Netflix has beaten out multiple studios, in a heated biding war, and closing up a worldwide deal for Natalie Portman and Lena Dunham’s “Good Sex.” The final deal could reach a near-record $55M.

The French love affair with “Emilia Pérez” continued on tonight as the film swept the 50th Césars Awards on Friday evening, winning seven awards, including Best Director and Best Film.

Word of mouth is good on Scarlett Johansson’s “Eleanor the Great.” The actress’ directorial debut has been submitted for the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. We now have a first look (above).

Much to the shock of absolutely nobody, “Madame Web” led Razzie nominees this year with three wins, including Worst Picture. The catastrophic Sony extravaganza beat out “Megalopolis,” “Borderlands,” “Joker: Folie á Deux” and “Reagan”

Coppola has now gone on his Instagram to “accept” the Razzie nominations, and backhandedly slams the notion that a film, such as his, which strives to break the installed rules of cinema, would ever care about such nonsense.

What exactly is going on with James Gunn’s “Superman”? There have been whispers that a recent cut screened internally over at Warner Bros was not up to the standards of the studio brass. A few weeks later, another cut was screened, and word was only slightly better.

Barry Levinson somehow got $50M to shoot his mob movie “Alto Knights,” starring Robert De Niro. This is a film that has been described as, Warner Bros head honcho, David Zaslav’s “pet project.”

Here’s an awkward interview that’s just been published between Dwadline and LucasFilm President Kathleen Kennedy. If you read between the lines, there’s a lot to decipher.

“Black Bag,” which is being dubbed a “spy thriller,” is set up with a March 14, 2025 release date via Focus Features. Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender star in the film alongside Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan.

Rodrigo Teixeira, one of the film's producers, is now telling the Dois Pontos podcast that none other than Martin Scorsese wrote an email to Salles after seeing the film. Predictably, Scorsese was gushing about “I’m Still Here” which he loved.

If you thought the ‘Shrek’ franchise was DOA, think again. A fifth film is happening over at DreamWorks. Not just that, a teaser was just released. The film is set to hit theaters on December 23, 2025.

Saoirse Ronan and Austin Butler are set to star in Sean Durkin’s “Deep Cuts,” A24 will produce. The project is an adaptation of Holly Brickley’s debut novel which was released in bookstores this month. Durkin is writing the screenplay.

There’s been a lot of talk about Andy Serkis’ upcoming “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt For Gollum,” which would reunite the original cast for this new instalment. Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Orlando Bloom have been been asked to return.

While Paul Verhoeven is struggling to find financing for “Young Sinner,” one of his classics is being developed for a remake. Given Hollywood’s current IP obsession, this tracks.

Paolo Sorrentino has already set up his next film. “La Grazia” (“Grace”) is set to star Sorrentino muse Toni Servillo (“The Great Beauty”). Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film is being described as “a love story set somewhere in Italy.”

A trailer has been released for A24’s “Death of a Unicorn.” I have not been hearing good things about this film, shot in July 2023, which has test screened a handful of times already. The trailer hasn’t tampered down any of these doubts.

Hackman was one of the great actors of the ‘70s, standing toe to toe with De Niro, Pacino, Hoffman and Nicholson. What a man. What a career. The term “legend” should not be used in vain, but Hackman was just that.

Steven Spielberg’s upcoming UFO movie has started filming in New Jersey. Emily Blunt and Wyatt Russell could be seen shooting scenes together.