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25/09/2025

11/07/2025

For decades, Wes Anderson has given us whimsical worlds built up with quirky characters that often times have unseen layers of emotional depth. In recent yea...

03/07/2025

What if I told you the most cinematic F1 footage ever wasn’t shot with a Hollywood rig, but with a sensor from the iPhone 15 Pro? Apple’s top-secret project ...

21/05/2025

Grab your FREE PDF: http://www.jamesahurst.com/dialogueWant to write scenes that crackle with tension? In this video, screenwriter James A. Hurst breaks dow...

15/04/2025

Start your free month of great cinema now at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold A video about Netflix’ Adolescence, and about 50 other examples of long takes ...

10/04/2025

Stunts have always been part of the magic of movies. Now, they’re part of the Oscars.

The Academy has created a new annual award for Achievement in Stunt Design—beginning with the 100th Oscars in 2028, honoring films released in 2027.

01/04/2025

Sam Mendes' four Beatles movies will all open in theaters in April 2028. The cast is now confirmed: Harris Dickinson (John Lennon), Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney), Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr) and Joseph Quinn (George Harrison).

Sony is billing the project as "The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event" and calling it the "first binge-able theatrical experience." Read more here: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/sam-mendes-beatles-biopics-release-april-2028-1236353434/

27/03/2025

Seth Rogen once met with Ridley Scott about doing a Monopoly movie.

“He was going to direct the ‘Monopoly’ movie, and me and Evan [Goldberg] went into his office and he said, ‘Imagine a helicopter shot of Central Park. You’re looking down on it from above. You pull up, you see all the buildings surrounding Central Park. What does it look like?’ And then he said, ‘A Monopoly board!’ And were like, ‘F*ck, that’s good.'”

The Monopoly movie never happened, and it's far from the only wild Hollywood pitch that came Rogen's way: "I think there was a ‘Hungry Hungry Hippos’ movie in development for a while... I think we’ve been pitched every brand. I feel like there was a ‘Doritos’ movie at some point.”

Read more here: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/seth-rogen-ridley-scott-monopoly-movie-the-studio-1236349402/