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Skydance Opens Warner Bros.' Books, “Shocked” to Find ‘Digger' Set to Lose $250M+ — Far Worse Than Reported

Skydance execs, who arrived on Tuesday at their new offices (formerly Warner Bros), opened the books and "were shocked to learn the extent of the loss" on "Digger.”

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The Best Films Directed by Actors — ‘Night of the Hunter,’ and Everything Else

I recently stumbled on a 2009 Film Comment poll in which critics picked the best films directed by actors. There was one condition: the actor had to have directed fewer than five films.

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Sandra Hüller is in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

Hüller isn't done with 2026 yet. She's already racked up four movies this year: "Rose," "Fatherland," "Project Hail Mary" and "Digger." Now there's word of a fifth, and it’s bigger than anything else she's done.

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‘Fast Forever' Has No Director and No Script — Despite Vin Diesel Saying He Cried Reading It

Apparently, Universal is looking for a new director, which suggests "Fast X" helmer Louis Leterrier won't be back. Meanwhile, Diesel recently teased on Instagram that.. he might direct it himself?

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Two Months After Quitting Acting, David Krumholtz Lands a Role in HBO's ‘The Trial of Louise Woodward’

Remember when David Krumholtz quit acting? That was two months ago. He said he had sent the "definitive email" and described feeling the weight of the world lift off his shoulders.

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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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Zack Snyder Is Waiting for His ‘Rebel Moon’ Movies to “Get a Little Bit More Popular" and “Discovered” for Part 3 to Happen

September 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Zack Snyder, whose 'The Last Photograph' still has no US distribution, doesn't sound so confident about 'Rebel Moon 3' ever happening, or that there's truly any demand for it.

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Variety: ‘One Battle After Another' Lost $100M. ‘Digger' Could Lose Warner Bros. Far More

September 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The "Digger" fiasco caps a disastrous 2026 for Warner Bros., which watched "Coyote vs. Acme," the film it tried to bury (now at Ketchup), out-gross nearly all of its releases this year

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Carlos Reygadas' ‘Heil Jupiter!' Divides NYFF With Orgies, a Colonoscopy and Invented Language

September 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I have no idea if I'll ever get to see "Heil Jupiter!" in a theater, and whether a U.S. distributor will take on nearly three hours of unsimulated sex, colonoscopy footage and an invented language is up for debate.

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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Remain’ Surprise Screens, and First Reactions Are Promising

September 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Clearly, by screening this four months before release, Shyamalan and Warner Bros. are feeling bullish about the potential of "Remain," and the reactions from last night are indeed very positive.

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Danny Boyle Says ‘28 Years Later: Part 3' Might Happen “In Theory,” but He's “Not Sure When”

September 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The timing of this latest update comes after this year’s “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” earned strong reviews but faltered at the box office.

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Jennifer Lawrence to Star in Zach Cregger’s ‘The Flood’

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Zach Cregger’s next film, “The Flood,” has found its lead actress, and it’s none other than Jennifer Lawrence. Steven Spielberg is producing. Warner Bros. has it dated for August 11, 2028

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BREAKING: David Fincher Exits Netflix Deal, Ending 13-Year Partnership

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

David Fincher has decided not to renew his deal at Netflix, a turning point in his long relationship with the streamer. His current deal expires next year.

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Curry Barker's ‘Anything But Ghosts’ Sets May 2027 Release Date

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Curry Barker is moving fast. Focus Features has dated the filmmaker's next project, the horror-comedy "Anything But Ghosts," for May 7, 2027.

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‘Cliff Booth' Plot Details: David Fincher's 1977-Set Sequel Is an L.A. Noir

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A Tarantino script about a stuntman-turned-fixer navigating blackmail and extortion in late-'70s L.A. It honestly sounds like a noir written by Shane Black.

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Warner Bros. Is Now Using Negative Reviews to Sell ‘Digger'

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

With reviews for "Digger" coming in poorly, Warner Bros. has gone nuclear with its marketing, inviting audiences to ignore the verdicts and "decide for yourself."

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Sylvester Stallone Is “100%' Sure He Can Fix ‘Rocky V,' and He's Asking Amazon for Three Weeks to Recut It

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sylvester Stallone has confirmed he's in talks with Amazon to recut "Rocky V," the 1990 entry that even the most hardcore Rocky fans tend to pretend doesn't exist. Speaking to SiriusXM, Sly didn't bury the lede.

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‘Game of Thrones: Aegon's Conquest' Movie Sets June 2029 Release, With Owen Harris Directing

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Ari Aster's ‘Scapegoat' Casting Calls Seek ICE Agents, Anti-ICE Protesters, and Hispanic ICE Victims

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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."

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Barry Jenkins Says He Went to Therapy Over the ‘La La Land’/‘Moonlight’ Best Picture Mix-Up

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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‘Digger’ Reviews Are Not Good — 44 on Metacritic, Disastrous $9M Opening? Yet, Iñárritu's Big, Messy Swing Deserves Better Than It's Getting

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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‘Forgotten Island’ Bombs With $13M Opening, $80M Budget, Despite Great Reviews

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

"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.

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Shawn Levy Turned Down Tom Cruise's ‘Days of Thunder 2’ to Make ‘Ghost Rider’ with Ryan Gosling

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Nancy Meyers' ‘Paris Paramount' Shoot Is Reportedly a “Nightmare,” With a Budget Ballooning Way Past $100M

September 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Andrew Schulz Joins Joseph Kosinski's ‘Miami Vice '85’ Alongside Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler

September 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Richard Linklater Gives ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Filming and Release Update: “See You in 2040”

September 28, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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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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