Mann brought his new "Director's Final Cut" to Beyond Fest in L.A. last night. Mann stayed for a Q&A afterward. Suffice it to say, the cut certainly has people talking, and mostly not in a good way.

Welcome to the “Digger” megathread, where you can post your review of the movie in the comments below. I’ll try to keep this post up over the weekend as our readers catch up with Iñárritu’s $180M oddity.

Bad news, Stephen. Your archnemesis has struck again. Ellison has hit pause on Colbert's LOTR movie. The film was originally rumored to begin shooting shortly after ‘The Hunt for Gollum.’

“A Statement” stars Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, John Turturro, Jason Clarke, Dylan Baker, and Tatiana Maslany. The film marks the return of Tom McCarthy, a filmmaker we haven’t heard from in a while.

The sequel to 2020's "Scoob!" was fully completed before Warner Bros. shelved it in 2022 so the studio could claim a tax write-down and recoup part of its production costs.

‘Secret Wars’ was supposed to shoot in September, that didn’t happen. It’s now delayed production to January, which does not bode well for that December 2027 release date.

Ben Shapiro is at it again in his quest to conquer cinema. The Daily Wire's next film has started production in Montana, and if the goal was to grab headlines, mission accomplished.

"Avengers: Endgame" has reclaimed the title of highest-grossing movie of all time, reaching $2.925 billion worldwide after its "Encore" re-release. That puts it just ahead of James Cameron's "Avatar.”

When one amigo gets hit, the other two show up. That's been the deal for three decades between Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón, and it's playing out in real time this weekend

The wheels are already turning to lock in a sequel to Greta Gerwig's 2023 blockbuster, and it sounds like an inevitability: "There's no way “Barbie 2” doesn't happen."

"Behemoth!" is Tony Gilroy's first film in 14 years, and it comes nearly two decades after his debut, "Michael Clayton." It also arrives four years after the critical and commercial triumph of his Disney+ series "Andor."

Bayona hasn't directed a feature since “Society of the Snow,” his 2023 Oscar nominee. His résumé also includes “The Orphanage,” “The Impossible,” and “A Monster Calls.”

Guadagnino goes through his ever-growing list of potential projects. When "American Psycho" comes up, his response is noncommittal: "Maybe one day I [will] do it."

Back in June, there was a bidding war for playwright-writer Sophie Fleur de Bruijn's "One Month Mark," a rom-com based on her own script. Apple Original Films ultimately landed the project

Blowing up the DCU yet again, barely a year after "Superman" relaunched it, would be madness. I bet Ellison is waiting to see how well Gunn’s ‘Superman’ sequel does next summer.

The third instalment, often referred to as “Sicario: Capos,” has been in the works since 2018. Two years ago, producers confirmed that a script had been partially written, and the idea was “awesome.”

So far, the consensus seems to be that it's rather mid. Comparisons to David Fincher's "The Social Network" show up in almost every reaction.

“Tesseract” was supposed to shoot in London and Hungary over the summer, but those plans clearly fell through. Powell was not happy with the script.

Ellison describes it as an upgrade rather than a rebrand: "we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine."