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Russell Brand Sentenced to 10 Years and Six Months in Prison

Brand broke into a Hollywood career in the late 2000s. His breakout screen role was rock star Aldous Snow in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” a character he reprised as the lead of “Get Him to the Greek.”

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Denzel Washington & Robert Pattinson's ‘The Take' Is Getting Dumped by Netflix in January

January is where studios put movies they've lost faith in. Netflix had its fall awards slate set and chose not to make room for a Denzel-Pattinson-Meirelles movie.

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Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Next Film ‘Foreign Correspondent,' Stars Wagner Moura

"Foreign Correspondent” marks the first time Kleber has publicly put a name to the project. And yes, ‘Secret Agent’ star Wagner Moura is coming back with him. We should have known this would be the case.

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Rian Johnson Calls James Gray's ‘Paper Tiger' “An American Masterpiece” and His Favorite Film of the Year

The "Knives Out" filmmaker took to Instagram to declare Gray's crime drama his favorite film of 2026, writing: "I've seen some very good films this year, but this is still my favorite [..] t's an American masterpiece."

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Box Office: ‘Godzilla Minus Zero' Scores $31.6M Opening, ‘You Can See Everything' Dips Just 23%, ‘Wild Horse Nine' Impresses With $6M

Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” opened to $31.6M this weekend from 3,254 theaters, the highest opening ever for a live-action foreign-language movie in North America.

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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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Lucrecia Martel's Next Film ‘Gente’ Is Sci-Fi, and the Script Is Finished

October 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Martel has only made a handful of features in 25 years ("La Ciénaga," "The Holy Girl," "The Headless Woman," "Zama"), and every one of them has been an event for festival audiences.

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Walter Hill Teases New Low-Budget Film Set in Los Angeles, His First Since ‘Dead for a Dollar'

October 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Hill wrote "The Getaway" for Peckinpah, then in the ‘70s and ‘80s directed "Hard Times," "The Driver," "The Warriors," "The Long Riders," "Southern Comfort," "48 Hrs” and "Streets of Fire.”

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‘I Play Rocky’ Trailer: Anthony Ippolito Becomes Sylvester Stallone in Peter Farrelly's Oscar Hopeful

October 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A new trailer has dropped for Peter Farrelly’s “I Play Rocky,” a film that fall festival audiences have wholeheartedly embraced, but one that critics seem determined to reject.

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‘Heat 2’ Shoot Delayed to January

October 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Michael Mann's "Heat 2" won't be rolling cameras this year after all. Appearing on Today Show this morning, Stephen Graham said the sequel is now set to begin shooting in January.

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Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O'Connor Will Screen-Test for James Bond This Week

October 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

At least four actors have received test offers. Deadline's insiders say three of them are Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O'Connor. The fourth name is a “mystery actor.”

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‘Klara and the Sun' Cut From 1,900 to 850 Screens After Brutal Reviews

October 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Just a few weeks ago, Taika Waititi's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's "Klara and the Sun" was set to open in over 1,900 theaters this weekend. Now, according to Variety, that number has been cut to roughly 850.

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Cory Michael Smith Joins Ari Aster's ‘Scapegoat'

October 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Cory Michael Smith is the latest addition to the ensemble of Aster's latest, which is led by Scarlett Johansson and also features Jacob Elordi, Jude Law, Caleb Landry Jones, Ella Purnell and Samba Schutte.

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Samara Weaving Joins Olivia Wilde's ‘Naughty' Alongside Jennifer Aniston, Peter Dinklage, Regina Hall, & More

October 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Olivia Wilde, coming off great reviews for "The Invite," is shooting her next film, a holiday comedy titled "Naughty," which already had Jennifer Aniston and Peter Dinklage attached as the two main leads.

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‘Wildwood’ Is a $100M+ Stop-Motion Triumph, Oscar Frontrunner — and It's About to Be One of the Biggest Bombs of the Year

October 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A PG-13, 132-minute stop-motion epic that cost $100M+ opens this weekend, with glowing reviews to boot, and almost nobody cares.

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‘Clayface' Gets Mixed Reviews, 59 on Metacritic — Tracking at Soft $18M–$20M Opening

October 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Reviews are not as ideal as expected, but the silver lining for DC Studios is that, at $44M, “Clayface” doesn't need to be a blockbuster hit to avoid break even point.

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‘Cliff Booth': Netflix Releases 8 New Images, But Still No Poster, or Robust Trailer

October 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

This latest batch of images makes it all the more baffling that, with the film barely five weeks from release, we still don't have an official poster, nor have we gotten a full-course trailer.

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‘Ali G: Who Iz I?' Gets One-Weekend Theatrical Release as Amazon/MGM Shrinks Rollout

October 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

It sounds like Amazon/MGM has decided to cut the rollout of "Ali G: Who Iz I?," Sacha Baron Cohen's latest prank-filled improv comedy, even shorter. The film hits theaters this weekend, by the way.

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‘You Can See Everything' Is the #1 Movie in America on Just 855 Screens — Now It Expands to 2,500+ This Weekend

October 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The real test comes this weekend, when A24 expands "You Can See Everything" to 2,500+ screens. Wouldn't it be something if it ended up at #1? “Clayface” stands in its way.

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James Bond Is Down to Jacob Elordi, Jack Lowden and a Mystery Actor — Announcement Expected Soon

October 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Elordi is somewhat fresh faced, but he's not British and he's not unknown. Lowden is British but will be pushing 37 when cameras roll. And then there's that third mystery actor, who has barely been speculated about

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MPA Ratings: ‘Alone at Dawn' and ‘Saturn Return' Rated R; ‘Ebenezer' and ‘The Thomas Crown Affair' Get PG-13

October 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Ron Howard's "Alone at Dawn" has been rated R. Amazon/MGM just dated the film for Christmas 2027. That's over a year away. Yet here we are, with the film rated, and post-production complete.

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Denzel Washington to Star in Christopher McQuarrie-Directed Thriller, October 2027 Release by Amazon/MGM

October 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Denzel playing a broken ex-cop with nothing to lose, under McQuarrie's direction? We all know Washington loves to attach himself to redemption stories. It's his bread and butter.

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Golden Globes Reject ‘Michael' as a “Musical,” But ‘Obsession' Is a “Comedy”

October 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

So, let me get this straight. “Obsession,” a horror movie, is a comedy according to the Golden Globes. “Michael,” a movie where Michael Jackson sings and for two hours, is not a musical.

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Keanu Reeves to Star in James Wan's ‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’ Remake

October 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Two weeks ago, I reported that James Wan's remake of the Korean film "The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil" for Paramount was scheduled to start production in April 2027. We now have a lead.

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First Look: Dwayne Johnson Is Almost Unrecognizable As “The Chicken Man” In Benny Safdie's ‘Lizard Music’

October 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Here's our first look at Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, 54, on the New York City set of Benny Safdie's "Lizard Music," a live-action/CGI hybrid now set for a Christmas 2027 release.

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David Fincher’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Clocks In at 140 Minutes — 60 Pages Trimmed From Tarantino’s Original Script: “It Was Essentially Two Movies”

October 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

So, this is interesting. Two movies. That's what David Fincher says he was handed when Quentin Tarantino's screenplay for “The Adventures of Cliff Booth” landed on his desk.

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