Coming off “Oh, Canada,” which premiered at Cannes, Paul Schrader is telling me that he’ll be shooting his next film, titled “Non Compos Mentis,” in November. | Continue reading
M. Night Shyamalan’s “Trap” will be in theaters on Friday. Critics weren’t allowed to see the film, unless you were part of the interview junkets. I’m not even sure if the embargo will lift before Friday. | Continue reading
There have only been six live-action PG-rated films nominated for Best Picture in the last 25 years: “Little Women,” “Hidden Figures,” “Life of Pi,” “Hugo,” “Good Night and Good Luck,” and “Finding Neverland.” | Continue reading
After suddenly being pulled from the U.S. release calendar, Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2″ is now set to world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. | Continue reading
Last Friday, Variety tried to reignite controversy around Francis Ford Coppola’s behavior on the set of “Megalopolis” by publishing two “exclusive” videos. | Continue reading
It’s now official. Sony has dated the film for theatrical release on October 11, 2024. I’d be shocked if the film doesn’t have its world premiere at one of the fall festivals. | Continue reading
On its 88th day of production, James Gunn’s “Superman” has wrapped filming. Now its onwards to what will likely be a lengthy post-production process. | Continue reading
“Greedy People” is directed by Potsy Ponciroli who gave us 2021’s underrated “Old Henry” and “Ted K.” It actually looks like it could turn out to be a more than decent film. | Continue reading
Bennett Miller has only directed three fiction films in his strange, but fascinating filmmaking career: 2005’s “Capote,” 2011’s “Moneyball” and 2014’s “Foxcatcher.” All three were critically acclaimed. | Continue reading
The last person I thought that would ever chime in on Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” is Claire Denis, but it makes sense — she’s collaborated and remained close friends with star Robert Pattinson. | Continue reading
In an interview with The Atlantic, M. Night Shyamalan defends his 2006 clunker “The Lady in the Water”. He still “loves” the movie. What many viewers saw as chaos, he sees as a kind of “jazz.” | Continue reading
“The Deb” is Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut, and it’s set to close the Toronto International Film Festival in September. | Continue reading
In case you’re wondering what has taken Alfonso Cuarón so long to make another movie — his last one was 2018’s “Roma” — well, he’s been working on a series titled “Disclaimer,” and starring Cate Blanchett. | Continue reading
The San Sebastián Film Festival has announced its competition lineup, once again filled with high-profile filmmakers who will compete for the Golden Shell in this 72nd edition of the festival. | Continue reading
Last night at Comic-Con, test footage for Matt Shakman’s “Fantastic Four: First Steps” was shown, and of course, the footage has leaked online. | Continue reading
Before this weekend, the biggest R rated movie opening weekends belonged to the first two ‘Deadpool’ movies, and now “Deadpool and Wolverine” has opened to $205M, the biggest weekend ever for an R rated movie. | Continue reading
Marvel Studios returned to Hall H this year at CinemaCon and confirmed a rumor that Jeff Sneider had been dabbling with for a few weeks now … | Continue reading
Variety’s Clayton Davis has confirmed what was originally suspected, James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown” will be skipping all of the fall fests. | Continue reading
According to scooper Daniel Richtman, a sequel to last year’s “Cocaine Bear,” a dark comedy thriller, is in the works, with Elizabeth Banks producing and possibly getting back in the director’s chair. | Continue reading
Looks like things are starting to take shape when it comes to Christopher McQuarrie’s “Broadsword,” which was first reported on yesterday. | Continue reading
Deadline is reporting that Steven Caple Jr. is being eyed to direct “I Am Legend 2.” The film is set to star Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan. Caple Jr. has directed three features, including “Creed II” and “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.” | Continue reading
IFC Films has greenlit a sequel to its well-reviewed 2024 indie horror hit “In A Violent Nature.” The announcement came during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con. | Continue reading
Obviously, take these early reactions with a major grain of salt. Early social media reactions can be very misleading. With that said … | Continue reading
Looks like we’re getting “The Fall Guy: The Extended Cut” which is set to stream on Peacock this coming August 30. According to the press release, this latest cut will feature 20+ minutes of additional scenes. | Continue reading
If you remember, back in May “Several sources” told The Guardian that working with Coppola on “Megalopolis” had them noticing “unprofessional” behavior on the part of the filmmaker. | Continue reading
Today, Amazon/MGM Studios revealed that United Artists will be revived under a new deal with producer Scott Stuber and his yet-to-be-named financing company. | Continue reading
I was wondering why Woods was completely absent in the promotion of this film. He nary even mentioned it on his X/Twitter account. It turns out, unsurprisingly, that he was told to stay out of the Oscar campaigning. | Continue reading
A release date is now being eyed for the film, but on HULU! The announcement was hidden inside a recent June press release from Searchlight. “In the Blink of an Eye” is included in the studio’s 2024-2025 television slate. | Continue reading
Here’s how the Venice schedule is looking, so far, as far as the key films are concerned. No word yet on when Jon Watts’ “Wolfs,” Harmony Korine’s “Baby Invasion,” and Alfonso Cuaron’s “Disclaimer” will be screening. | Continue reading
With Venice announcing its full lineup, and TIFF having already unveiled most of its key world premieres, these are the orphaned titles we currently have. They’ve all been shot and completed. I have nine, so far … | Continue reading
Last week, I mentioned how Christopher McQuarrie’s “The Gauntlet” was not happening. Also, that project was NOT the “gnarly” R-rated movie that McQuarrie kept hinting he was going to be doing with Cruise. | Continue reading
Yesterday, I wrote extensively about Jason Reitman’s “SNL 1975.” Just an update, I was told that Sony has set up an October 2024 release date for the film. It’s coming out this year. I’d be shocked if it doesn’t have its world premiere at Telluride. | Continue reading
Early numbers are coming in and “Deadpool & Wolverine” is eyeing $40M in Thursday previews, which would be an unprecedented and record-breaking feat for an R-rated movie. | Continue reading
If you’ve seen Francis Lawrence’s “I Am Legend” then you know that Will Smith’s Dr. Robert Neville dies at the end. That doesn’t seem to matter much since the sequel will again involve Smith’s character. | Continue reading
Will Beall, who penned Wan’s ‘Aquaman,’ is writing the screenplay. The film will most likely be part of Universal’s “Monsterverse” which already includes “The Invisible Man” and the upcoming “Wolfman.” | Continue reading
Last year, it was reported that Shults’ film would be written by himself and Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd. Tesfaye would lead a cast that includes Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. The film has since completed production. | Continue reading
Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera is banging the drums HARD for Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie a Deux.” Is it all hyperbole? Who knows. | Continue reading
Much like last year with “Aggro Dr1ft,” Harmony Korine has landed another one of his movies in an out-of-competition slot at Venice. I reported on this one back in March. | Continue reading
Coming out of this morning’s screening of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” I wasn’t shocked to learn that the fanboys are out in full force claiming this is the best thing since sliced bread. For heaven’s sake, man. They’re calling it “epic,” “a game-changer,” “perfect” … The embargo lift … | Continue reading
Steven Soderbergh‘s spy thriller “Black Bag” has set up a March 14, 2025 release date via Focus Features. Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender are set to star in the film. | Continue reading
Here are first look images of Pedro Almodovar’s “The Room Next Door,” starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton — it will be premiering at the Venice Film Festival in September. | Continue reading
We have our first image of Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” which is set to premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. It’s a wide angled shot of Daniel Craig’s character snapping some photographs in Mexico. | Continue reading
This sounds highly ambitious, but Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist,” which started production in May 2023, is 3 hours 35 minutes. | Continue reading
Here’s the second trailer for “Joker: Folie à Deux” — a $200 million R-rated movie musical that will be in Venice competition. | Continue reading
The lineup for the 81st Venice International Film Festival is here. I’ll have more on this in the next hour. In the meantime, here’s the competition lineup. | Continue reading
Looks like we might be getting an early look at James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” starring Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan. | Continue reading
It turns out that M Night Shyamalan’s “Trap” will not be screened for critics ahead of its release which is 10 days from now, on August 2. | Continue reading
Some kind of vindication has occured for Kevin Costner and “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1.” The 3-hour western shot straight to the top of the VOD charts. | Continue reading