Category: News
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David Gordon Green Could Exit Future ‘Exorcist’ Sequels, Eyes ‘Garbage Pail Kids’ Animated Series With Danny McBride
This past weekend, The Exorcist: Believer opened with $45M worldwide, a high for the classic possession franchise. While that’s not bad, the reviews were not positive, and Universal still has to account for the $400M they paid for the rights. That is going to depend on how well the entire planned trilogy performs. But when…
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Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ To Have A 4-Hour Director’s Cut On Apple TV+
If there’s a filmmaker who has set the standard for multiple Director’s Cuts, it’s Ridley Scott. You can count on one for just about everything he does, and that will extend to his upcoming historical drama, Napoleon. While the theatrical cut is expected to clock in at around 157-minutes, the extended version will be in…
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‘Maria’ First Look: Angelina Jolie Is The “Original Diva” Maria Callas In Pablo Larraín’s Latest Biopic
Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain might not be a household name like Scorsese or Nolan, but he’s in just as enviable a position. He can basically make any project that he wants, whether it’s one of his many films on dictator Augusto Pinochet (No, El Conde), the occasional Stephen King adaptation (Lisey’s Story) or his unconventional…
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Netflix Sets Awards Season Release For J.A. Bayona’s Survival Drama ‘Society Of The Snow’
The story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 has been told has captivated people for more than 50 years, and for good reason. The harrowing event saw a plane with 45 passengers crash in the Chilean Andes in 1972, leaving the survivors, many of whom were part of a soccer team, doing anything and everything…
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‘Your Lucky Day’ Trailer: Angus Cloud Makes One Of His Final Screen Appearances In Crime Thriller This November
Movies are filled with stories about people who will do anything for money. But winning the lottery is already such an extreme game of chance for a huge sum that one can almost understand going to the edge to secure it. Such is the case when $156M is on the line in the new thriller,…
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Box Office: ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Scores Franchise Highs Despite Horrific Reviews
The Exorcist: Believer (review)- $27.2M After a mostly-successful Halloween reboot, Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green’s vision for The Exorcist franchise got off to an accursed start. The Exorcist: Believer did open with a franchise-best $27M domestic and $45M global, but the comparative cost will be against the $400M that Universal paid for the horror…
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‘Furiosa’: George Miller Reportedly Eyes Cannes 2024 Premiere For ‘Fury Road’ Prequel
The road to movie Valhalla and the world premiere of Furiosa, George Miller’s anticipated Mad Max: Fury Road prequel, could lead all the way to Cannes 2024. According to Variety, Miller has his sights set on the festival to be the first place where eager viewers can die happy, shiny and chrome, taking in the…
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‘Nowhere’: Gregg Araki’s Iconic, Surreal Teen Comedy Is Getting An Uncut 4K Restoration
When I first really got into gathering my DVD collection, one of the first films I sought out was Gregg Araki’s Nowhere. The final chapter in his “Teenage Apocalypse” trilogy of really fucked-up, star-studded queer comedies, it wasn’t an easy movie to find. But I got my hands on a region-free one and have cherished…
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‘King: A Life’: Chris Rock In Talks To Direct, Steven Spielberg To Exec-Produce MLK Jr. Biopic
Here’s an unexpected but of filmmaking news. According to Deadline, Chris Rock is in talks to produce and direct an adaptation of Jonathan Eig‘s Martin Luther King Jr. biography, King: A Life. Not only that, but Steven Spielberg is aboard as exec-producer. Universal Pictures recently acquired the rights to Eig’s book. Rock is a completely…