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After more than 25 years, Joshua Jackson still blushes about one of his first onscreen sex scenes. The actor, who played Blaine Tuttle in 1999’s Cruel Intentions, recently recalled an encounter with co-star Eric Mabius “years” after they shared a brief gay sex scene in the Roger Kumble-helmed teen movie,... Read more

Two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot is going to need more room in his trophy case. The filmmaker is returning from Europe with multiple Cannes Lions for his documentary The Final Copy of Ilon Specht, a film about the woman who created the iconic L’Oréal Paris tagline, “Because I’m worth it.”... Read more

As the 007 franchise has moved away from its more misogynist roots, Matthew Goode wanted to go in another direction. The Emmy nominee recently explained why he “didn’t get” a chance to audition for the coveted role of MI6 agent James Bond after sharing his vision for the character with... Read more

A big night in Hockeywood got even bigger as a pair of big movie names crashed the 2025 NHL Draft. Adam Sandler and Jerry Bruckheimer announced the respective first-round picks for the Boston Bruins and Seattle Kraken tonight at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Sandler was sporting the familiar... Read more

The possibility of a live-action take of the 1988 anime movie Akira from Warner Bros is no longer, as Deadline has confirmed that the right have lapsed, now reverted back to manga publisher Kodansha. The movie directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo follows teenage biker gang member who turns into a rampaging... Read more

Also worth a slot in your queue: 'Smoke,' 'Squid Game,' and Springsteen's 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums.'... Read more

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Henry Golding is ready to return to the upper crust life of Nick Young as a Crazy Rich Asians series adaptation approaches production. After starring as the romantic lead in Jon M. Chu‘s 2018 adaptation of the Kevin Kwan novel, the actor recently shared a “promising” update on the upcoming... Read more

FRIDAY AFTERNOON: F1 is accelerating right now to a $55M+ opening at 3,661 theaters with potential for upside, by far the biggest opening ever for an Apple Original Movie on the big screen, miles ahead of Martin Scorsese’s 3 hours and 26 minutes running-time Killers of the Flower Moon ($23.2M... Read more

EXCLUSIVE: John Oliver will not be happy about this — Ryan Murphy’s Doctor Odyssey will not be coming back for a second season on ABC — at least not anytime soon. It’s a default cancellation as the cast’s options are expiring on Monday and are not being picked up, sources... Read more

"He was just talking about films like I’d never heard anyone speak about film," Pitt recalled of meeting with the director for "Se7en."... Read more

The 'Nosferatu' actor ended up landing the role of Lex Luthor, and the actor who landed the title role was glad he did because "a superhero is only as interesting as their villain."... Read more

The Malcolm in the Middle limited series reboot wrapped production last month, and we are just hearing about the new name the episodes will go by - Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, a reference to the show’s theme song, “Boss of Me,” by They Might Be Giants, which... Read more

EXCLUSIVE: After five years in the Writers Guild of America’s really bad books, The Irishman producer Randall Emmett has settled his debt with the Guild over not paying four scribes for work on a TV series Under an agreement with the Guild worked out the past few weeks, Emmett wired... Read more

Four years later, Scarlett Johansson is still stuck in the Twilight Zone while trying to figure out her Tower of Terror update. After Deadline announced in 2021 that she’ll produce a new film inspired by the Disney World ride and written by Josh Cooley, the 2x Oscar nominee recently teased... Read more

The "Avatar" and "Titanic" director is known for making box office history.... Read more

Joseph Kosinski’s F1 might be the loudest, fastest, and most relentlessly entertaining movie of 2025 so far. This is classic Hollywood craftsmanship firing on all cylinders. It’s character-driven, visually jaw-dropping, and bursting with that full-throttle energy that only a packed theater can amplify. At nearly three hours long, F1 barely... Read more

After 20 years, a dozen creatives attached and millions spent on development, Warners is moving on from the seminal property.... Read more

This week on the No Film School Podcast, GG Hawkins sits down with Derick Rhodes, VP of Community at Vimeo, to dive into how Vimeo continues to be a crucial hub for independent filmmakers. Derick reveals the behind-the-scenes process of how Vimeo Staff Picks are curated, the platform’s renewed focus... Read more

This week on the No Film School Podcast, GG Hawkins sits down with Derick Rhodes, VP of Community at Vimeo, to dive into how Vimeo continues to be a crucial hub for independent filmmakers. Derick reveals the behind-the-scenes process of how Vimeo Staff Picks are curated, the platform’s renewed focus... Read more

Well Go USA has released the US trailer for a supernatural Japanese action thriller called Ghost Killer. The film centers on a college student who is possessed by a vengeful spirit and transformed into a deadly force of supernatural revenge.In the film, “When college student Fumika stumbles upon the bullet... Read more

Conservation and nature photography power couple Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen are the focus of the first episode of National Geographic's 2024 nature documentary series, Photographer. The episode won an Emmy this week for Outstanding Nature Documentary, demonstrating not only the compelling nature of the duo's photography but also the... Read more

To get into the world of filmmaking or video production, you only truly need a few things. You need a camera, a lens (if one's not built-in to your camera), a way to save the footage you record, and a computer or device to edit your video. To help you... Read more

The film's stars came out to support the drama, set during the COVID-19 pandemic, which centers on a standoff between a small-town sheriff and the mayor.... Read more

One of the things I really dig about Quentin Tarantino is that he's a giant fan of movies and other directors. He watches everything, and he lets all that stuff influence him and guide him. Recently, he was nerding out about Akira Kurosawa, and I wanted to bring the conversation... Read more

As a writer in Hollywood, I have gotten too comfortable just shelling out screenplays and seeing where they go. But in the future, it feels like my job needs to be way more active than it is passive. Especially when it comes to people reading and packaging my work. And... Read more

"I knew I didn’t have what it would’ve taken to make that movie great," the director said of parting ways with the MCU film in 2022.... Read more

Could the Brad Pitt-led racing drama follow 'Top Gun: Maverick' to the awards finish line?... Read more

Focus Features has released the first teaser trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi comedy Bugonia, which reteams the director with Emma Stone. The film is an English-language remake of South Korean film Save the Green Planet!, and it follows “two conspiracy obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a... Read more

Director Matt Reeves shared a photo of the completed screenplay. Continue reading…... Read more

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured what scientists believe is its first photograph of an exoplanet. If the findings are confirmed, it would mark the first time Webb discovered a planet through a direct image and the lightest planet ever seen using this imaging technique outside the solar system.... Read more

Jon Watts is no stranger to big swings in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He directed all three of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man films, culminating with No Way Home, a global juggernaut that brought together multiple generations of Spider-Man and nearly hit the $2 billion mark. So when Marvel tapped him to... Read more

The sum more than doubles what the state previously allotted, up from $330 million.... Read more

The beloved HBO comedy series will return again for a third and final season.... Read more

The best science fiction universes function according to a set of rules, rules which make them what they are. Battlestar … Continue reading "The Best Star Trek That Isn’t Star Trek At All"... Read more

Director Matt Reeves' version of The Batman hit theaters in 2022 and jump-started the post-COVID box office with a dynamic $369 million domestic and $772 million worldwide. Critics were enraptured by Robert Pattinson's darker, grittier, noir-style caped crusader, giving the DC Studios movie an 85 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and... Read more

In a groundbreaking collaboration with Blackmagic Design, Canal+ is set to offer an unprecedented viewing experience with its latest MotoGP documentary. [Read More]... Read more

A report in Variety said the "Dune" filmmaker also beat out Edgar Wright, Edward Berger, Jonathan Nolan, and Paul King for the job.... Read more

Plus: the actor, who went viral playing Andrew Garfield's part in a scene from 'The Social Network,' recounts a night at TIFF where he and Garfield sipped on wine, listened to Chappell Roan, and yes, discussed that 'Social Network video.... Read more

It’s been a long and winding road, but The Batman: Part II is finally making progress in a very real and exciting way. Director Matt Reeves has confirmed that the script for the highly anticipated sequel is done. He shared the news with a photo on X, showing himself and... Read more