Around $1.7M in Thursday previews for the A24-produced film, which has a budget of $25M. A $10-$12M weekend is being projected.

J.J. Abrams’ once high-flying production banner is scaling things down, shutting its Los Angeles office, and shifting operations to New York, where Abrams is now based.

Early word on “Resident Evil” is that Zach Cregger hasn’t just made another video game adaptation — he’s delivered something lean, mean, and very confident.

Mortensen had been asked, multiple times, to sign on for the film, but finally declined. The result is that there has been a casting process over the last few months to find an actor in his 30s to replace him.

And just like that, Ryan Gosling has exited Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s upcoming untitled action sci-fi comedy. It’s slated to shoot in early summer, and that’s apparently still the plan.

After decades of being treated like radioactive IP in Hollywood, “The Bonfire of the Vanities” is crawling its way back—this time as a prestige series directed by none other than Matt Reeves.

There’s a new film coming from Russian master Andrey Zvyagintsev, called “Minotaur,” and it’s going to premiere at Cannes next month. MUBI just bought U.S. rights for the film.

‘Avatar’ producer Rae Sanchini hints that the budget might be lower this time around due to “really moving into a more generally accessible platform,” unlike the “very bespoke” previous system.

Netflix has won the bidding war, and Oscar winner Cord Jefferson (“American Fiction”) is set to direct all episodes. The series is being fast-tracked, with a potential production start later this year

‘Super Mario’ craze is back in theaters as the sequel to the ultra-popular 2023 blockbuster grossed a ridiculous $35M on Wednesday. That means $180M+ over the five-day weekend is very likely.

We have our first look at Bong Joon Ho’s next film, his debut in animation, “Ally,” a project the filmmaker has been developing since 2018. Werner Herzog recently joined the voice cast.

Martin Scorsese, 83, is currently shooting “What Happens at Night” in Prague, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio. Is it conceivable for him to shoot back-to-back films?

Serra’s latest film, his first one in English, and in all likelihood soon to be submitted for Cannes consideration — well over nine days after the submission deadline has passed.

There’s been this persistent rumor, for many weeks now, that Rachel Zegler is set to star in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Octet,” an adaptation of the Broadway musical.

I don’t think anybody saw this coming. John Travolta is headed to Cannes with his directorial debut, “Propeller One-Way Night Coach,” an adaptation of the book published in 1997.

After many months in the awards campaign, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has returned to Iran, where there is an active warrant for his arrest, sources tell Iran International.

A24 has picked up the rights to “Flesh of the Gods.” Furthermore, fresh off his recent Oscar nomination, Wagner Moura takes over a lead role from Oscar Isaac, who had to exit due to a scheduling conflict.

Cregger and Zach Shields will write the screenplay for the upcoming prequel. The current title? “Gladys.” In essence, this project is officially going forward at Warner Bros.

Lionsgate and Blumhouse, who apparently believe it’s a great idea to make another ‘Blair Witch’ movie, have hired Dylan Clark (“Transfigure,” “Home Movies,” and “Seagrass”) to direct the reboot.