“Buddenbrooks” is one of Guadagnino’s four “dream projects,” along with his 2018 remake of “Suspiria,” “Queer,” and his upcoming adaptation of Pier Vittorio Tondelli’s “Separate Rooms,” which Manieri is also writing, and is set to star Léa Seydoux and Josh O’Connor.

THR’s sources note that over the weekend, Universal’s “The Wild Robot” had a noticeable and unusual bump in tickets sold and speculate that teenagers probably bought tickets to ‘Wild Robot’ and then snuck into “Terrifier 3.” The trend continued on Monday’s holiday.

There’s an interesting passage in the book where Pacino admits that he was forced to take acting roles solely for the paycheck when he turned 70. All of his money was gone at that point, mostly due to a corrupt accountant.

I wasn’t much of a “Smile” fan to begin with, so it was a pleasant enough surprise to be semi-taken by the sequel, “Smile 2,” which ups the ante with a bigger budget and more creatively inspired choices.

Elaine May hasn’t directed a narrative film in almost 40 years. The unfairly ill-received “Ishtar” broke her. However, May is ready to direct again, with “Crackpot,” starring Dakota Johnson and Sebastian Stan. If it ever happens, it’ll be her very final film.

I took part in IndieWire’s critics poll which asked almost 70 journalists who attended “one or more” of the fall festivals to name their picks for the best films that played at Venice, Telluride, NYFF and Toronto.

The trailer for “The Legend of Ochi,” confirms what I had heard a few months back about this peculiar film. ‘Ochi’ is said to be gorgeously shot, but totally bewildering. It was shot way back in November 2021.

We already know that JJ Abrams is about to get out of director’s jail as it had been recently announced that he was set to direct a mysterious new film, starring Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega, which apparently resides in the “Fantasy” genre and has franchise aspirations.

Paul Schrader bought a ticket to “Joker: Folie À Deux,” left his seat after “10-15 minutes,” did some shopping at the mall, then returned to his seat to watch “another 10 minutes” and finally walked out of the film for good because “that was enough […] It’s a really bad musical.”

Hate to break it to the “Megalopolis” haters, but this film is probably going to have a long shelf life with Gen-Z; You be the judge if it’s for all the right reasons.

So, there are three prevalent rumors about what Christopher Nolan’s next film might be, and I wouldn’t be surprised if all three turned out to be false. However, it’s worth tackling them all.

James Gunn has confirmed having already finished an “assembly cut” of “Superman.” He’s now posted a second official image of the film, which has Supes watching over the planet with his canine buddy Krypto.

While Neon was relentlessly promoting Perkins’ “Longlegs,” which earned $75M domestically, the filmmaker quietly finished shooting his next film, “The Monkey.” The film was recently dated by Neon for a February 21, 2025 release date.

Ever since transitioning, and not to mention having studios lose a combined $300M+ on their last three passion projects, The Wachowskis have now decided that it’s best to remain separate and branch out into solo directing.

Given recent developments, will Chad Stahelski be given director's credit for “Ballerina,” or will Len Wiseman remain credited? Stahelski has reshot most of the film, which means, given that he’s likely reshot more than half of the film, he should be credited.