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New Alien Movie Taps Raised by Wolves Creator to Write
20th Century Studios is developing a new Alien film with Ridley Scott producing and Aaron Guzikowski writing, tied to Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
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Venice Crowd Roars for Italian Horror ‘The Spiral’
A nine-minute Venice ovation for Paolo Strippoli’s ‘The Spiral’ sets up a Toronto Midnight Madness run, an Oct. 8 Italian release and…
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Macklemore’s Gaza Remarks Test Tour Brand-Risk Playbooks
Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” remarks at MetLife Stadium and the petition to drop him from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour show how fast talent…
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Wenders’ Zumthor Doc Tests the Limits of Niche 3D Theatrical
Wim Wenders’ new 3D architecture documentary premiered at Venice with Brad Pitt backing. The real story is the economics of premium-format niche…
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Alex Gibney’s 235-Minute ‘Musk’ Doc Sets Oct. 16 Theatrical Bow
Alex Gibney’s four-hour Elon Musk documentary premieres in Venice, hits US theatres Oct. 16 via Bleecker Street, with a longer HBO cut…
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Venice 2026: Studios Sit Out, Awards Pipeline Rolls On
Venice’s 83rd edition opened with Danny Boyle’s Ink and a competition stacked with auteurs – but studio titles are largely missing. What…
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Koreeda’s ‘Look Back’ Bows in Venice Competition
Hirokazu Koreeda’s 18th feature, a manga adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s ‘Look Back’, premiered in Venice competition – his second film this year.
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Focus Rushes ‘Elsinore’ to November After Telluride Ovation
Simon Stone’s ‘Elsinore’ went from shoot to Telluride in about 10 months, with Focus slotting a November release. What that speed says…
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Apple Sets ‘Tenzing’ For Oct 16 Streaming After Telluride Bow
Apple Original Films’ Everest biopic Tenzing premiered at Telluride and hits streaming October 16, with a limited theatrical run from October 9.…
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Kore-eda’s ‘Look Back’ Turns a Manga Hit Into Live Action
Variety reviews Hirokazu Kore-eda’s live-action ‘Look Back,’ adapted from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga. What the double adaptation says about IP economics.