Some had predicted ‘Klara’ would surface in 2024, but that never materialized. The same whispers suggested a 2025 release — nope. Now it looks like 2026 will be the year.
Read moreTravis Scott Joins Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” After Surprise TV Spot Reveal
Scott and Nolan actually have a history. The rapper’s song “The Plan” is the theme song on the soundtrack for Nolan’s “Tenet.”
Read more‘Project Hail Mary’ Is 2 Hours and 46 Minutes — Nearly ‘Interstellar’-Sized
“Project Hail Mary” will have a runtime of 2 hours & 46 minutes. That’s just three minutes shorter than “Interstellar” (2h 49m) and 20 minutes longer than “The Martian” (2h 21m).
Read moreRobert Eggers’ ‘Werwulf’ Wraps Filming in the UK
DP Jarin Blaschke has confirmed, via his Facebook, that production on Robert Eggers’ “Werewulf,” which lasted a total of 77 days, wrapped in the UK this past week.
Read morePaul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins USC Scripter Award
The USC Scripter is such a fervent precursor for the adapted screenplay category that it now seems very likely that “One Battle After Another” will win the category come Oscar night.
Read moreNatalie Portman Slams Oscars For Snubbing Women Directors
Natalie Portman decided to call out the Academy for snubbing a handful of female-directed movies this year, and namechecked some of the ignored titles.
Read moreCharli XCX’s ‘The Moment’ Bombs at Sundance, Turning Her Vanity Project Into a Reality Check
Just a few months ago, Vanity Fair declared pop star Charli XCX the next queen of Hollywood. Hell, they even put her on the cover to celebrate her “moment.”
Read moreBox-Office: ‘Mercy’ ($11M) Dethrones ‘Fire and Ash’ ($7M); ‘Bone Temple’ ($3.8M) Plummets 71% [Updated]
The Chris Pratt–led “Mercy” is headed for a $12M gross, following a $4.9M Friday. The film has a $60M budget, terrible reviews, and a mediocre “B-” CinemaScore.
Read moreTaika Waititi Teases “Fun, High Stakes” Star Wars Movie — Previously Said “It’s Gonna Piss People Off”
Two years ago, Taika Waititi told Variety that his “Star Wars” movie, which is apparently still happening, “will be a Taika Waititi film,” and “It’s gonna piss people off.”
Read moreGregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’ Earns Mixed Reviews at Sundance 2026
Attention ’90s indie cinephiles: Gregg Araki’s “I Want Your Sex” does exist, and just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Read moreSam Raimi Says His ‘Spider-Man 4’ Will Never Happen
Sam Raimi’s fourth Spider-Man movie came awfully close to getting made in the late aughts, with Sony pushing it deep into pre-production mode.
Read more‘Josephine’ is Our First “Sensation” of Sundance 2026 — Met With Raves
Tonight, at Sundance’s famed Eccles Theatre—boy, am I going to miss that place—our first “sensation” screened: Beth de Araújo’s “Josephine.”
Read moreGuillermo Del Toro and David Fincher Defend Netflix, Arguing Cinema Is About “Ideas” Not “Size of the Screen”
At a recent Q&A, Guillermo del Toro and David Fincher tried to defend the idea of “cinema” and what it means to watch a film on streaming instead of in theaters.
Read moreEmerald Fennell Wants Audiences to “Cry So Hard You Vomit” in ‘Wuthering Heights’ — Pre-Sales Hint at $35M Opening
Amazon/MGM Spent $35M to Promote ‘Melania’ — Wide Release Scrapped? [Updated]
Furthermore, the original plan was for 2,000+ theaters to screen “Melania” nationwide, but the rollout has been reduced, going from wide to potential limited release.
Read morePatricia Clarkson Joins Martin Scorsese’s ‘What Happens at Night’
Clarkson, who remains an underrated actress after all these years, has always thrived in the margins of American indie cinema. “Pieces of April” remains the touchstone of her career.
Read moreBox Office: ‘The Bone Temple’ Expected to Have 70% Drop This Weekend — $635K Thursday
Well, this ain’t good. By all accounts, Nia DaCosta’s “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” is going to have a terrible second weekend at the box office, with a $4M tally.
Read moreSony Exec Reportedly Called Blake Lively A “F**king Terrorist” Over ‘It Ends With Us’ Drama
Boy, these private texts and emails involving Sony Pictures executives and “It Ends With Us” star Blake Lively are quite something. Lots of exposing going on here.
Read moreOliver Laxe (‘Sirat’): “If Brazilians Submitted a Shoe, It Would Get an Oscar Nomination”
I don’t think Laxe realizes what he just got himself into. Get prepared for a tsunami of online insults in Portuguese.
Read more14 Great Directors Still Waiting for a Best Director Oscar
One only hopes that a few of the following eleven directors will make it up to the stage in the near future.
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