A24 has acquired North American rights to Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope,” ahead of its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. | Continue reading
As I mentioned earlier in the week, ‘Unfrosted’ was not screened for most critics. They had to wait until 2am on Friday to watch and review it, that’s when it dropped on Netflix. | Continue reading
There’s been a hell of a lot of marketing behind David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy,” and some good reviews. The end result is it nabbing $3 million on Thursday. A $25 million opening is being eyed. | Continue reading
Last night, Jeff Sneider had this exclusive. Mike Flanagan, who recently wrapped his 11th feature, “The Life of Chuck,” is going to direct the next two ‘Exorcist’ films, including “Exorcist: Deceiver.” | Continue reading
Last December, Albert Serra’s next film was announced, it’s called “Out of This World” and will begin production this summer, with a 2025 premiere being eyed. This is set to be his English-language debut. | Continue reading
It turns out Julia Ducournau’s next film will be “Alpha.” The cast includes Golshifteh Farahani (“Paterson”) as well as César award-winning Tahar Rahim (“A Prophet”). | Continue reading
Recently, critics, filmmakers, actor and audiences have been debating the lack of sex and nudity in today’s moves. Some, according to the Economic Times, believe Hollywood to have “entered a puritanical age.” | Continue reading
The film reunites Wingard and writer Simon Barrett, they’re the team behind 2013’s “You’re Next” and 2014’s “The Guest.” Plot details are currently being kept under wraps. | Continue reading
Hauser has just been cast in an undisclosed role in Marvel’s upcoming ‘Fantastic Four’ reboot. Earlier in the week, he was added to the ‘Naked Gun’ reboot. He’s also supposed to play Chris Farley in a Josh Gad directed biopic. | Continue reading
Hamaguchi is already working on his next project, it’s a French film to be shot in Paris. I wasn’t given any production dates or actors attached, but we’ll surely be hearing about this one very soon. | Continue reading
I can now report that ‘Austin Powers 4’ is indeed a go. Jay Roach would be back to direct the sequel. Warner Bros and New Line are partnering for this one, which has, quite secretly, been in development for a year now. | Continue reading
There haven’t been many updates lately regarding Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film, which originally went under the title of “BC Project” AKA “Baktin Cross.” I just got one. | Continue reading
A really hot package is going to the Cannes market this month — Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac are set to star in Flesh of the Gods, a vampire thriller to be directed by Panos Cosmatos (‘Mandy”). | Continue reading
Hot off the heels of last December’s “All of Us Strangers,” filmmaker Andrew Haigh has been tasked to direct and adapt Walter Isaacson’s acclaimed biography of the Renaissance man. | Continue reading
THR is reporting that Emma Stone will be reuniting with Nathan Fielder for a film project with A24. The indie studio beat out tough competition to nab the rights for “Checkmate”. | Continue reading
It should then come as no surprise that Nolan’s film being crowned by Oscar has puzzled a few folks, including horror maestro John Carpenter who just doesn’t get the hype surrounding it. He thinks it was just … fine. | Continue reading
Production is underway on John Carney’s next film, titled “Power Ballad” — Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star in it. The film will “chart the story of a wedding singer (Rudd), a rock star (Jonas), and the song that comes between them.” | Continue reading
Great films by directors under 25 are hard to come by. In fact, it was nearly impossible to find ten titles. But after some heavy research, I managed to concoct this list. | Continue reading
It looks like Paul Walter Hauser has now joined Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson in the cast of Akiva Schaffer’s “Naked Gun” reboot. It’s supposed to start shooting in June. The film is slated for release in theaters on July 18, 2025 | Continue reading
THR is projecting a $30-35 million opening for “The Fall Guy.” The $140 million costing film is set to kick off the summer movie season this coming Friday. Its stars, Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, have been promoting the hell out of this film. Reviews have been good, not includin … | Continue reading
THR caught me off guard with this projection. They’re saying David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy,” being released 8 days from now, is currently tracking for a $35 million opening. | Continue reading
Director Christopher McQuarrie has mentioned, a few times, that he and Tom Cruise were going to team-up in the near future for a “gnarly” R-rated movie. | Continue reading
This afternoon, Cannes confirmed the presence of Jean-Luc Godard’s “Scénarios” in its 2024 lineup, but I had absolutely no idea that the film was shot the day before his assisted-suicide death in Switzerland. | Continue reading
Paramount+/Showtime’s wildly audacious “The Curse” had to be seen to be believed. It was no doubt an uncomfortable watch, but also one of the most daringly bold, absurdist and rule breaking shows. | Continue reading
A rep, who spoke to THR under anonymity, added that RT scores of a director’s past movies are the first and primary thing producers look at when directors are pitched to them. | Continue reading
Back February 2020, right before theaters were shut down due to COVID, Leigh Whannell’s “The Invisible Man,” starring Elisabeth Moss, was released in theaters to much acclaim and commercial success. | Continue reading
A listing in this week’s Production Weekly has Michael Mann’s “Heat 2” starting production during the fourth quarter of 2024, probably in October or November. | Continue reading
In what can only be described as a stunning reversal of events, Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, a major turning point in the #MeToo era, has been overturned by New York’s highest court. | Continue reading
Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” test-screened last night in Las Vegas. Early word is good on this one, which is said to follow a very similar blueprint as the original, but also stands out as its own unique take. | Continue reading
Cantet’s agent told news agency Agence France Presse that the filmmaker passed away on Thursday morning of an illness. Cantet was supposed to shoot his next film “Enzo” in August. | Continue reading
After many delays, due to last year’s strikes, and multiple bouts of recasting, Zach Cregger’s “Weapons” is supposed to start production in mid-May, according to THR. | Continue reading
Costner will soon be returning to Southern Utah this summer to film the third and fourth installments. It seems to be a done deal. Production is said to go on until December. That’s more or less a whopping six months of shooting. | Continue reading
Comer and Fiennes have just been confirmed by Deadline. However, it seems as though Hunman has been replaced by — him again — none other than Aaron Taylor-Johnson. | Continue reading
Variety is reporting that, while many U.S. studios have already bowed out, Amazon and Apple are “still in the running” to acquire and give “Megalopolis” a theatrical release, on IMAX, later this fall. | Continue reading
While doing some research for this preview, I noticed how many of this year’s most interesting looking big studio summer films are either sequels or reboots. There are barely any original ideas. | Continue reading
A just-published THR report examines “director’s jail” and how, in an industry obsessed with the bottom line, it’s become far too easy for a filmmaker to land in it. Which directors are currently in movie jail? | Continue reading
If you’re adapting “Blood Meridian” then you best not miss. Everybody knows that. The late, great Cormac McCarthy’s masterfully violent 1985 novel is a tough read but also an essential American novel. | Continue reading
Deadline is reporting that Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes (“Son of Saul”) has not only found funding for his third feature, “Orphan,” but that it’s also going to start filming in June. | Continue reading
Here’s a hot project that’s ready to go, and it’s shooting very soon. Six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams is set to star in “At the Sea”, the latest film from Kornel Mundruczó, the filmmaker behind “Pieces of a Woman.” | Continue reading
David Zucker says it came as a bit of a shock when Paramount handed the franchise to a totally different set of creatives. He also expressed skepticism towards any sort of reboot of his beloved franchise. | Continue reading
Alex Garland’s film, starring Kirsten Dunst as a photojournalist, added $11.12 million this weekend. It has, so far, grossed $45 million. A24’s most expensive movie to date additionally made $5 million overseas. | Continue reading
On Saturday, actors Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, and Joshua Leonard released a joint statement, directed at Lionsgate, asking for retroactive and future residual payments for their roles in the original film. | Continue reading
Last year, French journalist Bernard Montiel had revealed that Depp and Maïwenn were not getting along during the shoot of ‘Jeanne’ and that there was tension for months between director and actor. | Continue reading
In an interview with OMRI, ‘Passion’ screenwriter Randall Wallace is confirming the screenplay for the sequel is finished, that Jim Caviezel is, obviously, going to star as Jesus, and that production could begin very soon. | Continue reading
Last year, it was announced that Adam Wingard and his longtime collaborator, writer Simon Barrett, were teaming up teaming up for a sequel to 1997’s “Face/Off.” | Continue reading
Because Hollywood pretends Thursday previews are just part of Friday openings, boosting the opening day number with an extra night of receipts, “Abigail” was #1 on “Friday,” beating out “Civil War” by only a few thousand dollars. | Continue reading
Remember Chris Columbus? He was the director critics loved to hate in the ‘90s and early aughts. He directed many successful movies, “Home Alone,” “Home Alone 2,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” | Continue reading
Predictable. April 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy | Continue reading