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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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Lee Cronin’s ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Reboot Is Dead at Warner Bros, Paramount Now in Charge

Warner's version, which had ‘Evil Dead Rise’ director Lee Cronin in talks to write and direct, has been shelved. That leaves only Paramount Primal with plans to make a new Elm Street movie.

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Ari Aster's ‘Scapegoat' Script Is Exactly What You'd Expect: Influencers, Neo-Nazis, ICE Raids, Erika Kirk and… Nukes

"Scapegoat" is a lot. It's a hospital procedural, a doxxing noir, a marital thriller and an apocalypse satire all at once, and, much like "Eddington," the back half turns into a string of absurd, gory set pieces.

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August 19, 2019
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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Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything' ($11.4M) Steals #1 From ‘Clayface' ($10.4M) After Strong Sunday

November 2, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheimer documentary got there thanks to a strong Sunday. It pulled in $4.3M, up 19% from Saturday. That actually made Sunday its best day of the weekend.

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‘Cliff Booth' Poster Finally Arrives 23 Days Before Release; David Fincher Is Still Editing? No MPA Rating Yet

November 2, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A gorgeous, '70s-style poster for David Fincher's "The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth" has finally been released, and you can see it below. It’s the film’s first poster, 23 days away from release.

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Curry Barker Wants to Release a Nearly 2-Hour-10-Minute “Extended Cut” of ‘Obsession’

November 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The theatrical version runs 108 minutes, so we're talking a nearly 2-hour-10-minute cut of a movie that works because it's lean, and I'm not sure anyone needs that.

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Wong Kar-wai's Next Project is ‘Northern Story’? Another TV Series, Not a Film

November 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

It’s now been 13 years since "The Grandmaster,” and it doesn’t sound like Wong Kar-wai will be making another film in the near future. His future seems to be on the small screen.

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Michael Mann Hospitalized After Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Leg at Gun Range

November 1, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Mann, 83, was rushed to a hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at The Range LA, an indoor shooting facility in Los Angeles.

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Francis Ford Coppola Says He Hopes to “Make One More Film”

October 31, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Coppola lost more than $100M on "Megalopolis," got hammered for it, and he knows the clock is running out for one more film. If "Glimpses of the Moon" is that film, someone needs to write the check soon.

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Taika Waititi Slams Critics as “Sad Lost Souls” and “Out of Touch” in Unhinged Rant Over ‘Klara and the Sun’

October 31, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Firing back at critics is nothing new, but calling an entire profession “failed artists” who belong "in the bin" is hilarious, and wildly unhinged.

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Bill Burr Says ‘Digger' Critics Are “Out of Their Minds," and Their Bad Reviews “Won’t Age Well”

October 31, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Is Burr right? Will “Digger” be the ‘Big Lebowski’ of 2026, a misunderstood bomb that finds its audience on home video? ‘Lebowski’ is hardly alone: “Blade Runner,” “The Shining” and “Fight Club” all followed the same path.

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The 20 Greatest Horror Movies of All-Time; Is ‘The Exorcist' Still The King?

October 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Is “The Exorcist” truly the greatest horror film ever made, or has time crowned a new champion of fear? Maybe it’s “The Shining,” ‘Texas Chainsaw,’ “Psycho,” or something entirely unexpected that still keeps you up at night.

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Matthew Libatique Says Darren Aronofsky’s Next Film Will “Experiment” With AI

October 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Here we have Darren Aronofsky's longtime DP, Matthew Libatique, confirming the two are running AI tests before shooting their next feature together.

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Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything' ($2M), ‘Clayface' ($1.9M), ‘Wildwood' ($1.3M) Lead a Quiet Thursday

October 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Thursday numbers are in, and they hint at a quiet weekend, especially with no big wide release, unless you count "Christmas at the Kringles" as one. It managed $200K in previews from around 1800 screens.

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Angel Studios Bans Sex, Nudity and F-Words (Violence is Okay) in Sweeping New Content Policy

October 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The studio has unveiled "The Angel Promise," a sweeping new content policy that bans on-screen sex, nudity, F-words and any misuse of God's name in its films.

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Amanda Seyfried Joins Brady Corbet's ‘The Origin of the World'

October 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Seyfried just came off “The Testament of Ann Lee,” which, Corbet’s partner, Mona Fastvold directed and co-wrote with him. Corbet also served as second unit director on that film.

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Martin Scorsese Says Sony Hack Killed His ‘Cleopatra' With Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis: “I’m So Mad About It”

October 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

In a new interview, Martin Scorsese casually revealed that he came very close to directing a "Cleopatra" epic with Angelina Jolie in the title role. And what killed it? North Korea.

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Fincher's ‘Cliff Booth' Loses Roughly 150 Screens as Regal, Cinemark “Politely Decline" Its Two-Week IMAX Run

October 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Remember when, back in August, we learned “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth” would be playing in only around 350 U.S. theaters, "maybe fewer"? Well, it's fewer. A lot fewer.

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Michael Douglas Says Jack Nicholson, 89, Is “Not Working Any More" and Has “Disappeared"

October 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

While James L. Brooks teased last year that "we'll soon be seeing" Jack Nicholson, 89, act again, and that he was "reading scripts," that idea has now been shut down by his close friend Michael Douglas, 82.

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Karyn Kusama to Direct ‘Mouthwashing’ Movie for Sony, ‘The Invitation’ Writers to Pen Script

October 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sony has acquired the feature film rights to "Mouthwashing," the acclaimed psychological horror game. The studio has hired Kusama to direct, and she will bring her most reliable writers, Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay, with her.

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Sir Patrick Stewart, 86, Has Died

October 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A real shocker. There are some people you think will live forever, and Sir Patrick Stewart was one of them. The legendary actor has passed away at the age of 86. We’ve lost one of the greats.

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Ken Russell's ‘The Devils' Extends Theatrical Run Indefinitely (!) After $3.3M Box Office Surprise

October 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Nobody expected a 55-year-old NC-17 movie to be one of the surprise box office stories of the fall. Yet here we are, and this absolutely puts a smile on my face.

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‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ First Reactions Are Very Positive

October 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Of course, we all know the rule: take these reactions with a grain of salt rather than treating them as gospel. Still, I will say that the film tested like gangbusters earlier this year, and Lionsgate clearly has confidence.

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