Just 24 hours after it unveiled its first trailer, and, in the process, caused a lot of online discussion, I’m now hearing reshoots have been scheduled for Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” next week in Los Angeles. Go figure.
First Official Look at Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’
This is our first official look at Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in “Joker: Folie à Deux,” via Todd Phillips’ Instagram account.
Read more‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Set For Blockbuster $160 Million Opening
UPDATED: The revised projections now have ‘Mario’ opening with $160 million in its first five days. It helps that word of mouth is very strong — an A CinemaScore.
Read moreMore Reshoots For ‘Shirley’
I was already hearing bad things about John Ridley’s “Shirley,” but there’s now word of more reshoots occurring on the upcoming Netflix-produced film.
Read moreJohnny Depp’s “Comeback” Film, ‘Jeanne du Barry,’ to Open Cannes Film Festival
Ti West’s ‘MaXXXine’ Adds Kevin Bacon, Bobby Canavale, Lily Collins and More …
After “X,” and “Pearl”, filmmaker Ti West is dead-set in completing his Mia Goth trilogy with “MaXXXine.”
Read moreWoody Allen’s “Sensational” New Film Set For Cannes
Woody Allen’s 50th film, shot in Paris, in French, is now heavily rumoured to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this coming May. What a great treat!
Read more‘The Nice Guys’ Sequel?
Russell Crowe was a guest on Barstool Sports’ podcast and let it slip that a sequel to Shane Black’s “The Nice Guys” might happen.
Read more‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Wraps 4-Month Production
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ started production on December 11th and has finally wrapped filming, four months later. We’ve seen many of the outdoor scenes leak online, it looks bonkers.
Read moreBen Affleck's 'Air' Has A 99% Rotten Tomatoes — Oscar Contender?
Ben Affleck’s “Air” gets released tomorrow. Critics are pushing it to succeed, that’s for sure — a 99% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 80 on Metacritic.
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Chloe Zhao to Direct ‘Hamnet’
As she’s continuing to write her “Dracula” movie, Chloe Zhao, an Oscar-winning director for “Nomadland,” has set up her next movie with Amblin studios.
Read moreJames Gunn Admits There’s Been “Superhero Fatigue” Since ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Even James Gunn is admitting that there is a current superhero overkill going on in the movie industry.
Read moreDuke Johnson’s ‘The Actor’ Wraps Filming
Duke Johnson co-directed and wrote, with Charlie Kaufman, 2016’s darkly fantastic “Anomalisa.” It was his feature-directing debut.
Read moreDavid Lynch Calls Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time in Hollywood’ “A Hell of A Good Revenge Film”
The entire David Lynch interview in this month’s Cahiers du Cinema is worth a read. He goes through his current state of mind and why he stopped doing those weather reports on YouTube.
Read more‘Shrek 5’ in the Works …
Illumination founder and CEO, Chris Meledandri, who has “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” coming out tomorrow, is looking to reboot the ‘Shrek’ franchise.
Read moreJohn Carpenter Has An Idea For A New Movie: “I’m Trying to Find the Second Act”
Carpenter is telling the Cahiers du Cinema, in their April issue, that even though he “walked away from the business”, he’s continuing to work on “one or two things.”
Read moreDavid Lynch Hasn’t Seen Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’: “I Will Never Watch It”
In a new interview with Cahiers du Cinema, Lynch admits that he’s still bitter about his experience making “Dune” and that he has no interest in catching Villeneuve’s version.
Read moreAlexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ at Cannes?
Back in January, it seemed to be set in stone that Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” would do the fall festival circuit and then get released in November, but things can definitely change in just a few months.
Read moreWarner Bros and Michael Mann Team-Up for ‘Heat 2’; Adam Driver to Star
Finally, a major publication has started reporting on Michael Mann’s “Heat 2.” I’ve been all over this project ever since I had heard, last summer, about the heated studio bidding war in trying to snatch up the rights to Mann’s novel.
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