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Sources say that Nolan and his camp are talking to Sony and Universal, with conversations also taking place with Warners. The talks are at the highest executive levels. Universal and Warners had no comment while Sony could not be reached for comment. [THR] The film would carry a substantial budget, believed to be over $100 million, which could make it less attractive for some studios. This is Nolan going back to “Dunkirk” territory after the misguided sci-fi experiment that was “Tenet....

But, this also means that there are a few classic themes that were really loved during their time in the limelight and deserve a comeback in 2021. This article is all about looking at what material is already available and finding ways to modernize it. “western” (CC BY-ND 2.0) by ZoiKoraki An example of a classic movie genre that deserves to be given more attention is the genre of western films....

This is all in accordance with the former Royal couple’s reported $150 million deal with Netflix, yet another opportunity for them to use their political lives — though short-lived — as a way to make money. In essence, they are swindlers. The whole thing stinks of hypocrisy and even critics aren’t having any of it. A 43% on Rotten Tomatoes hints at the total useless nature of this vanity project....

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For one thing, this will not be a movie with very much mass appeal. It will, however, adhere to the tastes of the producers in the Academy voting body who are suckers for the Golden-Age milieu depicted in Fincher’s film. This is a very dry, dialogue-driven ode to a bygone era of industry guys wheeling and dealing behind the scenes. Shot in black and white, and semi-inspired by the making of “Citizen Kane,” “Mank” chronicles a forgotten era of Hollywood lore, all seen through the eyes of its misunderstood screenwriter, Herman J....

In the ’80s and ’90s he took a bit of a nosedive, artistically speaking, with “Bad Timing,” “Eureka,” and “Insignificance” the latter of which was a questionable, light-hearted Albert Einstein movie. Those three failures basically doomed him in the industry, especially with producers tightening the noose on directors more and more after the ’70s maverick era, to the point where it was practically impossible for Roeg to continue making the live-wire risk-takers of the 70s....

It does feature gorgeous photography from Roger Deakins, who is a total rock star. Otherwise, you get to see Olivia Colman’s Hilary work at a movie theater, fall for a younger black colleague (Michael Ward), suffer a few schizophrenic episodes and then heal by basking in the glorious experience of cinema. There were no doubt good intentions here, Mendes is a more-than-decent filmmaker, but why must we endure this movie?...

Well, it didn’t take long for Ethan to un-retire and set his next film, solo, without Joel. Ethan co-wrote the upcoming “Drive-Away Dykes” with his wife Tricia Cooke. It is now set to start production this coming September. Purely based on the synopsis and title, we now know which Coen is the silly one. What a title! I presume that it will get changed? The film is said to be a lesbian road trip drama....

Our social justice warrior and “woke” atmospheres have all but destroyed the reputation of a few classics such as “Gone With The Wind” and D.W. Griffith‘s “The Birth of A Nation.” And so, not surprising at all to hear that there is now an attempt to cleanse from our collective memory silent star Lillian Gish, the lead actress of “Birth of a Nation” as well as, arguably, the greatest and most popular silent actress of all-time....

During the first press screening at the Venice Film Festival, there were both loud boos and people standing up to cheer as the movie ended. I was, and still am, in-between. I admired the sheer chutzpah of the film, but ultimately felt it didn’t work as a whole, as it opted to, first and foremost, provoke rather than coherently grab your interest. The mainstream was bewildered, provoked and flat-out infuriated by “mother!...

However, “The Dark Knight” director once had a few choice words about how Marvel movies operate in ways that are too open-ended for his movie tastes. [via MTV] “There’s so much pressure for sequels, but nobody stops and to ask “does it really add something?” and I find that unfortunate. Back in the day when it was considered a little presumptuous to say “I’m going to make this film and we’re going to make 9 of them in a row and you’re going to love them as an audience”” “If you look at what we had done with the Dark Knight trilogy....

Cannes boss Thierry Fremaux is no longer going to be part of the French committee that decides which film to submit for Oscar contention in the International Film category. This decision seems to stem from Fremaux’s committee choosing Julia Ducournau’s “Titane” over Audrey Diwan’s “Happening.” Ducournau won the Palme d’Or and Diwan won the Golden Lion at Venice. There was controversy over Fremaux’s group choosing the Cannes winner over the Venice winner....

Sadly, I missed the now legendary premiere of ‘Fury Road’ at the Cannes Film Festival back in 2015; I ended up seeing Miller’s masterwork only a few months later instead, but the whole thing, a deranged punk rock cinematic vision, blew my eye sockets away. Visually it was unlike any movie I had seen before. Miller is a master at framing his big and bold action sequences. Of course, maybe the success of Miller’s movie derives more from the fact that it’s probably easier to like a ‘Fury Road’ than, say, risk-taking and non-conformist films such as “The Master” or “The Tree Of Life” (the two best films I have seen this decade)....

The film comes after Gray’s long-delayed “Ad Astra” finally hit theaters two Septembers ago (to mostly positive reviews). This new project will bring Gray back to New York. If you remember, his first 5 movies ( “Little Odessa,” “The Yards,” “We Own the Night,” “Two Lovers,” and “The Immigrant”) were all set in the Big Apple. Gray wrote and directed “Armageddon Time,” which stars Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, and Anthony Hopkins in “an autobiographical drama about growing up in mid-1980s Queens, New York....

In yet another year in which the domestic and global box-offices have been dominated by remakes, re-boots, and sequels, and in which the top four grossers have all come from the Galactus of the industry, Disney (soon to be five with the December release of ‘The Rise of Skywalker’, Gray and no doubt many film-makers are worried that major studios will simply stop funding any projects that don’t minimize the risk of losses and guarantee at least some degree of success....

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“Showing Up” stars Michelle Williams and premiered at Cannes in May. It will screen at the New York Film Festival in a couple of weeks. I left Cannes the day it was supposed to screen, which was the final day of the fest. I really wanted to catch Reichardt’s latest, but it’s had a fairly journey since Cannes. There have really been no other screenings for it. “Showing Up” will probably not break out like Reichardt’s previoua film, 2020’s “First Cow”....

Regardless, it seems as though the losses with 2015’s “Jupiter Ascending” was the main reason why their creative offices had to close last year, and, their words, a “silent retirement” was in the works for them. I had heard that they’d been struggling to get funding for their projects until Netflix picked up “sense8.” It does look as though only one Wachowski is involved with 2021’s upcoming “The Matrix 4....

The gist of this studio battle has to do with securing the rights to Mann’s upcoming novel, which is a continuation of the “Heat” saga. The setting takes place both before and after the original, in the same vein as in The Godfather Part II, largely focusing on Hanna and Chris Shiherlis (the character played in the film by Val Kilmer). Earlier this week, Mann confirmed in an interview that he’s working on turning his novel into a movie....