According to The Evening Standard’s Tom Davidson, Paul King’s upcoming “Wonka” has a budget of around $125 million. That’s a lot for such a risk-taking project.

It was a given that French critics would be blown away by Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans.” The filmmaker has been gaining in esteem there these last few years, especially with his latter-day films being so well-reviewed.

Scott’s decision to shift into book reviewing was announced on Tuesday. That basically leaves us with Manhola Dargis, another SJW who has still been more interesting to read than Scott.

This is more or less a confirmation that Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” will have its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.

First things first, I’ve heard from a few sources that Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” is going to Cannes. You can put it in the bank. I have no idea why it’s been delayed for this long, but at least we now know where it’ll be having its world premiere.

UPDATED: I’ve updated this post since a trailer has just been released for the film.

For years we’ve been wondering about Stanley Kubrick’s unrealized “Napoleon” screenplay. It’s become one of the mythic lost projects in movie history.

I’m honestly hoping this isn’t true, because it would mean that ‘Killers’ will be headed to Cannes only to be released the following day. I mean, how anticlimactic would that be?

When asked this morning at the Berlin Film Festival, the filmmaker admitted he actually has no idea what his next directorial effort will be.

Clearly, Judd Apatow has something against Tom Cruise. The comedian’s opening monologue during this past weekend’s Directors Guild of America was filled with nasty jokes directed towards the actor.

I’m not sure sure what the release strategy is for “Golda” but, with mediocre awards chances and limited commercial prospects, it’s definitely going to get dumped by its studio Bleecker Street.

Since he’s being given the honorary Cesar award this year, David Fincher is starting to make the media rounds in France.

Two weeks ago, French Premiere previewed potential Cannes titles, basically rehashing the recent Le Film Français article.

Many forget just how important and vital a cinematic voice Terry Gilliam was during his peak years, especially when he was battling Universal for the final cut of his 1985 masterpiece, “Brazil.”

Roger Friedman has more Croisette tea this morning. Pedro Almodóvar’s 30-minute short film, titled “Strange Way of Life,” has supposedly been chosen to open the 76th Cannes Film Festival.

James Cameron has been sucked up by the 3D virtual reality that is Pandora and, by all accounts, he doesn’t mind staying there for the rest of his career.

Variety’s Clayton Davis is at it again. In his post-BAFTA piece, titled “‘Everything Everywhere’ Up in the Air for Best Picture After BAFTA and DGA Split,” he makes the case for something other than EEAO winning Best Picture.

You would think an inside look documentary about the war in Ukraine, told from Zelenskyy and Sean Penn’s perspectives, would have critics drooling with raves, but no.