• Interview Awesome oddball auteur Miranda July interviews director Cary Joji Fukunaga about his latest, No Time To Die
• Variety good length piece from Peter DeBruge about the when and how of movie theaters reopening and what that might mean
• /Film Netflix wins a bidding war for a new Melissa McCarthy drama, The Starling from director Ted Melfi (Hidden Figures, St Vincent). Damn, shoulda included it in those Oscar predix we just made
• MNPP Good morning. Here are photos of Paul Newman in tighty whities
Film festival news, Julia Child doc sale, There Will Be Blood snarkiness, John Cameron Mitchell's birthday and more after the jump...
• /Film Chris Pine to headline new version of The Saint. But why are they reviving that ancient would-be franchise?
• The Guardian interesting purposefully controversial piece about There Will Be Blood. Yes, people anxious to hate on a classic they've never seen tends to be an aggravating internet gimmick but honestly a couple of very valid points are raised (I love the movie but, contrary to internet opinion, you can love something deeply and recognize valid points against it without destroying that love)
• Deadline animated picture Scoob! is going straight to VOD skipping movie theaters
• Inverse Amazon offering undistributed festival films an opportunity to stream but some filmmakers think its exploitative and will damage the future of the films
• Boy Culture today in quaratine stircraziness, Eric Alán recreates Madonna's Blonde Ambition "Like a Virgin" performance from his bedroom
• AV Club In the Heights moves to Summer 2021. We're more surprised by this than the other movies rescheduled because it seems like this movie was nearly finished. And yes...
• TFE already adjusted those Oscar charts accordingly
• IndieWire Turns out Netflix was actually prepping for an Neil Gaiman's Sandman (long rumored) before Hollywood shut-down
• Women and Hollywood a buzzing Julia Child documentary sold to Sony Pictures Classics
• Cartoon Brew San Diego Comic Con cancelled for the first time in its 50 year existence
• MNPP Happy birthday to actor/director/Hedwig herself John Cameron Mitchell. We also wish he'd make another movie. All four of them are special
Film Festivals Will Go On... and On?
• Deadline Sarajevo Film Festival planning for an August run
• The Guardian The Venice Film Festival plans to proceed in September despite the current COVID-19 pandemic and Italy's recent traumas