EXCLUSIVE: MIKE FLANAGAN, aka
@FlanaganFilm
, is in talks to direct the next EXORCIST movies for
@Blumhouse
... but there's more to it. SUBSCRIBE for details!
DON'T WORRY DARLING trailer gets Florence and Harry smooching early and in bed together.
"You and me?"
"Always. You and me."
The trailer introduces themes of gaslighting as Florence digs into the truth about her idyllic community.
Harry: "Our life together. We could lose this."
The embargo is up and I can now say that MY POLICEMAN left me absolutely DEVASTATED. I loved it. I needed some time after the screening because I was such a mess. One of the best movies of the year. David Dawson DEMANDS an Oscar nomination and Gina McKee was fabulous as well. ❤️
BREAKING: Sony is cutting Kevin Spacey out of ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD altogether and reshooting his scenes with Christopher Plummer as J. Paul Getty. Movie still slated for December. This is an unprecedented to say the least!
About to see the first full trailer for DON'T WORRY DARLING, which stars Florence Pugh, Harry Styles and Chris Pine. Director Olivia Wilde said it's inspired by ambitious movies like INCEPTION and THE TRUMAN SHOW.
BREAKING: Nickelodeon officially parts ways with Dan Schneider. DHD reports "multiple complaints of abusive behavior against Schneider filed by members of his staff" "Under a cloud of suspicion over the treatment of some younger stars." "Well documented temper issues for years."
THR: Wonder Woman 3 dead. Black Adam sequel unlikely. Possibly no Man of Steel sequel, which means no new solo pic for Cavill. And Aquaman 2 may be the last time we see Momoa as Arthur Curry, tho fear not... he's being eyed for a Lobo movie. Also, they aren't messing with Batman.
BREAKING: 17-year-old high school student Rachel Zegler cast as Maria in Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY! Broadway veterans Ariana DeBose and David Alvarez to play Anita and Bernardo, respectively. Theater performer Josh Andrés Rivera cast as Chino.
BREAKING: Oscar winners
@ViolaDavis
&
@Lupita_Nyongo
to star in THE WOMAN KING, a drama about an all-female military unit in Africa. They'll play mother & daughter...
Tweeted abt MY POLICEMAN twice & got lots of likes & I didn't even have to resort to MENTIONING Harry Styles for 'em! But now that I have... he delivers in the title role. He's like a modern spin on an old-school movie star. I get the feeling he has a bright future in this town😎
EXCLUSIVE via
@LineAbove
: AFTERSUN star PAUL MESCAL replaces Blake Jenner as the lead in Richard Linklater's adaptation of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. He will spend the next 20 years shooting the film...
I'm so glad I made an effort to see SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME on opening night with all the hardcore Marvel fans b/c my screening was ELECTRIC & the film almost certainly played better as a result. Tom Holland delivers his best Spidey turn yet. As always, stay thru ALL the credits!
BREAKING: JAMES GUNN has reportedly been removed as director of the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY franchise following old tweets that have come to light. Developing...
I’m told that the current BLADE script is roughly 90 pages and features exactly TWO (lackluster) action sequences. Mahershala said to be very frustrated with the process. Feige said to be spread too thin. But hey, that’s just what sources are telling me. Don’t shoot the messenger
BREAKING: JONAH HILL in talks to play a villain in THE BATMAN... most likely, THE PENGUIN. But I guess we'll have to wait for confirmation on that one.
BREAKING: Steven Spielberg and Amblin Television withdraw all involvement from CBS' legal drama BULL in the wake of recent sexual harassment allegations against star Michael Weatherly by co-star Eliza Dushku. Spielberg's wife, Kate Capshaw, very involved in Time's Up. Smart move.
EXCLUSIVE: RICHARD LINKLATER is directing an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG that will be shot over the course of TWENTY YEARS!!! and star
@BenSPlatt
and
@BeanieFeldstein
...
R.I.P. Tom Wilkinson, star of In the Bedroom, Michael Clayton, The Full Monty, Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine, Shakespeare in Love, Valkyrie, and Selma, plus HBO’s John Adams and Recount, among countless others. A great character actor and by all accounts a very lovely man…
Wilde says that 18 studios bid on DON'T WORRY DARLING but WB & New Line promised the film a theatrical release. They didn't promise a comma in the title though, apparently. Olivia calls Harry Styles "truly a revelation" in this movie. Matty Libatique (ASIB) served as Wilde's DP.
CALLED IT! After creating a Ted Bundy frenzy with its doc series, Netflix has acquired Zac Efron's Bundy movie EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL and VILE for roughly $9M. It'll come out this fall & will get an awards-qualifying run in theaters. Zac Efron, Oscar nominee?
BREAKING: Lupita Nyong'o to star in 10-episode ltd series AMERICANAH for HBO Max. BLACK PANTHER star Danai Gurira to write the pilot and serve as showrunner. Based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s bestselling novel, it follows a Nigerian woman's journey of self-discovery in America.
JOKER looks fucking incredible.
“I used to think my life was a tragedy, but now I realize... it’s a comedy.”
“Gotham has lost its way.”
“What kind of coward would do something that cold-blooded? Someone who hides behind a mask.”
EXCLUSIVE: First there was LEMONADE. Then there was BLACK IS KING. And now there is... RENAISSANCE, as sources say
@Beyonce
is shopping a new visual album that was shot in secret by rising filmmaker Nadia Lee Cohen. Top streamers have been approached...
BREAKING: GLAAD announced that Bohemian Rhapsody will no longer be eligible for a Best Original Film nomination at this year’s GLAAD Media Awards following new accusations of sexual assault and misconduct against director Bryan Singer, who will also keep his job on RED SONJA.
Lady Gaga is one of the few stars who puts butts in seats. There were a bunch of teenage girls at my screening and there’s no way those girls see that movie if it starred anyone else. She moves the needle, and that matters more than ever now.
Lady Gaga is pushing
#HouseOfGucci
to a $20 million-plus Thanksgiving week. That's a great
#BoxOffice
result at a time when adult dramas are struggling (It's also double what director Ridley Scott's last film,
#TheLastDuel
, made during its entire run).
BREAKING: Matt Damon to play former Nike exec Sonny Vaccarro and Ben Affleck to play Nike co-founder Phil Knight in a movie about Nike's efforts to sign Michael Jordan to a shoe contract in the mid-'80s. They'll co-write the script and produce together, while Affleck will direct.
TOP GUN: MAVERICK is the perfect blockbuster. Not only did it feature dazzling aerial combat sequences, but I actually cried, it’s that emotional. And call me crazy, but I humbly predict that it WILL land a Best Picture nod next year. It’s not just THAT good, it’s VERY good. 😉
This is kinda crazy. I don't know if he should blame studios/networks/producers, or his own agents, who obviously got him Aladdin in the first place. But he's a handsome guy now recognizable around the world. Very strange...
Saw DUMBO last night and it put a lump in my throat several times. I understand why some critics were down on it (the cast is surprisingly bland) but each time I saw that little elephant fly, I felt some old-school Disney magic. Worth a look, if only for the ALWAYS SUNNY reunion.
Well, that was quick. Kevin Hart OUT as Oscar host. And from an industry POV, his team will now have to perform trauma surgery & do their best to rehab his movie career, which was fine 3 days ago. Sad situation all around. Little to gain, so much to lose over such a thankless job
BREAKING: SAM RAIMI in talks to direct DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. To say this is an intriguing development would be a severe understatement...
Just watched EL CAMINO. I found it completely engrossing and wholly unnecessary at the same time. I could watch Aaron Paul play this character until the end of time. I'm just not sure I need to. Ultimately, it's an entertaining epilogue to a story that didn't really need one.
BREAKING: Disney IS planning to use James Gunn's script for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3 and he could receive a payout of $7 million to $10 million, if not potentially higher, per THR, which also reports (like I said on MovieTalk) that he's in high demand elsewhere around town.
BREAKING:
@Zendaya
to star in HBO pilot EUPHORIA along with A Wrinkle in Time star
@StormReid
&
@MaudeApatow
. It's based on an Israeli teen drama described as KIDS meets TRAINSPOTTING. Sounds pretty interesting...
BREAKING: RYAN REYNOLDS joins
@TheRock
&
@GalGadot
in RED NOTICE, which is moving from Universal to Netflix. It'll be the most expensive film the streaming service has ever made. Story coming to
@Collider
...
RUMOR via THE HOT MIC podcast: Dave Filoni is getting his own STAR WARS movie tmrw, and furthermore, Lucasfilm is trying to codify the SW universe around the worlds that Filoni and Jon Favreau have created, which is why other movies and shows are being killed. Filoni = New Lucas.
Really enjoyed BLUE BEETLE, which got me to shed a tear once or twice. The big death scene in the middle is very effective and the ending surprised me, too. Hope they get a chance to make a sequel because Xolo is indeed a star. Loved the score here and the film’s sense of humor.
EXCLUSIVE: In what will be his first comic book movie since THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, Oscar winner CHRISTIAN BALE is in talks to join
@ChrisHemsworth
in
@TaikaWaititi
's THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER!
What'd I say on MovieTalk last week? Will Smith needs to remind the world what a damn good actor he is! Lo and behold, today brings news he'll play the father of Venus & Serena Williams in KING RICHARD. Sounds like a great role for him to me!
BREAKING: Denzel Washington in early talks to star opposite Frances McDormand in new version of MACBETH from director Joel Coen, producer Scott Rudin and A24. Not sure about Ethan's involvement, but it feels weird not writing "the Coen brothers."
OK, to recap
#FantasticFour
notebook dump:
Reed - Not cast, unlikely to be Matt Smith
Sue - Vanessa Kirby
Johnny - Cast, but apparently NOT Jack Quaid
Thing - Cast, but apparently NOT Paul Walter Hauser
Galactus - Latino
Ebon Moss-Bachrach - Not Thing, but possibly Silver Surfer
BREAKING: DEADPOOL 2 moves up 2 weeks, from June 1 to May 18, one week before SOLO arrives. Unfortunately, Josh Boone's NEW MUTANTS moves back 10 months, from April 13 to Feb. 22, 2019. And finally, GAMBIT moves back from Feb. 14, 2019 to June 7, 2019, making it a summer movie.
David Gordon Green delivers best HALLOWEEN movie since the original & does a smart job w/ its callbacks to the 1st film. Legit scary, & while crazy violent at times, it shows restraint at others. Loved the score. Jamie Lee Curtis is a badass, like Ripley crossed w/ Sarah Connor.
Do I think Disney and Sony will reach a compromise? Yes. Do I think Disney should just offer Sony $2-3 billion for Spider-Man? Yes. Do I think Sony should take it? Yes. Easier than making 10 Spidey movies that each bring a $150-200 million profit...
There's even more baby mama drama between Sony & Marvel! How will the divorce impact the future of the MCU?! We'll talk about that on today's
#ColliderMovieTalk
!
#SpiderMan
Live at 3:00 PM PT:
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE may be
@TomCruise
&
@ChrisMcQuarrie
’s THE DARK KNIGHT. This is EASILY the best active film franchise, the best action movie of the summer, and between 10 & 100 times better than ANY Marvel movie. Cruise is the greatest movie star there is, was, & EVER will be.
It’s official:
#RRRMovie
’s FYC awards/Oscars campaign is going for Best Picture,
@ssrajamouli
for Best Director, Actor (both Jr NTR & Ram Charan), Screenplay, Original Song, Score, Editing, Cinematography, Sound, Production Design, VFX and more categories
#RRRforOscars
#OscaRRRs
BREAKING: Hailee Steinfeld offered role of Kate Bishop in Marvel's HAWKEYE series on Disney+. Bishop is a member of the Young Avengers who took up the Hawkeye mantle after Jeremy Renner's Clint Barton, & the character could wind up making the leap to the big screen down the line.
BREAKING: Universal to re-release E.T. and JAWS in IMAX theaters. E.T. is coming August 12 timed to 40th anniversary. JAWS is coming Sept. 2 (in RealD 3D as well).
BREAKING: ABC picks up ROSEANNE spinoff THE CONNERS, which will premiere this fall with 10 episodes. Everyone will return except Roseanne herself. Writers aren't sure if they'll kill her off or not, but she'll have "no financial or creative involvement in the new series,” per ABC
BREAKING: Warner Bros. to release the next film from CHRISTOPHER NOLAN in IMAX on July 17, 2020. No title, cast or plot details yet, but he'll be returning behind the camera very, very soon...
BREAKING: Disney's streaming service planning several limited series about popular MCU characters that WILL feature the original actors. Loki and Scarlet Witch are at the top of the list, so Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen would star in the shows, should they come to fruition.
THE FLASH: First hr is pretty fantastic. Strikes the perfect tone. Ezra is great. Heroic. Funny. Emotional. The last hr is MOSTLY terrible. Just an utter mess that’ll leave you asking, “what the HELL is going on?” Fan service & DC villain problem strike again. Mixed bag overall.
Just scanned initial reactions. Embarrassing. I’m embarrassed for my profession. Not even a whiff of criticism. A bunch of easy lays, I tell ya. There are only a handful of critical voices you can trust these days. It’s sad. And yes, I know this tweet is going to get me killed…
Fans are gonna lose their minds when they see THE FLASH trailer which ends with Michael Keaton's classic quote "You wanna get nuts? Let's get nuts!" Got a good look at Sasha Calle's Supergirl, too. The action looks pretty epic.
You know who’s a great actor who Hollywood just doesn’t seem to know what to do with? Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He may just be focused on family right now but he’d make an interesting comic book villain, or lead of a streaming series. He should also direct again! DON JON was goooood.
COOL NEWS: UNCUT GEMS director Benny Safdie and SUCCESSION star Sarah Snook have signed on to join Shia LaBeouf and Vanessa Kirby in the indie movie PIECES OF A WOMAN...
So... JOKER was BRILLIANT and Joaquin was INCREDIBLE and the score is PHENOMENAL but more importantly, I'm now an UNCLE!!!!! Meet the newest Sneider... Marlo! Her name is her name.
.
@Beyonce
's new movie RENAISSANCE is described as "artsy" and "weirder" than LEMONADE and BLACK IS KING, but also "better" than the latter, and not nearly as "Disney-fied." Meanwhile, Nadia Lee Cohen has worked w/ Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky & Katy Perry
BREAKING: DAVID FINCHER to executive produce a CHINATOWN prequel series for Netflix that would follow a young Jake Gittes. Original scribe Robert Towne will write a pilot that will be overseen by Fincher. HO-LY SHIT!
BREAKING: Sony developing an animated SPIDER-WOMEN film that will focus on three generations of women (likely including Spider-Gwen) with Spidey powers. Bek Smith will write the script and Amy Pascal will produce, likely with Lord & Miller as well as Avi Arad.
GLASS will be divisive, but I loved it. It's not a masterpiece like UNBREAKABLE but it's much better than the gimmicky SPLIT. This is a film about representation. About the NEED to be seen. It's abt identity. Are we what we are, or what we BELIEVE we are? See it for McAvoy alone.