Peter Jackson is back. Twelve years after his last narrative feature, he's confirmed his next directing gig, and it's the ‘Tintin’ sequel that everyone had pretty much given up on.
Read moreTaika Waititi Says His ‘Star Wars' Movie Has Been “Put on Ice"
This was inevitably going to happen. Taika Waititi's long-gestating "Star Wars" movie — first announced by Lucasfilm on May the 4th, 2020 — has been "put on ice."
Read moreAlex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ Flops at the Box Office With $290K Weekend, $614 Per-Screen Average
No official figure has been reported, but best guess is the budget landed somewhere in the $10M range. HBO pre-bought the streaming rights, but that was before David Ellison took over
Read more‘Michael’ Gets Standing Ovation at DGA Oscar Screening — Best Picture Nomination a Possibility?
This absolutely matters. That room was practically all Oscar voters. Fact remains, “Michael” was always going to contend for a best picture nomination, you just had to set your biases aside.
Read moreKevin Costner Isn't Giving Up on ‘Horizon’: “Ultimately We Are Going to Release Four Movies”
Back in May, a Warner Bros. source told me ‘Chapter 2’ wasn't coming out in 2026. It was “not in the plans.” The film has been finished for two years.
Read moreBox-Office: ‘Whalefall' Bombs With $7M Opening on $60M Budget
Duffield's "Whalefall," the survival thriller about a diver swallowed by a sperm whale, is heading toward a roughly $7M-ish opening weekend, according to the most recent Saturday update.
Read more‘You Can See Everything' Headed For $15M Weekend, 2000+ Sellouts in Just 855 Theaters — The Five Best Moments. What Did You Think? Post Your Review!
So, those of you who went this weekend: what did you make of it? Where do you land on Holmes, and — most fascinatingly — on Billy Evans, her sniffling, controlling, weirdo husband?
Read moreJosh Brolin Says Steven Knight's ‘Sicario 3' Script Is “Undeniable," Shoot Set for 2027
Brolin has teases “Sicario 3” since at least 2022, and as recently as last November, he was saying it felt close. It wasn't. Then, this month, it finally clicked: Knight on script, Padraic McKinley (“The Weight”) directing.
Read moreQuentin Tarantino Has a Script Ready for His 10th Film, But Wants to “Live a Little” First
So there's a script. That's something. It looks as though “The Movie Critic” really is dead and buried, and that this is a brand-new project, and title, but the premise is unknown.
Read moreFrancis Lawrence to Direct ‘Red Rising’ Movie for Paramount
Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas to Star in HBO’s ‘True Detective’ Season 5
Cage and Banderas join a long list of actors who have led the show. Previous seasons featured Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Mahershala Ali, and Jodie Foster.
Read moreThe Coen Brothers Confirm They'll Reunite Soon: “We're Getting Old. It Better Be the Near Future"
Joel and Ethan Coen, one of our great living filmmakers, haven't made a film together since in almost ten years. They swear there's no "schism," and promise a reunion is coming “soon.”
Read moreNetflix Wants Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca: But the Ex-Warner Bros. Chiefs Want Real Theatrical Windows First
Abdy and De Luca want real theatrical guarantees. A deal is possible, but it would have to come with major concessions since Netflix, and Sarandos in particular, aren’t particularly keen on the theatrical model.
Read moreNathan Fielder’s ‘You Can See Everything’ Earns $1.8M Thursday Previews and Incredible 92% Definite Recommend, Eyes $10M+ Opening
Not many saw this coming, especially since we only learned this film existed six weeks ago. A nearly 3-hour documentary about Elizabeth Holmes is about to pull off a remarkable box office opening.
Read more‘The Mummy 4' Gets a Title: ‘Book of the Dead' as First Set Photos of Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Leak
Universal has finally put a name on the fourth Mummy movie. It's called “The Mummy: Book of the Dead,” there’s a release date: October 15, 2027, basically a year from today.
Read moreCurry Barker’s ‘Anything But Ghosts’ Is Testing Through the Roof — and Seth Rogen Says It’s Better Than ‘Obsession’
Test scores have been sublime for “Anything But Ghosts,” with sources telling me this is a very different film from “Obsession,” tonally and thematically, It’s a total 180.
Read moreJulia Ducournau's Next Film, ‘My Real Name Is Elisabeth,’ Aims For Cannes 2028
Ducournau is, of course, the filmmaker behind two strong genre films, "Raw" and "Titane," but "Alpha," which premiered at Cannes last year, left people with mixed feelings.
Read moreColman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum, Rachel McAdams & David Krumholtz Join Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ In Voice Roles
No clue what Benny Safdie is cooking up here, and maybe that’s a good thing? What do you make of a cast that includes Dwayne Johnson, Regina Hall, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Goldblum and, Andrew Dice Clay?
Read moreSteven Soderbergh to Direct ‘The Batman: Part II’ as Matt Reeves Remains Away
BREAKING: Steven Soderbergh has stepped in to finish "The Batman Part II" as Matt Reeves remains away due to family reasons. This is a beautiful gesture, if you ask me: a filmmaker helping out a fellow filmmaker.
Read moreTaika Waititi's ‘Klara and the Sun' Panned by Critics, Gets 1-Star Reviews at London Premiere — 23 on Metacritic
Taika Waititi's career has been on shaky ground for a while now, and nobody really believed “Klara and the Sun” would fix anything. The course correction isn't coming; if anything, this will only sink him further.
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Peter Jackson is back. Twelve years after his last narrative feature, he's confirmed his next directing gig, and it's the ‘Tintin’ sequel that everyone had pretty much given up on.