The Black Sheep looks back at the 2007 sequel-to-a-remake The Hills Have Eyes 2, co-written and produced by Wes Craven The Hills Have Eyes 2. No, not that one. That’s The Hills Have Eyes PART 2 and has one of the greatest things ever filmed where a dog, an actual dog, has a flashback and … Read more
The form in “Will & Harper” is basically a road buddy comedy. Directed by Josh Greenbaum (“Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar”), this is the deeply personal story of Will Ferrell and his good friend Harper Steele. They met when Steele was a writer on “Saturday Night Live,” helping Ferrell hone the comedic … Read more
Wonka kicks of the holiday movie season with around $35 million while solid word of mouth should see it have good legs throughout the season. After taking in $3.5 million in Thursday previews, Wonka looks to take in ten times that in its opening weekend for an estimated $35 million. While that number comes in … Read more
Adam McKay considering a climate change movie as his next project, but drops serial killer movie starring Robert Pattinson & Robert Downey Jr. Deadline reports that Adam McKay is developing a climate-related movie which he’s considering making his next directorial project, but it has come at the cost of his star-studded serial killer dramedy starring … Read more
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro found it hard to not mock Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of Killers of the Flower Moon. Killers of the Flower Moon marks the 10th feature collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro and the sixth between the maestro and Leonardo DiCaprio. But it will be the first … Read more
Spanish director Víctor Erice has only a few feature films to his name, but each one is an expertly measured exercise of the medium. His latest, “Close Your Eyes” is both a tribute to cinema and a reckoning with lost time and relationships. Like his politically charged classic “The Spirit of the Beehive,” released 50 … Read more
The horrible reviews seem to have played a part in The Exorcist: Believer coming in shy of its low end $30 million projections Numbers have begun rolling in for this first full weekend in October and they are generally in line with our predictions from Thursday. The Exorcist: Believer is coming out on top with … Read more
A new Transformers: Rise of the Beasts sequel is being discussed at Paramount with Steven Caple Jr. in talks to direct. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has been a critical and commercial success, and fans may be wondering if we’ll be getting a new installment in the series. Rise of the Beasts director Steven Caple … Read more
The interview, by the Fortnight’s artistic director, Julien Rejl, followed a screening of a surprise film that turned out to be John Flynn’s “Rolling Thunder” (1977) on a suitably worn 35-millimeter print. The talk focused largely on Tarantino’s new book, Cinema Speculation. The director didn’t break much news, but it was fun to see his … Read more
Reports of a US version of Squid Game have been swirling for some time, but according to Above The Line’s Jeff Sneider, Netflix already has eyes on a director. In a recent tweet, Sneider mentioned that Netflix is “courting” director David Fincher to produce and direct the American version of Squid Game. Sneider went on … Read more