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Francis Lawrence Calls Gunn and Safran “An Impediment” to ‘Constantine 2', Says He's “More Hopeful" Now That They're Gone

James Gunn wrote on Instagram this week that he was "incredibly relieved" to be out at DC Studios. Turns out he's not the only one.

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Jim Caviezel Was “Heartbroken” When Mel Gibson Recast Jesus in ‘The Resurrection of the Christ'

For 20 years, the assumption was that whenever Mel Gibson got his "Passion of the Christ" sequel off the ground, Jim Caviezel would be front and center.

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Steven Spielberg Will Direct a Stage Musical, Written by Tony Kushner

Kushner has been Spielberg's go-to screenwriter for two decades now: "Munich," "Lincoln," "West Side Story" and "The Fabelmans." All four were Best Picture nominees.

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Guy Maddin to Direct ‘The Confessions,’ Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Hunter Schafer, Maya Hawke and Harry Melling

Before "Rumours," Guy Maddin, the great Canadian surrealist, hadn't shot a feature in more than seven years. Now, two years after that film premiered at Cannes, he already has his next one lined up.

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‘Dune: Part Three' Social Embargo Lifts December 2, Reviews Drop December 9

This morning, invites went out to press for screenings of Denis Villeneuve's "Dune: Part Three." I got one, and my screening is set for December 1. That's 17 days before the film opens in theaters.

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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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‘Michael’ Gets Standing Ovation at DGA Oscar Screening — Best Picture Nomination a Possibility?

October 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

This absolutely matters. That room was practically all Oscar voters. Fact remains, “Michael” was always going to contend for a best picture nomination, you just had to set your biases aside.

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Kevin Costner Isn't Giving Up on ‘Horizon’: “Ultimately We Are Going to Release Four Movies”

October 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Back in May, a Warner Bros. source told me ‘Chapter 2’ wasn't coming out in 2026. It was “not in the plans.” The film has been finished for two years.

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Box-Office: ‘Whalefall' Bombs With $7M Opening on $60M Budget

October 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Duffield's "Whalefall," the survival thriller about a diver swallowed by a sperm whale, is heading toward a roughly $7M-ish opening weekend, according to the most recent Saturday update.

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‘You Can See Everything' Headed For $15M Weekend, 2000+ Sellouts in Just 855 Theaters — The Five Best Moments. What Did You Think? Post Your Review!

October 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

So, those of you who went this weekend: what did you make of it? Where do you land on Holmes, and — most fascinatingly — on Billy Evans, her sniffling, controlling, weirdo husband?

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Josh Brolin Says Steven Knight's ‘Sicario 3' Script Is “Undeniable," Shoot Set for 2027

October 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Brolin has teases “Sicario 3” since at least 2022, and as recently as last November, he was saying it felt close. It wasn't. Then, this month, it finally clicked: Knight on script, Padraic McKinley (“The Weight”) directing.

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Quentin Tarantino Has a Script Ready for His 10th Film, But Wants to “Live a Little” First

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

So there's a script. That's something. It looks as though “The Movie Critic” really is dead and buried, and that this is a brand-new project, and title, but the premise is unknown.

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Francis Lawrence to Direct ‘Red Rising’ Movie for Paramount

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

According to THR, Paramount has acquired the rights to "Red Rising," Pierce Brown's best-selling dystopian sci-fi saga, and it has handed the keys to a familiar name.

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Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas to Star in HBO’s ‘True Detective’ Season 5

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Cage and Banderas join a long list of actors who have led the show. Previous seasons featured Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Mahershala Ali, and Jodie Foster.

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The Coen Brothers Confirm They'll Reunite Soon: “We're Getting Old. It Better Be the Near Future"

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Joel and Ethan Coen, one of our great living filmmakers, haven't made a film together since in almost ten years. They swear there's no "schism," and promise a reunion is coming “soon.”

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Netflix Wants Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca: But the Ex-Warner Bros. Chiefs Want Real Theatrical Windows First

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Abdy and De Luca want real theatrical guarantees. A deal is possible, but it would have to come with major concessions since Netflix, and Sarandos in particular, aren’t particularly keen on the theatrical model.

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Nathan Fielder’s ‘You Can See Everything’ Earns $1.8M Thursday Previews and Incredible 92% Definite Recommend, Eyes $10M+ Opening

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Not many saw this coming, especially since we only learned this film existed six weeks ago. A nearly 3-hour documentary about Elizabeth Holmes is about to pull off a remarkable box office opening.

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‘The Mummy 4' Gets a Title: ‘Book of the Dead' as First Set Photos of Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Leak

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Universal has finally put a name on the fourth Mummy movie. It's called “The Mummy: Book of the Dead,” there’s a release date: October 15, 2027, basically a year from today.

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Curry Barker’s ‘Anything But Ghosts’ Is Testing Through the Roof — and Seth Rogen Says It’s Better Than ‘Obsession’

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Test scores have been sublime for “Anything But Ghosts,” with sources telling me this is a very different film from “Obsession,” tonally and thematically, It’s a total 180.

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Julia Ducournau's Next Film, ‘My Real Name Is Elisabeth,’ Aims For Cannes 2028

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Ducournau is, of course, the filmmaker behind two strong genre films, "Raw" and "Titane," but "Alpha," which premiered at Cannes last year, left people with mixed feelings.

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Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum, Rachel McAdams & David Krumholtz Join Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ In Voice Roles

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

No clue what Benny Safdie is cooking up here, and maybe that’s a good thing? What do you make of a cast that includes Dwayne Johnson, Regina Hall, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Goldblum and, Andrew Dice Clay?

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Steven Soderbergh to Direct ‘The Batman: Part II’ as Matt Reeves Remains Away

October 15, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

BREAKING: Steven Soderbergh has stepped in to finish "The Batman Part II" as Matt Reeves remains away due to family reasons. This is a beautiful gesture, if you ask me: a filmmaker helping out a fellow filmmaker.

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Taika Waititi's ‘Klara and the Sun' Panned by Critics, Gets 1-Star Reviews at London Premiere — 23 on Metacritic

October 15, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Taika Waititi's career has been on shaky ground for a while now, and nobody really believed “Klara and the Sun” would fix anything. The course correction isn't coming; if anything, this will only sink him further.

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‘Digger' Loses Whopping 2,535 Screens in Week 3, One of the Biggest Drops Ever for a Studio Release

October 15, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Tom Cruise-starring satire is now playing in just 786 venues. That's down from about 3,321 last weekend, a 76% cut, and one of the biggest ever week-two-to-week-three drops ever.

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‘Dune: Part Three' Is “98% Done” — Denis Villeneuve Admits He's “Tired” of Arrakis and Needs a “Rocket” to James Bond

October 15, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Villeneuve was announced as director of the "Dune" reboot back in February 2017. By the time "Part III" hits theaters this December, he'll have spent close to a decade working back-to-back on Arakis.

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Tim Burton Teams With Kazuo Ishiguro on Original Film Set in Post-War Japan

October 15, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sources say it's the project Burton has focused on most since "Wednesday" wrapped, and it could be his next film if things move forward quickly.

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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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Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

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