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‘Happy Gilmore’ Had a $150M+ Budget?
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Jeffrey Wright & Octavia Spencer Set For Chinonye Chukwu & Tony Kushner’s ‘Death Of A Salesman’
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Alicia Vikander Calls Her Oscar-Winning Film ‘The Danish Girl’ “Extremely Dated”
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Zack Snyder’s Next Film, ‘The Last Photograph,’ Is a Colombia-Set Kidnapping Thriller — Shoots This Month
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IndieWire’s 100 Best Films of the ’70s List is More Branding Than Canon
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3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
Aug 19, 2019

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

Aug 19, 2019

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‘Happy Gilmore’ Had a $150M+ Budget?

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

What’s amusing is how Netflix spun this thing. The trades were spoon-fed a nice, clean figure: $30M. That’s what they said the budget was.

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Jeffrey Wright & Octavia Spencer Set For Chinonye Chukwu & Tony Kushner’s ‘Death Of A Salesman’

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“Death of a Salesman” is hard to pull off on film, but the talent assembled for this latest attempt is sure to turn some heads.

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Alicia Vikander Calls Her Oscar-Winning Film ‘The Danish Girl’ “Extremely Dated”

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Vikander has decided to throw the film she won an Oscar for under the bus, and not because of its quality, but rather because of its non-conformist casting.

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Zack Snyder’s Next Film, ‘The Last Photograph,’ Is a Colombia-Set Kidnapping Thriller — Shoots This Month

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Production begins this month in Colombia, with “Rebel Moon” alums Stuart Martin and Fra Fee cast in the lead roles. (Back in 2016, the film was set to star Christian Bale and Sean Penn.)

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IndieWire’s 100 Best Films of the ’70s List is More Branding Than Canon

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Commendable in spirit, but let’s be real, this isn’t consensus-building criticism. It’s branding. If you’re going to be that audacious, don’t call it a “Best of” list.

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Box-Office: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tracking Lower Than ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ — $20-22M Opening

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

PTA described his career and style as “box-office challenged.” Yet “One Battle After Another” will be his biggest commercial swing, with a reported budget anywhere from $150M–$175M.

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Danny Boyle to Direct ‘Ink’ — Rupert Murdoch Biopic Starring Guy Pearce and Jack O’Connell

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Hot off the strong reviews he garnered for “28 Years Later,” Danny Boyle has set up his next film at Studiocanal Production.

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‘State of Play’: The Film That Killed The Mid-Budget Movie in Hollywood?

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Its director, Kevin Macdonald, seems to believe the film marked the end of an era for adult-driven mid-budget productions.

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‘The Ballad of a Small Player’ Trailer Promises a Lush, Hyper-Stylized Gambler’s Tale

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Edward Berger has a new film in the can, premiering at the Telluride Film Festival. It’s called “The Ballad of a Small Player," and stars Colin Farrell as a compulsive gambler.

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Eric André Joins ‘Street Fighter’ Reboot — Paramount to Distribute [Updated]

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

This is getting more eccentric. David Dastmalchian has been cast as the main villain. Furthermore, WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes is in talks to portray Guile.

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Greig Fraser Will Be the Cinematographer for Sam Mendes’ 4 ‘Beatles’ Films — Won’t Return for ‘The Batman 2’

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Fraser will now serve as cinematographer on Sam Mendes’ four planned Beatles films, starring Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan, and Joseph Quinn.

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Pawel Pawlikowski’s ‘1949’ to Star Sandra Hüller — Łukasz Żal is DP

August 19, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Pawlikowski’s last two films, “Ida” and “Cold War,” were critically-acclaimed films, both shot in black and white. I would bet good money this one will also be lensed that way.

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Carl Rinsch: “I Was in a State of Psychosis” While Wasting Netflix’s $61 Million

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Attorneys for Rinsch are preparing to argue that he was experiencing a “state of psychosis” during the making of “Conquest” and therefore lacked the capacity to intentionally defraud Netflix of $11M.

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Coen Brothers' Horror Movie Still Happening; Joel Coen Starts Shooting ‘Jack of Spades’ in Scotland [Updated]

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Ethan recently confirmed that he and Joel had written a script, a horror project, and that the two would “hopefully” make it down the line.

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Nia DaCosta Says Her ‘28 Years Later’ Sequel Has Something ‘The Marvels’ Didn’t: “A Really Solid Script”

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

DaCosta might have been chewed up and spit out by Marvel’s machine, but she’s already noticing there’s life, and artistic freedom, after the MCU.

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Osgood Perkins’ ‘Keeper’ Trailer Promises Slow-Burn Terror

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The trailer is sharp, and unnerving. It not only offers a clearer sense of the film’s story but also plays like two teasers in one — each unfolding from a different character’s perspective.

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Anya Taylor-Joy to Star as Joni Mitchell in Cameron Crowe-Directed Biopic

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Anya Taylor-Joy is in talks to play the iconic singer-songwriter. She will play Mitchell during her peak years, while Meryl Streep will play Mitchell during the later part of the singer’s career

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Sharon Stone Rejects ‘Basic Instinct’ Reboot Role: “Good F***ing Luck”

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

When asked on the Today show about the project, which has original screenwriter Joe Eszterhas returning to update the 1992 erotic thriller, Stone flat out slammed the project.

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Ben Stiller Plans WWII “Survival” Movie This Spring — Won’t Direct ‘Severance’ Season 3

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Stiller is prepping an untitled WWII “survival” film, aiming for a spring 2026 shoot. No further details were mentioned. 

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October 7 Doc ‘The Road Between Us’ Will Screen Only Once at TIFF, Press Shut Out

August 18, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The festival’s solution — a single Monday showing, closed off from press and distributors. The doc will barely be seen.

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