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It’s time for a good old release date shakeup! Steven Spielberg‘s anticipated event film no longer opens in theaters on May 15, 2026. Instead, the lauded filmmaker’s mysterious new feature opens on June 12, 2026, taking over a spot previously reserved for Everything Everywhere All At Once Oscar-winning duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, also known as The Daniels.

According to The Daniels, their next movie is coming along nicely. Still, it needs more time in the oven, so let them cook. A new date for their latest project is forthcoming. In the meantime, cinephiles can look forward to learning more detail about the next outing from the filmmakers who brought us an Oscars dark horse and one of the most visually entrancing films of 2022.

With Steven Spielberg’s new film going on June 12, 2026, it shares its opening weekend with the Scary Movie reboot. Also opening around that time are Amazon...

Deadline reports that Wyatt Russell (Thunderbolts*) is in talks to join Steven Spielberg’s upcoming event movie. The project already boasts a cast which includes Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Colman Domingo (Euphoria), Eve Hewson (Hedda), and Josh O’Connor (Challengers).

We don’t know much about the project itself, only that it’s said to be a UFO movie based on Spielberg’s own original idea, with David Koepp (Jurassic Park) writing the screenplay. A UFO movie from the man who gave us Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and War of the Worlds is pretty much all I need to know. Bring it on. Universal Pictures has already slated the project for a May 15, 2026 release.

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Spielberg has also been working on a new movie based on Bullitt, the...

Josh O’Connor has joined the cast of the untitled film from Steven Spielberg, where he will star alongside Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Colman Domingo (Euphoria) and Eve Hewson (Hedda).

We don’t know much about the project itself, only that it’s said to be a UFO movie based on Spielberg’s own original idea, with David Koepp (Jurassic Park) writing the screenplay. A UFO movie from the man who gave us Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and War of the Worlds is pretty much all I need to know. Bring it on. Universal Pictures has already slated the project for a May 15, 2026 release.

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O’Connor recently starred alongside Zendaya and Mike Faist in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers. He’s also set to appear...

Steven Spielberg has been putting together quite the cast for his next major project, and Deadline reports that Colman Domingo (Euphoria) is in early talks to join up.

Should Domingo sign on the dotted line, he would join a cast that includes Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service), and Eve Hewson (Hedda). As for the project itself, we don’t know much about it, only that it’s said to be a UFO movie based on Spielberg’s own original idea, with David Koepp (Jurassic Park) writing the screenplay. A UFO movie from the man who gave us Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and War of the Worlds is pretty much all I need to know. Bring it on. Universal Pictures has already slated the project for a May 15, 2026 release.

Domingo has been enjoying a hell of a run over the last year.

Deadline reports that Judd Apatow has been tapped to direct Cola Wars for Sony, who shelled out $1 million in April for the pitch. The film is based on the true story of “Pepsi’s attempt to challenge Coca-Cola’s century-long reign as the world’s top cola” in the mid-1980s. Steven Spielberg is also on board and will produce the project through his Amblin Entertainment production company.

The Cola Wars brought us many memorable events, including the disastrous launch of New Coke and the Pepsi commercial that left Michael Jackson with severe burns. The film is billed as “the ultimate underdog tale of history’s most iconic second-place contender (Pepsi) vying for the No. 1 spot (Coca-Cola).” Jason Shuman (Acapulco) and Ben Queen (Cars 2) are penning the script for the project, and while it’s still in the early stages, it could be a fun flick.

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The iconic Steven Spielberg has been focusing more on human dramas as of late, except for the occasional special effects-laden vehicles like Ready Player One and The Bfg — even sitting out Indiana Jones for the first time with the last entry, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. However, Deadline has now revealed that Universal Pictures has reserved a release date for May 15, 2026, for what is being described as an “original event film” that has been created by and will be directed by Spielberg.

It is not revealed what the event film is. However, it was reported last month that Spielberg would reunite with frequent collaborator David Koepp for an original UFO movie that has been kept very secretive. The UFO movie is said to be based on Steven Spielberg’s own original idea and that David Koepp is writing the screenplay. Unfortunately, that would be all the information given at this point.

It’s been a while since Steven Spielberg has dabbled in the world of extra-terrestrials, but according to a report from Variety, the acclaimed director is working on a UFO movie which will likely be his next project.

Sources told Variety that the UFO movie is based on Steven Spielberg’s own original idea and that David Koepp is writing the screenplay. Unfortunately, that’s all the information we have at this point, but a UFO movie from the man who gave us Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is hard to ignore. Koepp has penned a handful of Spielberg movies, including Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

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Inspector Dave Toschi needs a night off. After years of chasing the so-called Zodiac Killer, Toschi thought he had found his man, only for his captain to shoot him down, citing insufficient evidence to make an arrest. At the movie theater later on, the picture Toschi watches with his wife doesn’t make him feel any better. It’s Dirty Harry, the 1971 movie in which Clint Eastwood‘s Inspector Harry Callahan does battle with a killer called Scorpio.

Frustrated by what he’s seeing, Toschi heads to the lobby for a smoke. As viewers shuffle out after him, one remarks, “Dave, that Harry Callahan did a hell of a job with your case.”

“Yeah, no need for due process, right?” Toschi responds sarcastically to indicate his frustration.

Or, at least that’s how it went in the movies. Specifically, the film Zodiac, written by James Vanderbilt and directed by David Fincher,...

It was announced last year that Steven Spielberg was developing a new movie based on Bullitt, the classic action thriller movie starring Steve McQueen, and the remake has received a promising update.

Kristie Macosko Krieger, one of Steven Spielberg’s producing partners, spoke to GamesRadar+ about the upcoming Bullitt remake. “I’m producing it. Steven [Spielberg] and Josh Singer, who is writing the script, they are working on the story,” Krieger said. “I hope we have a script soon as the writers’ strike put us behind a bit. But they are working on it – I couldn’t tell you if it’s the next movie we are making as I don’t know at this point. I think that it will be a wildly entertaining film.“

Beyond the iconic car chase sequence, Bullitt is one of those classic movies I’ve never gotten around to watch; perhaps I should get...

Steven Spielberg is still planning a remake of Bullitt, and the screenplay is underway. More on the story here:

Like us, you’re probably very intrigued by the thought of Steven Spielberg moving back into action thriller territory, which is where Bullitt, the proposed reimagining of Steve McQueen’s 1968 cop thriller, seems to be heading.

The legendary director hasn’t really tackled anything of this ilk since that wonderful period in the naughts when he released Catch Me If You Can, War Of The Worlds and Minority Report.

We’ve heard that the project isn’t a straight-up remake, so at this early stage we’re not quite sure what to expect, though it seems logical that Spielberg and his collaborators will be returning to the source novel Bullitt drew from – Robert L Fish’s Mute Witness. We do know that Bradley Cooper has signed on to play the title role though,...

Following the end of the actors strike, Steven Spielberg (“Duel”) will direct a fresh take on “Bullitt”, based on characters from the 1963 novel “Mute Witness” by Robert L. Fish, (aka ‘Robert L. Pike’), starring Bradley Cooper as San Francisco police detective ‘Frank Bullitt’:

“…director Peter Yates’ 1968 feature ‘Bullit’, starring Steve McQueen was selected for preservation…

“…in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’…”

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Steven Spielberg (“Duel”) will direct a fresh take on the cop feature “Bullitt”, based on characters from the 1963 novel “Mute Witness” by Robert L. Fish, (aka ‘Robert L. Pike’), starring Bradley Cooper as San Francisco police detective ‘Frank Bullitt’:

“…director Peter Yates’ 1968 feature ‘Bullitt’, starring Steve McQueen was selected for preservation…

“…in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Steven Spielberg (“Duel”) will direct a fresh take on the cop feature “Bullitt”, based on characters from the 1963 novel “Mute Witness” by Robert L. Fish, (aka ‘Robert L. Pike’), starring Bradley Cooper as San Francisco police detective ‘Frank Bullitt’:

“…director Peter Yates’ 1968 feature ‘Bullit’, starring Steve McQueen was selected for preservation…

“…in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Steven Spielberg has directed some of the biggest movies of all time, but could he turn his eye to television in the not-too-distant future? While speaking on the Smartless podcast (via The Playlist), Steven Spielberg said that he would like to direct a TV series.

“I do have an appetite for long-form, and someday, I will direct a long-form series,” Steven Spielberg said. “I mean, if someone would have brought me Mare of Easttown, I would have done that. That was a beautifully directed story.” The director added that he was close to expanding his Abraham Lincoln movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis into a six-hour series for HBO. “I was willing to do Lincoln as a six-hour [show] because I couldn’t raise all the financing for it. No one believed in it…I went around town and everyone turned me down,” Spielberg said. “I was ready to make a deal with...

Pelé, the Brazilian national treasure who in the 1960s and ’70s made soccer popular in places on the planet that hadn’t yet embraced “the beautiful game” — in particular the U.S. — has died. He was 82.

An unequaled hero of futbol, Pelé died Thursday, his agent told the Associated Press, after he was hospitalized for the past month. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in September 2021.

Pelé burst onto the international stage during the 1958 World Cup tournament, where he scored three goals in a semifinal match and two more in the final at the age of 17, capping a brilliant and emotional victory for the Brazil national team. He would win two more World Cup titles before joining the New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League in 1975.

He remains the only player in history to play on three world champion teams, an...

Actor Bradley Cooper has been cast as the lead in Steven Spielberg's upcoming Bullitt movie. Based on the 1963 Robert L. Fish novel, Mute Witness, the Peter Yates directed film starred legendary actor Steve McQueen as Detective Frank Bullitt who hunts down a mob kingpin that killed a key witness. Although the film was critically-acclaimed upon its initial release, Bullitt's legacy has continued to grow in the following decades as the movie contains arguably one of the greatest car chases in the history of cinema. At nearly 11 minutes total, the chase featured the titular character in his iconic green Ford Mustang rip through the streets of San Francisco as he relentlessly pursued his suspects. With a focus on realism, McQueen took the wheel in many of the action-sequence's shots to help create a scene that is regarded as a template for all future car chases. The complexity of the...

Steven Spielberg (“Duel”) will direct a fresh take on “Bullitt”, based on characters from the 1963 novel “Mute Witness” by Robert L. Fish, (aka ‘Robert L. Pike’), starring Bradley Cooper as San Francisco police detective ‘Frank Bullitt’:

“…director Peter Yates’ 1968 feature ‘Bullit’, starring Steve McQueen was selected for preservation…

“…in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Steven Spielberg has found his Bullitt. Bradley Cooper has been cast in the director’s upcoming original film about Frank Bullitt, the character made famous from the 1968 Steven McQueen thriller.

Based on the 1963 novel “Mute Witness” by Robert L. Fish, the original “Bullitt” starred the late McQueen as the title character, a San Francisco Police Department lieutenant seeking to take down Chicago mobster Johnny Ross (Pat Renella). Spielberg will direct the new Warner Bros. film, which will not be a remake of the original movie by Peter Yates, instead telling a completely original story starring Bullitt. Sources close to the project confirmed the news to IndieWire.

Cooper will join Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger as producers on the film — the three also serve as producers on Cooper’s upcoming feature “Maestro,” about the life of Leonard Bernstein. That film, currently in post-production, is set to release on Netflix in 2023. Oscar-winning...

It was announced earlier this year that Steven Spielberg was developing a new movie based on Bullit, the classic action thriller movie starring Steve McQueen, and it appears that the director has found his leading man. Deadline has reported that Bradley Cooper has just closed a deal to play Frank Bullitt.

Based on Mute Witness by Robert L. Fish, the original film starred Steve McQueen as a no-nonsense San Francisco cop who becomes determined to track down the underworld kingpin who killed the witness in his protection. Steven Spielberg will direct the new Bullitt movie as well as produce it, with Josh Singer writing the script. However, this new project will not be a remake of the 1968 film but will tell an original story with the Frank Bullitt character at its center. Steve McQueen’s children, Chad and Molly McQueen, will executive produce the Bullitt project, as will Bradley Cooper.

Veteran filmmakers Michael Relph and Basil Dearden try a hip ‘n’ flip costume comedy about an 1899 consortium that’s the equivalent of Murder Inc.: Killings for hire done with veddy proper civility and good taste. The charming Oliver Reed and Diana Rigg lead a notable cast — Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret, Beryl Reid, Clive Revill — through mayhem-filled chases in several European capitals. Tossed off in tongue-in-cheek style, it’s shallow but cute, and if you like the stars it can be a lark. Its saving grace is the spirited Ms. Rigg.

The Assassination Bureau

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1969 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / The Assassination Bureau Limited / Street Date October 29, 2021 / Available from [Imprint] or Amazon /

Starring: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret, Warren Mitchell, Beryl Reid, Clive Revill, Kenneth Griffith, Vernon Dobtcheff, Annabella Incontrera, Jess Conrad, George Coulouris.

Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth

Art Director: Michael Relph

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Peter Yates, who died this past weekend at age 81, was one of several British directors invited to make movies in The States in the 1960s, all of whom had a particular and rare filmmaker’s gift for capturing a sense – the feel — of a setting often better than native-born filmmakers could. Yates’ obits talked about the car chase in Bullitt (1968), the Oscar nods for Breaking Away (1979) and The Dresser (1983), but they missed how this gift he shared with his UK colleagues was such a critical part of what made his best work so special.

Think of the hundreds – the thousands – of American-helmed movies set against the country’s great metropolises where the city sits inertly behind the action, as undistinguished and indistinguishable as a generic theatre backdrop. Then compare them to the almost hallucinogenically surreal Los Angeles of John Boorman’s Point Blank (1967), Manhattan’s desperate, grubby demimonde in John Schlesinger...