AUGUST 03, 2021

Forget the $900 Million. The Reese Witherspoon Deal Launches the Next Arms Dealer for Streamers Hello Sunshine sold for a lot of money — but this is really about how creators will be paid in the future.  By Chris Lindahl

'F9' Tops All VOD Charts While Paramount Slashes 'A Quiet Place Part II' Price to $4.99 The Vin Diesel action franchise dominates homes after five weeks in theaters; the more acclaimed "In the Heights" and "Zola" fare less well.  By Tom Brueggemann	As It Turns 10, the BlackStar Film Festival Continues to Be More Than Just 'the Black Sundance' The Philadelphia event has become an annual celebration of cinema arts not only of Africa and its diaspora, but also of global communities o … By Tambay Obenson

'The Suicide Squad': How Cancellation of 'Akira' Allowed James Gunn to Cast Taika Waititi Gunn originally envisioned a bigger role for his fellow MCU director in the Warner Bros. film, but a crowded schedule forced a quick change.  By Kate Erbland	Sundance Film Festival 2022 Will Require All Attendees to Be Fully Vaccinated Festival director Tabitha Jackson details what's to come for the next addition, kicking off in January.  By Ryan Lattanzio

	'I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson': Ranking the Sketches, from Best to Very Best Who will be the sketch of the year? Which ones will move? Which ones will talk, but more important, which ones can daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaance?  By Steve Greene and Libby Hill
	'Killers of the Flower Moon': 18 Things to Know About Scorsese's $200 Million Western Epic Filming on Scorsese's new movie kicked off April 29, 2021. Will it be ready for release by the end of the year?  By Zack Sharf
	'American Horror Stories' Can't Decide What It Wants to Say and Who It Wants to Scare FX on Hulu's episodic anthology spin-off of FX's popular seasonal anthology franchise feels like using fumes to create a fire.  By Kristen Lopez
	Pedro Almodóvar's 'Parallel Mothers' Set to Close NYFF 2021 Almodóvar returns to the festival for his family drama reuniting him with Penélope Cruz  By Ryan Lattanzio
	Jason Momoa Wants Villeneuve's 'Four-to-Six Hour' Cut of 'Dune': 'I Don't Want It Trimmed' "Let’s watch the four-to-five-hour movie like a TV show," Momoa said.  By Zack Sharf