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2025 Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay Predictions

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Fresh off "American Fiction" winning the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, a pair of films that played at TIFF the same year are ready for their awards season moment.

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The Paramount-Skydance Merger Returns, for Real This Time

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Shari Redstone has reached a preliminary agreement for David Ellison to buy National Amusements, a shocker after talks collapsed last month.

Robert Towne Dead at 89: Legendary ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter Was One of Hollywood’s Great Scribes

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The Oscar-winner also wrote "Shampoo," "The Last Detail," and the first two "Mission: Impossible" movies.

Watch Judd Apatow Share His TCM Picks for July: ‘American Graffiti,’ ‘Looking for Mr. Goodbar,’ ‘Midnight Run,’ and More

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Exclusive: The writer/director known for comedies like "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Funny People" shares films that will make you laugh and cry.

Tuesday, Jul 2

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2025 Oscars: Best Visual Effects Predictions

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"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" is the early favorite in a battle with "Dune: Part Two."

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‘The Bear’ Season 3 Proves One Thing: Hollywood Loves a John Cena Cameo

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The WWE champion appears in a divisive role as Carmy's cousin Sammy Fak in Episode 5 of "The Bear," "Children."

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‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 Boots ‘Baby Reindeer’ from Netflix’s Top 10 All-Time List

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The Shonda Rhimes period drama becomes the first series with three seasons on Netflix's Most Popular list.

‘Despicable Me 4’ Review: Want to Save This Struggling Film Franchise? Turn It Into a TV Series

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The sixth film in the animated franchise feels like an accidental pitch for the small screen, thanks to an oddly episodic outing that feels better suited to quicker consumption.

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2025 Oscars: Best Original Screenplay Predictions

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The Cannes Film Festival once again platforms some early frontrunners for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar.

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‘Emmanuelle’ French Trailer: Noémie Merlant Is Seduced by Sensual Hotel Guests in Audrey Diwan’s Latest Thriller

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Naomi Watts, Will Sharpe, and "Stranger Things" breakout Jamie Campbell Bower co-star in the novel adaptation.

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‘Industry’ Season 3 Teaser: Harper May Not Be Done with Pierpoint After All

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Come for the interoffice melodrama, stay for Kit Harington playing shirtless handball.

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‘Jackpot!’ Trailer: John Cena Is Awkwafina’s Bodyguard in Paul Feig’s Lottery Action Comedy

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"Bridesmaids" helmer Paul Feig directs the feature, which also co-stars Simu Liu.

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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ to Open the 2024 Venice Film Festival

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Tim Burton's highly-anticipated sequel starring Michael Keaton will have its world premiere August 28.

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‘The Bear’ Season 3 Premiere Draws 5.4 Million Viewers — the Most Ever for an FX Show on Hulu

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Christopher Storer's show continues to roll out entire seasons at once — and the strategy keeps working.

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The Latest Contender for Paramount Is Its Former CEO Who Once Let the Studio Slip Away

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Billionaire Barry Diller, formerly chairman of Paramount Pictures, is reportedly exploring a bid, potentially winning control of the conglomerate after Sumner Redstone outbid him.

How Steven Soderbergh Left Hollywood and Got His Mojo Back

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The Oscar-winning director famously “retired” in 2011, but now he's wrapping the edit on a Cate Blanchett spy movie. At Karlovy Vary, he told IndieWire what made the difference.

Francesca’s ‘Bridgerton’ Book Is Sexiest of All — and the TV Show’s Big Changes Provide a Massive Opportunity for More

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Spoilers: Francesca's "Bridgerton" book, "When He Was Wicked," is a steamy tearjerker. The show adaptation seems set for some fun twists on that.

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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Pulls Terror from a Violin Bow and a Cactus

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The "Day One" sound team tells IndieWire how they crafted the tense soundscape of the prequel, from alien calls to a flooded subway.

Monday, Jul 1

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Netflix and Amazon Are Giving Us the World

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The top 2 streamers commissioned 53 percent of all international shows and films, combined, in the first quarter.

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Aussies Rule as Nicole Kidman’s ‘A Family Affair’ Leads Netflix, ‘Furiosa’ #1 on VOD

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Warner Bros. prices George Miller's film higher than usual initially — and it seems to be working.

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The One Thing ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Director Mark Molloy Didn’t Do Before Taking on Much-Anticipated Fourth Film

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Just how big a fan of the Eddie Murphy comedy franchise is this first-time feature director from Down Under? As he tells IndieWire, big enough to know which film to studiously avoid when it came time to make his own.

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Kevin Costner Isn’t Measuring ‘Horizon’ Success by the Box Office

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"If we put so much pressure on that, we’re bound to be disappointed."

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Locarno Film Festival and FLC Announce Mexican Cinema Retrospective Celebrating Essential Early Features

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The Spectacle Every Day: Mexican Popular Cinema festival spans films from the '40s through the '60s, with features from directors Roberto Gavaldón, Emilio Fernández, Julio Bracho, Alejandro Galindo, and Chano Urueta.

‘The Blair Witch Project’ Turns 25: Robert Eggers, Jane Schoenbrun, and 7 More Horror Directors on Its Terrifying Legacy

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Nia DaCosta, "Blair Witch" sequel director Adam Wingard, and other genre filmmakers tell IndieWire about the lasting influence and anxiety of the viral 1999 sensation.

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Ridley Scott Says He Was ‘Never Asked’ to Direct the First 3 ‘Alien’ Sequels: ‘I Wasn’t Happy’

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"I had no choice because I had very tough partners," Scott said. "It was kind of 'Welcome to Hollywood.'"

‘Kill’ Is Getting an English-Language Remake and the Indian Film’s Not Even Out Yet

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Chad Stahelski's 87Eleven production company is wasting no time in adapting the July 4 release.

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‘Cobra Kai’ Final Season Trailer: Daniel-San Uncovers Mr. Miyagi’s (Literally) Buried Secrets

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And Hawk's new 'hawk is just in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics.