In 2019, Roman Polanski premiered one of the best films of his career. He even won the Grand Jury prize at Venice for it. A few months later it was nominated for 12 French Cesar awards, and it later won Polanski the Best Director award. Yet the film still hasn’t been released in … | Continue reading
It turns out that Haneke has retired from filmmaking, at least according to Isabelle Huppert who took part in a masterclass session at the Lumiere Film Festival alongside Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux. | Continue reading
NEON’s exclusive six theater rollout of Palme d’Or winner, Sean Baker’s “Anora,” has turned into a major success. We’ll see how it does in the coming weeks, as it continues to expand nationwide, but these numbers are major. | Continue reading
Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” had its first screening at the Paramount Studios lot in Los Angeles, where critics, media and industry got a first look at the film. | Continue reading
The filmmaker behind “American History X” is back. It’s been 13 years since Kaye’s last film, “Detachment,” was released — it was ignored by the public, that is until a cult following soon caught on to it. | Continue reading
It turns out that Clint Eastwood’s new film, Juror #2,” out November 1, was originally intended as a streaming-only release on Max, but at the last minute, Warners decided to bump it up to a limited theatrical release. | Continue reading
If I wasn’t worried, and in fact excited, by Leigh Whannell’s “Wolf Man,” this trailer is a tad concerning. The CGI seems a little off, which isn’t surprising given the budget of this Blumhouse horror cheapie is supposed to be in the $20M range. | Continue reading
Luca Guadagnino keeps piling up the projects. This might be his most bewildering one of all. Guadagnino is reportedly set to direct a remake of “American Psycho.” | Continue reading
Speaking of the friction between the ‘Knives Out’ gang and Netflix, Puck’s Matt Belloni has just written about a curse-filled exchange that happened at the TIFF 2022 premiere of ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.’ | Continue reading
I’m being told that Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” is eyeing a world premiere at next year’s Cannes Film Festival. Not that surprising given what the film is about, and the filmmaker behind it. | Continue reading
Another new live-action ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie is in the works. ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ won’t be split into two films, despite previous reports. Instead, they are developing another LOTR movie at the same time. | Continue reading
While ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ is still filming, it’s going to be a very busy next few months for Tom Cruise as he has booked two films, set to shoot in 2025, and they’re both non-IP films. | Continue reading
Parker Finn’s “Smile 2” is having a slow start at the box-office, having only earned $2.5M in Thursday showings. It’s not looking like it’ll match the original’s numbers. I can also confirm that the film cost a little under $30M to produce. | Continue reading
Why is Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” being released in January 2025? That’s the question everybody seems to be asking. Positioning a film during the dumping grounds of January does not hint at much confidence on the part of Warner Bros. | Continue reading
“I’m in the writing zone right now,” Vileneuve tells Deadline, referring ‘Dune: Messiah.’ He adds that the main actors on the third film will be Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh and Anya Taylor-Joy. | Continue reading
I trust Paul King — mostly because he’s the man behind the first two ‘Paddington’ movies — but I'm struggling to think of anything interesting that he could do with a “Prince Charming” movie. | Continue reading
Some promising casting news as Josh Brolin (“No Country For Old Men”) is set to play the villain in Edgar Wright’s “The Running Man” remake. Glen Powell, Katy O’Brian and Daniel Ezra were already part of the cast (via Deadline) | Continue reading
“The Day the Earth Blew Up” is the first proper Looney Tunes movie in years, but Warner Bros. wanted nothing to do with it. In August, Warners brokered a deal with Ketchup Entertainment to distribute the film in theaters. | Continue reading
A rep for Lionsgate has now reached out and tells me The Wrap’s story is “inaccurate.” According to them, Wiseman led the reshoots and Stahelski was only there to “help in the creation of action design on the new scenes that would enhance the film and create bigger action sequenc … | Continue reading
We also have our first look at “Freakier Friday” (above) which is the sequel to 2003’s “Freaky Friday.” Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are set to return in their respective mother/daughter roles for the sequel. | Continue reading
French filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski is coming off the acclaimed “Other People’s Children,” and she’s now deep in production on her next film (via Variety). | Continue reading
Warner Bros co-chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy weren’t even allowed allowed to read the script for Nolan’s next movie. Only Universal’s Donna Langley was given the honor of going through the pages. It turns out, Nolan didn’t even consider Warner Bros. | Continue reading
A few days ago, I wrote having heard that “Terrifier 3” might open as high as $20M this coming weekend. Many didn’t believe it. I’m sticking with that figure, especially after having seen last night’s numbers. | Continue reading
I’ve been tracking this project for the past few months, and it looks like it might have been shelved, unless some good samaritan comes in to rescue it. The reason I was given had to do with lack of financing — they just don’t have the money. A real shame. | Continue reading
According to Puck’s Matt Belloni, a bidding war has been sparked to acquire Fennell’s film. It’s gotten to the point where Netflix is now offering $150M to snatch up “Wuthering Heights.” There’s just one problem: Fennell and Robbie want a theatrical rollout. | Continue reading
Just a quick note on Greta Gerwig’s ‘Chronicles of Narnia,’ which is eyeing a January 31, 2025 shoot. Not just that, but a recent Production List posting has it as dubbed a “series.” This is news to me. It could be an error. | Continue reading
UPDATED: More lists were added. I decided to count around 20 late submissions. Not much has changed except that “The Prestige” falls from third to fourth place. | Continue reading
Lewis Pullman, who will soon star in Marvel’s “Thunderbolts.” tells Variety that he would love to replace Joaquin Phoenix in the now-shelved Todd Haynes ‘30s gay romance movie. Is he a big enough draw? | Continue reading
It turns out that ‘Wicked,’ which had tickets go on sale earlier in the week, has nabbed the second best first-day ticket presales of 2024 on Fandango. That is the best possible news for Universal who have been marketing this movie like crazy. | Continue reading
We’re hearing word that Ade is working on “Zauberwort” (“Magic Word”), a long awaited film— her first one since 2016’s “Toni Erdmann,” with plans to shoot in 2026. There’s currently no casting or plot details for “Zauberwort." | Continue reading
While the latest rumors have Kevin Costner nearing bankruptcy because of his failed ‘Horizon’ gamble, the actor has signed up to his first film role since shooting his $100M western. | Continue reading
It is unclear what the story will be this time around for this latest Spidey. However, Daniel Richtman is now reporting that production on the sequel is set begin on May 25 in the UK, it’s going continue on until October — that’s six months of shooting. | Continue reading
Enter, “The Order,” starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult. The film, which I saw at TIFF, is an old-school investigative thriller. It’s directed with classicist flair by Kurzel. Tamper your expectations and you'll be semi-entertained by this one. | Continue reading
I love Francis Ford Coppola’s persistence. He’s going to probably lose well over $100M on his “Megalopolis” gamble and yet he’s saying he has two more films he wants to make before he can safely say he’s retired — both he wants to finance himself. | Continue reading
It’s been confirmed that “Terrifier 3,” which only cost $2M, will have a 2500+ screens rollout this weekend. Variety’s estimates have it opening at $13M, but as I said yesterday, it will likely exceed that amount and could even flirt with $20M. | Continue reading
Here’s a rumor. Beyond the Trailer’s Grace Randolph says she’s hearing that Nolan’s new film is more “genre-y” than his previous ones, and then seemingly mentions that it might actually be a horror movie. If that’s the case, then I’m certainly intrigued. | Continue reading
I rarely write about movie posters, unless they’re either god awful or so good that attention must be paid to them. The one just released for Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” falls into the latter category — it’s groovy. | Continue reading
Stone went on his X account to sing the praises of Jeremy Strong’s performance as Roy Cohn in “The Apprentice,” and I agree with Mr. Stone on that, it’s an Oscar-worthy performance. | Continue reading
Early reactions are okay, with a few glowing exceptions, for Steve McQueen’s “Blitz.” Is this the most poorly reviewed film of McQueen's career? It's starting to look like it, but it still sounds like a decent effort. | Continue reading
It turns out that “Hush,” which premiered on Netflix eight years ago, is finally receiving a U.S. theatrical release. It’s set to hit theaters on October 16. This would, technically speaking, easily make it one of the best released horror films of 2024. | Continue reading
Cronenberg, 81, is now telling NYFF’s Dennis Lim that it might have been a mistake to show it at Cannes as the audience over there “didn’t get” the movie he was trying to make, one which is filled with dark humor. | Continue reading
It turns out that Smith recently dropped out of “Sugar Bandits,” which was lined up as his next project, to hop onboard Bay’s film — “Fast and Loose” is set to reunite Smith and Bay for the first time since 2003’s “Bad Boys II.” | Continue reading
Warner Bros is now spinning, through Deadline, all of the blame towards Phillips by implying that the studio “appeased” his requests by giving him “final cut” on the film and granting his request for the Venice world premiere. Here’s Antonio D’Allessandro … | Continue reading
‘Brave New World,’ which is said to have an epic $350M budget, stars Anthony Mackie, Liv Tyler, Harrison Ford, Shira Haas, and Tim Blake Nelson, and is set to be released in theaters on February 14, 2025. | Continue reading
So, apparently Gary Dauberman’s “Salem’s Lot,” an endlessly delayed film, which went straight to Max streaming, had an original cut of 3 hours, but due to studio intervention, had to be snipped down to 113 minutes. That’s almost an hour of the original cut gone. | Continue reading
Germany recently submitted Mohammad Rasoulof's “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” as its Oscar entry in the Best International Feature race. A trailer has just been revealed by Neon. | Continue reading
At today’s press conference in Torino, Scorsese, 81, tackled what’s next for him. It had been previously reported that “Sinatra” and “The Life of Jesus,” which Scorsese planned to shoot this year, had been postponed. | Continue reading
Mike Leigh’s struggles to raise money for his recent projects only started when his $18M period battle epic “Peterloo” (Amazon) bombed at the box office in 2018, garnering mixed reviews and only earning $2M worldwide. | Continue reading