Oscar Stuff
Netflix drops the first trailer for Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don Delillo’s acclaimed novel.
Teaser for Cate Blanchett in Tar [Indiewire]
Early buzz seems to be positive [WorldofReel]
Alejandro G. Inarritu’s statement on Bardo:
A few years ago, I suddenly realised the road ahead of me was much shorter than the one I had left behind. Inevitably, I started to explore it backwards and inwards. Both paths are elusive and labyrinthine. Time and space enmesh. The narrative that makes up ‘our life’ is no more than a false mirage constructed of events experienced subjectively by our limited nervous system. Memory lacks truth. It only possesses emotional conviction. It is the truth in that emotion that I set out to search for in the enormous drawer of chimeras I have been carrying. I must warn you beforehand: I have found no absolute truths. Only a journey between reality and imagination. A dream. Dreams, as cinema, are real but not truthful. In both, time is liquid. BARDO is the chronicle of that journey between those two illusions whose borders are indecipherable. [World of Reel]
The Academy is becoming more “international” and wants to push theatrical [Deadline]
Movie Stuff
Win $1,300 watching Stephen King Movies [Dish]
Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Peyton Elizabeth Lee Among Voice Cast For Laika’s ‘Wildwood’; See First-Look Image [Deadline]
Barbie has a budget of $100 million [World of Reel]
Emerald Fennell’s ‘Saltburn’ Adds Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver and Archie Madekwe
Will debut in theaters courtesy of Amazon and MGM before it streams on Prime Video. [The Wrap]
Salem’s Lot reboot on ice? [GiantFreakinRobot]
Matt Damon on why movies suck now:
Other Stuff
Lin-Manuel Miranda Teams With John Kander On New Broadway Musical Loosely Based On Martin Scorsese’s ‘New York, New York’; Susan Stroman Directing [Deadline]
Ella Fitzgerald Stage Musical In Works Starring Dee Dee Bridgewater & Charity Angél Dawson, With Book By Anna Deavere Smith [Deadline]
Today in Apology Culture
‘Batgirl’ Directors: ‘Our Movie Won’t Be Canceled’ [Cosmicbook]
Regina Hall Says Will Smith Apology Is 'First Step' on 'Difficult Road' After Oscars Slap [People]