big-screen reboot for Universal, per Deadline, joining leads Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler.
Read moreRichard Linklater Gives ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Filming and Release Update: “See You in 2040”
The project, shot intermittently, began production in 2019, allowing the actors to age naturally in real time. This same approach earned Linklater acclaim for “Boyhood” in 2014.
Read more‘The Social Reckoning' First Reaction: Aaron Sorkin Blames Facebook for January 6 in His ‘Social Network' Follow-Up
This was always going to be a message movie first. The question is whether that's enough to carry it through awards season. ‘Chicago 7’ managed six Oscar nominations with a similar formula.
Read more‘La Bola Negra' Trailer: Spain's 3-Hour Queer Epic Is an Oscar Contender Heavy on Ambition ..and Kitsch
It took the Audience Award at San Sebastián this weekend, won the People's Choice Award at TIFF just a week ago, topped the Telluride poll a week before that, and of course, won the Cannes best director prize.
Read more‘Miami Vice' Gets a “Significantly Recut” Final Act in Michael Mann's New Director's Final Cut — 4k Release on December 15
Moments have been “refined,” scenes have been reordered, and most intriguingly, there's a heavily reworked final act built from unseen footage to reflect "Mann's preferred ending."
Read moreDan Trachtenberg to Direct ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Movie for Disney
This is an odd pairing. Dan Trachtenberg, known for “Prey” and “Predator: Badlands,” has signed on to direct a new film inspired by “Sleeping Beauty” for Disney.
Read moreTomi Adeyemi Won't Watch ‘Children of Blood and Bone,’ Says Gina Prince-Bythewood Should be Blamed For “Every Decision"
The author, who co-wrote and executive produced Gina Prince-Bythewood's adaptation of her 2018 novel, tells The Guardian she'll "never" let another of her books become a movie.
Read moreAndrew Scott Makes His Best Actor Case in First ‘Elsinore’ Trailer
Jonah Hill's ‘Cut Off' Heads Into Reshoots After Being Deemed “Unwatchable” and “Unreleasable”
Hill, coming off the miserable reviews for this year's “Outcome,” now has yet another film destined for a long delay. This time, it's “Cut Off,” his third directorial effort, which was set to hit theaters this July
Read moreAdam Driver Is in ‘Heat 2,’ Stephen Graham Confirms
Driver will play Otis Wardell, the central villain, psychopathic criminal who operates primarily in Chicago. The character’s presence ties together the prequel and sequel halves of the book’s structure.
Read more‘Blade’ Director on What Marvel Tells Directors: “This Is a Marvel Movie Directed by a Person”
According to Tariq, Marvel is upfront about it. They tell you, politely, that what you're making is "a Marvel film directed by a person .. They crop your shots. They change things.”
Read moreKristen Stewart Reunites with Olivier Assayas for ‘Spiritual World'; Vicky Krieps, Riley Keough & Wagner Moura Also Aboard
Stewart and Assayas previously collaborated on 2014's "Clouds of Sils Maria," which won her a César, and 2016's "Personal Shopper," which earned Assayas Best Director at Cannes.
Read moreRobert Eggers Wants a “Break" From Horror, So He's Making ‘Romeo & Juliet'
At a post-trailer Q&A for “Werwulf,” which opens Christmas Day, Eggers explained why his next movie is Shakespeare’s teen tragedy rather than another gloomy medieval tale.
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The man doesn't stop. James Gunn has confirmed he's already hard at work writing his next film, even as ‘Man of Tomorrow’ makes its way toward theaters next summer.