Reel Updates

Francis Ford Coppola says he’s adding deleted dreams sequences and re-editing MEGALOPOLIS to make it “more weird” “It was [originally] more weird. I own the picture, I can do anything I want with it.” tinyurl.com/up3639y9

Official poster for James Cameron’s AVATAR: FIRE & ASH

ARI ASTER says he’s “cooking up” an EDDINGTON sequel tinyurl.com/ms8wru3c

Joe Eszterhas, 80, is Writing an “Anti-Woke” BASIC INSTINCT Reboot for Amazon/MGM (via @TheWrap) tinyurl.com/4wz9fpnv

Martin Scorsese praises Ari Aster's "Eddington": "The film dives right into the side of American life that many people can’t bear to look at or even acknowledge — no one wants to listen to anyone else, which is frightening.” tinyurl.com/4dfnpksu

KIERAN CULKIN is being eyed to star in KENNETH LONERGAN’s next film tinyurl.com/nhc828e6

JAMES GUNN calls PADDINGTON 2 “one of the greatest movies ever made” “It’s a classic […] People think I’m being ironic when I say that, but I’m telling the truth.” tinyurl.com/4e6328nx

James Gunn discovered David Corenswet when he saw PEARL: “I was watching PEARL and see a character whose name is The Projectionist, and go, ‘That guy looks like he could possibly be Superman.’ I looked his IMDb up and said, ‘Can you bring this guy in?’” tinyurl.com/4e6328nx

SEAN BAKER says his next film is a comedy; hints that NEON will distribute tinyurl.com/zv64kv6k

PAUL VERHOEVEN struggling to finance YOUNG SINNER because it’s “politically and sexually very provocative.” Set in the political world of Washington DC, the film tackles “an evangelical Christian girl who really likes sex.” tinyurl.com/ymavah7c