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Robert Eggers’ next film has officially been announced.The director will follow his vampire remake Nosferatu with another creature-based movie – Werwulf, a werewolf horror that he has co-written and will direct.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will be set in 13th century England, featuring dialogue true to that time period, and translation and annotations to help the audience with understanding it. It was initially conceived as a black-and-white film (as his 2019 film The Lighthouse was), but that is reportedly no longer the case.Werwulf promises to be of a piece with Eggers’ existing filmography (including 17th Century horror The Witch and Iceland-set Viking tale The Northman), which often sees him exploring mythical creatures and folklore in a long-ago time period, presented as authentically as possible.Eggers reunites with The Northman co-writer Sjón for the new film, which is scheduled for release in the US on Christmas Day, 2026.His work was most recently on the big screen with Nosferatu, an adaptation of F.W.

The Mummy franchise is in the works and will be helmed by Evil Dead Rise‘s Lee Cronin.Per The Hollywood Reporter, Cronin will write and direct the upcoming film, which has yet to receive a title but has scored an April 17, 2026 release date. A cast has yet to be attached to the film.Cronin said of the upcoming reboot in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter: “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before.

Tom Hanks has described film critics as “cocksuckers” in a jokey podcast interview with Conan O’Brien.Hanks was appearing in O’Brien’s podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend when he made the comments. During the interview, Hanks was asked about his 1996 directorial debut film, That Thing You Do!, which O’Brien said was a cult classic, despite receiving a lukewarm critical reception upon its release.In response, Hanks said: “Let me tell you something about these cocksuckers who write about movies,” before going on to describe a critic who said the film looked like it was “shot on TV and not much of anything” – and then recently called the film a “cult classic” (as per The Guardian).Hanks went on to say he accepted it though, sharing: “But you know, that’s the thing we all signed up for.

Gladiator II as “total Hollywood bullshit”.A feature by The Hollywood Reporter published today (October 30) makes a bid to separate the historical accuracies of the upcoming epic from its wilder sequences – like the use of sharks in a flooded Colosseum, which had already garnered praise (and disbelief) from viewers upon its reveal in the film’s trailer.Dr. Shadi Bartsch, a classics professor at the University of Chicago – and author of several books about ancient Rome – called it “total Hollywood bullshit.”“I don’t think Romans knew what a shark was,” she said, although adding that naval battles were held in the arena.On the use of rhinos in the Colosseum, Bartsch notes that a poem was once written in 80 A.D.

Megalopolis is having a rough ride at the cinema box office, with people online labelling it ‘Megaflopolis’.The film was released in cinemas on Friday (September 27), and is set in an alternate present-day version of America, where Driver’s futuristic architect Cesar Catilina, who has the ability to pause time, is clashing with the conservative mayor of New Rome, Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito).It has been met with less-than-enthusiastic reviews and received a somewhat hostile premiere at Cannes. In NME’s two-star review of Megalopolis, Lou Thomas wrote: “The whole piece is so uneven, that at times it’s akin to watching a toddler being given free rein as an interior decorator.

Megalopolis is in cinemas now, but is Adam Driver’s character’s vision of utopia intact at the end of the film?The sci-fi drama was released in cinemas on Friday (September 27), and is set in an alternate present-day version of America, where Driver’s futuristic architect Cesar Catilina, who has the ability to pause time, is clashing with the conservative mayor of New Rome, Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito).The film also stars Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Nathalie Emmanuel, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire and Jason Schwartzmann, and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May.Megalopolis has been a passion project for the director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now since the early 1980s, but has continually been faced with financial challenges. With major studios hesitant to invest, Coppola eventually chose to fund the film himself, selling personal assets, including portions of his wine empire.The project has been riddled with controversies, with an extra from the film saying she was left “in shock” after being kissed by Coppola on the set, and a trailer that included fake quotes from critics leading to a marketing consultant being fired.It has also been met with mixed reviews, including a somewhat hostile reaction at Cannes.

Eden at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was paused mid-screening due to a medical emergency in the audience.On Saturday (September 7), director Rod Howard and the film’s cast – which includes Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney and Vanessa Kirby among others – premiered the survival thriller film at TIFF.Per a Variety report, the screening began around 5:45pm, but was paused at 7pm after people in the audience began murmuring. The screening was paused and the lights were turned on to provide medical attention to a viewer.

Former footballer Ian Wright has been praised by fans and critics alike for his performance in new Netflix film The Kitchen.

Martin Scorsese isn’t a big fan of top 10 ranking lists, he has revealed.Speaking to Time for a new profile, the filmmaker revealed that he was “always sort of against” the idea of top 10 lists. When asked to rank his 10 favourite films, Scorsese told Time: “I’ve tried to make lists over the years of films I personally feel are my favourites, whatever that means.”“And then you find out that the word ‘favourite’ has different levels: Films that have impressed you the most, as opposed to films you just like to keep watching, as opposed to those you keep watching and learning from, or experiencing anew.

Bono surprised attendees at the Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia with an a cappella rendition of Bob Marley‘s ‘Redemption Song’ – watch the moment below.The frontman and The Edge were present at the film festival for a special screening of U2‘s Kiss The Future documentary when the legendary Irish vocalist hopped on the mic to serenade the crowd.Fans quickly joined in to sing along to the track after Bono unexpected belted out the opening lines to the Bob Marley classic. Watch a clip of the performance below.#Bono & #TheEdge at the #SarajevoFilmFestival for #KissTheFuture: "Redemption Song"Video © @28th_sff"When Bono's voice meets the silver screen.

Disney+‘s upcoming Star Wars series Skeleton Crew.Per The Hollywood Reporter, sources close to the production of Skeleton Crew have confirmed that Daniels have on the upcoming Star Wars series, though it is currently unclear if the duo will direct just one episode or multiple. While filming for the series has already concluded, its list of participating directors has yet to be announced.Skeleton Crew is a Disney+ show set within the Star Wars universe that stars Jude Law and was created by Spider-Man trilogy director Jon Watts. It will reportedly focus on a group of kids finding their way home after getting lost in the galaxy.

Sparks are reissuing five albums on vinyl and have shared a rare track, ‘It’s A Sparks Show’ – check that out below.The brothers are re-releasing five albums from 2000-2009: 2000’s ‘Balls’, 2002’s ‘Lil’ Beethoven’, 2006’s ‘Hello Young Lovers’, 2008’s ‘Exotic Creatures of the Deep’, and 2009’s ‘The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman’.The albums, which have all been re-mastered, will be available on vinyl and CD this spring, and each release comes with new bonus material. It’s the first time ‘Balls’ has been pressed on vinyl.The reissues of ‘Balls’, ‘Lil’ Beethoven’ and ‘Hello Young Lovers’ are out April 29, while ‘Exotic Creatures Of The Deep’ and ‘The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman’ will arrive on May 17.You can listen to ‘It’s A Sparks Show’ here:Last month, Edgar Wright’s documentary film about Sparks won Best Music Film at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.“We’re so honoured to be given the finger by NME,” Russel Mael said while accepting the award remotely.

The Sparks Brothers has won Best Music Film at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The Edgar Wright-directed documentary about the band Sparks beat out Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, Oasis Knebworth 1996 and Questlove’s Summer Of Soul for the win.“We’re so honoured to be given the finger by NME,” Russel Mael said while accepting the award remotely. “Thanks to the great director Edgar Wright and the whole team who made this wonderful film,” he added.His brother Ron Mael, also shared his “thank you”, noting that he was “deeply appreciative of this award” before throwing up a celebratory middle finger.